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Anton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook, born Anton Wohlbrück was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom.
Anton Walbrook, born Anton Wohlbrück was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom.
Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
Count Alois Lexa von Ährenthal (September 27, 1854 – February 17, 1912) was an Austrian diplomat who engineered the Bosnian crisis of 1908.
Count Alois Lexa von Ährenthal (September 27, 1854 – February 17, 1912) was an Austrian diplomat who engineered the Bosnian crisis of 1908.
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, aka Ernst Fleischl von Marxow (1846 – 1891) was an Austrian physiologist and physician who became known for his important investigations on the electrical ...
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, aka Ernst Fleischl von Marxow (1846 – 1891) was an Austrian physiologist and physician who became known for his important investigations on the electrical ...
Ernst Weiss
Dr Ernst Weiss (German: Weiß, August 28, 1882 – June 15, 1940) was a German-speaking Austrian author of Jewish descent.
Dr Ernst Weiss (German: Weiß, August 28, 1882 – June 15, 1940) was a German-speaking Austrian author of Jewish descent.
Florian Abrahamowicz
Florian Abrahamowicz, in Italian Floriano Abrahamowicz, is an Austrian-born priest who has been superior of the Society of St. Pius X in the northeast of Italy.
Florian Abrahamowicz, in Italian Floriano Abrahamowicz, is an Austrian-born priest who has been superior of the Society of St. Pius X in the northeast of Italy.
Franz Schreker
Franz Schreker (originally Schrecker, March 23, 1878 – March 21, 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and administrator.
Franz Schreker (originally Schrecker, March 23, 1878 – March 21, 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and administrator.
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor.
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor.
Gustav Kafka
Gustav Kafka was an Austrian philosopher, psychologist.
Gustav Kafka was an Austrian philosopher, psychologist.
Hans Habe
Janos Békessy, better known under his pen name Hans Habe (12 February 1911, Budapest – 29 September 1977, Locarno) was an Hungarian-Austrian writer and newspaper publisher.
Janos Békessy, better known under his pen name Hans Habe (12 February 1911, Budapest – 29 September 1977, Locarno) was an Hungarian-Austrian writer and newspaper publisher.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal, was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal, was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
Ilse Maria Aschner
Ilse Maria Aschner, (born September 26, 1918), born Ilse Maria Römer, is an Austrian journalist and survivor of the Holocaust.
Ilse Maria Aschner, (born September 26, 1918), born Ilse Maria Römer, is an Austrian journalist and survivor of the Holocaust.
Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and "maverick social critic" of the institutions of contemporary western culture and their effects on the provenance and practice ...
Ivan Illich was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and "maverick social critic" of the institutions of contemporary western culture and their effects on the provenance and practice ...
Johann Emanuel Veith
Johann Emanuel Veith (b. of Jewish parents at Kuttenplan, Bohemia, 1787; d. at Vienna, 6 November 1876) was a Bohemian Roman Catholic preacher.
Johann Emanuel Veith (b. of Jewish parents at Kuttenplan, Bohemia, 1787; d. at Vienna, 6 November 1876) was a Bohemian Roman Catholic preacher.
Johann Strauss I
Johann Strauss I, born in Vienna, was an Austrian Romantic composer famous for his waltzes, and for popularizing them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to car...
Johann Strauss I, born in Vienna, was an Austrian Romantic composer famous for his waltzes, and for popularizing them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to car...
Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics.
Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics.
Leo Koffler
Leo Koffler (1880—1931) (full name Leo Bernhard Koffler, also known as Oskar Koffler) was a screenwriter, actor and singer.
Leo Koffler (1880—1931) (full name Leo Bernhard Koffler, also known as Oskar Koffler) was a screenwriter, actor and singer.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, an...
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, an...
Moses Dobruška
Moses Dobruška, Moses Dobruschka, alias Junius Frey was the first cousin once removed of Jacob Frank, the founder of the Frankist sect who claimed to be the Jewish messiah.
Moses Dobruška, Moses Dobruschka, alias Junius Frey was the first cousin once removed of Jacob Frank, the founder of the Frankist sect who claimed to be the Jewish messiah.
Norbert Jokl
Norbert Jokl (February 25, 1877 – probably May 1942) was an Austrian Albanologist of Jewish descent who has been called the father of Albanology.
Norbert Jokl (February 25, 1877 – probably May 1942) was an Austrian Albanologist of Jewish descent who has been called the father of Albanology.
Paul Wittgenstein
Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born concert pianist who became known for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during the First W...
Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born concert pianist who became known for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during the First W...
Richard Gerstl
Richard Gerstl (September 14, 1883 – November 4, 1908) was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim d...
Richard Gerstl (September 14, 1883 – November 4, 1908) was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim d...
Richard Yary
Richard Franz Marian Yary was a Ukrainian nationalist journalist, politician and military figure.
Richard Franz Marian Yary was a Ukrainian nationalist journalist, politician and military figure.
Stephanie von Hohenlohe
Princess Stephanie Julianne von Hohenlohe (16 September 1891 - 13 June 1972) was a member of a German princely family by marriage and a close friend of Adolf Hitler who spied for Nazi Germany.
Princess Stephanie Julianne von Hohenlohe (16 September 1891 - 13 June 1972) was a member of a German princely family by marriage and a close friend of Adolf Hitler who spied for Nazi Germany.
Ursula Stenzel
Ursula Stenzel (born September 22, 1945, Leopoldstadt, Vienna) is an Austrian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament until 2006.
Ursula Stenzel (born September 22, 1945, Leopoldstadt, Vienna) is an Austrian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament until 2006.
Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics.
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics.