List of personalities of the city of Salzburg

List of famous personalities of the city of Salzburg :

A.

Karl Aberle (1818-1892), medic
Rudolf Achleitner (1864–1909), conductor and composer
Karl Adlmannseder (1902–1981), artist
Karl Adrian (1861–1949), folklorist
Gerhard Amanshauser (1928–2006), writer
Martin Amerhauser (* 1974), soccer player
Irene Andessner (* 1954), visual artist
Franz Aschenbrenner (1898–1998), bookseller, mountain guide and Salzburg original
Ruth Aspöck (* 1947), writer

B.

Lída Baarová (1914–2000), Czech actress and lover of Joseph Goebbels
Lina Bach-Bendel (1854–1920), theater actress and opera singer (soprano)
Gerd Bacher (1925–2015), journalist and artistic director
Frederick Baker (1965–2020), filmmaker and media scholar
Muriel Baumeister (* 1972), actress
Julian Baumgartlinger (* 1988), soccer player
Felix Baumgartner (* 1969), base jumper and extreme athlete
David Behrman (* 1937), American composer, sound and installation artist, music teacher and pioneer of computer music
Herb Berger (* 1969), jazz musician
Nik Berger (* 1974), beach volleyball player
Karl Breymann (1807–1870), forest scientist and mathematician
Virgil von Helmreichen zu Brunnfeld (1805–1852), researcher and discoverer
Karl Bundschuh (1871–1935), school director and member of the state parliament in Upper Austria

C.

Susanne Czepl (* 1959), actress and cabaret artist

D.

Karl Walter Diess (1928–2014), actor and voice actor
Karl von Dietl (1813–1885), Bavarian lieutenant general
Gaby Dohm (* 1943), German-Austrian actress
Christian Doppler (1803-1853), mathematician and physicist (Doppler effect)
Bryce Douvier (born 1991), basketball player
Hans Draxler (1892–1953), politician (SPÖ)

E.

Doraja Eberle (* 1954), politician
Johann Ignaz Egedacher (1675–1744), South German organ builder
Caspar Eine (* 1948), politician, member of the National Council
Robert Endres (1892–1964), historian and lecturer
Philipp Eng (* 1990), racing car driver
Bernhard Ernst (1961–2012), management consultant, sports official and politician

F.

Bobby Falta (* 1941), German jazz guitarist
Andreas Felber (* 1971), music critic and radio presenter
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (* 1948), EU Commissioner, politician
Paula Fichtl (1902–1989), Sigmund Freud's housekeeper
Adolph Johannes Fischer (1885–1936), academic painter, writer and important art collector
Cornelia Fischer (1954–1977), painter (Nela)
Maximilian von Frey (1852–1932), physiologist
Robert Friedl (* 1963), jazz saxophonist
Rueland Frueauf the Elder (around 1445 - 1507), painter
Rueland Frueauf the Younger (around 1470 - 1547), painter
Sebastian Fuchsberger (* 1971), trombonist and singer (tenor)
Herbert Fux (1927–2007), actor

G

Ralph Gabriel (* 1971), architect, cultural scientist and author
Richard Gach (1930–1991), architect
Tanja Gaich (* 1980), chemist
Karl-Markus Gauß (* 1954), publicist
Rollo Gebhard (1921–2013), single-handed sailor, author and animal rights activist
Matthias Geist (* 1969), Lutheran Superintendent of Vienna
Oliver Glasner (* 1974), soccer player
Gerrit Glomser (* 1975), racing cyclist
Heinz Göbel (1947–2013), painter and graphic artist
Roland Goeschl (1932–2016), artist and art professor
Thomas Graggaber (* 1981), ski racer
David Groß (* 1978), filmmaker, journalist and activist
Otto von Gruber (1884–1942), geodesist and pioneer of photogrammetry
Martin Grubinger (* 1983), drummer and percussionist
Ingeborg Grünwald (* 2001), track and field athlete

H

Manuel Haas (* 1996), soccer player
Sabina Hank (* 1976), pianist and composer
Albert Hartinger (1946–2020), opera and concert singer, conductor and founder of the Salzburg Bach Society
Hans Hass (1946–2009), actor, musician and sports equipment developer
Stefan Häusl (* 1976), freeride athlete
Günther Heinz (1927–1992), art historian, museum curator, artist and university professor
Bodo Hell (* 1943), writer
Paul Helmreich (1579–1631), theologian and writer, consistorial councilor and court preacher in Salzburg
Michael Henker (* 1948), German historian and museum specialist
Reinfried Herbst (* 1978), ski racer
Cornelia Herrmann (* 1977), pianist
Franz Joseph von Herz zu Herzfeld (1681–1739), lawyer, professor and privy councilor in Salzburg
Christian Hörl (1962–2020), politician (The Greens)
Uwe Höfferer (* 1965), politician
Robert Hoffmann (* 1939), actor
Wilhelm Holzbauer (1930–2019), architect
Andreas Horvath (* 1968), photographer and filmmaker
Julia Horvath (* 1974), actress
Herbert Hübel (* 1958), sports official and lawyer
Daniel Huber (* 1993), ski jumper
Fritz Huber (* 1942), writer
Josef Franz Karl Huber (1925–2000), chemist and university professor
Oswald Huber (* 1942), psychologist and cartoonist
Sebastian Huber (* 1964), politician, Second President of the State Parliament

I.

Andreas Ibertsberger (* 1982), soccer player

J

Waldemar Jud (1943–2018), lawyer and professor at the University of Graz

K

Johannes Kaltenmarkter (around 1450 - 1506), clergyman, theologian and legal scholar
Tobias Kammerlander (* 1986), Nordic combined athlete
Helmut F. Kaplan (* 1952), author, philosopher and animal rights activist
Walter Kappacher (* 1938), writer
Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), conductor
Maximilian Karner (* 1990), soccer player
Roman Kienast (* 1984), soccer player
Angelika Kirchschlager (* 1965), opera singer
Johann Franz Thaddäus von Kleimayrn (1733–1805), statesman and scholar from Salzburg
Robert Kleindienst (* 1975), writer
Eva Klinger-Römhild (1945–2013), German ceramist and sculptor
Peter Knorr (* 1939), German-Austrian cabaret artist, satirist and author
Melanie Kogler (* 1985), actress
Aglaia Konrad (* 1960), Austrian-Belgian photographer
Peter Krämer (1950–2017), German shipowner
Harald Krassnitzer (* 1960), actor
Robert Kratky (* 1973), radio presenter
Benedikt Kraus (1725–1813), conductor and composer
Fred Kraus (1912–1993), actor and director
Franz Krieger (1914–1993), photographer
Josef Krieger (1848–1914), painter
Peter Kronreif (* 1982), jazz musician
Genia Kühmeier (* 1975), opera singer
Esther Kuhn (* 1980), actress
Sanel Kuljic (* 1977), football player
Susanne Kurz (* 1956), politician

L.

Johann Raimund von Lamberg (1662–1725), auxiliary bishop in Passau
Sebastian Lanser (* 1983), drummer
Christine Lechner (* 1960), architect, interior designer and civil engineer
Walter Lechner junior (* 1981), automobile racing driver
Hannes Leitgeb (* 1972), philosopher, mathematician and Alexander von Humboldt professor
Birgit Leitner (* 1981), soccer player
Hermann Leitner (1927–2013), director, screenwriter and film editor
Jürgen Leitner (* 1979), musician and music producer
Sebastian Leitner (1919–1989), publicist
Walter Leitner (1915–2002), politician, regional councilor in the Salzburg regional government
Luz Leskowitz (* 1943), violinist, lecturer and juror
Luise of Austria-Tuscany (1870–1947), Crown Princess of Saxony
Rudolf von Lützow (1780-1858), statesman

M.

Johann Maier (* 1952), politician, member of the National Council
Leopold Maier-Labergo (1908–1939), German figure skater
Markus Maier (1911–2010), Nordic and Alpine skier
Eduard Mainoni (* 1958), politician (BZÖ)
Hans Makart (1840–1884), painter and decorator
Alexander Manninger (* 1977), football player
Georg Mark (* 1948), Austrian conductor
Günther Matzinger (* 1987), sprinter and medium-distance runner
Anna-Elisabeth Mayer (* 1977), writer
Bertram J. Mayer (1943–2013), architect
Max Mayer (1886–1967), civil engineer
Patrick Mayer (* 1986), soccer player
Walter Mayer (* 1959), journalist and author
Carl Mayr (1875–1942), artist, fashion designer and restaurateur
Erwin Mayr (1899–1969), seed researcher, plant breeder and cereal ecologist
Josef Karl Mayr (1885–1960), historian, archivist and university professor
Richard Mayr (1877–1935), chamber singer, honorary citizen of Salzburg
Franz Mazura (1924-2020), opera singer
Marco Meilinger (* 1991), soccer player
Marie-Kathrin Melnitzky (* 1968), singer and harpist
Johannes Gobertus Meran (* 1961), doctor and Roman Catholic theologian
Meta Merz (1965–1989), writer
Flora Miranda (* 1990), fashion designer
Joseph Mohr (1792–1848), priest and poet (Silent Night, Holy Night)
Ernst von Montfort (1700–1758), ruling Count of Tettnang and Langenargen from 1733 to 1755
Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829), sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Nannerl")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), musician and composer of the Viennese classical period
Walter Müller (* 1950), writer
Agnes Muthspiel (1914–1966), painter
Franz Muxeneder (1920–1988), German-Austrian actor

N

Albert Nagnzaun (1777–1856), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg
Michael Nagnzaun (1789–1860), Benedictine and musician
Franz Heinrich von Naumann (1749–1795), vedute painter of the Salzburg region
Ismail Naurdiev (* 1996), mixed martial arts fighter

O

Karl Oberparleiter (1886–1968), professor of business administration
Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell (1812–1895), Austro-Hungarian Chamberlain and Lieutenant Field Marshal
Otto I (1815–1867), King of Greece

P

Dimitri Zacharias Pappas (1921–1999), entrepreneur and consul general
Georg Pappas (1928–2008), entrepreneur and vice-consul
Johann Friedrich Pereth (1643–1722), baroque painter
Fritz Pfleumer (1881–1945), German-Austrian engineer and inventor of the tape
Peter Pikl (1946–2018), actor, theater director and artistic director
Johannes Pillinger (* 1963), composer and arranger
Gottfried Pilz (* 1944), set designer
Kurt Planck (1911–1975), Director of Security
Horst Pleiner (* 1941), General
Emil Pottner (1872–1942), painter, graphic artist and ceramist
Claudia Praxmayer , writer, conservation specialist and biologist

Robert Preußler (1866–1942), politician, journalist, co-founder of the Salzburg Festival

Berthold Pürstinger (1465–1543), Bishop of Chiemsee

R.

Martin Ragginger (* 1988), racing car driver
Roland Ratzenberger (1960–1994), Formula 1 driver
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff (1912–1994), anthropologist
Florian Reichssiegel (1735–1793), writer
Lois Renner (* 1961), visual artist
Birgit Renzl (* 1974), economist
Max Rieder (* 1957), architect
Josef von Ringelsheim (1820-1893), general
Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (* 1965), philosopher
Kathrin Röggla (* 1971), writer
Barbara Rosenkranz (* 1958), politician (FPÖ) and member of the National Council
Nettie Rosenstein (1890–1980), American fashion designer and entrepreneur
Lisa Rücker (* 1965), politician of the Greens
Joseph Russegger (1802–1863), geologist
Renate Rustler-Ourth (* 1949), actress and director

S.

Johann Baptist Samber (1654–1717), music theorist and organist
Stefan Savic (* 1994), football player
Gustav Adolf Scheel (1907–1979), German doctor and functionary (1936–1945) during the National Socialist era
Ashley Hans Scheirl (* 1956) artist
Modest Butterer (1738–1784), Benedictine priest and legal scholar
Hartmut Schmidt (* 1946), composer, musician
Christa Schmuck (* 1944), German luge athlete
Marcus Schmuck (1925–2005), mountaineer
Hertha Schober-Awecker (1922–1989), historian
Philipp Schörghofer (* 1983), ski racer
Max Schrems (* 1987), lawyer and data protection activist
Lukas Schubert (* 1989), soccer player
Georg Schuchter (1952–2001), actor
Hans-Joachim Schütz (* 1948), legal scholar
Rudolf Schwarzgruber (1900–1943), mountaineer and expedition leader
Sascha Selke (* 1967), German-Austrian film music composer
Erich Wolfgang Skwara (* 1948), literary scholar and writer
Andrea Spatzek (* 1959), actress
Herbert Spindler (* 1954), racing cyclist
Ingo Springenschmid (1942–2016), visual artist and writer
Niki Stajković (1959–2017), diver, Olympic participant
Elias Stemeseder (* 1990), jazz musician
Manfred Stengl (1946–1992), luge, bobsleigh and motorcycle racer
Rupert Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (* 1970), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Munich and Freising
Eduard Stöllinger (1948–2006), motorcycle racing driver
Thomas Stöllner (* 1967), archaeologist
Bernhard Strauss (* 1975), beach volleyball player

T

Herta Talmar (1920–2010), operetta singer and actress
Anna Tenta (* 1977), Austrian-Swiss actress
Josef Thorak (1889–1952), sculptor
Curth Anatol Tichy (1923-2004), actor
Georg Trakl (1887–1914), poet
Eduard Paul Tratz (1888–1977), zoologist, founder of the Salzburg Museum House of Nature
Hubertus Trauttenberg (* 1941), General of the Austrian Armed Forces
Thomas Trenkler (* 1960), journalist and author
Irma von Troll-Borostyáni (1847–1912), writer, suffragette
Peter Truschner (* 1967), novelist, playwright, essayist, reviewer

U

Sigfried Uiberreither (1908–1984), NSDAP Gauleiter of Styria
Rupert Ursin (* 1973), physicist

V

Anna Veith (* 1989), ski racer
Johannes Voggenhuber (* 1950), politician of the Greens
Stipe Vučur (* 1992), football player

W.

Bruno Wahl (1876–1971), entomologist
Bernhard Waibel (1617–1699), Benedictine Father, Pro Chancellor of the University, Vice Rector of the University, Confessor of the Nonnberg Monastery
Louis Waizman (1863–1951), Canadian composer, violist, trombonist, pianist and music teacher
Heinz Wässle (* 1943), neurologist, director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt am Main
Johann Weinhart (1925–2019), sculptor
Grete Weiskopf (1905–1966), children's book author (Alex Wedding)
Aloys Weißenbach (1766–1821), physician and poet, chief physician at the Johannsspital
Friedrich Welz (1903–1980), art dealer and publisher
Margot Werner (1937–2012), ballet dancer and chanson singer
Klaus Werner-Lobo (* 1967), journalist, politician, clown and lecturer
Virgil Widrich (* 1967), director, screenwriter, filmmaker and multimedia artist
Hadmar von Wieser (* 1963), author and game designer
Andreas Wimberger (1959–2019), actor and radio play speaker
Juliane Windhager (1912–1986), poet and radio play author
Franz Joseph Wohlmuth (1739–1823), executioner
Joseph Woelfl (1773–1812), pianist and composer
Leopold Wölfling (1868–1935), former Archduke of Austria

Z

Friederike Zaisberger (1940–2019), historian and state archives director
Wolfgang Zamastil (1981–2017), cellist, composer and producer
Werner Zangerle (* 1979), jazz musician
Hansjörg Zauner (1959–2017), writer and visual artist
Judas Thaddäus Zauner (1750–1813), legal scholar, historian and university professor, chronicler of Salzburg
Dieter Zehentmayr (1941–2005), cartoonist
Thomas Zehetmair (* 1961), violinist
Ulrike Zeitlinger-Haake (* 1969), journalist
Georg Zundel (1931–2007), German physicist, entrepreneur and philanthropist involved in peace politics