Herbert Hunger (9 December 1914 – 9 July 2000) was an Austrian Byzantinist.

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Hunger was born and died in Vienna. From 1973 to 1982 he served two consecutive terms as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

• Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie (Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology), 1953, (8th edition 1988)
• Reich der Neuen Mitte, 1965
• Byzantinische Grundlagenforschung, 1973
• Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 Vols., 1978
• Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz: Die byzantinische Buchkultur, 1989
• Das Denken am Leitseil der Sprache, 1999

• Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
• Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1968: Wilhelm Hartel Prize
• 1979: City of Vienna Prize for Humanities
• 1980: elected to the American Philosophical Society^[1]
• 1981: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
• Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
• Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna