Austrians in the United Kingdom
Austrians in the United Kingdom include citizens or non-citizen immigrants of the United Kingdom whose origins of Austria.
History
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).[2]
Population
According to the 2001 UK Census, some 20,000 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.[3]
Notable Austrians in the United Kingdom
- 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
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