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30 Famous People from Austria

Can you name 30 famous people from Austria?
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Last updated: March 10, 2024
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Austrian Footballer of the Year on eight occasions
David Alaba
Winner of Eurovision Song Contest in 2014
Conchita Wurst
Archduke who was assassinated in Sarajevo
Franz Ferdinand
Austrian-American actor, retired bodybuilder and former politician
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Physicist who explained the famous wave effect
Christian Doppler
Nickname of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria assassinated in 1898
Sisi
Actor who won Oscar for "Inglourious Basterds"
Christoph Waltz
Novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019
Peter Handke
Composer of "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Father of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Glass cutter, jeweller and founder of the famous crystal dynasty
Daniel Swarovski
Skydiver who jumper with a helium balloon from the stratosphere
Felix Baumgartner
Secretary-General of the UN between 1972 and 1981
Kurt Waldheim
Painter and the main figure of Austria’s Art Nouveau
Gustav Klimt
Team Principal and CEO of Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Toto Wolff
Wife of Louis XVI of France
Marie Antoinette
Publisher who left a legacy of prize for outstanding journalism
Joseph Pulitzer
Tennis player who won US Open in 2020
Dominic Thiem
Viennese composer, who composed his first pieces in his childhood
Franz Schubert
Formula One world champion in 1975, 1977 and 1984
Niki Lauda
Tennis player who won the 1995 French Open
Thomas Muster
Alpine ski racer nicknamed "Herminator"
Hermann Maier
Physicist who worked in the field of quantum theory
Erwin Schrödinger
Composer of "Blue Danube Waltz"
Johann Strauss
Singer known for "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Jeanny" songs
Falco
Racing driver who competed in Formula One for 14 seasons
Gerhard Berger
Novelist who wrote "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial"
Franz Kafka
Austro-Hungarian emperor who led them into World War I
Franz Joseph I
The father of the Viennese classical music
Joseph Haydn
The only female ruler of the Habsburg Empire
Maria Theresa
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Level 37
Mar 9, 2021
Swarovski is misspelled.
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Level 53
Mar 9, 2021
Thanks. Corrected.
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Level 8
Apr 22, 2024
Maria Theresia is misspelled