List of Famous people born in Austria
Archduke Johann Nepomuk of Austria
Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria, from 1804 to 1835. He assumed the title of Emperor of Austria in response to the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. Soon after Napoleon created the Confederation of the Rhine, Francis abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor. He was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He also served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815.
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Franz de Paula Maria Karl August, was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1929 and 1938.
Prince Emmanuel of Liechtenstein
Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein was the father and brother to two of Liechtenstein's monarchs.
Archduchess Eleanor of Austria
Eleanor of Austria, was an Austrian archduchess and a member of the House of Habsburg.
Agnes of Austria
Agnes of Austria was a Queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Andrew III of Hungary.
Henry the Friendly
Henry of Austria, known as Henry the Friendly was the son of King Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol.
Ernst Krenek
Ernst Heinrich Krenek was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a study of Johannes Ockeghem (1953), and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music (1974). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.
Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen
Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen is an Austrian forester and politician, who was formerly in the Green Party of Austria, but is now non-partisan. He is a member of the Habsburg Family who wanted to participate in the election for the Austrian Federal President in the 2010 election. However, being member of a formerly ruling family, he was not eligible to do so. That law has been cancelled since, so he can now participate. He thought about another try for the following presidential election, which was held in April 2016, but finally decided to endorse the non-partisan judge Irmgard Griss instead.
Robert Kalina
Robert Kalina is an Austrian designer. For the National Bank of Austria he created the T 382 design, which was the winning design of the 1996 competition for the art shown on the euro banknotes. Kalina's design was chosen by the EMI Council on 3 December 1996. Kalina also designed the banknotes for the Azerbaijani manat, the 2010 series of the Syrian Pound and the highest-denomination banknote for Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark in 2002.
Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal
Maria Ana Rafaela Micaela Gabriela Lourença of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal, full Portuguese name: Maria Ana Rafaela Micaela Gabriela Lourença de Bragança, Infanta de Portugal was a member of the House of Braganza and an Infanta of Portugal by birth and the wife of Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.