List of Famous people born in Austria
Mauritz von Wiktorin
Mauritz von Wiktorin was an Austrian general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Wiktorin was discharged from the army on 30 November 1944 after the 20 July Plot.
Peter M. Gruber
Peter Manfred Gruber was an Austrian mathematician working in geometric number theory as well as in convex and discrete geometry.
Ernst Marischka
Ernst Marischka was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 93 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy - Sissi (1955), Sissi - The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957). The films were based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was the brother of Hubert Marischka. He was named for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1946, for A Song to Remember (1945).
Emanuel Pogatetz
Emanuel Pogatetz is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for FC Juniors OÖ where he also works as an individual coach.
Klaus Kröll
Klaus Kröll is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. He specialized in the speed events of downhill and super-G and won the World Cup downhill season title in 2012. He competed in three Winter Olympics and three World Championships.
Johanna Matz
Johanna Matz is an Austrian film actress. She began as a dancer and later acted at the Burgtheater.
Edith Kristan-Tollmann
Edith Kristan-Tollmann nee Edith Kristan was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist. A prolific scientist with an interest in micropalaeontology and especially the foraminifera of the Triassic and the Jurassic eras, Kristan-Tollmann published widely in her field. She is also known for originating with her husband Alexander Tollmann a thoroughly documented theory of the evolution of human legend and social structures as a result of a massive impact event which struck multiple points on earth. The latter has become known as Tollmann's hypothetical bolide.
Helmut Rauch
Helmut Rauch was an Austrian physicist. He was especially known for his pioneering experiments on neutron interference.
Gerda Lerner
Gerda Hedwig Lerner was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians from 1980 to 1981. In 1980, she was appointed Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught until retiring in 1991.
Peter Müller
Peter Müller is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.