List of Famous people born in Austria

Mirjam Weichselbraun

First Name Mirjam
Born on September 27, 1981 (age 44)
Born in Austria, Tyrol

Mirjam Weichselbraun is an Austrian television host and actress, best known in Austria for presenting Dancing Stars, Life Ball and the Vienna Opera Ball. She is best known outside Austria for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015.

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İlber Ortaylı

First Name İlber
Born on May 21, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Austria, Vorarlberg

İlber Ortaylı is a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the MEF University, Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed as the director of the Topkapı Museum in Istanbul, until he retired in 2012.

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Ludwig Hirsch

First Name Ludwig
Last Name Hirsch
Born on February 28, 1946
Died on November 24, 2011 (aged 65)
Born in Austria, Styria

Ludwig Hirsch was an Austrian singer/songwriter and actor.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

First Name Ludwig
Last Name Wittgenstein
Born on April 26, 1889
Died on April 29, 1951 (aged 62)
Born in Austria

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.

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Franz Klammer

First Name Franz
Last Name Klammer
Born on December 3, 1953 (age 72)
Born in Austria, Carinthia

Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel.

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Peter Alexander

Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer
First Name Peter
Last Name Alexander
Born on June 30, 1926
Died on February 12, 2011 (aged 84)
Born in Austria

Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer, commonly known as Peter Alexander, was an Austrian actor, singer and one of the most popular entertainers in the German-language world between the 1950s and his retirement. His fame emerged in the 1950s and 1960s through popular film comedies and successful recordings, predominantly of Schlager and operetta repertory. Later, Alexander established himself as the acclaimed host of television shows. His career as a live singer touring the German language countries lasted until 1991, while he continued his television work until 1996.

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Ferdinand Feldhofer

First Name Ferdinand
Last Name Feldhofer
Born on October 23, 1979 (age 46)
Born in Austria, Styria
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Ferdinand Feldhofer is an Austrian football coach and a former player. His last managerial position was at Wolfsberger AC.

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Heidi Horten

First Name Heidi
Born on February 13, 1941 (age 85)
Born in Austria, Carinthia
Net Worth $3.2B

Heidi Horten is an Austrian billionaire, and the widow of businessman Helmut Horten. In May 2020 Forbes estimated her net worth at US$3.0 billion.

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Victoria Trauttmansdorff

First Name Victoria
Last Name Trauttmansdorff
Born on September 8, 1960 (age 65)
Born in Austria

Victoria Trauttmansdorff is an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films since 1993.

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Herbert von Karajan

Heribert Ritter von Karajan
First Name Herbert
Last Name Karajan
Born on April 5, 1908
Died on July 16, 1989 (aged 81)
Born in Austria, Salzburg

Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years until his death in 1989. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and during the Second World War he conducted at the Berlin State Opera. Generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, he was a controversial but dominant figure in European classical music from the mid-1950s until his death. Part of the reason for this was the large number of recordings he made and their prominence during his lifetime. By one estimate he was the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, having sold an estimated 200 million records.

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