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Vienna (aut)

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Vienna ranks 8th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Moscow, Rome, and Chicago. Memorable people born in Vienna include Franz Schubert, Maria Theresa, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. 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, largest city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants, and its cultural, economic, and political center. It is the fifth-largest city proper by population in the European Union and the largest of all cities on the Danube river by population. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1262 and 2003, Vienna was the birth place of 517 globally memorable people, including Franz Schubert, Maria Theresa, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Additionaly, 485 globally memorable people have passed away in Vienna including Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Antonio Vivaldi.

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Most individuals born in present day Vienna were politicians (81), soccer players (57), writers (41), actors (36), and composers (35),  while most who died were politicians (118), composers (60), writers (36), painters (25), and soccer players (22).

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.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Vienna since 1700.