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Actors/actresses

Helmut Berger Helmut Berger (; born Helmut Steinberger; 29 May 1944) is an Austrian actor, known for his portrayal of narcissistic and sexually-ambiguous characters. He was one of the stars of the European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s, and is regarded ...

(born 1944), actor * Senta Berger (born 1941), actress * Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), actor * Marie Geistinger (1836–1903), actress and opera singer * Käthe Gold (1907–1997), stage actress * Liane Haid (1895–2000), first Austrian movie star *

Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger (21 April 1896 – 27 April 1987) was an Austrian stage and movie actor. Life Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and the younge ...

(1896–1987), actor *

Christiane Hörbiger Christiane Hörbiger (13 October 1938 – 30 November 2022) was an Austrian stage, film, and television actress. Her first major film role was Mary Vetsera in '' Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe'' in 1955. She appeared on the stage of the Burgthe ...

(born 1938), actress * Paul Hörbiger (1894–1981), actor * Boris Kodjoe (born 1973), actor * Melanie Kogler (born 1985), television and theatre actress *

Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr (; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. A film star during Hollywood's golden age, Lamarr has been described as one of the greatest movie actress ...

(1914–2000), actress; also co-inventor of

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radio technology; became U.S. citizen *

Karl Merkatz Karl Merkatz (17 November 1930 – 4 December 2022) was an Austrian actor. Merkatz was born on 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, the son of a firefighter. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout i ...

(born 1930), actor (most notable for his role as a Viennese in "Mundl") *

Birgit Minichmayr Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977) is an Austrian actress born in Linz, Austria. She studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. For her work in Maren Ade's film Everyone Else she won Silver Bear for Best Actress at 59th Berlin I ...

(born 1977), actress * Hans Moser (1880–1964), comedy actor *

Reggie Nalder Reggie Nalder (born Alfred Reginald Natzler; 4 September 1907 – 19 November 1991) was a prolific Austrian film and television character actor from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. His distinctive features—partially the result of disfiguri ...

(1907–1991), actor *

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film '' Judgment at Nuremberg'', ...

(1930–2014), actor *

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' ...

(born 1947), bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003–2011) *

Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...

(1885–1957), actor and film director *

Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian-German actor. Since 2009 he has been primarily active in the United States. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards and two Scree ...

(born 1956), actor * Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano and actress * Oskar Werner (1922–1984), actor * Gilla (born 1950), also known as Gisela Wuchinger. She's a singer and actor from the disco era

Artists/architects

* Felix de Weldon, sculptor *

Maria Auböck Maria Auböck (born 1951) is an Austrian landscape architect and educator. In 1985, she opened her own firm where, since 1987, she has been working together with János Kárász. Biography Born in Vienna on 20 June 1951, Auböck is the daughter o ...

, landscape architect *

Bernhard Cella Bernhard Cella (born 1969 in Salzburg) is an Austrian artist and curator. Academic career Cella studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Erich Wonder, the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz with Herbert Lachmayer and the Hoc ...

, conceptual artist *

Karl Duldig Karl (Karol) Duldig (29 December 1902 – 11 August 1986) was a Jewish modernist sculptor.

(1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor *

Albin Egger-Lienz Albin Egger-Lienz (29 January 1868 – 4 November 1926) was an Austrian painter known especially for rustic genre and historical paintings. Career He was born in Dölsach-Stribach near Lienz, in what was the county of Tyrol. He was the natural s ...

, painter *

Karl Ehn Karl Ehn (1 November 1884 – 26 July 1957) was a Viennese architect and city planner. Biography Ehn apprenticed under Otto Wagner, began working for the Vienna City Administration in 1908, and as City Architect of Vienna was respons ...

, architect, designer of the Karl-Marx-Hof *

Trude Fleischmann Trude Fleischmann (22 December 1895 – 21 January 1990) was an Austrian-born American photographer. After becoming a notable society photographer in Vienna in the 1920s, she re-established her business in New York in 1940. Early life Born in Vi ...

, photographer * Ernst Fuchs, artist *

Xenia Hausner Xenia Hausner (born 1951 in Vienna) is an Austrian painter and stage designer. Life Hausner was born into a family of artists. Her father was the Austrian painter Rudolf Hausner. From 1972 to 1976, she studied stage design at the Academy o ...

, painter * Gottfried Helnwein, artist, born in

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Kurt Hentschlager Kurt Hentschlager, or Hentschläger (born in Linz, Austria, in 1960) is a New York-based Austrian artist who creates audiovisual installations and performances. Between 1992 and 2003, he worked in a duo called Granular-Synthesis. Education and e ...

, new media artist *

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...

, artist *

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's pr ...

, artist, helped found Vienna Secession *

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 ...

, painter * Alfred Kubin, graphic artist *

Adolf Loos Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos (; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture. He was an inspiration to modernism and a widely- ...

, architect, born in Brno (

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The ...

, present-day Czech Republic) *

Hans Makart Hans Makart (28 May 1840 – 3 October 1884) was a 19th-century Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator. Makart was a prolific painter whose ideas significantly influenced the development of visual art in Austria-Hungary, Ger ...

, history painter, designer and decorator *

Inge Morath Ingeborg Hermine Morath (; 27 May 1923 – 30 January 2002) was an Austrian photographer. In 1953, she joined the Magnum Photos Agency, founded by top photographers in Paris, and became a full photographer with the agency in 1955. Morath was the ...

, photographer *

Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. H ...

, architect *

Willy Puchner Willy Puchner (born 15 March 1952) is an Austrian photographer, artist, painter and author. Life Puchner was born and grew up in Mistelbach an der Zaya, Lower Austria, where his parents owned a photo studio. In 1967, he moved to Vienna to atte ...

, photographer *

Arnulf Rainer Arnulf Rainer (born 8 December 1929) is an Austrian painter noted for his abstract informal art. Rainer was born in Baden, Austria. During his early years, Rainer was influenced by Surrealism. In 1950, he founded the ''Hundsgruppe'' (''dog gro ...

, painter * Johann Michael Rottmayr, Baroque painter *

Egon Schiele Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portrai ...

, painter * Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect and political activist * De Es Schwertberger, artist * Harry Seidler, architect *

Aloys Wach Aloys Wach or Aloys Ludwig Wachelmayr (sometimes Wachelmeier, 30 April 1892 – 18 April 1940) was an Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist. He was born in Lambach, Upper Austria, and died in Braunau, Upper Austria. While his birth pla ...

, painter * Otto Wagner,

Jugendstil ''Jugendstil'' ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German counterpart of ...

architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture *

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (; 15 January 1793 – 23 August 1865) was an Austrian painter and writer. Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. Career In 1807, Waldmüller attended the Academy o ...

, painter *

Franz West Franz West (16 February 1947 – 25 July 2012) was an Austrian artist. He is best known for his unconventional objects and sculptures, installations and furniture work which often require an involvement of the audience. Early life and e ...

, artist *

Olga Wisinger-Florian Olga Wisinger-Florian (1 November 1844 27 February 1926) was an Austrian impressionist painter, mainly of landscapes and flower still life. She was a representative of the Austrian "" (Mood Impressionism), a loose group of Austrian impressio ...

, painter

Composers/musicians

Wolfgang Ambros Wolfgang Ambros is an Austrian singer-songwriter. He is one of the most important contemporary Austrian musicians and is considered to be one of the founders of Austropop. Life 1952–1970 Wolfgang Ambros was born in the Semmelweisklin ...

, pop musician *

Louie Austen Louie Austen (born Alois Luef on 19 September 1946) is an Austrian classically trained bar and jazz crooner who has been active in the electronic music scene. Biography Austen was born on 19 September 1946 in Vienna, Austria. Austen, among oth ...

(born 1946), composer and musician * Ernst Bachrich (1892/1893–1942), composer and conductor * Caroline Bayer (1758–1803), 18th-century violinist and composer *

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sm ...

(1885–1935), composer *

Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ' ...

(born 1931), pianist *

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Ger ...

(1824–1896), composer *

Friedrich Cerha Friedrich Cerha (born 17 February 1926) is an Austrian composer, conductor and music educator. Education and Career Cerha was born in Vienna, Austria, and educated at the Viennese Music Academy (violin with Váša Příhoda, composition with ...

(born 1926), composer and conductor *

Carl Czerny Carl Czerny (; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and ...

(1791–1857), pianist and composer *

Anton Diabelli Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17818 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ...

(1781–1858), publisher, editor and composer *

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer, violinist, and silvologist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart. (webpage has a translation button) Life 1739–1764 Dittersdorf was born in ...

(1739–1799), composer *

Karlheinz Essl Karlheinz Essl (born 15 August 1960) is an Austrian composer, performer, sound artist, improviser, and composition teacher. Biography Essl was born in Vienna. His studies at the University of Music in Vienna included: composition (under Friedr ...

(born 1960), composer and electronical musician * Falco (1957–1998), pop musician *

Christian Fennesz Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian producer and guitarist active in electronic music since the 1990s, often credited simply by his last name. His work utilizes guitar and laptop computers to blend melody with treated sample ...

(born 1962), electronic musician *

Bernhard Gál Bernhard Gál (born 1971) is an Austrian artist, composer and musicologist. Biography Bernhard Gál (a.k.a. Gal) works between the categories, creating music for instruments and electro-acoustic compositions, as well as art installations. Many o ...

(born 1971), composer and artist *

Georg Friedrich Haas Georg Friedrich Haas (born 16 August 1953 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian composer. In a 2017 ''Classic Voice'' poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, pieces by Haas received the most votes (49), and his composition ''in vain'' (2 ...

(born 1953), composer * Natascha Hagen, singer-songwriter *

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

(1929–2016), conductor *

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 ...

(1732–1809), composer *

Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn (; 14 September 173710 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Life Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohrau, near the Hungarian border. ...

(1737–1806), composer, younger brother of

Udo Jürgens Udo Jürgens (born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann; 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close ...

(1934–2014), singer-songwriter *

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 ...

(1908–1989), conductor *

Bernhard Lang Bernhard Lang (born 24 February 1957 Linz, Austria) is an Austrian composer, improviser and programmer of musical patches and applications. His work can be described as contemporary classical, with roots, however, in various genres such as 20th-cen ...

(born 1957), composer * Thomas Lang (born 1967), drummer and composer * Joseph Lanner (1801–1843), composer * Left Boy (born 1988), singer *

Elisabeth Leonskaja Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 23 November 1945) (In Russian: Елизавета Ильинична Леонская) is a Soviet and Austrian pianist. She was born to a family of Jewish and Polish extraction living in Tbilisi, then the capital of t ...

(born 1945), pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006 *

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

(1860–1911), composer *

Penny McLean Gertrude Wirschinger, better known as Penny McLean (born 4 November 1948), is an Austrian vocalist who initially gained acclaim with the disco music act Silver Convention, but also had exposure as a single recording artist. As a solo singer, she ...

(born 1948), singer with the disco group

Silver Convention Silver Convention were a German Euro disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was originally named Silver Bird Convention or Silver Bird. Career The group was initiated in Munich by producers and songwriters Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze. ...

* Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812), composer, singer *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

(1756–1791), musician and composer * Gerhard Potuznik, electronic musician * Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), composer *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

(1874–1951), composer *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

(1797–1828), composer and musician * Parov Stelar (born 1974), electronic musician *

Eduard Strauss Eduard "Edi" Strauss (15 March 1835 – 28 December 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with his brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He was the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim ...

(1835–1916), composer *

Johann Strauss Jr. Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ove ...

(1825–1899), composer *

Johann Strauss Sr. Johann Baptist Strauss I (; also Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder, the Father; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849) was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he po ...

(1804–1849), composer *

Josef Strauss Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now Vienna), the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to ch ...

(1827–1870), composer * Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), composer *

Anton Webern Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 188315 September 1945), better known as Anton Webern (), was an Austrian composer and conductor whose music was among the most radical of its milieu in its sheer concision, even aphorism, and stead ...

(1883–1945), composer * Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960), conductor *

Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Ro ...

(1860–1903), composer *

Conchita Wurst Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst (or simply Conchita). Neuwirth came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as with t ...

(born 1988), pop musician *

Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...

(1932–2007), jazz musician, composer * Eric Zeisl (1905–1959), composer *

Alexander von Zemlinsky Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher. Biography Early life Zemlinsky was born in Vienna to a highly diverse family. Zemlinsky's grandfather, Anton S ...

(1871–1942), composer Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898)

Entrepreneurs

* Hannes Androsch (born 1938), former minister of finance in the government of

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 ...

* Hikmet Ersek, CEO of The Western Union Company, a

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company. * Ignaz Glaser (1853–1916), entrepreneur *

Gaston Glock Gaston Glock (born 19 July 1929) is an Austrian engineer and businessman who is the founder of the company Glock, who are best known for developing the Glock pistol in 1981. Manufacturing Glock began as a manufacturer of curtain rods in the 196 ...

(born 1929), inventor, founder of Glock Ges.m.b.H. *

Niki Lauda Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. He was a three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, winning in , and , and is the only driver in Formula ...

(1949–2019),

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

race car driver and aviation entrepreneur * Richard Lugner (born 1932), entrepreneur and society figure *

Dietrich Mateschitz Dietrich Mateschitz (; 20 May 1944 – 22 October 2022) was an Austrian billionaire businessman. He was the co-founder and 49% owner of Red Bull GmbH. In April 2022, Mateschitz's net worth was estimated at US$27.4 billion. Mateschitz worked in ...

(1944–2022), businessman behind the

Red Bull Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks of Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With 38% market share, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2019. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwide, inclu ...

brand * Ludwig (Louis) von Nathaniel (1882–1955), banker *

Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volksw ...

, automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), born in Vratislavice nad Nisou (

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

, present-day Czech Republic), (1875–1951) * Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, automotive engineer and entrepreneur, he expanded the sports car manufacturer Porsche AG to what it is now (1909–1998) *

Johann Puch Johann Puch ( sl, Janez Puh, 27 June 1862 – 19 July 1914) was a Slovene inventor and mechanic who went on to become the founder of the Austrian Puch automobile plants, then one of the most significant vehicle producers in Europe. Biography Joh ...

(1862–1914), inventor, mechanic, co-founder of

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Steyr-Daimler-Puch () was a large manufacturing conglomerate based in Steyr, Austria, which was broken up in stages between 1987 and 2001. The component parts and operations continued to exist under separate ownership and new names. History ...

* Albert Salomon von Rothschild (1844–1911), banker *

Anselm von Rothschild Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, baron (29 January 1803 – 27 July 1874) was an Austrian banker, founder of the Creditanstalt, and a member of the Vienna branch of the Rothschild family. Family He was born in the Imperial City of Frankfurt, the ...

(1803–1874), banker *

Ferdinand James von Rothschild Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild, was a British Jewish banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the prominent Rothschild family ...

(1839–1898), investor * Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild (1836–1905), banker *

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (9 September 1774 – 28 July 1855) was a German-born banker in the Austrian Empire and the founder of the Austrian branch of the prominent Mayer Amschel Rothschild family. Family He was born at Frankfurt am Mai ...

(1774–1855), banker *

Robert Schlumberger Robert Alwin Schlumberger, Edler von Goldeck (12 September 1814 - 13 July 1879) was an entrepreneur and the first producer of sparkling wine (german: link=no, Sekt) in Austria. Life Schlumberger was born in Stuttgart in the German Kingdom of W� ...

(1814–1879), entrepreneur *

Frank Stronach Frank Stronach (born 6 September 1932) is an Austrian and Canadian businessman and politician. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Granite Real Estate, and The ...

(born 1932), (born in Austria), entrepreneur *

Daniel Swarovski Daniel Swarovski (24 October 1862 – 23 January 1956) was a Bohemian-born Austrian glass cutter, jeweler, and founder of the Swarovski crystal dynasty. Early life Swarovski was born in Georgenthal, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now Jiřetín ...

(1862–1956), founder of

Swarovski Swarovski (, ) is an Austrian producer of glass based in Wattens, Austria, and has existed as a family-owned business since its founding in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski. The company is split into three major industry areas: the Swarovski Crystal ...

AG, world-famous crystals, born in

Jiřetín pod Bukovou Jiřetín pod Bukovou (until 1950 Jiřetín; german: Georgenthal) is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Notable people *Daniel Swarovski Danie ...

, (

, present-day Czech Republic) Fritz Lang (1969)

Filmmakers

* Barbara Albert, film director, producer and writer * Franz Antel, director, actor and writer * Axel Corti, director *

Elfi von Dassanowsky Elfriede "Elfi" von Dassanowsky (February 2, 1924October 2, 2007) was an Austrian-born singer, pianist and film producer. Early life Elfi von Dassanowsky (also known as Elfi Dassanowsky or Elfriede Dassanowsky) was born Elfriede Maria Elisabe ...

, film producer, singer, pianist * Andrea Maria Dusl, film director and writer * Amir Esmann, director, director of photography, writer *

Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was an American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he becam ...

, animator *

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...

, film director (born in Germany, however lives and works in Austria) *

Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary '' Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. ...

, film director * Francis Lawrence, Austrian-American film director *

Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gai ...

, film director *

Stefan Ruzowitzky Stefan Ruzowitzky (born 25 December 1961) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Early life Ruzowitzky was born in Vienna. He studied drama and history at the University of Vienna and started directing music videos, for example for 'N S ...

, film director and writer *

, actor and politician *

Ulrich Seidl Ulrich Maria Seidl (born 24 November 1952 in Vienna) is an Austrian film director, writer and producer. Among other awards, his film '' Dog Days'' won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2001. His 2012 film '' Paradise: Love'' competed for the Palm ...

, film director and writer *

Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major ...

, film director *

, film director * Wolfgang Suschitzky, director of photography * Edgar G. Ulmer, film director *

Hans Weingartner Hans Weingartner (born 2 November 1977)Reiter, Barbara (July 24, 2018).Regisseur Hans Weingartner: 'Am liebsten würde ich komplett verschwinden'. ''Kurier''. kurier.at. Retrieved September 16, 2019. is an author, director and producer of films. Bo ...

, film director, producer and writer * Virgil Widrich, film director, producer and writer *

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 ...

, film director, born in

Fred Zinnemann Alfred ''Fred'' Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian Empire-born American film director. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and pla ...

, film director

Mountaineers

Peter Aufschnaiter Peter Aufschnaiter (2 November 1899 – 12 October 1973) was an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer. His experiences with fellow climber Heinrich Harrer during World War II were depicted in the 1997 film ' ...

, mountaineer and co-traveller of Heinrich Harrer ( Seven Years in Tibet) * Karl Blodig, mountaineer (first to climb all alpine mountains above 4000 m) * Hermann Buhl, first ascent of

Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat ( ur, ) (; ), known locally as Diamer () which means “king of the mountains”, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in ...

on the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, first ascent of

Broad Peak Broad Peak ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It was first ascended in June 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, ...

* Kurt Diemberger, first ascents of

(1957) and

Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world at above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal). It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition. Annapurna I () is ...

(1960) *

Peter Habeler Peter Habeler (born 22 July 1942) is an Austrian mountaineer. He was born in Mayrhofen, Austria. He developed an interest in mountain climbing at age six.http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/habeler Among his accomplishments as a mountaineer a ...

, first ascent of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow hei ...

without oxygen (together with

Reinhold Messner Reinhold Andreas Messner (; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental ...

) * Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer (first ascent of the Carstensz Pyramid) and writer ( Seven Years in Tibet) * Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, first woman to ascend all eight-thousanders without oxygen (2011) *

Fritz Moravec Fritz Moravec (27 April 1922 – 17 March 1997) was an Austrian mountaineer and author. He is best known for his numerous expeditions in the Karakoram range, where he participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,034 m, 26,358 ft). Moravec ...

, first ascent of

Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan ...

(1956) *

Ludwig Purtscheller Ludwig Purtscheller (6 October 1849 – 3 March 1900) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher. Purtscheller pioneered climbing without a mountain guide, who in the 19th century did all the route finding and lead climbing. By the end of his life ...

, first ascent of

Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and a ...

in 1889 *

Marcus Schmuck Marcus Schmuck (18 April 1925 – 21 August 2005) was an Austrian mountaineer. In 1957, together with Hermann Buhl he organized the expedition, firstly envisaged and initiated by Buhl, to climb the world's 12th highest peak, the Broad Peak (8,047& ...

, first ascent of

in 1957 as expedition leader *

Herbert Tichy Herbert Tichy (1 June 1912 - 26 September 1987) was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber. His first ascent of Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu ( Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea lev ...

, geologist, journalist and mountaineer (first ascent of

Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

) *

Luis Trenker Luis Trenker (born Alois Franz Trenker, 4 October 1892 – 13 April 1990) was a South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, architect, alpinist, and bobsledder. Biography Early life Alois Franz Trenker was born on 4 October 1892 in ...

, mountaineer, film director and writer (born in the southern part of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

then

Austrian-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1 ...

) * Fritz Wintersteller, first ascent of

in 1957

Military leaders

Haim Bar-Lev Haim "Kidoni" Bar-Lev ( he, חיים בר-לב, 16 November 1924 – 7 May 1994) was a military officer during Israel's pre-state and early statehood eras and later a government minister. Biography Born Haim Brotzlewsky in Vienna and raised in ...

, Israeli general and government minister *

Leopold Josef Graf Daun Count Leopold Joseph von Daun (german: Leopold Joseph Maria, Reichsgraf von und zu Daun; 24 September 17055 February 1766), later Prince of Thiano, was an Austrian field marshal of the Imperial Army in the War of the Austrian Succession and S ...

, Field marshal *

Joseph Radetzky von Radetz Johann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz ( en, John Joseph Wenceslaus Anthony Francis Charles, Count Radetzky of Radetz; cz, Jan Josef Václav Antonín František Karel hrabě Radecký z Radče; sl, Janez Jožef Vencelj ...

, military leader *

Prince Eugene of Savoy Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano, (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736) better known as Prince Eugene, was a Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th a ...

, general in the war against the Turks (17th–18th century) * Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen, field marshal * Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, admiral * Georg von Trapp, navy officer *

Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

, general *

Archduke Charles of Austria Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (german: link=no, Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third s ...

, fight against Napoleon

Politicians

* Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni, statesman and diplomat * Leopold Graf Berchtold, foreign minister at the outbreak of the First World War *

Brigitte Bierlein Brigitte Bierlein (; born 25 June 1949) is an Austrian former jurist who served as Chancellor of Austria from June 2019 to January 2020. An Independent, she was the first female Chancellor of Austria. Bierlein served as the advocate general of t ...

, Chancellor 2019–2020 * Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, politician and writer *

Engelbert Dollfuß Engelbert Dollfuß (alternatively: ''Dolfuss'', ; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian clerical fascist politician who served as Chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ...

, Chancellor 1932–1934 (First Republic), established

Austrofascism The Fatherland Front ( de-AT, Vaterländische Front, ''VF'') was the right-wing conservative, nationalist and corporatist ruling political organisation of the Federal State of Austria. It claimed to be a nonpartisan Nonpartisanism is a lack ...

Leopold Figl Leopold Figl (2 October 1902 – 9 May 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (Christian Democrats) and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II. He was also the youngest Federal Chancellor of Austria after the w ...

, Chancellor 1945–1953, foreign minister 1953–1959 *

Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer Order of Prince Henry, GColIH Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI Royal Order of the Seraphim, RSerafO Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, GCollSE (; born 9 October 1938) is a former Austrian politician. He took off ...

, former President * Werner Faymann, former Chancellor *

Jörg Haider Jörg Haider (; 26 January 1950 – 11 October 2008) was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of ...

, politician, governour of

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carin ...

until his death in 2008 *

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and the ...

, leader of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

1933–1945, gained German citizenship in 1932, and became German Chancellor in 1933. In 1938, he annexed Austria with the

Anschluß The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germany" ...

* Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, statesman and historian * Theodor Innitzer,

cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **'' Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, t ...

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdio ...

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

1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930 *

Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 190316 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Hi ...

, NSDAP politician *

Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wac ...

, statesman * Christian Kern, Chancellor 2016–2017 *

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 ...

, judge, diplomat and President 1974–1986 *

Thomas Klestil Thomas Klestil (; 4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as President of Austria from 1992 to his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected into office in 1998. Biography until 1992 Bor ...

, diplomat, President 1992–2004 *

Teddy Kollek Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( he, טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 19 ...

, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem *

, Chancellor 1970–1983, foreign minister 1959–1966 *

Sebastian Kurz Sebastian Kurz (; born 27 August 1986) is a former Austrian politician who twice served as chancellor of Austria, initially from December 2017 to May 2019 and then a second time from January 2020 to October 2021. Kurz was born and raised in ...

, Chancellor 2017–2019, 2020–2021 *

Klemens Wenzel 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 ...

, diplomat and statesman *

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 ...

, Chancellor 1953–1961 *

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 ...

, Chancellor 1918–1920 and 1945, first President of the Second Republic 1945–1950 *

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 ...

, President 1957–1965 *

Anton von Schmerling Anton Ritter von Schmerling (23 August 180523 May 1893) was an Austrian statesman. Life Von Schmerling was born in Vienna, where his father held a high position on the judicial side of the civil service. After studying law at Vienna, in 1829 Sch ...

, statesman (liberal movement of the 19th century) *

Kurt Schuschnigg Kurt Alois Josef Johann von Schuschnigg (; 14 December 1897 – 18 November 1977) was an Austrian Fatherland Front politician who was the Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from the 1934 assassination of his predecessor Engelbert Doll ...

, Chancellor 1934–1938 *

Wolfgang Schüssel Wolfgang Schüssel (; born 7 June 1945) is an Austrian People's Party politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007. While being recognised as a rare example of an active reformer in conte ...

, Chancellor 2000–2007 *

, former governor of

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

* Ignaz Seipel, Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929 *

Arthur Seyß-Inquart Arthur Seyss-Inquart (German: Seyß-Inquart, ; 22 July 1892 16 October 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who served as Chancellor of Austria in 1938 for two days before the ''Anschluss''. His positions in Nazi Germany included "deputy gover ...

, NSDAP politician, last Chancellor before the

Anschluss The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germa ...

in 1938 *

Johann Philipp von Stadion Johann Philipp Carl Joseph Stadion, Count von Warthausen (18 June 1763 in Mainz – 15 May 1824, Baden) was a statesman, foreign minister, and diplomat who served the Habsburg empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He was also founder of Austria's cent ...

, statesman, foreign minister and diplomat 1763–1824 *

Alexander Van der Bellen Alexander Van der Bellen (; born 18 January 1944) is the current president of Austria. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna, and after joining politics, as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party. Va ...

, former chairman of the

Austrian Green Party Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example ...

and President since 2017 *

Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for t ...

, diplomat and politician,

UN Secretary-General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or SG) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary- ...

1972–1982, President of Austria 1986–1992 Wenzl Weis - Ignaz Seipel

Religious leaders

* Theodor Innitzer,

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

1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930 *

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 ...

, 1905–2004, Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna (1956–1985) *

Christoph Schönborn Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Graf von Schönborn, O.P. (; born 22 January 1945) is a Bohemian-born Austrian Dominican friar and theologian, who is a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Vienna and ...

, archbishop and cardinal * Ignaz Seipel, Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929

Royalty

* Elisabeth, Empress-Consort of Austria, wife of Francis Joseph I * Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria * Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria * Francis II/I, Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor of Austria *

Franz Ferdinand Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. Fr ...

, Archduke (assassinated in 1914) *

Frederick II of Austria Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 25 April 1211 – 15 June 1246), known as Frederick the Quarrelsome (''Friedrich der Streitbare''), was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the Hou ...

, last

Babenberger The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria from its creation in 976 AD until its ...

duke of Austria *

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 un ...

, reformer (abolished the

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that ...

) 1780–1790 *

Karl I Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croatia, ...

, last Emperor of Austria * Karl V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500–1558 * Leopold V, Babenberg duke of Austria, participated in the

Third Crusade The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of Western Christianity ( Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by ...

* Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess, became Empress of Brazil *

Maria Theresia Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position '' suo jure'' (in her own right) ...

, Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress-Consort, last male-line Habsburg *

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

, Archduchess, became Queen of France *

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. He was never crowned by the pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He proclaimed himself E ...

, 1459–1519 * Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico, Archduke of Austria *

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria en, Rudolph Francis Charles Joseph , caption = Rudolf in 1887 , spouse = , issue = Elisabeth Marie, Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz , house = Habsburg-Lorraine , father = Franz Joseph I of Austria , mother ...

, Archduke of Austria * Rudolph I, King of Germany, first

Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

king *

Rudolf IV of Austria Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder (german: der Stifter), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count ...

, Duke of Austria, self-styled archduke 1358–1365 ( Privilegium Maius)

Scientists

Economists

Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk (; born Eugen Böhm, 12 February 185127 August 1914) was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of Economics and neoclassical economics. He served intermittent ...

, economist and early member of the

Austrian School of Economics The Austrian School is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result exclusively from the motivations and actions of individuals. Austrian school ...

Friedrich Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek ( , ; 8 May 189923 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian–British economist, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical liberalism. Hayek ...

, economist and social scientist,

Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

1974 (became a British citizen in 1938) *

Leopold Kohr Leopold Kohr (1909–1994) was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the ''Small Is Beautiful'' movement. For almost twenty years, ...

(1909–1994), economist, jurist and political scientist * Fritz Machlup *

Carl Menger Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün (; ; 28 February 1840 – 26 February 1921) was an Austrian economist and the founder of the Austrian School of economics. Menger contributed to the development of the theories of marginalism and marginal utility ...

, founder of the

Austrian School The Austrian School is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result exclusively from the motivations and actions of individuals. Austrian scho ...

of economics *

Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism. He is ...

, free-market economist *

Oskar Morgenstern Oskar Morgenstern (January 24, 1902 – July 26, 1977) was an Austrian-American economist. In collaboration with mathematician John von Neumann, he founded the mathematical field of game theory as applied to the social sciences and strategic decis ...

, co-founder of

game theory Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. Myerson, Roger B. (1991). ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict,'' Harvard University Press, p.&nbs1 Chapter-preview links, ppvii–xi It has appli ...

* Otto Neurath, socialist, economist and philosopher *

Joseph Schumpeter Joseph Alois Schumpeter (; February 8, 1883 – January 8, 1950) was an Austrian-born political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of German-Austria in 1919. In 1932, he emigrated to the United States to become a professor at H ...

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, born in Triesch

Friedrich von Wieser Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser (; 10 July 1851 – 22 July 1926) was an early (so-called "first generation") economist of the Austrian School of economics. Born in Vienna, the son of Privy Councillor Leopold von Wieser, a high official in the war m ...

, economist of the

Engineers/inventors

* Thomas Feichtner, industrial designer * Anselm Franz, pioneer in jet engine engineering, designed the world's first

turbojet The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, a ...

, inventor, founder of

firearm A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

s company GLOCK GmbH * Eduard Haas, inventor of the

Pez Pez (, ; stylised as PEZ) is the brand name of an Austrian candy and associated manual candy dispensers. The candy is a pressed, dry, straight-edged, curved-corner block 15 mm ( inch) long, 8 mm ( inch) wide and 5 mm ...

candy *

, co-inventor of

wireless communications, along with George Antheil *

Viktor Kaplan Viktor Kaplan (27 November 1876 – 23 August 1934) was an Austrian engineer and the inventor of the Kaplan turbine. Life Kaplan was born in Mürzzuschlag, Austria into a railroad worker's family. He graduated from high school in Vienna in 1895 ...

, inventor of turbines for river power plants * Wilhelm Kress, aviation pioneer, inventor of the stick control for airplanes * Alexander Habianitsch, certified wheelchair virtuoso * Ernst Lauda (1859–1932), hydraulic and bridge engineer *

Josef Madersperger Josef Madersperger (* October 6, 1768 in Kufstein; † October 2, 1850 in Vienna) was a tailor. He is one of the inventors of the sewing machine. Biography Josef Madersperger was born in 1768 in Kufstein. In 1790 his father and he relocated t ...

, invented the

sewing machine A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with Thread (yarn), thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. ...

in 1818 *

Siegfried Marcus Siegfried Samuel Marcus (; 18 September 1831 – 1 July 1898) was a German inventor. Marcus was born of Jewish descent in Malchin, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He made the first petrol-powered vehicle in 1864, while living ...

, automobile pioneer, inventor of the first gasoline powered automobile (vehicles of 1870 and 1889) * Alois Negrelli, engineer and railroad pioneer (created the plans for the

Suez Canal The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popula ...

) *

, automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), inventor of the

hybrid car A hybrid vehicle is one that uses two or more distinct types of power, such as submarines that use diesel when surfaced and batteries when submerged. Other means to store energy include pressurized fluid in hydraulic hybrids. The basic princi ...

, contributed to the design of the

Tiger I The Tiger I () was a German heavy tank of World War II that operated beginning in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted ...

and

Tiger II The Tiger II is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was ''Panzerkampfwagen'' Tiger ''Ausf''. B,''Panzerkampfwagen'' – abbr: ''Pz.'' or ''Pz.Kfw.'' (English: " armoured fighting vehicle"), ''Ausf.' ...

tanks. Born in

Josef Ressel Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel ( cs, Josef Ludvík František Ressel; June 29, 1793 – October 9, 1857) was a forester and inventor of Czech-Austrian descent, who designed one of the first working ship's propellers. Ressel was born in Chrudim, B ...

, inventor of the marine screw propeller, pneumatic post and

ball bearing A ball bearing is a type of rolling-element bearing that uses balls to maintain the separation between the bearing races. The purpose of a ball bearing is to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads. It achieves this ...

Alois Senefelder Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 177126 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146 Acto ...

, inventor of the printing technique of

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* Josef Singer (1923–2009), Israeli aeronautical engineer and President of

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Max Valier Max Valier (9 February 1895 – 17 May 1930) was an Austrian rocketry pioneer. He was a leading figure in the world's first large-scale rocket program, Opel-RAK, and helped found the German ''Verein für Raumschiffahrt'' (VfR – "Spacefligh ...

, rocketry pioneer *

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, inventor of gaslight * Theodor Scheimpflug, inventor of Scheimpflug photography Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophers

Franz Brentano Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (; ; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was an influential German philosopher, psychologist, and former Catholic priest (withdrawn in 1873 due to the definition of papal infallibility in matters o ...

, philosopher and psychologist *

Martin Buber Martin Buber ( he, מרטין בובר; german: Martin Buber; yi, מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism ...

, philosopher *

Christian von Ehrenfels Christian von Ehrenfels (also ''Maria Christian Julius Leopold Freiherr von Ehrenfels''; 20 June 1859 – 8 September 1932) was an Austrian philosopher, and is known as one of the founders and precursors of Gestalt psychology. Christian von Ehre ...

, philosopher * Herbert Feigl, philosopher (member of the

Vienna Circle The Vienna Circle (german: Wiener Kreis) of Logical Empiricism was a group of elite philosophers and scientists drawn from the natural and social sciences, logic and mathematics who met regularly from 1924 to 1936 at the University of Vienna, ch ...

) *

Paul Feyerabend Paul Karl Feyerabend (; January 13, 1924 – February 11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science best known for his work as a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked for three decades (195 ...

, philosopher (died 1994) * Philipp Frank, philosopher and physicist (member of the

) *

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, philosopher (born in Prossnitz,

) *

Wilhelm Jerusalem Wilhelm Jerusalem (11 October 1854 in Dřenice – 15 July 1923 in Vienna) was an Austrian Jewish philosopher and pedagogue. Biography Jerusalem studied classical philosophy at the University of Prague and prepared a doctorate entitled "The In ...

, philosopher, born 1854 in Drenitz, died in 1923 in

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* Hans Köchler, philosopher (born in Schwaz, 1948) * Georg Kreisel, philosopher and mathematician *

Alexius Meinong Alexius Meinong Ritter von Handschuchsheim (17 July 1853 – 27 November 1920) was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value. Life Alexius Meinong ...

, philosopher (theory of objects) 1853–1920 * Otto Neurath, socialist, economist and philosopher *

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the ...

, philosopher (born in Austria, became British) * Friedrich Waismann, mathematician, philosopher and physicist (member of the

) * Otto Weininger, philosopher * Felix Weltsch, journalist, philosopher, student of

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian- British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is consi ...

, philosopher, born 1889 in

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Physicists, mathematicians and chemists

Emil Artin Emil Artin (; March 3, 1898 – December 20, 1962) was an Austrian mathematician of Armenian descent. Artin was one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century. He is best known for his work on algebraic number theory, contributing l ...

, mathematician ( Artin's conjecture) *

Ludwig Boltzmann Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics, and the statistical explanation of the second law of ther ...

, physicist, 1844–1906, born in

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* Stefan Brünner, physicist, person of the year. *

Fritjof Capra Fritjof Capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist, systems theorist and deep ecologist. In 1995, he became a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He is on the faculty of Schumacher ...

* Carl Cori, born in Prague,

, biochemist,

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in 1947 *

Christian Doppler Christian Andreas Doppler ( (); 29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He is celebrated for his principle – known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative ...

, physicist, 1803–1853, born in

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

(See

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) *

Paul Ehrenfest Paul Ehrenfest (18 January 1880 – 25 September 1933) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition ...

, physicist & mathematician *

Felix Ehrenhaft Felix Ehrenhaft (24 April 1879 – 4 March 1952) was an Austrian physicist who contributed to atomic physics, to the measurement of electrical charges and to the optical properties of metal colloids. He was known for his maverick and controversial ...

, maverick physicist, 1879–1952 * Josef Finger, physicist and mathematician *

Heinz von Foerster Heinz von Foerster ( German spelling: Heinz von Förster; November 13, 1911 – October 2, 2002) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of Second-order cybernetics. He was twice ...

, cyberneticist, 1911–2002 *

Kurt Gödel Kurt Friedrich Gödel ( , ; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel had an imm ...

, mathematician (born in

, became naturalized U.S. citizen) * Hans Hahn, mathematician (member of the

) * Friedrich Hasenöhrl, physicist * Victor Franz Hess, physicist,

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Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...

, chemist * Walter Kohn, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998 * Georg Kreisel, philosopher and mathematician *Richard Kuhn, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 *Johann Josef Loschmidt, physicist and chemist *Ernst Mach, physicist and philosopher (Mach number) *Lise Meitner, physicist *Richard von Mises, physicist (younger brother of

) *John von Neumann, mathematician (Hungarian, Budapest-born) *Wolfgang Pauli, physicist,

1945 *Max Ferdinand Perutz, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962 *Johanna Piesch (1898–1992), physicist, mathematician, pioneer in switching algebra *Fritz Pregl, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923 *Erwin Schrödinger, physicist,

*Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze, mathematician *Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist *Gernot Zippe, physicist (developed Zippe-type centrifuge to extract uranium-235 for nuclear weapons) *Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1925 (Hungarian origin)

Physicians

*Alfred Adler, psychiatrist, father of ''Individual Psychology'' *Hans Asperger, pediatrician who studied autism, person for whom Asperger syndrome is named *Leopold Auenbrugger, physician 1722–1809 (method of percussion (medicine), percussion) *Robert Bárány, physician,

*Josef Breuer, physician (forerunner in psychoanalysis) *Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, physician and physiologist (studies of nerves and the brain) *Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist, father of logotherapy *Sigmund Freud, psychiatrist, father of psychoanalysis *Karl von Frisch, physician,

*Leo Kanner, child psychiatrist *Karl Landsteiner, physician, serologist,

, 1886–1943 *Otto Loewi, pharmacologist (born in Germany, but spent 40 years (age 25–65) of his life in Austria)

*Karol Ignacy Lorinser, physician *Franz Mesmer, physician, developed an early form of hypnotism 1734–1815 *Paracelsus, (real name: Theophrast von Hohenheim), alchemist and physician *Clemens von Pirquet, pediatrician and scientist in bacteriology and immunology *Wilhelm Reich, psychiatrist, (1897–1957) *Erwin Ringel, Austrian psychiatrist (''presuicidal syndrome'') *Ignaz Semmelweis, physician (born in Hungary, Austria-Hungary) *Julius Wagner-Jauregg, physician,

1927

Psychologists

*Paul Watzlawick, communication theory *Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis

Other scientists

*Othenio Abel, paleontologist *Karl von Czyhlarz, Czech-Austrian jurist *Martin Gerzabek, ecologist and soil scientist *Helene Gröger-Wurm, Austrian-born Australian ecologist *Hans Hass, biologist and diving pioneer *Max Hecker (born 1879), Austrian-born Israeli President of the

*Hans Kelsen, jurist (father of the Austrian constitution) *Konrad Lorenz zoologist,

*Gregor Mendel, pioneer of genetics *Julius Pokorny, linguist *Rupert Riedl, zoologist *Eric Kandel, neuroscientist Michaela Dorfmeister 2008

Sports

* Margarete Adler, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x100-meter (m) freestyle swimming, freestyle relay) * David Alaba, footballer, winner of 2012–13 UEFA Champions League with FC Bayern Munich * Felix Baumgartner, world record setting skydiver * Gunther (wrestler), professional wrestler signed to WWE * Gerhard Berger, racing driver * Richard Bergmann, 7-time world table tennis champion, ITTF Hall of Fame * Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), saber fencer, Olympic silver * Fritzi Burger, figure skater, Olympic 2-time silver, World Championship 2-time silver * Hans Dobida, inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame * Michaela Dorfmeister, alpine skier * Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author * Erich Eliskases, chess grandmaster * Otto Fischer (footballer), Otto Fischer (1901–1941), footballer and coach * Siegfried Flesch, sabre fencer, Olympic bronze *Marcel Sabitzer, footballer * Toni Fritsch, soccer and football player who won the Super Bowl in 1972 * Michael Grabner, NHL player * Ernst Grünfeld, chess grandmaster * Hans Haas, Olympic champion weightlifter (lightweight), silver * Tunç Hamarat, correspondence chess world champion (2004) * Ernst Happel, football player and coach * Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), held every Austrian women's middle and long-distance freestyle record in 1935 * Dr. Otto Herschmann, Olympic 2-silver (in saber fencing/team sabre and 100-m freestyle) * Hansi Hinterseer, skier, singer, actor, entertainer * Nickolaus Hirschl, 2-time Olympic bronze wrestler (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman), shot put and discus junior champion, weightlifting junior champion, and pentathlon champion * Felix Kasper, figure skater, Olympic bronze * Franz Klammer, Olympic alpine ski champion *Alfred König (1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter * Hans Krankl, football player and coach *

(1949–2019),

race car driver and aviation entrepreneur * Hermann Maier, Olympic alpine ski champion * Alex Manninger, professional footballer for Arsenal F.C., winner of 1997–98 FA Premier League title * Klara Milch, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x100-m freestyle relay) * Uberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Austrian-born Italian tennis player * Annemarie Moser-Pröll, alpine skier * Thomas Muster, tennis champion * Paul Neumann (swimmer), Paul Neumann, Olympic champion swimmer (500 m freestyle) * Fred Oberlander, wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion * Eva Pawlik, European figure skating Champion * Felix Pipes, Olympic silver tennis player (doubles) * Maxim Podoprigora, Olympic swimmer * Jakob Pöltl, basketball player; played two seasons of U.S. college basketball at Utah Utes men's basketball, Utah before declaring for the 2016 NBA draft * Ellen Preis, foil fencer, 3-time world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17-time Austrian champion * Herbert Prohaska, football player and coach * Roland Ratzenberger (1960–1994), race car driver, Formula One driver * Jochen Rindt (1942–1970), race car driver, Formula One World Champion of 1970 * Toni Sailer, 1956 Olympic Games – won all three gold medals earning himself the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing; born 1935 * Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Olympic champion swimmer (400 m freestyle) and 2-time bronze (400 m freestyle, 1,500-m freestyle) * Max Scheuer, footballer; national team * Werner Schlager, 2003 Table Tennis World Champion * Carl Schlechter, chess grandmaster * Gregor Schlierenzauer, Olympic bronze medalist, world and 4 Hills Tournament champion ski jumper * Heinrich Schönfeld (born 1900), football player * Matthias Sindelar, footballer * Wilhelm Steinitz, winner of first-ever world chess championship in 1886 * Josephine Sticker, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x100-m freestyle relay) * Rudolf Spielmann, chess grandmaster * Herma Szabo, Olympic and five-time World figure skating champion * Dominic Thiem, top-20 tennis player and Grand Slam Champion (Men's Singles, US Open 2020) * Nicole Trimmel, kickboxing champion * Thomas Vanek, NHL hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens * Anita Wachter, Olympic alpine ski champion, born 1967 in Schruns * Otto Wahle, 2-time Olympic silver swimmer (1,000 m freestyle, 200-m obstacle race) and bronze (400 m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame * Walter Wasservogel, inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame Joseph Roth (1926)

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Writers

*Ingeborg Bachmann, poet, 1926–1973 *Hermann Bahr, playwright, novelist 1863–1934 *Ludwig Bemelmans, author of the Madeline books, 1898–1962 *Thomas Bernhard, dramatist, novelist, poet, 1931–1989, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands *Hermann Broch, novelist *Max Brod, writer, born in Prague,

, (

, present-day Czech Republic) 1884–1968, wrote in German *Heimito von Doderer, writer, 1896–1966, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near

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*Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (style: psychological novelist) *Franz Grillparzer, poet, 1791–1872,

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*Robert Hamerling, poet 1830–1889 *Peter Handke, author, born in 1942 in Griffen (

) *Hugo von Hofmannsthal, dramatist, writer *Martin Horváth, writer *Franz Kafka, novelist, born in Prague,

, 1883–1924 *Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer, born 1936, novelist, poet *Werner Kofler, novelist and dramatist *Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner, poet, writer, 1800–1890, born in Graz *Alexander Lernet-Holenia, novelist, poet, dramatist, critic, 1897–1976 *Robert Musil, writer *Johann Nestroy, famous playwright *Christine Nöstlinger, writer (especially literature for children) *Ferdinand Raimund, writer and dramatist *Christoph Ransmayr, writer *Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist, born in Prague, (

, present-day Czech Republic) 1875–1926 *Peter Rosegger, writer, teacher & Styrian hero and visionary 1843–1918 *Joseph Roth, novelist *Arthur Schnitzler, novelist and playwright *Adalbert Stifter, poet and artist (died 1869) *Bertha von Suttner, writer and pacifist Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Prague, (

, present-day Czech Republic) 1843–1914 *Georg Trakl, poet *Josef Weinheber, poet and essayist *Stefan Zweig, novelist and playwright, 1881–1942 Amon goeth 1946

People of the Nazi Party and regime

*Amon Göth, commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp and executed Nazi war criminal * Aribert Heim, physician ("Dr. Death") in the Mauthausen concentration camp *

, leader of the Nazi Party and

, high ranking Schutzstaffel, SS officer and Nazi war criminal * Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Reich Commissioner of the Reichskommissariat Niederlande, Netherlands Oliver Mark - Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, Pöcking 2006

Oliver Mark - Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, Pöcking 2006

Other notables

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*Maria Altmann, niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer *Walter Wolf, business person *Oscar Baumann, explored the interior of German East Africa (present-day Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) *Robert Bernardis, resistance fighter during WW2 (July 20 Plot) *Edward Bernays, Austrian-American pioneer in public relations, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations". *Adele Bloch-Bauer, subject of famous painting by

*Josef Fritzl, notorious rapist *Otto von Habsburg, politician, writer, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary *Theodor Herzl, "father of Zionism", lived most of his life in Austria *Alois Hitler, father of

*Klara Hitler, mother of

*Andreas Hofer, Tyrolian freedom fighter (against Napoleon) *Heinrich Kanner, journalist and editor of the newspaper "Die Zeit" in the k.u.k. Monarchy *Alma Mahler, wife and muse to Gustav Mahler, Mahler, Walter Gropius, Gropius, Franz Werfel, Werfel *Andreas Maislinger, founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service *Erna Patak (1871–1955), Zionist, social worker *Julius von Payer, polar explorer *Wolfgang Puck, celebrity chef and restaurateur *Max Reinhardt (theatre director), Max Reinhardt, renowned theatre director *Sister Maria Restituta, nun and nurse murdered by the Nazis *Günther Schifter, radio personality *Oskar Schindler, industrialist and famous World War II hero (saved his Jewish factory workers from Auschwitz), born in Svitavy,

, 1908–1974 *Otto Skorzeny, Nazi commando (rescuer of Benito Mussolini) *Carl Szokoll, resistance fighter ("saviour of Vienna"), author and film producer *Georg Ludwig von Trapp, head of ''The Sound of Music'' family *Franz Viehböck, cosmonaut *Karl Weyprecht, polar explorer *Simon Wiesenthal, 1908–2005, pre-eminent Nazism, Nazi hunter *Hede von Trapp, painter artist

References

{{reflist Lists of Austrian people,