List of Famous people born in Austria
Fritz Dopfer
Fritz Dopfer is a German former World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom.
Lotte Ingrisch
Lotte Ingrisch, daughter of Emma and Karl Gruber, is an Austrian author and playwright.
Barbara Schett
Barbara Schett Eagle is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30. She also represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in singles and doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event. She retired after the 2005 Australian Open and now works for Eurosport as a commentator and presenter.
Leopold III
Saint Leopold III, known as Leopold the Good, was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg. He was canonized on 6 January 1485 and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Vienna. His feast day is 15 November.
Carl Mayer
Carl Mayer was an Austrian screenplay writer who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise (1927), and 4 Devils (1928), the last five being films directed by F. W. Murnau.
Peter Schröcksnadel
Peter Schröcksnadel is an Austrian entrepreneur and since 1990 President of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV), from 2009 to 2012 President of the European Ski Federation (ESF) and former vice president of the Austrian Olympic Committee.
Barbara Stöckl
Barbara Stöckl is an Austrian television and radio presenter.
Ruth Klüger
Ruth Klüger was Professor Emerita of German Studies at the University of California, Irvine and a Holocaust survivor. She was the author of the bestseller weiter leben: Eine Jugend about her childhood in the Third Reich.
August Meyszner
August Edler von Meyszner was an Austrian Gendarmerie officer, right-wing politician, and senior Ordnungspolizei officer who held the post of Higher SS and Police Leader in the German-occupied territory of Serbia from January 1942 to March 1944, during World War II. He has been described as one of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's most brutal subordinates.
Max Schautzer
Max Schautzer is an Austrian born, German radio and television presenter.