Austro-Hungarian Navy - Famous Personnel

Famous Personnel

• Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, grand admiral and Inspector of the Navy (Marineinspekteur).
• Gottfried von Banfield, Austria-Hungary's most successful naval aviator in World War I. Later a businessman in Trieste.
• Miklós Horthy, admiral in World War I and last commander of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. Later Regent of Hungary until 1944.
• Ludwig von Höhnel, Austrian naval officer and explorer of Africa.
• Maximilian von Sterneck, admiral. Fought at Lissa, was a benefactor of the city of Pola and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
• Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, admiral of the mid-19th century, known for his role in the Battle of Lissa (1866). He was probably the most famous Austrian sailor, later also Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
• Georg Ludwig von Trapp, Austrian submarine officer in World War I. Later a businessman and head of the Von Trapp Family Singers made famous in the musical The Sound of Music.
• Julius von Wagner-Jauregg, physician and officer in the Austro-Hungarian Naval Reserve. Later awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1927.
• Karl Weyprecht, Arctic explorer. One of the leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition from 1872 to 1874.
• Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, admiral. Leader of the Novara Expedition from 1857 to 1859, later Imperial Minister of Trade.