List of St. Pölten personalities

This list of St. Pölten personalities includes people who were born in St. Pölten or who are associated with the city.

sons and daughters of the town

17th and 18th centuries

• Anselm Schramb (1658–1720), Benedictine monk, historian, philologist and librarian
• Johann Joseph Hackl (1716–1791), painter, politician and first mayor of St. Pölten
• Franz Munggenast (1724–1748), baroque master builder
• Matthias Munggenast (1729–1798), baroque master builder
• Franz Xaver Schöpfer (1754–1828), politician and third mayor of St. Pölten
• Alois Mayrhofer (1764–1842), politician and fifth mayor of St. Pölten
• Johann Kranzbichler (≈1772–1853), politician and sixth mayor of St. Pölten
• Johann Josef Schindler (1777–1836), painter and graphic artist
• Anton Kalcher (1800–1861), goldsmith and medalist

19th century

1801-1870

Franz Ertl
(1839–1906)

Franz Pittner
(1862–1929)

• August Hassack (1803–1859), pharmacist, politician and seventh mayor of St. Pölten
• Franz Werner (1810–1866), theologian, university professor and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Franz von Matzinger (1817-1896), civil servant
• Karl Haas (1831–1895), landscape painter and panorama draftsman
• Franz Ertl (1839–1906), politician and 15th Mayor of St. Pölten
• Karl Heitzler (1839–1923), writer, mayor, honorary citizen
• Karl Schneck (1846–1926), fire service pioneer, politician and gym teacher
• Hermann Ofner (1849–1917), lawyer, politician and 13th mayor of St. Pölten
• Johann Wohlmeyer (1850–1932), master builder and politician
• Adolf Stöhr (1855–1921), philosopher
• Otto Eybner (1856–1917), politician and 18th mayor of St. Pölten
• Ernst Stöhr (1860–1917), painter, poet and musician
• Karl Hassack (1861–1922), goods expert and author
• Franz Pittner (1862–1929), hotelier and politician
• Wilhelm Voelkl (1862–1912), politician, 16th mayor of St. Pölten and manufacturer
• Otto Ellison von Nidlef (1868–1947), officer

1871-1900

Julius Raab
(1891–1964)

Maria Fischer
(1897–1962)

• Karl Stolz (1873–1967), entrepreneur and mayor of the market town of Kirchberg an der Pielach
• Josef Zwetzbacher (1874–1942), politician
• Paul Speiser (1877–1947), politician
• Hulda Mical (1879–1957), teacher and writer
• Adolf Stocksmayr (1879–1964), artist, life reformer and inventor
• Rudolf Frass (1880–1934), architect
• Franz Aigner (1882–1945), physicist
• Julius Fischer (1882–1943), politician
• Adolf Eigl (1883–1958), the first governor of Upper Austria after the Second World War
• Wilhelm Frass (1886–1968), sculptor
• Wilhelm Steingötter (1886–1966), politician
• Walther Heydendorff (1888–1974), imperial and royal major, resistance fighter, writer and genealogist
• Otto Schönherr Edler von Schönleiten (1888–1954), officer in the German Wehrmacht
• Julius Raab (1891–1964), politician; Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (1953–1961)
• Heinrich Raab (1893–1969), politician and 22nd mayor of St. Pölten
• Anton Scheiblin (1894–1967), teacher and politician
• Johann Steirer (1894–1958), politician
• Franz Hörhann (1895–1974), politician
• Josef Pelz von Felinau (1895–1978), writer, actor, screenplay and radio play writer
• Richard Eybner (1896–1986), actor and operetta singer (baritone)
• Maria Fischer (1897–1962), resistance fighter against Austrofascism and National Socialism
• Anton Huber (1897–1975), mathematician and university professor
• Emil Krausz (1897–1930), painter
• Gerhard Aichinger (1900–1978), writer

20th century

1901-1930

Ludwig Prokop
(1920–2016)

• Josef Böck (1901–1985), ophthalmologist
• Maria Emhart (1901–1981), resistance fighter and politician
• Karl Öttl (1902–1988), politician
• Franz Rautek (1902–1989), Jiu-Jitsu teacher and inventor of the Rautek handle
• Heribert Aichinger (1903–1985), actor
• Rudolf Kriesch (1904–1992), painter and graphic artist
• Franz Krausz (1905–1998), Israeli graphic and poster artist
• Willibald Plöchl (1907–1984), lawyer and university professor
• Ernst Schoiber (1908–1990), politician
• Franz Binder ("Bimbo") (1911–1989), soccer player and record scorer
• Thomas F. Salzer (1912–2008), industrialist and previous publisher
• Emil Schmid (1912–1994), painter and graphic artist
• Käthe Kainz (1913–1996), politician
• Rudolf Leiner (1913–2008), entrepreneur
• Paul Kurt Schwarz (1916–2010), painter and university professor
• Georg Prader (1917–1985), politician
• Manfred Jungwirth (1919–1999), Austrian opera singer (bass)
• Bernhard Wicki (1919–2000), actor and film director
• Franz Pichler (1920–1982), politician and metal worker
• Ludwig Prokop (1920–2016), athlete, sports medicine specialist and university professor
• Günther Benedikt (1921–1948), politician and 25th mayor of St. Pölten
• Camillo Öhlberger (1921–2013), bassoonist and author
• Otto Prokop (1921–2009), anatomist and coroner
• Hans Schickelgruber (1922–2003), politician
• Robert Herfert (1926–2011), painter and sculptor
• Peter Minich (1927–2013), chamber singer
• Jörg Demus (1928–2019), pianist and composer
• Vinzenz Höfinger (1928–2015), politician
• Oskar Welzl (1928–2019), lawyer
• Josef Bandion (1930–2005), lawyer

1931-1960

Heinrich Wohlmeyer
(* 1936)

Karl Daxbacher
(* 1953)

Alfred Gusenbauer
(* 1960)

• Lolita (1931-2010), pop singer
• Karl von Liebezeit (1933–2002), actor
• Adelheid Praher (* 1933), politician
• Josef Sedelmayer (1933–2016), table tennis player
• Helmuth Vretska (1935–1993), classical philologist
• Julius Eberhardt (1936–2012), building contractor and architect
• Heinrich Wohlmeyer (* 1936), industry and research manager and regional developer
• Oskar Pausch (1937–2013), literary and theater scholar
• Karl Rozum (1937–1988), politician
• Heinz Falk (* 1939), chemist
• Günther Stingl (* 1939), writer
• Hermann Weber (1939–2017), railway official and ministerial official
• Hans Bankl (1940-2004), professor of pathological anatomy
• Gunnar Prokop (* 1940), handball coach
• Manfred Deistler (* 1941), economist
• Heinz Kaiser (* 1941), German politician
• Hermann Katinger (* 1941), microbiologist
• Helge Lerider (* 1941), brigadier
• Peter Pelikan (* 1941), architect
• Günther Huber (* 1942), racing car driver
• Hansi Linder (1942-2010), German actress
• Peter Weiß (* 1942), business lawyer and publisher
• Inge Aigner (* 1943), sprinter and hurdler
• Friedemann Kupsa (* 1943), cellist
• Armin E. Möller (* 1943), German radio journalist and non-fiction author
• Franz Chmel (1944–2016), harmonica player
• Willibald Dörfler (* 1944), mathematician
• Konrad Berger (* 1945), writer
• Wolfgang Häusler (* 1946), historian
• Fritz Leitner (1946–1991), politician
• Nils Jensen (* 1947), author and editor
• Stefan Melbinger (* 1947), songwriter and composer
• Karl Glaubauf (1948–2015), historian and Germanist
• Irene Wondratsch (* 1948), author
• Manfred Deix (1949–2016), caricaturist and satirist
• Otto Kapfinger (* 1949), architect
• Erwin Leder (* 1951), actor
• Johanna Ignjatovic (* 1952), cartoonist
• Karl Daxbacher (* 1953), football coach
• Alfred Brader (* 1956), politician
• Josef Hofbauer (* 1956), mathematician, university professor for biomathematics
• Willi Stiowicek (* 1956), politician
• Renate Habinger (* 1957), graphic artist and picture book illustrator
• Kurt Mündl (1959–2019), biologist, publicist, cameraman and author
• Felix Gundacker (* 1960), professional genealogist
• Alfred Gusenbauer (* 1960), Federal Chancellor (grew up in Ybbs on the Danube )
• Willi Langer (* 1960), bass player

1961-2000

Daniela Zeller
(* 1976)

Lukas Mössner
(* 1984)

Vea Kaiser
(* 1988)

• Ingrid Reichel (* 1961), visual artist, essayist, exhibition critic and reviewer
• Herbert Reisinger (* 1961), jazz musician and composer
• Alexander Bisenz (* 1962), cabaret artist and painter
• Kurt Wagner (* 1962), brigadier of the Austrian Armed Forces and military commander of Vienna
• Wolfgang Bergmann (* 1963), manager
• Karin Liebhart (* 1963), political scientist
• Bernhard Rassinger (* 1963), racing cyclist
• Manfred Wieninger (* 1963), author
• Susanne Dengler (* 1964), soprano and musical performer
• Martin Fiala (* 1964), composer
• Christian Häckl (* 1964), meteorologist
• Franz Marchat (* 1964), politician
• Ernst Langthaler (* 1965), historian
• Robert Laimer (* 1966), politician
• Matthias Stadler (* 1966), politician, mayor of St. Pölten
• Stefan Ströbitzer (* 1966), journalist
• Tom Haydn (* 1967), singer
• Gudula Walterskirchen (* 1967), historian
• Harald Beilschmied (* 1968), handball player and trainer
• Maggie Entenfellner (* 1968), animal rights activist, journalist and television presenter
• Norbert Nusterer (* 1969), basketball player
• Gudrun Sailer (* 1970), Vatican journalist, author and TV presenter
• Thomas Buchmayer (* 1971), tennis player
• Isabel Ettenauer (* 1972), pianist and toy piano virtuoso
• Michaela Rudolf (* 1972), triathlete
• Robert Baumgartner (* 1973), musician
• Alexander Millecker (* 1973), journalist
• Veronika Polly (* 1974), actress
• Julia von Juni (* 1975), actress and author
• Daniela Zeller (* 1976), radio presenter
• Ruth Swoboda (* 1978), biologist and handball player
• Simone Fürnkranz (* 1979), triathlete
• Mario Ranieri (* 1980), producer and hard techno DJ
• Ina-Alice Kopp (* 1981), actress
• Eva Schörkhuber (* 1982), writer
• donhofer. (* 1983), painter and action artist
• Teresa Vogl (* 1983), radio and television presenter
• Michael Ziegelwagner (* 1983), author
• Maria Gstöttner (* 1984), soccer player
• Lukas Mössner (* 1984), soccer player
• Lukas Huber (* 1987), bowling athlete, multiple world champion
• Amélie van Tass (* 1987), magician and mentalist
• Cornelia Travnicek (* 1987), writer
• Vea Kaiser (* 1988), writer
• Jessica Lind (* 1988), author and filmmaker
• Christina Gansch (* 1990), opera singer
• Kerim Waller (* 1994), actor
• Oliver Stummvoll (* 1995), model
• Julia Hickelsberger-Füller (* 1999), soccer player

Connected to the city

• Anton Aloys Buchmayer (1770–1851), Bishop of St. Pölten
• Andreas Hartauer (1839–1915), author of the Bohemian Forest song
• Johann Fasching (1847–1888), Austrian theologian and writer
• Wilhelm Cavallar von Grabensprung (1889–1957), an old Austrian officer and holder of the Military Maria Theresa Order , attended the military lower secondary school here
• Karl Vretska (1900–1983), classical philologist, worked as a high school professor in St. Pölten
• Otto Demus (1902–1990), art historian
• Leopold Figl (1902–1965), Austrian politician (Federal Chancellor and Foreign Minister), attended high school in St. Pölten and was Governor of Lower Austria for many years
• Karl Thums (1904–1976), doctor who also worked in St. Pölten and died
• Karl Gruber (1929–2011), politician (SPÖ), resistance fighter in the Third Reich
• Willi Gruber (1930–2012), politician (SPÖ) and mayor of St. Pölten
• Hans Ströbitzer (1930–2017), journalist and author, lived and died in St. Pölten
• Siegfried Nasko (* 1943), politician
• Erwin Pröll (* 1946), retired Governor of Lower Austria. D., 17th honorary citizen of St. Pölten
• Adam Jankowski (* 1948), artist, lived in St. Pölten
• Andreas Bentza (* 1952), European Rallycross Champion 1978, lives in St. Pölten
• Alexander Goebel (* 1953), German actor, musical performer, comedian, theater director and radio presenter
• Heidemaria Onodi (* 1957), Deputy Governor of Lower Austria a. D., member of the state parliament

See also

• List of the mayors of St. Pölten
• List of the bishops of St. Pölten

Web links

Commons : People of St. Pölten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Governor a. D. Erwin Pröll honorary citizen of St. Pölten . OTS notification dated December 8, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018.