List of Famous people born in Austria

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and philosopher. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics, and the statistical explanation of the second law of thermodynamics. In 1877 he provided the current definition of entropy, , interpreted as a measure of statistical disorder of a system. Max Planck named the constant k_B the Boltzmann constant.

Hannelore Auer is an Austrian Schlager singer and film actress active as the manager to famous German singer Heino.

Johann "Hans" Grugger is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, competing in the speed disciplines of downhill and super-G. He made his World Cup debut on 29 November 2003, in the downhill at Lake Louise, and finished seventh. He won his first World Cup race in Bormio, Italy on 29 December, 2004. Exactly one year later at Bormio, he crashed and had to drop out of the season due to the acquired injuries. However, he managed to come back to reach podium positions in 2007, including a victory in the super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway.

Laura Feiersinger is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Austria women's national team.

Gerlinde Locker is an Austrian actress.

Gabriela Moser was an Austrian politician who was a member of the National Council for more than 20 years.

Eduard "Edi" Finger junior was an Austrian sports journalist. He worked for Radio Wien.

Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, he was the grandfather of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria – whose assassination sparked the hostilities that led to the outbreak of World War I – and the great-grandfather of the last Habsburg emperor Karl I.

Alois Hitler Sr. was an Austrian civil servant in the customs service, and father of Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler.

Gabriel Barylli is an Austrian actor and film director. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1981. He won the Silver St. George award for Best Actor for his role in A French Woman at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.