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Originally Posted by Kasept
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.. |
Well la-de-fricken-da, look at the big brain on bread! He leads Meet The Pros, AND can recite the Ten Most Famous Austrains. How about naming the Ten Most Famous Austrian-bred Thoroughbreds, smart guy? I'll bet you can't name five.