List of Famous people born in Carinthia, Austria
Christian Mayer
Christian Mayer is an Austrian former alpine skier. He won the Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom title in 1993/94.
Peter Kaiser
Peter Kaiser is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party. Since March 2013 he is governor of Carinthia and since March 2010 also chairman of the SPÖ Carinthia.
Sabine Schöffmann
Sabine Schöffmann is an Austrian snowboarder specializing in parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom disciplines. She is a junior World champion in both parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom.
Markus Werba
Markus Werba is an Austrian baritone opera singer.
Michael Fleischhacker
Michael Fleischhacker is an Austrian journalist. He was director and editor-in-chief of Austrian daily Die Presse from 2004 until 2012.
Hannes Jagerhofer
Hannes Jagerhofer is an Austrian entrepreneur, marketing and PR manager, event expert and author. The ACTS Group, founded by him, is one of the most renowned event and communication agencies in Austria. While at the ACTS Group Hannes Jagerhofer founded the Beach Majors GmbH, which was organizing the Beach Volleyball Major Series from 2015 to 2020 together with Red Bull. The Beach Volleyball Major Series was a sports series with the tournaments providing the highest prize money and ranking points of the FIVB World Tour.
Kurt Diemberger
Kurt Diemberger is an Austrian mountaineer and author of several books. He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres: of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960.
Eva Wutti
Eva Wutti is an Austrian professional racing cyclist. She rides for the No Radunion Vitalogic team.
Nadine Leopold
Nadine Leopold is an Austrian model best known for walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2017 and 2018.
Albin Ouschan
Albin Alois Ouschan is an Austrian pool and billiards player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. He won the World 9-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al Shaheen 13–9 in the final.