List of Famous people born in Austria
Peter Habeler
Peter Habeler is an Austrian mountaineer. He was born in Mayrhofen, Austria. He developed an interest in mountain climbing at age six.
Fritz Eckhardt
Fritz Eckhardt was an Austrian actor, director, and writer. He is remembered for playing the lead role as chief inspector Marek in the Österreichischer Rundfunk version of the detective series Tatort. He also played cabaret and wrote numerous theatre plays and film scripts.
Klemens Hallmann
Klemens Hallmann is an Austrian entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and sole owner of Hallmann Corporate Group, one of the larger Austrian group of companies, specialized in sales, renovation and development of real estate projects, in addition to a wide-ranging portfolio of investments including finance and film production. With a net worth of more than 1.2 billion Euros, Hallmann was ranked number 33 on the 100 wealthiest Austrians list made by the renowned magazine "trend" in 2020.
Margarete Schramböck
Margarete Schramböck is an Austrian business manager and politician. She is currently the Minister of the Economy in the Second Kurz government; she previously served in this position from December 2017 to June 2019 in the First Kurz government. From May 2016 to October 2017, she was the chief executive officer of A1 Telekom Austria. Schramböck is a member of the Austrian People's Party.
Herbert Feuerstein
Herbert Feuerstein was a German journalist, comedian and entertainer of Austrian descent. He was known as a publisher of the pardon satire magazine, as the editor of the German version of Mad, and for comedy work on television, especially as partner to Harald Schmidt in shows such as Schmidteinander.
Anna Gasser
Anna Gasser is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt. She is the 2018 Olympic Champion in Big Air.
Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki was an Austrian actor and film director.
Heinz Conrads
Heinz Conrads was an Austrian actor, radio and television host, and Wienerlied performer. He appeared in more than thirty films during his career including the 1947 historical It's Only Love.
Otto von Habsburg
Otto von Habsburg, was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in April 1919. He became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1922, upon the death of his father. He resigned as Sovereign of the Golden Fleece in 2000 and as head of the Imperial House in 2007.
Wolfgang Ambros
Wolfgang Ambros is an Austrian singer-songwriter who sang Austropop in the 1970s.