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Born November 20, 1850
Died October 1, 1923 (aged 72) • Vienna
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father of Virgin Mary
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Maria Augusta Kutschera von Trapp
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Miep Gies
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Heinrich Harrer
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Theodore Bikel
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Wolfgang Linger
Austrian luger
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Maria Lassnig
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
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Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
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F.A. Hayek
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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