** In the former doge-state Venice, and while it was a republic resisting annexation by either the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia or the Austrian empire, a former Chief Executive ( president, 23 March 18485 July 1848 ), Daniele Manin ( b. 1804-d. 1857 ), was styled Dictator 11 – 13 August 1848 before joining the 13 August 1848-7 March 1849 Triumvirate.

** 109. meitnerium, Mt, named after Lise Meitner, an Austrian physicist who was one of the earliest scientists to become involved in the study of nuclear fission ( 1982 ).

** Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer

** Alma Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Austrian wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfel ( b. 1879 )

** Thomas Vanek, Austrian Hockey player

** Andreas Kofler, Austrian ski jumper

** Oskar Werner, Austrian actor ( b. 1922 )

** Carl Czerny, Austrian composer ( d. 1857 )

** Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor ( d. 1989 )

** Alfred Proksch, Austrian Olympic athlete ( d. 2011 )

** Richard Gerstl, Austrian artist ( b. 1883 )

** Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer ( b. 1924 )

** Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist

** Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer

** Maria Schell, Austrian actress ( d. 2005 )

** Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist ( d. 2003 )

** Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician

** Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician and cabaret artist

** Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor ( d. 1993 )

** Alois Brunner, Austrian captain

** Hans Erich Apostel, Austrian composer ( died 1972 )

** Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate

** Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader ( b. 1892 )

** Senta Berger, Austrian actress

** Andreas Khol, Austrian politician

** David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

** Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany

** Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria ( d. 1990 )

** Willy Brandt becomes Chancellor of West Germany.

** Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1992 )

** John Chancellor, American journalist ( b. 1927 )

** Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( b. 1878 )

** Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria

** Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany ( b. 1876 )

** Franz Vranitzky, former Chancellor of Austria

** Kurt Georg Kiesinger is elected Chancellor of West Germany.

** Lord Irvine of Lairg, Lord Chancellor of England

** During his visit to the Polish capital, German Chancellor Willy Brandt goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto.

** Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.

** Gustav Stresemann is named Chancellor of Germany and founds a coalition government for the Weimar Republic, where hyperinflation means that more than 4, 600, 000 marks are now needed to buy a single American dollar.

** Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.

** The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure ; Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree ( see Austrofascism ).

** Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany ( b. 1876 )

** Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany

** Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany ( d. 1956 )

** Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany ( b. 1882 )

** Englebert Dolfuss, Chancellor of Austria ( assassinated ) ( b. 1892 )

** Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England ( d. 1682 )

** René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France ( d. 1792 )