List of Famous people born in Austria
Peter Wirnsberger
Peter Wirnsberger is an Austrian former alpine skier who won 8 races in World Cup.
Fritzi Massary
Fritzi Massary was an Austrian-American soprano singer and actress.
Mohamed Mahmoud
Mohamed Mahmoud, known as Abu Usama al-Gharib, was an Austrian Islamic militant and a senior leader in the Islamic State.
Anderl Molterer
Andreas "Anderl" Molterer is an Austrian former alpine skier.
Helmuth Froschauer
Helmuth Emil Froschauer was an Austrian conductor, especially a choral conductor who received his first training as a member of the Wiener Sängerknaben. He conducted the choir from 1953 to 1965, including 22 international tours. He went on to conduct the choirs of the Wiener Singverein, the Vienna State Opera and the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln. As a close collaborator of Herbert von Karajan from 1989, he prepared choirs for the Salzburg Festival among others.
Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria
Archduchess Maria Johanna of Austria was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany, Hungary and Bohemia as the eleventh child and eighth daughter of Francis Stephen of Lorraine, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa. She was described as likeable and good-natured, but died aged 12 of smallpox.
Victor Weisskopf
Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. He did postdoctoral work with Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr. During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Stefan Brennsteiner
Stefan Brennsteiner is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in giant slalom. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and two World Championships.
Gertrude Pressburger
Gertrude Pressburger is an Austrian Holocaust survivor.
Bernhard Gstrein
Bernhard Gstrein is a former alpine skier from Austria. Born in Vent, he competed from 1984 to 1996 and won one World Cup slalom competition. At the 1988 Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's alpine combined.