* 1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian ( d. 1566 )

* 1711 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat ( d. 1794 )

* 1948 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician

* September 5 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician

* June 11 – Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian diplomat ( b. 1773 )

* July 30 – Count Joseph Alexander Hübner, Austrian diplomat ( b. 1811 )

* March 28 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat ( b. 1486 )

* July 6 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria ( b. 1932 )

* February 2 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat ( d. 1794 )

UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, a former president of Finland, leads the status process with Austrian diplomat Albert Rohan, his deputy.

* August 23 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian ( d. 1566 )

Herberstein was an Austrian diplomat who was twice sent to Russia as Austrian ambassador, in 1517 and 1526.

As a diplomat, Sobieski envisioned an alliance with France and the Ottomans against the Austrian empire and Brandenburg.

* Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna ( 1811 – 1871 ), Austrian writer and diplomat

* Anton Lavrin ( 1789 – 1869 ), Austrian diplomat and Egyptologist ;

In 1854, an Austrian diplomat and Albanian language specialist, Johann Georg von Hahn, identified the Pelasgian language with Ur-Albanian.

Metternich usually refers to Prince Klemens von Metternich ( 1773 – 1859 ), famous Austrian politician and diplomat.

Once they even tried to abduct an Austrian diplomat.

Her importance was such that she was even approached in 1755 by Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, a prominent Austrian diplomat, asking her to intervene in the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Versailles.

Thomas Klestil ( November 4, 1932 – July 6, 2004 ) was an Austrian diplomat and politician.

* Austrian diplomat and statesman Count Charles-Louis de Ficquelmont ( 1777 – 1857 ), resided at his daughter's castle in Teplice

* Ogier de Busbecq, Austrian diplomat to the Ottoman Empire

* Prince Klemens von Metternich ends his work as Austrian foreign minister.

* October 8 – Prince Klemens von Metternich becomes Austrian foreign minister.

At first, the leading personalities of the system were British foreign secretary Lord Castlereagh, Austrian chancellor Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich and Tsar Alexander I of Russia.

* May 15 – Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman ( d. 1859 )

The Congress of Vienna ( German: Wiener Kongress ) was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815.

Austrian chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich dominated the German Confederation from 1815 until 1848

Francis IV, at the suggestion of the Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, had condemned him to death and many others among its allies.

At first, the leading personalities of the system were British foreign secretary Lord Castlereagh, Austrian chancellor Klemens von Metternich and Russian czar Alexander I. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord of France was largely responsible for quickly returning that country to its place alongside the other major powers in international diplomacy.

That, however, did not prevent him from entering into secret relations with the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, his aim being to prepare for all eventualities.

The meeting of the state's representatives was called by the Austrian Minister of State Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich after the mentally unstable liberal Burschenschaft student Karl Ludwig Sand had murdered the conservative writer August von Kotzebue on 23 March 1819, and an attempt had been made by apothecary Karl Löning on the life of Nassau president Karl von Ibell on 1 July 1819.

The alliance naturally proved incommoding to the Austrians, who hoped that a joint Franco-Russian attack, which would probably have utterly devastated the Ottoman Empire, could be prevented by diplomacy ; but if diplomatic measures failed, the Austrian minister Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich decided that he would support the partition of the Ottoman Empire — a solution disadvantageous to Austria, but not as dangerous as a complete Russian takeover of Southeastern Europe.

As well, she and Austrian Chancellor Prince Klemens Lothar Wenzel von Metternich had a notorious liaison.

* Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Prince Metternich-Winnebourg-Ochsenhausen ( German: Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein ), Austrian Foreign Minister, 1809 – 1848

Her mother, Princess Leontine von Metternich, was a daughter of the Austrian chancellor Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich ( architect of the Concert of Europe ).

* 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist ( d. 1884 )

* 1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1748 )

* 1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman ( d. 1893 )

* Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg ( 1806 – 1876 ) – Austrian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Anastasius Grün.

* 1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman ( d. 1845 )

* 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.

* 1819 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer ( d. 1895 )

* 1734 – Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian composer ( d. 1786 )

* 1883 – Richard von Mises, Austrian mathematician ( d. 1953 )

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (, also known as Karl von Österreich-Teschen ) ( Full name: Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz of Austria ) ( 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847 ) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.

For the Austrian general, please see Julius Jacob von Haynau.

Although the term " dominatrix " was not used, the classic example in literature of the female dominant-male submissive relationship is portrayed in the 1870 novella Venus in Furs by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

Although many naturalists have studied aspects of animal behaviour throughout history, the modern discipline of ethology is generally considered to have begun during the 1930s with the work of Dutch biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen and Austrian biologists Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch, joint winners of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

He replaced the ambassador to Vienna with Franz von Papen and prevented the conspirators entering Germany, also expelling them from the Austrian Nazi Party.

The longest single English translation was published in 1834 by Ritter Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, an Austrian Orientalist ; it may be found under the name " Evliya Efendi.

* 1769 – Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general ( d. 1862 )

* 1795 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist ( d. 1871 )

* 1717 – Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1790 )

* 1727 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist ( d. 1817 )

Upon the completion of his examinations, Hayek was hired by Ludwig von Mises on the recommendation of Wieser as a specialist for the Austrian government working on the legal and economic details of the Treaty of Saint Germain.

* The Ludwig von Mises Institute holds a lecture named after Hayek every year at its Austrian Scholars Conference and invites notable academics to speak about subjects relating to Hayek's contributions to the Austrian School.

In January 1768, Mesmer married Anna Maria von Posch, a wealthy widow, and established himself as a physician in the Austrian capital Vienna.