People from Austria

17 people remembered here.

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  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1756 – 1791 · Composer

  The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

  163 candles · 10 tributes
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  Ludwig van Beethoven

  1770 – 1827 · Composer

  Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

  132 candles · 10 tributes
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  Christof Straub

  1969 – 2026 · Guitarist

  Austrian guitarist and songwriter who gave Papermoon its poems and helped his daughter Zoë reach Eurovision.

  82 candles · 9 tributes
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  Erni Mangold

  1927 – 2026 · Actress (stage

  Austrian stage and screen force who made blunt truth and late-career brilliance her trademark.

  69 candles · 7 tributes
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  Reimo Wukounig

  1943 – 2026 · Painter

  A Carinthian painter who turned a wounded childhood into fearless, uncompromising art.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Gernot Friedel

  1941 – 2026 · Theatre

  Directed Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival for eighteen summers, from Brandauer to Tukur.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Albert Rueprecht

  1929 – 2026 · Austrian stage and film actor

  Vienna Publikumsliebling of Burgtheater, Josefstadt, and Heimatfilm, remembered at 97.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Hubert Immler

  1962 – 2026 · Ski boot developer

  Vorarlberg ski-boot pope who quietly shaped World Cup champions.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Monika Helfer

  1947 – 2026 · Writer

  A Vorarlberg writer who told the truth about families, with clarity and love.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Josef Hofer

  1945 – 2026 · Artist

  He rarely spoke, but said everything he needed to in pencil and colour.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Maria Prean

  1939 – 2026 · Christian missionary and author

  Austrian missionary who began her life's work at sixty and built schools for thousands of Ugandan children.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Helmut Wiesinger

  1952 – 2026 · Actor

  Austrian stage actor who gave more than 100 roles to Landestheater Niederosterreich.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Franz Xaver Ölzant

  † 2026 · Sculptor

  Austrian sculptor who shaped the boulders of the Waldviertel into lasting works of art.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Hansi Kinigadner

  1956 – 2026 · Motocross rider

  Two-time Austrian motocross champion and eldest of the Kinigadner brothers, whose will to live outlasted every setback.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Andrea Kdolsky

  1962 – 2026 · Physician (anaesthesiology)

  Austrian physician and health minister who spoke openly about illness and care.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Josef Buchner

  1942 – 2026 · Politician

  Upper Austrian green pioneer who fought Linz smog and became Austria's first green mayor.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Alex Manninger

  1977 – 2026 · Professional footballer (goalkeeper)

  The Salzburg goalkeeper who helped Arsenal to the Double and stood in for Buffon at Juventus.

  4 candles · 1 tributes