List of Famous people born in Austria

Erika Pluhar is an actress, singer and author from Austria and was born on 28 February 1939 in Vienna.

Rowby-John Rodriguez is an Austrian professional darts player currently playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper. He is best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New Mexico, United States as part of the Red Bull Stratos project. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25. He became the first person to break the sound barrier relative to the surface without vehicular power on his descent. He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet—or, 41.42 km (25.74 mi) with a drogue.

Franziska Weisz is an Austrian actress. She starred in the film Hotel, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Michael Schönborn is an Austrian actor, and the brother of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. He lives near Berlin and became known for his performances in TV series such as Der Winzerkönig, SOKO Kitzbühel and Zodiak. Lately, he has also performed in musicals.

Sieghardt Rupp was an Austrian actor who performed in film, television and theatre.

Heidelinde Weis is an Austrian actress.

Melissa Naschenweng is an Austrian musician and schlager singer.

Simon Schwarz is an Austrian actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1996.

Generalmajor Erwin Heinrich René Lahousen, Edler von Vivremont was a high-ranking Abwehr official during the Second World War, as well as a member of the German Resistance and a key player in attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 13 March 1943 and 20 July 1944.