Philosophers
- Nathan Birnbaum, philosopher (created the word Zionism)
- Franz Brentano, philosopher and psychologist
- Martin Buber, philosopher, 1878-1965, born in Vienna
- Christian von Ehrenfels, philosopher
- Herbert Feigl, philosopher (member of the Vienna Circle)
- Paul Feyerabend, philosopher (died 1994)
- Philipp Frank, philosopher and physicist (member of the Vienna Circle)
- Heinrich Gomperz, philosopher, 1873-1942, born in Vienna
- Edmund Husserl, philosopher (born in Prossnitz, Austria-Hungary)
- Victor Kraft, philosopher
- Nachman Krochmal, philosopher, historian and theologian
- Alexius Meinong, philosopher (theory of objects) 1853-1920
- Otto Neurath, socialist, economist and philosopher
- Karl Popper, philosopher (born in Austria, became British)
- Othmar Spann, philosopher and economist
- Rudolf Steiner, mystic & philosopher
- Otto Weininger, philosopher
- Friedrich Waismann, mathematician, philosopher and physicist (member of the Vienna Circle)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher, born 1889 in Vienna
- Moritz Schlick, philosopher (member of the Vienna Circle)
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