List of Famous people born in Austria
Anneliese Kitzmüller
Anneliese Kitzmüller is an Austrian politician who has been a Member of the National Council for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) since 2008. Since December 2017, she has been the Third President of the Austrian National Council.
Peter Minich
Peter Minich was an Austrian stage actor who became a tenor performing in operas, operettas and musical films. He was for decades the lead tenor of the Volksoper in Vienna, focused on Viennese operetta.
James Aubrey
James Aubrey Tregidgo, known professionally as James Aubrey, was an English stage and screen actor. He trained for the stage at the Drama Centre London, some years after making his professional acting debut in a production of Isle of Children (1962) and his screen acting debut in the film adaptation of Lord of the Flies (1963). He later performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Claudia Kristofics-Binder
Claudia Kristofics-Binder is an Austrian former figure skater. She is a two-time World bronze medalist and the 1982 European champion. She represented Austria at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics. She was coached by Carlo Fassi.
Jörg Leichtfried
Jörg Leichtfried is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the National Council since the 2017 elections. He previously served as Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology in the government of Chancellor Christian Kern from 2016 until 2017.
Max Adler
Max Adler was an Austrian jurist, politician and social philosopher; his theories were of central importance to Austromarxism. He was a brother of Oskar Adler.
Erwin Strahl
Erwin Strahl was an Austrian actor. From 1966 until his death, he was married to Austrian actress Waltraut Haas.
Christian Buchmann
Christian Buchmann is an Austrian politician and Member of the Styrian Parliament. He has been the President of the Austrian Federal Council since 1 January 2021.
Georg Rafael Donner
Georg Rafael Donner was one of the most prolific Austrian sculptors of the 18th century. His style was baroque with some pseudo-ancient additions. He educated many German sculptors of his era, including his son Matthäus Donner.
Paul Streeten
Paul Patrick Streeten was an Austrian-born British economics professor. He was a professor at Boston University, US until his retirement. He has been a distinguished academic working on development economics since the 1950s.