List of Famous people born in Austria
Wolfram Paulus
Wolfram Paulus was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film Heidenlöcher was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.
Louise Piëch
Louise Hedwig Anna Wilhelmine Piëch was the daughter of automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. In 1928, she married Anton Piëch, a lawyer from Vienna who from 1941 to 1945 led the KdF-Wagen (Volkswagen) factory in KdF-Stadt.
Robert Seethaler
Robert Seethaler is an Austrian novelist, and actor.
Wolfgang Feiersinger
Wolfgang Feiersinger is a retired Austrian footballer who played as a defender.
Viktor Klima
Viktor Klima is an Austrian Social Democrat politician and businessman. He was chancellor of Austria from 1997 to 2000.
Adi Pinter
Adi Pinter was an Austrian football manager.
Madi Epply
Magdalene Epply-Staudinger was an Austrian diver. She competed in two events at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Thomas Drozda
Thomas Drozda is an Austrian politician and a member of the National Council. From 2016 to 2017 he was chancellery minister under the Kern government. Since September 2018 he has been serving as managing director of the Social Democratic Party.
Heinrich Schiff
Heinrich Schiff was an Austrian cellist and conductor.
Marianne von Willemer
Marianne von Willemer was an Austrian actress and dancer best known for her relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and her appearance in his poetry. At the age of 14 she moved to Frankfurt am Main, where she became the third wife of Frankfurt banker Johann Jakob von Willemer. He introduced her to Goethe, who met Marianne in 1814 and 1815. Goethe immortalised her in the Buch Suleika of his late work West-östlicher Divan; she later revealed that several of its poems were authored by her.