List of people from Vienna

This is a list of notable people from Vienna, Austria.

A–C

• Carlo Abarth (1908–1979), Italian race car driver and tuner.
• Gustav Abel (1902–1963), film architect and stage designer.
• Othenio Abel (1875–1946), paleontologist and evolutionary biologist.
• Wolfgang Abel (1905–1997), anthropologist.
• Christoph Ignaz Abele (1627–1685), lawyer and court official.
• Leo Aberer (born 1978), musician.
• Walter Abish (1931–2022), American writer.
• Leopold Ackermann (1771–1831), theologian.
• Antonie Adamberger (1790–1867), actress, fiancé of Theodor Körner.
• Karl Adamek (1910–2000), footballer and coach.
• Alfred Adler (1870–1937), founder of individual psychology.
• Victor Adler (1852–1918), social democrat and activist for the rights of workers.
• Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), writer.
• David Alaba (born 1992), Austrian footballer.
• Christopher Alexander (1936–2022), England-based architect and design theorist; wrote book A Pattern Language (1977).
• Peter Altenberg (1859–1919), fin de siècle writer and poet.
• Wolfgang Ambros (born 1952), one of the founders of the musical movement Austropop.
• Bernard Amtmann (1907–1979), antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, publisher.
• Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889), Austrian dramatist, novelist and poet.
• Walter Arlen (1920–2023), composer; music critic in LA Times.
• Alfred Ritter von Arneth (1819–1897), Austrian historian, wrote about Maria Theresa.
• Hans Asperger (1906–1980), pediatrician; discoverer of Asperger syndrome.
• Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), chemist.
• Ilse Barea-Kulcsar (1902–1973), journalist, translator, writer and communist activist.
• Haim Bar-Lev (1924–1994), Israeli general and government minister.
• Fanny Basch-Mahler (1854–1942), pianist and music teacher.
• Polly Batic (1906–1992), operatic mezzo-soprano.
• Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), Austrian dramatist.
• Vicki Baum (1888–1960), novelist.
• Alban Berg (1885–1935), composer.
• Herbert Berghof (1909–1990), late actor.
• Turhan Bey (1922–2012), actor.
• Hedy Bienenfeld (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer.
• Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), actor and singer.
• Karl Bitter (1867–1915), American architectural sculptor of memorials and residential works.
• John Paul Blass (1937–2023), physician, biochemist and neurochemist.
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), physicist.
• Arik Brauer (1929–2021), painter, poet and singer.
• Eugene Braunwald (born 1929), cardiologist.
• Jenny Broch (1864–?), soprano
• Arnolt Bronnen (1895–1959), Austrian playwright and director.
• Vanessa Brown (born Smylla Brind, 1928–1999), actress.
• Martin Buber (1878–1965), philosopher.
• Ignaz Franz Castelli (1781–1862), Austrian dramatist.
• Dorrit Cohn (1924–2012), professor of comparative literature.
• Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811), Austrian dramatist.
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857), Austrian composer, teacher and pianist.
• Tadeusz Czeżowski (1889–1981), philosopher and logician.

D–G

• Georg Danzer (1946–2007), songwriter.
• Elfi von Dassanowsky (1924–2007), film producer, pianist and singer.
• Marlene Engelhorn (born 1992), activist.
• Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705–1766), Austrian field marshal, later Prince of Thiano.
• Helmut Deutsch (born 1945), pianist.
• Oskar Deutsch (born 1963), entrepreneur and President of the Jewish Community of Vienna.
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.
• Carl Djerassi (1923–2015), chemist, novelist, and playwright; developer of the oral contraceptive pill.
• Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer.
• Georgia Doll (born 1980), theatre director, playwright and poet.
• Ludwig Donath (1900–1967), actor.
• Peter Drucker (1909–2005), economist.
• Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author.
• Klaus Ebner (born 1964), writer.
• Albert Ehrenstein (1886–1950), writer.
• Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), ballerina of the Romantic Period.
• Carl Esmond (1902–2004), actor.
• Constantin von Ettingshausen (1826–1897), botanist, studied of flora from the Tertiary era.
• Falco (1957–1998), instrumentalist and singer.
• Maria Zhorella Fedorova (1915–2017), lyric soprano.
• Robert Fein (1907–1975), Olympic Champion weightlifter.
• Ferdinand I of Austria (1793–1875), Emperor of Austria.
• Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861–1948), Tsar of Bulgaria.
• Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849), physician, poet and philosopher.
• Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994), philosopher.
• Otto Fischer (1901–1941), football player and coach.
• Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990), photographer.
• Willi Forst (1903–1980), actor, director, singer and writer.
• Francis I of Austria & Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768–1835), Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria.
• Viktor Frankl (1905–1997), neurologist and psychiatrist; founder of logotherapy.
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
• Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916), Emperor of Austria.
• Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), neurologist; founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology.
• Karl von Frisch (1886–1982), animal psychologist, beekeeper and zoologist; co-recipient 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• Nathan Michael Gelber (1891–1966), Austrian-Israeli historian
• Hilda Geiringer (1893–1973), mathematician.
• Karl Geiringer (1899–1989), musicologist.
• Amon Göth (1908–1946), Nazi SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes.
• Maximilian Grabner (1905–1948), Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity.
• Ilona Graenitz (1943–2022), Austrian MP and MEP.
• Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), writer and dramatist.
• Victor Gruen (1903–1980), architect.
• Ruth Grützbauch (born 1978), astronomer.
• Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000), composer and pianist.
• Alfred Guth (1908–1996), Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete.

H–L

• Eduard Haas (1897–1989), inventor of Pez candy.
• Walter Hahn (born 1987), professional wrestler, performs under the name Gunther.
• Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871), Austrian mineralogist.
• Franz Ritter von Hauer (1822–1899), an Austrian geologist.
• Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), economist; co-recipient of the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
• Andre Heller (born 1947), artist, poet and songwriter.
• Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), artist.
• Dr. Otto Herschmann (1877–1942), saber fencer, Olympic silver; 100-m freestyle in swimming, Olympic silver.
• Theodor Herzl (1860–1904), journalist; founder of modern political Zionism.
• Mickey Hirschl (1906–1991), Olympic-medal-winning wrestler, shot put and discus junior champion, weightlifting junior champion, and pentathlon champion.
• Pavla Hočevar (1889<small>–</small>1972), Slovenian teacher, writer, socialist and suffragist
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), writer; founder of the Salzburg Festival.
• Oskar Homolka (1898–1978), actor.
• Moritz Hörnes (1815–1868), Austrian palaeontologist.
• Count Joseph Alexander Hübner (1811–1892), Austrian diplomat.
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000), architect and painter.
• Wolfgang Hutter (1928–2014), artist, painter and university art professor.
• Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), poet and writer.
• Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678–1711), ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death
• Josef Jungwirth (1869–1950), painter
• Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer
• Martin Karplus (1930–2024), theoretical chemist; co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794), Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman
• Count Alajos Károlyi de Nagykároly (1825–1889), Austro-Hungarian diplomat
• Gina Kaus (1893–1985), novelist
• Abraham Klausner (Austrian rabbi), 14th-century rabbi
• Melchior Klesl (1552–1630), Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic church
• Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), painter
• Pina Kollar, singer-songwriter
• Alfred König (1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
• Franz König (1905–2004), Cardinal Archbishop
• Karl Kordesch (1922–2011), chemist and inventor
• Hans Krankl (born 1953), football player
• Karl Kraus (1874–1936), satirist; publisher of the newspaper Die Fackel
• Klaus Kubinger (born 1949), psychologist, statistician, and university professor
• Steffi Kunke (1908–1942), teacher and anti-fascist activist
• Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), actress and inventor
• Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943), biologist and physician; discoverer of blood group; recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Fritz Lang (1890–1976), director
• Ruth Langer (1921–1999), national champion swimmer
• Josef Lanner (1801–1843), composer
• Niki Lauda (1949–2019), entrepreneur and race car driver
• Henry Lehrman (1881–1946), silent film director
• Bill Leeb (born 1966), musician
• Lotte Lenya (1898–1981), actor and singer
• Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747–1792), Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792
• Leopold Lindtberg (1902–1984), director
• Edie Locke (1921–2020), fashion journalist
• Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), behavioural scientist; co-recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Josef Lorenzl (1892–1950), sculptor
• Tilly Losch (1903–1975), actress and dancer
• Fritzi Löwy (1910–1994), Olympic swimmer
• Bernhard Ludvik (born 1961), physician

M&ndash;R

• Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor
• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), composer and conductor
• Natascha Mair (born 1995), ballet dancer
• Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria; last absolute Queen of France (1774&ndash;1792)
• Maria Theresa (1717–1780), daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Queen of Bohemia and Hungary (1740&ndash;1780)
• Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557–1619), Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619
• Alice Mavrogordato (1916–2000), painter, translator during the Nuremberg trials
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519), Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death
• Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527–1576,) Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death
• Maximilian I of Mexico (1832–1867), Emperor of Mexico
• Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), writer
• Lise Meitner (1878–1968), physicist
• Carl Menger (1840–1921), economist and founder of the Austrian School of economics
• Karl Menger (1902–1985), mathematician and son of Carl Menger
• Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), economist
• Å pelca Mladič (1894–1981), Slovenian painter and designer
• Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar (1839–1907), Austro-Hungarian geologist and palaeontologist.
• Adele Molnar, voice actress of Piglett in the German dub of “Winnie the Poo”.
• Elfriede Moser-Rath (1926–1993), folklorist.
• Karl Motesiczky (1904–1943), psychoanalyst.
• Felix Josef von Mottl (1856–1911), Austrian conductor and composer.
• Reggie Nalder (1907–1991), film and television character actor.
• Itzhak Nener (1919–2012), jurist who cofounded the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and served as vice-president of Liberal International.
• Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), playwright.
• Fritz Neugebauer (born 1944), second president of the Austrian National Council.
• Peter C. Newman (1929–2023), journalist.
• Saul K. Padover (1905–1981), historian and political scientist at The New School of Social Research in New York City, New York, US.
• Alfred Pal (1920–2010), Croatian graphic designer and painter.
• Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), feminist.
• Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958), physicist.
• August von Pettenkofen (1822–1889), Austrian painter.
• Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858), Austrian explorer, travel writer and ethnographer.
• Caroline Pichler (1769–1843), Austrian historical novelist.
• Johannes Pietsch (born 2001), singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
• Anton Piëch (1894–1952), lawyer, son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche.
• Thila Plaichinger (1868–1939), opera singer.
• Friderika Podgornik (1880–1948), Slovenian pianist and music educator.
• Karl Polanyi (1886–1964), economic historian.
• Alfred Polgar (1873–1955), author and journalist.
• Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), Polish general.
• Karl Popper (1902–1994), philosopher.
• Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007) German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer.
• Friederike Proch Benesch (1805–1872), Chezh pianist, music educator and composer.
• Helmut Qualtinger (1928–1986), actor, cabaret performer and writer.
• Doron Rabinovici (born 1961), writer.
• Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), playwright.
• Heinrich Rauchinger (1858–1942), painter.
• Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757–1823), Austrian philosopher, popularised the work of Immanuel Kant.
• Shoshana Ribner (1938–2007), Israeli Olympic swimme.
• Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham (1738–1786), British statesman; Foreign Secretary, 1782/3.
• Alma Rosé (1906–1944), violinist; killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• Stella Rotenberg (1915–2013), poet and Shoah victim.
• Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612), Archduke of Austria (1576–1608).

S&ndash;Z

• Felix Salten (1869–1945), writer.
• Fritz Saxl (1890–1948), art historian.
• Egon Schiele (1890–1918), artist.
• Romy Schneider (1938–1982), actress.
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), story teller and playwright.
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer, music theorist and painter.
• Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964), actor.
• Pauline Schöller (1859–1941), soprano and voice teacher.
• Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), physicist; co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer.
• Ernst Schwadron (1896–1979), architect.
• Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), Austrian painter.
• Peter Seisenbacher (born 1960), judoka.
• Karl Seitz (1869–1950), first President of Austria.
• Hans Selye (1907–1982), physiologist.
• Dovid Shmidel (born 1934), rabbi.
• Matthias Sindelar (1903–1939), football player.
• Josef Singer (1923–2009), Israeli President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
• Hans Werner Sokop (born 1942), poet and translator.
• Ignaz Sowinski (1858–1917), architect.
• Leopold Stein, psychologist and author.
• Josef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film director.
• Eduard Strauss (1835–1916), composer.
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), Austrian composer of the Romantic Period.
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), composer.
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870), composer.
• Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), actor.
• István Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer.
• Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895), an Austrian statesman.
• Sara Telek (born 1988), football referee.
• Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), writer and journalist.
• Maria von Trapp (1905–1987), guitarist singer and deutergamy of Baron Georg von Trapp.
• Olga von Türk-Rohn (1865–1940), soprano and baroness
• Robert Valberg (1884–1955), stage and film actor.
• Barbara Valentin (1940–2002), actress.
• Thomas Vanek (born 1984), professional ice hockey player.
• Nikolas Vogel (1967–1991), film actor and news camera operator.
• Otto Wagner (1841–1918), architect.
• Maria Wähnl (1908–1989), astronomer.
• Bruno Walter (1876–1962), conductor.
• Christoph Waltz (born 1956), actor.
• Katia Wagner (born 1988), Miss Earth Air 2013.
• Erich Wasicky (1911–1947), Nazi SS pharmacist at Mauthausen concentration camp in charge of gassing victims; was executed.
• Anton von Webern (1883–1945), composer.
• Otto Weininger (1880–1903), philosopher.
• Franz Werfel (1890–1945), writer.
• Christine Werner (born 1954), writer
• Marion Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; 1931–2025), Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator
• Cyla Wiesenthal (1908–2003), wife of Simon Wiesenthal
• Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), nazi hunter
• Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), economist.
• Geri Winkler (born 1956), mountaineer.
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher.
• Toto Wolff (born 1972), motorsport executive, investor, and former racing driver.
• Hermine Zaynard (1913–1943), political activist
• Joe Zawinul (1932–2007), composer, keyboard player and jazz pianist.
• Heinz Zednik (born 1940), tenor.
• Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (1839–1899), Austrian historian.
• Alexander von Zemlinski (1871–1942), composer.
• Fred Zinnemann (1907–1997), director.
• Zoë (born 1996), singer-songwriter and actress.
• Birgit Zotz (born 1979), writer.
• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), writer.
• Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942), electrical engineer who co-invented the transformer

See also

• List of Austrians

References