Most Famous Austrian Poets

Austria has produced 37 notable poets throughout history, led by Ivan Franko. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Ivan Franko — Austrian Poet (1856–1916) , ranked #6150
  2. Ivan Cankar — Austrian Poet (1876–1918) , ranked #14290
  3. Nikolaus Lenau — Austrian Poet (1802–1850) , ranked #17686
  4. Peter Rosegger — Austrian Poet (1843–1918) , ranked #19707
  5. Petar Kočić — Austrian Poet (1877–1916) , ranked #25731
  6. Ferenc Kölcsey — Austrian Poet (1790–1838) , ranked #34228
  7. Ivan Mažuranić — Austrian Poet (1814–1890) , ranked #38607
  8. Fran Levstik — Austrian Poet (1831–1887) , ranked #52205
  9. Anton Tomaž Linhart — Austrian Poet (1756–1795) , ranked #60202
  10. Christine Lavant — Austrian Poet (1915–1973) , ranked #62347
  11. Peter Turrini — Austrian Poet (Born 1944) , ranked #66315
  12. Stanko Vraz — Austrian Poet (1810–1851) , ranked #66481
  13. Dragotin Kette — Austrian Poet (1876–1899) , ranked #67058
  14. Franz von Schober — Austrian Poet (1796–1882) , ranked #68168
  15. Ján Botto — Austrian Poet (1829–1881) , ranked #72172
  16. Franzobel — Austrian Poet (Born 1967) , ranked #74930
  17. Anton Martin Slomšek — Austrian Poet (1800–1862) , ranked #77311
  18. Simon Jenko — Austrian Poet (1835–1869) , ranked #80664
  19. Robert Hamerling — Austrian Poet (1830–1889) , ranked #84479
  20. Valentin Vodnik — Austrian Poet (1758–1819) , ranked #84828