Austria

1. Dominik Sadrija (1999)

Model

Known as a model and fashion blogger. Soon after establishing his online presence, he received many comments and likes for a photo series featuring him posing in outdoor settings wearing...

2. Aslanbek TV (1999)

YouTube Star

Aslanbek TV is a famous YouTube Star, who was born on June 8, 1999 in Austria. Known best for his eponymous YouTube channel, where his challenges, lifestyle videos, and reactions....

3. Celina Blogsta (1999)

Instagram Star

Austrian YouTube vlogger known for her challenges, DIYs, and travel vlogs posted to more than 170,000 dedicated subscribers. She has also grown incredibly popular on Instagram, with over 260,000 passionate...

4. Sarah Riccardo (1999)

TikTok Star

Member of the 1 million fan club on musical.ly who has also earned the verification crown for her self-titled account.

5. Marko Arnautović (1989)

Austrian Footballer

Forward who joined Stoke City in 2013 after previously playing for Inter Milan, Werder Bremen and Twente. In 2017, he signed with West Ham United.

6. Charles V (1500)

King

Holy Roman emperor and King of Spain from 1516 to 1556 whose reign was mostly devoted to the Italian Wars against France. He is also known for his ardent opposition...

7. Laura Kamhuber (1999)

Folk Singer

Austrian folk singer with a 2014 album titled How guat that ia Madl am who would compete on The Voice Kids Germany in 2013. She put out a single in...

8. Viktoria VS (1995)

YouTube Star

Austrian YouTube star who usually posts DIY videos to her ViktoriaSarina channel. She has amassed over 1.8 million subscribers to her channel. 

9. Mathias Haydn (1699)

Austrian Wheelwright

Austrian wheelwright who was best known as the father of the renowned composers Joseph and Michael Haydn. His son, Michael Haydn, composed sacred choral works. Michael's brother, Joseph Haydn, was...

10. Niko Kranjčar (1984)

Croatian Footballer

Croatian soccer player known as an attacking midfielder for clubs like Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team. He won Croatian Cup titles with Dinamo Zagreb in 2001, 2002 and...

11. Anna Maria Mozart (1720)

Family Member

Anna Maria Mozart is a famous Family Member, who was born on December 25, 1720 in Austria. Mother of the world-renowned composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Her daughter, Maria Anna Mozart...

12. Eva Marie Veigel (1724)

Dancer

Eva Marie Veigel is a famous Dancer, who was born on February 29, 1724 in Austria. Wife of renowned actor David Garrick. She was known as one of the most...

13. Leopold Kozeluch (1747)

Bohemian/czech Classical Compose

Classical music educator and composer whose works showed signs of musical romanticism, but could also be reactionary in nature. He composed a concerto for piano four-hands that was widely considered...

14. Michael Haydn (1737)

Austrian Composer

Austrian classical composer who wrote many influential choral works. He was the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.

15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)

Composer

Considered by most experts to have been a child prodigy and a musical genius, he defined the Classical era with over 600 works. His classical operas include 1791's "The Magic...

16. Ignaz Pleyel (1757)

Composer And Pianist

Classical-era musician and piano builder who was celebrated during his time, but fell into obscurity with ensuing generations. He wrote the puppet opera "Die Fee Urgele" in 1776 as part...

17. Georgios Sinas (1783)

Grgeek Diplomat

Banker and national benefactor who established the Athens National Observatory.

18. Anton Diabelli (1781)

Austrian Composer

Composer and music publisher who wrote the waltz that inspired Beethoven's famous Diabelli Variations of 33 pieces that were written between 1819 and 1823.

19. Carl Czerny (1791)

Austrian Musician

Composer whose etudes became standard use in pianistic pedagogy. Forgotten for a time, he was later rediscovered.

20. Franz Grillparzer (1791)

Austrian Playwright And Poet

A Nineteenth-Century Austrian dramatist and poet, he is known for plays such as Der traum, ein Leben (The Dream, a Life) and Spartacus. He also published two novellas: Das Kloster...

21. Henri Herz (1803)

Austrian Musician

France-based musician who hid his Jewish heritage from the public for fear of anti-Semitism among the 19th-century French cultural elite.

22. Christian Doppler (1803)

Austrian Mathematician And Physi

Austrian physicist who studied the frequency of light waves. His most noteworthy work was entitled "On the coloured light of the binary stars and some other stars of the heavens"....

23. Rudolf Von Alt (1812)

Painter

Rudolf Von Alt is a famous Painter, who was born on August 28, 1812 in Austria. Nineteenth-century Austrian artist remembered for his architectural and landscape paintings. In 2005 and 2006,...

24. Franz Joseph I (1830)

World Leader

Franz Joseph I is a famous World Leader, who was born on August 18, 1830 in Austria. Austrian political leader and royal. He served as Emperor of Austria and Apostolic...

25. Julius Epstein (1832)

Pianist

One of Vienna's most acclaimed pianists and teachers following his 1852 debut.

26. Peter Rosegger (1843)

Poet

Austrian poet who is remembered for Home in the Forest (Waldheimat), The God-Seeker (Der Gottsucher), and other works. He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Graz, Heidelberg, and Vienna....

27. Emil Holub (1847)

Explorer

Explorer of Africa who made some of the first ethnographic studies of the region.

28. Johann Berger (1845)

Austrian Chess Player

Chess player and endgame theorist who greatly contributed to future writings and chess concepts.

29. Pope Pius XI (1857)

Religious Leader

Pope Pius XI is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on May 31, 1857 in Austria. Head of the Catholic Church from 1922 until his death in 1939 who...

30. Arthur Schnitzler (1862)

Austrian Writer And Doctor

Austrian-Jewish author and playwright associated with the Decadent movement, he is known for controversial works that denounce anti-Semitism and openly explore themes of sexuality. He is best known for his...

31. Klara Hitler (1860)

Mother Of Adolf Hitler

Mother of infamous Nazi criminal Adolf Hitler. She was born in the Austrian village of Spital.

32. Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865)

Chemist

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy is a famous Chemist, who was born on April 1, 1865 in Austria. An Austrian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1925 for his...

33. Max Fabiani (1865)

Architect

Popularized Viennese, secession-style building designs in his native Slovenia. He was the mastermind behind the urban plan for Ljubljana, the Carniolan capital.

34. Franz Ferdinand (1863)

Politician

Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 by Serbian nationalists sparked the First World War. He was an avid trophy hunter, and records from his lifetime indicate that he had...

35. Gustav Klimt (1862)

Austrian Symbolist Painter

Symbolist painter best known for "The Kiss" and other erotic, passionate works. He was particularly focused on the female body and became one of the foremost proponents of the Vienna...

36. Menci Clement Crncic (1865)

Painter

Menci Clement Crncic is a famous Painter, who was born on April 3, 1865 in Austria. Painter, printmaker, museum director, and teacher who opened the first private painting school in...

37. Norbert Klein (1866)

Roman Catholic Bishop

The 59th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1923 to 1933.

38. Elfriede Geiringer (1905)

Second Wife Of Otto Frank

Austrian-born concentration camp survivor who married Otto Frank, the father of famous diarist Anne Frank, after both had lost their children and first spouses in the Holocaust.

39. Karl Bitter (1867)

United States Sculptor

Austrian-born American sculptor who made architectural sculpture and memorials, such as the Carl Schurz Monument.

40. Adolf Loos (1870)

Austrian Architect

Wrote the manifesto, "Ornament and Crime," which espoused minimalism and influenced Modernist architecture. Designed the Steiner House and Rufer House in Vienna.

41. Hugo Von Hofmannsthal (1874)

Novelist

Hugo Von Hofmannsthal is a famous Novelist, who was born on February 1, 1874 in Austria. An Austrian novelist, playwright, poet, librettist and essayist, he is best known for such...

42. Oskar Alexander (1876)

Croatian Painter

Painter and professor who received a medal from the Emperor of Austria for his paintings of the battlefields of World War I.

43. Ernő Dohnányi (1877)

Hungarian Composer Pianist And C

Signed the German form of his name Ernst von Dohnányi to published compositions. He introduced classmate Béla Bartók's works to the masses. One of his best-known pieces was "American Rhapsody"...

44. Fritz Pfleumer (1881)

German-austrian Inventor And Eng

Inventor of the magnetic tape that helped change the way sound was recorded and played back.

45. Artur Schnabel (1882)

Austrian Classical Pianist And C

Classical pianist who acquired the title, "the man who invented Beethoven," for his interpretations of the legendary composer's works.

46. Rudolf Spielmann (1883)

Austrian-jewish Chess Player Of

Austrian chess master of the romantic variety whose career was interrupted by the Nazi occupation of his homeland.

47. Erich Von Stroheim (1885)

Movie Actor

Erich Von Stroheim is a famous Movie Actor, who was born on September 22, 1885 in Austria. Silent film era actor turned director who appeared in Sunset Boulevard, La Grande...

48. Alban Berg (1885)

Composer

Austrian composer who was a member of the Second Viennese School alongside Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern. His works fused Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique with Mahlerian Romanticism.

49. Raoul Hausmann (1886)

Photographer

Raoul Hausmann is a famous Photographer, who was born on July 12, 1886 in Austria. Artist and writer associated with the Berlin Dada movement and known for such works as...

50. Christian Rub (1886)

German Actor

German-born character actor who played small roles in over one hundred twentieth-century films, including 1933's No Other Woman, 1935's Metropolitan, and 1940's Swiss Family Robinson.

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