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Originally Posted by justindew
Her favorite Austrian is Freud, huh? I guess that's a better choice than Archduke Ferdinand or Hitler (whom I believe was born in Austria).
I don't even think I can name another Austrian.
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My father.. for one!
You guys caught on to Mozart already, but Haydn, Strauss and Schubert were all Austrians... From Cinema, besides 'Arnold'
, you can count an unparalleled list of geniuses including von Sternberg, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Eric von Stroheim and Fritz Lang ("M", Metropolis).. about as important a list of visionaries as you could assemble.. (And don't forget actress/scientist Hedy Lamarr too!)
Cajun mentioned Buber (!), but I'd put Kafka ahead of him on the writer list... Freud yes, but also important child psychologist/author Bruno Bettelheim and many more..
Some others of note people might not recall or realize as Austrian: the von Trapps ('Sound of Music'); Wolfgang Puck; Theodore Herzl and Simon Weisenthal..