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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Showing 382 of 12,535 notable people

10635 MUSIC

Thomas Pötz

Born 1981

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10704 COSTUME DESIGNER

Anneliese Neudecker

Born 1984

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10705 FILM

Katharina Rohrer

Born 1980

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10758 HANDBALL

Lukas Blaha

Born 1988

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10773 BERATER

Markus Wölbitsch

Born 1982

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10812 FOOTBALL

Harald Ruiss

Born 1981

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10814 FOOTBALL

Denis Rizvanović

Born 1987

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10828 HOCKEY

Walter Bartholomäus

Born 1983

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10829 ARTIST

Kriesi

Born 1981

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10885 SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

Hannes Fellner

Born 1980

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10889 SPORT

Saša Jovanović (Kickboxer)

Born 1984

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10941 HANDBALL

Björn Tyrner

Born 1984

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10947 FOOTBALL

Natascha Celouch

Born 1986

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10949 HANDBALL

Andreas Czech

Born 1981

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10977 FOOTBALL

Michael Schmid (Fußballschiedsrichter)

Born 1980

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10983 FOOTBALL

Kathrin Entner

Born 1988

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11012 ACTOR

Sandra Knoll

Born 1981

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11016 ACTOR

Fabiola Matte

Born 1981

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11022 HANDBALL

Roland Knabl

Born 1980

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11042 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Olischar

Born 1988

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11076 MODEL

Domenique Melchior

Born 1981

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11100 MODEL

Tatjana Boenisch

Born 1985

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11124 POLITICIAN

Marlene Zeidler-Beck

Born 1987

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11152 BASKET

Saša Knežević

Born 1981

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11173 BADMINTON

Miriam Gruber

Born 1983

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11174 THEATRE

Gregor Tureček

Born 1985

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11178 MODEL

Tanja Duhovich

Born 1982

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11256 ACTOR

Barbara Marie-Louise Pavelka

Born 1984

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11277 ACTOR

Guggi Hofbauer

Born 1986

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11281 ATHLETIC

Christoph Sander

Born 1988

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11285 RADIO

Matthias Hobiger

Born 1984

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11286 HOCKEY

Youssef Riener

Born 1986

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11291 POLITICIAN

Marcus Schober

Born 1980

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11299 FILM

Georg Sokol Leitgeb

Born 1985

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11344 FOOTBALL

Christian Schilling (Fußballspieler, 1981) – Wi

Born 1981

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11354 SOCCER

Florian Knöchl

Born 1987

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11361 SURFER

Max Matissek

Born 1987

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11366 HANDBALL

Bastian Molecz

Born 1987

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11408 SOCCER

Mario Hochgerner

Born 1984

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11416 CONDUCTOR

Azis Sadikovic

Born 1983

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11418 VIOLIN

Johannes Fleischmann

Born 1983

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11428 MODEDESIGNER

Gabriel Baradee

Born 1981

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11457 ACTOR

Christoph Radakovits

Born 1988

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11473 METEOROLOGIST

Verena Schöpfer

Born 1985

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11475 SPORT

Julian Reichstein

Born 1986

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11497 VERTRIEBSMITARBEITER

Andreas Bors

Born 1989

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11540 SPORT

Manuel Hauzinger

Born 1982

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11555 POLITICIAN

Marcus Gremel

Born 1983

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11604 HANDBALL

Matthias Mayer (Handballspieler)

Born 1986

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11614 POLITICIAN

Christopher Clay

Born 1983

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11649 SPORT

Stefan Csandl

Born 1988

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11683 SPORT

Helene Frühwirth

Born 1983

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11699 GOLF

Hannes C. Pfaller

Born 1983

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11703 BASKET

Kevin Payton

Born 1986

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11705 BASKET

Florian Trmal

Born 1989

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11716 POLITICIAN

Torsten Engelage

Born 1981

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11742 BASKET

Sebastian Koch (Basketballspieler)

Born 1988

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11819 POLITICIAN

Nina Abrahamczik

Born 1982

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11838 ACTOR

Stephanie Schimmer

Born 1982

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11871 POLITICIAN

Michael Stumpf (Politiker)

Born 1988

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11879 JOURNALIST

Philipp Maschl

Born 1986

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11891 BUSINESS

Rupert Schiessl

Born 1982

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11920 POLITICIAN

Jörg Neumayer

Born 1984

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11940 HANDBALL

Simon Hahn

Born 1988

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11949 POLITICIAN

Caroline Hungerländer

Born 1988

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11980 PRODUCER

Adriano Ferre

Born 1987

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12014 ATHLETIC

Robert Pingitzer

Born 1985

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12021 ACTOR

Meret Engelhardt

Born 1988

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12029 PLAYER

Oliver Binder

Born 1985

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12045 SINGER

Sandra Bern

Born 1980

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12067 HANDBALL

Lukas Schröder

Born 1986

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12068 KÄMPFER

Matthias Gastgeb

Born 1985

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12076 BASKET

Richard Poiger

Born 1987

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12077 RIDER

Alexandra Slanec

Born 1986

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12151 HANDBALL

Oray Sahin

Born 1986

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12181 HANDBALL

Robert Machinek

Born 1986

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12194 HANDBALL

Matthias Kienzer

Born 1980

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12260 HANDBALL

Martin Seidl (Handballspieler)

Born 1989

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12345 SWIMMER

Bernhard Wolf (Schwimmer)

Born 1988

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12402 POLITICIAN

Lea Halbwidl

Born 1981

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12495 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Bohrn Mena

Born 1985

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12517 BASKET

Mathias Dockner

Born 1984

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