Deaths in...
740 Notable deaths
in Vienna
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918).
Born July 14th, 1862 in Baumgarten. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1918 at 55 years old in Vienna (stroke). [ref]
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961).
Born August 12th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died January 4th, 1961 at 73 years old in Vienna (tuberculosis).
Viktor Frankl
Austrian holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997).
Born March 26th, 1905 in Vienna.
Died September 2nd, 1997 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Gustav Mahler
Austrian late-romantic composer (1860–1911).
Born July 7th, 1860 in Kaliště. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1911 at 50 years old in Vienna (sepsis, endocarditis). [ref]
W. H. Auden
British-american poet (1907–1973).
Born February 21st, 1907 in York.
Died September 29th, 1973 at 66 years old in Vienna.
Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish austrian holocaust survivor and nazi hunter (1908–2005).
Born December 31st, 1908 in Buchach. [ref]
Died September 20th, 2005 at 96 years old in Vienna.
Egon Schiele
Austrian painter (1890-1918).
Born June 12th, 1890 in Tulln an der Donau.
Died October 31st, 1918 at 28 years old in Vienna (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
John Banner
Austrian actor (1910-1973).
Born January 28th, 1910 in Vienna.
Died January 28th, 1973 at 63 years old in Vienna.
Ben Cross
British actor (1947-2020).
Born December 16th, 1947 in London. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2020 at 72 years old in Vienna (disease). [ref]
Kurt Waldheim
Austrian politician and diplomat (1918–2007).
Born December 21st, 1918 in Sankt Andrä-Wördern. [ref]
Died June 14th, 2007 at 88 years old in Vienna (heart failure, cardiac arrest). [ref]
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