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Vienna, Austria

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.wien.gv.at/

Population:
1,550,123 (2001)

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Vienna University of Economics
1898
University of Vienna
 

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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
John Banner
Actor
28-Jan-1910 28-Jan-1973 Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes
Vicki Baum
Novelist
24-Jan-1888 29-Aug-1960 Grand Hotel
Alban Berg
Composer
9-Feb-1885 24-Dec-1935 Violin Concerto
Senta Berger
Actor
13-May-1941   Cast a Giant Shadow
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   Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Theodore Bikel
Actor
2-May-1924   The Defiant Ones
Martin Buber
Philosopher
8-Feb-1878 13-Jun-1965 Ich und Du
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
Peter Drucker
Business
19-Nov-1909 11-Nov-2005 Management guru
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
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   Sheltered the family of Anne Frank
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
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
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
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
Martin Karplus
Chemist
15-Mar-1930   Karplus Equation
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   Density-functional theory
Hans Koller
Musician
12-Feb-1921 21-Dec-2003 Austrian saxophone prodigy
Fritz Kortner
Actor
12-May-1892 22-Jul-1970 Pandora's Box
Bruno Kreisky
Head of State
22-Jan-1911 29-Jul-1990 Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83
Richard Kuhn
Chemist
3-Dec-1900 1-Aug-1967 Researcher of carotenoids
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
Doctor
14-Jun-1868 26-Jun-1943 Discovered blood typing
Fritz Lang
Film Director
5-Dec-1890 2-Aug-1976 Metropolis
Helmut Lang
Fashion Designer
10-Mar-1956   High end minimalist designer
Reginald Le Borg
Film Director
11-Dec-1902 25-Mar-1989 The Mummy's Ghost
Gerda Lerner
Historian
30-Apr-1920   The Woman in American History
Konrad Lorenz
Zoologist
7-Nov-1903 27-Feb-1989 Founder of modern ethology
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
Karl Popper
Philosopher
28-Jul-1902 17-Sep-1994 Critical Rationalist
Otto Preminger
Film Director
5-Dec-1906 23-Apr-1986 Laura, Anatomy of a Murder
Felix Rohatyn
Business
29-May-1928   Financier, Lazard Frères
Maria Schell
Actor
15-Jan-1926 26-Apr-2005 The Heart of the Matter
Maximilian Schell
Actor
8-Dec-1930   Lead defense in 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
Lilia Skala
Actor
28-Nov-1896 18-Dec-1994 Lilies of the Field
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
Franz Vranitzky
Head of State
4-Oct-1937   Chancellor of Austria, 1986-97
Anton Walbrook
Actor
19-Nov-1896 9-Aug-1967 The Red Shoes
Anton Webern
Composer
3-Dec-1883 15-Sep-1945 Atonal composer
Helene Weigel
Actor
12-May-1900 6-May-1971 The Berliner Ensemble
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 Researcher of colloids

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leon Askin
Actor
18-Sep-1907 3-Jun-2005 General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes
W. H. Auden
Poet
21-Feb-1907 29-Sep-1973 The Age of Anxiety
Marcus Aurelius
Royalty
26-Apr-121 AD 17-Mar-180 AD Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD
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
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Poet
9-Jan-1873 4-Jul-1934 Foremost Hebrew poet
Johannes Brahms
Composer
7-May-1833 3-Apr-1897 Ein deutsches Requiem
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
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
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
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
Adolf Loos
Architect
10-Dec-1870 8-Aug-1933 Ornament and Crime
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
Metastasio
Poet
3-Jan-1698 12-Apr-1782 Italian librettist of the 18th century
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer
27-Jan-1756 5-Dec-1791 Prominent composer
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
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



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