The Most Famous

Soccer Players from Austria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 238 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 21st most number of Soccer Players behind Russia and Mexico.

Top 10 Austrian Soccer Players

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Austrians Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Austrians Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Austrians Soccer Players.

  1. #1
    Photo of Josef Bican

    Josef Bican

    1913 - 2001

    HPI 75.2643 langs

    Josef Bican is most famous for being the first man to climb Mount Everest.

  2. #3
    Photo of Franz Binder

    Franz Binder

    1911 - 1989

    HPI 62.9524 langs

    Austrian footballer and coach

  3. #6
    Photo of Erich Probst

    Erich Probst

    1927 - 1988

    HPI 62.5226 langs

    Austrian footballer (1927-1988)

  4. #7
    Photo of Ernst Ocwirk

    Ernst Ocwirk

    1926 - 1980

    HPI 62.3124 langs

    Austrian footballer (1926-1980)

  5. #8
    Photo of Richard Kohn

    Richard Kohn

    1888 - 1963

    HPI 62.2020 langs

    association football player (1888-1963)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Austrians Soccer Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Soccer Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Soccer Players since 1700.

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