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.

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  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Politics & Law
  • Music
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5990 SINGER

Anita Ammersfeld

Born 1950

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5995 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Kaske

Born 1955

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5999 HISTORIAN

Hans Safrian

Born 1952

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6008 THERAPIST

Christine Bauer-Jelinek

Born 1952

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6026 PRESENTER

Hannelore Veit

Born 1957

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6037 ECONOMIST

Peter Baumgartner (Erziehungswissenschaftler) –

Born 1953

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6062 ACTOR

Susanne Valerie Granzer

Born 1950

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6064 THERAPIST

Jutta Fiegl

Born 1953

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6080 SCIENTIST

Roland Bässler (Sozialwissenschaftler)

Born 1951

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6094 MISSING

Marina Marcovich

Born 1952

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6100 MUSIC

Wilhelm Zobl

1950 - 1991

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6108 AUTHOR

Ursula Baatz

Born 1951

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6120 COMPOSER

Herbert Lauermann

Born 1955

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6128 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Wolfgang C. Müller

Born 1957

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6132 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Markowich

Born 1956

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6154 FILM

Alfred Ninaus

Born 1952

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6157 MUSIC

Rainer Spechtl

Born 1951

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6163 POLITICIAN

Erwin Rasinger

Born 1952

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6165 SOLDIER

Wolfgang Wosolsobe

1955 - 2018

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6167 SCREENWRITER

Susanne Freund

Born 1954

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6169 FILM

Carl Andersen (Regisseur)

1958 - 2012

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6171 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Otto Helmut Urban

Born 1953

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6210 JOURNALIST

Livia Klingl

Born 1956

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6211 FILM

Peter Ily Huemer

Born 1957

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6219 POLITICIAN

Andrea Kuntzl

Born 1958

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6220 LAWYER

Walter Fuchs (Ministerialrat)

Born 1950

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6237 AUTHOR

Siglinde Bolbecher

1952 - 2012

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6246 SINGER

Silvana Dussmann

Born 1957

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6251 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Hlavac

Born 1952

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6268 MILITARY

Robert Brieger

Born 1955

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6272 SINGER

Peter Weber (Sänger)

Born 1951

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6277 LAWYER

Walter Brugger (Jurist)

Born 1954

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6280 AUTHOR

Lucas Cejpek

Born 1956

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6281 CARTOONIST

Rudi Klein

Born 1951

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6300 POLITICIAN

Harald Troch

Born 1959

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6324 PIANIST

Martin Pyrker

Born 1954

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6370 ACTOR

Hans-Maria Darnov

Born 1951

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6372 AUTHOR

Marlene Faro

Born 1954

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6374 INVESTMENT

Wolfgang Flöttl

Born 1955

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6379 SCIENTIST

Karl Reitter

Born 1953

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6389 REGISSEUR

Helmut Frodl

Born 1957

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6390 PHYSICIST

Karl Svozil

Born 1956

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6394 WRITER

Stefan M. Gergely

Born 1950

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6398 POLITICIAN

Matthias Tschirf

Born 1957

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6399 ACADEMIC

Otto A. Altenburger

Born 1951

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6404 WRITER

Günther Zäuner

Born 1957

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6405 ACADEMIC

Ingrid Mühlhauser

Born 1953

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6407 AUTHOR

Karin Rick

Born 1955

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6411 ACTOR

Nikolaus Büchel

Born 1957

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6413 AUTHOR

Ines Rieder

1954 - 2015

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6447 SCULPTOR

Eva Afuhs

1954 - 2011

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6448 MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Gabriele Zuna-Kratky

Born 1957

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6457 THEATRE

Robert Quitta

Born 1955

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6461 PUBLISHER

Alexander Potyka

Born 1957

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6467 HOCKEY

Kurt Harand

Born 1957

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6471 POLITICIAN

Harald Wögerbauer

Born 1953

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6474 THEATER

Karl Welunschek

Born 1955

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6479 ACADEMIC

Matthias Marschik

Born 1957

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6493 PHILOLOGIST

Dorothea Weber

Born 1957

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6511 COMPOSER

Walter Baco

Born 1952

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6517 POLITICIAN

Monika Mühlwerth

Born 1954

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6538 ACTOR

Erhard Hartmann

Born 1957

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6548 FILM

Lukas Stepanik

Born 1950

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6549 LAWYER

Christiane Druml

Born 1955

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6553 ART HISTORIAN

Hans Aurenhammer

Born 1958

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6561 MANAGER

Inge Scholz-Strasser

Born 1952

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6566 ECOLOGIST

Peter Husslein

Born 1952

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6570 CINEMA

Thomas Kloss (Kameramann)

Born 1956

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6578 DRAMA

Christian Martin Fuchs

1952 - 2008

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6609 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Vošicky

Born 1950

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6625 EDITOR

Michael Jäger (astronomer)

Born 1958

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6627 SKATER

Susi Handschmann

Born 1959

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6632 AUTHOR

Willibald Rosner

Born 1952

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6633 ACTOR

Ronald Seboth

Born 1955

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6659 MATHEMATICIAN

Georg Pflug

Born 1951

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6660 SINOLOGIST

Richard Trappl

Born 1951

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6675 WORKER

Peter Pantuček-Eisenbacher

Born 1953

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6684 ACADEMIC

Michael Weinzierl

1950 - 2002

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6690 PAINTER

ONA B.

Born 1957

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6691 POLITICIAN

Ernst Woller

Born 1954

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6709 POLITICIAN

Thomas Blimlinger

Born 1957

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6712 ACADEMIC

Christiane Spiel

Born 1951

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6717 HISTORIAN

Martha Keil

Born 1958

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6745 THERAPIST

Peter F. Schmid

1950 - 2020

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6748 ACTOR

Stefan Suske

Born 1958

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6749 AUTHOR

Werner T. Bauer

Born 1958

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6759 CONDUCTOR

Michael Rot

Born 1955

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6769 UROLOGIST

Markus Hohenfellner

Born 1958

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6776 PRESENTER

Nora Frey

Born 1950

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6781 FILM

Ernst Kaufmann (Regisseur)

Born 1954

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6784 MATHEMATICIAN

Christian Schmeiser

Born 1958

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6785 CINEMA

Kurt Mayer (Filmproduzent)

Born 1951

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6787 WRITER

Helmut Korherr

Born 1950

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6793 INTENDANT

Thomas Angyan

Born 1953

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6801 ART HISTORIAN

Sylvia Mattl-Wurm

Born 1954

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6824 SPORT

Kurt Zellhofer

Born 1958

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6837 HISTORIAN

Johannes Seidl

Born 1955

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6858 THEATRE

Georg Mittendrein

Born 1950

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6872 ACTOR

Bigi Fischer

Born 1950

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6890 PRESENTER

Ricarda Reinisch-Zielinski

Born 1954

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6897 MEDIEVALIST

Meta Niederkorn

Born 1959

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6905 AUTHOR

Ingrid Schramm

Born 1956

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6923 MUSIC

Peter Kolbert

1954 - 2000

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6948 ARCHAEOLOGY

Günther Thüry

Born 1950

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6964 PAINTER

Johanna Kandl

Born 1954

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6967 NATURALIST

Michael Ehrenberger

Born 1958

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6975 HISTORIAN

Jan Paul Niederkorn

Born 1950

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7010 FILM

Wolfgang Rest

Born 1957

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7030 AUTHOR

Sepp Wejwar

Born 1956

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7043 GAME

Brigitte Pokornik

Born 1950

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7044 OFFICER

Wolfgang Etschmann

Born 1953

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7047 SONGWRITER

Eric Spitzer-Marlyn

Born 1952

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7053 POLITICIAN

Grete Laska

Born 1951

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7081 THERAPIST

Peter Geißler

Born 1953

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7090 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Werner Purgathofer

Born 1955

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7118 ACTOR

Michaela Scheday

1953 - 2004

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7129 MUSIC

Michael Lakner

Born 1959

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7138 PAINTER

Aramis (Künstler)

1950 - 2010

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7147 PAINTER

Franz Schwarzinger

Born 1958

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7170 RELIGIOUS

Michael Karl Proházka

Born 1956

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7176 PHOTOGRAPHER

Christa Biedermann

Born 1953

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7183 AUTHOR

Ludwig Roman Fleischer

Born 1952

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7213 ACTOR

Gabi Hift

Born 1958

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7231 BUSINESS

Reinhard Pitsch

Born 1953

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7267 LAWYER

Christian Strohal

Born 1951

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7273 AUTHOR

Harald Waitzbauer

Born 1955

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7277 HISTORIAN

Walter Blasi

Born 1954

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7310 PRIEST

Johannes Jung (Abt)

Born 1952

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7312 ACADEMIC

Emil H. Lubej

Born 1950

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7321 ECONOMIST

Werner Hasitschka

Born 1953

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7324 ARTIST

Mathis Esterházy

Born 1958

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7372 AUTHOR

Alexander Sixtus von Reden

1952 - 2004

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7380 CONDUCTOR

Christian Simonis

Born 1956

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7386 AUTHOR

Adele Sansone

Born 1953

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7387 ESSAYIST

Wilhelm Svoboda

Born 1953

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7394 ACTOR

Martin Ploderer

Born 1959

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7405 PHILOLOGIST

Christine Ratkowitsch

Born 1953

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7409 GERMANIST

Ernst Fischer (Germanist)

Born 1951

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7410 POLITICIAN

Josef Kalina

Born 1958

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7433 PRESENTER

Josef Manola

Born 1956

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7441 DRAMA

Karl Baratta

Born 1951

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7461 ACADEMIC

Michael Thöndl

Born 1959

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7465 NOTARY

Peter Platzer (Studentenhistoriker)

Born 1954

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7474 MUSIC

Gernot Winischhofer

Born 1957

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7491 EGYPTOLOGIST

Günter Vittmann

Born 1952

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7508 ACADEMIC

Curt Wolfgang Hergenröder

Born 1955

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7569 ACTOR

Helene Mira

Born 1954

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7576 FOOTBALL

Alfred Roscher

Born 1959

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7580 PRIEST

Christoph Benke

Born 1956

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7585 POLITICIAN

Eva Lachkovics

Born 1955

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7606 WRITER

Susanne Dobesch

Born 1957

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7614 WRITER

Susanne Riha

Born 1954

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7632 THERAPIST

Gerald Kral

Born 1956

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7634 AUTHOR

Volkmar J. Ellmauthaler

Born 1957

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7639 WRITER

Hans Gerhard Zeger

Born 1955

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7645 ACADEMIC

Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter

Born 1959

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7652 ECONOMIST

Franz Wirl

Born 1951

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7699 ECONOMIST

Gerhard Senft

Born 1956

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7706 PHILOLOGIST

Herbert Bannert

Born 1950

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7715 WRITER

Viktor Siegl

Born 1952

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7726 MEDICAL

Manfred Hochmeister

Born 1957

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7742 WRITER

Martin Kubaczek

Born 1954

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7744 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Herbert Gottweis

1958 - 2014

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7757 COMPOSER

Wolfgang Capek

Born 1956

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7768 PHYSICIST

Peter Fratzl

Born 1958

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7777 PAINTER

Rudi Holdhaus

Born 1950

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7780 ARCHITECT

Martin Treberspurg

Born 1953

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7785 WRITER

Gabriela Koschatzky-Elias

Born 1958

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7797 AUTHOR

Peter Campa

Born 1954

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7798 POLITICIAN

Martina Gredler

Born 1958

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7801 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Renate Pillinger

Born 1951

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7842 ACADEMIC

Brigitte Marschall

Born 1957

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7862 PHOTOGRAPHER

Reinhart Mlineritsch

Born 1950

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7883 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schultes

Born 1953

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7904 AUTHOR

Sigrid Laube

1953 - 2007

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7910 AUTHOR

Hannes Vogler

Born 1955

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7934 JUDGE

Jacob Weinberger

1953 - 1974

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7937 PAINTER

Christian Kvasnicka

Born 1953

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7942 HISTORIAN

Wilfried Kowarik

1952 - 2018

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7944 COSTUME DESIGNER

Martina List

Born 1958

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7948 ARTIST

Gabriele Kutschera

Born 1950

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7965 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Feil (Chirurg)

Born 1956

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7969 THEOLOGIAN

Gerhard Marschütz

Born 1956

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7987 MANAGER

Sissy Mayerhoffer

1955 - 2018

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7999 HISTORIAN

Anton Scharer

Born 1954

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8005 WRITER

Eva Jancak

Born 1953

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8012 ECONOMIST

Richard F. Hartl

Born 1956

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8015 MUSIC

Robert Michael Weiß

Born 1956

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8034 JOURNALIST

Michael Horowitz (Journalist)

Born 1950

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8035 LAWYER

Klaus Wölfer

Born 1956

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8038 EDUCATION

Erich Wolfgang Partsch

1959 - 2014

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8050 ACADEMIC

Hans Taeuber

Born 1954

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8067 ACADEMIC

Ernst Gamillscheg (Byzantinist)

Born 1950

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8086 THERAPIST

Gerhard Stumm

Born 1950

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8096 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Marhold

Born 1953

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8103 RECTOR

Elisabeth Freismuth

Born 1955

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8128 ACADEMIC

Max Preglau

Born 1951

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8129 WRITER

Ewald Baringer

Born 1955

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8143 AUTHOR

Marianne Sula

Born 1954

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8155 PAINTER

Lotte Seyerl

Born 1953

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8164 POLICE

Karl Mahrer

Born 1955

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8166 DIPLOMAT

Thomas Michael Baier

Born 1950

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8181 LAWYER

Peter Quantschnigg

1955 - 2009

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8212 ECOLOGIST

Wilfried Feichtinger

Born 1950

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8214 WRITER

Manfred Bauer (Schriftsteller)

1957 - 2012

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8223 ADVISOR

Friedrich Rödler (Manager)

Born 1950

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8224 ACTOR

Herbert Steinböck

Born 1958

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8267 JOURNALIST

Michael Hopp

Born 1955

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8270 WRITER

Martin Haller (Journalist)

Born 1959

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8350 SURGEON

Walter Klepetko

Born 1955

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8352 PAINTER

Karl Goldammer

1950 - 2020

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8357 ACTOR

Katharina Scholz-Manker

Born 1956

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8387 AUTHOR

Andrea Fehringer

Born 1959

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8392 BALLET

Ludwig Karl

Born 1957

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8399 BUSINESS

Thomas Streimelweger

Born 1959

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8417 DIPLOMAT

Erwin Kubesch

Born 1950

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8419 AUTHOR

Irene Heise

Born 1956

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8430 WRITER

Gottfried Kinsky-Weinfurter

Born 1958

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8435 ACADEMIC

Johann Brazda

Born 1954

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8460 SKATER

Elisabeth Mikula

Born 1951

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8472 AUTHOR

Albert Frank (Dramatiker)

Born 1959

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8482 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Maier (Politiker)

Born 1951

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8509 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Roland Mittermeir

1950 - 2014

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8537 JOURNALIST

Paul Flieder

1953 - 2010

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8566 SKATER

Elisabeth Nestler

Born 1951

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8587 AUTHOR

Patricia Brooks (Schriftstellerin)

Born 1957

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8592 WRITER

Erich Ledersberger

Born 1951

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8605 THEOLOGE

Andreas Redtenbacher

Born 1953

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8620 LAWYER

Gerhard Deiss

Born 1950

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8642 POLITICIAN

Susanne Jerusalem

Born 1950

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8653 PAINTER

Franz Politzer

Born 1950

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8663 MUSIC

Barbara Gisler-Haase

Born 1951

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8664 WRITER

Johanna Zugmann

Born 1954

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8692 PAINTER

Katharina Prantl

Born 1958

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8700 SEXOLOGIST

Johannes Wahala

Born 1955

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8702 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Johanna Dorer

Born 1957

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8709 ACTOR

Andrea Nürnberger

Born 1954

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8722 HISTORIAN

Helmut Neuhold

Born 1959

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8728 PHYSICIAN

Raimund Jakesz

Born 1950

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8731 POLITICIAN

Peter Rosenstingl

Born 1951

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8732 PAINTER

Wolfgang Pavlik

Born 1956

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8748 ACADEMIC

Martin Stegu

Born 1952

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8781 AUTHOR

Otto Licha (Schriftsteller)

Born 1952

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8785 BOXER

Christian Sittler

Born 1954

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8825 HISTORIAN

Helmut Weihsmann

Born 1950

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8826 GUITAR

Antonio Koudele

Born 1956

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8887 ARTIST

Martin Hornstein

1954 - 2009

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8912 ACADEMIC

Werner Piller

Born 1951

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8920 SCREENWRITER

Andy Zahradnik

Born 1958

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8935 MUSIC

Hans Christian Tschiritsch

Born 1954

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8951 ACADEMIC

Lo Breier

Born 1953

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8959 ART HISTORIAN

Edwin Lachnit

1950 - 2014

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9007 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Schicker

Born 1952

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9008 ILLUSTRATOR

Heinz Wolf (Comiczeichner)

Born 1959

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9025 DRUMMER

Anton Mühlhofer

Born 1958

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9046 PAINTER

Christine Pillhofer

1954 - 2018

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9078 ACADEMIC

Karl Jurka

Born 1952

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9081 FEMINIST

Ursula Kubes-Hofmann

Born 1953

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9095 BUSINESS

Manfred Waldenmair-Lackenbach

Born 1956

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9107 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Florian Reichmann

Born 1957

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9114 FOOTBALL

Walter Binder

Born 1958

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9120 ACADEMIC

Beatrix Volc-Platzer

Born 1954

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9121 GEOGRAPHER

Josef Strobl (Geograph)

Born 1958

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9129 ZOOLOGIST

Ulrich Sommer (Biologe)

Born 1952

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9154 FILM

Gerda Leopold

Born 1959

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9169 ARTIST

Erwin Kneihsl

Born 1952

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9177 DIPLOMAT

Gerhard Reiweger

Born 1952

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9195 POLITICIAN

Michaela Sburny

Born 1959

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9207 MATHEMATICIAN

Viktor Losert

Born 1952

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9213 WISSENSCHAFT

Nikolaus Benke

Born 1954

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9262 POLITICIAN

Martina Pecher

Born 1957

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9290 WRITER

Ernst Wünsch

Born 1951

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9293 COMPOSER

Axel Rot

Born 1956

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9304 ARTIST

Stephan Fillitz

Born 1950

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9321 PAINTER

Norbert Fleischmann

Born 1951

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9354 SCULPTOR

Gabriele Berger

Born 1955

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9360 PAINTER

Wilhelm Drach

Born 1952

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9368 PHOTOGRAPHER

Carl Panagl-Holbein

Born 1952

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9446 MANAGER

Ulrike Baumgartner-Gabitzer

Born 1957

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9470 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Christian Rupp

Born 1954

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9473 POLITICIAN

Johannes Jarolim

Born 1954

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9488 ACCORDIONIST

Alfred Melichar

Born 1957

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9490 ACTOR

Christine Csar

Born 1957

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9496 ACTOR

Marieli Fröhlich

Born 1959

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9520 MISSING

Hildegard Brem

Born 1951

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9531 LYRICIST

Peter Wessely

Born 1959

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9560 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Verena Gassner

Born 1956

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9566 ARTIST

Karl Kowanz (Künstler)

Born 1951

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9568 JUDGE

Robert Schick (Jurist)

Born 1959

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9590 COOK

Walter Eselböck

Born 1957

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9595 PUBLISHER

Christian W. Mucha

Born 1954

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9723 THEATRE

Martin Polasek (Regisseur)

Born 1955

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9724 MUSIC

Thomas Aigner

Born 1958

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9725 MUSIC

Michael Werba

Born 1955

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9736 FOOTBALL

Josef Sara

Born 1954

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9743 WORKER

Elfriede Fröschl

Born 1958

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9841 POLITICIAN

Renate Kaufmann

Born 1955

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9855 PAINTER

Beatrix Kutschera

Born 1952

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9901 WRITER

Alex Lauzon

Born 1957

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9906 ORGANIST

Michael Stephanides

Born 1953

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