List of Famous people born in Austria

Erich Lessing was an Austrian photographer. Lessing became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1955 and was a contributor since 1979. His portraits of poets, musicians, physicists and astronomers were published in around 60 books.

Martin Buber was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, he became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du, and in 1925, he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.

Andrea Eckert is an Austrian stage and film actress, singer and documentary filmmaker.

Christoph Wiederkehr is an Austrian politician of NEOS – The New Austria. Since November 2020, he has served as Vice Mayor of Vienna and City Councillor for Education. He is leader of the Viennese branch of NEOS, and was previously leader of the party's parliamentary group in the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna from September 2018 to November 2020.

Christoph Strasser is an Austrian ultra cyclist who is a six-time winner and record holder for the fastest time in the Race Across America.

Josef "Pepo" Puch is an Austrian Paralympic equestrian. He started in equestrian at fifteen and has incomplete paraplegia due to an accident in 2008. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal and a bronze medal. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he also won a gold medal in the individual championship test and a silver medal in the individual freestyle test grade 1b.

Franz Leopold Maria Möst, known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. He is currently music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Josef Naus (1793–1871) was an officer and surveying technician, known for leading the first ascent of Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze. Variations of his name are Karl Naus or Joseph Naus.

Renate Götschl is a former champion alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined (1997) and downhill (1999), and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals. She also won two Olympic medals in 2002, the bronze medal in downhill and the silver medal in the combined.

Martha Kyrle was an Austrian physician and philanthropist.