List of Famous people born in Tyrol, Austria
Norbert Gstrein
Norbert Gstrein is an Austrian writer. He was born in Mils in Tyrol, and studied mathematics in Innsbruck, Stanford and Erlangen. He completed his PhD in 1988 at the University of Innsbruck, under the supervision of Roman Liedl and Gerhard Frey. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Winters in the South, translated into English by Anthea Bell and Julian Evans, and A Sense of the Beginning, translated by Julian Evans. Among his numerous awards are the Alfred Döblin Prize and the Uwe Johnson Prize.
Andi Knoll
Andreas "Andi" Knoll is an Austrian radio and television presenter. Knoll is Austria's commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest each year.
Nadine Beiler
Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and pop singer, who won the third season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On 16 February 2007, she released her first single, "Alles was du willst". Currently, Beiler is a professional singer and songwriter based in both Vienna and Tyrol, where she lives in Innsbruck. Beiler represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with her entry "The Secret Is Love" and came 18th.
Karl Schranz
Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Stephan Eberharter
Stephan "Steff" Eberharter is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Eva-Maria Brem
Eva-Maria Brem is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specialises in giant slalom.
Leonhard Stock
Leonhard Stock is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Josef Moser
Josef Moser is an Austrian lawyer and politician. He served as the Minister of Justice of Austria from 18. December 2017 until 3. June 2019.
Andreas Felder
Andreas Felder is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.
Robert Bernardis
Robert Bernardis was an Austrian resistance fighter involved in the attempt to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler in the 20 July Plot in 1944.