Vienna
Vienna ranks 8th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Los Angeles, Rome, and Chicago. Memorable people born in Vienna include Maria Theresa, Johann Strauss II, 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 the nine 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 river Danube. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2003, Vienna was the birth place of 615 globally memorable people, including Maria Theresa, Johann Strauss II, 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: 87.44
Rank: 536
Johann Strauss II
COMPOSER
1825 - 1899
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 353
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 388
Ludwig Wittgenstein
PHILOSOPHER
1889 - 1951
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 475
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1527 - 1576
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 420
Karl Popper
PHILOSOPHER
1902 - 1994
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 351
Ferdinand I of Austria
POLITICIAN
1793 - 1875
HPI: 81.62
Rank: 543
Niki Lauda
RACING DRIVER
1949 - 2019
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 54
Lise Meitner
PHYSICIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 303
Romy Schneider
ACTOR
1938 - 1982
HPI: 80.88
Rank: 482
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1552 - 1612
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 132
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1747 - 1792
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 537
Newly Added People Born in Vienna
Go to all RankingsJJ
SINGER
2001 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 138
Michel Muller
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 156
Beate Meinl-Reisinger
POLITICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 149
Roland Kickinger
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 154
Gerald Glatzmayer
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 153
Andreas Heraf
COACH
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 155
Ursula Poznanski
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 152
Manfred Stohl
RACING DRIVER
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 151
Peter Wrolich
CYCLIST
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 150
Felix Kammerer
ACTOR
1995 - Present
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 143
Aleksandar Rakić
MARTIAL ARTS
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 145
Gerhard Mayer
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 148
People Deceased in Vienna
Go to all RankingsLudwig van Beethoven
COMPOSER
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.89
Rank: 128
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COMPOSER
1756 - 1791
HPI: 95.37
Rank: 127
Antonio Vivaldi
COMPOSER
1678 - 1741
HPI: 91.00
Rank: 493
Joseph Haydn
COMPOSER
1732 - 1809
HPI: 88.30
Rank: 314
Franz Schubert
COMPOSER
1797 - 1828
HPI: 87.80
Rank: 313
Maria Theresa
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1780
HPI: 87.44
Rank: 492
Gustav Mahler
COMPOSER
1860 - 1911
HPI: 87.34
Rank: 312
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1835
HPI: 87.05
Rank: 60
Gustav Klimt
PAINTER
1862 - 1918
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 166
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 353
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1503 - 1564
HPI: 82.71
Rank: 69
Prince Eugene of Savoy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1663 - 1736
HPI: 82.21
Rank: 70
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Vienna were politicians (87), soccer players (80), writers (47), actors (45), 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 Erich Probst. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Vienna, including Maria Theresa, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ferdinand I of Austria.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Vienna since 1700.


































