List of Famous people born in Carinthia, Austria

Michael-René Grabner is an Austrian professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. Grabner grew up playing for the local team in Villach, EC VSV. He moved to North America at the age of 17 and joined the Spokane Chiefs of the major junior Western Hockey League (WHL) to further his hockey career. After his second season with the Chiefs, he was selected 14th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Adrian Pertl is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in slalom. At his first World Championships in 2021, he was the silver medalist in slalom.

Max Franz is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, he focuses on the speed events of Downhill and Super-G.

Inge Sargent, also Sao Nang Thu Sandi, is an Austrian-American author, human rights activist and founder of social organizations. She was the Mahadevi of the Shan State Hsipaw and the wife of Sao Kya Seng, the last ruler Saopha of Hsipaw.

Martin Kušej is an Austrian theatre and opera director, and current Artistic Director at the Residenz Theatre in Munich. According to German news magazine Focus, Kušej belongs to the ten most important theatre directors who have emerged in the German-speaking world since the millennium. He is considered one of the most important directors working today, acclaimed for his dark and incisive productions.

Franz Bernhard Wohlfahrt is an Austrian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Otmar Striedinger is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Gerhard Dörfler is an Austrian politician, who served as Governor of Carinthia from 27 October 2008, following Governor Jörg Haider's sudden death in a car accident, to 28 March 2013.

Roland Assinger is an Austrian former alpine skier.

Daniel Antonelli Nucci is an American actor known for supporting roles in blockbuster films including The Rock, Crimson Tide, Eraser, and Titanic and his lead role as Mike Foster in The Fosters.