1946: Founding of the "Kommission für die Ausarbeitung eines Österreichischen Biographischen Lexikons"
1.1. 1994: Conversion into an institute of the overall academy (phil.-hist. AND math.-sci. class)
"Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation"
2013: Dissolution of the institute; integration of the ÖBL into the Institute for Modern and Contemporary History Research (INZ)
1.1. 2020: Integration into the Austrian Center for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH).
31.12.2023: End of project
Editor-in-Chief/Project Management:
- Obermayer-Marnach Eva: 1947–1989 (Editor; first under Leo Santifaller, then under Erich Zöllner); died 2008
- Csendes Peter: 1989–2001 (Director and Editor-in-chief)
- Grössing Helmuth: 2002–2008 (Director and Editor-in-chief)
- Bruckmüller Ernst: 2009–2013 (Director and Editor-in-chief)
- Bruckmüller Ernst: 2013–2022 (Honorary Editor-in-chief)
- Gruber Christine: 2013–2023 (Group leader, Editor-in-chief since 2015)
Former employees (ordered by date of entry):
- Hillbrand-Grill Friederike: 1959–1996 (Editor); died 2015
- Papatheodorou Katharina: 1963–1999 (Administration)
- Stern Marcella: 1970–1999 (Administration); died 2010
- Lebensaft Elisabeth: 1970–2009 (Editor, 2009 Editor-in-chief)
- Reitterer Hubert: 1974–2008 (Editor)
- Rill Robert: 1989–1992 (Editor)
- Mentschl Christoph: 1992–2012 (Editor)
- Martischnig Michael: 1993–2010 (Editor); died 2022
- Staudacher Anna Lea: 1996–2011 (Austrian Jewish Biographie/ATJB)
- Seidl Johannes: 1997–2000 (Editor)
- Rack Ulrike: 1999–2019 (Administration)
- Petz-Grabenbauer Maria: 2005–2012 (Editor)
- Denk Ulrike: 2008–2012 (Editor)
Active team until the end of the project in 2023:
- Angetter Daniela (Editor)
- Bergmann Hubert (Editor)
- Dittinger Philipp (Editor)
- Feigl Roland (IT, Finance/Administration)
- Gruber Christine (Editor; Editor-in-chief since 2015)
- Nawrocka Irene (Editor)
- Offenthaler Eva (Editor)
Volunteer work:
Tomasi Elisabeth (Review of historical-geographical information)