List of Famous people born in Salzburg, Austria

Wolf Haas is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction.

Walter Mayer is an Austrian Cross-country skier and coach. He won the Vasaloppet in 1980, and finished second in 1992. As a coach, he was banned from the 2006 and 2010 Olympics after blood transfusion equipment was found in a house used by Austrian skiers during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mayer was accused of blood doping violations and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the ban after a three-month investigation.

Simon Eder is an Austrian biathlete.

Georg Eder was an Austrian Roman Catholic bishop. Because of his strict conservatism, reported one obituary, he was frequently the center of public controversy.

Archduchess Louise of Austria, was by marriage Crown Princess of Saxony as the wife of the future King Frederick Augustus III.

Angelika Kirchschlager is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer.

Georg Streitberger is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Zell am See, Salzburg, he specialized in the speed events and won three World Cup races, two in super G and one in downhill.

Philipp Schörghofer is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He represented Austria at two Winter Olympics and four World Championships.

Matthias Walkner is an Austrian rally raid biker and former motocross rider, official driver of the team Red Bull KTM Factory for the Dakar Rally.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as the Foreign Minister of Austria 2000–2004 and was the candidate of the Austrian People's Party in the 2004 Austrian presidential election, which she narrowly lost with 47.6% of the votes. She served as the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2004 to 2009, and as the European Commissioner for Trade and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2009 to 2010.