List of Famous people born in Austria
Thomas Neuwirth
Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian singer and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst. Neuwirth came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Austria's entrant with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".
Jasmin Ouschan
Jasmin Ouschan is an Austrian professional pool player from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. Her first professional competition occurred in 2002, but she did not officially become a professional member of the Women's Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) until 2007. She is currently one of the top-ranked women in the world according to the 2010 prize money list and by the WPBA rankings. At times, she has been ranked as the number one female player in the world. Since 2006, she has been listed among the top-ten women in the annual prize money rankings. Ouschan competes regularly with men on the Euro Tour and in 2008 became the first woman to earn a medal in an open world pool championship.
Tobias Moretti
Tobias Moretti is an Austrian actor.
Muriel Baumeister
Muriel Baumeister is a German-Austrian film and television actress. She was born in Salzburg, Austria.
Marko Arnautović
Marko Arnautović is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Shanghai SIPG.
Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger is an Austrian film and television actor. Berger, who often portrayed narcissistic and sexually ambiguous characters, was one of the stars of the European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Barbara Valentin
Barbara Valentin was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Georg Danzer
Georg Franz Danzer was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop, he always refused to be part of this genre.
Elisabeth Köstinger
Elisabeth Köstinger is an Austrian politician who is Minister for Sustainability and Tourism in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since 7 January 2020. She previously served in this capacity from December 2017 until June 2019. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, part of the European People's Party.
Heinz-Christian Strache
Heinz-Christian Strache is an Austrian politician and dental technician who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019 before resigning for treasonous behavior. He was also Minister of Civil Service and Sports from January 2018 to May 2019 and chairman of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) from April 2005 to May 2019. He previously served as a member of the National Council from October 2006 until December 2017 and as a member of the municipal council and state legislature of Vienna (2001–2006).