List of sons and daughters of the city of Innsbruck

This list of the sons and daughters of the city of Innsbruck contains people who were either born in Innsbruck or who lived there for a long time and are represented with an article in the German-language Wikipedia:

A.

Johann Achamer (1650–1712), metal and bell caster
Ludwig Adamovich jun. (* 1932), lawyer and President of the Constitutional Court
Christiane Abenthung (* 1973), ski racer
Martin Abentung (* 1981), luge rider
Jakob Placidus old mother (1780–1820), painter
Christoph J. Amor (* 1979), Catholic theologian
Otto Ampferer (1875–1947), geologist
Helga Anders (1948–1986), actress and voice actress
Hans Andre (1902–1991), sculptor and painter
Bernd Angerer (* 1965), special effects animator
Heinrich Arnold (1879–1929), painter
Charly Augschöll (* 1955), jazz musician
Anton Ausserer (1843–1889), natural scientist and arachnologist

B.

Franz Barth (1802–1877), lawyer, politician and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
Herbert Bauer (1919–1997), Stuka pilot
Franz Baumann (1892–1974), architect
Michael Baur (* 1969), football player
Hermann Bayer (1936–2012), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
René Benko (* 1977), entrepreneur in the real estate, media and retail sectors
Fritz Berger (1916–2002), painter
Robert Bernardis (1908–1944), resistance fighter
Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842), botanist and entomologist
Reinhold Bichler (* 1947), ancient historian and professor
August Biendl (1863–1935), academic sculptor, professor of metalworking technology at the Innsbruck State Trade School
René Binder (* 1992), racing driver
Martin Bitschnau (* 1949), historian
Gregor Bloéb (* 1968), actor
Josephine Bloéb (* 1992), actress
Martha Bolldorf-Reitstätter (1912–2001), architect
Anton Graf Bossi Fedrigotti (1901–1990), author
Florian Bramböck (* 1959), composer and professor
Martin Bramböck (* 1963), horn player
Guntram Brattia (1966–2014), actor and theater director
Bert Breit (1927–2004), composer, journalist, filmmaker, draftsman
Hans Brenner (1938–1998), actor
Thomas Brezinka (* 1961), conductor, cultural manager and musicological lecturer
Rudolf Brix (1880–1953), writer
Andreas Brugger (* 1954), member of the Tyrolean state parliament
Diana Budisavljević (1891–1978), humanist and activist
Hermann Buhl (1924–1957), mountaineer
Kriemhild Buhl (* 1951), writer and librarian
Matthias Burglechner (1573–1642), lawyer, historian and cartographer
Paul Busson (1873-1924), journalist and writer

C.

Anton Christian (* 1940), painter
Didi Constantini (* 1955), soccer player and coach

D.

Carola Dertnig (* 1963), artist and professor
Heikko Deutschmann (* 1962), stage and television actor
Rudolf Dietrich (1929-2004), ski jumper
Wolfgang Dietrich (* 1956), political scientist and university professor
Fritz Dopfer (* 1987), German-Austrian ski racer
Maria Ducia (1875–1959), social democratic politician, co-founder of the women's movement in Tyrol
Arnold Durig (1872–1961), physiologist

E.

Alfred Eberharter Jr. (* 1979), musician (including Schürzenjäger and VIA)
Josef Eckert-Labin (1881–1959), mechanical engineer and university professor
Hannes Eder (* 1983), soccer player
Kurt Egger (* 1940), Capuchin, linguist and university professor
Rainer Egger (* 1960), actor
Wilhelm Egger (1940–2008), theologian, university professor and bishop of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen
Karin Eggers (* 1945), politician
Franz Carl Anton Egloff (1679–1741), Swiss doctor, professor and university rector in Innsbruck
Franz Caspar Benedikt Egloff (1715–1797), Swiss doctor and professor in Innsbruck
Wilhelm von Eichendorff (1786–1849), gubernial and presidential secretary in Innsbruck
Erich Eliskases (1913–1997), important Austrian and Argentine chess master
Thomas Ertl (* 1968), historian
Anna Exl (1882–1969), theater and film actress
Ferdinand Exl (1875–1942), theater actor, founder and long-time director of the Exl stage
Ilse Exl (1907–1956), theater and film actress and theater director

F.

Horst Falkner (* 1939), civil engineer
Dieter Feichtner (1943–1999), synthesizer player and composer
Johanna Felmayer (1927–2000), art historian
Ingo Feßler (1925–1982), architect
Ulrich Feßler (1935–1987), architect
Robert Fischer (1903–1996), pharmacist and university professor
Paul Flora (1922–2009), artist
Petra Frey (* 1978), actually Petra Kauch, popular pop singer
Friedrich III. (1415–1493), Holy Roman Emperor
Wolfgang Fritz (* 1947), writer
Johann Christoph Frölich von Frölichsburg (1657–1729), criminal law scholar
Wenzel Fuchs (* 1963), concert clarinetist
Anton Ignaz von Fugger-Glött (1711–1787), canon in Cologne
Felix Adam Joseph von Fugger-Glött (1719–1770), Cologne canon

G

Johannes Gabl (* 1973), actor and theater director
Anna Gamper (* 1975), university professor
Heinz Gappmayr (1925–2010), artist
Max Gehri (1847–1909), painter and nativity scene carver
Leopold Gheri (1866–1952), journalist, writer and painter
Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher (* 1962), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
Ilse Glaninger-Balzar (1919–1998), sculptor
Hans-Peter Glanzer (* 1960), diplomat
Gerhard Gleirscher (* 1969), luge rider
Martin Gostner (* 1957), visual artist
Otto von Graben zum Stein (approx. 1690–1756), writer and legend researcher
Franz Grass (1914–1993), legal historian
Andrea Graus (* 1979), racing cyclist
Florian Grein (* 1983), American football player
Christoph Grissemann (* 1966), satirist, (radio) presenter and cabaret artist
Franziska Gritsch (* 1997), ski racer
Sabine Groschup (* 1959), artist, filmmaker, author
Walther Großrubatscher (1957–2019), jazz musician
Peter Gröbner (* 1943), chemist and biochemist
Karl Gruber (1909–1995), politician and diplomat
Monica Gruber (* 1947), actress and voice actress
Tony Grubhofer (1854–1935), painter and graphic artist
Pascal Grünwald (* 1982), soccer player
Heinz Gstrein (* 1941), orientalist
Wilhelm Guggenberger (* 1966), Roman Catholic theologian
Matthias Guggenberger (* 1984), skeleton pilot
Christoph Gumpp the Younger (1600–1672), master builder
Georg Anton Gumpp (1682–1754), master builder
Johann Anton Gumpp (1654–1719), painter
Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder (1643–1729), master builder
Johann Martin Gumpp the Younger (1686–1765), master builder

H

Ricarda Haaser (* 1993), ski racer
Bertram Haid (* 1964), cartoonist
Philipp Haller (1698–1772), painter
Herwig Hauser (* 1956), mathematician
Heinz D. Heisl (* 1952), author
Ernst Heiss (* 1936), entomologist
Ernst Hiesmayr (1920–2006), architect
Christoph Hofinger (* 1967), social researcher
Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein (* 1937), Grand Commander of the Order of Malta
Joseph Vincenz Hofmann (1800–1863), theologian
Otto Hofmann (1896–1982), head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office during the Third Reich
Alma Holgersen (1899–1976), writer
Judith Holzmeister (1920–2008), actress
Ekkehard Hörmann (1933–2014), architect
Hugo Hörtnagl (1932–2019), politician (SPÖ)
Andreas Huber (* 1997), ice hockey player
Mario Huber (* 1996), ice hockey player
Michael FP Huber (* 1971), composer
Joseph Friedrich Hummel (1841–1919), conductor and composer

I.

Ignaz Anton von Indermauer (1759–1796), district chief of Vorarlberg

J

Kurt Jara (* 1950), soccer player and coach
Albert Jele (1844–1900), art historian, director of the Tyrolean glass painting company

K

Dietmar Kainrath (1942–2018), graphic artist and caricaturist
Patricia Karg (* 1961), sculptor and painter
Oliver Kent (* 1969), Austrian jazz musician
Stephan Keppler (* 1983), German ski racer
Emmerich Kerle (1916–2010), sculptor and art teacher
Sophia Kircher (* 1994), politician, member of the Tyrolean state parliament
Roland Kirchler (* 1970), football player
Martin Klein (* 1983), songwriter and pianist
Alfred Kleinheinz (1950–2018), actor
Walter Klier (* 1955), writer, critic, editor and author of mountain and hiking guides
Andreas Knoll (* 1972), radio and television presenter, song contest commentator ( ORF )
Björn Koch (* 1993), ski jumper
Hans-Reinhard Koch (* 1941), doctor and publisher
Rainer Köberl (* 1956), architect
Wolfram Köberl (* 1927), painter and sculptor
Eduard Köck (1882–1961), actor
Michael Köck (1760–1825), painter, etcher and fresco artist
Stefan Köck (* 1975), soccer player, coach and official
Andreas Kofler (* 1984), ski jumper
Ulrike Kofler (* 1974), film editor, film director and screenwriter
Armin Kogler (* 1959), ski jumper
Peter Kogler (* 1959), multimedia artist
Erwin Koller (1947–2010), German and Lusitanist
Lorenz Koller (* 1994), luge rider
Martin Kolozs (* 1978), writer and publisher
Bernhard König (* 1948), lawyer and university professor
Anton Konrath (1888–1981), conductor
Fritz Konzert (1877–1964), City Planning Director
Christiane Koschier-Bitante (* 1974), racing cyclist
Julius Kraft-Kinz (1925–2018), doctor (first open heart operation in Austria)
Katharina Kramer (* 1968), journalist and television presenter
Gabriel Kuhn (* 1972), writer
Nicola Kuhn (* 2000), German-Spanish tennis player
Lukas Kummer (* 1988), comic artist, graphic novel writer and illustrator
Josef Kunst (1914–2002), member of the National Council, politician (SPÖ) and ÖGB state secretary
Karl Kunst (1904–1989), Deputy Governor and State Chairman (SPÖ)
Werner Kunzenmann (1920–2012), publisher, publicist and deacon

L.

Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting (1754–1797), entomologist and botanist
David Lama (1990–2019), sport climber and alpinist
Gustav Lantschner (1910–2011), Austrian-German ski racer
Gerhard Larcher (* 1946), Roman Catholic theologian
Lisbeth Lass (* 1940), constitutional judge
Auguste Lechner (1905–2000), writer and authors of books for young people
Klaus Leeb (* 1942), computer scientist, mathematician and university professor
Fabian Leitner (* 2001), soccer player
Florian Liegl (* 1983), ski jumper
Susanne Lietzow (* 1968), theater director, theater director and actress
Eva Lind (* 1966), soprano
Pirmin August Lindner (1848–1912), Benedictine and religious historian
Wolf-Dieter Lingk (* 1943), German director and actor
Edi Linser (1894–1929), motorcycle racing driver
Leander D. Loacker (* 1979), legal scholar
Herbert Lochs (1946–2015), physician
Winfried Löffler (* 1965), Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher
Günther Loewit (* 1958), writer and doctor

M.

Florian Mader (* 1982), soccer player
Helmut Mader (* 1941), politician, member of the Federal Council and President of the Tyrolean Parliament
Michael Mader (* 1974), conductor
Wolfgang Mader (* 1965), extreme athlete
Magdalena of Austria (1532-1590)
Volker Mahnert (1943–2018), entomologist, arachnologist, ichthyologist and parasitologist
Raphael Maier (* 1992), skeleton athlete
Carina Mair (* 1996), Austrian skeleton pilot
Chiara Mair (* 1996), Austrian ski racer
Christian Mair (* 1958), linguist and university professor
Rudi Mair (* 1961), meteorologist, glaciologist and avalanche expert
Volkmar Mair (* 1931), publisher
Manuel Mairhofer (* 1985), actor
Andreas Maislinger (* 1955), political scientist
Robert Manzenreiter (* 1966), luge rider
Margaretha II of Austria (around 1416–1486)
Johannes Margreiter (* 1958), lawyer and politician (NEOS)
Peter Martell (* 1955 as Heinz Klier), Austrian singer and composer
Gunter Mayr (* 1972), lawyer, university professor, section head in the Federal Ministry of Finance
Hubert Mayr (1913–1945), resistance fighter
Otto Mayregger (* 1962), luge rider
Walter Meischberger (* 1959), entrepreneur and politician
Hans Menardi (1885–1955), architect
Herlinde Menardi (* 1949), folklorist
Catherine Meusburger (* 1978), mathematician and physicist
Edgar Meyer (1853–1925), painter
Josef Ignaz Mildorfer (1719–1775), painter
Dennis Mimm (* 1983), soccer player
Balthasar Ferdinand Moll (1717–1785), sculptor
Emma von Müller (1859–1925), genre and portrait painter
Laurentius Müller (1829–1906), Abbot of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Wilten
Roland Müller (* 1986), ski jumper
Thomas Müller (* 1964), criminal psychologist
Romed Mungenast (1953–2006), Yenish writer and archivist

N

Otto Neugebauer (1899–1990), mathematician and astronomer
Albert Neuhauser (1832–1901), glass painter, founder of the Tyrolean glass painting company
Angelika Neuner (* 1969), luge rider
Doris Neuner (* 1971), luge rider
Franz Niedermoser (1901–1946), psychiatrist and euthanasia participant
Romuald Niescher (1933–2017), former mayor of Innsbruck, politician (ÖVP)
Hilde Nöbl (1912–2001), painter
Michael Norz (* 1934), medalist, goldsmith and sculptor

O

Viktor Oberguggenberger (1893–1963), Austrian astronomer
Christine Oppitz-Plörer (* 1968), politician and mayor of Innsbruck
Benjamin Ortner (* 1983), basketball player
Elmar Ottenthal (* 1951), director and theater director
Rudolf Ottlyk (1920–2007), manager

P

Volkmar Parschalk (1934–2016), journalist, culture editor
Petrus Pavlicek (1902–1982), Franciscan and founder of the "Rosary Atonement Crusade for Peace in the World"
Helmut Pechlaner (* 1946), director of the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna
Theo Peer (* 1930), pianist, ORF editor and cabaret artist
Josef Pembaur the Elder (1848–1923), music director and composer
Josef Pembaur the Younger (1875–1950), pianist and composer
Karl Maria Pembaur (1876–1939), composer, choir director and church musician
Walter Pembaur (1886–1948), publicist and politician
Julius Perstaller (* 1989), football player
Jacqueline Peychär (* 1995), squash player
Leopold Pfaundler von Hadermur (1839–1920), physicist
Wolfgang Pfaundler (1924–2015), folklorist, author and photographer
Josef Pfefferle (1862–1939), mosaicist, founder of the Zirler Mosaikanstalt
Karl Pischl (* 1940), politician
Herlinde Pissarek-Hudelist (1932–1994), theologian, religious educator and university teacher
Josef Plaseller (1812–1877), kk district doctor, director of the general hospital as well as the regional research institute and brewery in Innsbruck
Günther Platter (* 1954), Governor of Tyrol
Benedikt Posch (1922–2001), journalist and publisher
Hubert Prachensky (1916–2009), architect
Markus Prachensky (1932–2011), painter and graphic artist
Theodor Prachensky (1888–1970), architect and painter
Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky (1898–1956), painter, graphic artist and architect
Maria Luise Prean-Bruni (* 1939), missionary and author
Alois Primisser (1796–1827), numismatist and museum specialist
Gottfried Primisser (1785–1812), archivist and historian
Johann Baptist Primisser (1739–1815), archaeologist and museum specialist
Markus Prock (* 1964), luge rider
Carl Pruscha (* 1936), architect
Norbert Pümpel (* 1956), visual artist
Siegfried Purner (1915–1944), field handball player
Ludwig Purtscheller (1849–1900), mountaineer, teacher

R.

Dagmar Rabensteiner (* 1963), runner
Hans Ranzi alias "Hans Renz" (1882–1965), playwright
Dominik Raschner (* 1994), ski racer
Virgil Redlich (1890–1970), Benedictine, church historian
Rudolf Rengier (* 1948), German legal scholar, professor at the University of Konstanz
Walter Renner (1956–2018), psychologist, university lecturer
Kelle Riedl , bourgeois Karl Riedl (1927–1993), theater actor and director
Walter Riml (1905–1994), cameraman and actor
Helmut Ritsch (* 1962), physicist
Dagmar Rom (* 1928), ski racer

S.

Irene S. (* 1962), singer, actress and cabaret artist
Herbert Salcher (* 1929), politician and minister
Oswald Sallaberger (* 1966), conductor and violinist
Ekkart Sauser (1933–2019), Catholic priest and church historian
Florian Schaffenrath (* 1978), classical philologist
Beate Scheffknecht (* 1990), handball player
Florian Scheiber (* 1987), ski racer
Barbara Schett (* 1976), tennis player
Fabian Schiffkorn (* 1986), actor
Helmut Schinagl (1931–1998), author
Josef Schmidhuber (1914–1969), composer and choirmaster
Josef Schmutzer the Younger (1749–1808), painter
Wenzel Scholz (1787–1857), actor
Helmuth Schönauer (* 1953), author
Dietmar Schönherr (1926–2014), actor
Egon Schöpf (* 1925), ski racer and race supervisor
Bonaventura Schor (1624–1692), painter
Egid Schor (1627–1701), painter
Johann Ferdinand Schor (1686–1767), painter, architect and engineer
Johann Paul Schor (1615–1674), painter and decorator
Marcel Schreter (* 1981), soccer player
Carl-Heinz Schroth (1902–1989), actor, director and voice actor
Henriette Schrott-Pelzel (1877–1962), Austrian writer
Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf (* 1922), ski racer
Anton von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen (1832–1889), poet
Heinrich von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen (1865–1955), writer and doctor
Hermann von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen (1861–1931), economist and university lecturer
Oskar Schulz (1923–2017), cross-country skier and mineralogist
Philipp Schumacher (1866–1940), painter and illustrator
Fritz Schwab jun. (* 1932), manager and president
Christian Schwarz-Schilling (* 1930), German politician, Federal Minister and Member of the Bundestag
Paul Schweinester (* 1985), Austrian opera singer (tenor)
Richard Seeber (* 1962), politician
Karl Senn (1878–1964), organist and composer
Walter Senn (1904–1981), musicologist
Siegmund , called the Münzreich (1427–1496), Archduke of Austria and Regent of Tyrol and Upper Austria
Sigismund Franz (1630–1665), Prince of Tyrol from 1662 to 1665
Gabriele Sima (1955–2016), opera singer
Peter Sitte (1929–2015), cell biologist and university professor
Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007), architect and designer
Christiane Spatt (* 1966), artist
Joseph Ferdinand Guidobald von Spaur (1705–1793), Palatinate-Bavarian court bishop in Munich
Max Spielmann (1906–1984), painter, glass painter and sculptor
Uli Spieß (* 1955), alpine ski racer
Kristina Sprenger (* 1976), actress
Karl Springenschmid (1897–1981), National Socialist writer and teacher
Johannes Maria Staud (* 1974), composer and university professor
Reinhold Stecher (1921–2013), Bishop of the Diocese of Innsbruck
Melchior Steidl († 1720), court painter in Munich and Würzburg
Roland Steinacher (* 1972), ancient historian
Peter R. Steiner (* 1955), hospital manager and university professor
Erwin Steinlechner (* 1928), district school inspector and manager
Gerhard Stemberger (* 1947), sociologist and psychotherapist
Günter Stemberger (* 1940), Judaist
Raoul Stoisavljevic (1887–1930), fighter pilot and aviation pioneer
Johann Michael Strickner (1720–1759), painter
Joseph Leopold Strickner (1744–1826), painter and engraver
Ingrid Strobl (* 1952), revolutionary and writer
Otmar Suitner (1922–2010), conductor, general music director and professor
Hannes Sulzenbacher (* 1968), exhibition curator and writer
Victoria Swarovski (* 1993), singer

T

Hans von Tabarelli (1898–1956), playwright and narrator, editor and editor
Adam Tanner (1572-1632), theologian
Christoph Tausch (1673–1731), architect and painter
Heinz Tesar (* 1939), architect
Rafael Thaler (1870–1947), painter and restorer
Christine Thiemt (* 1965), writer and translator
Stefan Thurnbichler (* 1984), ski jumper
Thomas Thurnbichler (* 1989), ski jumper
Johann Tischler (1946–2019), linguist
Marco Tittler (* 1976), politician (ÖVP)
Georg Totschnig (* 1971), racing cyclist
Ferdinand Trentinaglia (1910–1985), Jesuit and writer
Peter Türler (* 1934), German architect
Alexander Tusch (* 1992), volleyball player

U

Benjamin Ulbrich (* 1981), actor, musician, author and cultural manager
Franz Richard Unterberger (1837–1902), landscape painter
Kathrin Unterwurzacher (* 1992), judo fighter
Erich Urbanner (* 1936), composer and music teacher

W.

Kaspar Waldmann (1657–1720), baroque painter
Helmut Wechselberger (* 1953), racing cyclist
Mirjam Weichselbraun (* 1981), TV presenter and actress
Wendelin Weingartner (* 1937), politician, governor of Tyrol
Ignaz Weinhart (1705–1787), Jesuit, mathematician and physicist
Kurt Weinzierl (1931–2008), actor
Johann Baptist Wenig (1826–1875), Jesuit, professor and rector at the university, professor at the Jesuit college, head of the theological convict
Theodor von der Wense (1904–1977), physician and professor
Eveline Wild (* 1980), pastry chef and TV cook
Ludwig Winkler (1873–1935), pharmacist and pharmacy historian and chairman of the Society for the History of Pharmacy

Armin Wolf (* 1966), television presenter

Helmut Wopfner (* 1924), geologist and professor at the University of Cologne

Hermann Wopfner (1876–1963), historian and folklorist

Z

Hilde Zach (1942–2011), politician and mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010)
Elisabeth Zanon (* 1955), politician (1994–2008), Deputy Governor of Tyrol a. D.
Aemilian Zeller (1691–1760), librarian at the St. Gallen monastery
Kuno Zerlauth (1911–2006), Catholic priest, Jesuit, President of the Marian Congregations, youth minister