List of Austrians
This is a list of notable Austrians.
Actors/actresses
- Helmut Berger, actor
- Senta Berger, actress
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor
- Wolfgang Cerny, actor
- Marie Geistinger, actress and opera singer
- Gilla, also known as Gisela Wuchinger; singer and actor from the disco era
- Käthe Gold, stage actress
- Liane Haid, first Austrian movie star
- Attila Hörbiger, actor
- Christiane Hörbiger, actress
- Paul Hörbiger, actor
- Maria Hofstätter, actress
- Boris Kodjoe, actor
- Melanie Kogler, television and theatre actress
- Brigitte Kren, actress
- Hedy Lamarr, actress; also co-inventor of spread spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizen
- Karl Merkatz, actor
- Birgit Minichmayr, actress
- Hans Moser, comedy actor
- Reggie Nalder, actor
- Nina Proll, actress
- Maximilian Schell, actor
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California
- Ursula Strauss, actress
- Erich von Stroheim, actor and film director
- Christoph Waltz, actor
- Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano and actress
- Oskar Werner, actor
- Sybil Danning 1952 Actor, producer, writer
Artists/architects
- Maria Auböck, landscape architect
- Bernhard Cella, conceptual artist
- Johann Georg Danninger, 19th-century bronzesmith
- Karl Duldig, Austrian-Australian sculptor
- Albin Egger-Lienz, painter
- Karl Ehn, architect, designer of the Karl-Marx-Hof
- Trude Fleischmann, photographer
- Ernst Fuchs, artist
- Xenia Hausner, painter
- Gottfried Helnwein, artist, born in Vienna
- Kurt Hentschlager, new media artist
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist
- Gustav Klimt, artist, helped found Vienna Secession
- Oskar Kokoschka, painter
- Alfred Kubin, graphic artist
- Adolf Loos, architect, born in Brno
- Josef Lorenzl, sculptor
- Hans Makart, history painter, designer and decorator
- Inge Morath, photographer
- Richard Neutra, architect
- Josef Pögl, painter, winner of the Vienna Arts Prize
- Wolf Prix, architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelbau
- Willy Puchner, photographer
- Arnulf Rainer, painter
- Johann Michael Rottmayr, Baroque painter
- Egon Schiele, painter
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect and political activist
- De Es Schwertberger, artist
- Harry Seidler, architect
- Helmut Swiczinsky, architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelbau
- Aloys Wach, painter
- Otto Wagner, Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
- Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, painter
- Felix de Weldon, sculptor
- Franz West, artist
- Olga Wisinger-Florian, painter
Composers/musicians
- Wolfgang Ambros, pop musician
- Louie Austen, composer and musician
- Ernst Bachrich, composer and conductor
- Caroline Bayer, 18th-century violinist and composer
- Alban Berg, composer
- Alfred Brendel, pianist
- Anton Bruckner, composer
- Friedrich Cerha, composer and conductor
- Carl Czerny, pianist and composer
- Anton Diabelli, publisher, editor and composer
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer
- Karlheinz Essl, composer and electronic musician
- Falco, pop musician
- Christian Fennesz, electronic musician
- Bernhard Gál, composer and artist
- Georg Friedrich Haas, composer
- Natascha Hagen, singer-songwriter
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
- Joseph Haydn, composer
- Michael Haydn, composer, younger brother of Joseph Haydn
- Yung Hurn, hip-hop musician
- Udo Jürgens, singer-songwriter
- Herbert von Karajan, conductor
- Bernhard Lang, composer
- Thomas Lang, drummer and composer
- Joseph Lanner, composer
- Left Boy, singer
- Elisabeth Leonskaja, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006
- Gustav Mahler, composer
- Marianne von Martinez, composer, singer
- Penny McLean, singer with the disco group Silver Convention
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, musician and composer
- Olga Neuwirth, composer
- Gerhard Potuznik, electronic musician
- César Sampson, singer
- Franz Schmidt, composer
- Arnold Schoenberg, composer
- Franz Schubert, composer and musician
- Parov Stelar, electronic musician
- Eduard Strauss, composer
- Johann Strauss Jr., composer
- Johann Strauss Sr., composer
- Josef Strauss, composer
- Franz von Suppé, composer
- Nathan Trent, singer
- Anton Webern, composer
- Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
- Hugo Wolf, composer
- Conchita Wurst, pop musician
- Joe Zawinul, jazz musician, composer
- Eric Zeisl, composer
- Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer
Entrepreneurs
- Hannes Androsch, former minister of finance in the government of Bruno Kreisky
- Hikmet Ersek, CEO of The Western Union Company, a Fortune 500 company
- Ignaz Glaser, entrepreneur
- Gaston Glock, inventor, founder of Glock Ges.m.b.H.
- Niki Lauda, Formula One race car driver and aviation entrepreneur
- Richard Lugner, entrepreneur and society figure
- Dietrich Mateschitz, businessman behind the Red Bull brand
- Ludwig von Nathaniel, banker
- Ferdinand Porsche, automotive engineer, designed the Volkswagen, born in Vratislavice nad Nisou
- Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, automotive engineer and entrepreneur, he expanded the sports car manufacturer Porsche AG to what it is now
- Johann Puch, inventor, mechanic, co-founder of Steyr-Daimler-Puch
- Albert Salomon von Rothschild, banker
- Anselm von Rothschild, banker
- Ferdinand James von Rothschild, investor
- Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild, banker
- Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, banker
- Robert Schlumberger, entrepreneur
- Frank Stronach, entrepreneur, born in Austria
- Daniel Swarovski, founder of Swarovski AG, world-famous crystals, born in Jiřetín pod Bukovou,
Filmmakers
- 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
- Amir Esmann, director, director of photography, writer
- Max Fleischer, animator
- Michael Haneke, film director
- Fritz Lang, film director
- Francis Lawrence, Austrian-American film director
- Otto Preminger, film director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky, film director and writer
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and politician
- Ulrich Seidl, film director and writer
- Josef von Sternberg, film director
- Erich von Stroheim, film director
- Wolfgang Suschitzky, director of photography
- Edgar G. Ulmer, film director
- Hans Weingartner, film director, producer and writer
- Virgil Widrich, film director, producer and writer
- Billy Wilder, film director, born in Austria-Hungary
- Fred Zinnemann, film director
Mountaineers
- Peter Aufschnaiter, mountaineer and co-traveller of Heinrich Harrer
- Karl Blodig, mountaineer
- Hermann Buhl, first ascent of Nanga Parbat on the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, first ascent of Broad Peak
- Kurt Diemberger, first ascents of Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri
- Peter Habeler, first ascent of Mount Everest without oxygen
- Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer and writer
- Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, first woman to ascend all eight-thousanders without oxygen
- Fritz Moravec, first ascent of Gasherbrum II
- 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
- Luis Trenker, mountaineer, film director and writer
- Fritz Wintersteller, first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957
Military leaders
- Haim Bar-Lev, Israeli general and government minister
- Leopold Josef Graf Daun, field marshal
- Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, military leader
- Prince Eugene of Savoy, general in the war against the Turks
- Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen, field marshal
- Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, admiral
- Georg von Trapp, navy officer
- Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, general
- Archduke Charles of Austria, fought against Napoleon
Politicians
- Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni, statesman and diplomat
- Leopold Graf Berchtold, foreign minister at the outbreak of the First World War
- Brigitte Bierlein, Chancellor 2019–2020
- Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, politician and writer
- Engelbert Dollfuß, Chancellor 1932–1934, established Austrofascism
- Leopold Figl, Chancellor 1945–1953, foreign minister 1953–1959
- Heinz Fischer, former President
- Werner Faymann, former Chancellor
- Jörg Haider, politician, governour of Carinthia until his death in 2008
- Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany 1933–1945, gained German citizenship in 1932, and became German Chancellor in 1933. In 1938, he annexed Austria with the Anschluß
- Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, statesman and historian
- Theodor Innitzer, cardinal archbishop of Vienna 1932–1955, minister of social affairs 1929–1930
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner, NSDAP politician
- Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, statesman
- Christian Kern, Chancellor 2016–2017
- Rudolf Kirchschläger, judge, diplomat and President 1974–1986
- Thomas Klestil, diplomat, President 1992–2004
- Teddy Kollek, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem
- Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor 1970–1983, foreign minister 1959–1966
- Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor 2017–2019, 2020–2021
- Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, diplomat and statesman
- Julius Raab, Chancellor 1953–1961
- Adolf Schärf, President 1957–1965
- Anton von Schmerling, statesman
- Kurt Schuschnigg, Chancellor 1934–1938
- Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor 2000–2007
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California
- Ignaz Seipel, Catholic priest, Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929
- Arthur Seyß-Inquart, NSDAP politician, last Chancellor before the Anschluss in 1938
- Johann Philipp von Stadion, statesman, foreign minister and diplomat 1763–1824
- Alexander Van der Bellen, former chairman of the Austrian Green Party and President since 2017
- Kurt Waldheim, diplomat and politician, UN Secretary-General 1972–1982, President of Austria 1986–1992