From Mozart and Sisi to Hedy Lamarr – Austria's sons and daughters have left their mark across music, art, science, politics, and sport. Find out which famous personalities originate from or lived in Austria and follow in their footsteps.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - one of the greatest composers of all times. He created his own distinct style, blending traditional and contemporary.
The 15-year-old Elisabeth, or ‘Sisi,’ was a stunning beauty, radiating a youthful spirit. Emperor Franz Joseph fell in love with her at first sight, and Sisi’s life changed forever. Who could have known that trying to defend her spirit and independence became her destiny?
Legendary actress Hedy Lamarr was known in Hollywood as „the most beautiful woman in the world.” Her career in film started in Vienna, her birthplace. There you can wander in the footsteps of Hedwig Kiesler, as she was known in her youth.
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian doctor, neurologist, psychiatrist, and cultural theorist widely acknowledged as the father of modern psychology and the founder of psychoanalysis.
As one of the leading figures of fin-de-siècle Vienna, Gustav Klimt created a body of works that made him what he is today: the most famous Austrian painter in the world.
Haydn is considered the father of the classical symphony and string quartet, and an innovator in the composition of piano sonatas and trios.
If you had asked passers-by in the narrow alleys of Vienna in the mid-19th century about the importance of Franz Schubert, many of them would probably have replied with a fair-minded frown, ‘Franz who?’ Today, this son of Vienna is world-renowned and his Kunstlieder its own genre in the classical music world.
Discover the remarkable story of Prince Eugene, a military general who transformed Vienna's cultural landscape and left an enduring legacy.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, one of Austria’s first female architects, was the designer of today’s modern kitchen in the 1920s. Her influence and legacy reveal an intriguing, multi-faceted pre- and post-war Vienna.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser was one of Austria’s most famous avant-garde artists. His artworks reflect his philosophy, which is based on a harmonious interaction between nature and man.
Born in 1824, Anton Bruckner is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of his time. See why.
Fashion designer Emilie Flöge was far more than the muse of Austria’s most famous painter: The successful entrepreneur also revolutionized the fashion standards of her time.
From Empress Elisabeth to film star and inventor Hedy Lamarr - these are Austria's most prominent women.