List of Famous people born in Lower Austria, Austria

Brigitte Zarfl is an Austrian civil servant. She served as Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection in the Bierlein government.

Paul Josef Herbert Scharner is an Austrian retired footballer. He operated mainly as a defender, although he could play almost every midfield position as well. He was known for his great positional versatility and haircuts.

Walter Nowotny was an Austrian-born fighter ace of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories—that is, 258 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—in 442 combat missions. Nowotny achieved 255 of these victories on the Eastern Front and three while flying one of the first jet fighters, the Messerschmitt Me 262, in the Defense of the Reich. He scored most of his victories in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and approximately 50 in the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Nowotny scored an "ace in a day" on multiple occasions, shooting down at least five airplanes on the same day, including two occurrences of "double-ace in a day" in the summer of 1943.

Franz Wittmann is an Austrian rally driver, who won the 1987 Rally New Zealand, a round of the World Rally Championship (WRC).

Andreas Daniel Onea is an Austrian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Austria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2016, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 event. His left arm got amputated after injuries sustained in a car accident.

Lisa Makas is an Austrian football striker, currently playing for SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga.

Josef Haslinger is an Austrian writer.

Werner Schlager is a table tennis player and former world champion from Austria.

Kathrin Zettel is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell is an Austrian economist, former vice-governor of the Austrian central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank (1998–2003) and former member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. She has been a member of the Council of the University of Leoben.