# 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, fiance 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), an Austrian dramatist, novelist and poet.
* Walter Arlen (1920–2023), composer; music critic in LA Times.
* Alfred Ritter von Arneth (1819–1897), an Austrian historian, wrote about Maria Theresa.
* Hans Asperger (1906–1980), pediatrician; discoverer of Asperger syndrome.
* Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), chemist.
* 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.
* Vanessa Brown (born Smylla Brind, 1928–1999), actress.
* Martin Buber (1878–1965), philosopher.
* Ignaz Franz Castelli (1781–1862), an Austrian dramatist.
* Dorrit Cohn (1924–2012), professor of comparative literature.
* Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811), an Austrian dramatist.
* Carl Czerny (1791–1857), an 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.
* 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.
* 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
* 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
* 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–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 (1774–1792)
* 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 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.
* 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.
* Anton Piëch (1894–1952), lawyer, son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche.
* Thila Plaichinger (1868–1939), opera singer.
* 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.
* 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

* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Tara Shirvani (born 1987), Biochemist and bioeconomist
* Nikolas Vogel (1967–1991), film actor and news camera operator.
* Otto Wagner (1841–1918), architect.
* 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
* 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.