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.
 * Ludwig Basch (1851–1940), editor and journalist.
 * 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), footballer 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.
 * Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871), an 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.
 * Max Heller (born in Vienna in 1919), politician in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
 * 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), an Austrian palaeontologist.
 * Count Joseph Alexander Hübner (1811–1892), an 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.
 * Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer.
 * Martin Karplus (born 1930), theoretical chemist; co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
 * Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794), an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman.
 * Count Alajos Károlyi de Nagykároly (1825–1889), an Austro-Hungarian diplomat.
 * Gina Kaus (1893–1985), novelist.
 * Abraham Klausner (Austrian rabbi), 14th-century rabbi.
 * Melchior Klesl (1552–1630), an Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic church.
 * Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), painter.
 * Pina Kollar, singer and 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), footballer player.
 * Karl Kraus (1874–1936), satirist; publisher of the newspaper Die Fackel.
 * Wolfgang Kraus (1924–1998), essayist; leader for many years of the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Literatur (Austrian Society for Literature).
 * 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.
 * 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), an 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), an 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), an Austrian painter.
 * Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858), an Austrian explorer, travel writer and ethnographer.
 * Caroline Pichler (1769–1843), an 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), a 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), an 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), an Austrian painter.
 * Peter Seisenbacher (born 1960), judoka.
 * Hans Selye (1907–1982), physiologist.
 * Dovid Shmidel (born 1934), rabbi.
 * Matthias Sindelar (1903–1939), footballer 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), an 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), a Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer.
 * Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895), an Austrian statesman.
 * Sara Telek (born 1988), footballer 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.
 * 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
 * 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.
 * Joe Zawinul (1932–2007), composer, keyboard player and jazz pianist.
 * Heinz Zednik (born 1940), tenor.
 * Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (1839–1899), an 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.