List of Famous people born in Austria
Gustav Meyrink
Gustav Meyrink was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".
Alexander Schlager
Alexander Schlager is an Austrian footballer who plays for LASK as a goalkeeper.
Roland Düringer
Roland Düringer is an Austrian actor, cabarettist and political activist. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1985. He founded the political party My Vote Counts!, which will participate nationwide in the Austrian legislative election, 2017 later this year.
Nadine Leopold
Nadine Leopold is an Austrian model best known for walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2017 and 2018.
Johann Christian Brand
Johann Christian Brand was an Austrian painter and brother of Friedrich August Brand. Johann Christian Brand influenced ending the baroque era of landscape painting. He died in Vienna.
Lisa Makas
Lisa Makas is an Austrian football striker, currently playing for SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga.
Daniel Froschauer
Daniel Froschauer is an Austrian classical violinist and member of the board of directors of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria was ruler of Further Austria and since 1564 Imperial count of Tirol. The son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, he was married to Philippine Welser in his first marriage. In his second marriage to Anna Juliana Gonzaga, he was the father of Anna of Tyrol, future Holy Roman Empress.
Sanel Kuljić
Sanel Kuljić is an Austrian former professional footballer of Bosnian descent, who played as a striker.
Elisabeth of Habsburg
Elizabeth of Austria was the wife of King Casimir IV of Poland and thus Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. Orphaned at an early age, she spent her childhood in the court of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. As one of the three surviving grandchildren of Emperor Sigismund, she had a strong claim to the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia. That made her an attractive bride for a Polish prince. The Polish nobility, seeking to increase Polish influence in Hungary and Bohemia, pursued marriage with Elizabeth since she was born and finally succeeded in 1454. Her marriage to Casimir was one of the most successful royal marriages in Poland. She gave birth to thirteen children, eleven of whom survived to adulthood. Four of her sons were crowned as kings.