List of Famous people born in Upper Austria, Austria

Kevin Wimmer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC, on loan from Stoke City, and the Austria national team.

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis (born Friedrich Leonhard Ignatius Josef Maria Lamoral Balthasar Thurn and Taxis on 22 June 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria, Allied-occupied Austria is an Austrian journalist and a member of the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. He became well known as a longtime sportscaster on the Bayerisches Fernsehen television channel. Since 1993, Thurn und Taxis has been a football commentator on the pay television channel Sky Deutschland.

Peter Hackmair is a retired Austrian football midfielder. He played for FC Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga among other teams. In August 2012, at his age 25, he ended his football career for his other passion, travelling.

Ivona Dadic is an Austrian track and field athlete of Bosnian Croat descent. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.

Hannelore Auer is an Austrian Schlager singer and film actress active as the manager to famous German singer Heino.

Gerlinde Locker is an Austrian actress.

Hans Dieter Pötsch is an Austrian businessman, the chairman of the executive board of Porsche SE, and chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen since 2015, when he succeeded Ferdinand Piëch.

Christoph Ransmayr is an Austrian writer.

Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley, commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, was a German far-right activist, Bavarian nationalist and nobleman. He assassinated the Bavarian prime minister Kurt Eisner, the first republican premier of Bavaria, on 21 February 1919.

August Eigruber was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Oberdonau and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of crimes against humanity at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and hanged.