List of personalities of the city of Villach

The following list contains personalities born in Villach as well as temporarily living persons, listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Villach

To 1900

• Urban Görtschacher (around 1485 - after 1530), painter
• Johannes Obernburger (around 1486 - 1552), chief secretary of the chancellery of Emperor Charles V, governor of Carinthia
• Franz Paul Findeigg (1726–1771), genre and battle painter
• Josef Willroider (1838–1915), landscape painter and etcher
• Ludwig Willroider (1845–1910), landscape painter and etcher
• Wilhelm Eich (1858–1935), politician
• Ignaz Brantner (1886–1960), actor, librettist and theater director
• Arnold Clementschitsch (1887–1970), painter
• Friedrich Schatzmayer (1890–1952), politician
• Hans Kurath (1891–1992), linguist
• Gottfried Timmerer (1895–1970), mayor 1956–68, district school inspector, honorary citizen

20th century

1901 to 1925

• Erich Dolezal (1902–1990), writer, astronomer and popular educator
• Elli Riehl (1902–1977), doll maker
• Paul Kassecker (1903–1992), sculptor, painter and graphic artist
• Carl-Heinz Birnbacher , naval officer, most recently rear admiral in the German Navy
• Ingomar Pust (1912–1998), officer, alpinist, writer and journalist
• Karl Reinthaler (1913–2000), politician
• Josef Resch (1913–1997), mayor (1968–81), honorary citizen
• Lore Kutschera (1917–2008), botanist
• Gustl Mayer (1917–2015), ski jumper and ski racer
• Walter Tautschnig (1917–2008), President of the Vienna Boys' Choir Association
• Heidemarie Hatheyer (1918–1990), actress
• Karl Österreicher (1918–2000), diplomat and major general
• Rudolf Filipot (1919–2000), mayor and member of the state parliament
• Manfred Schuster (* 1919), actor, dubbing and radio play speaker
• Ernst Melchior (1920–1978), football player
• Albert Quendler (1921–2016), film director
• Paul Watzlawick (1921–2007), communication scientist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, philosopher and author
• Helmut Hadwiger (1922-2004), ski jumper
• Otto Melchior (1922–1993), VSV soccer player
• Leopold Hrazdil (1923–2003), mayor 1981–1987, honorary citizen (1987)
• Jakob Mörtl (1924–2016), Mayor 1976–81
• Herbert Wochinz (1925–2012), director and theater manager

1926 to 1950

• Franz Schneeweiß (1926–1982), painter and sculptor
• Hanno Millesi (1927–2017), specialist in plastic surgery
• Kurt Diemberger (* 1932), mountaineer, filmmaker, photographer and author
• Walter Benigni (1934–2019), photographer
• Helga Hieden-Sommer (* 1934), politician
• Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010), painter and sculptor
• Karl Kaus (1940–2015), prehistorian and was a regional archaeologist
• Hermann Knoflacher (* 1940), civil engineer
• Gernot Kulterer (* 1940), architect
• Hans Schmid (* 1940), entrepreneur
• Heidelinde Weis (* 1940), actress
• Ulrich Gäbler (* 1941), theologian
• Edwin Gräupl (* 1941), educator
• Reimar Gradischnik (* 1941), politician and judge
• Gernot Piccottini (1941–2018), archaeologist, field archaeologist and epigraphist
• Peter Thurner (1941–2005), architect
• Manfried Rauchsteiner (* 1942), Director of the Army History Museum (1992–2005)
• Dieter Stappert (1942–2008), journalist and team manager in motorsport
• Sabine Felgenhauer-Schmiedt (* 1943), archaeologist
• Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (* 1944), manager
• Franziska Schmidt-Dick (* 1944), numismatist
• Peter Ambrozy (* 1946), politician
• Helmut Manzenreiter (* 1946), Mayor (1987–2015)
• Peter Mitterer (1946–2013), innkeeper and politician
• Werner Kofler (1947–2011), writer
• Werner Raditschnig (* 1948), composer and guitarist
• Peter W. Michor (* 1949), mathematician
• Karl Autz (* 1949), VSV soccer goalie
• Josef Aichholzer (* 1950), film producer

1951 to 1960

• Gunther Spath (* 1951), military commander, athletics chairman, writer (poems and prose), lecturer on scientific topics
• Walter Ebner (* 1952), school director and politician
• Hans Millonig (* 1952), ski jumper
• Marialuise Mittermüller (* 1952), politician
• Ingeborg Rinke (* 1952), politician
• Bruno Rossmann (* 1952), economist and politician
• Gerald Domenig (* 1953), artist
• Gerald Kargl (* 1953), film director
• Mares Rossmann (* 1953), politician
• Hilde Schaumberger (* 1953), politician
• Uli Scherer (1953–2018), pianist and composer of avant-garde jazz
• Gerd Schuller (* 1953), musician
• Günter Willegger (* 1953), bank director and politician
• Konrad Paul Liessmann (* 1953), philosopher
• Edeltraud Gatterer (* 1954), housewife and politician
• Heinz Singerl (* 1954), VSV soccer player
• Nicole Cernic (* 1955), politician
• Erich Kessler (* 1955), ÖBB official and politician
• Herwig Kircher (* 1955), national soccer player
• Dietmar Millonig (* 1955), medium and long distance runner
• Melitta Trunk (* 1955), politician
• Roland Zellot (* 1955), federal civil servant, farmer and politician
• Fritz Koch (* 1956), ski jumper
• Richard Pfeiler (* 1956), local politician
• Gertraud Putz (* 1956), Catholic theologian
• Gernot Rumpold (* 1957), former politician
• Peter Löscher (* 1957), manager
• Karl Gerfried Müller (* 1957), politician and tax officer
• Karina Ressler (* 1957), film editor
• Ferdinand Schrottenbach (1957–1991), police officer
• Karl Unterkofler (* 1957), mathematician and university professor
• Gerald Kotschnig (* 1958), VSV soccer player
• Waltraud Dietrich (* 1959), politician
• Alfred Groyer (* 1959), ski jumper
• Horst Lechner (1959–2014), architect
• Josef Martinz (* 1959), politician
• Elisabeth Engstler (* 1960), TV presenter and singer
• Klaus Karlbauer (* 1960), composer, director and multimedia artist
• Hermann Lipitsch (* 1960), politician, trade union official and ÖBB employee
• Peter Raffl (* 1960), ice hockey player and coach

1961 to 1970

• Peter Fritz (* 1961), television journalist
• Heinz Koch (* 1961), ski jumping trainer
• Kurt Tomaschitz (1961–2008), ancient historian and epigraphist
• Peter Zimmermann (* 1961), writer and journalist
• Erika Gfrerer (* 1962), ski racer
• Hannes M. Schalle (* 1963), TV producer, author and film composer
• Bernhard Bieche (born March 28, 1964), ORF-Carinthia editor-in-chief
• Helena Ramsbacher (* 1964), politician
• Evelyn Adunka (* 1965), historian and publicist
• Maximilian Linder (* 1965), politician, innkeeper and farmer
• Franz Wiegele (* 1965), ski jumper
• Alexander Antonitsch (* 1966), tennis player
• Hubert Dörer (* 1966), strength athlete
• Michael Martin Kofler (* 1966), flautist
• Primus Sitter (* 1966), jazz musician
• Gotthard Hinteregger (* 1967), professional boxer
• Tiba Marchetti (* 1967), television presenter
• Kurt Scheuch (* 1967), farmer, forester and politician
• Herbert Kickl (* 1968), politician
• Barbara Demmer (* 1969), actress
• Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek (* 1969), politician
• Herbert Hohenberger (* 1969), ice hockey player
• Alexander Kaimbacher opera, operetta, oratorio, lied and concert singer
• Uwe Scheuch (* 1969), politician
• Cornelia Vospernik (* 1969), television journalist
• Manfred Weber-Wien (* 1969), painter and draftsman
• Richard Huber (* 1970), soccer player and coach
• Wolfgang Kromp (* 1970), ice hockey player
• Gerald Ressmann (* 1970), ice hockey player

1971 to 1980

• Walter Auer (* 1971), flautist
• Norbert Koch (* 1971), physicist
• Martin Koller (* 1971), guitarist
• Christian Mayer (* 1972), ski racer
• Günther Lanzinger (* 1972), ice hockey player
• Christian Moser (* 1972), ski jumper
• Christiane Wassertheurer (* 1972), television presenter and author
• Tanja Hausott née Schett (* 1974), soccer referee
• Günther Albel (* 1974), mayor
• Monika Matschnig (* 1974), national volleyball player and psychologist
• Roland Kollmann (* 1976), football player
• Daniel Mesotitsch (* 1976), biathlete
• Gerhard Unterluggauer (* 1976), ice hockey player
• Katrin Griesser (* 1977), actress
• Martin Hohenberger (* 1977), ice hockey player
• Jürgen Pichorner (* 1977), soccer player
• Milan Rasinger (* 1977), football player
• Isabel Zedlacher (* 1977), snowboarder
• Haris Bilajbegovic (* 1978), director and violence prevention trainer
• Ingrid Schmoliner (* 1978), musician
• Franz Koloini (* 1978), functionary
• Marco Pewal (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Martin Pewal (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Friedrich Pinter (* 1978), biathlete
• Absztrakkt (* 1979), musician / rapper
• Martin Mühlstätter (* 1979), western rider
• Jürgen Pinter (* 1979), cross-country skier
• Janko Ehrlich (1980-2010), ski jumper
• Gernot Messner (* 1980), soccer player
• Wendelin Mölzer (* 1980), politician

1981 to 1990

• Michael Mayer (* 1981), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Martin Koch (* 1982), ski jumper
• Mario Steiner (* 1982), soccer player
• Armin Woschank (* 1982), basketball player
• Stefan Kaiser (* 1983), ski jumper
• Martin Mesotitsch (* 1983), biathlete
• Boris Uran (* 1983), pop singer
• Martin Kohlmaier (* 1984), basketball player
• Nikolas Petrik (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Markus Meschik (* 1985), social worker
• Philipp Pinter (* 1985), ice hockey player
• Stephan Stückler (* 1985), soccer player
• Manuel Weber (* 1985), soccer player
• Florian Hufsky (1986–2009), media artist and political activist
• Thomas Raffl (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Michael Grabner (* 1987), ice hockey player
• Marco Knaller (* 1987), soccer goalkeeper
• Daniel Gasser (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Kerstin Muschet (* 1988), biathlete and cross-country skier
• Benjamin Petrik (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Michael Raffl (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Marc Sand (* 1988), soccer player
• Andreas Wiedergut (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Guido Burgstaller (* 1989), soccer player
• David Hauser (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Christof Martinz (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Martin Gasser (* 1990), jazz musician
• Michael Köfeler (* 1990), ice hockey player
• Thomas König (* 1990), ski racer
• Melissa Naschenweng (* 1990), musician, folk music and pop singer
• Jürgen Tschernutter (* 1990), ice hockey player
• Marco Wieser (* 1990), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Marco Zorec (* 1990), ice hockey player

1991 to 2000

• Anton Darohs (* 1991), ice hockey player
• Kevin Essmann (* 1991), ice hockey player
• Anna Gasser (* 1991), snowboarder
• Stefan Hierländer (* 1991), soccer player
• Marius Göhringer (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Lukas Müller (* 1992), ski jumper
• Patrick Platzer (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Christian Ofner (* 1993), ice hockey player
• Alexander Rauchwald (* 1993), ice hockey player
• Marco Schwarz (* 1995), ski racer
• Katharina Truppe (* 1996), ski racer
• Chris Höher (* 1997), racing car driver
• Johannes Eichwalder (* 1997), ski jumper
• Christof Kromp (* 1997), ice hockey player
• Thomas Winkler (* 1998), ice hockey player

Famous residents of Villach

• Thomas von Villach (* around 1435; † around 1529), artist of the Villach School
• Paracelsus (* around 1493; † 1541), doctor and alchemist
• Ferdinand Cavallar von Grabensprung (1886–1952), old Austrian officer and pilot
• Hans Leb (1909–1961), architect, poet etc.
• Gert J. Hödl (1943–2017), ice and sand artist
• Reinhart Rohr (* 1959), politician
• Beate Prettner (* 1965), gynecologist and politician

Mayor since 1945

• 1945 to 1951: Viktor Petschnik
• 1956 to 1968: Gottfried Timmerer
• 1968 to 1976: Josef Resch
• 1976 to 1981: Jakob Mörtl
• 1981 to 1987: Leopold Hrazdil
• 1987 to 2015: Helmut Manzenreiter
• since 2015: Günther Albel

More politicians

• Monika Kircher , Vice Mayor from 1991 to 2001
• Petra Oberrauner , First Vice Mayor from 2015 to 2019
• Irene Hochstetter-Lackner , First Vice Mayor since 2019
• Franz Pacher , City Councilor from 1985 to 1996
• Peter Weidinger , City Councilor from 2007 to 2017
• Elisabeth Dieringer-Granza , councilor

Honorary citizen

• Helmut Wulz (* 1936), musician and folklorist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: Transfermarkt Villacher SV - all transfers - departures 46/47
2. ^ WSG Radenthein »Players from AZ on weltfussball.at
3. ↑ Source: Transfermarkt Villacher SV - all transfers - additions 75/76
4. ↑ Source: Transfermarkt Villacher SV - all transfers - departures 81/82
5. ↑ ORF
6. ↑ Helmut Wulz receives honorary citizenship - oesterreich.ORF.at. In: ktnv1.orf.at. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .