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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

7201 ACTOR

Carl Pfann

1874 - 1928

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7202 THEOLOGIAN

Karl Jaroš

Born 1944

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7203 TRANSLATOR

Anna von Rottauscher

1892 - 1970

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7204 PAINTER

Viktor Stauffer

1852 - 1934

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7205 WRITER

Egid Filek von Wittinghausen

1874 - 1949

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7206 ACTOR

Theresa Prammer

Born 1974

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7207 PAINTER

Erwin Pendl

1875 - 1945

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7208 AUTHOR

Luise George Bachmann

1903 - 1976

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7209 MILITAR

Robert Colli

1898 - 1980

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7210 PHYSICIAN

Christoph Hartung von Hartungen (Mediziner, 1849)

1849 - 1917

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7211 PAINTER

Alfred Gerstenbrand

1881 - 1977

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7212 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Victor A. Reko

Born 1880

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7213 ACTOR

Gabi Hift

Born 1958

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7214 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Leisch

Born 1968

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7215 AUTHOR

Richard Hering (Koch)

1873 - 1936

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7216 PHYSICIST

Heinz Parkus

1909 - 1982

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7217 AUTHOR

Heinz Reitbauer (Koch)

Born 1970

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7218 AUTHOR

Oscar Teller

1902 - 1985

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7219 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Pacik

Born 1947

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7220 PAINTER

Marion Elias

Born 1960

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7221 COMEDIAN

Joe Furtner

1893 - 1965

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7222 ACTOR

Gytta Schubert

Born 1948

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7223 AUTHOR

Otto Friedländer

1889 - 1963

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7224 SPORT

Alfred Mohr

Born 1913

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7225 ACTOR

Georg Marin

Born 1946

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7226 MISSING

Alexander Baltazzi

1850 - 1914

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7227 ANATOMIST

Jacob Friedrich Isenflamm

1726 - 1793

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7228 CHEMIST

Thomas Schönfeld

1923 - 2008

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7229 SCULPTOR

Heinrich Jauner

1833 - 1912

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7230 KÖCHIN

Andrea Karrer

Born 1963

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7231 BUSINESS

Reinhard Pitsch

Born 1953

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7232 ARCHITECT

Theodor Mayer (Architekt)

1874 - 1956

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7233 ETHOLOGIST

Hellmuth Wachtel

1925 - 2015

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7234 ARTIST

Alois Heidel

1915 - 1990

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7235 MILITAR

Olivier, Count of Wallis

1742 - 1799

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7236 SAILOR

Matthias Schmid

Born 1980

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7237 ARCHITECT

Ferdinand Fellner der Ältere

1815 - 1871

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7238 HISTORIAN

Birgitta Eder

Born 1962

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7239 ART DEALER

Harry Fischer

1903 - 1977

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7240 ACTOR

Julian Schneider (Schauspieler)

Born 1990

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7241 COMPOSER

Bert Silving

1887 - 1948

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7242 SOCIOLOGIST

Franz Adler (Soziologe)

1908 - 1983

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7243 PHILOLOGIST

Emil Karl Blümml

1881 - 1925

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7244 BRYOLOGIST

Hans de Winiwarter

1875 - 1949

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7245 PAINTER

Emma Bacher-Paulick

1867 - 1953

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7246 COMPOSER

Helmut Neumann (Komponist)

Born 1938

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7247 PAINTER

Thomas Stimm

Born 1948

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7248 PSYCHOLOGIST

Maria Dorothea Simon

Born 1918

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7249 TEACHER

Karl von Spieß

1880 - 1957

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7250 JOURNALIST

Reinhard Tramontana

1948 - 2005

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7251 PHOTOGRAPHER

Elly Niebuhr

1914 - 2013

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7252 ACTOR

Allegra Tinnefeld

Born 2005

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7253 ACADEMIC

Franziska Maderthaner

Born 1962

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7254 COMPOSER

Thomas Lukan

Born 1961

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7255 MUSIC

Carmen Ottner

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7256 GERMANIST

Viktor Dollmayr

1878 - 1964

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7257 ACTOR

Otto Dürer

1909 - 1994

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7258 COSTUME DESIGNER

Veronika Albert

Born 1978

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7259 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Hoess

1932 - 2007

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7260 WRITER

Camillo Schaefer

Born 1943

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7261 CHOREOGRAPHER

Bernd R. Bienert

Born 1962

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7262 CONDUCTOR

Julius Bürger

1897 - 1995

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7263 ECONOMIST

Bettina Glatz-Kremsner

Born 1962

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7264 AUTHOR

Josef Koller

1872 - 1945

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7265 PAINTER

Franz Altmutter

1745 - 1817

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7266 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Daniela Kern

Born 1960

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7267 LAWYER

Christian Strohal

Born 1951

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7268 ECONOMIST

Adolf Kozlik

1912 - 1964

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7269 AUTHOR

Andreas Scutta

1806 - 1863

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7270 WRITER

Rudolf Holzer

1875 - 1965

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7271 PAINTER

Ludwig Adam Kunz

1857 - 1929

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7272 ACTOR

Alois Berla

1826 - 1896

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7273 AUTHOR

Harald Waitzbauer

Born 1955

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7274 ART DEALER

Gerhard Habarta

Born 1939

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7275 SINGER

Katharina Waldmüller

1792 - 1850

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7276 POLITICAL

Hedi Stadlen

1916 - 2004

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7277 HISTORIAN

Walter Blasi

Born 1954

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7278 WRITER

Heinrich Heß (Alpinist)

1857 - 1944

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7279 JOURNALIST

Alfred Treiber

Born 1944

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7280 EDUCATION

Leopold Anton von Podstatzky-Prusinowitz

1717 - 1776

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7281 ÜBERLEBENDE

Dagmar Ostermann

1920 - 2010

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7282 BOTANIST

Franz Frimmel

1888 - 1957

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7283 SCULPTOR

Carl Kauba

1865 - 1922

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7284 JOURNALIST

Theodor Prager

1917 - 1986

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7285 JOURNALIST

Andreas Scheu

1844 - 1927

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7286 WRITER

Hans Gnant

1920 - 2000

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7287 PSYCHIATRIST

Karl Thums

1904 - 1976

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7288 PAINTER

Herbert Tasquil

1923 - 2008

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7289 HISTORIAN

Carl Junker (Historiker)

1864 - 1928

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7290 PAINTER

Rudolf Konopa

1864 - 1936

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7291 AUTHOR

Theo Prosel

1889 - 1955

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7292 POLITICIAN

Anton Tesarek

1896 - 1977

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7293 STATISTICIAN

Felicitas Svejda

1920 - 2016

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7294 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Ferdinand Bellan

1897 - 1976

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7295 SOCIOLOGIST

Eva Köckeis-Stangl

1922 - 2001

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7296 BASKET

Martin Schiller

Born 1982

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7297 PHILOLOGIST

Franz Stoessl

1910 - 1988

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7298 ARCHITECT

Adalbert Klaar

1900 - 1981

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7299 SONGWRITER

Walter Hojsa

1924 - 2019

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7300 MISSING

Edi Stecher

-

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7301 PAINTER

Wilhelm Koller

1829 - 1884

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7302 JOURNALIST

Erika Bestenreiner

Born 1926

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7303 AUTHOR

Alexander Widner

Born 1940

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7304 BIOLOGIST

Heinz Löffler (Limnologe)

1927 - 2006

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7305 EDUCATION

Severin Schneider

1931 - 2018

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7306 ASTRONOMER

Adolf Hnatek

1876 - 1960

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7307 MUSIC

Wolfgang Fuhrmann

Born 1966

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7308 SECRETARY

Haim Ben-David

1919 - 1967

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7309 HISTORIAN

Uriel Tal

1929 - 1984

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7310 PRIEST

Johannes Jung (Abt)

Born 1952

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7311 AUTHOR

Helmut Schwarz (Regisseur)

1928 - 2009

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7312 ACADEMIC

Emil H. Lubej

Born 1950

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7313 ART HISTORIAN

George Mullen

Born 1974

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7314 WRITER

Marie Gordon

1812 - 1863

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7315 PAEDIATRICIAN

Heinz Stefan Herzka

Born 1935

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7316 FOOTBALL

Josef Walter (footballer)

1925 - 1992

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7317 ARCHITECT

August Schwendenwein von Lanauberg

1817 - 1885

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7318 ACTOR

Alice Macura

Born 1982

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7319 ANATOMIST

Otto Grosser

1873 - 1951

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7320 POLITICIAN

Karl Sekanina

1926 - 2008

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7321 ECONOMIST

Werner Hasitschka

Born 1953

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7322 POLITICIAN

Ernst Ritter von Marx

1869 - 1944

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7323 ARTIST

Editha Moser

1883 - 1969

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7324 ARTIST

Mathis Esterházy

Born 1958

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7325 PAINTER

Adolf Luntz

1875 - 1934

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7326 COMPOSER

Rudolf Kronegger

1875 - 1929

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7327 HISTORIAN

Doris Byer

Born 1942

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7328 MOTO

Martin Schneeweiss

1907 - 1947

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7329 ETHNOLOGIST

Karl Rudolf Wernhart

Born 1941

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7330 PAINTER

Othmar Ruzicka

1877 - 1962

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7331 REGISSEUR

Alexandrine von Schönerer

1850 - 1919

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7332 GEOGRAPHER

Georg Gartner

Born 1966

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7333 POLITICIAN

Alice Wolf

Born 1933

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7334 FOOTBALL

Günter Kreissl

Born 1974

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7335 PLAYWRIGHT

Ferdinand Rosner

1709 - 1778

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7336 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edmund Engelman

1907 - 2000

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7337 JUDGE

Josef Azizi

Born 1948

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7338 AUTHOR

Friedrich Prem

Born 1968

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7339 POLITICIAN

Josef von Baechlé

1868 - 1933

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7340 FILM

Andreas von Horn

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7341 WRITER

George Halban

1915 - 1998

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7342 SINGER

Arpiné Rahdjian

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7343 PAINTER

Josef Arnold der Jüngere

1823 - 1862

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7344 ACADEMIC

Charlotte Teuber-Weckersdorf

1923 - 1998

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7345 LAWYER

Günther Steinbach

Born 1934

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7346 BOXER

František Havelka

1908 - 1973

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7347 ZOOLOGIST

Gustav Albert Stiasny

1877 - 1946

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7348 HANDBALL

Sebastian Frimmel

Born 1995

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7349 PAINTER

Olga Prager

1872 - 1930

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7350 MEDIEVALIST

Mathilde Uhlirz

1881 - 1966

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7351 WIDERSTAND

Elfriede Hartmann

1921 - 1943

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7352 THEOLOGIN

Brigitte Proksch

Born 1962

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7353 COMPOSER

Rudolf Bibl (Komponist)

1832 - 1902

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7354 ACTOR

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

1922 - 2002

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7355 CANOE

Werner Bachmayer

Born 1960

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7356 CHEMIST

Otto Hromatka

1905 - 1999

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7357 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Keller (Politiker)

Born 1940

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7358 BOTANIST

François Haken Philippar

1802 - 1849

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7359 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Smejkal

1941 - 2017

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7360 SINGER

Emmerich Arleth

1900 - 1965

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7361 COMPOSER

Christian Minkowitsch

1962 - 2018

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7362 SCULPTOR

Johann Rathausky

1858 - 1912

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7363 POLITICIAN

Kálmán Hunyady de Kéthely

1828 - 1901

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7364 SPRINT

Rudolf Rauch

Born 1893

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7365 PHYSIOLOGIST

Richard Burian

1871 - 1954

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7366 LAWYER

Otto Eiselsberg

1917 - 2001

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7367 INTERNIST

Herbert Braunsteiner

1923 - 2006

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7368 WRITER

Edmund Mach (Autor)

1929 - 1996

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7369 PAINTER

Anton von Perger

1809 - 1876

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7370 ACTOR

Katharina Klar

Born 1987

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7371 ACTOR

Karl Hoess

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7372 AUTHOR

Alexander Sixtus von Reden

1952 - 2004

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7373 HISTORIAN

Andreas Weigl

Born 1961

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7374 LITERARY

Jakob Baxa

1895 - 1979

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7375 ARTIST

Wolfgang Ernst (Künstler)

Born 1942

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7376 CARICATURIST

Ladislaus Kmoch

1897 - 1971

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7377 WEIGHTLIFTER

Josef Zeman (weightlifter)

1906 - 1992

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7378 JOURNALIST

Golli Marboe

Born 1965

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7379 OPERA

Günter Haumer

Born 1973

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7380 CONDUCTOR

Christian Simonis

Born 1956

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7381 SINGER

Hans Braun (Sänger)

1917 - 1992

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7382 PAINTER

Anton Brioschi

1855 - 1920

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7383 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans Figlmüller

Born 1943

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7384 WRITER

Herbert von Marouschek

1909 - 1961

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7385 PAINTER

Johann Dallinger von Dalling

1741 - 1806

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7386 AUTHOR

Adele Sansone

Born 1953

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7387 ESSAYIST

Wilhelm Svoboda

Born 1953

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7388 BUSINESS

Ferry Ebert

Born 1934

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7389 ARTIST

Anton Kothgaßner

1769 - 1851

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7390 EDUCATION

Werner Lenz (Erziehungswissenschaftler)

Born 1944

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7391 LAWYER

Heinrich von Oberleithner

1851 - 1920

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7392 ACTOR

Dominik Löscher

1877 - 1941

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7393 PHILOLOGIST

Horst Breuer

Born 1943

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7394 ACTOR

Martin Ploderer

Born 1959

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7395 OFFICER

Karl von Wohlgemuth

1917 - 1983

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7396 ARCHITECT

Eduard Prandl

1871 - 1922

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7397 THEOLOGIAN

Edgar Josef Korherr

1928 - 2015

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7398 AUTHOR

Franz Menges

1941 - 2014

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7399 SINGER

Georg Neumüller

1885 - 1953

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7400 ENTREPRENEUR

Yat Siu

Born 1973

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7401 TAILOR

Hedwig Urach

1910 - 1943

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7402 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Fischer (Politiker, 1908)

1908 - 2001

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7403 MANAGER

Frank Schon, Baron Schon

1912 - 1995

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7404 ART HISTORIAN

Richard Kurt Donin

1881 - 1963

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7405 PHILOLOGIST

Christine Ratkowitsch

Born 1953

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7406 SCULPTOR

Franz Klein (sculptor)

1779 - 1840

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7407 SINGER

Liane Synek

1922 - 1982

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7408 ARCHIVIST

Moritz Felicetti von Liebenfelss

1816 - 1889

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7409 GERMANIST

Ernst Fischer (Germanist)

Born 1951

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7410 POLITICIAN

Josef Kalina

Born 1958

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7411 HANDBALL

Kristian Pilipovic

Born 1994

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7412 SURGEON

Paul Clairmont

1875 - 1942

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7413 MUSIC

Ludwig Adam

Born 1949

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7414 HISTORIAN

Tamara Scheer

Born 1979

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7415 LAWYER

Joseph Thaddäus von Sumerau

1749 - 1817

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7416 SCREENWRITER

Wolfgang Geiger

1875 - 1931

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7417 SPORT

Peter Kleinmann

Born 1947

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7418 PAINTER

Franz Roubal

1889 - 1967

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7419 POLITICIAN

Josef Tomschik

1867 - 1945

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7420 POET

Ottokar Schlechta von Wschehrd

1825 - 1894

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7421 WRITER

Wolfgang Hausner

Born 1940

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7422 AUTHOR

Kurt Frieberger

1883 - 1970

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7423 ACADEMIC

Alessandro Barberi

Born 1971

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7424 ACTOR

Fritz Brunn

1903 - 1955

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7425 MOUNTAINEER

Stefan Gatt

Born 1970

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7426 ACADEMIC

Marianne Lunzer

Born 1919

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7427 ILLUSTRATOR

Emmerich Huber

1903 - 1979

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7428 LITERARY

Hans Prager

1887 - 1940

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7429 ART HISTORIAN

Annette Ahrens

Born 1972

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7430 ACADEMIC

Peter Zellmann

Born 1947

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7431 SPORT

Harry Martin (cyclist)

1889 - 1922

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7432 AUTHOR

Karsten Weyershausen

Born 1963

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7433 PRESENTER

Josef Manola

Born 1956

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7434 MILITAR

Bernd Gallowitsch

1918 - 1983

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7435 KUNST

Friedrich Paulick

1824 - 1904

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7436 COMPOSER

Christian Mühlbacher

Born 1960

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7437 THEOLOGIAN

Gebhard Koberger

1909 - 1997

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7438 AUTHOR

Wilhelm Wiesberg

1850 - 1896

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7439 ACTOR

Franz Schönfeld

1851 - 1932

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7440 ARTIST

Katharina Struber

Born 1967

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7441 DRAMA

Karl Baratta

Born 1951

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7442 REGISSEUR

David Ruehm

Born 1962

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7443 WRITER

Dora Schimanko

Born 1932

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7444 PAINTER

Othmar Brioschi

1854 - 1912

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7445 POET

Richard Flatter

1891 - 1960

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7446 ACADEMIC

Helmut Reimitz

Born 1965

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7447 HISTORIAN

Johannes Ramharter

Born 1960

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7448 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Krepler

Born 1946

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7449 OPERA

Helmut Berger-Tuna

1942 - 2009

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7450 MUSIC

Joseph Stadler (Musiker)

1796 - 1859

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7451 SINGER

Rudi Hofstetter

1916 - 2008

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7452 ACADEMIC

Markus Stephan Bugnyár

Born 1975

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7453 WRITER

Verena Hochleitner

Born 1969

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7454 DRIVER

Viktor Moskovskikh

Born 1947

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7455 PAINTER

Josef Hauzinger

1728 - 1786

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7456 FILM

Heinz Sarnow

1882 - 1943

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7457 MUSIC

Bernhard Fibich

Born 1962

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7458 SOHN

Heinz Lang

1885 - 1904

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7459 LAWYER

Heinz Schäffer

1941 - 2008

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7460 FILM

Richard Löwenbein

1894 - 1943

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7461 ACADEMIC

Michael Thöndl

Born 1959

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7462 WRITER

Christa Nebenführ

Born 1960

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7463 ACTOR

Richard Duschinsky

1897 - 1990

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7464 ACADEMIC

Peter Leander Hofrichter

Born 1940

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7465 NOTARY

Peter Platzer (Studentenhistoriker)

Born 1954

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7466 AUTHOR

Richard Hauser (Sozialwissenschaftler)

1911 - 1990

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7467 MAGIC

Joseffy

1873 - 1946

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7468 ART HISTORIAN

Alfred Stix

1882 - 1957

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7469 ACTOR

Margrit Aust

Born 1913

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7470 ART HISTORIAN

Bruno Thomas

1910 - 1988

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7471 THEOLOGIAN

Adrian Gretsch

1753 - 1826

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7472 SURGEON

Ernst Wolner

Born 1939

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7473 CURATOR

Wolfgang Popp (Journalist)

Born 1970

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7474 MUSIC

Gernot Winischhofer

Born 1957

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7475 ART HISTORIAN

Dieter Bogner

Born 1942

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7476 PHOTOGRAPHER

Fred Fehl

1906 - 1995

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7477 ACTOR

Friedrich Josef Korntheuer

1779 - 1829

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7478 EDUCATION

Ada Kadelbach

Born 1942

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7479 ACTOR

Margarete Fries

1911 - 2012

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7480 WATCHMAKER

Leopold Hoys

1713 - 1797

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7481 ACTOR

Katharina Knap

Born 1982

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7482 ACADEMIC

Axel Laczkovics

Born 1946

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7483 ACTOR

Christine Prober

Born 1941

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7484 CLARINET

Charly Gaudriot

1895 - 1978

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7485 ACADEMIC

Mario Patera

Born 1946

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7486 LAWYER

Willibald Liehr

1941 - 2011

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7487 SCULPTOR

Andrew Dutkewych

Born 1944

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7488 PAINTER

Franz Horst

1862 - 1950

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7489 AUTHOR

Eva Geber

Born 1941

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7490 LITERARY

Michael Ritter

Born 1967

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7491 EGYPTOLOGIST

Günter Vittmann

Born 1952

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7492 FOOTBALL

Christoph Mattes

Born 1988

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7493 POLITICIAN

Anton Kofler

1855 - 1943

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7494 ART HISTORIAN

Walther Brauneis

Born 1942

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7495 COMPOSER

Carl Wilhelm Drescher

1850 - 1925

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7496 ENGINEER

Heinrich von Buol

1880 - 1945

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7497 MUSIC

Georg Kotek

1889 - 1977

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7498 MUSIC

Peter Heinz Kersten

1929 - 2004

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7499 PAINTER

Erasmus Engert

1796 - 1871

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7500 HISTORIAN

Dominik Josef Wölfel

1888 - 1963

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