List of Famous people born in Austria
Ady Berber
Ady Berber was an Austrian film actor, professional wrestler and café owner. He appeared in 38 films between 1936 and 1966. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang Brandstetter
Wolfgang Brandstetter is an independent Austrian politician and legal scholar who served as a member of the Constitutional Court of Austria from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Justice of Austria, as well as the country's Vice Chancellor.
Wolfgang Sobotka
Wolfgang Sobotka is an Austrian teacher, conductor and politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who has been the President of the Austrian National Council since 20 December 2017.
O. W. Fischer
Otto Wilhelm Fischer was an Austrian film and theatre actor, a leading man of West German cinema during the Wirtschaftswunder era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Ivona Dadic
Ivona Dadic is an Austrian track and field athlete of Bosnian Croat descent. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.
Michael Matt
Michael Matt is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and has competed in three World Championships.
Otto Wanz
Otto Wanz was an Austrian professional wrestler and boxer. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1968. He is a one time American Wrestling Association champion and former operator of the Catch Wrestling Association, where he was the promotion's inaugural World Heavyweight Champion, winning the title four times. He is overall a five-time world champion and the longest reigning world champion in Europe.
Fernando II of Portugal
Dom Ferdinand II was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and King of Portugal jure uxoris as the husband of Queen Maria II, from the birth of their first son in 1837 to her death in 1853.
Brigitte Swoboda
Brigitte Swoboda was an Austrian actor.
Eric Pleskow
Eric Pleskow was an Austrian-born American film producer and executive. From 1973 through 1978, Pleskow was president of United Artists. Following a protest from Transamerica Corporation, Pleskow co-founded and later ran Orion Pictures in 1978 through 1991. In his later career, he served as president of the Vienna International Film Festival from 1998 until his death.