List of Famous people born in Austria

Peter Rosegger was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger went on to become a most prolific poet and author as well as an insightful teacher and visionary.

Christoph Ransmayr is an Austrian writer.

Thomas Spitzer is an Austrian lyricist, composer, singer, guitarist and graphic designer. He is a founding member the band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (EAV), whose lyrics, album artwork and illustrations come almost exclusively from him.

Tilla Durieux was an Austrian theatre and film actress of the first decades of the 20th century.

Mariana of Austria or Maria Anna was Queen of Spain from 1649 until her husband and uncle, Philip IV, died in 1665. She was then appointed regent for their three-year-old son Charles II, and due to his ill health remained an influential figure until her own death in 1696.

Werner Kniesek is an Austrian triple murderer, who was one of the most dangerous offenders in Austria's criminal history, torturing and killing a family of three while on parole.

Andreas Weimann is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Championship club Bristol City and the Austrian national team. He has represented Austria at full international level. Weimann was signed by Aston Villa as a sixteen-year-old from Rapid Vienna and went on to make over 100 appearances in the Premier League before his transfer to Derby County. He joined Wolves on loan in January 2017 before joining Bristol City in July 2018.

Verena Hanshaw is an Austrian footballer who plays as a defender for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Austria women's national team. She previously played for USC Landhaus Wien in the Austrian Frauenliga, Herforder SV and Cloppenburg.

Oliver Marach is an Austrian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 82, which he reached on August 7, 2005. His career high in doubles is world No. 2, set on May 28, 2018, after winning his first major at the 2018 Australian Open in January and reaching his first Masters final in Monte Carlo in April, both partnering Mate Pavić.

Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His adaptation of Frank Norris's McTeague titled Greed is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights issues, Stroheim was banned for life as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema. For his early innovations as a director, Stroheim is still celebrated as one of the first of the auteur directors. He helped introduce more sophisticated plots and noirish sexual and psychological undercurrents into cinema. He died of prostate cancer in France in 1957, at the age of 71. Beloved by Parisian neo-Surrealists known as Letterists, he was honored by Letterist Maurice Lemaître with a 70-minute 1979 film titled Erich von Stroheim.