List of Famous people born in Austria
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.
Emperor Rudolf II
Rudolf II was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Klaus Eberhartinger
Klaus Eberhartinger is an Austrian singer and television presenter.
Kira Grünberg
Kira Grünberg is an Austrian politician and former athlete who specialised in the pole vault. During her career, Grünberg represented her country at many international competitions. Her best outings were the fourth place at the 2012 World Junior Championships and 2015 European U23 Championships. In addition, she reached the final at the 2014 European Championships where she, however, did not clear any height.
Claude Farell
Claude Farell, real name Monika Burg, also known as Paulette Colar, Catherine Farell, Paulette Kolar and Paulette von Suchan was an Austrian actress.
Francis Lawrence
Francis Lawrence is an Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer. After establishing himself as a director of music videos and commercials, Lawrence made his feature-length directorial debut with the supernatural thriller Constantine (2005) and has since directed the postapocalyptic horror film I Am Legend (2007), the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), three of the four films in the Hunger Games film series, and the spy thriller Red Sparrow (2018).
Max Hauke
Max Hauke is a cross-country skier from Austria. He competed for Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing events.
Peter Pilz
Peter Pilz is an Austrian politician (JETZT). From 1986 to 2017, he was a member of the Austrian Green Party.
Toni Sailer
Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He nearly duplicated the feat at the 1958 World Championships with two golds and a silver. He also won world titles both years in the combined, then a "paper" race, but awarded with medals by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Andreas Mölzer
Andreas Mölzer is an Austrian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria.