Austrians in the United Kingdom explained

Group:	Austrians in the United Kingdom
Population:	19,511 Austrian Born (Great Britain only, 2001 census)^[1]
Popplace:	LondonSouth East England
Langs:	British EnglishAustrian German
Rels:	Roman CatholicismProtestantismJudaism
Related:	Austrian diaspora, Austrians

Austrians in the United Kingdom include citizens or non-citizen immigrants of the United Kingdom who originate from Austria.

History

Austrians have been present in what is now the UK for centuries as merchants, traders and diplomats, but it was only during the 1930s when Austrians came to the UK in significant numbers. The vast majority of these were Austrian Jews who fled to the UK to escape Nazi persecution during the Third Reich or National Socialist Period (1933–1945).^[2]

Population

According to the 2001 UK Census, 19,511 Austrian-born people were living in Great Britain, which was a drop of around 5% from 1991. The population spread of Austrian-born people can be seen below.^[3]

Region	Austrian-born population
East Midlands	974
East of England	1,815
Greater London	5,771
North East England	340
North West England	1,658
Scotland	826
South East England	3,717
South West England	1,557
Wales	495
West Midlands	1,042
Yorkshire and the Humber	1,316
Northern Ireland	Unknown

Notable Austrians in the United Kingdom

• Gabrielle Anwar, British-born actress of Austrian and Indian descent
• George Dornbusch, Austrian-born merchant, publisher and activist
• Anna Freud, Austrian-born psychologist
• Sigmund Freud, Austrian-born psychologist
• Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born art historian
• Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-born economist
• William Patrick Hitler, British-born nephew of Adolf Hitler of Austrian and Irish descent
• 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.

See also

• Austria–United Kingdom relations
• Austrian Americans
• Austrian Canadians
• Germans in the United Kingdom

External links

• Austrian Club London

Notes and References

1. Web site: Place of birth data collated by OECD based on 2001 UK Census . 2013-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050511105416/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls . 2005-05-11 .
2. Web site: 2008-06-07 . German and Austrian Exile Periodicals 1933-1945 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080607135726/http://www.bl.uk/collections/westeuropean/germanaustrian.html . 2008-06-07 . 2024-06-17 . The British Library.
3. Web site: BBC Born Abroad, Austria . BBC News . 2013-01-14.