** 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 )

** 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

** Ron Cyrus ( 1935 – 2006 ), Kentucky politician

** Leonard Darwin ( 1850 – 1943 ), soldier, politician, and activist

** Clement Freud, Ernst's son, English politician, writer, chef and raconteur

** Hans Reinowski, German politician ( b. 1900 )

** Mrs. Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home ; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse from Paris.

** Sarah Palin, American politician, former Governor of Alaska

** Juha Turunen, Finnish politician turned criminal

** Don Dunstan, Australian politician ( b. 1926 )

** Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales ( b. 1922 )

** Carl Gunter Jr, American politician ( b. 1938 )

** James C. Murray, American politician ( b. 1917 )

** John Desborough, English soldier and politician ( d. 1680 )

** Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician ( b. c. 1539 )

** Otis R. Bowen, American politician

** Orville L. Freeman, American politician ( d. 2003 )

** Ellis H. Roberts, American politician ( b. 1827 )

** Larry O ' Brien, American politician and former NBA commissioner ( d. 1990 )

** John Connally, American politician ( b. 1917 )

** Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician

** Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician

** Chris Smith, British politician

** Jim DeMint, American politician

** Mo Mowlam, British politician ( d. 2005 )

** Nick Ainger, British politician

** Jerome F. Donovan, American politician ( b. 1872 )