List of personalities of the city of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
The list of personalities of the city of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee includes prominent people related to the city of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee .
| Surname | Born | Born in Klagenfurt | Died | Died in Klagenfurt | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin Achatz | 1944 | Yes | Politician (SPÖ) | ||
| Walter Adam | 1886 | Yes | 1947 | No | Chief of the Federal Press Service |
| Anton Afritsch | 1873 | Yes | 1924 | No | Social politician, founder of Kinderfreunde |
| Hans Ausserwinkler | 1919 | No | 1989 | Yes | Politician, Mayor of Klagenfurt |
| Michael Ausserwinkler | 1957 | Yes | Doctor, ex-politician (SPÖ) | ||
| Herbert Bacher | 1930 | Yes | 2012 | ? - buried in Viktring / Stein | Politician (ÖVP), Deputy Governor |
| Ingeborg Bachmann | 1926 | Yes | 1973 | No | Writer |
| Mirella Bentivoglio | 1922 | Yes | 2017 | No | Italian poet of visual and concrete poetry |
| Grete Bittner | 1905 | No | 1973 | Yes | actress |
| Hans Bobek | 1903 | Yes | 1990 | No | geographer |
| Manfred Bockelmann | 1943 | Yes | Painter and photographer | ||
| Willy Böckl | 1893 | Yes | 1975 | Yes | Figure skater |
| Herbert Boeckl | 1894 | Yes | 1966 | No | painter |
| André Burakovsky | 1995 | Yes | Swedish ice hockey player | ||
| Mario Canori | 1964 | Yes | Entrepreneur, politician, sports official | ||
| Lutz Chicken | 1915 | Yes | 2011 | No | climber |
| Thomas Cijan | 1960 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck | 1829 | Yes | 1897 | No | Admiral, Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| Susan Denberg | 1944 | No | Actress and model | ||
| Harald Dobernig | 1980 | Yes | Politician, former councilor | ||
| Christian Dobnik | 1986 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Sigisbert Dolinschek | 1954 | Yes | Politician (FPÖ / BZÖ) | ||
| Günther Domenig | 1934 | Yes | 2012 | No | architect |
| Ines Doujak | 1959 | Yes | artist | ||
| Christoph Duller | 1994 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Otto Anton Eder | 1930 | Yes | 2004 | No | Actor and director |
| Sabine Egger | 1977 | Yes | Ski racer | ||
| Felix Ermacora | 1923 | Yes | 1995 | No | International lawyer, politician (ÖVP) |
| Felix Esterl | 1894 | Yes | 1931 | Yes | painter |
| Bernhard Felderer | 1941 | Yes | Political economist, director of the IHS , chairman of the Austrian National Debt Committee | ||
| Janko Ferk | 1958 | No | Lawyer, writer, professor at the University of Klagenfurt | ||
| Antonio Fian | 1956 | Yes | Writer, essayist and playwright | ||
| Edi Finger | 1924 | Yes | 1989 | No | Sports reporter |
| Ilse Fischer | 1975 | Yes | Mathematician | ||
| Alfred Fister | 1928 | Yes | 2014 | No | Politician |
| Maximilian Florian | 1901 | Yes | 1982 | Yes | Landscape and portrait painter |
| Emanuel Fohn | 1881 | Yes | 1966 | No | painter |
| Max Franz | 1989 | Yes | Ski racer | ||
| Gernot Friedel | 1941 | Yes | Theater and television director | ||
| Sigrid Friedmann | 1978 | Yes | Video and installation artist | ||
| Josef Ferdinand Fromiller | 1693 | No | 1760 | Yes | painter |
| Anton Fuchs | 1920 | No | 1995 | Yes | writer |
| Ali Gaggl | 1959 | Yes | Jazz singer | ||
| Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck | 1769 | Yes | 1846 | No | cardinal |
| Marie Geistinger | 1836 | No | 1903 | Yes | "Queen of all operetta singers" |
| Walter Gitschthaler | 1959 | Yes | Brigadier | ||
| Helga Glantschnig | 1958 | Yes | Writer | ||
| Heinz Goll | 1934 | Yes | 1999 | No | Painter and sculptor |
| Wilhelm Gorton | 1922 | Yes | 2016 | No | Industrialists, politicians (ÖVP) and large landowners |
| Ferdinand Graf | 1907 | Yes | 1969 | No | Politician (CS / VF / ÖVP) |
| Stephanie Graf | 1973 | Yes | Track and field athlete | ||
| Helmut Grasser | 1961 | Yes | film producer | ||
| Karl-Heinz Grasser | 1969 | Yes | Ex-politician (FPÖ) | ||
| Florian Groeger | 1871 | No | 1927 | Yes | Politician (SDAP), Governor of Carinthia (1921–23) |
| Peter Gruber | 1941 | Yes | 2017 | ? | mathematician |
| Alexander Grünwald | 1989 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Egyd Gstättner | 1962 | Yes | Publicist and writer | ||
| Fabjan Hafner | 1966 | Yes | 2016 | ? | Writer, poet, literary scholar and translator |
| Stefan Hafner | 1975 | Yes | Screenwriter | ||
| Gregor Hager | 1981 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Siegfried Hartwagner | 1916 | No | 2000 | Yes | Art historian, state curator and author |
| Hannes Haubitz | 1956 | Yes | Soccer player and coach | ||
| Agnes Heginger | 1973 | Yes | Singer and composer | ||
| Hannes Hempel | 1973 | Yes | Cyclist | ||
| Rupert Henning | 1967 | Yes | Actor, director and writer | ||
| Fred Hennings | 1895 | Yes | 1981 | No | actor |
| Franz Paul by Herbert | 1759 | Yes | 1811 | No | Industrialist, patron of the arts |
| Johann Michael by Herbert | 1726 | Yes | 1806 | ? | Industrialist, patron of the arts |
| Joseph by Herbert | 1725 | Yes | 1794 | No | Jesuit, physicist, writer and canon |
| Heinrich Hermann | 1793 | Yes | 1865 | Yes | Historian and Canon |
| Johannes Herold | 1550 | No | 1603 | No | Cantor of the parish church during the Reformation |
| Emanuel Herrmann | 1839 | Yes | 1902 | No | Professor of economics, inventor of the postcard |
| Eduard Hitzberger | 1955 | Yes | cook | ||
| Robert Hofferer | 1959 | Yes | Film and theater producer as well as art and culture manager | ||
| Sissy Höfferer | 1955 | Yes | actress | ||
| Rolf Holub | 1956 | Yes | Politicians (Greens) and artists | ||
| Gerold Holzer | 1957 | Yes | Orthopedist | ||
| Volker Horn | 1943 | Yes | 2009 | No | Opera and concert singer |
| Alexander Huber | 1985 | Yes | Volleyball and beach volleyball players | ||
| Thomas Hundred Pounds | 1989 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Bernhart Jähnig | 1941 | Yes | historian | ||
| Harald Jannach | 1972 | Yes | Politician (FPÖ) | ||
| Franz Jeglitsch | 1934 | Yes | 2016 | ? | Rector of the Montan University Leoben and member of the state parliament |
| Ferdinand Jergitsch | 1836 | Yes | 1900 | Yes | founded the first fire brigade in Carinthia |
| Gert Jonke | 1946 | Yes | 2009 | No | Poet, playwright, narrator and radio play author |
| Udo Juergens | 1934 | Yes | 2014 | No | Singer and composer |
| Arthur Kaan | 1864 | Yes | 1940 | No | sculptor |
| Peter Kaiser | 1958 | Yes | Governor | ||
| Dieter Kalt junior | 1974 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Dieter Kalt senior | 1941 | Yes | Ice hockey player and sports official | ||
| Josef Valentin Kassin | 1856 | Yes | 1931 | No | sculptor |
| Julian Kellerer | 1989 | Yes | Track and field athlete | ||
| Georg von Khevenhüller | 1533 | No | 1587 | Yes | Nobleman and governor of Carinthia (1565–87) |
| Sigmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller | 1666 | Yes | 1742 | No | Nobleman and governor of Carinthia (1698–1712) |
| Lukas Kircher | 1971 | Yes | Newspaper designer and founder of a media agency | ||
| Josef Knapp | 1906 | Yes | 2001 | Yes | opera singer |
| Ebba cook | 1944 | Yes | Art historian and university professor | ||
| Herbert Koch | 1941 | Yes | Manager | ||
| Thomas Koch | 1983 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Wolfgang Koch | 1959 | Yes | Art journalist, writer, historian | ||
| Alois Köchl | 1951 | Yes | painter | ||
| Andreas Koller | 1799 | No | 1875 | Yes | Court advocate and politician, mayor (1850–52) |
| Dagmar Koller | 1939 | Yes | Singer, dancer and actress | ||
| Friedrich Koncilia | 1948 | Yes | Soccer goalie | ||
| Peter Koncilia | 1949 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Rudolf King | 1957 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Thomas Koschat | 1845 | yes ( Viktring ) | 1914 | No | Composer and choirmaster |
| Joseph Köstner | 1906 | Yes | 1982 | Yes | catholic bishop |
| Stefan Koubek | 1977 | Yes | Tennis player | ||
| Lukas Kranzelbinder | 1988 | Yes | Jazz musician | ||
| Eberhard Kranzmayer | 1897 | Yes | 1975 | No | Dialect researcher and linguist |
| Dieter Krassnig | 1973 | Yes | Snowboard professional | ||
| Rudolf Kraßnig | 1861 | Yes | 1909 | No | writer |
| Mario Krassnitzer | 1975 | Yes | Soccer goalie | ||
| Günther Kraus | 1930 | Yes | 1988 | No | Visual artist |
| Werner Kriess | 1947 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Karl-Bernhardin Kropf | 1966 | Yes | Organist and church musician | ||
| Susanne Kubelka | 1970 | Yes | actress | ||
| Alexander Kuchinka | 1967 | Yes | Director, actor, writer and musician | ||
| Hubert Fabian Kulterer | 1938 | Yes | 2009 | No | Author and action artist |
| Anton Kutej | 1909 | Yes | 1941 | No | Catholic priest and Nazi victim |
| Marko Lackner | 1972 | Yes | Jazz saxophonist and composer | ||
| Sabine Ladstätter | 1968 | Yes | Classical archaeologist and director of the OeAI | ||
| Harry Lange | 1983 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Mathias Lange | 1985 | Yes | Ice hockey goalkeeper | ||
| Thomas Leeb | 1977 | Yes | Fingerstyle guitarist | ||
| New Year's Eve | 1880 | No | 1957 | Yes | Politician (CS), Governor (1934) |
| Ernst Lerch | 1914 | Yes | 1997 | Yes | SS-Sturmbannführer |
| Stefan Lexa | 1976 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Elmar Lichtenegger | 1974 | Yes | Track and field athlete, politician (FPÖ / BZÖ) | ||
| Adalbert Lidmansky | 1795 | No | 1858 | Yes | Prince-Bishop, Philanthropist |
| Walburga Litschauer | 1954 | Yes | Musicologist | ||
| Switbert Lobisser | 1878 | No | 1943 | Yes | Painter, graphic artist, wood cutter |
| Eduard Lucerna | 1869 | Yes | 1944 | No | composer |
| Walter Ludescher | 1942 | Yes | Soccer player and coach, high school professor and director | ||
| Klaus Lukas | 1938 | Yes | Lawyer, author and politician, Member of the European Parliament | ||
| Leo Lukas | 1908 | Yes | 1979 | Yes | Politician |
| Manfred Lukas-Luderer | 1951 | Yes | Theater and film actor, director | ||
| Gerhard Lutz | 1939 | Yes | 2017 | No | physicist |
| Josef Maderner | 1915 | No | 1984 | Yes | Politician, university lecturer, HAK director |
| Michael Maier | 1958 | Yes | journalist | ||
| Larissa Marolt | 1992 | Yes | Model and actress | ||
| Egon Matzner | 1938 | Yes | 2003 | No | Economist and finance scientist |
| Wolf in the Maur | 1924 | Yes | 2005 | No | Journalist, ORF director |
| Juergen Maurer | 1967 | Yes | actor | ||
| Simon Martin Mayer | 1788 | Yes | 1872 | ? | Priest, writer and publicist |
| Penny McLean | 1946 | Yes | Singer and author | ||
| Friedrich Meyer-Rubritius | 1890 | Yes | 1950 | No | painter |
| Karlheinz Miklin | 1946 | Yes | 2019 | ? | Jazz saxophonist, composer and university professor |
| Ilka Minor | 1975 | Yes | Rally co-driver | ||
| Günther Mittergradnegger | 1923 | Yes | 1992 | Yes | Composer, choirmaster |
| Gotbert Moro | 1902 | No | 1987 | Yes | historian |
| Markus Müller | 1967 | Yes | Rector of the Medical University of Vienna | ||
| Max Muller | 1965 | Yes | Actors and singers | ||
| Robert Musil | 1880 | Yes | 1942 | No | Writer and theater critic |
| Felician Myrbach | 1853 | No | 1940 | Yes | painter |
| Julius Christoph Neuner | 1838 | Yes | 1910 | Yes | Industrialist, politician and mayor of Klagenfurt (1896–1909) |
| Franz Niedermoser | 1901 | No | 1946 | Yes | Psychiatrist and primary physician; Euthanasia participant |
| Heinz Nittel | 1930 | Yes | 1981 | No | Politician (SPÖ), Vienna City Council |
| Danny Nucci | 1968 | Yes | actor | ||
| Harald Ofner | 1983 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Malte Olschewski | 1940 | Yes | Journalist and author | ||
| Martin Oraže | 1984 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Franz Andrä von Orsini-Rosenberg | 1653 | Yes | 1698 | Yes | Governor, hereditary steward |
| Vincent of Orsini-Rosenberg | 1722 | Yes | 1794 | Yes | Governor, Lord Mayor of the State |
| Albin Ouschan | 1990 | Yes | Pool player | ||
| Jasmin Ouschan | 1986 | Yes | Pool player | ||
| Urban Paumgartner | 15 ?? | No | 1630 | No | humanist |
| Christina Perchtold | 1993 | Yes | Cyclist | ||
| Josef Friedrich Perkonig | 1890 | No | 1959 | Yes | poet |
| Lothar Peter | 1942 | Yes | sociologist | ||
| Wolfgang Petritsch | 1947 | Yes | Diplomat and politician (SPÖ) | ||
| Alexander Petschnig | 1973 | Yes | Politician (FPÖ) | ||
| Emil Petschnig | 1877 | Yes | 1939 | No | Composer and music critic |
| Harald Pichler | 1987 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Gerhard Pilgram | 1955 | Yes | Cultural manager, author and visual artist | ||
| Oliver Pink | 1973 | Yes | journalist | ||
| Markus Pirmann | 1989 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Ursula Plassnik | 1956 | Yes | Diplomat and Politician (ÖVP) | ||
| Amira Pocher | 1992 | Yes | Television personality | ||
| Herbert Poeck | 1957 | Yes | Ice hockey player and coach | ||
| Markus Poeck | 1992 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Thomas Poeck | 1981 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Otto Maria Polley | 1910 | No | 1984 | Yes | Poet, press and culture officer for the Province of Carinthia |
| Manfred Posch | 1943 | No | 2016 | ? | Journalist, author, alpinist and astronomer |
| Erich Prunč | 1941 | Yes | 2018 | No | Linguist, translation scholar and literary historian |
| Sepp Puschnig | 1946 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Andreas Pušnik | 1972 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Josef Quantschnig | 1939 | Yes | Politician, former President of the Carinthian Chamber of Labor | ||
| Christian Thomas Rachlé | 1965 | Yes | Catholic theologian and author | ||
| Antonia Rados | 1953 | Yes | Television journalist | ||
| Markus Ragger | 1988 | Yes | Chess grandmaster | ||
| Roland Rainer | 1910 | Yes | 2004 | No | architect |
| Ernst Rauscher von Stainberg | 1834 | Yes | 1919 | Yes | writer |
| Ernst Alexander Rauter | 1929 | Yes | 2006 | No | writer |
| Hanns Albin Rauter | 1895 | Yes | 1949 | No | SS general, executed war criminal |
| Johannes Reichel | 1982 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Mathias Reichhold | 1957 | Yes | Politician (FPÖ) | ||
| Sabrina Reiter | 1983 | Yes | actress | ||
| Arnold Riese | 1871 | No | 1912 | Yes | Teacher, editor, politician (SPÖ) |
| Wilhelm Rudnigger | 1921 | Yes | 1984 | Yes | writer |
| Joseph Sablatnig | 1886 | Yes | 1946 | No | Aviation pioneer |
| Franz II. Xavier von Salm-Reifferscheidt | 1749 | No | 1822 | Yes | Prince-Bishop and Cardinal |
| Wolfgang Schantl | 1961 | Yes | Doctor, politician (SPÖ) | ||
| Gabriele Schaunig | 1965 | Yes | Politician (SPÖ) | ||
| Robert Schelander | 1960 | Yes | Protestant theologian | ||
| Karl Schellander | 1956 | Yes | University lecturer for animal breeding | ||
| Paul Schellander | 1986 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Harald Scheucher | 1940 | Yes | Politician (ÖVP), Mayor of Klagenfurt (1997–2009) | ||
| Walter Schmid-Sachsenstamm | 1891 | No | 1945 | Yes | Psychiatrist and medical director; Euthanasia participant |
| Martin Schumnig | 1989 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Hugo Schwendenwein | 1926 | Yes | 2019 | ? | Canon lawyer |
| Johann Sedlmaier | 1972 | Yes | catholic priest | ||
| Helene Serfecz | 1886 | Yes | 1943 | No | social democratic resistance fighter against the Nazi regime |
| Horst Skoff | 1968 | Yes | 2008 | No | Tennis player |
| Bernhard von Spanheim | 1176/81 | No | 1256 | No | Duke of Carinthia, city founder |
| Emil Spitra | 1851 | No | 1924 | Yes | kuk purveyor to the court |
| Johann Staber | 1928 | Yes | 2005 | No | architect |
| Josef Stefan | 1835 | Yes | 1893 | No | Mathematician and physicist |
| Hubert Steiner | 1957 | Yes | historian | ||
| Ferdinand Steinringer | 1796 | Yes | 1866 | Yes | Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Paul in Lavanttal |
| Bruno Strobl | 1949 | Yes | Composer and conductor | ||
| Martin Strutz | 1961 | Yes | Politician (FPÖ), Deputy Governor, President of the State Parliament | ||
| Gerhard Sturmberger | 1940 | Yes | 1990 | Yes | Soccer player |
| Arnold Seeker | 1898 | Yes | 1983 | No | Politician (VF) and lawyer, Governor of Carinthia (1936–38) |
| Stephan Tauschitz | 1889 | Yes | 1970 | Yes | Politician (Landbund) and diplomat |
| Johann von Thys | 1715 | No | 1773 | Yes | Founder of the Thys Kk fine cloth factory and farmer |
| Herbert Trattnigg | 1955 | Yes | actor | ||
| Peter Truschner | 1967 | Yes | writer | ||
| Adolf von Tschabuschnigg | 1809 | Yes | 1877 | No | Writer, lawyer, politician, Minister of Justice |
| Johann von Viktring | ≈1270 | ? | 1347 | ? | Historian |
| Oliver Vitouch | 1971 | No | Rector of the University of Klagenfurt, President of the University Conference (2016-17) | ||
| Leopold Wagner | 1927 | Yes | 2008 | Yes | Politician (SPÖ), Governor of Carinthia (1974-88) |
| Manuel Wallner | 1988 | Yes | Soccer player | ||
| Ferdinand Wedenig | 1896 | No | 1975 | Yes | Politician (SPÖ), Governor of Carinthia (1947-65) |
| Daniel Welser | 1983 | Yes | Ice hockey player | ||
| Nike winter | 1989 | No | Soccer player | ||
| Freya Wippich | 1952 | Yes | Singer and musical actress (née Weghofer) | ||
| Arno Wohlfahrter | 1964 | Yes | Cyclist | ||
| Viktor Wolf of Glanvell | 1871 | Yes | 1905 | No | alpinist |
| Thomas Woschitz | 1968 | Yes | Film director and screenwriter | ||
| Peter Wrolich | 1974 | Yes | Cyclist | ||
| Ingolf miracle | 1985 | Yes | pianist | ||
| Ingo Zechner | 1972 | Yes | Philosopher and historian | ||
| Johanes Zechner | 1953 | Yes | Visual artist | ||
| Franz Karl Zoller | 1748 | Yes | 1829 | No | Engraver, topographer and poet |
| Josef Anton Zoller | 1730 | Yes | 1791 | No | Baroque painter |