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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Vienna during each.

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 author3.8× the global rate.

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

  1. Actor1,170
  2. Politician1,169
  3. Painter748
  4. Football595
  5. Writer489
  6. Author405
  7. Composer403
  8. Academic293
  1. Author4053.8×
  2. Architect2822.5×
  3. Composer4032.4×
  4. Academic2932.3×
  5. Painter7482.3×
  6. Actor1,1701.8×
  7. Sculptor1431.8×
  8. Historian2121.6×
  1. Football5950.4×

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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12,535 notable people

3601 ART HISTORIAN

Gerhard Schmidt (art historian)

1924 - 2010

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3602 PRESENTER

Marie-Claire Zimmermann

Born 1975

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3603 ACTOR

Sandra Cervik

Born 1966

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3604 THERAPIST

Giselher Guttmann

Born 1934

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3605 RACER

Karl Gall

1903 - 1939

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3606 HISTORIAN

Gustav Gugitz (Heimatforscher)

1874 - 1964

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3607 ANAESTHETIST

Richard von Foregger

1872 - 1960

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3608 HANDBALL

Alfred Schmalzer

1912 - 1944

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3609 CIVIL SERVICE

Wolfgang Streitenberger

Born 1952

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3610 CHRISTIANITY

Alfred Edersheim

1825 - 1889

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3611 ACADEMIC

Martin Gerzabek

Born 1961

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3612 AUTHOR

Kirstin Breitenfellner

Born 1966

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3613 PAINTER

Vito Timmel

1886 - 1949

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3614 CARTOGRAPHER

Franz von Hauslab

1798 - 1883

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3615 HISTORIAN

Alfred Kohler (Historiker)

Born 1943

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3616 COMPOSER

Oskar C. Posa

1873 - 1951

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3617 PHYSICIAN

Ignatz Leo Nascher

1863 - 1944

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3618 FOOTBALL

Osarenren Okungbowa

Born 1994

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3619 PHYSICIAN

Martha Kyrle

1917 - 2017

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3620 FOOTBALL

Peter Pumm

Born 1943

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3621 FILM

Edith Prager

1922 - 2013

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3622 BOTANIST

Emma Jacobsson

1883 - 1977

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3623 PHYSICIST

Paul Fillunger

1883 - 1937

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3624 HANDBALL

Emil Juracka

1912 - 1944

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3625 ACTOR

Caroline Grothgar

Born 1968

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3626 ATHLETIC

Karl Kotratschek

1914 - 1941

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3627 PAINTER

Franz Lerch

1895 - 1977

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3628 POLITICIAN

Christian Köck

Born 1958

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3629 SINGER

Hermine Kittel

1879 - 1948

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3630 CINEMA

Robert Lach

1901 - 1971

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3631 LAWYER

Franz von Bruchmann

1798 - 1867

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3632 ARCHITECT

John L. Smithmeyer

1832 - 1908

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3633 LIBRARIAN

Fritz Brügel

1897 - 1955

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3634 POLITICIAN

Hertha Firnberg

1909 - 1994

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3635 BUSINESS

Josef Ettenreich

1800 - 1875

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3636 FOOTBALL

Alex Sobczyk

Born 1997

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3637 AUTHOR

Karl von Marinelli

1745 - 1803

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3638 PAINTER

Franz Windhager

1879 - 1959

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3639 ACTOR

Hans Fidesser

1899 - 1982

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3640 PRESENTER

Thaddäus Podgorski

Born 1935

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3641 POLITICIAN

Beate Meinl-Reisinger

Born 1978

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3642 MATHEMATICIAN

Adam von Burg

1797 - 1882

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3643 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Neugebauer (Historiker, 1944)

Born 1944

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3644 DRIVER

Thomas Jäger (Austrian racing driver)

Born 1994

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3645 ACADEMIC

Adolf Sturmthal

1903 - 1986

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3646 SINGER

Karel Kalaš

1910 - 2001

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3647 MILITAR

Tadeusz Machalski

1893 - 1987

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3648 PAINTER

Alfred Basel

1876 - 1920

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3649 HISTORIAN

Johannes Koder

Born 1942

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3650 ACADEMIC

Anastassios Christomanos

1841 - 1906

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3651 HISTORIAN

Otto Forst de Battaglia

1889 - 1965

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3652 ECONOMIST

Martha Steffy Browne

1898 - 1990

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3653 VIROLOGIST

Thomas Graf (biologist)

Born 1944

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3654 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Michalek

Born 1940

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3655 FOLKLORIST

Richard Wolfram

1901 - 1995

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3656 POLITICIAN

Irma Schwager

1920 - 2015

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3657 ILLUSTRATOR

Frank Dobias

Born 1902

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3658 ORIENTALIST

Viktor Christian

1885 - 1963

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3659 PAINTER

Johann Matthias Ranftl

1804 - 1854

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3660 AUTHOR

Wolf Harranth

Born 1941

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3661 ACTOR

Heinrich Peer

1867 - 1927

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3662 CHESS

Valentin Dragnev

Born 1999

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3663 COLLECTOR

Rudolf von Arthaber

1795 - 1867

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3664 OPERA

Karl Beck (tenor)

1814 - 1879

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3665 PHYSICIST

Edward G. Krubasik

Born 1944

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3666 PRIEST

Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz

1726 - 1795

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3667 SAXOPHONIST

Karl Drewo

1929 - 1995

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3668 ENGINEER

František Faltus

1901 - 1989

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3669 SCULPTOR

Oskar Thiede

1879 - 1961

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3670 FOOTBALL

Moritz Häusler

1901 - 1952

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3671 JUDGE

Lilian Hofmeister

Born 1950

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3672 WRITER

Ernst Waldinger

1896 - 1970

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3673 FILM

Karl Ehrlich

1896 - 1962

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3674 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Falko Daim

Born 1953

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3675 AUTHOR

Inge Merkel

1922 - 2006

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3676 GEOLOGIST

Michael Sarnthein

Born 1939

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3677 CHEMIST

Emil Abel

1875 - 1958

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3678 SINGER

Hans Erl

1882 - 1942

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3679 POET

Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

1920 - 2013

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3680 PAINTER

Rudolf Bacher

1862 - 1945

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3681 ATHLETIC

Andrea Scherney

Born 1966

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3682 FOOTBALL

Jasmin Pfeiler

Born 1984

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3683 PHYSICIAN

Karl Babor

1918 - 1964

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3684 PAINTER

Albert Reuss

1889 - 1975

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3685 HISTORIAN

August von Loehr (Numismatiker)

1882 - 1965

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3686 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand von Colloredo-Mannsfeld

1777 - 1848

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3687 PIANIST

Tibor Grasser

Born 1970

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3688 MUSIC

Moritz Kässmayer

1831 - 1884

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3689 POLITICIAN

Bertha Braunthal

1887 - 1967

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3690 VENTRILOQUIST

Herta Frankel

1913 - 1996

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3691 ARTIST

Henry Koerner

1915 - 1991

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3692 HANDBALL

Johann Tauscher

1909 - 1979

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3693 VIOLIN

Adolf Rebner

1876 - 1967

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3694 JOURNALIST

Cordula Reyer

Born 1962

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3695 ACTOR

Stella Kadmon

1902 - 1989

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3696 FOOTBALL

Matthieu André (football)

1909 - 1979

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3697 TAXONOMIST

Franz Thonner

1863 - 1928

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3698 GUITAR

Eli Kassner

1924 - 2018

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3699 FOOTBALL

Cem Tosun

Born 1990

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3700 SINGER

Hans Reinmar

1895 - 1961

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3701 PIANIST

Edith Kraus

1913 - 2013

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3702 POLITICIAN

Therese Schlesinger

1863 - 1940

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3703 FILM

Franz Höbling

1886 - 1965

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3704 ACTOR

Murathan Muslu

Born 1981

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3705 FOOTBALL

Philip Petermann

Born 1991

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3706 FOOTBALL

Marijan Marjanović

1904 - 1983

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3707 HISTORIAN

Fritz Fellner

1922 - 2012

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3708 SCREENWRITER

Joseph Than

1903 - 1985

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3709 PRIEST

Ernest Johann Nepomuk

1731 - 1788

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3710 ARCHITECT

Richard Jordan (architecte)

1847 - 1922

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3711 PAEDIATRICIAN

August Reuss

1879 - 1954

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3712 MOUNTAINEER

Geri Winkler

Born 1956

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3713 SOCIOLOGIST

Kai T. Erikson

Born 1931

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3714 LIEDERMACHER

Horst Chmela

Born 1939

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3715 ARCHIVIST

Johann Georg Megerle von Mühlfeld

1780 - 1831

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3716 COMPOSER

Max Josef Beer

1851 - 1908

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3717 SKATER

Alois Lutz

1898 - 1918

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3718 PROFESSOR

Henry H. Bauer

Born 1931

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3719 PAINTER

Helmut Leherb

1933 - 1997

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3720 SURVIVOR

Gertrude Pressburger

Born 1927

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3721 COMMUNISTE

Ernst Burger

1915 - 1944

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3722 BANDLEADER

Claudius Alzner

1930 - 2002

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3723 PAINTER

Alfred Kornberger

1933 - 2002

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3724 PLAYER

Stefanie Haidner

Born 1977

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3725 FOOTBALL

Fritz Gschweidl

1901 - 1970

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3726 ACTOR

Peter Lerchbaumer

Born 1945

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3727 FOOTBALL

Franz Wöhrer

Born 1939

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3728 FOOTBALL

Ilter Ayyildiz

Born 1992

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3729 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Erich Swoboda

1896 - 1964

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3730 SINGER

Ernst Gutstein

1924 - 1998

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3731 SPORT

Rudi Valenta

1921 - 2001

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3732 SCULPTOR

Leopold Ernst

1808 - 1862

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3733 JOURNALIST

Borys Lewytzkyj

1915 - 1984

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3734 DRAMA

Miloš Václav Kratochvíl

1904 - 1988

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3735 ACTOR

Johannes Balzli

1899 - 1939

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3736 GUERRE

Moritz von Liechtenstein

1775 - 1819

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3737 ACTOR

Lilly Stepanek

1912 - 2004

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3738 FILM

Klemens Hallmann

Born 1976

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3739 MATHEMATICIAN

Karl W. Gruenberg

1928 - 2007

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3740 ACTOR

Rafael Gareisen

Born 1994

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3741 HISTORIAN

Ambros Josef Pfiffig

1910 - 1998

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3742 CHEMIST

Friedrich Hecht

1903 - 1980

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3743 DIVER

Flóra Gondos

Born 1992

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3744 PHILOSOPHER

Ernst Topitsch

1919 - 2003

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3745 COLLECTIONNEUR

Ödön Edmund Zichy

1811 - 1894

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3746 ENGINEER

Karl Wilfert

1907 - 1976

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3747 ORIENTALIST

Gustav Krist

1894 - 1937

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3748 PHYSICIAN

Josef Rötzer

1920 - 2010

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3749 SURGEON

Viktor von Hacker

1852 - 1933

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3750 ACTOR

Daniela Golpashin

Born 1985

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3751 SCREENWRITER

Heinz Rudolf Unger

1938 - 2018

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3752 POET

Margarete Kollisch

1893 - 1979

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3753 COMPOSER

Maria Wilhelmine von Thun und Hohenstein

1744 - 1800

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3754 WRITER

Thomas Raab (Schriftsteller, 1970)

Born 1970

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3755 HISTORIAN

Bernhard Scheid

Born 1960

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3756 BIOLOGIST

George Rédei

1921 - 2008

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3757 DRIVER

Walter Grubmüller

Born 1989

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3758 ACTOR

Rudolf Roubinek

Born 1969

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3759 FOOTBALL

Adolf Fischera

1888 - 1938

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3760 ACTOR

Katharina Stemberger

Born 1968

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3761 NAVIGATOR

Norbert Sedlacek

Born 1962

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3762 PHILOSOPHER

Robert Pfaller

Born 1962

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3763 PAINTER

Helga Michie

1921 - 2018

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3764 ACTOR

Alex Hafner

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3765 PROFESSOR

Elfriede Moser-Rath

1926 - 1993

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3766 HANDBALL

Johann Zehetner

1912 - 1942

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3767 ACTOR

Hermann Blaß

1888 - 1941

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3768 SWIMMER

Fabienne Nadarajah

Born 1985

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3769 ATHLETE

Julia Hauser

Born 1994

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3770 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Soswinski

1905 - 1997

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3771 POLITICIAN

Karl Czernetz

1910 - 1978

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3772 COMPOSER

Johannes Kretz

Born 1968

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3773 INTERNIST

Michael Frass

Born 1954

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3774 ENTREPRENEUR

Paul Kupelwieser

1843 - 1919

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3775 PAINTER

Stylianos Schicho

Born 1977

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3776 PAINTER

Johann Zacharias Frey

1769 - 1829

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3777 ACADEMIC

Franz Zelezny

1866 - 1932

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3778 HISTORIAN

Georg Altmütter

1787 - 1858

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3779 ETHOLOGIST

Kurt Fabri

1923 - 1990

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3780 ACTOR

Erwin Piplits

Born 1939

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3781 PHYSICIAN

Erwin Popper

1879 - 1955

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3782 FILM

Jacob Groll

Born 1979

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3783 SWIMMER

Josef Wastl

1892 - 1968

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3784 WRITER

August Neidhart

1867 - 1934

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3785 MATHEMATICIAN

John Blatt

1921 - 1990

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3786 POLITICIAN

Edith Klestil

1932 - 2011

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3787 RABBI

Hanoch Teller

Born 1956

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3788 ACTOR

Catrin Striebeck

Born 1966

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3789 DOCENT

Thomas Wunderlich

Born 1955

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3790 FOOTBALL

Oliver Pranjic

Born 1994

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3791 BOTANIST

Walter Rausch

Born 1928

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3792 MEDICAL

Anton Breinl

1880 - 1944

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3793 SPORT

Jan Sokol (cyclist)

Born 1990

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3794 ENGINEER

Felix Samuely

1902 - 1959

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3795 ARISTOCRAT

Johann Ferdinand of Auersperg

1655 - 1705

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3796 PHYSICIST

Gerda Laski

1893 - 1928

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3797 POLITICIAN

Karl Kummer (politician)

1904 - 1967

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3798 FOOTBALL

Franz Resch

Born 1969

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3799 PAINTER

Robin Christian Andersen

1890 - 1969

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3800 AUTHOR

Barbara Büchner

Born 1950

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3801 LINGUIST

Rudolf Meringer

1859 - 1931

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3802 PROFESSOR

Josef Zemann

Born 1923

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3803 ARTIST

Sylvia Eckermann

Born 1962

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3804 NEUROLOGIST

Károly Schaffer

1864 - 1939

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3805 ACTOR

Susan Douglas Rubeš

1925 - 2013

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3806 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Kronawetter

1838 - 1913

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3807 SINGER

A.geh Wirklich?

Born 1976

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3808 ACTOR

Maria Minzenti

1898 - 1973

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3809 SOLDIER

Johann von Mayr

1716 - 1759

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3810 LINGUIST

Peter H. Salus

Born 1938

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3811 JOURNALIST

Conrad Seidl

Born 1958

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3812 JOURNALIST

Wolfgang Fellner

Born 1954

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3813 COACH

Günter Bresnik

Born 1961

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3814 PSYCHIATRIST

Adolf Albrecht Friedländer

1870 - 1949

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3815 ECONOMIST

Robert Wilbrandt

1875 - 1954

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3816 ECONOMIST

Hans Mayer (économiste)

1879 - 1955

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3817 ART HISTORIAN

Philipp Fehl

1920 - 2000

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3818 FILM

Josef Baumberger

Born 1944

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3819 DENTIST

Moriz Heider

1816 - 1866

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3820 PAINTER

Ida Maly

1894 - 1941

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3821 FILM

Katharina Mückstein

Born 1982

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3822 BOTANIST

Ignaz Dörfler

1866 - 1950

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3823 ACTOR

Gerald Votava

Born 1970

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3824 POLITICIAN

Julius von Falkenhayn

1829 - 1899

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3825 SINGER

Amalia Schütz Oldosi

1803 - 1852

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3826 PHYSICIST

Otto Halpern

1899 - 1982

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3827 CONDUCTOR

Martin Sieghart

Born 1951

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3828 FOOTBALL

Adolf Huber

1923 - 1994

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3829 MARTIAL ART

Livia von Plettenberg

Born 1988

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3830 FOOTBALL

Karl Schott

1906 - 1985

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3831 POLITICIAN

Anthony A. Fleger

1900 - 1963

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3832 MUSIC

Karl Stiegler

1876 - 1932

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3833 ANATOMIST

Albert Narath

1864 - 1924

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3834 POLITICIAN

Robert Meyer (Jurist)

1855 - 1914

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3835 POLITICIAN

Eleonora Hostasch

Born 1944

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3836 COMPOSER

Ferdinand Sieber

1822 - 1895

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3837 HANDBALL

Hans Tatzer

1905 - 1944

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3838 JOURNALIST

Karl Friedrich Nowak

1882 - 1932

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3839 COMPOSER

Hans Hammerschmid

Born 1930

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3840 ACADEMIC

Carl Fruwirth

1862 - 1930

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3841 PAINTER

Friedrich Treml

1816 - 1852

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3842 ACTOR

Kathrin Resetarits

Born 1973

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3843 FOOTBALL

Willibald Stejskal

Born 1897

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3844 THERAPIST

Josef Dvorak

Born 1934

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3845 FOOTBALL

Kenan Muslimović

Born 1997

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3846 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Drimmel

1912 - 1991

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3847 ARCHITECT

Oskar Wlach

1881 - 1963

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3848 SINGER

Beatrix Neundlinger

Born 1947

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3849 ACTOR

Albert Rueprecht

Born 1929

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3850 DUKE

Catherine of Austria, Lady of Coucy

1320 - 1349

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3851 FOOTBALL

Heinz Weber

Born 1976

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3852 FOOTBALL

Leopold Neubauer

Born 1889

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3853 POLITICIAN

Otto Lecher

1861 - 1939

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3854 HISTORIAN

Antonio Padoa-Schioppa

Born 1937

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3855 PHYSICIST

Harold Fürth

1930 - 2002

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3856 MUSIC

Theodor Helm

1843 - 1920

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3857 ACTOR

Herwig Seeböck

1939 - 2011

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3858 ARTIST

Susi Singer

1891 - 1955

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3859 ACTOR

Romuald Pekny

1920 - 2007

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3860 DIPLOMAT

Yossef Harmelin

1922 - 1994

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3861 BEEKEEPER

Franz Hruschka

1819 - 1888

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3862 ACTOR

Ellen Umlauf

1925 - 2000

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3863 CARTOGRAPHER

Erik Arnberger

1917 - 1987

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3864 PAINTER

Anton Radl

1774 - 1852

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3865 PAINTER

Fritz Hafner

1877 - 1964

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3866 PHILOLOGIST

Egon Schwarz

1922 - 2017

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3867 ACTOR

Christoph von Friedl

Born 1976

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3868 ACTOR

Heinz Marecek

Born 1945

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3869 SCREENWRITER

Walter Forster (screenwriter)

1900 - 1968

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3870 COSTUME DESIGNER

Herta Hareiter

1923 - 2015

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3871 COMMUNISTE

Lisa Gavric

1907 - 1974

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3872 HANDBALL

Roland Schlinger

Born 1982

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3873 GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Dagmar Berková

1922 - 2002

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3874 PAINTER

Gustav Gaul

1836 - 1888

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3875 POLITICIAN

Ernő Poeltenberg

1808 - 1849

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3876 ACADEMIC

Hagen Fleischer

Born 1944

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3877 NEUROLOGIST

Lothar von Frankl-Hochwart

1862 - 1914

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3878 MEDIEVALIST

Karl Uhlirz

1854 - 1914

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3879 WRITER

Erich Lifka

1924 - 2007

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3880 PAINTER

Georg Weikert

1743 - 1799

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3881 SCULPTOR

Rudolf Marschall

1873 - 1967

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3882 AUTHOR

Alois Vogel

1922 - 2005

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3883 POLITICIAN

Herma Kirchschläger

1916 - 2009

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3884 ACTOR

Thea Weis

1924 - 1999

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3885 MEMOIRIST

Elisabeth Markstein

1929 - 2013

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3886 FILM

John Olden

1918 - 1965

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3887 FILM

Josef Stein

1876 - 1937

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3888 COMPOSER

Edmund Schuëcker

1860 - 1911

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3889 ACTOR

Markus Waxenegger

Born 1974

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3890 SOLDIER

Eduard von Paar

1837 - 1919

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3891 WRITER

Dorothea Zeemann

1909 - 1993

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3892 ACTOR

Dieter Berner

Born 1944

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3893 FILM

Leopold Blonder

1893 - 1932

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3894 ACTOR

Michou Friesz

Born 1962

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3895 SCULPTOR

Carl Radnitzky

1818 - 1901

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3896 ACTOR

Erika Pelikowsky

1916 - 1990

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3897 WRITER

Hans Hauenstein

1912 - 1989

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3898 JOURNALIST

Stéphane Roussel

1902 - 1999

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3899 WRITER

Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber

Born 1956

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3900 PAINTER

Felix Waske

Born 1942

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