List of people from Vienna

A–C

• Carlo Abarth, Italian race car driver and tuner.
• Gustav Abel, film architect and stage designer.
• Othenio Abel, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist.
• Wolfgang Abel, anthropologist.
• Christoph Ignaz Abele, lawyer and court official.
• Leo Aberer, musician.
• Walter Abish, American writer.
• Leopold Ackermann, theologian.
• Antonie Adamberger, actress, fiance of Theodor Körner.
• Karl Adamek, footballer and coach.
• Alfred Adler, founder of individual psychology.
• Victor Adler, social democrat and activist for the rights of workers.
• Ilse Aichinger, writer.
• David Alaba, Austrian footballer.
• Christopher Alexander, England-based architect and design theorist; wrote book A Pattern Language.
• Peter Altenberg, fin de siècle writer and poet.
• Wolfgang Ambros, one of the founders of the musical movement Austropop.
• Bernard Amtmann, antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, publisher.
• Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian dramatist, novelist and poet.
• Walter Arlen, composer; music critic in LA Times.
• Alfred Ritter von Arneth, Austrian historian, wrote about Maria Theresa.
• Hans Asperger, pediatrician; discoverer of Asperger syndrome.
• Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist.
• Ilse Barea-Kulcsar, journalist, translator, writer and communist activist.
• Haim Bar-Lev, Israeli general and government minister.
• Fanny Basch-Mahler, pianist and music teacher.
• Polly Batic, operatic mezzo-soprano.
• Eduard von Bauernfeld, Austrian dramatist.
• Vicki Baum, novelist.
• Alban Berg, composer.
• Herbert Berghof, late actor.
• Turhan Bey, actor.
• Hedy Bienenfeld, Austrian-American Olympic swimmer.
• Theodore Bikel, actor and singer.
• Karl Bitter, American architectural sculptor of memorials and residential works.
• John Paul Blass, physician, biochemist and neurochemist.
• Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist.
• Arik Brauer, painter, poet and singer.
• Eugene Braunwald, cardiologist.
• Jenny Broch, soprano
• Arnolt Bronnen, Austrian playwright and director.
• Vanessa Brown, actress.
• Martin Buber, philosopher.
• Ignaz Franz Castelli, Austrian dramatist.
• Dorrit Cohn, professor of comparative literature.
• Heinrich Joseph von Collin, Austrian dramatist.
• Carl Czerny, Austrian composer, teacher and pianist.
• Tadeusz Czeżowski, philosopher and logician.

D–G

• Georg Danzer, songwriter.
• Elfi von Dassanowsky, film producer, pianist and singer.
• Marlene Engelhorn, activist.
• Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal, later Prince of Thiano.
• Helmut Deutsch, pianist.
• Oskar Deutsch, entrepreneur and President of the Jewish Community of Vienna.
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.
• Carl Djerassi, chemist, novelist, and playwright; developer of the oral contraceptive pill.
• Heimito von Doderer, writer.
• Georgia Doll, theatre director, playwright and poet.
• Ludwig Donath, actor.
• Peter Drucker, economist.
• Eva Duldig, Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author.
• Klaus Ebner, writer.
• Albert Ehrenstein, writer.
• Fanny Elssler, ballerina of the Romantic Period.
• Carl Esmond, actor.
• Constantin von Ettingshausen, botanist, studied of flora from the Tertiary era.
• Falco, instrumentalist and singer.
• Maria Zhorella Fedorova, lyric soprano.
• Robert Fein, Olympic Champion weightlifter.
• Ferdinand I of Austria, Emperor of Austria.
• Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria.
• Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben, physician, poet and philosopher.
• Paul Feyerabend, philosopher.
• Otto Fischer, football player and coach.
• Trude Fleischmann, photographer.
• Willi Forst, actor, director, singer and writer.
• Francis I of Austria & Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria.
• Viktor Frankl, neurologist and psychiatrist; founder of logotherapy.
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
• Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor of Austria.
• Sigmund Freud, neurologist; founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology.
• Karl von Frisch, animal psychologist, beekeeper and zoologist; co-recipient 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• Nathan Michael Gelber, Austrian-Israeli historian
• Hilda Geiringer, mathematician.
• Karl Geiringer, musicologist.
• Amon Göth, Nazi SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes.
• Maximilian Grabner, Nazi Gestapo chief in Auschwitz executed for crimes against humanity.
• Ilona Graenitz, Austrian MP and MEP.
• Franz Grillparzer, writer and dramatist.
• Victor Gruen, architect.
• Ruth Grützbauch, astronomer.
• Friedrich Gulda, composer and pianist.
• Alfred Guth, Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete.

H–L

• Eduard Haas, inventor of Pez candy.
• Walter Hahn, professional wrestler, performs under the name Gunther.
• Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist.
• Franz Ritter von Hauer, an Austrian geologist.
• Friedrich Hayek, economist; co-recipient of the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
• Andre Heller, artist, poet and songwriter.
• Gottfried Helnwein, artist.
• Dr. Otto Herschmann, saber fencer, Olympic silver; 100-m freestyle in swimming, Olympic silver.
• Theodor Herzl, journalist; founder of modern political Zionism.
• Mickey Hirschl, Olympic-medal-winning wrestler, shot put and discus junior champion, weightlifting junior champion, and pentathlon champion.
• Pavla Hočevar, Slovenian teacher, writer, socialist and suffragist
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal, writer; founder of the Salzburg Festival.
• Oskar Homolka, actor.
• Moritz Hörnes, Austrian palaeontologist.
• Count Joseph Alexander Hübner, Austrian diplomat.
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser, architect and painter.
• Wolfgang Hutter, artist, painter and university art professor.
• Ernst Jandl, poet and writer.
• Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death
• Josef Jungwirth, painter
• Dora Kallmus, photographer
• Martin Karplus, theoretical chemist; co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman
• Count Alajos Károlyi de Nagykároly, Austro-Hungarian diplomat
• Gina Kaus, novelist
• Abraham Klausner (Austrian rabbi), 14th-century rabbi
• Melchior Klesl, Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic church
• Gustav Klimt, painter
• Pina Kollar, singer-songwriter
• Alfred König, Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
• Franz König, Cardinal Archbishop
• Karl Kordesch, chemist and inventor
• Hans Krankl, football player
• Karl Kraus, satirist; publisher of the newspaper Die Fackel
• Klaus Kubinger, psychologist, statistician, and university professor
• Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor
• Karl Landsteiner, biologist and physician; discoverer of blood group; recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Fritz Lang, director
• Ruth Langer, national champion swimmer
• Josef Lanner, composer
• Niki Lauda, entrepreneur and race car driver
• Henry Lehrman, silent film director
• Lotte Lenya, actor and singer
• Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792
• Leopold Lindtberg, director
• Edie Locke, fashion journalist
• Konrad Lorenz, behavioural scientist; co-recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Josef Lorenzl, sculptor
• Tilly Losch, actress and dancer
• Fritzi Löwy, Olympic swimmer
• Bernhard Ludvik, physician

M–R

• Anna Mahler, sculptor
• Gustav Mahler, composer and conductor
• Natascha Mair, ballet dancer
• Marie Antoinette, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria; last absolute Queen of France
• Maria Theresa, daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Queen of Bohemia and Hungary
• Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619
• Alice Mavrogordato, painter, translator during the Nuremberg trials
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death
• Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death
• Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor of Mexico
• Friederike Mayröcker, writer
• Lise Meitner, physicist
• Carl Menger, economist and founder of the Austrian School of economics
• Karl Menger, mathematician and son of Carl Menger
• Ludwig von Mises, economist
• Špelca Mladič, Slovenian painter and designer
• Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar, Austro-Hungarian geologist and palaeontologist.
• Adele Molnar, voice actress of Piglett in the German dub of “Winnie the Poo”.
• Elfriede Moser-Rath, folklorist.
• Karl Motesiczky, psychoanalyst.
• Felix Josef von Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer.
• Reggie Nalder, film and television character actor.
• Itzhak Nener, jurist who cofounded the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and served as vice-president of Liberal International.
• Johann Nestroy, playwright.
• Fritz Neugebauer, second president of the Austrian National Council.
• Peter C. Newman, journalist.
• Saul K. Padover, historian and political scientist at The New School of Social Research in New York City, New York, US.
• Alfred Pal, Croatian graphic designer and painter.
• Bertha Pappenheim, feminist.
• Wolfgang Pauli, physicist.
• August von Pettenkofen, Austrian painter.
• Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Austrian explorer, travel writer and ethnographer.
• Caroline Pichler, Austrian historical novelist.
• Johannes Pietsch, singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
• Anton Piëch, lawyer, son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche.
• Thila Plaichinger, opera singer.
• Friderika Podgornik, Slovenian pianist and music educator.
• Karl Polanyi, economic historian.
• Alfred Polgar, author and journalist.
• Józef Poniatowski, Polish general.
• Karl Popper, philosopher.
• Ellen Preis German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer.
• Helmut Qualtinger, actor, cabaret performer and writer.
• Doron Rabinovici, writer.
• Ferdinand Raimund, playwright.
• Heinrich Rauchinger, painter.
• Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher, popularised the work of Immanuel Kant.
• Shoshana Ribner, Israeli Olympic swimme.
• Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, British statesman; Foreign Secretary, 1782/3.
• Alma Rosé, violinist; killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• Stella Rotenberg, poet and Shoah victim.
• Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria.

S–Z

• Felix Salten, writer.
• Fritz Saxl, art historian.
• Egon Schiele, artist.
• Romy Schneider, actress.
• Arthur Schnitzler, story teller and playwright.
• Arnold Schoenberg, composer, music theorist and painter.
• Joseph Schildkraut, actor.
• Pauline Schöller, soprano and voice teacher.
• Erwin Schrödinger, physicist; co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Franz Schubert, composer.
• Ernst Schwadron, architect.
• Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter.
• Peter Seisenbacher, judoka.
• Karl Seitz, first President of Austria.
• Hans Selye, physiologist.
• Dovid Shmidel, rabbi.
• Matthias Sindelar, football player.
• Josef Singer, Israeli President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
• Hans Werner Sokop, poet and translator.
• Ignaz Sowinski, architect.
• Josef von Sternberg, film director.
• Eduard Strauss, composer.
• Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer of the Romantic Period.
• Johann Strauss II, composer.
• Josef Strauss, composer.
• Erich von Stroheim, actor.
• István Széchenyi, Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer.
• Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, an Austrian statesman.
• Sara Telek, football referee.
• Friedrich Torberg, writer and journalist.
• Maria von Trapp, guitarist singer and deutergamy of Baron Georg von Trapp.
• Olga von Türk-Rohn, soprano and baroness
• Robert Valberg, stage and film actor.
• Barbara Valentin, actress.
• Thomas Vanek, professional ice hockey player.
• Nikolas Vogel, film actor and news camera operator.
• Otto Wagner, architect.
• Maria Wähnl, astronomer.
• Bruno Walter, conductor.
• Christoph Waltz, actor.
• Katia Wagner, Miss Earth Air 2013.
• Erich Wasicky, Nazi SS pharmacist at Mauthausen concentration camp in charge of gassing victims; was executed.
• Anton von Webern, composer.
• Otto Weininger, philosopher.
• Franz Werfel, writer.
• Christine Werner, writer
• Marion Wiesel, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator
• Cyla Wiesenthal, wife of Simon Wiesenthal
• Simon Wiesenthal, nazi hunter
• Friedrich von Wieser, economist.
• Geri Winkler, mountaineer.
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher.
• Toto Wolff, motorsport executive, investor, and former racing driver.
• Hermine Zaynard, political activist
• Joe Zawinul, composer, keyboard player and jazz pianist.
• Heinz Zednik, tenor.
• Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg, Austrian historian.
• Alexander von Zemlinski, composer.
• Fred Zinnemann, director.
• Zoë, singer-songwriter and actress.
• Birgit Zotz, writer.
• Stefan Zweig, writer.
• Károly Zipernowsky, electrical engineer who co-invented the transformer