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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Vienna during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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.
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Other
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Otto Wagner
1841 - 1918
Richard Neutra
1892 - 1970
Hans Hollein
1934 - 2014
Christopher Alexander
Born 1936
Camillo Sitte
1843 - 1903
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
1897 - 2000
Rudolph Schindler (architect)
1887 - 1953
Harry Seidler
1923 - 2006
Victor Gruen
1903 - 1980
Heinrich von Ferstel
1828 - 1883
Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach
1693 - 1742
Eduard van der Nüll
1812 - 1868
Ernst L. Freud
1892 - 1970
Joseph Urban
1872 - 1933
Karl Schwanzer
1918 - 1975
Mihály Pollack
1773 - 1855
Ferdinand Fellner
1847 - 1916
Wolf D. Prix
Born 1942
Joseph Kornhäusel
1782 - 1860
Otto Prutscher
1880 - 1949
Konstantin Jovanović
1849 - 1923
Oskar Strnad
1879 - 1935
Leopoldo Pollack
1751 - 1806
Paul T. Frankl
1886 - 1958
Anton Erhard Martinelli
1684 - 1747
Franz Neumann (architect)
1844 - 1905
Carl Roesner
1804 - 1869
Karl Ehn
1884 - 1959
Hermann Czech
Born 1936
Robert Oerley
1876 - 1945
Harry Glück (Architekt)
1925 - 2016
Christian Ulrich
1836 - 1909
Franz Anton Hillebrandt
1719 - 1797
Ella Briggs
1880 - 1977
Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg
1733 - 1816
Carl Gangolf Kayser
1837 - 1895
Joseph Hueber
1715 - 1787
Otto Schönthal
1878 - 1961
Elizabeth Close
1912 - 2011
Franjo Klein
1828 - 1889
Hannes Lintl
1924 - 2003
Georg Lippert
1908 - 1992
Ernst Lichtblau
1883 - 1963
Marcel Kammerer
1878 - 1959
Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini
1634 - 1679
Alejandro Zohn
1930 - 2000
Johann Baptist Martinelli
1701 - 1754
Heinz Neumann (architecte)
Born 1941
Emil von Förster
1838 - 1909
Ernst Egli
1893 - 1974
Richard Vyškovský
1929 - 2019
Vojtěch Kubašta
1914 - 1992
Emil Hoppe
1876 - 1957
Walter Loos
1905 - 1974
Maria Auböck
Born 1951
Alexander Wielemans von Monteforte
1843 - 1911
Carl Witzmann
1883 - 1952
Karl König (Architekt)
1841 - 1915
Alexander Bodon
1906 - 1993
Oswald Haerdtl
1899 - 1959
John L. Smithmeyer
1832 - 1908
Richard Jordan (architecte)
1847 - 1922
Oskar Wlach
1881 - 1963
Hans Mayr (Architekt)
1877 - 1918
Ernst Epstein
1881 - 1938
Gyula Rimanóczy
1903 - 1958
Hermann Kutschera
1903 - 1975
Franz Schuster (Architekt)
1892 - 1972
Ferdinand Kirschner
1821 - 1896
Wunibald Deininger
1879 - 1963
Gustav von Korompay
1833 - 1907
Julius Mayreder
1860 - 1911
Bruno Bauer (Architekt)
1880 - 1938
Alfred Neumann (Architekt, 1900)
1900 - 1968
Erich Boltenstern
1896 - 1991
Ernst Schwadron
1896 - 1979
Hans Prutscher
1873 - 1959
Max Hegele
1873 - 1945
Georg W. Reinberg
Born 1950
Franz Fröhlich (Architekt)
1823 - 1889
John Rudolph Niernsee
1814 - 1885
Franz-Heinrich Sobotka
1907 - 1988
Franz Baumgartner
1876 - 1946
Theodor Bach
1858 - 1938
Franz von Krauß (Architekt)
1865 - 1942
Robert Kramreiter
1905 - 1965
Peter Oberlander
1922 - 2008
Alfred Preis
1911 - 1993
Franz Singer (Architekt)
1896 - 1954
Moritz von Brunner
1839 - 1904
Otto Polak-Hellwig
1885 - 1958
Rolf Geyling
1884 - 1952
Manfred Wehdorn
Born 1942
Cesar Poppovits
1876 - 1938
Elsa Prochazka
Born 1948
Karl Schaden
1843 - 1914
Julius Deininger
1852 - 1924
Josef Drexler
1850 - 1922
Eva Vecsei
Born 1930
Franz Joseph Roth
1690 - 1758
Eugene Steinhof
1880 - 1952
Peter Koller (Architekt)
1907 - 1996
Emanuel Josef Margold
1889 - 1962
Max Benirschke
1880 - 1961
Carl Appel (Architekt)
1911 - 1997
Martin Kohlbauer
Born 1956
Ludwig Zatzka
1857 - 1925
Anton Brenner (Architekt)
1896 - 1957
Anton Valentin
1895 - 1976
Carl Auböck (Architekt)
1925 - 1993
Simon Eibuschitz
1851 - 1898
Arthur Baron
1874 - 1944
Erich Franz Leischner
1887 - 1970
Karl Heinz (Architekt)
Born 1938
Otto Wagner junior
1864 - 1945
Carl Stephann
1842 - 1919
Franz von Gruber
1837 - 1918
Leopold Simony
1859 - 1929
Fritz Judtmann
1899 - 1968
Robert Temel
Born 1969
Alfons Hetmanek
1890 - 1962
Carl Steinhofer
1872 - 1933
Felix Augenfeld
1893 - 1984
Albrecht Steiner von Felsburg
1838 - 1905
Hermann Zweigenthal
1904 - 1968
Eugen Fassbender
1854 - 1923
Karl Mang (Architekt)
1922 - 2015
Johann Wunibald Deininger
1849 - 1931
Otto Hieser
1850 - 1892
Hans Schneider (Architekt, 1860)
1860 - 1921
Josef Berger (Architekt)
1898 - 1989
Raimund von Doblhoff
1914 - 1993
Theodor Mayer (Architekt)
1874 - 1956
Ferdinand Fellner der Ältere
1815 - 1871
Adalbert Klaar
1900 - 1981
August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg
1817 - 1885
Eduard Prandl
1871 - 1922
Alois Hildwein
1789 - 1828
Kurt Klaudy
1905 - 2009
Peter Gerl senior
1795 - 1884
Martin Treberspurg
Born 1953
Rudolf Hautmann (junior)
1935 - 2013
Karl Hauschka
1896 - 1981
Anton Drexler (Architekt)
1858 - 1940
Josef Hofbauer (Architekt)
1875 - 1936
Michel Engelhart
1897 - 1969
Franz Riess
1876 - 1954
Wilhelm Kainrath
1939 - 1986
Rudolf Eisler (Architekt)
1881 - 1977
Josef Hudetz
1842 - 1909
Anton Hefft
1815 - 1900
Ladislaus Hruska
1912 - 1983
Emmerich Spielmann
1873 - 1939
Theodor Hoppe (Architekt)
1831 - 1897
Walter Kratz
1899 - 1957
Eduard Hütter
1880 - 1967
Josef Vytiska
1905 - 1986
Franz von Neumann der Ältere
1815 - 1888
Karl Riess
1837 - 1931
Heinrich Kosina
1899 - 1977
Friedrich August von Stache
1814 - 1895
Theodor Schreier
1873 - 1943
Paul Hoppe (Architekt)
1869 - 1933
Adolf von Inffeld
1873 - 1948
Hugo von Wiedenfeld
1852 - 1925
Heinrich von Förster (Architekt)
1832 - 1889
Josef Nebehosteny
1852 - 1921
Adolf Stöckl
1884 - 1944
Ludwig Richter (Architekt)
1855 - 1925
Gottlieb Nigelli
1746 - 1812
Hans Glas (Architekt)
1892 - 1960
Gustav Neumann (Architekt)
1859 - 1928
Karl Schmalhofer
1871 - 1960
Franz Quidenus
1871 - 1936
Kurt Schlauss
1924 - 2005
Konstantin Peller
1887 - 1969
Hugo Kafka
1843 - 1915
Karl Krist
1883 - 1941
Emil Bressler
1847 - 1921
Helene Koller-Buchwieser
1912 - 2008
Herbert Müller-Hartburg
1925 - 2011
Peter Mollner
1732 - 1801
Karl Dirnhuber
1889 - 1953
Friedrich Sigmundt
1856 - 1917
Kurt Hlaweniczka
1930 - 2008
Max Hans Joli
1879 - 1946
Hans Petermair
1904 - 1984
Josef Klingsbigl
1857 - 1934
Otto Häuselmayer
Born 1943
Doris Thut
Born 1945
Rudolf Bayer (Architekt)
1825 - 1878
Valentin Teirich
1844 - 1876
Clemens Kattner
1871 - 1945
Michael Fellner
1841 - 1912
Camillo Fritz Discher
1884 - 1976
Eduard Klingler
1861 - 1916
Josef Reymund
1756 - 1824
Günther Tschanun
Born 1941
Rudolf Goebel
1872 - 1952
Alexander Graf (Architekt)
1856 - 1931
Diether S. Hoppe
Born 1938
Silvio Mohr
1882 - 1965
Paul Lange (Architekt, 1850)
1850 - 1890
Ludwig Tremmel
1875 - 1946
Robert Leeb
1688 - 1755
August Gunolt
1849 - 1932
Hans Krajewski
1910 - 1987
Theodor Reuter (Baurat)
1837 - 1902
Ferdinand Hrach
1862 - 1946
Carl Lauzil
1842 - 1902
Ludwig Schmidl
1863 - 1924
Otto Richter (Architekt)
1875 - 1919
Martin Mostböck
Born 1966
Eugen Kastner
1897 - 1945
Hans Glaser (Architekt)
1873 - 1950
Albert Constantin Swoboda
1853 - 1941
Andreas Zach (Baumeister)
1736 - 1797
Julius Jirasek
1896 - 1965
Sepp Frank (Architekt)
Born 1942
Josef Ludwig
1871 - 1933
Johann Kazda
1869 - 1931
Helmut Leierer
Born 1931
Friedrich Mahler
1878 - 1948
Alfred Chalousch
1883 - 1957
Alfred Mautner
1886 - 1945
Tiina Parkkinen
Born 1965
Karl Dorfmeister
1876 - 1955
Albrecht Michler
1877 - 1956
Rudolf Max Ludloff
1863 - 1933
Oswald Gruber
1840 - 1913
Viktor Mittag
1896 - 1962
Franz Schacherl
1895 - 1943
Friedrich Jäckel
1876 - 1960
Franz Wiesmann
1888 - 1959
Josef Fleischer
1922 - 2002
Alfred Adler (Architekt)
1894 - 1938
Ferdinand Baldia (Architekt)
1860 - 1936
August Hauser
1895 - 1946
Johann Rothmüller
1882 - 1965
Rudolf Wiszkoczil
1870 - 1925
Lukas Göbl
Born 1977
Kurt Eckel (Architekt)
Born 1921
Alfred Gerger
1890 - 1953
Heinz Gerl
1852 - 1908
Alois Koch (Architekt)
1854 - 1917
Leopold Schulz (Architekt)
1883 - 1945
Adolf Jelletz
1879 - 1936
Franz Xaver Neumann junior
1862 - 1905
Franz Zabza
1896 - 1933
Engelbert Mang
1883 - 1955
Gustav Hoppe
1899 - 1974
Karl Krepp
1877 - 1934
Camillo Iona
1886 - 1974
Rudolf Otto Gerger
1880 - 1975
Josef Baldia
1845 - 1912
Adolf Endl
1847 - 1887
Johann Franz Würzl
1885 - 1951
Carl Hör
1801 - 1850
Hans Schimitzek
1875 - 1957
Josef Aicher (Architekt)
1882 - 1973
Martin Johann Schmid
1898 - 1980
Leo Keller (Architekt)
1895 - 1966
Friedrich Krombholz
1871 - 1919
Anton Grünn
1787 - 1865
Erwin Plevan
1925 - 2005
Karl Feik
1908 - 1986
Wilhelm Barbasz
1907 - 1978
Wilhelm Westmann
1813 - 1881
Max Haupt
1870 - 1932
John Boxer
1916 - 2009
Hans Schlesinger (Architekt)
1890 - 1938
Franz Mörtinger
1872 - 1929
Karl Tobisch-Labotýn
1897 - 1977
Franz Ram
1813 - 1889
Franz Duschinger
1739 - 1789
Alois Sallatmeyer (Architekt)
1849 - 1917
Johann Michael Adelpodinger
1734 - 1800
Josef Koch (Architekt)
1780 - 1814
Johann Karl Stadler
1871 - 1917
Anton Hoppe (Baumeister)
1780 - 1859
Rudolf Neumayr
1845 - 1903
Franz Zajicek (Architekt)
1912 - 2006