List of Famous people born in Austria
Taras Borodajkewycz
Taras (von) Borodajkewycz, was a former member of the NSDAP and, after World War II, professor of economic history at the College of World Trade in Vienna. He remained an unrepentant supporter of Nazism after the war and the pro-fascist views he allegedly expressed in his university lectures in the 1960s sparked major student demonstrations in Vienna that resulted in at least one fatality.
David Rubinger
David Rubinger was an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. His famous photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the recapture of the Western Wall has become an iconic image of the Six-Day War. Shimon Peres called Rubinger "the photographer of the nation in the making".
Walther Reyer
Walther Reyer was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1954 and 1997.
Peter Žulj
Peter Antonio Žulj is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Göztepe on loan from Anderlecht and the Austria national football team.
Susanne Wuest
Susanne Elisabeth Wuest is an Austrian actress from Vienna.
Reinhard Tritscher
Reinhard Tritscher was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics where he finished 8th in the Giant Slalom.
Adolf Holl
Adolf Holl was an Austrian Catholic writer and theologian. He lived in Vienna, where he was Chaplain of the University of Vienna and a lecturer in its Department of Catholic Theology. Because of conflicts with Church authorities, he was suspended from his teaching and priestly duties. He wrote many books, including Jesus in Bad Company and The Last Christian: A Biography of Francis of Assisi.
Günther Matzinger
Günther Matzinger is an Austrian track and field athlete who competes in disability athletics in the T46 category. He won the gold medal for the 800 metres at the 2012 Paralympic Games for his category with a new World Record. Matzinger won a silver and bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships.
Leonhard Stock
Leonhard Stock is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Gustav Peichl
Gustav Peichl was an Austrian architect and caricaturist.