| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
| Ivo Andric |
Author |
9-Oct-1892 |
13-Mar-1975 |
The Bridge on the Drina |
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Otto Bauer |
Politician |
5-Sep-1881 |
4-Jul-1938 |
Austrian Marxist |
| Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
| Gustav Bergmann |
Philosopher |
4-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1987 |
Ontologist |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Richard C. Blum |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Husband of Dianne Feinstein |
| Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
| Martin Buber |
Philosopher |
8-Feb-1878 |
13-Jun-1965 |
Ich und Du |
| Charles L. Caccia |
Politician |
29-Apr-1930 |
4-May-2008 |
Former Canadian MP, Davenport |
| Elias Canetti |
Author |
25-Jul-1905 |
14-Aug-1994 |
Crowds and Power |
| Fritjof Capra |
Physicist |
1-Feb-1939 |
|
The Tao of Physics |
| Erwin Chargaff |
Biologist |
11-Aug-1905 |
20-Jun-2002 |
Biochemist at Columbia University |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Phil Crane |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
8-Nov-2014 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005 |
| Engelbert Dollfuss |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1892 |
25-Jul-1934 |
Austrian Chancellor murdered by Nazis |
| Antal Doráti |
Conductor |
9-Apr-1906 |
13-Nov-1988 |
Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60 |
| Robert Dornhelm |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1947 |
|
Anne Frank: The Whole Story |
| Paul K. Feyerabend |
Philosopher |
13-Jan-1924 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Against Method |
| Heinz Fischer |
Head of State |
9-Oct-1938 |
|
President of Austria |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| 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 |
| Franz Joseph Gall |
Doctor |
9-Mar-1758 |
22-Aug-1828 |
Invented phrenology |
| Georgie Anne Geyer |
Journalist |
2-Apr-1935 |
|
Foreign correspondent turned columnist |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| 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 |
| Alfred Gusenbauer |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1960 |
|
Chancellor of Austria, 2007-08 |
| Samuel Hahnemann |
Doctor |
10-Apr-1755 |
2-Jul-1843 |
Founder of homeopathy |
| Jörg Haider |
Politician |
26-Jan-1950 |
11-Oct-2008 |
Austrian extreme rightist |
| William Stewart Halsted |
Doctor |
23-Sep-1852 |
7-Sep-1922 |
Pioneer of sterile surgical technique |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Theodor Herzl |
Activist |
2-May-1860 |
3-Jul-1904 |
Lead Zionist |
| Victor Francis Hess |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1883 |
17-Dec-1964 |
Proved cosmic origin of radiation |
| Edmund Husserl |
Philosopher |
8-Apr-1859 |
26-Apr-1938 |
Phenomenological philosopher |
| John Irving |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1942 |
|
The World According to Garp |
| Elfriede Jelinek |
Novelist |
20-Oct-1946 |
|
Die Klavierspielerin |
| Percy Julian |
Chemist |
11-Apr-1899 |
19-Apr-1975 |
Physostigmine and cortisone |
| Paul Kammerer |
Biologist |
17-Aug-1880 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance |
| Robert A. Kann |
Historian |
11-Feb-1906 |
30-Aug-1981 |
The Multinational Empire |
| Herbert von Karajan |
Conductor |
5-Apr-1908 |
16-Jul-1989 |
General music director of Europe |
| Karl Kautsky |
Politician |
16-Oct-1854 |
17-Oct-1938 |
Proponent of Marxism |
| Melanie Klein |
Psychologist |
30-Mar-1882 |
22-Sep-1960 |
The Psychoanalysis of Children |
| 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 |
| Richard Kuhn |
Chemist |
3-Dec-1900 |
1-Aug-1967 |
Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6 |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Erich Leinsdorf |
Conductor |
4-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1993 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 |
| Philipp Lenard |
Physicist |
7-Jun-1862 |
20-May-1947 |
Investigations of cathode rays |
| Konrad Lorenz |
Zoologist |
7-Nov-1903 |
27-Feb-1989 |
Founder of modern ethology |
| Ernst Mach |
Physicist |
18-Feb-1838 |
19-Feb-1916 |
Optical and sensory perceptualist |
| Richard Mayr |
Singer |
18-Nov-1877 |
1-Dec-1935 |
Operatic bass |
| Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered nuclear fission |
| Carl Menger |
Economist |
28-Feb-1840 |
26-Feb-1921 |
Founder, Austrian School of Economics |
| Franz Anton Mesmer |
Paranormal |
23-May-1734 |
5-Mar-1815 |
Proponent of Animal Magnetism |
| Oskar Morgenstern |
Economist |
24-Jan-1902 |
26-Jul-1977 |
Game theorist |
| Robert G. Neumann |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1916 |
18-Jun-1999 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73 |
| 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 |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Scientist |
24-Mar-1897 |
3-Nov-1957 |
Founder of Orgonomy |
| Karl Renner |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1870 |
31-Dec-1950 |
President of Austria, 1945-50 |
| Artur Rodzinski |
Conductor |
2-Jan-1892 |
27-Nov-1958 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47 |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| Erwin Schrödinger |
Physicist |
12-Aug-1887 |
4-Jan-1961 |
Schrödinger's wave equation |
| Joseph Schumpeter |
Economist |
8-Feb-1883 |
8-Jan-1950 |
Creative Destruction |
| Wolfgang Schüssel |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1945 |
|
Chancellor of Austria |
| Ignaz Semmelweis |
Doctor |
1-Jul-1818 |
13-Aug-1865 |
Pioneer of antiseptics |
| Arthur Seyss-Inquart |
Government |
22-Jul-1892 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich Commissar of Austria, Netherlands |
| Otto Skorzeny |
Military |
12-Jun-1908 |
5-Jul-1975 |
Most dangerous man in Europe |
| Ron Sommer |
Business |
29-Jul-1949 |
|
Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002 |
| Sam Spiegel |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Nov-1901 |
31-Dec-1985 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| Rudolf Steiner |
Philosopher |
25-Feb-1861 |
30-Mar-1925 |
Anthroposophical Society |
| Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
| Eric Voegelin |
Philosopher |
3-Jan-1901 |
19-Jan-1985 |
Order and History |
| Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn |
Historian |
31-Jul-1909 |
26-May-1999 |
Conservative ideologue |
| Ludwig von Mises |
Economist |
29-Sep-1881 |
10-Oct-1973 |
Libertarian Economist |
| 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 |
| August von Wassermann |
Biologist |
21-Feb-1866 |
16-Mar-1925 |
Syphilis test |
| Anton Webern |
Composer |
3-Dec-1883 |
15-Sep-1945 |
Atonal composer |
| George Weidenfeld |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1919 |
20-Jan-2016 |
Co-Founder, Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| William H. Welch |
Scientist |
8-Apr-1850 |
30-Apr-1934 |
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Horst Wessel |
Activist |
9-Oct-1907 |
23-Feb-1930 |
Nazi martyr |
| James Wright |
Poet |
13-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-1980 |
The Branch Will Not Break |
| Fred Zinnemann |
Film Director |
29-Apr-1907 |
14-Mar-1997 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Huldrych Zwingli |
Religion |
1-Jan-1484 |
11-Oct-1531 |
Swiss-Protestant Reformation |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| Sergei Averintsev |
Author |
10-Dec-1937 |
21-Feb-2004 |
Myth of the Peoples of the World |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Theodor Billroth |
Doctor |
26-Apr-1829 |
6-Feb-1894 |
Viennese surgeon |
| Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
| Anton Bruckner |
Composer |
4-Sep-1824 |
11-Oct-1896 |
Mass in D Minor |
| Christian Doppler |
Physicist |
29-Nov-1803 |
17-Mar-1853 |
Discovered the Doppler Effect |
| Hans Fischer |
Chemist |
27-Jul-1881 |
31-Mar-1945 |
Synthesized hemin |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| Victor Francis Hess |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1883 |
17-Dec-1964 |
Proved cosmic origin of radiation |
| George de Hevesy |
Chemist |
1-Aug-1885 |
5-Jul-1966 |
Radioisotope researcher |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Ernst Mach |
Physicist |
18-Feb-1838 |
19-Feb-1916 |
Optical and sensory perceptualist |
| Gregor Mendel |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1822 |
6-Jan-1884 |
Discovered the laws of inheritance |
| Carl Menger |
Economist |
28-Feb-1840 |
26-Feb-1921 |
Founder, Austrian School of Economics |
| Friedrich Mohs |
Geologist |
29-Jan-1773 |
29-Sep-1839 |
Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness |
| Oskar Morgenstern |
Economist |
24-Jan-1902 |
26-Jul-1977 |
Game theorist |
| Béla Schick |
Doctor |
16-Jul-1877 |
6-Dec-1967 |
Schick test for diphtheria |
| Moritz Schlick |
Philosopher |
14-Apr-1882 |
22-Jun-1936 |
Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle |
| Erwin Schrödinger |
Physicist |
12-Aug-1887 |
4-Jan-1961 |
Schrödinger's wave equation |
| Eduard Suess |
Geologist |
20-Aug-1831 |
26-Apr-1914 |
Das Antlitz der Erde |
| Eric Voegelin |
Philosopher |
3-Jan-1901 |
19-Jan-1985 |
Order and History |
| Ludwig von Mises |
Economist |
29-Sep-1881 |
10-Oct-1973 |
Libertarian Economist |
| Julius Wagner-Jauregg |
Psychiatrist |
7-Mar-1857 |
27-Sep-1940 |
Cured syphilis with malaria, pioneered shock therapy |
| Max Weber |
Sociologist |
21-Apr-1864 |
14-Jun-1920 |
The Protestant Ethic |
