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List of people from Vienna

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

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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==
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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==
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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 (1889–1972), 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 ChemistryWenzel 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 ArchbishopKarl Kordesch (1922–2011), chemist and inventor • Hans Krankl (born 1953), football player • Karl Kraus (1874–1936), satirist; publisher of the newspaper Die FackelKlaus 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 MedicineFritz 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 MedicineJosef Lorenzl (1892–1950), sculptor • Tilly Losch (1903–1975), actress and dancer • Fritzi Löwy (1910–1994), Olympic swimmer • Bernhard Ludvik (born 1961), physician ==M–R==
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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 (1774–1792) • Maria Theresa (1717–1780), daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Queen of Bohemia and Hungary (1740–1780) • Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557–1619), Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619 • Alice Mavrogordato (1916–2000), painter, translator during the Nuremberg trialsMaximilian 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 economicsKarl Menger (1902–1985), mathematician and son of Carl MengerLudwig von Mises (1881–1973), economist • Špelca 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–Z==
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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 hunterFriedrich 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==
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