List of Austrians
Flag of Austria (Österreichische Flagge) Location of Austria This is a list of notable Austrians .
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Helmut Berger (1944–2023), actorSenta Berger (born 1941), actressKlaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), actorWolfgang Cerny (born 1984), actorMarie Geistinger (1836–1903), actress and opera singerGilla (born 1950), also known as Gisela Wuchinger; singer and actor from the disco eraKäthe Gold (1907–1997), stage actressLiane Haid (1895–2000), first Austrian movie starAttila Hörbiger (1896–1987), actorChristiane Hörbiger (1938–2022), actressPaul Hörbiger (1894–1981), actorMaria Hofstätter (born 1964), actressBoris Kodjoe (born 1973), actorMelanie Kogler (born 1985), television and theatre actressBrigitte Kren (born 1954), actressHedy Lamarr (1914–2000), actress; also co-inventor of spread spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizenKarl Merkatz (1930–2022), actor (most notable for his role as a Viennese in "Mundl")Birgit Minichmayr (born 1977), actressHans Moser (1880–1964), comedy actorReggie Nalder (1907–1991), actorNina Proll (born 1974), actressMaximilian Schell (1930–2014), actorArnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003–2011)Ursula Strauss (born 1974), actressErich von Stroheim (1885–1957), actor and film directorChristoph Waltz (born 1956), actorMaria Weiss , mezzo-soprano and actressOskar Werner (1922–1984), actor
Maria Auböck (born 1951), landscape architectBernhard Cella (born 1969), conceptual artistJohann Georg Danninger , 19th-century bronzesmithKarl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptorAlbin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), painterKarl Ehn (1884–1957), architect, designer of the Karl-Marx-Hof Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990), photographerErnst Fuchs (1930–2015), artistXenia Hausner (born 1951), painterGottfried Helnwein (born 1948), artist, born in Vienna Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960), new media artistFriedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000), artistGustav Klimt (1862–1918), artist, helped found Vienna SecessionOskar Kokoschka [ 1] Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), graphic artistAdolf Loos (1870–1933), architect, born in Brno (Moravia , present-day Czech Republic)Josef Lorenzl (1892–1950), sculptorHans Makart (1840–1884), history painter, designer and decoratorInge Morath (1923–2002), photographerRichard Neutra (1892–1970), architectJosef Pögl (born 1867), painter, winner of the Vienna Arts PrizeWolf Prix (born 1942), architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au Willy Puchner (born 1952), photographerArnulf Rainer (born 1929), painterJohann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730), Baroque painterEgon Schiele (1890–1918), painterMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), architect and political activistDe Es Schwertberger (born 1942), artistHarry Seidler (1923–2006), architectHelmut Swiczinsky (born 1944), architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)auAloys Wach (1892–1940), painterOtto Wagner (1841–1918), Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architectureFerdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865), painterFelix de Weldon (1907–2003), sculptorFranz West (1947–2012), artistOlga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), painterWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Falco with the Swiss singer Ursela Monn
Joseph Haydn Johann Strauss II Arnold Schoenberg , Los Angeles, 1948Wolfgang Ambros (born 1952), pop musicianLouie Austen (born 1946), composer and musicianErnst Bachrich (1892–1942), composer and conductorCaroline Bayer (1758–1803), 18th-century violinist and composerAlban Berg [ 2] Alfred Brendel (born 1931), pianistAnton Bruckner (1824–1896), composerFriedrich Cerha (1926–2023), composer and conductorCarl Czerny (1791–1857), pianist and composerAnton Diabelli (1781–1858), publisher, editor and composerCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), composerKarlheinz Essl (born 1960), composer and electronic musicianFalco (1957–1998), pop musicianChristian Fennesz (born 1962), electronic musicianBernhard Gál (born 1971), composer and artistGeorg Friedrich Haas (born 1953), composerNatascha Hagen (born 1974), singer-songwriterNikolaus Harnoncourt (1929–2016), conductorJoseph Haydn [ 2] Michael Haydn (1737–1806), composer, younger brother of Joseph Haydn Yung Hurn (born 1995), hip-hop musicianUdo Jürgens (1934–2014), singer-songwriterHerbert von Karajan (1908–1989), conductorBernhard Lang (born 1957), composerThomas Lang (born 1967), drummer and composerJoseph Lanner (1801–1843), composerLeft Boy (born 1988), singerElisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006Gustav Mahler [ 2] Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812), composer, singerPenny McLean (born 1948), singer with the disco group Silver Convention Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [ 2] [ 3] Olga Neuwirth (born 1968), composerGerhard Potuznik , electronic musicianFranz Schmidt (1874–1939), composerArnold Schoenberg [ 2] Franz Schubert [ 2] [ 3] Parov Stelar (born 1974), electronic musicianEduard Strauss (1835–1916), composerJohann Strauss Jr. (1825–1899), composerJohann Strauss Sr. (1804–1849), composerJosef Strauss (1827–1870), composerFranz von Suppé (1819–1895), composerAnton Webern [ 2] Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960), conductorHugo Wolf (1860–1903), composerConchita Wurst (born 1988), pop musicianJoe Zawinul (1932–2007), jazz musician, composerEric Zeisl (1905–1959), composerAlexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), composerFerdinand James von Rothschild
Entrepreneurs
Hannes Androsch (born 1938), former minister of finance in the government of Bruno Kreisky Hikmet Ersek (born 1961), CEO of The Western Union Company , a Fortune 500 companyIgnaz Glaser (1853–1916), entrepreneurGaston Glock (1929-2023), inventor, founder of Glock Ges.m.b.H. Niki Lauda (1949–2019), Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneurRichard Lugner (1932-2024), entrepreneur and society figureDietrich Mateschitz (1944–2022), businessman behind the Red Bull brandLudwig (Louis) von Nathaniel (1882–1955), bankerFerdinand 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 nowJohann Puch (1862–1914), inventor, mechanic, co-founder of Steyr-Daimler-Puch Albert Salomon von Rothschild (1844–1911), bankerAnselm von Rothschild (1803–1874), bankerFerdinand James von Rothschild (1839–1898), investorNathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild (1836–1905), bankerSalomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774–1855), bankerRobert Schlumberger (1814–1879), entrepreneurFrank Stronach (born 1932), entrepreneur, born in AustriaDaniel 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 writerFranz Antel (1913–2007), director, actor and writerAxel Corti (1933–1993), directorElfi von Dassanowsky (1924–2007), film producer, singer, pianistAndrea Maria Dusl (born 1961), film director and writerAmir Esmann (born 1965), director, director of photography, writerMax Fleischer (1883–1972), animatorMichael Haneke (born 1942),[ 4] Fritz Lang (1890–1976),[ 5] [ 6] Francis Lawrence (born 1971), Austrian-American film directorOtto Preminger (1905–1986), film directorStefan Ruzowitzky (born 1961), film director and writerArnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), actor and politicianUlrich Seidl (born 1952), film director and writerJosef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film directorErich von Stroheim (1885–1957),[ 5] [ 7] Wolfgang Suschitzky (1912–2016), director of photographyEdgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), film directorHans Weingartner (born 1977), film director, producer and writerVirgil Widrich (born 1967), film director, producer and writerBilly 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 1889Marcus Schmuck (1925–2005), first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957 as expedition leaderHerbert 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 ministerLeopold Josef Graf Daun (1705–1766), field marshalJoseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766–1858), military leaderPrince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), general in the war against the Turks (17th–18th century)Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen (1799–1868), field marshalWilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827–1871), admiralGeorg von Trapp (1880–1947), navy officerAlfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862), generalArchduke Charles of Austria (1771–1847), fought against Napoleon
Politicians
Adolf Hitler Sebastian Kurz Karl Renner Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni (1846–1909), statesman and diplomatLeopold Graf Berchtold (1863–1942), foreign minister at the outbreak of the First World WarBrigitte Bierlein (1949–2024), Chancellor 2019–2020Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), politician and writerEngelbert Dollfuß (1892–1934), Chancellor 1932–1934 (First Republic), established Austrofascism Leopold Figl (1902–1965), Chancellor 1945–1953, foreign minister 1953–1959Heinz Fischer (born 1938), former PresidentWerner Faymann (born 1960), former ChancellorJörg Haider (1950–2008), politician, governour of Carinthia until his death in 2008Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), 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 (1781–1848), statesman and historianTheodor Innitzer (1875–1955), cardinal archbishop of Vienna 1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), NSDAP politicianWenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), statesmanChristian Kern (born 1966), Chancellor 2016–2017Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000), judge, diplomat and President 1974–1986Thomas Klestil (1932–2004), diplomat, President 1992–2004Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), Israeli Mayor of JerusalemBruno Kreisky (1911–1990), Chancellor 1970–1983, foreign minister 1959–1966Sebastian Kurz (born 1986), Chancellor 2017–2019, 2020–2021Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773-1859), diplomat and statesmanJulius Raab (1891–1964), Chancellor 1953–1961 (1773–1859)Adolf Schärf (1890–1965), President 1957–1965Anton von Schmerling (1805–1893), statesman (liberal movement of the 19th century)Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977), Chancellor 1934–1938Wolfgang Schüssel (born 1945), Chancellor 2000–2007Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), former governor of California Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932), Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929Arthur Seyß-Inquart (1892–1946), NSDAP politician, last Chancellor before the Anschluss in 1938Johann Philipp von Stadion (1763–1824), statesman, foreign minister and diplomat 1763–1824Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), former chairman of the Austrian Green Party and President since 2017Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007), diplomat and politician, UN Secretary-General 1972–1982, President of Austria 1986–1992Ignaz Seipel
Religious leaders
Royalty
Franz Joseph I of Austria Elisabeth , Empress-Consort of Austria, wife of Francis Joseph IFerdinand I , Emperor of AustriaFrancis Joseph I , Emperor of AustriaFrancis II/I , Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor of AustriaFranz Ferdinand , Archduke (assassinated in 1914)Frederick II of Austria , last Babenberger duke of AustriaJoseph II, Holy Roman Emperor , reformer (abolished the death penalty ) 1780–1790Karl I , last Emperor of AustriaKarl V , Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)Leopold V , Babenberg duke of Austria, participated in the Third Crusade Maria Leopoldina , Archduchess, became Empress of BrazilMaria Theresia , Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress-Consort, last male-line HabsburgMarie Antoinette , Archduchess, became Queen of FranceMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519)Maximilian I , Emperor of Mexico, Archduke of AustriaRudolf, Crown Prince of Austria , Archduke of AustriaRudolph I , King of Germany, first Habsburg kingRudolf 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 scientistFritz Machlup (1902–1983), Austrian-American economist, born in Wiener Neustadt , Austria-HungaryCarl Menger (1840–1921), founder of the Austrian School of economicsLudwig von Mises (1881–1973), free-market economistOskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), co-founder of game theory Otto Neurath (1882–1945), socialist, economist and philosopherJoseph Schumpeter (1883–1950), economist , born in Triesch , Austria-HungaryFriedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), economist of the Austrian School
Thomas Feichtner Josef Ressel Thomas Feichtner (born 1970), industrial designerAnselm Franz (1900–1994), pioneer in jet engine engineering, designed the world's first turbojet Gaston Glock (1929–2023), inventor, founder of firearms company GLOCK GmbH Eduard Haas (1897–1989), inventor of the Pez candyViktor Kaplan (1876–1934), inventor of turbines for river power plantsWilhelm Kress (1836–1913), aviation pioneer, inventor of the stick control for airplanesHedy Lamarr (1914–2000), co-inventor of spread spectrum wireless communications, along with George Antheil Ernst Lauda (1859–1932), hydraulic and bridge engineerJosef Madersperger (1768–1850), invented the sewing machine in 1818Siegfried 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 Theodor Scheimpflug (1865–1911), inventor of Scheimpflug photographyAlois 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 pioneerCarl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), inventor of gaslightLudwig Wittgenstein
Philosophers
Franz Brentano (1838–1917), philosopher and psychologistMartin Buber (1878–1965), philosopherChristian von Ehrenfels (1859–1932), philosopherHerbert Feigl (1902–1988), philosopher (member of the Vienna Circle )Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994), philosopherPhilipp 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 mathematicianAlexius Meinong (1853–1920), philosopher (theory of objects)Otto Neurath (1882–1945), socialist, economist and philosopherKarl 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), philosopherFelix Weltsch (1884–1964), journalist, philosopher, student of Christian von Ehrenfels Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher, born in Vienna
Erwin Schrödinger Walter Kohn Emil Artin Emil Artin (1898–1962), mathematician (Artin's conjecture )Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), physicist, born in Vienna (Boltzmann constant )Fritjof Capra (born 1939), physicist, born in ViennaCarl Cori (1896–1984), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary , biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947Christian Doppler (1803–1853), physicist, born in Salzburg (See Doppler effect )Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933), physicist and mathematicianFelix Ehrenhaft (1879–1952), maverick physicistJosef Finger (1841–1925), physicist and mathematicianHeinz von Foerster (1911–2002), cyberneticistKurt Gödel (1906–1978), mathematician (born in Austria-Hungary , became naturalized U.S. citizen)Hans Hahn (1879–1934), mathematician (member of the Vienna Circle )Friedrich Hasenöhrl (1874–1915), physicistVictor Franz Hess (1883–1964), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), chemistWalter Kohn (1923–2016), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998Georg Kreisel (1923–2015), philosopher and mathematicianRichard Kuhn (1900–1967), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821–1895), physicist and chemistErnst Mach (1838–1916), physicist and philosopher (Mach number )Lise Meitner (1878–1968), physicistRichard von Mises (1883–1953), physicist (younger brother of Ludwig von Mises )John von Neumann (1903–1957), mathematician (Hungarian, Budapest-born)Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1945Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914–2002), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962Johanna Piesch (1898–1992), physicist, mathematician, pioneer in switching algebra Fritz Pregl (1869–1930), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze (1880–1964), mathematicianCarl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), chemistGernot Zippe (1917–2008), physicist (developed Zippe-type centrifuge to extract uranium-235 for nuclear weapons)Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865–1929), 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 namedLeopold 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 psychiatristHelen Singer Kaplan (1929-1995), sex therapistKarl 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), physicianFranz Mesmer (1734–1815), physician, developed an early form of hypnotismParacelsus (1493–1541), (real name: Theophrast von Hohenheim), alchemist and physicianClemens von Pirquet (1874–1929), pediatrician and scientist in bacteriology and immunologyWilhelm Reich (1897–1957), psychiatristErwin 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 1927Sigmund Freud
Psychologists
Other scientists
Leo Reinisch Othenio Abel (1875-1946), paleontologistKarl von Czyhlarz (1833–1914), Czech-Austrian juristMartin Gerzabek (born 1961), ecologist and soil scientistHelene Gröger-Wurm (1921–2005), Austrian-born Australian ecologistHans Hass (1919–2013), biologist and diving pioneerMax Hecker (1879–1964), Austrian-born Israeli President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Eric Kandel (born 1929), neuroscientistHans Kelsen (1881–1973), jurist (father of the Austrian constitution )Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), zoologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), pioneer of geneticsJulius Pokorny (1887–1970), linguistLeo Reinisch (1832-1919), linguist, Africanist and EgyptologistRupert Riedl (1925–2005), zoologistErnst 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 skydiverGerhard Berger (born 1959), racing driverRichard Bergmann (1919–1970), seven-time world table tennis champion, ITTF Hall of FameAlbert Bogen (Albert Bógathy) (1882–1961), saber fencer, Olympic silver medalistFritzi Burger (1910–1999), figure skater, two-time Olympic silver medalist, two-time World silver medalistHans Dobida (born 1929), inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), alpine skierEva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, authorErich Eliskases (1913–1997), chess grandmasterOtto Fischer (1901–1941), footballer and coachSiegfried Flesch (1872–1939), sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalistToni Fritsch (1945–2005), soccer and football player who won the Super Bowl in 1972Michael Grabner (born 1987), NHL playerErnst Grünfeld (1893–1962), chess grandmasterGunther (wrestler) (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to WWE Hans Haas (1906–1973), Olympic champion weightlifter (lightweight), silver medalistTunç Hamarat (born 1946), correspondence chess world champion (2004)Ernst Happel (1925–1992), football player and coachJudith 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, entertainerNickolaus 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 championFelix Kaspar (1915–2003), figure skater, Olympic bronze medalistFranz Klammer (born 1953), Olympic alpine ski championAlfred König (1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinterHans Krankl (born 1953), football player and coachNiki Lauda (1949–2019), Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneurHermann Maier (born 1972), Olympic alpine ski championAlex Manninger (born 1977), professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. , winner of 1997–98 FA Premier League titleKlara Milch (born 1970), swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (4x100m freestyle relay)Uberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Austrian-born Italian tennis playerAnnemarie Moser-Pröll (born 1953), alpine skierThomas Muster (born 1967), tennis championPaul Neumann (1875–1932), Olympic champion swimmer (500m freestyle)Fred Oberlander (born 1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah championEva 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 swimmerJakob 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 championHerbert Prohaska (born 1955), football player and coachRoland Ratzenberger (1960–1994), race car driver, Formula One driverJochen Rindt (1942–1970), race car driver, 1970 Formula One World Champion (posthumous)Marcel Sabitzer (born 1994), footballerToni Sailer (1935–2009), Alpine skier, 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 teamWerner Schlager (born 1972), 2003 Table Tennis World ChampionCarl Schlechter (1874–1918), chess grandmasterGregor Schlierenzauer (born 1990), ski jumper, Olympic bronze medalist, World and 4 Hills Tournament championHeinrich Schönfeld (1900–1976), football playerMatthias Sindelar (1903–1939), footballerWilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900), winner of first-ever world chess championship in 1886Josephine Sticker (1894–1963), swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (4x100m freestyle relay)Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), chess grandmasterHerma Szabo (1902–1986), Olympic and five-time World figure skating championDominic Thiem (born 1993), top-20 tennis player and Grand Slam Champion (Men's Singles, US Open 2020)Nicole Trimmel (born 1982), kickboxing championThomas Vanek (born 1984), NHL hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens Anita Wachter (born 1967 in Schruns), Olympic alpine ski championOtto 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 FameWalter Wasservogel (1919–1993), inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame Joseph Roth Christine Nöstlinger Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Writers
Ingeborg Bachmann [ 10] Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelistLudwig Bemelmans (1898–1962), author of the Madeline booksThomas Bernhard (1931–1989),[ 10] Hermann Broch [ 10] Max Brod (1884–1968), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary , (Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic), wrote in GermanHeimito 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), poetPeter Handke [ 10] Carinthia )Hugo von Hofmannsthal [ 10] Martin Horváth (born 1967), writerFranz Kafka (1883–1924), novelist, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poetWerner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist and dramatistKarl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner (1800–1890), poet, writer, born in Graz Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976), novelist, poet, dramatist, criticOlga Misař (1876–1950), peace activist, feminist, writerRobert Musil [ 10] [ 11] Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), playwrightChristine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), writer (especially literature for children)Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), writer and dramatistChristoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writerRainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926),[ 10] Prague , (Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic)Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer, teacher & Styrian hero and visionaryJoseph Roth [ 10] Arthur Schnitzler [ 10] Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868),[ 12] Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), writer and pacifist Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Prague , (Bohemia , present-day Czech Republic)Georg Trakl [ 10] Josef Weinheber (1892–1945), poet and essayistStefan Zweig (1881–1942), novelist and playwrightAmon Göth
People of the Nazi Party and regime
Otto von Habsburg
Other notables
Julius von Payer Maria Altmann (1916–2011), niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer Oscar Baumann (1864–1899), explored the interior of German East Africa (present-day Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)Robert Bernardis (1908–1944), resistance fighter during WW2 (July 20 Plot )Edward Bernays (1891–1995), Austrian-American pioneer in public relations, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations"Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925), subject of famous painting by Gustav Klimt Josef Fritzl (born 1935), notorious rapist Hugo Haberfeld (1875–1946), Jewish art dealer and gallery ownerOtto von Habsburg (1912–2011), politician, writer, heir to the thrones of Austria-HungaryTheodor Herzl (1860–1904), "father of Zionism", lived most of his life in AustriaAlois Hitler (1837–1903), father of Adolf Hitler Klara Hitler (1860–1907), mother of Adolf Hitler Andreas Hofer (1767–1810), Tyrolian freedom fighter (against Napoleon)Sylvie di Giusto , professional Speaker, Consultant and AuthorHeinrich Kanner (1864–1930), journalist and editor of the newspaper "Die Zeit" in the k.u.k. MonarchyAlma Mahler (1879–1964), wife and muse to Mahler , Gropius , Werfel Andreas Maislinger (born 1955), founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service Erna Patak (1871–1955), Zionist, social workerJulius von Payer (1841–1915), polar explorerWolfgang Puck (born 1949), celebrity chef and restaurateurMax Reinhardt (1873–1943), renowned theatre directorSister Maria Restituta (1894–1943), nun and nurse murdered by the Nazis
Günther Schifter (1923–2008), radio personalityOskar Schindler (1908–1974), industrialist and famous World War II hero (saved his Jewish factory workers from Auschwitz), born in Svitavy , Moravia Otto Skorzeny (1908–1975), Nazi commando (rescuer of Benito Mussolini )Wolfgang Streitenberger (born 1952), European Commission senior officialCarl Szokoll (1915–2004), resistance fighter ("saviour of Vienna"), author and film producerGeorg Ludwig von Trapp (1880–1947), head of The Sound of Music Franz Viehböck (born 1960), cosmonautHede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter artistKarl Weyprecht (1838–1881), polar explorerSimon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), pre-eminent Nazi hunterWalter Wolf (born 1939), business person
See also
References
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