The freeman of the city award (Ehrenbürgerrecht) is the highest decoration of the city of

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

. It can also be revoked. Since 1839, initiated by mayor

Ignaz Czapka Ignaz Czapka was a mayor of Vienna This is a list of mayors and governors of Vienna since 1282. Vienna is the capital city of Austria. Since 1920, it has also been an Austrian state, with its mayor also doubling as the ''Landeshauptmann'' (g ...

, recipients have been listed in the honorary citizenship book, although a few are missing. The recipients also receive an official diploma The following list is ordered according to the year of bestowal: *

Francis Rawdon Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, (9 December 175428 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira b ...

(14 February 1797) * Friedrich Ernst Graf Marschall (14 February 1797) * Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten (14 February 1797) * Ferdinand (Württemberg) (17 May 1797) * Jakob Freiherr von Wöber (17 May 1797) * Franz Josef Graf Saurau (17 May 1797) * Joseph Graf Pergen (30 May 1797) * Prokop Graf Lazansky von Bukowa (30 May 1797) * Joseph Karl Graf Dietrichstein (30 May 1797) * Johann Ferdinand Graf Kuefstein (30 May 1797) * Johann Baptist Ritter von Lampi (18 June 1799) * Anton Friedrich Graf Mittrowsky von Mitrowitz und Nemyschl (17 October 1801) * Joseph Freiherr von Kielmannsegg (17 October 1801) * Peter Anton Freiherr von Braun (28 December 1802) * Joseph Ritter Girtler von Kleeborn (16 December 1803) * Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg (15 February 1804) *

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have le ...

(1 April 1804) * Vincenz Peter Anton Guldener von Lobes (4 January 1805) * Louis Joseph Montoyer (25 September 1805) * Rudolf Graf Wrbna von Freudenthal (16 January 1806) *

Joseph von Sonnenfels Joseph Freiherr von Sonnenfels (1732 – 25 April 1817) was an Austrian and German jurist and novelist. He was among the leaders of the Illuminati movement in Austria, and a close friend and patron of Mozart. He is also the dedicatee of Ludwig va ...

(11 November 1806) * Leopold Ignaz Freiherr von Haan (15 November 1809) * Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg (2 January 1810) * August Freiherr von Reichmann von Hochkirchen (2 January 1810) * Ferdinand Freiherr Fechtig von Fechtenberg (4 May 1810) * Philipp Graf Edling (6 October 1810) * Heinrich Joseph Watteroth (1810) * Joseph Preindl (12 August 1813) *

Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein ; german: Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859), known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternic ...

(24 October 1813) * Karl Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (24 October 1813) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

(1815) * Bernhard Joseph Ritter Anders von Porodim (16 May 1816) * Johann Sartory (22 May 1818) *

Joseph Seipelt Joseph Seipelt (5 November 1787 – 21 or 22 February 1847) was an Austrian bass opera singer, composer, and choir director, perhaps best known as the bass soloist at the world premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in 1824. Born in Ragendor ...

(23 April 1829) * Johann Christian Schiffner (22 September 1834) *

Ignaz Franz Castelli Ignaz Franz Castelli (6 March 1781 – 5 February 1862) was an Austrian dramatist born in Vienna. He studied law at the university, and then entered the government service. During the Napoleonic invasions his patriotism inspired him to writ ...

(5 February 1835) * Leopold Ritter von Prosky (10 March 1836) * Franz Anton Graf Kolowarat-Liebsteinsky (2 April 1839) * Johann Talatzko Freiherr von Gestieticz (12 February 1840) * Johann Joseph Knolz (10 December 1840) * Joseph Freiherr von Spaun (18 May 1841) * Maximilian Freiherr von Wimpffen (8 July 1841) * Joseph Graf Sedlnitzky von Choltic (24 March 1842) * Anton Gilbert Edler von Seydel (6 July 1842) * Paul Sprenger (24 October 1842) * Josef Baumgartner (24 October 1842) * Franz Graf Hartig (15 November 1842) * Salomon Mayer Freiherr von Rothschild (9 February 1843) * Bartholomäus Graf Stürmer (14 April 1843) * Karl Graf Inzaghi (20 April 1843) * Franz Freiherr von Pillersdorf (20 April 1843) * Franz Seraphim Graf Kuefstein (4 July 1843) * Georg Graf Erdödy von Monyorókerék (7 November 1843) * Ferdinand Leopold Graf Pálffy-Daun ab Erdöd (14 May 1844) * Franz Buffa Freiherr von Lilienberg und Castellalt (4 August 1845) * Johann Freiherr Krticzka von Jaden (30 August 1845) * Johann Josef Prechtl (9 November 1846) *

Ludwig von Schwanthaler Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler, later ennobled as Ritter von Schwanthaler (26 August 1802 – 14 November 1848), was a German sculpture, sculptor who taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Biography Schwanthaler was born in Munich. His famil ...

(3 February 1847) * Adam Freiherr von Burg (20 May 1847) * Anselm Salomon Freiherr von Rothschild (2 August 1847) * Johann Adolf Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (26 February 1848) * Johann Josef Wenzel Radetzky Graf von Radetz (7 August 1848) * Josef Graf Jellacic von Buzim (4 September 1849) * Julius Freiherr von Haynau (4 September 1849) *

Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein (''Franz Seraph Joseph Carl Johann Nepomuc Quirin''; 28 April 1767 – 10 July 1854), was a German prince, member of the House of Dietrichstein, Major general, 8th Prince (''Fürst'') of Dietrichstein zu Niko ...

(25 January 1850) * Felix Furst zu Schwarzenberg (7 January 1851) * Maximilian Graf O'Donnell von Tyrconell (19 February 1853) *

Heinrich von Heß Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Heß (alternatively: von Hess) (17 March 1788, Vienna – 13 April 1870, Vienna), was an Austrian soldier and field marshal, who entered the army in 1805 and was soon employed as a staff officer on survey wo ...

(18 December 1855) * Karl Ferdinand Graf Buol-Schauenstein (29 April 1856) * Karl Freiherr von Krauß (8 April 1859) * Johann Freiherr von Kempen von Fichtenstamm (4 November 1859) * Ludwig Benedek von Felsö-Eör (4 November 1859) * Franz Freiherr von Sommaruga (18 July 1860) * Anton Ritter von Schmerling (8 March 1861) * Karl Wilhelm Fürst von Auersperg (18 February 1862) * Franz Freiherr von Hein (18 February 1862) *

Franz Grillparzer Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vien ...

(29 December 1863) *

Anastasius Grün Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, also known under the name Anastasius Grün (11 April 180612 September 1876), was an Austrian poet and liberal politician from Carniola, a former Habsburg crown land in today's Slovenia. Biography He was born ...

(8 April 1864) * Ludwig Freiherr von Gablenz (22 November 1864) * Josef Fürst Colloredo-Mansfeld (25 January 1867) *

Friedrich Ferdinand Graf Beust Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (german: link=no, Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust; 13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886) was a German and Austrian statesman. As an opponent of Otto von Bismarck, he attempted to conclude a common policy of th ...

(21 December 1867) * Matthias Constantin Graf Wickenburg (18 January 1870) * Karl Giskra (15 September 1870) *

Eduard Suess Eduard Suess (; 20 August 1831 - 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana (proposed in 1861) and t ...

(17 October 1873) * Ernst Karl von Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (17 October 1873) * Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky (8 January 1874) *

Josef Hyrtl Josef Hyrtl (7 December 1810 – 17 July 1894) was an Austrian anatomist. Biography Hyrtl was born at Kismarton, Hungary (now Eisenstadt, Austria). He began his medical studies in Vienna in 1831, having received his preliminary education in h ...

(17 March 1874) * Franz Ritter von Khunn (4 February 1875) * Josef Ritter von Führich (12 February 1875) * Georg Sigl (11 February 1876) * Josef Klucky (29 August 1876) *

Cajetan Freiherr von Felder Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878. Life and career Felder ...

(5 July 1878) * Heinrich Freiherr von Ferstel (21 April 1879) *

Ignaz Kuranda Ignaz Kuranda (1 May 1812 in Prague – 3 April 1884 in Vienna) was an Austrian deputy and political writer of Bohemian origin. Establishes "Die Grenzboten" His grandfather and father were dealers in second-hand books. In 1834 he went t ...

(22 March 1881) * Adolf Ignaz Ritter von Mautner-Markhof (24 June 1881) *

Eduard von Bauernfeld Eduard von Bauernfeld (13 January 1802 – 9 August 1890), Austrian dramatist, was born at Vienna. Life Having studied jurisprudence at the University of Vienna, he entered the government service in a legal capacity, and after holding variou ...

(22 May 1882) *

Friedrich Freiherr von Schmidt Friedrich von Schmidt (October 22, 1825 – January 23, 1891) was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna. Life and career Von Schmidt was born in Frickenhofen, Gschwend, Württemberg, Germany. After studying at the technical h ...

(6 September 1883) * Hans Graf Wilczek (11 September 1883) *

Theophil Freiherr von Hansen Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in ...

(21 December 1883) * Rudolf Eitelberger von Edelberg (3 March 1885) * Anton Freiherr Hye von Glunek (25 May 1886) *

Alfred Ritter von Arneth Alfred Ritter von Arneth (10 July 181930 July 1897) was an Austrian historian. His principal scholarly work is a ten-volume biography of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, first published in installments from 1863 to 1879 and still regarded as ...

(10 June 1887) * Leopold Ritter von Hasner von Artner (25 June 1889) * Ludwig Lobmeyr (25 July 1889) * Eduard Ritter von Uhl (14 November 1889) *

Nikolaus Dumba Nikolaus Dumba (Greek: Νικόλαος Δούμπας; 24 July 1830, Vienna – 23 March 1900, Budapest) was an Austrian industrialist and liberal politician. He is considered to have been an important patron of the arts and music and a benefact ...

(25 July 1890) *

Karl Lueger Karl Lueger (; 24 October 1844 – 10 March 1910) was an Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna, and leader and founder of the Austrian Christian Social Party. He is credited with the transformation of the city of Vienna into a modern city. The pop ...

(3 July 1900) * Heinrich Ritter von Wittek (5 May 1905) * Aloys von und zu Liechtenstein (23 November 1906) * Richard Graf von Bienerth-Schmeling (28 March 1916) * Richard Weiskirchner (2 May 1916) * Ottokar Graf Czernin von Chudenitz (2 May 1918) *

Jakob Reumann Jakob Reumann (31 December 1853 in Vienna – 29 July 1925 in Klagenfurt) was an Austrian Social Democratic politician and the first social democratic mayor of Vienna from 1919 to 1923. Biography On the Hainfeld Party Convention of 1888/188 ...

(21 December 1923) * Franz Klein (11 April 1924) *

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

(16 May 1924) * Karl Seitz (6 September 1929) * Leopold Kunschak (8 November 1946) * Theodor Körner (23 April 1948) *

Karl Renner Karl Renner (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria. He is often referred to as the "Father of the Republic" because he led the first government of German ...

(28 October 1948) *

Adolf Schärf Adolf Schärf (; 20 April 1890 – 28 February 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ). He served as Vice-Chancellor from 1945 to 1957 and as President of Austria from 1957 until his death. Life Schärf was b ...

(15 April 1955) *

Johann Böhm Johann Böhm (20 January 1895 – 27 November 1952) was a German Bohemian chemist who focused on photochemistry and radiography. The aluminum-containing mineral ''boehmite'' (or ''böhmite'') was named after him.

(21 November 1958) *

Oskar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright, and teacher best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expres ...

(10 February 1961) *

Julius Raab Julius Raab (29 November 1891 – 8 January 1964) was a conservative Austrian politician, who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austri ...

(10 March 1961) *

Franz Jonas Franz Josef Jonas (4 October 1899 – 24 April 1974) was an Austrian politician who served as the President of Austria between 1965 and 1974. He was a typesetter by profession and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. After Wor ...

(21 April 1961) *

Franz König Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John ...

(25 October 1968) *

Bruno Marek Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...

(22 January 1970) *

Robert Stolz Robert Elisabeth Stolz (25 August 188027 June 1975) was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.Stanley Sadie Ed. (2002) ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', Oxford University Press Biogra ...

(9 July 1970) *

Bruno Kreisky Bruno Kreisky (; 22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldest ...

(11 December 1975) * Felix Slavik (28 February 1977) *

Anton Benya Anton Benya (born October 8, 1912 in Vienna, died December 5, 2001) was an Austrian politician (with the Social Democratic Party of Austria) and trade unionist. He was President of the National Council from 1971 to 1986. Honours and awards * Gra ...

(29 June 1977) *

Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan (; born Heribert Ritter von Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, wit ...

(24 April 1978) * Karl Böhm (12 September 1978) *

Hertha Firnberg Hertha Firnberg (18 September 1909 in Vienna – 14 February 1994 Vienna) was an Austrian politician. Life Hertha Firnberg was born on 18 September 1909 as the eldest daughter of Anna, née Shamanek, and Dr. Josef Firnberg. She was born in the ...

(24 September 1979) *

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study ...

(26 September 1980) * Alfred Maleta (27 February 1981) *

Bruno Pittermann Bruno Pittermann (3 September 1905 – 19 September 1983) was an Austrian social democrat politician. He served as both the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria from 1957 to 1967, and the Vice Chancellor of Austria The vice-chanc ...

(27 February 1981) *

Rosa Jochmann Rosa Jochmann (19 July 1901 – 28 January 1994) was an Austrian resistance activist and Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor who became a politician (SPÖ). Life Provenance and early years Rosa Jochmann was born in the 20th district ...

(2 July 1981) *

Konrad Lorenz Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarde ...

(18 February 1983) * Rudolf Sallinger (24 February 1984) *

Elias Canetti Elias Canetti (; bg, Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her ...

(26 April 1985) *

Fritz Hochwälder Fritz Hochwälder (28 May 1911 – 21 October 1986) also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright. Known for his spare prose and strong moralist themes, Hochwälder won several literary awards, including the Grand Austrian State ...

(28 February 1986) *

Rudolf Kirchschläger Rudolf Kirchschläger, GColIH (; 20 March 1915 – 30 March 2000) was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986, he served as President of Austria. Early life and education Born in Niederkappel, Upper Austria, Kirschlä ...

(24 October 1986) *

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

(10 December 1987) *

Gottfried von Einem Gottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. Biog ...

(29 January 1988) * Benedikt Zorn (22 February 1989) *

Rudolf Pöder Rudolf Pöder (3 February 1925, Vienna – 9 June 2013, Vienna) was an Austrian politician from Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries aro ...

(6 December 1990) * Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner (1993) * Karl Dittrich (1993) * Viktor Emil Frankl (28 June 1995) * Leopold Gratz (1995) *

Helmut Zilk Helmut Zilk (9 June 1927, Vienna – 24 October 2008, Vienna) was an Austrian journalist and politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party. He served as mayor of Vienna between 1984 and 1994. Biography Born in Vienna, Zilk was Mayor ...

(1995) * Hans Mayr (1995) *

Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 190820 September 2005) was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Janowska concentration ...

(1995) *

Maria Schaumayer Maria Schaumayer (7 October 1931 Graz – 28 January 2013 Vienna ) was an Austrian economist and politician ( ÖVP ). From 1990 to 1995, she was President of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. She was the first woman to hold this position. In 1996 ...

(9 August 1996) * Karl Fellinger (30 May 1997) *

Max Weiler Maximilian Weiler (25 September 1900 – 1 September 1969) was a Switzerland, Swiss association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. He played for SC Veltheim and Grasshopper Club Zürich, and also ...

(17 December 1999) *

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holly ...

(29 September 2000) * Theodor "Teddy" Kollek (23 May 2001) *

Carl Szokoll Carl Szokoll (15 October 1915 – 25 August 2004) was an Austrian resistance fighter involved in the 20 July Plot, major in the Wehrmacht, and, after the war, author and film producer. Early life Szokoll was born in Vienna, the son of a low-ranki ...

(2003) * Erika Chary (29 May 2008)

References

* Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau (1992): ''Die Ehrenbürger und Bürger ehrenhalber der Stadt Wien'', {{DEFAULTSORT:Honorary Citizens Of Vienna Vienna-related lists

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