Rosa Albach Retty

26 Dec 1874 – 26 Aug 1980

Actress. She made her motion picture debut in...

Wolf Albach Retty

28 May 1906 – 21 Feb 1967

Actor. A popular leading man in Austrian cinema,...

Peter Altenberg

9 Mar 1859 – 6 Jan 1919

Author. He was a well-known Viennese literary...

Jean Hans Mayer Amery

31 Oct 1912 – 17 Oct 1978

Author. An Austrian writer and commentator on...

Rosette Anday

12 Dec 1903 – 22 Dec 1977

Opera Singer. A leading contralto of mid-20th...

Hans Erich Apostel

22 Jan 1901 – 30 Nov 1972

Composer. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, he moved to...

Hans Carl “H. C.” Artmann

12 Jun 1921 – 5 Dec 2000

Austrian poet, writer. Also known as Ib Hansen. He...

Leon Askin

18 Sep 1907 – 3 Jun 2005

Actor. He is best remembered for playing the...

Eduard von Bauernfeld

13 Jan 1802 – 9 Aug 1890

Playwright. He helped broaden the scope of 19th...

Josef Bayer

6 Mar 1852 – 12 Mar 1913

Composer, Conductor. As director of the Austrian...

Ludwig van Beethoven

c.16 Dec 1770 – 26 Mar 1827

Composer, Pianist. Beethoven was born in Bonn,...

Erna Berger

19 Oct 1900 – 14 Jun 1990

Opera Singer. Erna Berger studied with Melitta...

Hugo Bettauer

18 Aug 1872 – 26 Mar 1925

Austrian novelist, journalist and playwright. One...

Theodor Billroth

26 Apr 1829 – 6 Feb 1894

Medical Pioneer. He was the first surgeon on the...

Julius Bittner

9 Apr 1874 – 9 Jan 1939

Composer, Librettist. One of Austria's most...

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Ruthilde Boesch

9 Jan 1918 – 20 Jan 2012

Opera Singer. A coloratura soprano, she is...

Ludwig Boltzmann

20 Feb 1844 – 5 Sep 1906

Physicist. He is best remembered for his...

Willi Boskovsky

16 Jun 1909 – 21 Apr 1991

Musician. He was an Austrian violinist and...

Johan Botha

19 Aug 1965 – 8 Sep 2016

Opera Singer. A dramatic tenor, he is remembered...

Johannes Brahms

7 May 1833 – 3 Apr 1897

Composer. He ranks as one of the major figures of...