List of Famous people with last name Krenn

Kurt Krenn

First Name Kurt

Last Name Krenn

Born on June 28, 1936

Died on January 25, 2014 (aged 77)

Born in Austria, Upper Austria

Kurt Krenn was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop who ran a seminary for priests in Sankt Pölten, near Vienna. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Sankt Pölten, a suffragan see of the Vienna province, from 1991 to 2004.

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Franz Krenn

First Name Franz

Last Name Krenn

Born on February 26, 1816

Died on June 18, 1897 (aged 81)

Born in Austria, Lower Austria

Franz Krenn was an Austrian composer and composition teacher born in Droß. He studied under Ignaz von Seyfried in Vienna, and served as organist in a number of Viennese churches, becoming Kapellmeister of St. Michael's Church in Vienna in 1862. From 1869 until 1893 Krenn taught harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Vienna Conservatory. During this time, he appears to have acquired the nickname 'Old Krenn', and is today often described as having been a rather pedantic teacher.

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