** Marie-Louise Meilleur, oldest living person at the time of her death ( b. 1880 )

** edited by Leonhard von Spengel, with commentary in Latin, Leipzig, 1847 ( online )

** Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach-( Middle High German )

** Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1797 )

** Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( part 1 1806, part 2 c. 1833 )

** Vice president ( since 1992 ): Wilhelm von Gottberg

** the King of Bohemia ( král český, König von Böhmen )

** the Margrave of Brandenburg ( Markgraf von Brandenburg )

** the Duke of Saxony ( Herzog von Sachsen )

** Die Witwe von Ephesus

** K. G. von Wächter, Beiträge zur deutschen Geschichte, insbesondere des deutschen Strafrechts ( Tübingen, 1845 )

** Max Ritter von Müller, German World War I fighter ace ( b. 1887 )

** Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet ( d. 1886 )

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

** John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician ( b. 1903 )

** Claus von Bülow, British socialite

** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".

** German surrender of Paris: General Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Allies in defiance of Hitler ’ s orders to destroy it.

** U. S. Ordnance troops find the coffins of Frederick Wilhelm I, Frederick the Great, Paul von Hindenburg, and his wife.

** Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and 120 members of his team surrender to U. S. forces ( later going on to help to start the U. S. space program ).

** Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

** Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister ( b. 1893 )

** John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician ( d. 1957 )

** Franz von Hipper, German admiral ( d. 1932 )

** Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American engineer and physicist ( b. 1881 )

** 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 )

** 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