Editing List of Austrians

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[[File:Flag of Austria.svg|thumb|250px|[[Flag of Austria|Flag of Austria (Österreichische Flagge)]]]]

This is a list of notable [[Austrians]].

==Actors/actresses==

[[File:Hedy Lamarr Publicity Photo for The Heavenly Body 1944.jpg|thumb|204x204px|[[Hedy Lamarr]]]]
[[File:Arnold Schwarzenegger by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|thumb|204x204px|[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]]]
* [[Helmut Berger]] (1944–2023), actor
* [[Senta Berger]] (born 1941), actress
* [[Klaus Maria Brandauer]] (1943–2025), actor
* [[Wolfgang Cerny]] (born 1984), actor
* [[Marie Geistinger]] (1836–1903), actress and opera singer
* [[Gilla (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]] (born 1964), actress
* [[Boris Kodjoe]] (born 1973), actor
* [[Melanie Kogler]] (born 1985), television and theatre actress
* [[Brigitte Kren]] (born 1954), 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 (actor)|Hans Moser]] (1880–1964), comedy actor
* [[Reggie Nalder]] (1907–1991), actor
* [[Nina Proll]] (born  1974), actress
* [[Maximilian Schell]] (1930–2014), actor
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (born 1947), bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003–2011)
* [[Ursula Strauss]] (born 1974), actress
* [[Erich von Stroheim]] (1885–1957), actor and film director
* [[Christoph Waltz]] (born 1956), actor
* [[Maria Weiss (singer)|Maria Weiss]], mezzo-soprano and actress
* [[Oskar Werner]] (1922–1984), actor
* [[Sybil Danning]] 1952 Actor, producer, writer

==Artists/architects==
{{main|List of Austrian artists and architects}}
{{See also|List of Austrian women artists}}
* [[Maria Auböck]] (born 1951), landscape architect
* [[Bernhard Cella]] (born 1969), conceptual artist
* [[Johann Georg Danninger]], 19th-century bronzesmith
* [[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 (artist)|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]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gombrich |first1=E. H. |title=The Story of Art |date=2006 |publisher=Phaidon |isbn=978-0714847030 |pages=439–440 |edition=16th}}</ref> (1886–1980), painter
* [[Alfred Kubin]] (1877–1959), graphic artist
* [[Adolf Loos]] (1870–1933), architect, born in Brno ([[Moravia]], present-day Czech Republic)
* [[Josef Lorenzl]] (1892–1950), sculptor
* [[Hans Makart]] (1840–1884), history painter, designer and decorator
* [[Inge Morath]] (1923–2002), photographer
* [[Richard Neutra]] (1892–1970), architect
* [[Josef Pögl]] (born 1867), painter, winner of the Vienna Arts Prize
* [[Wolf Dieter Prix|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), [[Art Nouveau|Jugendstil]] architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
* [[Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller]] (1793–1865), painter
* [[Felix de Weldon]] (1907–2003), sculptor
* [[Franz West]] (1947–2012), artist
* [[Olga Wisinger-Florian]] (1844–1926), painter

==Composers/musicians==
[[Image:Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy (small).jpg|thumb|174x174px|[[Joseph Haydn]]]]
[[File:Mozart-small.jpg|thumb|190x190px|[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]]]
[[File:Falco Ursela Monn 1986-3.jpg|thumb|222x222px|[[Falco (musician)|Falco]] with the Swiss singer [[Ursela Monn]]]]
[[Image:Johann Strauss II.jpg|thumb|208x208px|[[Johann Strauss II]]]]
[[Image:Arnold Schoenberg la 1948.jpg|thumb|201x201px|[[Arnold Schoenberg]], Los Angeles, 1948]]

{{main|List of Austrians in music}}
* [[Wolfgang Ambros]] (born 1952), pop musician
* [[Louie Austen]] (born 1946), composer and musician
* [[Ernst Bachrich]] (1892–1942), composer and conductor
* [[Caroline Bayer]] (1758–1803), 18th-century violinist and composer
* [[Alban Berg]]<ref name="BBCMusic">{{cite news |title=The 50 Greatest Composers of All Time |url=https://www.classical-music.com/composers/50-greatest-composers-all-time/ |access-date=30 March 2021 |publisher=BBC Music Magazine |date=30 January 2020}}</ref> (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 (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]]<ref name="BBCMusic" /> (1732–1809), composer
* [[Michael Haydn]] (1737–1806), composer, younger brother of [[Joseph Haydn]]
* [[Yung Hurn]] (born 1995), hip-hop musician
* [[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]]<ref name="BBCMusic" /> (1860–1911), composer
* [[Marianna Martines|Marianne von Martinez]] (1744–1812), composer, singer
* [[Penny McLean]] (born 1948), singer with the disco group [[Silver Convention]]
* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]<ref name="BBCMusic" /><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony |title=The Greatest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/arts/music/23composers.html |access-date=30 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 January 2011}}</ref> (1756–1791), musician and composer
* [[Olga Neuwirth]] (born 1968), composer
* [[Gerhard Potuznik]], electronic musician<!--living but birth year elusive-->
* [[Cesár Sampson|César Sampson]] (born 1983), singer
* [[Franz Schmidt (composer)|Franz Schmidt]] (1874–1939), composer
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]]<ref name="BBCMusic" /> (1874–1951), composer
* [[Franz Schubert]]<ref name="BBCMusic" /><ref name="NYT" /> (1797–1828), composer and musician
* [[Parov Stelar]] (born 1974), electronic musician
* [[Eduard Strauss]] (1835–1916), composer
* [[Johann Strauss Jr.]] (1825–1899), composer
* [[Johann Strauss I|Johann Strauss Sr.]] (1804–1849), composer
* [[Josef Strauss]] (1827–1870), composer
* [[Franz von Suppé]] (1819–1895), composer
* [[Nathan Trent]] (born 1992), singer
* [[Anton Webern]]<ref name="BBCMusic" /> (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
[[File:Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898).jpg|thumb|208x208px|[[Ferdinand de Rothschild|Ferdinand James von Rothschild]]]]

==Entrepreneurs==
* [[Hannes Androsch]] (1938–2024), former minister of finance in the government of [[Bruno Kreisky]]
* [[Hikmet Ersek]] (born 1961), CEO of [[Western Union|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]] (1932–2024), entrepreneur and society figure
* [[Dietrich Mateschitz]] (1944–2022), businessman behind the [[Red Bull]] brand
* [[Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild|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|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 1932), entrepreneur, born in Austria
* [[Daniel Swarovski]] (1862–1956), founder of [[Swarovski]] AG, world-famous crystals, born in [[Jiřetín pod Bukovou]], ([[Bohemia]], present-day Czech Republic)

==Filmmakers==
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[[File:Fritz Lang (1969).jpg|thumb|213x213px|[[Fritz Lang]]]]
[[File:Hans Weingartner.jpg|thumb|241x241px|[[Hans Weingartner]]]]
* [[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),<ref>{{cite web |title=The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref> film director (born in Germany, however lives and works in Austria)
* [[Fritz Lang]] (1890–1976),<ref name="Sight&Sound">{{cite web |title=The 100 Greatest Films of All Time |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/greatest-films-all-time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902123023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/greatest-films-all-time |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |publisher=Sight & Sound |access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hillier |editor1-first=Jim |title=Cahiers du Cinéma: The 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave |date=1985 |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |isbn=0-674--09060-8 |pages=286–287 |chapter=Cahiers du Cinéma Annual Best Films Listings 1955-9}}</ref> 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),<ref name="Sight&Sound" /><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hillier |editor1-first=Jim |title=Cahiers du Cinéma: The 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave |date=1985 |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |isbn=0-674--09060-8 |page=288 |chapter=Cahiers du Cinéma Annual Best Films Listings 1955-9}}</ref> 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==
{{main|List of Austrian mountaineers}}
[[File:Peter Aufschnaiter.jpg|thumb|213x213px|[[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 [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]])
* [[Fritz Wintersteller]] (1927–2018), first ascent of [[Broad Peak]] in 1957

==Military leaders==
[[Image:Radetzky-von-radetz.jpg|thumb|216x216px|[[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==
{{main|List of Austrian politicians}}
[[File:Adolf Hitler cropped restored.jpg|thumb|211x211px|[[Adolf Hitler]]]]
[[File:Sebastian Kurz crop-edit.jpg|thumb|221x221px|[[Sebastian Kurz]]]]
[[File:Karl Renner 1905.jpg|thumb|189x189px|[[Karl Renner]]]]<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:1Metternich.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Klemens von Metternich]] -->
*[[Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni]] (1846–1909), statesman and diplomat
*[[Leopold Graf Berchtold]] (1863–1942), foreign minister at the outbreak of the First World War
*[[Brigitte Bierlein]] (1949–2024), Chancellor 2019–2020
*[[Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi]] (1894–1972), politician and writer
*[[Engelbert Dollfuß]] (1892–1934), Chancellor 1932–1934 (First Republic), established [[Austrofascism]]
*[[Leopold Figl]] (1902–1965), Chancellor 1945–1953, foreign minister 1953–1959
*[[Heinz Fischer]] (born 1938), former President
*[[Werner Faymann]] (born 1960), former Chancellor
*[[Jörg Haider]] (1950–2008), politician, governour of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] until his death in 2008
*[[Adolf 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|Anschluß]]
*[[Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg]] (1781–1848), statesman and historian
*[[Theodor Innitzer]] (1875–1955), [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] [[archbishop]] of [[Vienna]] 1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930
*[[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]] (1903–1946), NSDAP politician
*[[Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz]] (1711–1794), statesman
*[[Christian Kern]] (born 1966), Chancellor 2016–2017
*[[Rudolf Kirchschläger]] (1915–2000), judge, diplomat and President 1974–1986
*[[Thomas Klestil]] (1932–2004), diplomat, President 1992–2004
*[[Teddy Kollek]] (1911–2007), Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem
*[[Bruno Kreisky]] (1911–1990), Chancellor 1970–1983, foreign minister 1959–1966
*[[Sebastian Kurz]] (born 1986), Chancellor 2017–2019, 2020–2021
*[[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich]] (1773–1859), diplomat and statesman
*[[Julius Raab]] (1891–1964), Chancellor 1953–1961 (1773–1859)
*[[Adolf Schärf]] (1890–1965), President 1957–1965
*[[Anton von Schmerling]] (1805–1893), statesman (liberal movement of the 19th century)
*[[Kurt Schuschnigg]] (1897–1977), Chancellor 1934–1938
*[[Wolfgang Schüssel]] (born 1945), Chancellor 2000–2007
*[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (born 1947), former governor of [[California]]
*[[Ignaz Seipel]] (1876–1932), Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929
*[[Arthur Seyß-Inquart]] (1892–1946), NSDAP politician, last Chancellor before the [[Anschluss]] in 1938
*[[Johann Philipp von Stadion]] (1763–1824), statesman, foreign minister and diplomat 1763–1824
*[[Alexander Van der Bellen]] (born 1944), former chairman of the [[Austrian Green Party]] and President since 2017
*[[Kurt Waldheim]] (1918–2007), diplomat and politician, [[UN Secretary-General]] 1972–1982, President of Austria 1986–1992

==Religious leaders==
[[File:Wenzl Weis - Ignaz Seipel.jpg|thumb|182x182px|[[Ignaz Seipel]]]]
*[[Theodor Innitzer]] (1875–1955), [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] [[archbishop]] of [[Vienna]] 1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930
*[[Franz König]] (1905–2004), Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna (1956–1985)
*[[Christoph Schönborn]] (born 1945), archbishop and cardinal
*[[Ignaz Seipel]] (1876–1932), Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929

==Royalty==
{{main|List of rulers of Austria}}
[[File:Portrait of Franz Joseph I by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.jpg|thumb|264x264px|[[Franz Joseph I of Austria]]]]

*[[Elisabeth of Bavaria|Elisabeth]], Empress-Consort of Austria, wife of Francis Joseph I
*[[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand I]], Emperor of Austria
*[[Franz Joseph of Austria|Francis Joseph I]], Emperor of Austria
*[[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II/I]], Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor of Austria
*[[Archduke Franz Ferdinand 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 of Austria|Karl I]], last Emperor of Austria
*[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Karl V]], Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
*[[Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold V]], Babenberg duke of Austria, participated in the [[Third Crusade]]
*[[Maria Leopoldina of Austria|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 of Mexico|Maximilian I]], Emperor of Mexico, Archduke of Austria
*[[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]],  Archduke of Austria
*[[Rudolph I of Germany|Rudolph I]], King of Germany, first [[Habsburg]] king
*[[Rudolf IV of Austria]], Duke of Austria, self-styled archduke 1358–1365 ([[Privilegium Maius]])

==Scientists==
{{main list|List of Austrian scientists}}
[[File:Joseph Schumpeter ekonomialaria.jpg|thumb|214x214px|[[Joseph Schumpeter]]]]

===Economists===
*[[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk]] (1851–1914), economist and early member of the [[Austrian School|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), [[neoclassical economics|economist]], born in [[Triesch]], Austria-Hungary
*[[Friedrich von Wieser]] (1851–1926), economist of the [[Austrian School]]

===Engineers/inventors===
[[File:Thomas Feichtner.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Thomas Feichtner]]]]
[[File:Josef Ressel.jpg|thumb|179x179px|[[Josef Ressel]]]]<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[File:1marcus.gif|thumb|right|120px|Siegfried Marcus]] -->
*[[Thomas Feichtner]] (born 1970), industrial designer
*[[Anselm Franz]] (1900–1994), pioneer in jet engine engineering, designed the world's first [[turbojet]]
*[[Gaston Glock]] (1929–2023), inventor, founder of [[firearm]]s company [[Glock|GLOCK GmbH]]
*[[Eduard Haas]] (1897–1989), inventor of the [[Pez]] candy
*[[Viktor Kaplan]] (1876–1934), inventor of turbines for river power plants
*[[Wilhelm Kress]] (1836–1913), aviation pioneer, inventor of the stick control for airplanes 
*[[Hedy Lamarr]] (1914–2000), co-inventor of [[spread spectrum]] wireless communications, along with [[George Antheil]] 
*[[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]]
*[[Theodor Scheimpflug]] (1865–1911), inventor of Scheimpflug photography
*[[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

===Philosophers===

[[File:Ludwig Wittgenstein.jpg|thumb|188x188px|[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]]]
*[[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===
[[File:Erwin Schrödinger (1933).jpg|thumb|226x226px|[[Erwin Schrödinger]]]]
[[File:Walter Kohn.jpg|thumb|216x216px|[[Walter Kohn]]]]
[[File:EmilArtin.jpg|thumb|226x226px|[[Emil Artin]]]]<!-- Missing image removed: [[Image:Boltzmann.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Ludwig Boltzmann]] -->
*[[Emil Artin]] (1898–1962), mathematician ([[Artin's conjecture on primitive roots|Artin's conjecture]])
*[[Ludwig Boltzmann]] (1844–1906), physicist, born in [[Vienna]] ([[Boltzmann constant]])
*[[Fritjof Capra]] (born 1939), physicist, born in Vienna
*[[Carl Cori]] (1896–1984), born in Prague, [[Austria-Hungary]], biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1947
* [[Carl Djerassi]] (1923-2015), chemist, inventor of [[the pill]]
*[[Christian Doppler]] (1803–1853), physicist, born in [[Salzburg]] (See [[Doppler effect]])
*[[Paul Ehrenfest]] (1880–1933), physicist and mathematician
*[[Felix Ehrenhaft]] (1879–1952), maverick physicist
*[[Josef Finger]] (1841–1925), physicist and mathematician
*[[Heinz von Foerster]] (1911–2002), cyberneticist
*[[Kurt Gödel]] (1906–1978), mathematician (born in [[Austria-Hungary]], became naturalized U.S. citizen)
*[[Hans Hahn (mathematician)|Hans Hahn]] (1879–1934), mathematician (member of the [[Vienna Circle]])
*[[Friedrich Hasenöhrl]] (1874–1915), physicist
*[[Victor Franz Hess]] (1883–1964), physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
*[[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin]] (1727–1817), chemist
*[[Walter Kohn]] (1923–2016), [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] 1998
*[[Georg Kreisel]] (1923–2015), philosopher and mathematician
* [[Hans Kronberger (physicist)|Hans Kronberger]] (1920-1970), nuclear physicist<ref>Concise ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'': "born in Linz, Austria, of Jewish parents"</ref>
*[[Richard Kuhn]] (1900–1967), chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1938
* [[Robert von Lieben]] (1878-1913), physicist (Jewish father) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geocities.com/neveyaakov/electro_science/lieben.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027123051/http://geocities.com/neveyaakov/electro_science/lieben.html|archive-date = 2009-10-27|title = Lieben}}</ref>
*[[Johann Josef Loschmidt]] (1821–1895), physicist and chemist
*[[Ernst Mach]] (1838–1916), physicist and philosopher ([[Mach number]])
* [[Lise Meitner]] (1878-1968), physicist, discovered nuclear fission of uranium with * [[Otto Hahn]], namegiver of element 109 * [[meitnerium]]
*[[Richard 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]] 1945
*[[Max Ferdinand Perutz]] (1914–2002), chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] 1962
*[[Johanna Piesch]] (1898–1992), physicist, mathematician, pioneer in [[switching algebra]]
*[[Fritz Pregl]] (1869–1930), chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] 1923
*[[Erwin Schrödinger]] (1887–1961), physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
*[[Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze]] (1880–1964), mathematician
* [[Victor Frederick Weisskopf]] (1908–2002), physicist; during World War II, worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb; later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons<ref>[http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/vweisskopf.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426232119/http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/vweisskopf.html|date=2005-04-26}} "Growing up in Vienna in a well-to-do Jewish family..." [http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,12212,750171,00.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223180231/http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,12212,750171,00.html|date=2006-02-23}} "One of the most brilliant Jewish scientists to be driven from Germany by Nazi persecution..."</ref>
*[[Carl Auer von Welsbach]] (1858–1929), chemist
*[[Gernot 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===
[[File:Josef Breuer, 1897.jpg|thumb|221x221px|[[Josef Breuer]]]]<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Julius-wagner-jauregg.gif|thumb|right|120px|Julius Wagner-Jauregg]] -->

*[[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 (medicine)|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

===Psychologists===

[[File:Sigmund Freud LIFE.jpg|thumb|225x225px|[[Sigmund Freud]]]]
* [[Alfred Adler]] (1870-1937), founding member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society and founder of the school of individual psychology
* [[Viktor Frankl]] (1905-1997), psychiatrist and psychologist
* [[Anna Freud]] (1895-1982), Vienna-born child psychologist and daughter of Sigmund Freud
* [[Sigmund Freud]] (1856-1939), Moravian-born founder of psychoanalysis and neurologist<ref>[Gresser, Moshe. Dual Allegiance: Freud As a Modern Jew. SUNY Press, 1994, p. 225]</ref>
* [[Marie Jahoda]] (1907-2001), psychologist <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.niu.edu/acad/psych/Millis/History/2003/womeninpsych_6.htm |title=Women in Psychology |access-date=2007-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906010522/http://www3.niu.edu/acad/psych/Millis/History/2003/womeninpsych_6.htm |archive-date=2006-09-06}}</ref>
* [[Helen Singer Kaplan]] (1929-1995), sex therapist<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-09 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/19/obituaries/dr-helen-kaplan-66-dies-pioneer-in-sex-therapy-field.html |title=Dr. Helen Kaplan, 66, Dies; Pioneer in Sex Therapy Field |work=The New York Times |date=1995-08-19 |author=Saxon, Wolfgang }}</ref>
* [[Melanie Klein]] (1882-1960), psychotherapy<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "born in Vienna of Jewish parentage"</ref>
* [[Heinz Kohut]] (1913-1981), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
* [[Wilhelm Reich]] (1897-1957), psychiatry and psychoanalysis<ref>{{cite EJ|last=Gay|first=Miriam|title=Reich, Wilhelm|volume= 17|page=198-199}}</ref>
*[[Paul Watzlawick]] (1921–2007), communication theory

===Other scientists===
[[File:LSR 1874.jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[Leo Reinisch]]]]
*[[Othenio Abel]] (1875–1946), paleontologist
*[[Karl von Czyhlarz]] (1833–1914), Czech-Austrian jurist
* Sir [[Otto Frankel]] (1900-1998), geneticist <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.science.org.au/scientists/of.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002110639/http://www.science.org.au/scientists/of.htm |archive-date=2006-10-02}}</ref>
*[[Martin Gerzabek]] (born 1961), ecologist and soil scientist
*[[Helene Gröger-Wurm]] (1921–2005), Austrian-born Australian ecologist
*[[Hans Hass]] (1919–2013), biologist and diving pioneer
*[[Max Hecker]] (1879–1964), Austrian-born Israeli President of the [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]]
* [[Eric Kandel]] (born 1929), neuroscientist, winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*[[Hans 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 genetics
* [[Karl Koller (ophthalmologist)|Karl Koller]] (1857-1944), ophthalmologist; first to use [[cocaine]] as an anaesthetic <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cocaine.org/karl-koller/life.html|title=Dr Koller, discoverer of cocaine as a local anaesthetic in ophthalmology|access-date=2007-04-11|archive-date=2007-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427095034/http://www.cocaine.org/karl-koller/life.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Julius Pokorny]] (1887–1970), linguist
*[[Leo Reinisch]] (1832–1919), linguist, Africanist and Egyptologist
*[[Rupert Riedl]] (1925–2005), zoologist

==Sports==
{{main|List of Austrian sportspeople}}
[[File:Mevrouw Eva de Jong Nederlandse tenniskampioene, gespeeld op de METS-banen te Sc, Bestanddeelnr 914-2194.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Eva Duldig]]]]
[[File:Hoogovenschaaktoernooi te Beverwijk, Grunfeld, Bestanddeelnr 911-9895.jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[Ernst Grünfeld]]]]
[[File:Niki Lauda Stars and Cars 2014 amk.jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Niki Lauda]]]]
[[File:Thiem RG18 (25) (42260263644).jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[Dominic Thiem]]]]
[[File:Michaela Dorfmeister 2008.jpg|thumb|213x213px|[[Michaela Dorfmeister]]]]
[[File:Otto Wahle 1901.jpg|thumb|195x195px|[[Otto Wahle]]]]
[[File:Eva Pawlik (1958).jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Eva Pawlik]]]]

* [[Margarete Adler]] (1896–1990), swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (4x100m [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] relay)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&q=%22Margarete+Adler%22+jewish&pg=PA184|title=The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars  |isbn=9781561719075 |access-date=December 20, 2010|last1=Horvitz |first1=Peter S. |date=April 2007 }}</ref>
* [[David Alaba]] (born 1992), footballer, winner of [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League]] with [[FC Bayern Munich]]
* [[Felix Baumgartner]] (born 1969), world record setting skydiver
* [[Gerhard Berger]] (born 1959), racing driver
* [[Richard Bergmann]] (1919–1970), seven-time world table tennis champion, ITTF Hall of Fame
* [[Hedy Bienenfeld]] (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer
* [[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]] (1929–2025), 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
* [[Robert Fein]] (1907–1975), Olympic Champion weightlifter
* [[Otto Fischer (footballer)|Otto Fischer]] (1901–1941), footballer and coach
* [[Siegfried Flesch]] (1872–1939), sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalist
* [[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
* [[Gunther (wrestler)]] (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to [[WWE]]
* [[Alfred Guth]] (1908–1996), Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete 
* [[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<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/diving-into-troubled-waters/2005/11/23/1132703244697.html "Diving into troubled waters"], Paul Kalina, ''The Age'', November 24, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2011.</ref>
* [[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
* [[Ruth Langer (swimmer)|Ruth Langer]] (1921–1999), Austrian national champion swimmer who refused to attend the 1936 Summer Olympics, along with [[Judith Haspel]] and Lucie Goldner
* [[Niki Lauda]] (1949–2019), [[Formula One]] race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
*[[Fritzi Löwy]] (1910–1994), Austrian Olympic swimmer
* [[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
* [[Helmut Marko]] (1943–), former driver and current advisor to [[Red Bull Racing]]
* [[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 (swimmer)|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 Utes men's basketball|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)
* [[Marcel Sabitzer]] (born 1994), footballer
* [[Toni Sailer]] (1935–2009), Alpine skier, earned the [[Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing]] (by winning all three gold medals) at [[1956 Winter Olympics|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]]
* [[Toto Wolff]] (1972–), motorsport executive, currently team principle of [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes-Benz]]

==Writers==
{{main|List of Austrian writers}}
{{see also|List of Austrian women writers}}

[[File:Joseph Roth (1926).jpg|thumb|237x237px|[[Joseph Roth]]]]
[[File:2012 Christine Nöstlinger (6805938102) (cropped).jpg|thumb|192x192px|[[Christine Nöstlinger]]]]
[[File:Hugo von Hofmannsthal.jpg|thumb|185x185px|[[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]]]]
[[File:Cropped existing Marion Wiesel.jpg|thumb|210x230px|[[Marion Wiesel]]]]
*[[Ingeborg Bachmann]]<ref name="Bloom1">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=555–556}}</ref> (1926–1973), poet
*[[Hermann Bahr]] (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
*[[Ludwig Bemelmans]] (1898–1962), author of the [[Madeline]] books
*[[Thomas Bernhard]] (1931–1989),<ref name="Bloom1" /> dramatist, novelist, poet, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands
*[[Hermann Broch]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> (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]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> (born 1942), author, born in Griffen ([[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]])
*[[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> (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]]<ref name="Bloom1" /><ref>{{cite news |title=The Top 100 Books of All Time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews |access-date=30 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2002}}</ref> (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),<ref name="Bloom1" /> poet and novelist, born in [[Prague]], ([[Bohemia]], present-day Czech Republic)
*[[Peter Rosegger]] (1843–1918), writer, teacher & Styrian hero and visionary
*[[Joseph Roth]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> (1894–1939), novelist
*[[Arthur Schnitzler]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> (1862–1931), novelist and playwright
*[[Adalbert Stifter]] (1805–1868),<ref name="Bloom2">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=544}}</ref> 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]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> (1887–1914), poet
*[[Josef Weinheber]] (1892–1945), poet and essayist
* [[Marion  Wiesel]] (born Mary Renate Erster; 1931–2025), Austrian-American [[Holocaust survivor]], humanitarian, writer, and translator

== People of the Nazi Party and regime ==

*Critic of the Nazi Regime: [[Stefan Zweig]] (1881–1942), novelist and playwright
[[File:Amon goeth 1946.jpg|thumb|288x288px|[[Amon Göth]]]]
*[[Amon Göth]] (1908–1946), commandant of the [[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp]] and executed Nazi war criminal
* [[Aribert Heim]] (1914–1992), physician ("Dr. Death") in the Mauthausen concentration camp
* [[Adolf Hitler]] (1889–1945), leader of the [[Nazi Party]] and [[Nazi Germany]]
* [[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]] (1903–1946), high ranking [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer and Nazi war criminal
* [[Arthur Seyss-Inquart]] (1892–1946), [[Reich Commissioner]] of the [[Reichskommissariat Niederlande|Netherlands]]
[[File:Oliver Mark - Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, Pöcking 2006.jpg|thumb|241x241px|[[Otto von Habsburg]]]]

== Other notables ==
[[File:Luckhardt - Julius von Payer (ÖNB 8080757).jpg|160px|thumb|[[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 owner
*[[Otto von Habsburg]] (1912–2011), politician, writer, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary
*[[Theodor Herzl]] (1860–1904), "father of Zionism", lived most of his life in Austria
*[[Alois 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 Author
*[[Heinrich Kanner]] (1864–1930), journalist and editor of the newspaper "Die Zeit" in the k.u.k. Monarchy
*[[Alma Mahler]] (1879–1964), wife and muse to [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]], [[Walter Gropius|Gropius]], [[Franz Werfel|Werfel]]
*[[Andreas Maislinger]] (born 1955), founder of the [[Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service]]
*[[Erna Patak]] (1871–1955), Zionist, social worker
*[[Julius von Payer]] (1841–1915), polar explorer
*[[Wolfgang Puck]] (born 1949), [[celebrity chef]] and restaurateur
*[[Max Reinhardt (theatre director)|Max Reinhardt]] (1873–1943), renowned theatre director
*Sister [[Maria Restituta]] (1894–1943), [[nun]] and [[nurse]] murdered by the [[Nazis]]
*[[Günther Schifter]] (1923–2008), 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]] (1908–1975), Nazi commando (rescuer of [[Benito Mussolini]])
*[[Wolfgang Streitenberger]] (born 1952), [[European Commission]] senior official
*[[Carl Szokoll]] (1915–2004), resistance fighter ("saviour of Vienna"), author and film producer
*[[Georg Ludwig von Trapp]] (1880–1947), head of ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' family
*[[Franz Viehböck]] (born 1960), cosmonaut
*[[Hede von Trapp]] (1877–1947), painter artist
*[[Karl Weyprecht]] (1838–1881), polar explorer
*[[Simon Wiesenthal]] (1908–2005), pre-eminent [[Nazism|Nazi]] hunter
*[[Walter Wolf]] (born 1939), business person

==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 Swiss people|List of Swiss]]
*[[List of people by nationality]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of Austrian people| ]]