List of Famous people born in Austria
Daniel Bachmann
Daniel Bachmann is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Watford and the Austria national team.
Mary von Vetsera
Marie Alexandrine Freiin von Vetsera was a member of Austrian "second society" and one of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria's mistresses. Vetsera and Rudolf were found dead by apparent suicide, at his hunting lodge, Mayerling in January 1889, an event known as the Mayerling incident.
Andreas Goldberger
Andreas "Andi" Goldberger is an Austrian former ski jumper. He became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres in 1994, although he didn't manage to stand.
Kian Soltani
Kian Soltani is an Austrian-Iranian cellist, born in Bregenz to a family of Iranian musicians. He has held the post of principal cellist in Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, where he came to prominence performing Beethoven's Triple Concerto on the orchestra's 2015 tour.
Franz Jägerstätter
Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to fight for Nazi Germany. He was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church.
Clemens Arvay
Clemens G. Arvay is a non-fiction author of books with an emphasis on health ecology.
John Gudenus
John Gudenus was an Austrian member of the Federal Council of Austria on a free mandate, and colonel of the Austrian Bundesheer.
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. Unusually for his time, he opposed capital punishment and abolished it in Tuscany in 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so. He was a son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Maria Carolina of Austria and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism. He granted the Academy of Georgofili his protection. Despite his brief reign, he is highly regarded. The historian Paul W. Schroeder called him "one of the most shrewd and sensible monarchs ever to wear a crown".
Kevin Wimmer
Kevin Wimmer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC, on loan from Stoke City, and the Austria national team.
Inge Morath
Ingeborg Hermine Morath was an Austrian-born American photographer. In 1953, she joined the Magnum Photos Agency, founded by top photographers in Paris, and became a full photographer with the agency in 1955. Morath was also the third wife of playwright Arthur Miller; their daughter is screenwriter/director Rebecca Miller.