Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer. He is credited with founding one of the most popular car companies in the world, Porsche AG. He is also credited with creating the Lohner-Porsche mixed hybrid, the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle. During World War II, Porsche was a prominent contributor to the German war effort.
![Ferdinand Alexander Porsche Ferdinand Alexander Porsche](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ferdinand-alexander-porsche-1.jpg)
The grandson of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, nicknamed Butzi, was surprisingly dismissed from his industrial design course due to his supposed incompetence. He ended up designing the legendary sports car Porsche 901, later known as the Porsche 911. He also established the Porsche Design Studio.
![Albert Göring Albert Göring](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/albert-gring-1.jpg)
![Franz Josef Popp Franz Josef Popp](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/franz-josef-popp-24371-1.jpg)
One of the three men who founded the iconic automobile company BMW, Franz Josef Popp was an Austrian engineer. He spearheaded innovative projects such as the production of air-cooled radial engines. Though he later joined the Nazi Party, he was warned for allowing a Jewish doctor treat his family.
![Karl von Terzaghi Karl von Terzaghi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/karl-terzaghi-1.jpg)
The pioneer of soil mechanics, Karl Terzaghi was the son of an army lieutenant-colonel and studied in a military boarding school, where he developed his passion for geography. He eventually graduated as a mechanical engineer. He later also taught at MIT and penned iconic works such as Erdbaumechanik.
![Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ferdinand-anton-ernst-porsche-1.jpg)
Born to an automobile designer at Austro-Daimler, Porsche AG CEO Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, better known as Ferry Porsche, grew up working in auto workshops and racing the cars he and his father designed. Ferry and his father were commissioned by Hitler to build a low-cost "people’s car," the Volkswagen.
![Hans Ledwinka Hans Ledwinka](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/hans-ledwinka-1.jpg)
Austrian automobile designer and manufacturer Hans Ledwinka is remembered for his numerous patents and inventions, the most prominent of them all being the backbone chassis mechanism, which he incorporated in Tatra vehicles. He was jailed after being accused of collaborating with German forces during World War II.
![Ernst Weber Ernst Weber](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ernst-weber-1.jpg)
A fine physician, Ernst Weber, known as the father of experimental psychology, is remembered for his studies on the sense of touch and for his discovery of the just-noticeable difference. His contributions to experimental psychology include Weber’s illusion, while he also contributed immensely to blood circulation research.
![Franz Viehböck Franz Viehböck](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/franz-viehbck-64887-1.jpg)
Electrical engineer and cosmonaut Franz Viehböck was the first Austrian to travel into space. Trained in Russia, he became part of the Soyuz TM-13 mission and went to the Mir space station, along with two Soviet cosmonauts. He later represented Boeing as its European space and communications representative.
![Claire F. Gmachi Claire F. Gmachi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/claire-f-gmachi-108506-1.jpg)
An electrical engineer professor at the Princeton Institute of Materials, Claire F. Gmachi is best known for her research on quantum devices, such as lasers, and their use in the health and environment sectors. She also heads the education program of MIRTHE, a group of 6 universities, as its director.
![Alexander Meissner Alexander Meissner](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/tfp-no-profile-image-found.jpg)
Austrian engineer and physicist Alexander Meissner made remarkable contributions to the development of the radio telegraphy system with his studies on antenna design. He was the first to design a rotary radio beacon and made pioneering discoveries in the amplification of high-frequency radio signals. He also taught at the Technical University of Berlin.
![Claus Josef Riedel Claus Josef Riedel](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/claus-josef-riedel-1.jpg)
An heir to the Austrian glassmaking company Riedel Crystal, Claus Josef Riedel had introduced many innovations in the glassmaking industry. He brought in the world’s first gourmet glasses and also introduced a full range of wine glasses for different types of wine. He had also won several awards for his innovations
![Philipp Forchheimer Philipp Forchheimer](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/philipp-forchheimer-67386-1.jpg)
Austrian hydraulic engineer Philipp Forchheimer is remembered for his remarkable contribution to groundwater hydrology. Apart from introducing the use of mathematical physics models as a means of studying hydraulics, he also taught and worked as a consultant. He was the first to use Laplace’s equation to measure groundwater flow.