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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

5101 MILITAR

Alfred II de Windisch-Graetz

1819 - 1876

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5102 COMPOSER

Horst Ebenhöh

Born 1930

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5103 LAWYER

Rudolf Wimmer (Manager)

Born 1946

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5104 HERPETOLOGIST

Felix Kopstein

1893 - 1939

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5105 LINGUIST

Heinz-Dieter Pohl

Born 1942

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5106 AUTHOR

Eva Marks

Born 1932

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5107 JOURNALIST

Michael Etienne

1827 - 1879

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5108 FOOTBALL

Marcus Hanikel

Born 1983

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5109 ACTOR

Leon Epp

1905 - 1968

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5110 ACTOR

Kitty Speiser

Born 1947

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5111 ACTOR

Jakob Seeböck

Born 1976

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5112 BASKET

Raoul Korner

Born 1974

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5113 WRITER

Leo Parthé

1917 - 2014

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5114 ACTOR

Maria Englstorfer

1903 - 1979

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5115 ECOLOGIST

Maria Hengstberger

Born 1941

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5116 ARISTOCRAT

Sophie Esterházy

1798 - 1869

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5117 COMPOSER

Paul Schramm

1892 - 1953

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5118 MEDIA

Patricia Szarvas

Born 1970

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5119 ARCHIDUQUESA

Amelia de Austria

1807 - 1807

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5120 ACTOR

Simone Heher

Born 1974

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5121 COSTUME DESIGNER

Birgit Hutter

Born 1941

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5122 BIOLOGIST

Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig

1928 - 2018

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5123 FOOTBALL

Walter Gebhardt

Born 1945

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5124 WRITER

Rudolf Hawel

1860 - 1923

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5125 POLITICIAN

František Krajčír

1913 - 1986

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5126 SINGER

Christian Petru

Born 1983

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5127 COMPOSER

Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf

1787 - 1840

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5128 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Robert Fleischer

Born 1941

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5129 JOURNALIST

Elisabeth Jäger

1924 - 2019

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5130 ACTOR

Hakon Hirzenberger

Born 1966

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5131 COMPOSER

Ernest Kanitz

1894 - 1978

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5132 ROMANIST

Fritz Schalk

1902 - 1980

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5133 KILLER

Frederick Mors

1889 - 1916

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5134 ACADEMIC

Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer

Born 1955

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5135 SCHOLAR

Raoul Kneucker

Born 1938

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5136 ACTOR

Enzo Gaier

Born 2002

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5137 REVOLUTION

Franziska Romana von Hallwil

1758 - 1836

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5138 JOURNALIST

Willi Dungl

1937 - 2002

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5139 ACTOR

Claudius Kraushaar

1878 - 1955

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5140 CURATOR

Patty Frank

1876 - 1959

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5141 POLITICIAN

Viktor Wallner

1922 - 2012

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5142 THEATER

Erich Neuberg

1928 - 1967

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5143 PHILOSOPHER

Isolde Charim

Born 1959

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5144 DIPLOMAT

Viktor Dubský von Třebomyslice

1834 - 1915

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5145 COMPOSER

Alexander Wagendristel

Born 1965

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5146 EDUCATION

Gustav Schmidt (Ingenieur)

1826 - 1883

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5147 PAINTER

Ernst Berger (Maler)

1857 - 1919

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5148 ACTOR

Rudolf Knor

Born 1944

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5149 CHESS

Sigmund Herland

1865 - 1954

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5150 SINGER

Anton Forti

1790 - 1859

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5151 AUTHOR

Robert Friedlaender-Prechtl

1874 - 1950

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5152 ACTOR

Eva-Maria Admiral

Born 1965

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5153 FOOTBALL

Gustav Tögel

Born 1907

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5154 SPORT

Arnold Ruiner

1937 - 2011

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5155 ILLUSTRATOR

Pauli Ebner

1873 - 1949

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5156 ACTOR

Jaromír Borek (Schauspieler)

1928 - 1997

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5157 LITHOGRAPHER

Hans Rohn

1868 - 1955

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5158 WIDERSTAND

Georg Scheuer

1915 - 1996

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5159 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Mazal

Born 1959

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5160 HUSBAND

Ewald Kleisinger

1912 - 2000

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5161 ACTOR

Adi Peichl

Born 1945

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5162 HISTORIAN

Daniel Heinz

Born 1957

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5163 TROMBONIST

Gerhard Hund (Musiker)

1943 - 2015

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5164 PAINTER

Fritz Schönpflug

1873 - 1951

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5165 DIPLOMAT

Moritz Esterházy de Galantha (Politiker, 1807) �

1807 - 1890

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5166 PRODUCER

Max Liebman

1902 - 1981

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5167 SINGER

Lotte Leonard

1884 - 1976

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5168 SINGER

Ferry Gruber

1926 - 2004

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5169 ACTOR

Sonja Martin

Born 1962

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5170 PIANIST

Gottlieb Wallisch

Born 1978

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5171 FOOTBALL

Friedrich Kominek

1927 - 2002

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5172 ECONOMIST

Klaus Novy

1944 - 1991

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5173 ARTIST

Rudolf Stundl

1897 - 1990

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5174 ACTOR

Heinz Hellberg

Born 1944

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5175 ACTOR

Dora Komar

1914 - 2006

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5176 ACADEMIC

Helmut Koziol

Born 1940

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5177 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

John Meisel

Born 1923

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5178 MEDIEVALIST

Georg Scheibelreiter

Born 1943

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5179 ENTREPRENEUR

Johann Graf

Born 1946

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5180 COMPOSER

Andy Manndorff

1957 - 2017

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5181 PAINTER

Joseph Binder

1805 - 1863

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5182 RADIO

Thomas Edlinger

Born 1967

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5183 CRIMINAL

Andriza Mircovich

1879 - 1913

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5184 OFFICER

Franz Xaver Hackher zu Hart

1764 - 1837

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5185 FOOTBALL

Josef Frühwirth

1907 - 1944

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5186 CINEMA

Thomas Kiennast

Born 1976

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5187 ACADEMIC

Hans Günther Mukarovsky

1922 - 1992

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5188 ACTOR

Maria Alexander

Born 1936

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5189 AUTHOR

Marie von Suttner

1873 - 1948

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5190 MUSIC

Alfred Eschwé

Born 1949

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5191 PHILOSOPHER

Walter Hollitscher

1911 - 1986

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5192 COMPOSER

Hans Rahner

1905 - 2008

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5193 ACTOR

Eva Lissa

1913 - 1988

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5194 PAINTER

Johann Michael Neder

1807 - 1882

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5195 ACTOR

Elena Sedova

Born 1946

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5196 JOURNALIST

Roman Schliesser

1931 - 2015

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5197 HISTORIAN

Andrea Komlosy

Born 1957

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5198 COMPOSER

Rudolf Berger (Geiger)

Born 1954

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5199 ARCHITECT

Manfred Wehdorn

Born 1942

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5200 ACTOR

Christian Pogats

1967 - 2010

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5201 INTERNIST

Siegfried Meryn

Born 1954

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5202 ACTOR

Erne Seder

1925 - 2006

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5203 LAWYER

Hubert Weber

Born 1939

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5204 JOURNALIST

Leopold Grünwald

1901 - 1992

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5205 PROFESSOR

Max Krott

Born 1955

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5206 HOCKEY

Hermann Knoll

1931 - 2015

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5207 OPERA

Sebastian Holecek

Born 1964

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5208 SCREENWRITER

Paul Frank (Drehbuchautor)

1885 - 1976

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5209 SINGER

Peter Schleicher

1945 - 2015

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5210 ECONOMIST

Ruth Simsa

Born 1962

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5211 ACADEMIC

Samuel Singer

1860 - 1948

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5212 WRITER

Hanno Millesi (Autor)

Born 1966

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5213 FILM

Herbert Gruber (producteur)

1913 - 1999

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5214 FILM

Fabian Burstein

Born 1982

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5215 WRITER

Karl Lukan

1923 - 2014

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5216 ACTOR

Franz Thomé

1807 - 1872

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5217 ACTOR

Pippa Galli

Born 1985

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5218 POLITICIAN

Andreas Mailath-Pokorny

Born 1959

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5219 HOCKEY

Johann Schneider

1913 - 1993

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5220 ACTOR

Thomas Frey (Schauspieler)

Born 1944

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5221 FARMER

Karl Kupelwieser

1841 - 1925

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5222 HISTORIAN

Markus Cerman

1967 - 2015

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5223 POLITICIAN

Karl Maria Stepan

1894 - 1972

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5224 SPORT

Franz Wimmer

Born 1932

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5225 SINGER

Ignaz Tomaselli

1812 - 1862

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5226 SINGER

Louise von Ehrenstein

1867 - 1944

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5227 PAINTER

Roland Paris

1894 - 1945

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5228 ASTRONOMER

Hermann von Baravalle

1898 - 1973

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5229 BOXER

Johann Fraberger

1905 - 1948

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5230 DRAMA

Christian Baier

Born 1963

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5231 PRESENTER

Paul Schulmeister

1942 - 2011

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5232 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Georg Fischer

Born 1933

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5233 DIPLOMAT

Karl Schramek

Born 1949

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5234 ARTIST

Willi Soukop

1907 - 1995

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5235 PAINTER

Walter Prinzl

1891 - 1937

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5236 WRITER

Sandra Gugić

Born 1976

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5237 BANK

Stephan Koren (Manager)

Born 1957

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5238 PAINTER

Josef Kamenitzky Steiner

1910 - 1981

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5239 OFFICER

Oskar Brüch

1869 - 1943

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5240 THEOLOGIAN

Martin Jäggle

Born 1948

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5241 ENGINEER

Richard Gottlieb Wilhelm von Doderer

1876 - 1955

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5242 FOOTBALL

Florian Heinrich

Born 1995

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5243 ACADEMIC

Christiane Zimmer

1902 - 1987

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5244 MUSIC

Leo Lehner

1900 - 1981

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5245 POLITICIAN

Carl Jukel

1865 - 1931

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5246 ART HISTORIAN

Eva Berger

Born 1955

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5247 WRITER

Katharina Winkler

Born 1979

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5248 WRITER

Helmut Seethaler

Born 1953

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5249 SPORT

Rudolf Kramer

1886 - 1904

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5250 ORNITHOLOGIST

Wolfgang Scherzinger

Born 1944

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5251 ROMANIST

Michael Rössner

Born 1953

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5252 ARTIST

Julian Khol

Born 1979

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5253 ENTOMOLOGIST

Charles Koch

1904 - 1970

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5254 ACTOR

Eva Kinsky

1945 - 2000

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5255 PLAYER

Marcus Guttmann

Born 1991

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5256 ACTOR

Herta Mayen

1922 - 2015

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5257 POLITICIAN

Georg Mautner Markhof

1926 - 2008

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5258 ACTOR

Karl Rettich

1805 - 1878

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5259 ARCHDUKE

Archduchess Assunta of Austria

1902 - 1993

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5260 PAINTER

Otto Nowak (Maler)

1874 - 1945

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5261 WRITER

Karl Anton Klammer

1879 - 1959

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5262 POLITICIAN

Andreas Staribacher

Born 1957

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5263 ACADEMIC

Clemens Jabloner

Born 1948

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5264 SCULPTOR

Johann Georg Schauberger

1700 - 1744

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5265 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Baader

1928 - 2020

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5266 PAINTER

Matthäus Loder

1781 - 1828

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5267 SCIENTIST

Bernhard Heinzlmaier

Born 1960

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5268 ANATOMIST

Johann Georg Greisel

Died 1684

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5269 PUBLISHER

Julian Aberbach

1909 - 2004

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5270 AUTHOR

Vilma Neuwirth

1928 - 2016

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5271 AUTHOR

Othmar Franz Lang

1921 - 2005

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5272 FENCER

Camillo Müller

Born 1870

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5273 ART HISTORIAN

Herbert Giese (Kunsthistoriker)

Born 1950

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5274 POLITICIAN

Herbert Kohlmaier

Born 1934

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5275 SCIENTIST

Henry Koffler

1922 - 2018

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5276 STUDIES

Curt Leviant

Born 1932

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5277 POLITICIAN

Renate Brauner

Born 1956

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5278 AUTHOR

Anton Passy

1788 - 1847

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5279 SINGER

Antonietta Fricci

1840 - 1912

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5280 WRITER

Anton Johann Gross-Hoffinger

1808 - 1875

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5281 WRITER

Franz Nissel

1831 - 1893

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5282 ACTOR

Doris Hick

Born 1966

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5283 ACADEMIC

Rainer Schubert (Philosoph)

Born 1948

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5284 PRESENTER

Peter Resetarits

Born 1960

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5285 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Braulik

Born 1941

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5286 SINGER

Emma Juch

1861 - 1939

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5287 COMPOSER

Hermann Dechant

Born 1939

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5288 OPERA

Petra-Maria Schnitzer

Born 1963

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5289 AUTHOR

Johannes Kunz (Journalist)

Born 1947

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5290 HISTORIAN

Bernhard Palme

Born 1961

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5291 JOURNALIST

Oscar Pollak

1893 - 1963

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5292 ARCHITECT

Cesar Poppovits

1876 - 1938

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5293 MILITAR

Joseph Krautwald von Annau

1858 - 1925

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5294 AUTHOR

Josef Luitpold Stern

1886 - 1966

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5295 ACTOR

Peggy Drake

1922 - 2014

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5296 PAINTER

Wilhelm Richter (Maler, 1824)

1824 - 1892

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5297 ACTOR

Loretta Pflaum

Born 1972

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5298 POLITICIAN

Ernst Eugen Veselsky

1932 - 2014

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5299 ILLUSTRATOR

Maria Rehm

1915 - 2002

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5300 ARCHITECT

Elsa Prochazka

Born 1948

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5301 BUSINESS

Jules Thorn

1899 - 1980

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5302 ACTOR

Oskar Wegrostek

1907 - 1972

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5303 ACTOR

Helene Lauterböck

1895 - 1990

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5304 PAINTER

Wilhelm Kaufmann (Maler, 1895)

1895 - 1975

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5305 ACTOR

Magda Irschick

1847 - 1935

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5306 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Herbert Mitscha-Märheim

1900 - 1976

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5307 CARICATURIST

B. F. Dolbin

1883 - 1971

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5308 PARLIAMENT

Arnold Holitscher

1859 - 1942

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5309 POLITICS

Edith Hauer-Frischmuth

1913 - 2004

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5310 ACTOR

Karl Blasel

1831 - 1922

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5311 RUNNER

Felix Kwieton

1887 - 1958

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5312 HANDBALL

Konrad Wilczynski

Born 1982

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5313 ACADEMIC

Roland Burkart

Born 1950

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5314 HISTORIAN

Ingrid Loschek

1950 - 2010

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5315 SINGER

Sonja Knittel

1923 - 2017

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5316 POLITICIAN

Manfred Mautner Markhof junior

1927 - 2008

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5317 ACTOR

Mickey Perz

Born 1984

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5318 RESISTANCE

Hilde Zimmermann

1920 - 2002

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5319 AUTHOR

Kurt Tetzeli von Rosador

1940 - 2009

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5320 ACADEMIC

Robert Prantner

1931 - 2010

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5321 WRITER

Ilse Kilic

Born 1958

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5322 ACTOR

Heinrich Eisenbach

1870 - 1923

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5323 FOOTBALL

Vasil Kuleski

Born 1993

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5324 PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Baum (Künstler)

Born 1939

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5325 CONDUCTOR

Carl Bamberger

1902 - 1987

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5326 ACTOR

Sophie Stockinger

Born 1997

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5327 COMPOSER

Carl Ferdinand Füchs

1811 - 1848

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5328 POLITICIAN

Karl Borromäus Frank

1893 - 1969

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5329 LINGUIST

Elisabeth Leinfellner

1938 - 2010

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5330 HISTORIAN

Arnold Winkler

1882 - 1969

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5331 HOCKEY

Raimund Divis

Born 1978

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5332 THERAPIST

Raoul Schindler

1923 - 2014

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5333 BUSINESS

Herbert Schimetschek

Born 1938

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5334 SINGER

Betty Fischer

1887 - 1969

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5335 ACTOR

Coco Huemer

Born 1993

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5336 BUSINESS

Felix Mandl

Born 1898

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5337 ACTOR

Louis Soldan

1920 - 1971

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5338 ARCHITECT

Karl Schaden

1843 - 1914

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5339 ENGINEER

Josef Kates

1921 - 2018

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5340 GEOLOGIST

Peter Beck-Mannagetta

1917 - 1998

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5341 CAROM BILLIARDS PLAYER

Johann Scherz

1932 - 2004

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5342 ACTOR

Irmgard Först

Born 1915

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5343 MUSIC

Helmut Wobisch

1912 - 1980

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5344 WRITER

Rose Laure Allatini

1890 - 1980

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5345 FOOTBALL

Karl Harmer

1888 - 1966

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5346 ACTOR

Rita Hatzmann

Born 1978

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5347 ACTOR

Axel Sichrovsky

Born 1974

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5348 PAINTER

Gerald Kurdoğlu Nitsche

Born 1941

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5349 ARCHITECT

Julius Deininger

1852 - 1924

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5350 ACTOR

Oliver Rosskopf

Born 1981

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5351 COMPOSER

Richard von Goldberger

1875 - 1927

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5352 JOURNALIST

Richard Nimmerrichter

Born 1920

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5353 SCHOLAR

Dorrit Cohn

1924 - 2012

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5354 ACTOR

Gabriela Hegedüs

Born 1975

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5355 ACTOR

Sylvia Lukan

Born 1942

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5356 AUTHOR

Otto Stoessl

1875 - 1936

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5357 CIVIL SERVICE

Rudolf von Merkl

1831 - 1911

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5358 AUTHOR

Brigitte Johanna Henkel-Waidhofer

Born 1958

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5359 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Renato Peroni

1930 - 2010

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5360 POET

Margaret Diesendorf

1912 - 1993

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5361 POLITICIAN

Ernst Friedrich von Windisch-Graetz

1670 - 1727

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5362 COMPOSER

Robert Fischhof

1856 - 1918

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5363 PHILOSOPHER

Wolfgang Schultz (Philosoph)

1881 - 1936

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5364 CINEMA

Karl Kurzmayer

1901 - 1972

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5365 KILLER

Franz Podezin

1911 - 1995

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5366 ACADEMIC

Sepp Leodolter

Born 1943

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5367 ACADEMIC

Elise Riesel

1906 - 1989

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5368 MISSING

Helga Pollak-Kinsky

Born 1930

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5369 SKATER

Helli Sengstschmid

Born 1944

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5370 ACTOR

Carl Rössler

1864 - 1946

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5371 AUTHOR

Margarete Seemann

1893 - 1949

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5372 SOCIOLOGIST

Doris Bensimon

1924 - 2009

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5373 WRITER

Alexander Pollak

Born 1973

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5374 SCULPTOR

Helga Philipp

1939 - 2002

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5375 ENTREPRENEUR

Carl Manner

1929 - 2017

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5376 PRINTMAKER

Lili Réthi

1894 - 1969

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5377 MATHEMATICIAN

Maria Hoffmann-Ostenhof

Born 1947

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5378 SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

Kurt Adel

1920 - 2009

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5379 ENTREPRENEUR

Christian Georg Hornbostel

1778 - 1841

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5380 HISTORIAN

Richard Heuberger der Jüngere

1884 - 1968

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5381 ACTOR

Olga von Togni

1914 - 1992

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5382 HISTORIAN

Alfons Lhotsky

1903 - 1968

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5383 BIOLOGIST

Otto Porsch

1875 - 1959

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5384 FILM

Leopold Bauer (Regisseur)

Born 1961

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5385 PAINTER

Karlheinz Pilcz

Born 1940

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5386 WRITER

Philipp Weiss (Schriftsteller)

Born 1982

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5387 AUTHOR

Robert Löffler (Journalist)

1931 - 2016

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5388 ENGINEER

Ferdinand von Rosenzweig

1812 - 1892

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5389 PIANIST

Roland Kovac

1927 - 2013

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5390 POLITICIAN

Karl Altmann (politician)

1904 - 1960

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5391 AUTHOR

Paul Hatvani

1892 - 1975

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5392 LITERARY

Liliane Weissberg

Born 1953

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5393 JUDGE

Georg Kodek

Born 1963

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5394 WRITER

Auguste Groner

1850 - 1929

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5395 POLITICIAN

Viktor Kienböck

1873 - 1956

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5396 CHOREOGRAPHER

Susan Baker

Born 1946

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5397 ECONOMIST

Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann

1822 - 1885

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5398 AUTHOR

Josef von Doblhoff-Dier

1844 - 1928

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5399 ACTOR

Louise von Holtei

1800 - 1825

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5400 ART HISTORIAN

Max Theuer

1878 - 1949

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