List of Famous people born in Austria
Josef Winkler
Josef Winkler is an Austrian writer.
Fritz Kasparek
Fritz Kasparek was an Austrian mountaineer who was on the team that made the first successful ascent of the Eiger north face.
Archduke Gottfried, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
Archduke Gottfried of Austria was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia. Gottfried assumed the title of titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, in spite of his grandfather Ferdinand IV's abdication of 1870.
Miguel de Bragança
Prince Miguel of Braganza, Duke of Viseu was a member of the exiled branch of the House of Braganza. The eldest son of the Miguelist pretender to the throne of Portugal he married an American heiress in 1909 and in 1920 renounced his rights to the throne. His full given names were Miguel Maria Sebastião Maximiliano Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco D'Assis e de Paula Eustachio Carlos Afonso José Henrique Alberto Clemente Ignacio Martinho Antonio Gerardo Jorge Emmeric Mauricio.
Ludwig Leitner
Ludwig Leitner was a German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria.
Alma Seidler
Alma Seidler was an Austrian actress. She was the daughter of Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg, and had an extensive stage and screen career.
Hans Hollein
Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna.
Georg Ritter von Schönerer
Georg Ritter von Schönerer was an Austrian landowner and politician of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A major exponent of pan-Germanism and German nationalism in Austria as well as a radical opponent of political Catholicism and a fierce antisemite, his agitation exerted much influence on the young Adolf Hitler. Schönerer was known for a generation to be the most radical pan-German nationalist in Austria.
Anton Zischka
Anton Emmerich Zischka von Trochnov was an Austrian journalist and one of the most successful non-fiction writers in the 20th century. He wrote also under the pseudonyms Rupert Donkan, Thomas Daring, Darius Plecha and Antal Sorba. His some 40 books that mostly covered non-fictional economic and technical topics have been translated into 18 languages.
Michaela Kardeis
Michaela Kardeis was the Director General for the Public Security in the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. Previously she served as police vice-president at the state police directorate Vienna.