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
- Field: Painter Clear ×
Theo Zasche
1862 - 1922
Carl Haunold
1832 - 1911
Georg Königstein
Born 1937
Erwin Dom Osen
1891 - 1970
Adalbert Seligmann
1862 - 1945
Oswald Grill
1878 - 1964
Rudolf Fuchs (peintre)
1868 - 1918
Rudolf Junk
1880 - 1943
Adam Johann Braun
1748 - 1827
Carl Auböck (Maler)
1900 - 1957
Gustav Kurt Beck
1902 - 1983
Marie Krafft
1812 - 1885
Peter Marquant
Born 1954
Alfred Macalik
1888 - 1979
Karl Karger
1848 - 1913
Christa Hauer-Fruhmann
1925 - 2013
Karl Flieher
1881 - 1958
Marie Arnsburg
1853 - 1940
Eduard Zetsche
1844 - 1927
András Markó
1824 - 1895
Walter Schmögner
Born 1943
Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth (Maler)
1879 - 1948
Otto Zeiller
1913 - 1988
Josef Bramer
Born 1948
Hermine Aichenegg
1915 - 2007
Robert Zinner
1904 - 1988
Hilde Exner
1880 - 1922
Hanns Pellar
1886 - 1971
Heinz Bruno Gallée
1920 - 1996
Nora Exner
1879 - 1915
Paul Meissner (Maler)
1907 - 1983
Joseph Adam von Mölk
1718 - 1794
Ladislaus Eugen Petrovits
1839 - 1907
Karl Joseph Litschauer
1830 - 1871
Alexander Kardin
1917 - 1994
Josef Lauer
1818 - 1881
Eduard Swoboda
1814 - 1902
Peter Kinley
1926 - 1988
Alexander von Bensa
1820 - 1902
Siegfried Stoitzner
1892 - 1976
Eduard Ritter
1808 - 1853
Karl Pippich
1862 - 1932
Erich Landgrebe
1908 - 1979
Alois Schönn
1826 - 1897
Franz Xaver Gruber (Maler)
1801 - 1862
Marianne Fieglhuber-Gutscher
1889 - 1978
Franz Hohenberger
1867 - 1941
Karl Anton Wolf
1908 - 1989
Ferdinand Brunner (Maler)
1870 - 1945
Leander Russ
1809 - 1864
Albert Hoffmann (Maler)
Born 1945
Carlo Pietzner
1915 - 1986
Camilla Friedländer
1856 - 1928
Hermann Kosel
1896 - 1983
Fritz Fischer (Maler)
1925 - 1986
Oskar Matulla
1900 - 1982
Meinhard Jacoby
1873 - 1956
Alfred Biber
1942 - 2013
Walter Vopava
Born 1948
Richard Geiger
1870 - 1945
Michael Marcovici
Born 1969
Karl Friedrich Gsur
1871 - 1939
Joseph Höger
1801 - 1877
Karl Hoffmann (Maler, 1893)
1893 - 1972
Walther Gross
1920 - 2014
Hans Frank (Maler)
1884 - 1948
Veva Tončić
1912 - 1992
Ernst Zdrahal
Born 1944
Franz Josef Dobiaschofsky
1818 - 1867
Ingeborg G. Pluhar
Born 1944
Maximilian Suppantschitsch
1865 - 1953
Theodor Breitwieser
1847 - 1930
Charlotte Hampel
1863 - 1945
Lucia Jirgal
1914 - 2007
Lothar Charoux
1912 - 1987
Franz Zeller (Maler)
1805 - 1876
Victor Theodor Slama
1890 - 1973
Emy Ferjanc
1917 - 2010
Ludwig Ferdinand Graf
1868 - 1932
Bertha Müller
1848 - 1925
Norbert Schrödl
1842 - 1912
Karl Ludwig Prinz
1875 - 1944
Richard Moser (Maler)
1874 - 1924
Remigius Geyling
1878 - 1974
Ernst Liebenauer
1884 - 1970
Anton Kling
1881 - 1963
Alfred Schrötter von Kristelli
1856 - 1935
Lotte Profohs
1934 - 2012
Johann Nepomuk Passini
1798 - 1874
Adolf van der Venne
1828 - 1911
Ludwig Streitenfeld
1849 - 1930
Jerzy Makarewicz
1907 - 1944
ONA B.
Born 1957
Joseph Holzer
1824 - 1876
Tony Binder
1868 - 1944
Claus Mayrhofer Barabbas
1943 - 2009
Georg Fischhof
1849 - 1914
Georg Chaimowicz
1929 - 2003
Josef Danilowatz
1877 - 1945
Hugo von Bouvard
1879 - 1959
Carl Ederer
1875 - 1951
Maria Viktoria von Attems
1899 - 1983
Elsa Olivia Urbach
Born 1935
Wilhelm Traeger
1907 - 1980
Heinz Stangl
1942 - 2008
Alois Hans Schram
1864 - 1919
Alois Raimund Hein
1852 - 1937
Carl Lafite (Maler)
1830 - 1900
Leopold Rothaug
1868 - 1959
Reny Lohner
1905 - 1981
Leopold Schulz (Maler)
1804 - 1873
Johanna Kandl
Born 1954
Adam Brenner
1800 - 1891
Josef Plenk
1886 - 1967
Matthias Rudolf Toma
1792 - 1869
Roland Strasser
1892 - 1974
Carl Wurzinger
1817 - 1883
Helene Winger
1884 - 1945
Hans Schachinger
1888 - 1952
Henry Inlander
1925 - 1983
Ludwig Schwarzer
1912 - 1989
Rudolf Haybach
1886 - 1983
Ferdinand Kitt
1887 - 1961
Josef Ziegler (Maler)
1785 - 1852
Erhard Amadeus Dier
1893 - 1969
Aramis (Künstler)
1950 - 2010
Heinz Greissing
1933 - 2020
Andreas Groll (Maler)
1850 - 1907
Max Schödl
1834 - 1921
Franz Schwarzinger
Born 1958
Wolfgang Böhm (Maler)
Born 1946
Anton Hans Karlinsky
1872 - 1945
Franz Schams (Maler)
1824 - 1883
Viktor Stauffer
1852 - 1934
Erwin Pendl
1875 - 1945
Alfred Gerstenbrand
1881 - 1977
Marion Elias
Born 1960
Emma Bacher-Paulick
1867 - 1953
Thomas Stimm
Born 1948
Franz Altmutter
1745 - 1817
Ludwig Adam Kunz
1857 - 1929
Herbert Tasquil
1923 - 2008
Rudolf Konopa
1864 - 1936
Wilhelm Koller
1829 - 1884
Adolf Luntz
1875 - 1934
Othmar Ruzicka
1877 - 1962
Josef Arnold der Jüngere
1823 - 1862
Olga Prager
1872 - 1930
Anton von Perger
1809 - 1876
Anton Brioschi
1855 - 1920
Johann Dallinger von Dalling
1741 - 1806
Franz Roubal
1889 - 1967
Othmar Brioschi
1854 - 1912
Josef Hauzinger
1728 - 1786
Franz Horst
1862 - 1950
Erasmus Engert
1796 - 1871
Nikolaus Moreau
1805 - 1834
Grete Rader-Soulek
1920 - 1997
Paul Ikrath
1888 - 1970
Oswald Roux
1880 - 1961
Johannes Wanke
1923 - 2005
Heinrich Carl Brandt
1724 - 1787
Oskar Larsen
1882 - 1972
Joseph Brunner (Maler)
1826 - 1893
August Ignatz Grosz
1847 - 1917
Alexander Johann Dallinger von Dalling
1783 - 1844
Franz Staudigl
1885 - 1944
Ernst Skrička
1946 - 2020
Julie Krafft
1821 - 1903
Friedrich Sturm (Maler)
1822 - 1898
Johann Baptist Dallinger von Dalling
1782 - 1868
Johann Klein (Glasmaler)
1823 - 1883
Otto Feldmann
1881 - 1942
Fritz Zerritsch der Jüngere
1888 - 1985
Conrad Grefe
1823 - 1907
Ernst Lafite
1826 - 1885
Jo Kuehn
Born 1945
Daniel Israel
1859 - 1901
Rainer Probst
1941 - 2004
Eduard Schaller
1802 - 1848
Herbert Fladerer
1913 - 1981
Rudi Holdhaus
Born 1950
Constantin Damianos
1869 - 1953
Heribert Potuznik
1910 - 1984
Rudolf Ullik
1900 - 1996
Hermann Grom-Rottmayer
1877 - 1953
Karl Schönbrunner
1832 - 1877
Rudolf Hafner (Maler)
1893 - 1951
Hans Ranzoni der Ältere
1868 - 1956
Julius Zimpel
1896 - 1925
Bernhard Albrecht (Maler)
1758 - 1822
Irmin Frank
1939 - 2010
Christian Kvasnicka
Born 1953
Gerhard Weissenbacher
Born 1941
Carl Duxa
1871 - 1937
Moritz Stifter
1857 - 1905
Anton Arrigoni
1788 - 1851
Johann Grund (Maler)
1808 - 1887
Franz Klopietz
1908 - 2003
Leopold Munsch
1826 - 1888
Ermenegildo Carlo Donadini
1876 - 1955
Stefan Mautner
1877 - 1944
Hans Götzinger
1867 - 1941
Johann Till der Jüngere
1827 - 1894
Norbert von Stetten
1885 - 1979
Paul Scholz (Maler)
1859 - 1940
Carl Krall
1891 - 1975
Lotte Seyerl
Born 1953
Adolf Blamauer
1847 - 1923
Slavi Soucek
1898 - 1980
Ludwig Karl Strauch
1875 - 1959
Robert Kautsky
1895 - 1963
Michael Stohl
1813 - 1881
Johann Karl Auerbach
1723 - 1786
Felix Heuberger
1888 - 1968
Joseph Altenkopf
1818 - 1860
Ludwig Rösch
1865 - 1936
Carlo Ernesto Liverati
1805 - 1844
Franz Xaver Kosler
1864 - 1905
Karl Probst (Maler)
1854 - 1924
Alexander Trichtl
1802 - 1884
Karl Goldammer
1950 - 2020
Franz Winninger
1893 - 1960
Edmund Mahlknecht
1820 - 1903
Hans Stalzer
1878 - 1940
Theodor Allesch-Alescha
1898 - 1991
Joseph Hasslwander
1812 - 1878
Rudolf Haas (Künstler)
Born 1937
Anton Velim
1892 - 1954
Emil Beischläger
1897 - 1977
Theodor Josef Ethofer
1849 - 1915
Alfred Ritter von Franck
1808 - 1884
Theodor Petter
1822 - 1872
Elisabeth Söderberg
1912 - 1991
Robert Scheffer
1859 - 1934
Klara Hautmann-Kiss
1920 - 2000
Herbert Benedikt
1925 - 1987
Vincenz Havlicek
1864 - 1915
Rudolf Kargl
1878 - 1942
Siegfried Fischer (Maler)
1899 - 1974
Ferdinand Axmann
1838 - 1910
Anton Schaller (Maler, 1773)
1773 - 1844
Ilse Bernheimer
1892 - 1985
Alesandrion
Born 1961
Franz Rosenstingl
1702 - 1785
Othmar Wundsam
1922 - 2014
Franz Politzer
Born 1950
Franz Jung-Ilsenheim
1883 - 1963
Peppino Wieternik
1919 - 1979
Paul Kaspar
1891 - 1953
Kilian Ponheimer der Jüngere
1788 - 1829
Katharina Prantl
Born 1958
Stephan Hlawa
1896 - 1977
Walter Harnisch
1906 - 1988
Rudolf Swoboda (Maler, 1819)
1819 - 1859
Franz Basdera
Born 1948
Julius Pollak
1845 - 1920
Leo Reiffenstein
1856 - 1924
Wolfgang Pavlik
Born 1956
Leopold Till
1830 - 1893
Carl Kaiser-Herbst
1858 - 1940
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried
1867 - 1953
Anton Carl Baworowski
1853 - 1927
Oskar von Pistor
1865 - 1928
Josef Thoma
1828 - 1899
Jacques Kupfermann
1926 - 1987
Karl Borschke
1886 - 1941
Ferdinand Bilger
1903 - 1961
Emil Hütter
1835 - 1886
Ferdinand Reinold
1885 - 1935
Karl Franz Joseph Haringer
1686 - 1734
Alois Hänisch
1866 - 1937
Georg Geyer (Maler)
1823 - 1912
Conrad Bühlmayer
1835 - 1883
August Rieger (Maler)
1886 - 1941
Franz Howanietz
1897 - 1972
Viktor Schufinsky
1876 - 1947
Adolf Ditscheiner
1846 - 1904
Fritz Chwala
1872 - 1936
Franz Kienmayer
1886 - 1963
Josef Büche
1848 - 1917
Carl Moritz Cammerloher
1882 - 1945
Lola Carr
1918 - 2009
Alois Schornböck
1863 - 1926
Karl Huck
1876 - 1926
August Heinrich Mansfeld
1816 - 1901
Marie Louise Poschacher
1886 - 1965
Sebastian Wegmayr
1776 - 1857
Christine Pillhofer
1954 - 2018
Josef Mansfeld
1819 - 1894
Ludwig Putz
1866 - 1947
Anton Hähnisch
1817 - 1897
Josefine Winter
1873 - 1943
Neil Curtis
Born 1971
Rudolf Holzinger
1898 - 1949
Bernhard von Schrötter
1772 - 1842
Anton Müller (Maler)
1853 - 1897
Franz Zastěra
1818 - 1880
Gert Maria Hofmann
Born 1944
Leopold Widlizka
1870 - 1940