List of Famous people born in Carinthia, Austria

Herbert Kickl is an Austrian right-wing politician who served as Austria's minister of the interior from 2017 to 2019. He was removed from office on 20 May 2019 in the wake of the Ibiza affair, though he was not personally involved. He also previously served as a Member of the National Council for the Freedom Party.

Jasmin Ouschan is an Austrian professional pool player from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. Her first professional competition occurred in 2002, but she did not officially become a professional member of the Women's Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) until 2007. She is currently one of the top-ranked women in the world according to the 2010 prize money list and by the WPBA rankings. At times, she has been ranked as the number one female player in the world. Since 2006, she has been listed among the top-ten women in the annual prize money rankings. Ouschan competes regularly with men on the Euro Tour and in 2008 became the first woman to earn a medal in an open world pool championship.

Elisabeth Köstinger is an Austrian politician who is Minister for Sustainability and Tourism in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since 7 January 2020. She previously served in this capacity from December 2017 until June 2019. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, part of the European People's Party.

Peter Handke is a Nobel laureate novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter from Austria. Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019.

Jürgen Maurer is an Austrian actor. He was a regular cast member of Austrian-coproduced crime drama Tatort, and appeared in society drama Vorstadtweiber.

Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel.

Heidi Horten is an Austrian billionaire, and the widow of businessman Helmut Horten. In May 2020 Forbes estimated her net worth at US$3.0 billion.

Larissa-Antonia Marolt is an Austrian fashion model and actress. She was the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel. After her victory she also participated in the fourth season of Germany's Next Top Model, where she was placed eighth.

Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor and musician. His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress.

Erik Schinegger is an Austrian intersex skier. He was the world champion women's downhill skier in 1966, at which time he was recognized as female and known as Erika Schinegger.