List of Famous people born in Upper Austria, Austria

Helge Payer is a retired Austrian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Austrian national team.

Sonja Hammerschmid is an Austrian molecular biologist and politician. She was Rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna from 2010 to 2016 and minister of education in the Kern government from 2016 to 2017. Since 2017, Hammerschmid has been a member of the Austrian National Council. Hammerschmid is a member of the Social Democratic Party.

Kevin Stöger is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Mainz 05. Pascal Stöger is his brother.

Gabriel Felbermayr is an Austrian economist who specializes in international economics, international trade agreements, economic policy, and environmental economics. Felbermayr is a leading economist in the field of international economics, as cited in the top 5% of all economists and has been referred to as "Germany's Chief Economist of the North". Felbermayr is currently a professor of economics at the University of Munich (LMU) and Director of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, which is based in Munich. He is the incoming president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Xaver Schlager is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg.

Franz Leopold Maria Möst, known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. He is currently music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He served in World War I and then after Germany had formally surrendered, in the Freikorps Oberland and the Steirischer Heimatschutz. He served as SS and Police Leader of the Warsaw area in German-occupied Poland from 1941 until 1943 during World War II.

Maria Hofstätter is an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1993.

Thomas Drozda is an Austrian politician and a member of the National Council. From 2016 to 2017 he was chancellery minister under the Kern government. Since September 2018 he has been serving as managing director of the Social Democratic Party.

Clemens Doppler is a beach volleyball player from Austria.