List of Famous people born in Austria

Alice Masaryková

First Name Alice
Last Name Masaryková
Born on May 3, 1879
Died on November 29, 1966 (aged 87)
Born in Austria

Alice Masaryková or Alice Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech teacher, sociologist and politician. She is a prominent figure within the field of applied sociology and known to many as the daughter of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the First Lady of Czechoslovakia.

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Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg

First Name Edmund,
Last Name Schwarzenberg
Born on November 18, 1803
Died on November 17, 1873 (aged 69)
Born in Austria

Edmund Leopold Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg was the last created Austrian Field marshal of the 19th century.

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Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham

First Name Thomas
Last Name Grantham
Born on November 30, 1738
Died on July 20, 1786 (aged 47)
Born in Austria

Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham PC was a British statesman. He notably served as Foreign Secretary between 1782 and 1783.

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Anton Karas

First Name Anton
Last Name Karas
Born on July 7, 1906
Died on January 10, 1985 (aged 78)
Born in Austria

Anton Karas was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. The success of the film and the enduring popularity of its theme song changed Karas' life.

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Martin Deutsch

First Name Martin
Last Name Deutsch
Born on January 29, 1917
Died on August 16, 2002 (aged 85)
Born in Austria

Martin Deutsch was an Austrian-American professor of physics at MIT. He is best known for being the discoverer of positronium.

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Herbert Wise

Herbert Weisz
First Name Herbert
Last Name Wise
Born on August 31, 1924
Died on August 5, 2015 (aged 90)
Born in Austria

Herbert Wise was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director.

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Ferdinando Bonaventura von Harrach

First Name Ferdinando
Born on April 11, 1708
Died on January 28, 1778 (aged 69)
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Gitta Sereny

First Name Gitta
Died on June 14, 2012 (aged 42)
Born in Austria

Gitta Sereny, CBE was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who came to be known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of killing two children when she herself was a child, and Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp.

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Joseph of Lorraine

First Name Joseph
Last Name Lorraine
Born on October 20, 1685
Died on August 25, 1705 (aged 19)
Born in Austria, Tyrol
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Paul Schaffer

First Name Paul
Last Name Schaffer
Born on November 27, 1924
Died on August 6, 2020 (aged 95)
Born in Austria

Paul Schaffer was an Austrian-born French Holocaust survivor. He served as Honorary President of the French Committee of Yad Vashem and a member of the Foundation for the Memory of the Holocaust.

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