Austrians in the United Kingdom include citizens or non-citizen immigrants of the United Kingdom whose origins of Austria.
Austrians have existed in what is now the UK for centuries, but it was only during the 1930s when Austrians came to the UK in their thousands. The vast majority of these were Austrian Jews who fled to the UK to escape the Nazi leadership during the period of the Third Reich or 'National Socialist Period' (1933–1945).
According to the 2001 UK Census, 19,511 Austrian-born people were living in the UK, which is actually a drop of around 5% from 1991; despite this there are also large but unknown numbers of British-born people of Austrian descent, which is reflected in the list of famous Austrian British people below. The population spread of Austrian-born people can be seen below.
Gabrielle Anwar, British-born actress of Austrian and Iranian descent
Anna Freud, Austrian-born psychologist
Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born art historian
Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-born economist
Andy Hunt, British-born footballer of Austrian and English descent
Myleene Klass, British-born singer, actress, TV presenter and model of Austrian and Filipino descent
Siegfried Frederick Nadel, anthropologist, specialising in African ethnology
Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher of science
Joe Skarz, British-born footballer of Austrian and English descent
Friedrich von Hügel, Roman Catholic layman, religious writer, Modernist theologian and Christian apologist
Ruby Wax, American-born comedian of Austrian descent
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher and engineer who also obtained British citizenship
Rachel Weisz, British-born actress of Austrian and Hungarian descent.
Rachel Khoo, British-born cook and author of Austrian and Malaysian descent.
