List of Austrians

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This is a list of notable Austrians.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actors/actresses

Artists/architects

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Falco with the Swiss singer Ursela Monn

Composers/musicians

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Joseph Haydn
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Johann Strauss II
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Arnold Schoenberg, Los Angeles, 1948
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Ferdinand James von Rothschild

Entrepreneurs

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Fritz Lang
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Hans Weingartner

Filmmakers

Mountaineers

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Peter Aufschnaiter

Military leaders

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Joseph Radetzky von Radetz

Politicians

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Adolf Hitler
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Sebastian Kurz
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Karl Renner
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Ignaz Seipel

Religious leaders

Royalty

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Franz Joseph I of Austria

Scientists

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Joseph Schumpeter

Economists

Engineers/inventors

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Thomas Feichtner
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Josef Ressel
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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophers

Physicists, mathematicians and chemists

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Erwin Schrödinger
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Walter Kohn
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Emil Artin

Physicians

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Josef Breuer
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Sigmund Freud

Psychologists

Other scientists

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Leo Reinisch
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Ernst Grünfeld
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Niki Lauda
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Dominic Thiem
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Michaela Dorfmeister
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Otto Wahle
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Eva Pawlik

Sports

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Eva Duldig
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Joseph Roth
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Christine Nöstlinger
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Writers

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Amon Göth

People of the Nazi Party and regime

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Otto von Habsburg

Other notables

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Julius von Payer

See also

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