Prominent people of Austrian origin who had a positive impact on the world can be found everywhere on the planet, let us mention just a few:

• Christoph Waltz (actor),
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor),
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser (architect),
• Gustav Klimt (painter),
• Oskar Kokoschka (painter),
• Egon Schiele (painter),
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (musician),
• Joseph Haydn (musician),
• Gustav Mahler (musician),
• Franz Schubert (musician),
• Johann Strauss (musician),
• Anton Bruckner (musician),
• Niki Lauda (Formula 1 driver),
• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (automotive engineer),
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (philosopher),
• Erwin Schrödinger (physicist),
• Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist),
• Hugo von Hoffmansthal (writer),
• Werner Schlager (table tennis),
• Franz Klammer (alpine ski),
• Thomas Muster (tennis)