List of Famous people born in Austria
Petra Frey
Petra Frey, is an Austrian singer. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Horst Hirnschrodt
Horst Hirnschrodt was an Austrian footballer who played for Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team, as a defender.
Wolf Haas
Wolf Haas is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction.
Roland Assinger
Roland Assinger is an Austrian former alpine skier.
August Schmölzer
August Schmölzer is an Austrian actor and writer.
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Herbert Edelsbrunner is a computer scientist working in the field of computational geometry, the Arts & Science Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Duke University, Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, and the co-founder of Geomagic, Inc. He was the first of only three computer scientists to win the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award.
Walter Mayer
Walter Mayer is an Austrian Cross-country skier and coach. He won the Vasaloppet in 1980, and finished second in 1992. As a coach, he was banned from the 2006 and 2010 Olympics after blood transfusion equipment was found in a house used by Austrian skiers during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mayer was accused of blood doping violations and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the ban after a three-month investigation.
Günther Glomb
Gunther Glomb was a German football manager who last worked as head coach of the Thailand national football team.
Anna F.
Anna Wappel, known professionally as Anna F., is an Austrian singer-songwriter and actress.
Paulus Manker
Paulus Manker is an Austrian film director and actor, as well as an author and screenplay writer.