| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Walter Abish |
Author |
24-Dec-1931 |
|
Alphabetical Africa |
| Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
| Christopher Alexander |
Architect |
4-Oct-1936 |
|
A Pattern Language, The Nature of Order |
| Leon Askin |
Actor |
18-Sep-1907 |
3-Jun-2005 |
General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes |
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| John H. Backer |
Historian |
18-Oct-1902 |
15-May-1985 |
Winds of History |
| John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
| Otto Bauer |
Politician |
5-Sep-1881 |
4-Jul-1938 |
Austrian Marxist |
| Alban Berg |
Composer |
9-Feb-1885 |
24-Dec-1935 |
Violin Concerto |
| Senta Berger |
Actor |
13-May-1941 |
|
Cast a Giant Shadow |
| Gustav Bergmann |
Philosopher |
4-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1987 |
Ontologist |
| Edward Bernays |
Business |
22-Nov-1891 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Propaganda |
| Bibi Besch |
Actor |
1-Feb-1942 |
7-Sep-1996 |
Who's That Girl? |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Turhan Bey |
Actor |
30-Mar-1922 |
30-Sep-2012 |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves |
| Theodore Bikel |
Actor |
2-May-1924 |
21-Jul-2015 |
The Defiant Ones |
| Artur Bodanzky |
Conductor |
16-Dec-1877 |
23-Nov-1939 |
Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39 |
| Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
| Vanessa Brown |
Actor |
24-Mar-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
The Late George Apley |
| Martin Buber |
Philosopher |
8-Feb-1878 |
13-Jun-1965 |
Ich und Du |
| Fritjof Capra |
Physicist |
1-Feb-1939 |
|
The Tao of Physics |
| Ricardo Cortez |
Actor |
19-Sep-1899 |
28-Apr-1977 |
The Torrent |
| Carl Czerny |
Pianist |
20-Feb-1791 |
15-Jul-1857 |
Pianist, composer of piano exercises |
| Helmut Dantine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
2-May-1982 |
Edge of Darkness |
| Martin Deutsch |
Physicist |
29-Jun-1917 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Discovered positronium |
| Hans von Dohnányi |
Government |
1-Jan-1902 |
8-Apr-1945 |
German resistance figure |
| Peter Drucker |
Business |
19-Nov-1909 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Management guru |
| Carl Esmond |
Actor |
14-Jun-1902 |
4-Dec-2004 |
Ministry of Fear |
| Falco |
Musician |
19-Feb-1957 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Rock Me, Amadeus! |
| Bernard Fall |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1926 |
21-Feb-1967 |
Scholar of the Vietnam conflict |
| Paul K. Feyerabend |
Philosopher |
13-Jan-1924 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Against Method |
| Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
| Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
| Alfred Fried |
Activist |
11-Nov-1864 |
5-May-1921 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Karl von Frisch |
Zoologist |
20-Nov-1886 |
12-Jun-1982 |
Researched bee communications |
| Otto Robert Frisch |
Physicist |
1-Oct-1904 |
22-Sep-1979 |
Described fission |
| Miep Gies |
Activist |
15-Feb-1909 |
11-Jan-2010 |
Sheltered the family of Anne Frank |
| Gaston Glock |
Business |
19-Jul-1929 |
|
Gunmaker |
| Amon Goeth |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1908 |
13-Sep-1946 |
Ran concentration camp at Plaszow |
| Thomas Gold |
Scientist |
22-May-1920 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel |
| E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
| Franz Grillparzer |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1791 |
21-Jan-1872 |
Der Traum, ein Leben |
| Erich S. Gruen |
Historian |
7-May-1935 |
|
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Henry A. Grunwald |
Journalist |
3-Dec-1922 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79 |
| Franz Ritter von Hauer |
Geologist |
30-Jan-1822 |
20-Mar-1899 |
Geological Map of Austro-Hungary |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Raul Hilberg |
Historian |
2-Jun-1926 |
4-Aug-2007 |
The Destruction of the European Jews |
| Stanley Hoffmann |
Historian |
27-Nov-1928 |
13-Sep-2015 |
Gulliver's Troubles |
| Joseph I |
Royalty |
26-Jul-1678 |
17-Apr-1711 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1705-11 |
| Ivan Illich |
Philosopher |
4-Sep-1926 |
2-Dec-2002 |
Deschooling Society |
| Peter Illing |
Actor |
4-Mar-1899 |
29-Oct-1966 |
Against the Wind |
| Joseph II |
Royalty |
13-Mar-1741 |
20-Feb-1790 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1765-90 |
| Paul Kammerer |
Biologist |
17-Aug-1880 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Robert A. Kann |
Historian |
11-Feb-1906 |
30-Aug-1981 |
The Multinational Empire |
| Oskar Karlweis |
Actor |
10-Jun-1894 |
24-Jan-1956 |
5 Fingers |
| Martin Karplus |
Chemist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Karplus Equation |
| Kurt Kasznar |
Actor |
13-Aug-1913 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants |
| Melanie Klein |
Psychologist |
30-Mar-1882 |
22-Sep-1960 |
The Psychoanalysis of Children |
| Eugene Kleiner |
Business |
12-May-1923 |
20-Nov-2003 |
Venture capitalist |
| Thomas Klestil |
Head of State |
4-Nov-1932 |
6-Jul-2004 |
President of Austria, 1992-2004 |
| Gustav Klimt |
Painter |
14-Jul-1862 |
6-Feb-1918 |
Founder of the Vienna Sezession |
| Boris Kodjoe |
Actor |
8-Mar-1973 |
|
Soul Food |
| Walter Kohn |
Chemist |
9-Mar-1923 |
19-Apr-2016 |
Density-functional theory |
| Hans Koller |
Musician |
12-Feb-1921 |
21-Dec-2003 |
Austrian saxophone prodigy |
| Bruno Kreisky |
Head of State |
22-Jan-1911 |
29-Jul-1990 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 |
| Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
| Josef Krips |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63 |
| Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
| George W. Landau |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1982 |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Jackie Lane |
Actor |
16-May-1937 |
|
Tickle Me |
| Fritz Lang |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1890 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Metropolis |
| Helmut Lang |
Fashion Designer |
10-Mar-1956 |
|
High end minimalist designer |
| Erich Leinsdorf |
Conductor |
4-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1993 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 |
| Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
2-Jan-2013 |
The Woman in American History |
| Frederick Loewe |
Composer |
10-Jun-1901 |
14-Feb-1988 |
My Fair Lady |
| Konrad Lorenz |
Zoologist |
7-Nov-1903 |
27-Feb-1989 |
Founder of modern ethology |
| Tilly Losch |
Dancer |
15-Nov-1903 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
| Marie Louise |
Royalty |
12-Dec-1791 |
17-Dec-1847 |
Empress of France |
| Robert H. Lowie |
Anthropologist |
12-Jun-1883 |
21-Sep-1957 |
American ethnologist |
| Alex J. Mandl |
Business |
14-Dec-1943 |
|
President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96 |
| Michael Mantler |
Musician |
10-Aug-1943 |
|
Trumpeter and bandleader |
| Maria Theresa |
Royalty |
13-May-1717 |
28-Nov-1780 |
Archduchess of Austria |
| Marie Antoinette |
Royalty |
2-Nov-1755 |
16-Oct-1793 |
Cake proponent |
| Matthias |
Royalty |
24-Feb-1557 |
20-Mar-1619 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1612-19 |
| Maximilian |
Royalty |
6-Jul-1832 |
19-Jun-1867 |
Emperor of Mexico, 1864-67 |
| Maximilian II |
Royalty |
31-Jul-1527 |
12-Oct-1576 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76 |
| Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered nuclear fission |
| Robert G. Neumann |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1916 |
18-Jun-1999 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73 |
| Otto Neurath |
Sociologist |
10-Dec-1882 |
22-Dec-1945 |
Vienna Circle positivist |
| Peter C. Newman |
Journalist |
10-May-1929 |
|
The Canadian Establishment |
| Hermann Nitsch |
Performance Artist |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
6-Tage-Spiel des Orgies Mystries Theater |
| Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
| Max F. Perutz |
Chemist |
19-May-1914 |
6-Feb-2002 |
X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin |
| Eric Pohlmann |
Actor |
18-Jul-1913 |
25-Jul-1979 |
They Who Dare |
| Karl Polanyi |
Scholar |
25-Oct-1886 |
23-Apr-1964 |
The Great Transformation |
| Karl Popper |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1902 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Critical Rationalist |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Felix Rohatyn |
Business |
29-May-1928 |
|
Financier, Lazard Frères |
| Edwin E. Salpeter |
Astronomer |
3-Dec-1924 |
26-Nov-2008 |
Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography |
| Maria Schell |
Actor |
15-Jan-1926 |
26-Apr-2005 |
The Heart of the Matter |
| Maximilian Schell |
Actor |
8-Dec-1930 |
1-Feb-2014 |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Joseph Schildkraut |
Actor |
22-Mar-1896 |
21-Jan-1964 |
The Life of Emile Zola |
| Romy Schneider |
Actor |
23-Sep-1938 |
29-May-1982 |
La Passante du Sans-Souci |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Composer |
13-Sep-1874 |
13-Jul-1951 |
Emancipated dissonance |
| Erwin Schrödinger |
Physicist |
12-Aug-1887 |
4-Jan-1961 |
Schrödinger's wave equation |
| Wolfgang Schüssel |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1945 |
|
Chancellor of Austria |
| Otto Skorzeny |
Military |
12-Jun-1908 |
5-Jul-1975 |
Most dangerous man in Europe |
| Walter Slezak |
Actor |
3-May-1902 |
21-Apr-1983 |
Hitchcock's Lifeboat |
| Josef von Sternberg |
Film Director |
29-May-1894 |
22-Dec-1969 |
The Last Command |
| Johann Strauss |
Composer |
25-Oct-1825 |
3-Jun-1899 |
The Blue Danube |
| Johann Strauss, Sr. |
Composer |
14-Mar-1804 |
24-Sep-1849 |
Täuberl-Walzer |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
| Erich von Stroheim |
Actor |
22-Sep-1885 |
12-May-1957 |
Swanson's servant in Sunset Blvd. |
| István Széchenyi |
Politician |
21-Sep-1791 |
8-Apr-1860 |
Hungarian statesman, patriot |
| Maria von Trapp |
Singer |
26-Jan-1905 |
28-Mar-1987 |
The Sound of Music |
| Franz Vranitzky |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1937 |
|
Chancellor of Austria, 1986-97 |
| Anton Webern |
Composer |
3-Dec-1883 |
15-Sep-1945 |
Atonal composer |
| George Weidenfeld |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1919 |
20-Jan-2016 |
Co-Founder, Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Victor Weisskopf |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1908 |
21-Apr-2002 |
Head of CERN, 1961-65 |
| Oskar Werner |
Actor |
13-Nov-1922 |
23-Oct-1984 |
Jules et Jim |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
| Fred Zinnemann |
Film Director |
29-Apr-1907 |
14-Mar-1997 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Richard Zsigmondy |
Chemist |
1-Apr-1865 |
23-Sep-1929 |
Ultramicroscope |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leon Askin |
Actor |
18-Sep-1907 |
3-Jun-2005 |
General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes |
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| W. H. Auden |
Poet |
21-Feb-1907 |
29-Sep-1973 |
The Age of Anxiety |
| Sergei Averintsev |
Author |
10-Dec-1937 |
21-Feb-2004 |
Myth of the Peoples of the World |
| John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
| Alban Berg |
Composer |
9-Feb-1885 |
24-Dec-1935 |
Violin Concerto |
| Turhan Bey |
Actor |
30-Mar-1922 |
30-Sep-2012 |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves |
| Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Poet |
9-Jan-1873 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Foremost Hebrew poet |
| Anton Bruckner |
Composer |
4-Sep-1824 |
11-Oct-1896 |
Mass in D Minor |
| Cristóbal de Castillejo |
Poet |
1490 |
12-Jun-1556 |
Spanish poet, disliked Italian forms |
| Carl Czerny |
Pianist |
20-Feb-1791 |
15-Jul-1857 |
Pianist, composer of piano exercises |
| Engelbert Dollfuss |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1892 |
25-Jul-1934 |
Austrian Chancellor murdered by Nazis |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck |
Composer |
2-Jul-1714 |
15-Nov-1787 |
Orfeo ed Eurydice |
| Franz Grillparzer |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1791 |
21-Jan-1872 |
Der Traum, ein Leben |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Hugo Haas |
Actor |
18-Feb-1901 |
1-Dec-1968 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Joseph Haydn |
Composer |
31-Mar-1732 |
31-May-1809 |
Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major |
| Friedrich Hebbel |
Playwright |
18-Mar-1813 |
13-Dec-1863 |
Die Niebelungen Trilogie |
| Josef Hoffmann |
Architect |
15-Dec-1870 |
7-May-1956 |
Vienna Secession architect |
| Paul Hörbiger |
Actor |
29-Apr-1894 |
5-Mar-1981 |
Liebelei |
| Joseph I |
Royalty |
26-Jul-1678 |
17-Apr-1711 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1705-11 |
| Joseph II |
Royalty |
13-Mar-1741 |
20-Feb-1790 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1765-90 |
| Curd Jürgens |
Actor |
13-Dec-1915 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Spy Who Loved Me |
| Robert A. Kann |
Historian |
11-Feb-1906 |
30-Aug-1981 |
The Multinational Empire |
| Thomas Klestil |
Head of State |
4-Nov-1932 |
6-Jul-2004 |
President of Austria, 1992-2004 |
| Gustav Klimt |
Painter |
14-Jul-1862 |
6-Feb-1918 |
Founder of the Vienna Sezession |
| Hans Koller |
Musician |
12-Feb-1921 |
21-Dec-2003 |
Austrian saxophone prodigy |
| Werner Krauss |
Actor |
23-Jun-1884 |
20-Oct-1959 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Bruno Kreisky |
Head of State |
22-Jan-1911 |
29-Jul-1990 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 |
| György Ligeti |
Composer |
28-May-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
| Theo Lingen |
Actor |
10-Jun-1903 |
10-Nov-1978 |
German-Austrian comedian |
| Adolf Loos |
Architect |
10-Dec-1870 |
8-Aug-1933 |
Ornament and Crime |
| Rilwanu Lukman |
Government |
26-Aug-1938 |
21-Jul-2014 |
Secretary General of OPEC, 1995-2000 |
| Gustav Mahler |
Composer |
7-Jul-1860 |
18-May-1911 |
Das Lied von der Erde |
| Maria Theresa |
Royalty |
13-May-1717 |
28-Nov-1780 |
Archduchess of Austria |
| Matthias |
Royalty |
24-Feb-1557 |
20-Mar-1619 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1612-19 |
| Matthias Corvinus |
Royalty |
24-Feb-1443 |
6-Apr-1490 |
King of Hungary, 1458-90 |
| Richard Mayr |
Singer |
18-Nov-1877 |
1-Dec-1935 |
Operatic bass |
| Carl Menger |
Economist |
28-Feb-1840 |
26-Feb-1921 |
Founder, Austrian School of Economics |
| Metastasio |
Poet |
3-Jan-1698 |
12-Apr-1782 |
Italian librettist of the 18th century |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Composer |
27-Jan-1756 |
5-Dec-1791 |
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
| Julius Raab |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1891 |
8-Jan-1964 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1953-61 |
| Antonio Salieri |
Composer |
18-Aug-1750 |
7-May-1825 |
Tarare |
| Heinrich Schenker |
Musicologist |
19-Jun-1868 |
13-Jan-1935 |
Music theorist |
| Egon Schiele |
Painter |
12-Jun-1890 |
31-Oct-1918 |
Painted many nudes |
| Moritz Schlick |
Philosopher |
14-Apr-1882 |
22-Jun-1936 |
Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| Erwin Schrödinger |
Physicist |
12-Aug-1887 |
4-Jan-1961 |
Schrödinger's wave equation |
| Franz Schubert |
Composer |
31-Jan-1797 |
19-Nov-1828 |
Symphony in C Major |
| Ignaz Semmelweis |
Doctor |
1-Jul-1818 |
13-Aug-1865 |
Pioneer of antiseptics |
| Johann Strauss |
Composer |
25-Oct-1825 |
3-Jun-1899 |
The Blue Danube |
| Johann Strauss, Sr. |
Composer |
14-Mar-1804 |
24-Sep-1849 |
Täuberl-Walzer |
| Eduard Suess |
Geologist |
20-Aug-1831 |
26-Apr-1914 |
Das Antlitz der Erde |
| Charles Vidor |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1900 |
4-Jun-1959 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Composer |
4-Mar-1678 |
28-Jul-1741 |
The Four Seasons |
| Klemens Wenzel von Metternich |
Diplomat |
15-May-1773 |
11-Jun-1859 |
Influential Austrian ambassador |
| Bertha von Suttner |
Activist |
9-Jun-1843 |
21-Jun-1914 |
Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Julius Wagner-Jauregg |
Psychiatrist |
7-Mar-1857 |
27-Sep-1940 |
Cured syphilis with malaria, pioneered shock therapy |
| Kurt Waldheim |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
14-Jun-2007 |
UN Secretary General, 1972-82 |
| Simon Wiesenthal |
Activist |
31-Dec-1908 |
20-Sep-2005 |
Nazi hunter |
| Hugo Wolf |
Composer |
13-Mar-1860 |
22-Feb-1903 |
19th century German songwriter |
