List of well-known people from the Waldviertel
List of well-known people from the Waldviertel: The Waldviertel or the quarter above the Manhartsberg (often abbreviated as VOMB in the 18th and 19th centuries) is one of the four historical regions of Lower Austria. It is bordered in the south by the Danube , in the southwest by Upper Austria , in the northwest and north by the Czech Republic and in the east by Manhartsberg . The following list gives an overview of people who were born, living in the Waldviertel or who are connected to the Waldviertel through their curriculum vitae:
A.
- Josef Allram (1860–1941), local poet
- Anton Anderl (1909–1988), politician (SPÖ)
- Christian Anderl (* 1975), radio presenter
- Iris Andraschek-Holzer (* 1963), visual artist
- Konrad Antoni (* 1964), politician (SPÖ)
B.
- Margarete von Babenberg (1204–1266), Queen of Bohemia and Duchess of Austria
- Imma von Bodmershof (1895–1982), writer
- Herbert Breiteneder (1953–2008), racing driver
- Karl Brunner (1889–1964), politician (ÖVP) and resistance fighter
- Honorius Burger (1788–1878), Benedictine priest and historian
E.
- Gottfried von Eine (1918–1996), composer
F.
- Peter Florian (* 1964), artist
G
- Bernhard Görg (* 1942), former politician and manager
- Eunike Grahofer (* 1975), certified herbalist, author and ethnobotanist
H
- Andreas Haider-Maurer (* 1987), tennis player
- Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet and writer
- Josef Haslinger (born July 5, 1955), writer
- Alois Hitler (1837–1903), father of Adolf Hitler
- Klara Hitler (1860–1907), mother of Adolf Hitler
- Anna Holzer (1871–1952), politician (CSP)
- Hans Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (1923–2010), Austrian nobleman and landowner, owner of Horn Castle
- Johann Ernst Graf Hoyos von Sprinzenstein (1779–1849), Austrian nobleman
I.
- Lotte Ingrisch (* 1930), writer
J
- Christoph Jank (born October 14, 1973), football player
K
- Laura Kamhuber (* 1999), singer
- Günter Kerbler (* 1955), investor and manager
- Amand Körner (* 1940), local history researcher
- Anna Körner (1919–2007), politician (SPÖ)
- Karl Krejci-Graf (1898–1986), geochemist and geologist
M.
- Hermann Maurer (* 1948), prehistorian
- Jürgen Maier (* 1974), Austrian politician
- Florian Metz (* 1985), soccer player
- Johann Michael Puchberg (1741–1822), cloth merchant, patron and administrator of Mozart's estate
- Margareta Mommsen (* 1938), political scientist
- Clemens Moser (1806–1875), Benedictine and politician
N
- Leopold Nagel (1818–1895), Mayor of Klagenfurt
- Nikolaus Newerkla (* 1974), musician and leader of the Quadriga Consort
- Walter Nowotny (1920–1944), fighter pilot in World War II
P
- Rudolf Parnigoni (* 1948), politician (SPÖ)
- Alfred Pauser (* 1930), structural engineer and bridge builder
- Michael Pilz (* 1943), director, producer and screenwriter
- Franz Pischinger (* 1930), mechanical engineer
R.
- Peter Ratzenbeck (* 1955), guitarist
- Ricarda Reinisch-Zielinski (* 1954), TV presenter for ORF
- Franz Riel (1895–1952), Austrian politician
- Peter Rosmanith (* 1956), jazz percussionist
- Kurt Ruso (* 1937), insurance specialist
S.
- Thomas Sautner (* 1970), painter and writer
- David Schalko (* 1973), director and author
- Moriz Schadek (1840–1928), local poet
- Edgar Schober (1926–2016), politician (ÖVP)
- Alfred Schöls (* 1951), Austrian politician and trade unionist
- Karl Scholz (1879–1957), visual artist
- Doris Schwaiger (* 1985), beach volleyball player
- Stefanie Schwaiger (* 1986), beach volleyball player
- Johannes Seld de Leubs (14th / 15th century), theologian and lawyer
- Daniel Sikorski (* 1987), football player
- Christoph Stathmion (1508–1585), doctor, astrologer and calendar maker
V
- Irmie Vesselsky (* 1984), musician
W.
- Linde Waber (* 1940), graphic artist and painter
- Andrea Wagner (* 1984), model
- Andreas Weber (* 1961), writer
- Brigid Weinzinger (* 1962), interpreter, environmental activist and politician (Die Grünen)
- Leopold Widhalm (1722–1776), violin maker
- Ernst Wimmer (1924–1991), Marxist theorist , chief ideologist of the KPÖ with Ernst Fischer
- Moriz Winternitz (1863–1937), Indologist, ethnologist, professor of Sanskrit and ethnology in Prague
- Gernot Wolfgruber (* 1944), writer
- Alfred Worm (1945–2007), journalist
- Alexander Wurz (* 1974), automobile racing driver
Z
- Johann Georg Zechner (1716–1778), organist and composer
- Alfred Zoff (1852–1927), landscape painter
- Birgit Zotz (* 1979), ethnologist and author