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Born January 13, 1737 • Austria • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died May 16, 1798 (aged 61) • Vienna • Austria
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James Prinsep
English antiquarian
Reiske, engraving, 1770
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Austrian-born heroine
Ernest Gold
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Austrian luger
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Sigmund Freud
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Adolf Hitler
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F.A. Hayek
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
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