Famous Austrian - page 2
The Most Famous Austrian | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Boris Kodjoe | March 8, 1973 | Austrian | Boris Kodjoe is a German-Ghanaian actor from Austria |
Walter Kohn | March 9, 1923 | Austrian | Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist and physicist |
Niki Lauda | February 22, 1949 | Austrian | Niki Lauda is an Austrian Formula One driver and a three time ‘F1 World Champion’ |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner | October 4, 1903 | Austrian | Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian Nazi Party leader during World War II |
Reina Triendl | January 23, 1992 | Austrian | Reina Triendl is a Japanese fashion model, actor, and tarento |
Heinrich Harrer | July 6, 1912 | Austrian | Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer who was a part of the team that made the first ascent of the formidable north wall of the Eiger. |
Simon Wiesenthal | December 31, 1908 | Austrian | Simon Wiesenthal was an Austrian writer and a famous Nazi hunter |
Wolfgang Puck | July 8, 1949 | Austrian | Wolfgang Puck is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur and the founder of Wolfgang Puck Companies |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | January 27, 1756 | Austrian | Wolfgang Mozart was one of the most prolific composers whose name is written in golden letters in the history of music |
Maria Altmann | February 18, 1916 | Austrian | Maria Altmann was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi occupied Austria and took refuge in America |
Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek is a Nobel Prize winning Austrian novelist and playwright
Bertha von Suttner
Baroness Bertha Felicie Sophie von Suttner was a Czech-Austrian pacifist who became the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Niki Lauda
Niki Lauda is an Austrian Formula One driver and a three time ‘F1 World Champion’
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
Marie Louise was the Duchess of Parma from 1814 until her death
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler was a physician and psychotherapist famous for founding the school of Individual Psychology
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann was a famous Austrian physicist who is the eponym for the Boltzmann Constant in physics
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz was a Nobel Prize winning scientist from Austria who developed the branch of ethology
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrodinger was a Nobel Prize winning physicist who formulated the Schrodinger equation in quantum physics
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was a renowned Austrian scientist who worked with Otto Hahn to discover the phenomenon of nuclear fission