Curated category
University of Vienna alumni
- Gustav MahlerThe village of Kaliště in eastern Bohemia was home to a family with humble origins. Bernhard Mahler, the composer's father, had been a street pedlar before…
- Lambert SchmithausenLambert Schmithausen entered the world on the 17th of November 1939 in Cologne, Germany. This date marked the beginning of a life that would eventually…
- Rudolf CarnapRudolf Carnap was born on the 18th of May 1891 in Wuppertal, Germany. His father rose from being a poor ribbon-weaver to own a ribbon-making factory.
- Friedrich HayekFriedrich August von Hayek was born on the 8th of May 1899 in Vienna to a family that valued scholarship. His father worked as a medical doctor for the…
- Edmund HusserlEdmund Husserl was born on the 8th of April 1859 in Proßnitz, a town in the Margraviate of Moravia within the Austrian Empire.
- Ludwig von MisesLudwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was born on the 29th of September 1881 in Lemberg. This city now bears the name Lviv and sits within Ukraine today.
- Hans SuessHans Eduard Suess entered the world on the 16th of December 1909 in Austria. He carried a significant family name as the grandson of geologist Eduard Suess.
- Rudolf SimekRudolf Simek was born on the 21st of February 1954 in Austria. He began his academic journey as a philologist and religious studies scholar.
- Joseph SchumpeterJoseph Alois Schumpeter arrived in the world on the 8th of February 1883 within the town of Triesch. This location sat inside Habsburg Moravia before…
- Huldrych ZwingliHuldrych Zwingli was born on the 1st of January 1484 in Wildhaus, a village nestled deep within the Toggenburg valley of Switzerland.
- Alfred AdlerOn the 7th of February 1870, a boy named Alfred Adler was born in Rudolfsheim, a village on the western edge of Vienna. He was the second child of Pauline…
- Fritjof CapraFritjof Capra was born on the 1st of February 1939 in Vienna, Austria. He pursued his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna and earned a PhD in…
- Jakob LaubJakob Johann Laub was born as Jakub Laub on the 7th of February 1884 in Rzeszów. He changed his name from Jakub to Jakob Johann after converting from the…
- Kurt GödelKurt Friedrich Gödel, born on the 28th of April 1906 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary, died in Princeton Hospital on the 14th of January 1978, weighing so little…
- Rudolf HilferdingOn the 10th of August 1877, Rudolf Hilferding was born in Vienna into a prosperous Jewish family. His parents were Emil and Anna Hilferding, and he had a…
- Oskar HaleckiOskar Halecki entered the world on the 26th of May 1891 within the walls of Vienna. His father served as a Polish officer in the Austrian Army and rose to…