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 descentAnna Freud, Austrian-born psychologistSir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born art historianFriedrich Hayek, Austrian-born economistAndy Hunt, British-born footballer of Austrian and English descentMyleene Klass, British-born singer, actress, TV presenter and model of Austrian and Filipino descentSiegfried Frederick Nadel, anthropologist, specialising in African ethnologySir Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher of scienceJoe Skarz, British-born footballer of Austrian and English descentFriedrich von Hügel, Roman Catholic layman, religious writer, Modernist theologian and Christian apologistRuby Wax, American-born comedian of Austrian descentLudwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher and engineer who also obtained British citizenshipRachel Weisz, British-born actress of Austrian and Hungarian descent.Rachel Khoo, British-born cook and author of Austrian and Malaysian descent.