People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.
A - C
Marie Antoinette queen of france
Ingeborg Bachmann author, poet
Ludwig van Beethoven composer
Johannes Brahms composer
Anton Bruckner composer
Archduke Charles of Austria military commander
E - J
Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") duchess, empress
Falco (Johann Holzl) singer
Sigmund Freud father of modern psychoanalysis
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poet, lyricist
Eduard Haas III founder pez candy
Peter Handke author
Joseph Haydn composer
Friedensreich Hundertwasser painter, architect
Francis Joseph emperor of austria
K - M
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner mountaineer, first woman to officially reach all fourteen eight-thousanders without the use of supplementary oxygen
Gustav Klimt painter, illustrator
Hedy Lamarr actress
Niki Lauda race car driver
Ernst Mach physicist, philosopher
Gustav Mahler composer
Klemens von Metternich statesman
Leopold Mozart composer, violinist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer
P - W
Otto Preminger movie director
Joseph Pulitzer publisher
Egon Schiele painter
Franz Schubert composer
Arnold Schwarzenegger actor, former governor of California, USA
Johann Strauss (the elder) composer
Johann Strauss (the younger) composer
Bertha von Suttner author, nobel prize winner
Daniel Swarovski founder swarovski crystal
the Trapp Family sound of music fame
Kurt Waldheim former secretary general united nations, former president of austria
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