History Profiles

Historical Figures from Austria

The most influential historical figures born in or associated with Austria.

Portrait of Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger

86

Physicist · 1887 – 1961

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist who formulated the wave equation governing quantum systems and devised the famous Schrödinger's cat thought experiment.

  • Schrödinger equation
  • Wave mechanics
 Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

96

Composer · 1756 – 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the Classical era, a child prodigy who produced more than 600 works of extraordinary range and beauty and is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in history.

  • The Magic Flute
  • Requiem