48.2082° N, 16.3720° E

VIENNA

Most Famous People Born in Vienna, Austria

Notable people
12,535
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1912
Most distinctive
Author 3.8×

A small city with an outsized 20th-century shadow. Vienna's notables cluster sharply in the late Habsburg and interwar decades — authors, composers, architects, academics, painters of the Secession, and sculptors — making it one of the most concentrated cultural booms anywhere in the dataset. Then 1938 happens, and a striking number of the brightest names spend the rest of their lives somewhere else.

Standouts

What Vienna Is Known For

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Actor is Vienna's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (1,170).

Vienna over-indexes on author 3.8× the global rate.

Vienna under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Actor 1,170 1.8×
  2. Politician 1,169 0.8×
  3. Painter 748 2.3×
  4. Football 595 0.4×
  5. Writer 489 1.2×
  6. Author 405 3.8×
  7. Composer 403 2.4×
  8. Academic 293 2.3×
  1. Author 405 3.8×
  2. Architect 282 2.5×
  3. Composer 403 2.4×
  4. Academic 293 2.3×
  5. Painter 748 2.3×
  6. Actor 1,170 1.8×
  7. Sculptor 143 1.8×
  8. Historian 212 1.6×
  1. Football 595 0.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Vienna's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Politics & Law
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Other
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10031 JOURNALIST

Otto Schönherr (Journalist)

1922 - 2015

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10048 ENTOMOLOGIST

Thomas Eduard Mittler

1928 - 2012

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10049 LAWYER

Otto Kaus

1920 - 1996

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10068 ACTOR

Ernst Anders (Schauspieler)

1928 - 1991

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10119 GUERRE

Malvine Lanzet

Born 1928

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10123 PHYSICIST

Othmar Preining

1927 - 2007

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10133 ACTOR

Eva Leiter

Born 1922

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10142 SCULPTOR

Hannah Mirjam Cavin

1928 - 2002

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10154 CHEMIST

Gert Ehrlich

1926 - 2012

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10164 PAINTER

Helmut Heuberger (Maler)

1927 - 2001

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10169 POLITICIAN

Paul Posch

1926 - 2000

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10180 BUSINESS

Gottfried Berger

1922 - 2012

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10186 POLITICIAN

Franz Fleischmann

1924 - 1978

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10197 ACTOR

Hedi Marek

Born 1927

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10200 FILM

Max Benedict

1920 - 1986

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10215 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Walter Schmiedl

1922 - 2001

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10237 SAXOPHONIST

Friedrich Beyer (Musiker)

1929 - 2010

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10246 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Alfred Bachmann (Paläontologe)

1926 - 2003

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10281 GEOLOGIST

Günther Frasl

1924 - 2003

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10292 MISSING

Walter Absil

1924 - 2015

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10294 ACTOR

Fritz Holzer

1929 - 2000

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10295 DRIVER

Annie Bousquet

1921 - 1956

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10315 WRITER

Elisabeth Effenberger

1921 - 2008

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10324 ENTREPRENEUR

Leopold Böhm

1922 - 2007

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10340 LAWYER

Paul Störck

1923 - 2001

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10377 PIANIST

Heinz Horak

Born 1927

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10385 AUTHOR

Lucia Heilman

Born 1929

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10397 ENGRAVER

Kurt Bodlak

1924 - 2017

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10416 POLITICIAN

Ernst Wiesinger

1925 - 2015

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10424 ENDOCRINOLOGIST

Bruno Lunenfeld

Born 1927

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10453 PAINTER

Eva Avi-Yonah

1921 - 2011

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10456 JOURNALIST

Fritz Bauchwitz

1924 - 2009

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10496 JOURNALIST

Kurt Skalnik

1925 - 1997

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10565 MUSIC

Jula Koch

1928 - 1990

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10584 JOURNALIST

Kurt Ehrich

1925 - 2004

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10606 BOTANIST

Franz Xaver Krendl

1926 - 2020

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10651 WRITER

Veronika Handlgruber

1920 - 2003

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10666 COMPOSER

Karl Charamsa

1927 - 1983

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10667 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Neusser

1924 - 1994

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10683 ACTOR

Rudolf Rösner

1920 - 1980

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10687 POLITICIAN

Hans Hobl

1927 - 2011

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10691 ACADEMIC

Johann Millendorfer

1921 - 2001

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10698 COMPOSER

Erika Hirsch (Musikerin)

1924 - 1998

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10714 ACADEMIC

Josef Lederer (Optometrist)

1921 - 2007

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10728 BANK

Karl Kahane

1920 - 1993

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10733 ENGINEER

Friedrich Czerny

1923 - 2000

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10742 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Sommer (Politiker, 1923)

1923 - 2013

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10753 POLITICIAN

Richard Piaty

1927 - 2014

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10757 ACTOR

Jacqueline Carrel

Born 1920

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10797 POLITICIAN

Erika Krenn

1925 - 2018

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10811 ACTOR

Herwig Lenau

1926 - 2010

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10817 ARCHIVIST

Helmuth Feigl

1926 - 2008

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10826 POLITICIAN

Jörg Iro

1926 - 2017

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10850 BANK

Hans Pollan

Born 1928

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10853 JOURNALIST

Georg Auer

1922 - 2004

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10868 AUTHOR

Leopold Pötzlberger

1927 - 1962

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10901 FILM

Georg M. Reuther

1923 - 2002

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10913 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Joklik

1926 - 2019

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10917 MANAGER

Ernest F. Hauser

1920 - 1993

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10927 INVENTOR

Friedrich Schächter

1924 - 2002

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10933 TECHNICIAN

Franz Effenberger (Laborant)

Born 1922

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10942 JOURNALIST

Walther Soyka

1926 - 2006

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10955 LYRICIST

Erwin Christmann

1929 - 2000

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10958 FIGHTER

Leopold Steurer (Widerstandskämpfer)

1921 - 1944

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10963 POLITICIAN

Josef Fröhlich (Politiker)

Born 1925

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10964 OFFICER

Franz Budka

1920 - 1945

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10978 THEATER

Robert Jungbluth

1928 - 2009

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10984 AUTHOR

Helga Zankl

Born 1927

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10988 POLITICIAN

Karl Pisec

1925 - 2009

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10990 ARCHITECT

Josef Fleischer

1922 - 2002

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11015 BIOGRAPHER

Bryan Sterling

1922 - 2008

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11071 POLITICIAN

Rosa Heinz

1922 - 2010

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11080 GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER

Walter Fembeck

1921 - 2020

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11094 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Gradinger

1923 - 2004

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11099 MOUNTAINEER

Heinrich Roiss

1927 - 1959

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11115 MANAGER

Walter Flöttl

1924 - 2009

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11125 POLITICIAN

Walter Strutzenberger

1928 - 2020

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11135 ILLUSTRATOR

Elfriede Stumpf

1921 - 2017

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11138 DERMATOLOGIST

Wolf-Dietrich Wittels

1921 - 1979

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11141 FOOTBALL

Erwin Hieger

Born 1924

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11165 ARCHITECT

Kurt Eckel (Architekt)

Born 1921

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11167 SPORT

Frederick Stambrook

1929 - 2005

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11190 FENCER

Paul Kerb

Born 1929

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11201 PAINTER

Franz Drapela

1924 - 2009

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11220 POLITICIAN

Franz Bauer (Politiker, 1927)

1927 - 1988

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11229 SCULPTOR

Rudolf Friedl

1921 - 2007

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11243 COMPOSER

Herbert Loskott

Born 1926

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11258 MINISTER

Alfred Micholitsch

1921 - 2019

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11267 POLITICIAN

Erika Danzinger

Born 1929

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11318 POLITICIAN

Robert Bechinie

1920 - 1982

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11323 ILLUSTRATOR

Rudolf Sieber-Lonati

1924 - 1990

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11325 SAXOPHONIST

Karl Kowarik (Musiker)

1922 - 2002

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11328 BOXER

Josef Weidinger

1923 - 2002

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11338 POLITICIAN

Franz Bruk

1923 - 1996

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11369 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Schmidt (Politikerin, 1920)

1920 - 2012

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11379 PAINTER

Kurt Fiala

1929 - 1969

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11397 POLITICIAN

Josef Schweiger

1920 - 1977

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11426 POLITICIAN

Ossie Langfelder

1926 - 2015

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11435 POLITICIAN

Franz Rosenberger (Politiker)

1928 - 1986

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11453 ACTOR

Anneliese Stöckl

Born 1929

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11458 WIDERSTAND

Kurt Hacker

1920 - 2001

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11478 POLITICIAN

Stefan Schemer

1928 - 2017

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11486 WIDERSTAND

Ernestine Diwisch

1921 - 1944

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11501 POLITICIAN

Gertrude Stiehl

1928 - 2018

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11525 POLITICIAN

Fritz Prechtl

1923 - 2004

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11527 LIBÉRATION

Metta Lande

1924 - 2017

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11547 POLITICIAN

Kurt Stepancik

1922 - 2003

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11548 POLITICIAN

Norbert Tmej

1929 - 2003

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11550 ORGANBUILDER

Herbert Gollini

Born 1928

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11557 POLITICIAN

Kurt Mühlbacher

1925 - 2011

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11580 POLITICIAN

Walter Hauser (Politiker, 1922)

1922 - 2017

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11589 PHILOLOGIST

Wolfgang Wolfring

1925 - 2001

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11611 SONGWRITER

Kurt Schaffer

1928 - 2013

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11623 BEAMTE

Helmut Krebs (Tourismusdirektor)

1924 - 1997

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11626 TAILOR

Anna Gräf

1925 - 1944

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11640 WIDERSTAND

Pierre Séguy

1921 - 2004

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11645 SPY

Peter Deman

1921 - 1998

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11666 POLITICIAN

Franz Willinger

1926 - 1988

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11702 FOOTBALL

Anton Beran

1925 - 2015

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11789 ACTOR

Ruth Farchi

Born 1927

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11817 ARCHITECT

Erwin Plevan

1925 - 2005

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11829 LAWYER

Anton Ségur-Cabanac

1921 - 2011

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11841 SOLDIER

Walter Kämpf

1920 - 1943

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11842 SCHLOSSER

Hugo Brainin

Born 1924

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11849 WIDERSTAND

Edith Gadawits

1924 - 2013

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11861 LAWYER

Herbert Knauthe

1928 - 2019

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11865 THEOLOGIAN

Wolfgang Schmidt (Superintendent)

1929 - 2009

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11874 GOVERNO

Elizabeth Kaufmann

Born 1924

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11875 AVIATOR

Walter Chmela

Born 1926

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11885 SCULPTOR

Kurt Stögerer

1923 - 1992

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11901 POLITICIAN

Hannes Krasser

1921 - 2018

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11913 POLITICIAN

Erna Musik

1921 - 2009

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11915 RENNFAHRER

Karl Killmeyer

1923 - 2015

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11919 ENGINEER

Alfred Fenz

1920 - 1943

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11921 SOLDIER

Kurt Eckel

Born 1921

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11926 WIDERSTAND

Leopoldine Sicka

1924 - 1944

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11999 MATHEMATICIAN

Lisl Gaal

Born 1924

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12002 WIDERSTAND

Wolfgang Pogner

1923 - 1944

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12006 ACADEMIC

Hans Moritsch

1924 - 1965

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12012 BOOKSELLER

Lilly Ungar

Born 1921

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12019 POLITICIAN

Adolf Nesset

1920 - 1982

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12035 POLITICIAN

Karl Schmiedbauer

1922 - 2009

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12039 GEWERKSCHAFT

Karl Svihalek

1921 - 1978

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12043 POLITICIAN

Roman Rautner

1925 - 2001

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12056 ENGINEER

Franz Bartisch

1925 - 1948

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12060 ACTOR

Hans Weniger

1925 - 1996

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12086 WIDERSTAND

Friedrich Muzyka

1921 - 1944

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12092 POLITICIAN

Max Schneider (Politiker, 1921)

1921 - 2010

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12099 WIDERSTAND

Rudolf Masl

1920 - 1943

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12111 MINERALOGIST

Norbert Grögler

1928 - 1983

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12131 WIDERSTAND

Karl Mann (Widerstandskämpfer)

1924 - 1944

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12139 RESTORER

Gertrude Fronius

Born 1926

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12159 TRUMPET

Roman Polt

1926 - 2008

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12161 MANAGER

Helmut Hopp (Manager)

1924 - 2011

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12186 CHEMIST

Robert A. Shaw

Born 1924

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12188 ACADEMIC

Heribert Bastel

Born 1924

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12189 RADIO

Gerti Barna

1926 - 2011

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12197 ACTOR

Polly Kügler-Leistner

1920 - 2000

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12198 MUSIC

Nomi Meron

1924 - 2019

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12203 POLITICIAN

Humbert Spitzer

1923 - 2004

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12237 MOUNTAINEER

Karl Blach

1929 - 1976

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12244 JOURNALIST

Hertha Jugl-Jennewein

1920 - 1997

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12256 DANCER

Wera Goldman

1921 - 2020

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12265 MISSING

Zwi Nigal

Born 1923

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12268 MINISTER

Anton Würzl

1925 - 2001

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12269 MISSING

Hans Seitz

1929 - 2011

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12281 BUSINESS

Walter Just

1921 - 2012

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12294 VERSICHERUNG

Hans Hajek

Born 1929

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12308 WIDERSTAND

Franz Sikuta

1921 - 1944

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12320 POLITICIAN

Ernst Willner

1926 - 1983

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12327 POLITICIAN

Walter Lehner

1926 - 2005

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12330 PLAYER

Anton Schiller

1923 - 2019

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12347 MEDIZINISCH

Martha Frühwirt

1924 - 1998

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12375 POLITICIAN

Franz Krenn (Politiker)

1923 - 2000

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12391 PHYSICIAN

Friedrich Daume

1926 - 1977

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12409 MISSING

Hugo Onjerth

1923 - 1995

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12449 MUSIC

Margareta Wöss

1921 - 1999

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12459 BALLET

Susanne Birkmeyer

Born 1920

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12464 ACADEMIC

Christoph Groh

Born 1924

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12471 POLITICIAN

Robert Stratil (Politiker)

1926 - 2010

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12478 POLITICIAN

Viktor Pospischil

1922 - 1983

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12514 PAINTER

Gerold Propper

1928 - 2020

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12525 PAINTER

Wolfgang Vollhard

1928 - 1991

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