List of Famous people born in Styria, Austria
Pepo Puch
Josef "Pepo" Puch is an Austrian Paralympic equestrian. He started in equestrian at fifteen and has incomplete paraplegia due to an accident in 2008. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal and a bronze medal. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he also won a gold medal in the individual championship test and a silver medal in the individual freestyle test grade 1b.
Christoph Strasser
Christoph Strasser is an Austrian ultra cyclist who is a six-time winner and record holder for the fastest time in the Race Across America.
Renate Götschl
Renate Götschl is a former champion alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined (1997) and downhill (1999), and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals. She also won two Olympic medals in 2002, the bronze medal in downhill and the silver medal in the combined.
Ina Duscha
Ina Duscha is a former Austrian film actress. After marrying in 1963, she retired from the German film industry.
Philipp Hansa
Philipp Hansa is an Austrian radio presenter and actor.
Katharina Bellowitsch
Katharina "Kati" Bellowitsch is an Austrian radio and TV presenter.
Hans Hollmann
Hans Hollmann is a theatre director and actor. He has also worked as a university lecturer and has a doctorate in jurisprudence. Despite having been born in Austria, for many years Hollmann has lived with his family in Basel, Switzerland.
Cornelia Hütter
Cornelia Hütter is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Werner Gregoritsch
Werner Gregoritsch is an Austrian football manager and former player. He manages the Austria U21 national team and has previously managed Kapfenberger SV, SV Mattersburg and Grazer AK.
Robert Holzmann
Robert Holzmann is an Austrian economist1 and the current Governor of Austria’s central bank, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB).2,3 His term of appointment runs from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2025.