List of Austrians
This is a list of notable Austrians. == Actors/actresses == Helmut Berger (1944–2023), actor Senta Berger (born 1941), actress Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), actor Wolfgang Cerny (born 1984), actor Marie Geistinger (1836–1903), actress and opera singer Gilla (born 1950), also known as Gisela Wuchinger; singer and actor from the disco era Käthe Gold (1907–1997), stage actress Liane Haid (1895–2000), first Austrian movie star Attila Hörbiger (1896–1987), actor Christiane Hörbiger (1938–2022), actress Paul Hörbiger (1894–1981), actor Maria Hofstätter (born 1964), actress Boris Kodjoe (born 1973), actor Melanie Kogler (born 1985), television and theatre actress Brigitte Kren (born 1954), actress Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), actress; also co-inventor of spread spectrum radio technology; became U.S. citizen Karl Merkatz (1930–2022), actor (most notable for his role as a Viennese in "Mundl") Birgit Minichmayr (born 1977), actress Hans Moser (1880–1964), comedy actor Reggie Nalder (1907–1991), actor Nina Proll (born 1974), actress Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), actor Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), bodybuilder, actor, became U.S. citizen, governor of the U.S. state of California (2003–2011) Ursula Strauss (born 1974), actress Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), actor and film director Christoph Waltz (born 1956), actor Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano and actress Oskar Werner (1922–1984), actor Sybil Danning (born 1950) Actor, producer, writer == Artists/architects == Maria Auböck (born 1951), landscape architect Bernhard Cella (born 1969), conceptual artist Johann Georg Danninger, 19th-century bronzesmith Karl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), painter Karl Ehn (1884–1957), architect, designer of the Karl-Marx-Hof Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990), photographer Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), artist Xenia Hausner (born 1951), painter Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), artist, born in Vienna Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960), new media artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000), artist Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), artist, helped found Vienna Secession Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), painter Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), graphic artist Adolf Loos (1870–1933), architect, born in Brno (Moravia, present-day Czech Republic) Josef Lorenzl (1892–1950), sculptor Hans Makart (1840–1884), history painter, designer and decorator Inge Morath (1923–2002), photographer Richard Neutra (1892–1970), architect Josef Pögl (1867–1956), painter, winner of the Vienna Arts Prize Wolf Prix (born 1942), architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au Willy Puchner (born 1952), photographer Arnulf Rainer (1929–2025), painter Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730), Baroque painter Egon Schiele (1890–1918), painter Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), architect and political activist De Es Schwertberger (born 1942), artist Harry Seidler (1923–2006), architect Helmut Swiczinsky (1944–2025), architect, co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au Aloys Wach (1892–1940), painter Otto Wagner (1841–1918), Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865), painter Felix de Weldon (1907–2003), sculptor Franz West (1947–2012), artist Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), painter == Composers/musicians == Wolfgang Ambros (born 1952), pop musician Louie Austen (born 1946), composer and musician Ernst Bachrich (1892–1942), composer and conductor Caroline Bayer (1758–1803), 18th-century violinist and composer Alban Berg (1885–1935), composer Alfred Brendel (1931–2025), pianist Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), composer Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023), composer and conductor Carl Czerny (1791–1857), pianist and composer Anton Diabelli (1781–1858), publisher, editor and composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), composer Karlheinz Essl (born 1960), composer and electronic musician Falco (1957–1998), pop musician Christian Fennesz (born 1962), electronic musician Bernhard Gál (born 1971), composer and artist Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953), composer Natascha Hagen (born 1974), singer-songwriter Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929–2016), conductor Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), composer Michael Haydn (1737–1806), composer, younger brother of Joseph Haydn Yung Hurn (born 1995), hip-hop musician Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), singer-songwriter Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), conductor Bernhard Lang (born 1957), composer Thomas Lang (born 1967), drummer and composer Joseph Lanner (1801–1843), composer Left Boy (born 1988), singer Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006 Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), composer Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812), composer, singer Penny McLean (born 1948), singer with the disco group Silver Convention Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), musician and composer Olga Neuwirth (born 1968), composer Gerhard Potuznik, electronic musician César Sampson (born 1983), singer Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer and musician Parov Stelar (born 1974), electronic musician Eduard Strauss (1835–1916), composer Johann Strauss Jr.