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This list is rather generous -- many people on this list can also claim other nationalities; some were born in Austria, but spent the most important part of their lives outside Austria (e.g. Hitler, Schwarzenegger), others were born outside Austria or even outside of Austria-Hungary, but spent the most important part of their lives in Austria (e.g. Beethoven, Elisabeth of Austria).Famous Austrians include:
1 Actors/Actresses
- Leon Askin, actor
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor
- Liane Haid, first Austrian movie star
- Hedy Lamarr, ( 1913- 2000), actress; also co-inventor of spread spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizen
- Hans Moser
- Romy Schneider, actress ( Sissi )
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, (born 1947), bodybuilder, actor, Governor of California; became U.S. citizen
- Oskar Werner, actor
2 Artists
- Herbert Bayer, artist, typographer, art director, graphic designer
- Ernst Fuchs, painter and sculptor, born in ViennaThis article is about the city and federal state in Austria. For other places or things called Vienna, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna ( German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states Bundesland Wi, 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G
- Rudolf Hausner , painter and graphic artist, 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos- 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja
- Gottfried HelnweinGottfried Helnwein (born October 8, 1948 in Vienna) is an Austrian fine artist, photographer, and performance artist. It is the function of the artist to evoke the experience of surprised recognition: to show the viewer what he knows but does not know tha, artist, born in ViennaThis article is about the city and federal state in Austria. For other places or things called Vienna, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna ( German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states Bundesland Wi, 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital
- Alfred Hrdlicka , sculptor and graphic artist, born in ViennaThis article is about the city and federal state in Austria. For other places or things called Vienna, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna ( German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states Bundesland Wi, 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist, 1928- 2000, born in Vienna
- Gustav Klimt, artist, helped found Vienna Secession
- Oskar Kokoschka, painter, 1886- 1980, born in Pöchlarn ( Lower Austria)
- Inge Morath, photographer
- Hermann Nitsch, artist, painter, born in Vienna, 1938
- Alf Poier, artist and stand-up comedian
- Arnulf Rainer, painter, born 1929
- Egon Schiele, painter, 1890- 1918
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect and political activist
- Fritz Wotruba , sculptor, 1907- 1975, born in Vienna
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