List of Famous people born in Austria
Alice Masaryková
Alice Masaryková or Alice Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech teacher, sociologist and politician. She is a prominent figure within the field of applied sociology and known to many as the daughter of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the First Lady of Czechoslovakia.
Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Edmund Leopold Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg was the last created Austrian Field marshal of the 19th century.
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham PC was a British statesman. He notably served as Foreign Secretary between 1782 and 1783.
Anton Karas
Anton Karas was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. The success of the film and the enduring popularity of its theme song changed Karas' life.
Martin Deutsch
Martin Deutsch was an Austrian-American professor of physics at MIT. He is best known for being the discoverer of positronium.
Herbert Wise
Herbert Wise was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director.
Ferdinando Bonaventura von Harrach
Gitta Sereny
Gitta Sereny, CBE was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who came to be known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of killing two children when she herself was a child, and Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp.
Joseph of Lorraine
Paul Schaffer
Paul Schaffer was an Austrian-born French Holocaust survivor. He served as Honorary President of the French Committee of Yad Vashem and a member of the Foundation for the Memory of the Holocaust.