List of Famous people born in Austria
Ludwig Gurlitt
Marie Jahoda
Marie Jahoda was an Austrian-British social psychologist.
Jessica Hausner
Jessica Hausner is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She received international attention in 2001 when her film Lovely Rita, a portrait of a young girl who feels confined by family constraints, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later she returned to Cannes with her film Hotel. Her 2014 film Amour Fou was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Sylvester Stadler
Sylvester Stadler was a high-ranking commander of the Waffen-SS, a commander of the SS Division Hohenstaufen, previously having been the commander of the SS regiment whose 3rd Company responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. Only 34 years old at the end of the war, he held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer and generalmajor of the Waffen SS and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
Alexander Wussow
Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz
Joseph Louis Nicholas, Count of Windisch-Graetz, Baron of Waldstein and Thal was an Austrian nobleman, a member of the House of Windisch-Graetz, and was chamberlain to Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria. He was the second son of Count Leopold Carl Joseph of Windish-Graetz (1718-1746) and his wife Countess Maria Antonia Josepha von Khevenhüller (1726-1746).
Charles Joseph of Lorraine
Charles Joseph John Anthony Ignace Felix of Lorraine, also known as Charles III in his capacity as the bishop of Olomouc, was a German prelate.
Helene Thimig
Helene Thimig was an Austrian stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor Hugo Thimig and the sister of Hermann Thimig and Hans Thimig.
Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin ; was an Austrian chancellor, Government President (Gubernialpräsident) and school reformer of Bohemia and honorary citizen of Innsbruck and Prague.
Werner Delle Karth
Werner Delle Karth is an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1970s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.