List of Austrians

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Location of Austria

This is a list of notable Austrians.

Actors/actresses

• Leon Askin, actor
• Helmut Berger, actor
• Senta Berger, actress
• Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor
• Marie Geistinger (1836–1903), actress and opera singer
• Käthe Gold, stage actress
• Liane Haid, first Austrian movie star
• Attila Hörbiger, actor
• Christiane Hörbiger, actress
• Paul Hörbiger, actor
• Melanie Kogler, television and theatre actress
• Hedy Lamarr, actress; also co-inventor of spread spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizen
• Karl Merkatz, actor (most notable for his role as a Viennese in "Mundl")
• Birgit Minichmayr, actress
• Hans Moser, comedy actor
• Reggie Nalder, actor
• Maximilian Schell, actor
• Romy Schneider, actress
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003–2011)
• Erich von Stroheim, actor and film director
• Christoph Waltz, actor
• Oskar Werner, actor
• Gilla, also known as Gisela Wuchinger. She's a singer and actor from the disco era

Artists/architects

Main article: List of Austrian artists and architects

See also: List of Austrian women artists

• Felix de Weldon, sculptor
• Maria Auböck, landscape architect
• Bernhard Cella, conceptual artist
• Albin Egger-Lienz, painter
• Karl Ehn, architect, designer of the Karl-Marx-Hof
• Trude Fleischmann, photographer
• Ernst Fuchs, artist
• Xenia Hausner, painter
• Gottfried Helnwein, artist, born in Vienna
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist
• Gustav Klimt, artist, helped found Vienna Secession
• Oskar Kokoschka, painter
• Alfred Kubin, graphic artist
• Adolf Loos, architect, born in Brno (Moravia, present-day Czech Republic)
• Hans Makart, history painter, designer and decorator
• Inge Morath, photographer
• Richard Neutra, architect
• Willy Puchner, photographer
• Arnulf Rainer, painter
• Johann Michael Rottmayr, Baroque painter
• Egon Schiele, painter
• Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect and political activist
• De Es Schwertberger, artist
• Harry Seidler, architect
• Aloys Wach, painter
• Otto Wagner, Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
• Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, painter
• Franz West, artist
• Olga Wisinger-Florian, painter

Composers/musicians

Joseph Haydn

Johann Strauss II

Arnold Schoenberg, Los Angeles, 1948

Main article: List of Austrians in music

• Wolfgang Ambros, pop musician
• Louie Austen, composer and musician
• Ernst Bachrich, composer and conductor
• Caroline Bayer, 18th-century violinist and composer
• Alban Berg, composer
• Alfred Brendel, pianist
• Anton Bruckner, composer
• Carl Czerny, pianist and composer
• Anton Diabelli, publisher, editor and composer
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer
• Karlheinz Essl, composer and electronical musician
• Falco, pop musician
• Christian Fennesz, electronic musician
• Bernhard Gál, composer and artist
• Georg Friedrich Haas, composer
• Natascha Hagen, singer-songwriter
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
• Joseph Haydn, composer
• Michael Haydn, composer, younger brother of Joseph Haydn
• Udo Jürgens, singer-songwriter
• Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• Bernhard Lang, composer
• Thomas Lang, drummer and composer
• Joseph Lanner, composer
• Left Boy, singer
• Elisabeth Leonskaja, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006
• Gustav Mahler, composer
• Penny McLean, singer with the disco group Silver Convention
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, musician and composer
• Gerhard Potuznik, electronic musician
• Franz Schmidt, composer
• Arnold Schoenberg, composer
• Franz Schubert, composer and musician
• Sissi Schulmeister, musician with the punk band Alice Donut
• Parov Stelar, electronic musician
• Eduard Strauss, composer
• Johann Strauss, Jr., composer
• Johann Strauss, Sr., composer
• Josef Strauss, composer
• Franz von Suppé, composer
• Anton Webern, composer
• Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
• Hugo Wolf, composer
• Conchita Wurst, pop musician
• Joe Zawinul, jazz musician, composer
• Eric Zeisl (1905–1959) composer
• Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer

Entrepreneurs

• Hannes Androsch, former minister of finance in the government of Bruno Kreisky
• Hikmet Ersek, CEO of The Western Union Company, a Fortune 500 company.
• Ignaz Glaser, entrepreneur
• Gaston Glock, inventor, founder of Glock Ges.m.b.H.
• Niki Lauda, Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
• Richard Lugner, entrepreneur and society figure
• Dietrich Mateschitz, businessman behind the Red Bull brand
• Ludwig (Louis) von Nathaniel, banker
• Ferdinand Porsche, automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), born in Vratislavice nad Nisou (Austria-Hungary, Bohemia, 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
• Johann Puch, inventor, mechanic, co-founder of Steyr-Daimler-Puch
• Albert Salomon von Rothschild, banker
• Anselm von Rothschild, banker
• Ferdinand James von Rothschild, investor
• Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild, banker
• Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, banker
• Robert Schlumberger, entrepreneur
• Frank Stronach, (born in Austria), entrepreneur
• Daniel Swarovski, founder of Swarovski AG, world-famous crystals, born in Jiřetín pod Bukovou, (Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic), 1862–1956

Filmmakers

• Barbara Albert, film director, producer and writer
• Franz Antel, director, actor and writer
• Axel Corti, director
• Elfi von Dassanowsky, film producer, singer, pianist
• Andrea Maria Dusl, film director and writer
• Amir Esmann, director, director of photography, writer
• Michael Haneke, film director (born in Germany, however lives and works in Austria)
• Fritz Lang, film director
• Francis Lawrence, Austrian-American film director
• Otto Preminger, film director
• Stefan Ruzowitzky, film director and writer
• Ulrich Seidl, film director and writer
• Josef von Sternberg, film director
• Erich von Stroheim, director
• Wolfgang Suschitzky, director of photography.
• Hans Weingartner, film director, producer and writer
• Virgil Widrich, film director, producer and writer
• Billy Wilder, film director, born in Austria-Hungary
• Fred Zinnemann, film director

Mountaineers

Main article: List of Austrian mountaineers

• Peter Aufschnaiter, 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 1953, first ascent of Broad Peak
• Kurt Diemberger, first ascents of Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960)
• Peter Habeler, first ascent of Mount Everest without oxygen (together with Reinhold Messner)
• 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, first ascent of Gasherbrum II (1956)
• Ludwig Purtscheller, first ascent of Kilimanjaro in 1889
• Marcus Schmuck, first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957 as expedition leader
• Herbert Tichy, geologist, journalist and mountaineer (first ascent of Cho Oyu)
• Luis Trenker, mountaineer, film director and writer (born in the southern part of Tyrol then Austrian-Hungarian)
• Fritz Wintersteller, first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957

Military leaders

Radetzky

• Haim Bar-Lev, Israeli general and government minister
• Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Field marshal
• Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, military leader
• Prince Eugene of Savoy, general in the war against the Turks (17th–18th century)
• Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, admiral
• Georg von Trapp, navy officer
• Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, general
• Archduke Charles of Austria, fight against Napoleon

Politicians

Main article: List of Austrian Politicians

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

Religious leaders

• Theodor Innitzer, cardinal archbishop of Vienna 1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930
• Franz König, 1905–2004, Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna (1956–1985)
• Christoph Schönborn, archbishop and cardinal
• Ignaz Seipel, Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929

Royalty

Main article: List of rulers of Austria

Franz Joseph I

• 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
• Rudolph I, King of Germany, first Habsburg king
• Rudolf IV of Austria, Duke of Austria, self-styled archduke 1358–1365 (Privilegium Maius)

Scientists

Economists

• Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk economist and early member of the Austrian School of Economics
• Friedrich Hayek, 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
• Carl Menger, founder of the Austrian School of economics
• Ludwig von Mises, free-market economist
• Oskar Morgenstern, co-founder of game theory
• Otto Neurath, socialist, economist and philosopher
• Joseph Schumpeter, economist, born in Triesch, Austria-Hungary
• Friedrich von Wieser, economist of the Austrian School

Engineers/inventors

• Anselm Franz, pioneer in jet engine engineering, designed the world's first turbojet
• Gaston Glock, inventor, founder of firearms company GLOCK GmbH
• Eduard Haas, inventor of the Pez candy
• Hedy Lamarr, co-inventor of spread spectrum wireless communications, along with George Antheil
• Viktor Kaplan, inventor of turbines for river power plants
• Wilhelm Kress, aviation pioneer, inventor of the stick control for airplanes
• Josef Madersperger, invented the sewing machine in 1818
• Siegfried Marcus, 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)
• Ferdinand Porsche, 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, inventor of the marine screw propeller, pneumatic post and ball bearing
• Alois Senefelder, inventor of the printing technique of lithography
• Josef Singer (1923-2009), Israeli aeronautical engineer and President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• Max Valier, rocketry pioneer
• Auer von Welsbach, inventor of gaslight
• Theodor Scheimpflug, inventor of Scheimpflug photography

Philosophers

• Franz Brentano, philosopher and psychologist
• Martin Buber, philosopher
• Christian von Ehrenfels, philosopher
• Herbert Feigl, philosopher (member of the Vienna Circle)
• Paul Feyerabend, philosopher (died 1994)
• Philipp Frank, philosopher and physicist (member of the Vienna Circle)
• Edmund Husserl, philosopher (born in Prossnitz, Austria-Hungary)
• Wilhelm Jerusalem, philosopher, born 1854 in Drenitz, died in 1923 in Vienna
• Hans Köchler, philosopher (born in Schwaz, 1948)
• Georg Kreisel, philosopher and mathematician
• Alexius Meinong, philosopher (theory of objects) 1853–1920
• Otto Neurath, socialist, economist and philosopher
• Karl Popper, philosopher (born in Austria, became British)
• Friedrich Waismann, mathematician, philosopher and physicist (member of the Vienna Circle)
• Otto Weininger, philosopher
• Felix Weltsch, journalist, philosopher, student of Christian von Ehrenfels
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher, born 1889 in Vienna

Physicists, mathematicians and chemists

• Emil Artin, mathematician (Artin's conjecture)
• Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist, 1844–1906, born in Vienna
• Stefan Brünner, physicist, person of the year.
• Fritjof Capra
• Carl Cori, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947
• Christian Doppler, physicist, 1803–1853, born in Salzburg (See Doppler effect)
• Paul Ehrenfest, physicist & mathematician
• Felix Ehrenhaft, maverick physicist, 1879–1952
• Josef Finger, physicist and mathematician
• Heinz von Foerster, cyberneticist, 1911–2002
• 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

• 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)
• Robert Bárány, physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 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, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Leo Kanner, child psychiatrist
• Karl Landsteiner, physician, serologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1886–1943
• Otto Loewi, pharmacologist (born in Germany, but spent 40 years (age 25–65) of his life in Austria) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 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, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927

Psychologists

• Paul Watzlawick, communication theory
• Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis

Other scientists

• Othenio Abel, paleontologist
• Karl von Czyhlarz, Czech-Austrian jurist
• 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

Sports

Main article: List of Austrians in Sports

• Margarete Adler, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x100-meter (m) freestyle relay)
• David Alaba, footballer, winner of 2012–13 UEFA Champions League with FC Bayern Munich
• Felix Baumgartner, world record setting skydiver
• 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
• Erich Eliskases, chess grandmaster
• Siegfried Flesch, sabre fencer, Olympic bronze
• Toni Fritsch, soccer and football player who won the Super Bowl in 1972
• Ernst Grünfeld, chess grandmaster
• Hans Haas, Olympic champion weightlifter (lightweight), silver
• Tunc 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
• Hans Krankl, football player and coach
• Niki Lauda, Formula One 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)
• Annemarie Moser-Pröll, alpine skier
• Thomas Muster, tennis champion
• 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 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, race car driver, Formula One driver
• Jochen Rindt, 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)
• Werner Schlager, 2003 Table Tennis World Champion
• Carl Schlechter, chess grandmaster
• Gregor Schlierenzauer, Olympic bronze medalist,world and 4 Hills Tournament champion ski jumper
• Matthias Sindelar, regarded by many as Austria's greatest ever 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
• 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

Writers

Main article: List of Austrian writers

See also: List of Austrian women 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
• Max Brod, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, (Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic) 1884–1968, wrote in German
• Heimito von Doderer, writer, 1896–1966, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (style: psychological novelist)
• Franz Grillparzer, poet, 1791–1872, Vienna
• Robert Hamerling, poet 1830–1889
• Peter Handke, author, born in 1942 in Griffen (Carinthia)
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal, dramatist, writer
• Martin Horváth, writer
• 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, (Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic) 1875–1926
• Peter Rosegger, writer, teacher & Styrian hero & visionary 1843–1918
• Adalbert Stifter, poet and artist (died 1869)
• Bertha von Suttner, writer and pacifist Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Prague, (Bohemia, present-day Czech Republic) 1843–1914
• Georg Trakl, poet
• Josef Weinheber, poet and essayist
• (Clemens Tropper) famous footballer

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
• Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany
• Ernst Kaltenbrunner, high ranking SS officer and Nazi war criminal
• Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Reich Commissioner of the Netherlands

Other notables

Simon Wiesenthal

• 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
• 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 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, industrialist and famous WWII hero (saved his Jewish factory workers from Auschwitz), born in Svitavy, Moravia, 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 Nazi hunter

See also

• List of Austrian Jews
• List of Austrian inventors and discoverers
• List of Germans
• List of Slovenians
• List of Hungarians
• List of Croatians
• List of Serbs
• List of Czechs
• List of Slovaks
• List of Poles
• List of people by nationality