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''Main article: List Of Austrian Actors ''
- Klaus Maria Brandauer , actor
- Käthe Gold (1907-1997)
- Liane Haid , first Austrian movie star
- Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000), actress; also co-inventor of Spread Spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizen
- Karl Merkatz , actor (most notable for his role as a Vienniese in "Mundl")
- Hans Moser
- Maximilian Schell , actor (played a defending lawyer in Judgment At Nuremberg )
- Romy Schneider , actress (starring in Orson Wells' The Trial ) (German mother and German citizenship)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger , (born 1947 ), bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003– )
- Erich Von Stroheim , actor and film director
- Oskar Werner , actor
- Leon Askin , actor (1907 to 2005)
''Main article: List Of Austrian Artists And Architects ''
- Albin Egger-Lienz , painter
- Karl Ehn , architect, designer of the Karl-Marx-Hof .
- Gottfried Helnwein , artist, born in Vienna , 1948
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser , artist, 1928 - 2000 , born in Vienna
- Gustav Klimt , artist, helped found Vienna Secession
- Oskar Kokoschka , painter, 1886 - 1980 , born in Pöchlarn ( Lower Austria ) (abandonded Austrian citizenship and became English citizen in 1946)
- Alfred Kubin , painter (graphics)
- Hans Makart , history painter, designer and decorator 1840 - 1884
- Inge Morath , photographer
- Richard Neutra , architect
- Arnulf Rainer , painter, born 1929
- Johann Michael Rottmayr , painter (baroque)
- Egon Schiele , painter, 1890 - 1918
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky , architect and political activist
- Aloys Wach , painter
- Otto Wagner , Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
- Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller , painter 1793 to 1865
- Olga Wisinger-Florian , painter
- Ernst Fuchs , artist
- De Es Schwertberger , artist
''Main Article: List Of Austrians In Music ''
- Alban Berg , composer, 1885 - 1935 , born in Vienna
- Alfred Brendel , pianist, born 1931
- Anton Bruckner , composer, 1824 - 1896
- Carl Czerny , pianist and composer
- Karlheinz Essl , composer and electronical musician, born 1960
- Falco , ( 1957 - 1998 ), pop musician
- Christian Fennesz , electronic musician
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt , ( 1929 - ), conductor
- Joseph Haydn , composer with Croatia n connections. Author of "Imperial Hymn" now German Hymn
- Udo Jürgens , singer-songwriter
- Herbert Von Karajan , conductor, 1908 - 1989
- Bernhard Lang , composer
- Franz Liszt , composer (born in Raiding , then Austria-Hungary , now Austria )
- Gustav Mahler , composer, 1860 - 1911
- Leopold Mozart , composer and musician, 1719 - 1787
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , composer & musician, 1756 - 1791
- Gerhard Potuznik , electronic musician
- Arnold Schönberg , composer, 1874 - 1951
- Franz Schubert , composer and musician, 1797 - 1828
- Johann Strauss, Sr. , composer 1809 - 1849
- Johann Strauss, Jr. , composer 1825 - 1899
- Josef Strauss , composer 1827 - 1870
- Franz Von Suppé , composer (born in Split, Austria-Hungary 1819 )
- Anton Webern , composer, 1883 - 1945
- Joe Zawinul , jazz musician, composer, born in Vienna , 1932
- Alexander Von Zemlinsky , composer, born in Vienna , 1871
- Gaston Glock , inventor, founder of GLOCK
- Niki Lauda , (born 1949 ), Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
- Richard Lugner , entrepreneur and society figure
- Dietrich Mateschitz , businessman behind the Red Bull brand
- Ferdinand Porsche , automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), born in Austria-Hungary
- Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche , automotive engineer and entrepreneur, he expanded the sports car manufacturer Porsche AG to what it is now
- Bela Rabelbauer
- Robert Schlumberger , entrepreneur
- Frank Stronach , (born in Austria), entrepreneur
- Daniel Swarovski , founder of Swarovski AG, world famous crystals
- Hannes Androsch , former minister of finance in the government of Bruno Kreisky
- Max Riedel , fine glass
- Albert Salomon Von Rothschild , banker
- Alfons Von Rothschild , banker
- Anselm Von Rothschild , banker
- Eugène Daniel Von Rothschild , investor
- Ferdinand James Von Rothschild , investor
- Ludwig (Louis) Von Nathaniel , banker
- Nathaniel Mayer Anselm Von Rothschild , banker
- Salomon Mayer Von Rothschild , banker
- Amir Esmann , director, director of photography , writer
- 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
- Michael Glawogger , film director and writer
- Michael Haneke , film director (born in Germany, however his mother was Austrian)
- Jessica Hausner , film director, producer and writer
- Fritz Lang , film director, December 05, 1890 - August 02, 1976
- Ruth Mader , film director, producer and writer
- Otto Preminger , film director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky , film director and writer
- Ulrich Seidl , film director and writer
- Harald Sicheritz , film director and writer
- Josef Von Sternberg , film director, 1894 - 1969
- Erich Von Stroheim , director
- Hans Weingartner , film director, producer and writer
- Virgil Widrich , film director, producer and writer
- Billy Wilder , film director, 1906 - 2002 , born in Austria-Hungary
- Fred Zinnemann , film director
''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 4000m)
- Hermann Buhl , first ascent of Nanga Parbat 1953, first ascent of Broad Peak
- Kurt Diemberger , first ascents of Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960)
- Heinrich Harrer , mountaineer (first ascent of the Carstensz Pyramid ) and writer ( Seven Years In Tibet )
- Peter Habeler , first ascent of Mount Everest without oxygen (together with Reinhold Messner )
- 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 Oyo )
- Luis Trenker , mountaineer, film director and writer (born in South Tyrol , Austria-Hungary )
- Fritz Wintersteller , first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957
'' Austrian Nobility ''
- Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni , statesman and diplomat
- Friedrich Ferdinand Von Beust , statesman and diplomat
- Leopold Josef Graf Daun , Field marshall
- Joseph Hormayr Freiherr Zu Hortenburg , statesman and historian
- Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz , statesman
- Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich , diplomat and statesman
- Pauline De Metternich , patron of music and culture
- Joseph Radetzky Von Radetz , military leader
- Prince Eugene Of Savoy , general in the war against the turks (17th-18th century)
- Helga-Lee Princess Zu Schaumburg-Lippe , patron of international charitable causes and music
- Anton Von Schmerling , statesman (liberal movement of the 19th century)
- Johann Philipp Von Stadion , statesman, foreign minister and diplomat 1763 - 1824
- Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff , admiral
- Alfred I, Fürst Zu Windisch-Grätz , general
''Main Article: List Of Austrian Politicians ''
- Viktor Adler , Social democrat
- Dr. Otto Bauer , politician (social democrat), writer and Marxist ideologist
- Count Leopold Von Berchtold , foreign minister at the outbreak of World War One
- Engelbert Dollfuß , Chancellor (First Republic) and dictator from 1933 to 1934
- Leopold Figl , former Chancellor and foreign minister
- Heinz Fischer , Austrian President (elected 2004 )
- Alfred Gusenbauer , chairman of the Austrian Socialdemocrats
- Jörg Haider , politician, right-wing populist
- Adolf Hitler , Nazi dictator of Germany ( 1933 - 1945 ), born April 20 , 1889 in Braunau Am Inn (gave up Austrian citizenship in 1925, gained German citizenship in 1932)
- Theodor Innitzer , Cardinal , Archbishop of Vienna and minister of the First Republic
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner , national nazi politician
- Rudolf Kirchschläger , judge, diplomat and former Austrian president
- Thomas Klestil , diplomat and Austrian president
- Bruno Kreisky , first Jewish Austrian Chancellor 1911 - 1990
- Julius Raab , former Chancellor
- Karl Renner , former Chancellor and first Austrian president of the 2nd Republic
- Adolf Schärf , former Austrian president
- Kurt Von Schuschnigg , Chancellor from 1934 to 1938
- Wolfgang Schüssel , current Chancellor of Austria
- Arnold Schwarzenegger , current governor of California
- Ignaz Seipel , former Chancellor (First Republic)
- Arthur Seyß-Inquart , national socialist politican, last Chancellor before the Anschluss
- Alexander Van Der Bellen , chairman of the Austrian Green Party
- Kurt Waldheim , diplomat and politician; former Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1982 , former President of Austria from 1986 to 1992
''Main Article: List Of Rulers Of Austria ''
- Elisabeth , Empress-Consort of Austria, wife of Francis Joseph I.
- Ferdinand I , Emperor of Austria
- Franz Ferdinand , Archduke (assassinated in 1914)
- Francis Joseph I , Emperor of Austria
- Francis II/I , Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor of Austria
- Frederick II Of Austria , last Babenberger duke of Austria
- Joseph II , Holy Roman Emperor, reformer (abolished the Death Penalty ) 1780 - 1790
- Karl V , Holy Roman Emperor 1500 - 1558
- Karl I , last Emperor of Austria
- Leopold V , Babenberg duke of Austria, (was on the Third Crusade )
- 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 duke of Austria
- Rudolf IV Of Austria , Duke of Austria, self-proclaimed archduke 1358 - 1365 ( Privilegium Maius )
''Main Article: List Of Austrian Scientists ''
- Carl Menger , founder of the Austrian School of economics
- Friedrich Von Wieser , economist of the Austrian School
- Eugen Von Böhm-Bawerk economist and early member of the Austrian School Of Economics
- Ludwig Von Mises , free-market economist
- 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)
- Oskar Morgenstern , co-founder of Game Theory
- Otto Neurath , socialist, economist and philosopher
- Joseph Schumpeter , Economist , born in Triech, Austria-Hungary
- Anselm Franz , pioneer in jet engine engineering
- Gaston Glock , inventor, founder of GLOCK
- Hedy Lamarr , (known for research in frequences, needed for mobile phones)
- 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 (vehicles of 1870 and 1889) (German-born)
- Peter Mitterhofer , inventor of Typewriter
- Alois Negrelli , engineer and railroad pioneer (created the plans for the Suez Canal )
- Ferdinand Porsche , automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen (the "people's car"), born in Austria-Hungary
- Alois Senefelder , inventor of the printing technique of Lithography
- Max Valier , rocketry pioneer
- Auer Von Welsbach , inventor of gaslight
- Franz Brentano , philosopher and psychologist
- Martin Buber , philosopher, 1878 - 1965 , born in Vienna
- 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 )
- Alexius Meinong , phiolosopher (theory of objects) 1853 - 1920
- Otto Neurath , socialist, economist and philosopher
- Karl Popper , philosopher (born in Austria, became British)
- Otto Weininger , philosopher
- Friedrich Waismann , mathematician, philosopher and physicist (member of the Vienna Circle )
- Ludwig Wittgenstein , philosopher, born 1889 in Vienna
- Emil Artin , mathematician ( Artin's Conjecture )
- Ludwig Boltzmann , physicist, 1844 - 1906 , born in Vienna
- Christian Andreas Doppler , physicist, 1803 - 1853 , born in Salzburg (See Doppler Effect )
- Paul Ehrenfest , physicist & mathematician
- 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
- 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 )
- Wolfgang Pauli , physicist, Nobel Prize In Physics 1945
- Max Ferdinand Perutz , chemist, Nobel Prize In Chemistry 1962
- 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
- Hans Asperger , pediatrician (most known for work on Autism ; see Asperger's Syndrome )
- Leopold Auenbrugger , physician 1722 - 1809 (method of Percussion )
- Robert Barany , physician, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- Carl Cori , born in Prague, Austria-Hungary , physician, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine in 1947
- Ernst Von Fleischl-Marxow , physician and physiologist (studies of nerves and the brain)
- Viktor Frankl , father of Logotherapy
- Karl Von Frisch , physician, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- Karl Landsteiner , physician, serologist, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine , 1886 - 1943
- 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
- Ignaz Semmelweis , physician (born in Hungary, Austria-Hungary)
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg , physician, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine 1927
- Alfred Adler , father of ''Individual Psychology''
- Hans Asperger , pediatrician, namesake of Asperger's Syndrome
- Bruno Bettelheim , psychologist
- Josef Breuer , pschologist (forerunnner in Psychoanalysis )
- Viktor Frankl , father of Logotherapy
- Sigmund Freud , father of Psychoanalysis
- Leo Kanner , child psychologist
- Otto Rank , pioneer psychologist
- Wilhelm Reich , psychologist, (1897-1957)
- Erwin Ringel (1921-1994), Austrian psychiatrist (''presuicidal syndrome'')
- Paul Watzlawick , communication theory
- Othenio Abel , paleontologist
- Hans Hass , biologist
- Hans Kelsen , jurist (father of the Austrian Constitution )
- Otto Loewi , pharmacologist (born in Germany, but spent 40 years (age 25-65) of his life in Austria) Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- Konrad Lorenz zoologist, Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- Theo Mayer-Maly , Austria´s professor of civil-, roman-, trade- and historical law, several thousand publications and editor of many national legal acts.
- Gregor Mendel , pioneer of genetics
- Rupert Riedl , zoologist
''Main Article: List Of Austrians In Sports ''
- Gerhard Berger , racing driver
- Michaela Dorfmeister , alpine skier
- Toni Fritsch , soccer and football player who won the superbowl in 1972
- Ernst Happel (1925-1992), football player and coach.
- Hansi Hinterseer (born 1954 ), skier, singer, actor, entertainer
- Franz Klammer , Olympic alpine ski champion, born in Mooswald ( Carinthia ), 1953
- Hans Krankl , football player and coach
- Niki Lauda (born 1949 ), Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
- Hermann Maier , Olympic alpine ski champion, born 1972
- Annemarie Moser-Pröll , alpine skier
- Thomas Muster , tennis champion, born 1967
- Eva Pawlik , European figure skating Champion, born in Vienna, 1927 , died in Vienna, 1983
- Herma Plank-Szabó , Olympic and five-time World figure skating champion
- Herbert Prohaska , football player and coach
- Jochen Rindt , race car driver, Formula One World Champion of 1970 (he died during that season!)
- Toni Sailer , 1956 Olympic Games - won all three gold medals earning himself the Triple Crown Of Alpine Skiing ; born 1935
- Prince Max Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1898 - 1974 ), Austria´s first race car driver. Drove BMW and Mercedes .
- Matthias Sindelar , regarded by many as Austria's greatest ever footballer, 1903 - 1939
- Anita Wachter , Olympic alpine ski champion, born in Schruns, 1967
''Main Article: List Of Austrian Writers ''
- Ingeborg Bachmann , poet, 1926 - 1973
- Hermann Bahr , playwriter, 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 1884 , wrote in German
- Elias Canetti , writer (born in Russe, Austria-Hungary 1905), wrote in German, Nobel Prize In Literature 1981
- Otto Maria Carpeaux , literary critic and foremost historian of Literature, 1900 - 1978
- Paul Celan , poet (born in Romania , Austria-Hungary ), wrote in German
- Heimito Von Doderer , writer, 1896 - 1966 , born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna
- Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach , writer (style: psychological novelist)
- Alfred Fried , writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
- 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
- Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize In Literature
- Franz Kafka , writer, born in Prague , Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Robert Menasse , writer and publicist
- Robert Musil , writer
- Johann Nestroy , famous playwriter
- Christine Nöstlinger , writer (especially literature for children)
- Ferdinand Raimund , writer and dramatist
- Rainer Maria Rilke , poet and novelist
- Peter Rosegger , writer 1843 - 1918
- Joseph Roth , writer (Radetzkymarsch)
- Arthur Schnitzler , writer
- Adalbert Stifter , poet and artist (died 1869 )
- Bertha Von Suttner , writer and pacifist Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Friedrich Torberg , narrative writer, essayist, script author 1908 - 1979 , born in Vienna
- Georg Trakl , poet
- Franz Werfel , writer, born in Prague , Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Oswald Von Wolkenstein , writer and composer 1376 - 1445
- Stefan Zweig , writer, 1881 - 1942 , born in Vienna
- Ladislaus Almásy , pilot and automobile pioneer
- Robert Bernardis , resistance fighter during WW2 ( July 20 Plot )
- Rudolph Bing , opera manager
- Christoph Schönborn , archbishop and cardinal
- Otto Habsburg-Lothringen Politician, writer, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary
- Tunc Hamarat , correspondence chess world champion ( 2004 )
- Theodor Herzl , "founder" of Israel, lived most of his life in Austria
- Andreas Hofer , Tyrolian freedom fighter (against Napoleon)
- Franz Cardinal König , 1905 - 2004 , Archbishop of Vienna ( 1956 – 1985 )
- Alma Mahler , wife and muse to Mahler , Gropius , Werfel
- Andreas Maislinger , founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
- 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
- Baroness Bettina Von Rothschild
- Günther Schifter , radio personality
- Otto Skorzeny , Nazi commando (rescuer of Benito Mussolini )
- Wilhelm Steinitz , winner of first ever world chess championship in 1886
- Carl Szokoll , resistance fighter ("saviour of Vienna"), author and film producer
- Georg Ritter Von Trapp , head of '' The Sound Of Music '' family
- Franz Viehböck , cosmonaut
- Karl Weyprecht , polar explorer
- Simon Wiesenthal , 1908 –2005, pre-eminent Nazi hunter
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