Austrian Biographies

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.

Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg.

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, businessman, retired bodybuilder, and former politician who served as the 38th Governor of California.

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the field of quantum theory.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, was the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the modern science of genetics.

Falco

Falco was an Austrian singer, songwriter, and rapper who had several international hits during the 1980s.