List of Famous people born in Austria

Wenzel Johann Scholz was an Austrian actor in Laibach, Klagenfurt, Graz and in Vienna above all ay the Alt-Wiener Volkstheater, who became known especially as brilliant partner of Johann Nestroy in his posses and Lustspiels.

Archduchess Hedwig of Austria was the second daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his wife, Marie Valerie of Austria. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria.

Madeleine Egle is an Austrian luger. She won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and in 2018 another bronze metal at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Konrad Laimer is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team.

Benjamin Martin Karl is an Austrian snowboarder with seven World Cup victories and one FIS World Ski Championships Victory. He competed for his nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Parallel Giant Slalom, coming in second to Jasey Jay Anderson.

Franz Hofer was, in the time of the Third Reich, the Nazi Gauleiter of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. As the Nazi party chief for the Tirol/Vorarlberg province he was the most powerful figure in the region. As the area's supreme Nazi, Hofer dealt directly with Hitler or with the Führer's deputy, Martin Bormann. Hofer was not only the party chief but the Reichskommissar in charge of the Tirol-Vorarlberg defences. His region embraced much of the suspected National Redoubt. Indeed, Hofer might well be considered the father of the Redoubt.

Rudolf Kirchschläger, GColIH was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986 he served as President of Austria.

Guido Schmidt-Chiari was an Austrian banker. He was the CEO of the Austrian bank Creditanstalt. Schmidt-Chiari was born in Vienna, Austria, the eldest child of Guido Schmidt. He married Countess Stephanie Strachwitz in 1974, with whom he has six children. Stephanie Schmidt-Chiari is a direct cousin of the American music producer Chris Strachwitz.

Sigrid Wolf is an Austrian former Alpine skier.

Franz Joseph II was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death.