- Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (The Nazi party). He was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and became FAhrer (leader) [2] in 1934, remaining in power until his suicide in 1945.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His output of over 600 compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of European composers and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire.
- Hermann Maier
Hermann Maier is an Austrian skier who has won four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998), three World Championship titles (1999: 2, 2005: 1) and 53 races in the World Cup. He ranks among the likes of Jean-Claude Killy, Ingemar Stenmark, Toni Sailer, Alberto Tomba, Kjetil André Aamodt and Franz Klammer as one of the best exponents of the sport. Maier did not initially enjoy much success in skiing.
- Hans-Peter Martin
Hans-Peter Martin (born August 11, 1957) is an Austrian journalist who has also been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. Born in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Martin used to work for the German weekly news magazine "Der Spiegel". As a freelance writer, he has written and co-authored several books, among them "The Global Trap: Globalization and the Assault on Prosperity and Democracy" ("Die Globalisierungsfalle", …
- Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raich (born February 28, 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian skier who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
- Maria Berger
Maria Berger (born 19 August 1956 in Perg, Upper Austria) is an Austrian politician and Minister of Justice. Berger was member of the European Parliament since 1996 and later leader of Social Democratic Party delegation which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sited on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs She was also a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, …
- Hannes Swoboda
Hannes Swoboda, more correctly Johannes Swoboda is an Austrian social democratic politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1996. Within the Parliament, he is head of the delegation of Austrian social democrats and also vice-president of the Party of European Socialists. After studying law and economics, Swoboda held a number of different functions within the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).
- Thomas Morgenstern
Thomas Morgenstern also known as "Morgi" (born 30 October 1986 in Spittal an der Drau) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the biggest natural ski jumping talents in Austria. At the 2002-3 Four Hills Tournament, he made his ski jumping debut. During this season he finished 9th in Oberstdorf, 25th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 9th in Innsbruck and 6th in Bischofshofen. Five days after the end of the tournament, he won his first World Cup jump, in Liberec, Czech Republic.
- Markus Rogan
Markus Antonius Rogan (born May 4,1982 in Vienna) is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Rogan's first big international success was a second place finish in the 200m Backstroke at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. In the Olympics in 2004, Rogan placed second in both Men's 100 m Backstroke and the Men's 200 m Backstroke, both times behind Aaron Peirsol of the United States.
- Marlies Schild
Marlies Schild is an Austrian alpine skier. At the beginning of her career, her preference was in the downhill. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone 5 knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate instead on the less dangerous slalom and giant slalom competitions. At the Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 in St. Moritz she placed second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić, and at the same competition in 2005 she won a bronze medal in the combination, …
- Franz Klammer
Franz Klammer (born December 3, 1953) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer who dominated the downhill event throughout much of the mid to late 1970s. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
- Michaela Dorfmeister
Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March, 1973 in Vienna) is a professional alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are both the Downhill and Super-G disciplines, although she skis in and has had success in Giant Slalom.
- Michael Walchhofer
Michael Walchhofer (born April 28, 1975 in Radstadt) is an Austrian Alpine skier. He started his career in slalom, but now participates in the downhill speed events. He won the silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the men's downhill event. He also participated in the combined event, but he did not finish the slalom portion.
- Kate Allen
Katherine Jessie Jean Allen (born April 25, 1970, in Geelong, Australia) is an Austrian triathlete. She won gold in the women's triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. At the end of the swim leg Allen was in 44th place in the field of 51. After the 40 km bicycle leg Allen was in 28th place.
- Fritz Strobl
Fritz Strobl (born August 24, 1972 in Lienz) is an Austrian alpine skier. He won the gold medal in the downhill competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, USA. He won a silver medal at the 2007 Alpine Skiing World Championships in the men's Super-G. He retired at the end of the 2006/2007 season
- Stephan Eberharter
Stephan Eberharter (born March 23, 1969, Stumm) is an Austrian skier who has won the World Cup (overall) title in 2002 and 2003. He has arguably been the closest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- Karin Resetarits
Karin Resetarits (born December 15, 1961 in Vienna) is an Austrian journalist and politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2004. From 1978 to 1979 she participated in AFS youth exchange and attended Huntington High School in Huntington on Long Island, Suffolk County, New York for one year. In 1980 she finished gymnasium in Austria with honors.
- Othmar Karas
Othmar Karas (born 24 December 1957 in Ybbs an der Donau, Lower Austria) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, vice-chair of the EPP-ED group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, …
- Johannes Voggenhuber
Johannes Voggenhuber (born 5 June 1950 in Salzburg) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Austrian Green Party, which is part of the European Greens. From 1982 to 1987, he was member of the city council in Salzburg. From 1988 to 1992, he was federal spokesman for the Austrian Greens, and between 1990 and 1996, Member of the National Council of Austria (Nationalrat). Since 1995, he has been a Member of the European Parliament.
- Liese Prokop
Liese Prokop was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and, later in her life, an Austrian politician. Born in Vienna, she competed for Austria in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the Pentathlon where she won the silver medal. In 1965 she married her former coach, Gunnar Prokop. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Later she started a political career in Lower Austria.
- Andreas Mölzer
Andreas Mölzer is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria.
- Martin Koch
Martin Koch (born January 22, 1982) is a ski jumper from Austria who won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. A competitor since 1999, he has finished in the Top 3 in all ski jumping events seventeed times, including three other wins besides his Olympic success at Turin.
- Andreas Kofler
Andreas Kofler is an Austrian ski jumper, and member of the Austrian National team (ÖSV). The first Ski jumping World Cup competition he won was in Willingen, Germany on February 4, 2006. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he won gold in the team competition, together with Andreas Widhölzl, Martin Koch, and Thomas Morgenstern. He also won silver in the individual large hill competition, finishing behind his team mate Morgenstern.
- Felix Gottwald
Felix Gottwald (born January 13, 1976 in Zell am See, Austria, now resides in Salzburg, Austria) is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete. He is 5 ft 10 in (178cm), weighing 150 lb (10st 10 lb 68 kg). Gottwald made his Olympic debut as an 18 year old in the 15 km individual event at the 1994 Winter Olympics, then competed in the 4 x 5 km team and 15 km individual events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Gottwald won bronze medals in the 7.5 km sprint, …
- Toni Sailer
Anton "Toni" Sailer is an Austrian former skier, considered amongst one of the best ever in the sport history. Nicknamed "Blitz from Kitz", Sailer was the first skier at the olympic games to win all three Alpine skiing events (downhill, slalom and giant slalom), at the 1956 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was the fifth athlete to win three gold medals in the same Winter Olympic Games.
- Toni Innauer
Anton Innauer (born April 1, 1958 in Bezau, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. His best known success was at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where he won a gold medal in the Individual normal hill event. Innauer also won a silver medal in the Individual large hill at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1975.
- Renate Götschl
Renate Götschl is an Austrian alpine skier. 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 a silver in the combined.
- Andreas Widhölzl
Andreas Widhölzl is an Austrian ski jumper. He has three children: Jana, Noah and Elea.
- Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann was an Austrian cross country skier who competed since 1994. He won the bronze medal in the 50km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Four years later at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Hoffmann finished 2nd in the 30 km freestyle mass start event to Spain's Johann Mühlegg, but was awarded the gold medal in 2004 upon Mühlegg's blood-doping disqualification of darbepoetin.
- Paul Rübig
Paul Rübig is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Austrian People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, …
- Ursula Stenzel
Ursula Stenzel (born 22 September 1945 in Vienna) is an Austrian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament until 2006. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, a member of the bureau of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. She is also chair of the delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula, a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, …
- Alois Podhajsky
Alois Podhajsky was entrusted as the director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, in the year 1939. “I was fully conscious that I was undertaking the hardest task of my life. The great difficulty in directing an institute if this kind consists in maintaining the standard at the same high level and preserving the tradition, which plays such an important part at the Spanish Horse Riding School, …
- Rainer Schönfelder
Rainer Schönfelder is an Austrian skier who won the 2003-2004 men's World Cup slalom title.
- Reinfried Herbst
Reinfried Herbst (born October 11, 1978) is a slalom skiier from Austria. Herbst won the silver medal for the men's slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. On March 11, 2006 he won his first World Cup race in Shigakogen Slalom. He was 8th in the World Cup standings after the 2006 season. In July, 2006 he injured his knee in a charity soccer game.
- Claudia Heill
Claudia Heill (born 24 January 1982 in Wien) is an Austrian judoka. She won the silver medal in the half-middleweight (63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Paul Neumann
Paul Neumann was an Austrian swimmer and physician, who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and became the first Austrian gold medalist ever. Born in Vienna, Neumann competed in the 500 and 1,200 metres freestyle events. He won the 500 with a time of 8:12.6, benefitting from the withdrawal of Alfréd Hajós from the event. Hajós had just won the 100 metres, and skipped the 500 in order to prepare for the 1,200.
- Christian Mayer
Christian Mayer (born January 10, 1972 in Villach) is an Austrian former alpine skier
- Christoph Bieler
Christoph Bieler (born October 28, 1977 in Hall in Tirol) is an athlete from Austria competing in Nordic combined who has competed since 1996. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in both 4 x 5 km team events, and finished 13th in the 15 km individual at the 2006 games. Bieler also won two 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 2003 and bronze in 2005, …
- Michael Gruber
Michael Gruber (born December 5 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who has competed since 1997. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Gruber won two 4 x 5 km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005. He two individual career victories (1998: 7.5 km sprint, 2004: 15 km individual).
- Peter Seisenbacher
Peter Seisenbacher (born March 25, 1960 in Vienna) is one of the most successful Judo practitioners and participants of the Olympic Games from Austria. For his first Summer Olympics 1984 in Los Angeles, Seisenbacher exercised in Japan, where he found optimal training conditions. He then won his first Olympic gold medal in the Men's Middleweight (86 kg).