Vienna
Vienna ranks 8th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Los Angeles, Rome, and Chicago. Memorable people born in Vienna include Maria Theresa, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Erwin Schrödinger. Memorable people who died in Vienna include Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Antonio Vivaldi. Vienna has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and composers. Vienna is located in Austria.
Vienna is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political center of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the cities on the Danube river. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2003, Vienna was the birth place of 595 globally memorable people, including Maria Theresa, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Erwin Schrödinger. Additionaly, 539 globally memorable people have passed away in Vienna including Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Antonio Vivaldi.
People Born in Vienna
Go to all RankingsMaria Theresa
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1780
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 1
Ludwig Wittgenstein
PHILOSOPHER
1889 - 1951
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 2
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 3
Karl Popper
PHILOSOPHER
1902 - 1994
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 4
Romy Schneider
ACTOR
1938 - 1982
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 5
Ferdinand I of Austria
POLITICIAN
1793 - 1875
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 6
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1747 - 1792
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 7
Johann Strauss II
COMPOSER
1825 - 1899
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 8
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1705
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 9
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1552 - 1612
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 10
Friedrich Hayek
ECONOMIST
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 11
Niki Lauda
RACING DRIVER
1949 - 2019
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Vienna
Go to all RankingsErik Jan Hanussen
OCCULTIST
1889 - 1933
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 143
Franz Sacher
CHEF
1816 - 1907
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 158
Otto F. Kernberg
PSYCHOLOGIST
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 201
Wolf Albach-Retty
ACTOR
1906 - 1967
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 208
Pauline von Metternich
WRITER
1836 - 1921
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 230
Boris Kidrič
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1953
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 247
Maximilian Grabner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1905 - 1948
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 259
Leo Spitzer
LINGUIST
1887 - 1960
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 275
Bénédict Morel
PHYSICIAN
1809 - 1873
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 278
Fritz Muliar
ACTOR
1919 - 2009
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 295
Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
NOBLEMAN
1802 - 1887
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 303
Erwin von Lahousen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1955
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 307
People Deceased in Vienna
Go to all RankingsLudwig van Beethoven
COMPOSER
1770 - 1827
HPI: 94.62
Rank: 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COMPOSER
1756 - 1791
HPI: 91.46
Rank: 2
Antonio Vivaldi
COMPOSER
1678 - 1741
HPI: 87.85
Rank: 3
Maria Theresa
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1780
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 4
Joseph Haydn
COMPOSER
1732 - 1809
HPI: 84.39
Rank: 5
Franz Schubert
COMPOSER
1797 - 1828
HPI: 84.30
Rank: 6
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1835
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 7
Gustav Mahler
COMPOSER
1860 - 1911
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 8
Gustav Klimt
PAINTER
1862 - 1918
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 9
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 10
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 11
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1503 - 1564
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Vienna
Go to all RankingsMizzi Kaspar
ACTOR
1864 - 1907
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 199
Wolf Albach-Retty
ACTOR
1906 - 1967
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 215
Bruno Lüdke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1908 - 1944
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 223
Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
NOBLEMAN
1844 - 1899
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 227
Pauline von Metternich
WRITER
1836 - 1921
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 248
Georgios Sinas
BUSINESSPERSON
1783 - 1856
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 249
Marco d'Aviano
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1631 - 1699
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 250
Martin van Meytens
PAINTER
1695 - 1770
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 252
Stjepan Sarkotić
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1858 - 1939
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 309
Joris Hoefnagel
PAINTER
1542 - 1600
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 311
Prince Mirko of Montenegro
NOBLEMAN
1879 - 1918
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 314
Heinrich von Bellegarde
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1756 - 1845
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 323
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Vienna were politicians (86), soccer players (72), writers (46), actors (42), and composers (32), while most who died were politicians (121), composers (58), writers (40), painters (33), and soccer players (30).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Vienna, including Hans Krankl, Brian Laudrup, and Ernst Ocwirk. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Vienna, including Maria Theresa, Ferdinand I of Austria, and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Vienna since 1700.