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A Gallery of Famous Austrian-Americans.

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) Composer and musician, immigrated 1933 (ÖNB/Pf 4064:C (2E))

Victor Hess (1883-1964) Physicist, Nobel Prize 1936, immigrated 1938 (ÖNB)

Friedrich Torberg (1908-1979) Journalist and writer, immigrated 1940 (ÖNB)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Composer, pianist, conductor, immigrated 1936 (ÖNB/NB 530280-B)

Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) Mathematician, immigrated 1940 (2nd from right) Mathematiker, eingewandert 1940 (2. von rechts) (AP Photo)

Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) Psychiatrist and sociologist, immigrated 1939 (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Fritz Lang (1890-1976) Director, author, actor, immigrated 1934 (ÖNB/FO300262/01)

Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947- ) Bodybuilder, actor, Governor of California (2003-2011), immigrated 1968

Bruno Bettelheim 1903-1990 Psychologist immigrated 1939 (c)AP Photo

Fred Zinnemann 1907-1997 Film director immigrated 1929 Filmregisseur eingewandert 1929 (c) AP Photo

Famous director Fritz Lang during the shooting of the SciFi movie By Rocket to the Moon

Austrian Actress Hedy Lamarr

Joseph F. Keppler 1838-1894 Political cartoonist immigrated 1867 (c)Library of Congres

Joseph Schumpeter 1883-1950 Economist and author immigrated 1932 (c)NB_Pf 23385_C 1

Joseph von Sternberg 1894-1969 Film director immigrated 1897 (c)NB_FO400268_04

In 1905 Leo Hirschfeld, an Austrian immigrant, invented the Tootsie Roll in his small New York candy shop, naming it after his daughter. During WWII, Tootsie Rolls were standard in ration kits for American soldiers due to their quick-energy, non-per

Leon Askin 1907-2005 Actor immigrated 1940 (AP Photo)

Lotte Lenya (1898-1981) Actress and singer, immigrated 1935 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.)

Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) Philosopher and economist, immigrated 1940 (ÃNB_Pf 38026_E (1))

Max Reinhardt 1873-1943 Theater director immigrated 1937 (c)NB_Pf 496 C3E

Michael Curtiz 1888-1962 Film director immigrated 1924 (c)AP Photo

Paul Lazarsfeld 1901-1976 Sociologist immigrated 1933 (C)OENBNB 514092-B

Peter Drucker 1909-2005 Management consultant and author known as the father of modern management immigrated 1937 (c) AP Photo

Richard Neutra 1892-1970 Architect immigrated 1923 (c)NB_PORT_00010672_01

Walter Slezak (1902-1983) Actor, immigrated 1930 (with his daughter Erika)

Wolfgang Puck (1949- ) Chef, immigrated 1973 (c)AP Photo

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