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Ava (ca.1060–1127), poet, the first named female writer in the German language; she lived in Krems •
Margaret of Austria (1204–1266), German queen, (1225-1235) & Queen of Bohemia, (1253-1260). •
Johann Georg Schmidt (1685–1748), called the "Wiener Schmidt", an Austrian
Baroque painter, he died in Krems •
Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801), called the "Kremser Schmidt", painter of the Austrian
Rococo, he died in Krems •
Michael Wutky (1739–1822), an Austrian landscape painter in the
Rococo style •
Ludwig Guttenbrunn (1750–1819), an Austrian artist of portraits and history painting. •
Vinzenz Eduard Milde (1777–1853), Dean of Krems and
Archbishop of Vienna, pastor of Krems and teacher at the former
Piarist Gymnasium Krems, (DE Wiki). •
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800–1877), an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. •
Franz Schneider (1812–1897), physician and chemist •
Eduard Melly, (DE Wiki) (1814-1854), art historian, politician and numismatist •
Johann Nordmann (1820–1887), journalist, travel writer and poet •
Wilhelm Gause (1853–1916), painter, he died in Krems •
Josef Maria Eder (1855–1944), photochemist and pioneer of
Picture &
Photography •
Julius Ernest Wilhelm Fučík (1872–1916) composer and conductor; military musician in Krems, 1891-1894 •
Wilhelm Miklas (1872–1956), politician (CS) and the third
President of the 1st Republic, 1928-1938 •
Josef Meller, (DE Wiki) (1874–1968), university professor of ophthalmology •
Josef Bayer, (DE Wiki) (1882–1931), director of
Natural History Museum, Vienna, helped find
Venus of Willendorf •
Fritz Dworschak (1890–1974), an Austrian numismatist, art historian and museum director •
Rudolf Redlinghofer (1900–1940),
Conscientious objector, Nazi victim, beheaded in 1940, now rehabilitated •
Peter B. Neubauer (1913–2008), child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst •
Wolfgang Kummer, (DE Wiki) (1935–2007), physicist •
Dagmar Braun Celeste (born 1941), an American counselor, author and former first lady of
Ohio •
Ulrike Lunacek (born 1957), journalist and politician (Green) •
Robert Streibel (born 1959), historian, writer and poet.
Sport •
Gregor Hradetzky (1909–1984), organ builder and canoeist, two gold medals at the
1936 Summer Olympics •
Marko Stankovic (born 1986), football player, played 371 games •
Lukas Thürauer (born 1987), Austrian footballer who has played over 340 games ==Twin towns==