Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese, which however, never after were to be the focus of his oeuvre.
Paula Anna Maria Wessely was an Austrian theatre and film actress. Die Wessely, as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actress.
Attila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.
Josef Meinrad was an Austrian actor. From 1959 until his death in 1996, Meinrad held the Republic of Austria's Iffland-Ring, which passes from actor to actor — each bequeathing the ring to the next holder, judging that actor to be the "most significant and most worthy actor of the German-speaking theatre"
Erwin Ringel was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist who dedicated his life to suicide prevention and who, in 1960, defined the presuicidal syndrome.
Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand, was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler.
Käthe Gold was an Austrian actress.
Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer, commonly known as Peter Alexander, was an Austrian actor, singer and one of the most popular entertainers in the German-language world between the 1950s and his retirement. His fame emerged in the 1950s and 1960s through popular film comedies and successful recordings, predominantly of Schlager and operetta repertory. Later, Alexander established himself as the acclaimed host of television shows. His career as a live singer touring the German language countries lasted until 1991, while he continued his television work until 1996.
Ernst Lothar was a Moravian-Austrian writer, theatre director/manager and producer.
Gusti Wolf was an Austrian stage, film, and television actress.
Marcel Rubin was an Austrian composer.
Ioan Holender is a Romanian born Austrian opera baritone and administrator.
Rudolf Buchbinder is an Austrian classical pianist.
Antal Festetics, exactly German: Antal-Erwin Graf Festetics von Tolna, is a Hungarian-Austrian biologist, zoologist and behavioural researcher. A student of Konrad Lorenz, in 1973 he became a university professor and director of the Institute for Hunting Biology at the University of Göttingen. In 1981 he became an honorary professor at the University of Vienna. In 1980 he became president of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research. He was awarded for the establishment of national parks in Austria and Hungary, as well as the Austrian State Prize for Environmental Protection in 1988.
Peter Schmidl is an Austrian clarinetist.
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt was an Austrian ethologist in the field of human ethology. In authoring the book which bears that title, he applied ethology to humans by studying them in a perspective more common to volumes studying animal behavior.
Annemarie Düringer was a Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft.
Alma Seidler was an Austrian actress. She was member of the Burgtheater for over 50 years.
Anton Benya was an Austrian politician and trade unionist. He was President of the National Council from 1971 to 1986.
Walter Koschatzky was an Austrian art historian, curator and art history author.
