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This is a list of notable
Austrians .
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actors/actresses
Helmut Berger (1944–2023), actor
Senta Berger (born 1941), actress
Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), actor
Wolfgang Cerny (born 1984), actor
Marie Geistinger (1836–1903), actress and opera singer
Gilla (born 1950), also known as Gisela Wuchinger; singer and actor from the disco era
Käthe Gold (1907–1997), stage actress
Liane Haid (1895–2000), first Austrian movie star
Attila Hörbiger (1896–1987), actor
Christiane Hörbiger (1938–2022), actress
Paul Hörbiger (1894–1981), actor
Maria Hofstätter
Brigitte Kren
Boris Kodjoe (born 1973), actor
Melanie Kogler (born 1985), television and theatre actress
Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), actress; also co-inventor of
spread spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizen
Karl Merkatz (1930–2022), actor (most notable for his role as a Viennese in "Mundl")
Birgit Minichmayr (born 1977), actress
Hans Moser (1880–1964), comedy actor
Reggie Nalder (1907–1991), actor
Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), actor
Ursula Strauss
Nina Proll
Boris Kodjoe (born 1973), actor
Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003–2011)
Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), actor and film director
Christoph Waltz (born 1956), actor
Maria Weiss , mezzo-soprano and actress
Oskar Werner (1922–1984), actor
Artists/architects
Felix de Weldon (1907–2003), sculptor
Maria Auböck (born 1951), landscape architect
Bernhard Cella (born 1969), conceptual artist
Karl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor
Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), painter
Karl Ehn (1884–1957), architect, designer of the
Karl-Marx-Hof
Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990), photographer
Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), artist
Xenia Hausner (born 1951), painter
Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), artist, born in
Vienna
Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960), new media artist
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000), artist
Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), artist, helped found Vienna Secession
Oskar Kokoschka
[1] (1886–1980), painter
Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), graphic artist
Adolf Loos (1870–1933), architect, born in Brno (
Moravia , present-day Czech Republic)
Hans Makart (1840–1884), history painter, designer and decorator
Inge Morath (1923–2002), photographer
Richard Neutra (1892–1970), architect
Wolf Prix (born 1942), architect, co-founder of
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Willy Puchner (born 1952), photographer
Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), painter
Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730), Baroque painter
Egon Schiele (1890–1918), painter
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), architect and political activist
De Es Schwertberger (born 1942), artist
Harry Seidler (1923–2006), architect
Helmut Swiczinsky (born 1944), architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au
Aloys Wach (1892–1940), painter
Otto Wagner (1841–1918),
Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865), painter
Franz West (1947–2012), artist
Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), painter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Falco with the Swiss singer
Ursela Monn
Composers/musicians
Joseph Haydn
Johann Strauss II
Arnold Schoenberg , Los Angeles, 1948
Wolfgang Ambros (born 1952), pop musician
Louie Austen (born 1946), composer and musician
Ernst Bachrich (1892/1893–1942), composer and conductor
Caroline Bayer (1758–1803), 18th-century violinist and composer
Alban Berg
[2] (1885–1935), composer
Alfred Brendel (born 1931), pianist
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), composer
Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023), composer and conductor
Carl Czerny (1791–1857), pianist and composer
Anton Diabelli (1781–1858), publisher, editor and composer
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), composer
Karlheinz Essl (born 1960), composer and electronic musician
Falco (1957–1998), pop musician
Christian Fennesz (born 1962), electronic musician
Bernhard Gál (born 1971), composer and artist
Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953), composer
Natascha Hagen (born 1974), singer-songwriter
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929–2016), conductor
Joseph Haydn
[2] (1732–1809), composer
Michael Haydn (1737–1806), composer, younger brother of
Joseph Haydn
Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), singer-songwriter
Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), conductor
Bernhard Lang (born 1957), composer
Thomas Lang (born 1967), drummer and composer
Joseph Lanner (1801–1843), composer
Left Boy (born 1988), singer
Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006
Gustav Mahler
[2] (1860–1911), composer
Penny McLean (born 1948), singer with the disco group
Silver Convention
Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812), composer, singer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[2]
[3] (1756–1791), musician and composer
Olga Neuwirth (born 1968), composer
Gerhard Potuznik , electronic musician
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), composer
Arnold Schoenberg
[2] (1874–1951), composer
Franz Schubert
[2]
[3] (1797–1828), composer and musician
Parov Stelar (born 1974), electronic musician
Eduard Strauss (1835–1916), composer
Johann Strauss Jr. (1825–1899), composer
Johann Strauss Sr. (1804–1849), composer
Josef Strauss (1827–1870), composer
Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), composer
Anton Webern
[2] (1883–1945), composer
Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960), conductor
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), composer
Conchita Wurst (born 1988), pop musician
Joe Zawinul (1932–2007), jazz musician, composer
Eric Zeisl (1905–1959), composer
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), composer
Ferdinand James von Rothschild
Entrepreneurs
Hannes Androsch (born 1938), former minister of finance in the government of
Bruno Kreisky
Hikmet Ersek , CEO of
The Western Union Company , a
Fortune 500 company
Ignaz Glaser (1853–1916), entrepreneur
Gaston Glock (1929-2023), inventor, founder of
Glock Ges.m.b.H.
Niki Lauda (1949–2019),
Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
Richard Lugner (born 1932), entrepreneur and society figure
Dietrich Mateschitz (1944–2022), businessman behind the
Red Bull brand
Ludwig (Louis) von Nathaniel (1882–1955), banker
Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), born in Vratislavice nad Nisou (
Austria-Hungary ,
Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic)
Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909–1998), automotive engineer and entrepreneur, he expanded the sports car manufacturer
Porsche AG to what it is now
Johann Puch (1862–1914), inventor, mechanic, co-founder of
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Albert Salomon von Rothschild (1844–1911), banker
Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874), banker
Ferdinand James von Rothschild (1839–1898), investor
Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild (1836–1905), banker
Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774–1855), banker
Robert Schlumberger (1814–1879), entrepreneur
Frank Stronach (born in Austria, 1932), entrepreneur
Daniel Swarovski (1862–1956), founder of
Swarovski AG, world-famous crystals, born in
Jiřetín pod Bukovou , (
Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic)
Fritz Lang
Hans Weingartner
Filmmakers
Barbara Albert (born 1970), film director, producer and writer
Franz Antel (1913–2007), director, actor and writer
Axel Corti (1933–1993), director
Elfi von Dassanowsky (1924–2007), film producer, singer, pianist
Andrea Maria Dusl (born 1961), film director and writer
Amir Esmann (born 1965), director, director of photography, writer
Max Fleischer (1883–1972), animator
Michael Haneke (born 1942),
[4] film director (born in Germany, however lives and works in Austria)
Fritz Lang (1890–1976),
[5]
[6] film director
Francis Lawrence (born 1971), Austrian-American film director
Otto Preminger (1905–1986), film director
Stefan Ruzowitzky (born 1961), film director and writer
Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), actor and politician
Ulrich Seidl (born 1952), film director and writer
Josef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film director
Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957),
[5]
[7] film director
Wolfgang Suschitzky (1912–2016), director of photography
Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), film director
Hans Weingartner (born 1977), film director, producer and writer
Virgil Widrich (born 1967), film director, producer and writer
Billy Wilder (1906–2002), film director, born in
Austria-Hungary
Fred Zinnemann (1907–1977), film director
Mountaineers
Peter Aufschnaiter
Peter Aufschnaiter (1899–1973), mountaineer and co-traveller of Heinrich Harrer (
Seven Years in Tibet )
Karl Blodig (1859–1956), mountaineer (first to climb all alpine mountains above 4,000 m)
Hermann Buhl (1924–1957), first ascent of
Nanga Parbat on the
1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition , first ascent of
Broad Peak
Kurt Diemberger (born 1932), first ascents of
Broad Peak (1957) and
Dhaulagiri (1960)
Peter Habeler (born 1942), first ascent of
Mount Everest without oxygen (together with
Reinhold Messner )
Heinrich Harrer (1912–2006), mountaineer (first ascent of the
Carstensz Pyramid ) and writer (
Seven Years in Tibet )
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 1970), first woman to ascend all eight-thousanders without oxygen (2011)
Fritz Moravec (1922–1997), first ascent of
Gasherbrum II (1956)
Ludwig Purtscheller (1849–1900), first ascent of
Kilimanjaro in 1889
Marcus Schmuck (1925–2005), first ascent of
Broad Peak in 1957 as expedition leader
Herbert Tichy (1912–1987), geologist, journalist and mountaineer (first ascent of
Cho Oyu )
Luis Trenker (1892–1990), mountaineer, film director and writer (born in the southern part of
Tyrol , then in
Austria-Hungary )
Fritz Wintersteller (1927–2018), first ascent of
Broad Peak in 1957
Military leaders
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
Haim Bar-Lev (1924–1994), Israeli general and government minister
Leopold Josef Graf Daun (1705–1766), field marshal
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766–1858), military leader
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), general in the war against the Turks (17th–18th century)
Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen (1799–1868), field marshal
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827–1871), admiral
Georg von Trapp (1880–1947), navy officer
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862), general
Archduke Charles of Austria (1771–1847), fought against Napoleon
Politicians
Adolf Hitler
Sebastian Kurz
Karl Renner
Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni , statesman and diplomat
Leopold Graf Berchtold , foreign minister at the outbreak of the First World War
Brigitte Bierlein , Chancellor 2019–2020
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi , politician and writer
Engelbert Dollfuß , Chancellor 1932–1934 (First Republic), established
Austrofascism
Leopold Figl , Chancellor 1945–1953, foreign minister 1953–1959
Heinz Fischer , former President
Werner Faymann , former Chancellor
Jörg Haider , politician, governour of
Carinthia until his death in 2008
Adolf Hitler , leader of
Nazi Germany 1933–1945, gained German citizenship in 1932, and became German Chancellor in 1933. In 1938, he annexed Austria with the
Anschluß
Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg , statesman and historian
Theodor Innitzer ,
cardinal
archbishop of
Vienna 1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930
Ernst Kaltenbrunner , NSDAP politician
Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz , statesman
Christian Kern , Chancellor 2016–2017
Rudolf Kirchschläger , judge, diplomat and President 1974–1986
Thomas Klestil , diplomat, President 1992–2004
Teddy Kollek , Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem
Bruno Kreisky , Chancellor 1970–1983, foreign minister 1959–1966
Sebastian Kurz , Chancellor 2017–2019, 2020–2021
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich , diplomat and statesman
Julius Raab , Chancellor 1953–1961
Karl Renner , Chancellor 1918–1920 and 1945, first President of the Second Republic 1945–1950
Adolf Schärf , President 1957–1965
Anton von Schmerling , statesman (liberal movement of the 19th century)
Kurt Schuschnigg , Chancellor 1934–1938
Wolfgang Schüssel , Chancellor 2000–2007
Arnold Schwarzenegger , former governor of
California
Ignaz Seipel , Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929
Arthur Seyß-Inquart , NSDAP politician, last Chancellor before the
Anschluss in 1938
Johann Philipp von Stadion , statesman, foreign minister and diplomat 1763–1824
Alexander Van der Bellen , former chairman of the
Austrian Green Party and President since 2017
Kurt Waldheim , diplomat and politician,
UN Secretary-General 1972–1982, President of Austria 1986–1992
Ignaz Seipel
Religious leaders
Royalty
Franz Joseph I of Austria
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 (assassinated in 1914)
Frederick II of Austria , last
Babenberger duke of Austria
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor , reformer (abolished the
death penalty ) 1780–1790
Karl I , last Emperor of Austria
Karl V , Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
Leopold V , Babenberg duke of Austria, participated in the
Third Crusade
Maria Leopoldina , Archduchess, became Empress of Brazil
Maria Theresia , Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress-Consort, last male-line Habsburg
Marie Antoinette , Archduchess, became Queen of France
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519)
Maximilian I , Emperor of Mexico, Archduke of Austria
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria , Archduke of Austria
Rudolph I , King of Germany, first
Habsburg king
Rudolf IV of Austria , Duke of Austria, self-styled archduke 1358–1365 (
Privilegium Maius )
Scientists
Joseph Schumpeter
Economists
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851–1914), economist and early member of the
Austrian School of Economics
Gottfried von Haberler (1900–1995), Austrian-American economist, born in
Purkersdorf ,
Austria-Hungary
Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), economist and social scientist,
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1974 (became a British citizen in 1938)
Leopold Kohr (1909–1994), economist, jurist and political scientist
Fritz Machlup (1902–1983), Austrian-American economist, born in
Wiener Neustadt , Austria-Hungary
Carl Menger (1840–1921), founder of the
Austrian School of economics
Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), free-market economist
Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), co-founder of
game theory
Otto Neurath (1882–1945), socialist, economist and philosopher
Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950),
economist , born in
Triesch , Austria-Hungary
Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), economist of the
Austrian School
Engineers/inventors
Thomas Feichtner
Josef Ressel
Thomas Feichtner (born 1970), industrial designer
Anselm Franz (1900–1994), pioneer in jet engine engineering, designed the world's first
turbojet
Gaston Glock (born 1929), inventor, founder of
firearms company
GLOCK GmbH
Eduard Haas (1897–1989), inventor of the
Pez candy
Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), co-inventor of
spread spectrum wireless communications, along with
George Antheil
Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934), inventor of turbines for river power plants
Wilhelm Kress (1836–1913), aviation pioneer, inventor of the stick control for airplanes
Ernst Lauda (1859–1932), hydraulic and bridge engineer
Josef Madersperger (1768–1850), invented the
sewing machine in 1818
Siegfried Marcus (1831–1898), automobile pioneer, inventor of the first gasoline powered automobile (vehicles of 1870 and 1889)
Alois Negrelli (1799–1858), engineer and railroad pioneer (created the plans for the
Suez Canal )
Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), inventor of the
hybrid car , contributed to the design of the
Tiger I and
Tiger II tanks (born in
Austria-Hungary )
Josef Ressel (1793–1857), inventor of the marine screw propeller,
pneumatic post and
ball bearing
Alois Senefelder (1771–1834), inventor of the printing technique of
lithography
Josef Singer (1923–2009), Israeli aeronautical engineer and President of
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Max Valier (1895–1930), rocketry pioneer
Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), inventor of gaslight
Theodor Scheimpflug (1865–1911), inventor of Scheimpflug photography
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophers
Franz Brentano (1838–1917), philosopher and psychologist
Martin Buber (1878–1965), philosopher
Christian von Ehrenfels (1859–1932), philosopher
Herbert Feigl (1902–1988), philosopher (member of the
Vienna Circle )
Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994), philosopher
Philipp Frank (1884–1966), philosopher and physicist (member of the
Vienna Circle )
Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher (born in Prossnitz,
Austria-Hungary )
Wilhelm Jerusalem (1854–1923), philosopher, born in Drenitz, died in
Vienna
Hans Köchler (born 1948), philosopher, born in
Schwaz
Georg Kreisel (1923–2015), philosopher and mathematician
Alexius Meinong (1853–1920), philosopher (theory of objects)
Otto Neurath (1882–1945), socialist, economist and philosopher
Karl Popper (1902–1994), philosopher (born in Austria, became British)
Friedrich Waismann (1896–1959), mathematician, philosopher and physicist (member of the
Vienna Circle )
Otto Weininger (1880–1903), philosopher
Felix Weltsch (1884–1964), journalist, philosopher, student of
Christian von Ehrenfels
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher, born in
Vienna
Physicists, mathematicians and chemists
Erwin Schrödinger
Walter Kohn
Emil Artin
Emil Artin , mathematician (
Artin's conjecture )
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), physicist, born in
Vienna
Fritjof Capra
Carl Cori , born in Prague,
Austria-Hungary , biochemist,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947
Christian Doppler (1803–1853), physicist, born in
Salzburg (See
Doppler effect )
Paul Ehrenfest , physicist and mathematician
Felix Ehrenhaft (1879–1952), maverick physicist
Josef Finger , physicist and mathematician
Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), cyberneticist
Kurt Gödel , mathematician (born in
Austria-Hungary , became naturalized U.S. citizen)
Hans Hahn , mathematician (member of the
Vienna Circle )
Friedrich Hasenöhrl , physicist
Victor Franz Hess , physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin , 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
Ludwig von Mises )
John von Neumann , mathematician (Hungarian, Budapest-born)
Wolfgang Pauli , physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics 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,
Nobel Prize in Physics
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
Josef Breuer
Alfred Adler (1870–1937), psychiatrist, father of Individual Psychology
Hans Asperger (1906–1980), pediatrician who studied
autism , person for whom
Asperger syndrome is named
Leopold Auenbrugger (1722–1809), physician (method of
percussion )
Robert Bárány (1876–1936), physician,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Josef Breuer (1842–1925), physician (forerunner in
psychoanalysis )
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow (1846–1891), physician and physiologist (studies of nerves and the brain)
Viktor Frankl (1905–1997), psychiatrist, father of
logotherapy
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), psychiatrist, father of
psychoanalysis
Karl von Frisch (1886–1982), physician,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Leo Kanner (1894–1981), child psychiatrist
Helen Singer Kaplan (1929-1995), sex therapist
Karl Landsteiner (1886–1943), physician, serologist,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Otto Loewi (1873–1961), pharmacologist (born in Germany, but spent 40 years of his life, from age 25, in Austria)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Karol Ignacy Lorinser (1796–1853), physician
Franz Mesmer (1734–1815), physician, developed an early form of hypnotism
Paracelsus (1493–1541), (real name: Theophrast von Hohenheim), alchemist and physician
Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929), pediatrician and scientist in bacteriology and immunology
Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), psychiatrist
Erwin Ringel (1921–1994), Austrian psychiatrist (presuicidal syndrome )
Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865), physician (born in Hungary, Austria-Hungary)
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940), physician,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927
Sigmund Freud
Psychologists
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
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Hans Kelsen , jurist (father of the
Austrian constitution )
Konrad Lorenz zoologist,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gregor Mendel , pioneer of genetics
Julius Pokorny , linguist
Rupert Riedl , zoologist
Eric Kandel , neuroscientist
Ernst Grünfeld
Niki Lauda
Dominic Thiem
Michaela Dorfmeister
Otto Wahle
Eva Pawlik
Sports
Eva Duldig
Margarete Adler (1896–1990), swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (4x100m
freestyle relay)
[8]
David Alaba (born 1992), footballer, winner of
2012–13 UEFA Champions League with
FC Bayern Munich
Felix Baumgartner (born 1969), world record setting skydiver
Gunther (wrestler) (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to
WWE
Gerhard Berger (born 1959), racing driver
Richard Bergmann (1919–1970), seven-time world table tennis champion, ITTF Hall of Fame
Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy) (1882–1961), saber fencer, Olympic silver medalist
Fritzi Burger (1910–1999), figure skater, two-time Olympic silver medalist, two-time World silver medalist
Hans Dobida (born 1929), inductee into the
IIHF Hall of Fame
Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), alpine skier
Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
Erich Eliskases (1913–1997), chess grandmaster
Otto Fischer (1901–1941), footballer and coach
Siegfried Flesch (1872–1939), sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalist
Marcel Sabitzer (born 1994), footballer
Toni Fritsch (1945–2005), soccer and football player who won the Super Bowl in 1972
Michael Grabner (born 1987), NHL player
Ernst Grünfeld (1893–1962), chess grandmaster
Hans Haas (1906–1973), Olympic champion weightlifter (lightweight), silver medalist
Tunç Hamarat (born 1946), correspondence chess world champion (2004)
Ernst Happel (1925–1992), football player and coach
Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"; 1918–2004), held every Austrian women's middle and long-distance freestyle record in 1935
[9]
Otto Herschmann (1877–1942), two-time Olympic silver medalist (in saber fencing/team sabre and 100m freestyle)
Hansi Hinterseer (born 1954), skier, singer, actor, entertainer
Nickolaus Hirschl (1906–1991), two-time Olympic bronze medalist in wrestling (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman), shot put and discus junior champion, weightlifting junior champion, and pentathlon champion
Felix Kaspar (1915–2003), figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist
Franz Klammer (born 1953), Olympic alpine ski champion
Alfred König (1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
Hans Krankl (born 1953), football player and coach
Niki Lauda (1949–2019),
Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
Hermann Maier (born 1972), Olympic alpine ski champion
Alex Manninger (born 1977), professional footballer for
Arsenal F.C. , winner of
1997–98 FA Premier League title
Klara Milch (born 1970), swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (4x100m freestyle relay)
Uberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Austrian-born Italian tennis player
Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 1953), alpine skier
Thomas Muster (born 1967), tennis champion
Paul Neumann (1875–1932), Olympic champion swimmer (500m freestyle)
Fred Oberlander (born 1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
Eva Pawlik (1927–1983), European figure skating Champion, World and Olympic runner-up, show star, actress, the world's first female sports commentator on TV (from 1962–1972)
Felix Pipes (1887–1983), tennis player, Olympic silver medalist (doubles)
Maxim Podoprigora (born 1978), Olympic swimmer
Jakob Pöltl (born 1995), basketball player; played two seasons of U.S. college basketball at
Utah before declaring for the
2016 NBA draft
Ellen Preis (1912–2007), foil fencer, three-time world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17-time Austrian champion
Herbert Prohaska (born 1955), football player and coach
Roland Ratzenberger (1960–1994), race car driver, Formula One driver
Jochen Rindt (1942–1970), race car driver, 1970 Formula One World Champion (posthumous)
Toni Sailer (1935–2009), Alpine skiier, earned the
Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing (by winning all three gold medals) at
1956 Olympic Games
Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"; 1889–1956), Olympic champion swimmer (400m freestyle) and two-time bronze medalist (400m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle)
Max Scheuer (1895–1941), footballer; national team
Werner Schlager (born 1972), 2003 Table Tennis World Champion
Carl Schlechter (1874–1918), chess grandmaster
Gregor Schlierenzauer (born 1990), ski jumper, Olympic bronze medalist, World and 4 Hills Tournament champion
Heinrich Schönfeld (1900–1976), football player
Matthias Sindelar (1903–1939), footballer
Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900), winner of first-ever world chess championship in 1886
Josephine Sticker (1894–1963), swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (4x100m freestyle relay)
Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), chess grandmaster
Herma Szabo (1902–1986), Olympic and five-time World figure skating champion
Dominic Thiem (born 1993), top-20 tennis player and Grand Slam Champion (Men's Singles, US Open 2020)
Nicole Trimmel (born 1982), kickboxing champion
Thomas Vanek (born 1984), NHL hockey player for the
Montreal Canadiens
Anita Wachter (born 1967 in Schruns), Olympic alpine ski champion
Otto Wahle (1879–1963), swimmer, two-time Olympic silver medalist (1,000m freestyle, 200m obstacle race) and Olympic bronze medalist (400m freestyle); inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame
Walter Wasservogel (1919–1993), inductee into the
IIHF Hall of Fame
Joseph Roth
Christine Nöstlinger
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Writers
Ingeborg Bachmann
[10] (1926–1973), poet
Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962), author of the
Madeline books
Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989),
[10] dramatist, novelist, poet, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands
Hermann Broch
[10] (1886–1951), novelist
Max Brod (1884–1968), writer, born in Prague,
Austria-Hungary , (
Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic), wrote in German
Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near
Vienna
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), writer (style: psychological novelist)
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), poet,
Vienna
Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet
Peter Handke
[10] (born 1942), author, born in Griffen (
Carinthia )
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
[10] (1874–1929), dramatist, writer
Martin Horváth (born 1967), writer
Franz Kafka (1883–1924), novelist, born in Prague,
Austria-Hungary
Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poet
Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist and dramatist
Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner (1800–1890), poet, writer, born in
Graz
Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976), novelist, poet, dramatist, critic
Olga Misař (1876–1950), peace activist, feminist, writer
Robert Musil
[10]
[11] (1880–1942), writer
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), playwright
Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), writer (especially literature for children)
Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), writer and dramatist
Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writer
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926),
[10] poet and novelist, born in
Prague , (
Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic)
Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer, teacher & Styrian hero and visionary
Joseph Roth
[10] (1894–1939), novelist
Arthur Schnitzler
[10] (1862–1931), novelist and playwright
Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868),
[12] poet and artist
Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), writer and pacifist
Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in
Prague , (
Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic)
Georg Trakl
[10] (1887–1914), poet
Josef Weinheber (1892–1945), poet and essayist
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), novelist and playwright
Amon Göth
People of the Nazi Party and regime
Otto von Hapsburg
Other notables
Julius von Payer
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
Gustav Klimt
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
Adolf Hitler
Klara Hitler , mother of
Adolf Hitler
Andreas Hofer , Tyrolian freedom fighter (against Napoleon)
Sylvie di Giusto , professional Speaker, Consultant and Author
Heinrich Kanner , journalist and editor of the newspaper "Die Zeit" in the k.u.k. Monarchy
Alma Mahler , wife and muse to
Mahler ,
Gropius ,
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 , renowned theatre director
Sister
Maria Restituta ,
nun and
nurse murdered by the
Nazis
Günther Schifter , radio personality
Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), industrialist and famous World War II hero (saved his Jewish factory workers from Auschwitz), born in
Svitavy ,
Moravia
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
Hede von Trapp , painter artist
Karl Weyprecht , polar explorer
Georg Weissacher , fashion designer
Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), pre-eminent
Nazi hunter
See also
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