Schottengymnasium

Notable alumni

Politicians

Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872), Austrian Minister-President

Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849), the first Prime Minister of Hungary

Othmar Helferstorfer (1810–1880), Abbot of the Schottenstift, Landmarschall of Lower Austria

Josef von Bauer (1817–1886), member of the Lower Austrian Landtag

Eduard Herbst (1820–1892), Justice Minister of Cisleithania

Franz Coronini von Cronberg (1833–1901), President of the Austrian Chamber of Deputies

Heinrich von Wittek (1844–1930), Minister-President of Cisleithania

Aloys von Liechtenstein (1846–1920), Landmarschall of Lower Austria

Hugo von Glanz-Eicha (1848–1915), Minister of Trade of Cisleithania

Guido von Call (1849–1927), Diplomat, Minister of Trade of Cisleithania

Engelbert Pernerstorfer (1850–1918), Vice President of the Austrian Chamber of Deputies

Alfred III. zu Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927), Minister-President of Cisleithania

Victor Adler (1852–1918), founder of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

Heinrich von Lützow (1852–1935), diplomat

Heinrich Lammasch (1853–1920), last serving Minister-President of Cisleithania

Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853–1938)

Franz Klein (1854–1926), Justice Minister of Cisleithania

Karl Beurle (1860–1919), Member of the Upper Austrian Landtag (Deutsche Volkspartei)

Konrad zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1863–1918), Minister-President of Cisleithania

Viktor Kienböck (1873–1956), Austrian finance minister

Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein (1878–1955), Austrian Rittmeister and Governor of Liechtenstein

Charles I of Habsburg-Este (1887–1922), last Emperor of Austria

Karl Appel (1892–1967), member of the National Council (SPÖ)

Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989)

Leopold Guggenberger (born 1918), Mayor of Klagenfurt (ÖVP)

Hans Tuppy (born 1924), Austrian Science Minister (ÖVP), Biochemist

Manfred Mautner Markhof (1927–2008), member of the Federal Council (ÖVP), entrepreneur

Franz Hums (born 1937), Austrian Labour and Social Affairs Minister (SPÖ)

Michael Graff (1937–2008), general secretary of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)

Peter Marboe (born 1942), Vienna city councillor for cultural affairs (ÖVP)

Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1945)

Wolfgang Schüssel (born 1945), former Chancellor of Austria (ÖVP)

Rudolf Scholten (born 1955), former Austrian Minister of Science and Education (SPÖ)

Christoph Chorherr (born 1960), former head of the Austrian Green Party

Johannes Peterlik (born 1967), Austrian diplomat

Arts

Franz Wild (1791–1860), opera singer

Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), actor, playwright

Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), poet

Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), poet

Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), painter

Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), poet, playwright

Anastasius Grün (1806–1876), poet

Gustav von Franck (1807–1860), writer

Alexander von Bensa (1820–1902), artist

Ferdinand Kürnberger (1821–1879), writer

Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), composer

Josef Strauss (1827–1870), composer

Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet

Karl Julius Ebersberg (1831–1876), writer

Franz von Jauner (1831–1900), actor, theatre director

Otto Bach (1833–1893), church musician, director of the Mozarteum

Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), writer

Josef von Doblhoff-Dier (1844–1928), writer, diplomat

Alfred von Berger (1853–1912), dramaturge, director of the Burgtheater (Imperial Court Theatre)

Science

Adalbert Nikolaus Fuchs (1814–1886), director of the Polytechnic Institute

Ernest Hauswirth (1818–1901), historian

Karl Friesach (1821–1891), astrophysicist

Franz von Hauer (1822–1899), geologist

Sigismund Gschwandner (1824–1896), physicist

Hugo Mareta (1827–1913), Germanist

Vincenz Knauer (1828–1894), philosopher

Hugo Kremer von Auenrode (1833–1888), Rector of the University of Prague

Anton Mayer (1838–1924), historian

Karl Exner (1842–1914), physicist

Heinrich Obersteiner (1847–1922), neurologist

Cölestin Wolfsgruber (1848–1924), church historian

Hans von Chiari (1851–1916), pathologist

Heinrich Friedjung (1851–1920), historian, journalist

Ernst Fuchs (1851–1930), ophthalmologist

Franz von Liszt (1851–1919), jurist, criminologist, politician

Sigmund Adler (1853–1920), historian

Friedrich Becke (1855–1931), mineralogist

Jakob Minor (1855–1912), scholar

Others

Urban Loritz (1807–1881), minister

Sebastian Brunner (1814–1893), theologian, writer

Anton von Petz (1819–1885), admiral

Hermann Schubert) (1826–1892), minister

Clemens Kickh (1827–1913), Hofprediger (preacher at court)

Adolf Kern (1829–1906), minister

Sigmund Mayer (1832–1920), businessman

Alexander von Dorn (1838–1919), publicist, economist

Leopold Rost (1842–1913), abbot of the Schottenstift

Albert Figdor (1843–1927), banker, art collector

Karl Graf Lanckoroński (1848–1933), patron of art

Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851–1914), national economist

Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), national economist

Wilhelm Janauschek (1859–1926), missionary

Julius Meinl III (1903–1991), entrepreneur (Julius Meinl)

Heinrich Treichl (born 1913), general manager of the Creditanstalt Bank

Otto Schönherr (1922–2015), journalist, editor-in-chief of the Austria Press Agency

Fritz Molden (1924–2014), journalist, publisher