46.6174° N, 13.8340° E
VILLACH
Most Famous People Born in Villach, Austria
- Notable people
- 314
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1961
- Most distinctive
- Ski 45.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Villach during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 50 notable births.
What Villach Is Known For
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Politician is Villach's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (55).
Villach over-indexes on ski — 45.7× the global rate.
Villach under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Villach's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Other
Paul Watzlawick
1921 - 2007
Kurt Diemberger
Born 1932
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Born 1944
Guido Burgstaller
Born 1989
Michael Grabner
Born 1987
Anna Gasser
Born 1991
Heidelinde Weis
Born 1940
Heidemarie Hatheyer
1918 - 1990
Alex Antonitsch
Born 1966
Bruno Gironcoli
1936 - 2010
Michael Raffl
Born 1988
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek
Born 1969
Daniel Mesotitsch
Born 1976
Markus Werba
Born 1973
Stefan Hierländer
Born 1991
Thomas Raffl
Born 1986
Herbert Kickl
Born 1968
Martin Koch (ski jumper)
Born 1982
Roland Kollmann
Born 1976
Hermann Knoflacher
Born 1940
Marco Knaller
Born 1987
Werner Kofler
1947 - 2011
Gerald Kargl
Born 1953
George Zebrowski
Born 1945
Melissa Naschenweng
Born 1990
Ernst Melchior
1920 - 1978
Peter Löscher
Born 1957
Karl Schnabl
Born 1954
Gerhard Unterluggauer
Born 1976
Konrad Paul Liessmann
Born 1953
Werner Franz
Born 1972
Rudolf Kattnigg
1895 - 1955
Friedrich Pinter
Born 1978
Poppo of Treffen
1000 - 1042
Zoltan Acs
Born 1947
Lisa Perterer
Born 1991
Otmar Striedinger
Born 1991
Marco Schwarz
Born 1995
Christian Moser
Born 1969
Manuel Weber
Born 1985
Christopher Wernitznig
Born 1990
Lukas Müller (ski jumper)
Born 1992
Katharina Truppe
Born 1996
Hans Kurath
1891 - 1992
Burkhard von Weisbriach
1420 - 1466
Hannes M. Schalle
Born 1963
Dietmar Millonig
Born 1955
Nadine Fest
Born 1998
Angelika Kaufmann
Born 1935
Philipp Orter
Born 1994
Alfred Groyer
Born 1959
Tino Casali
Born 1995
Peter Raffalt
Born 1957
Marco Pewal
Born 1978
Anton Ghon
1866 - 1936
Nikolas Petrik
Born 1984
Hans Millonig
Born 1952
Felix Tretter
Born 1949
Ludwig Willroider
1845 - 1910
Fritz Koch
Born 1956
Stefan Kaiser
Born 1983
Christian Walder
Born 1991
Christoph Kreuzer
Born 1982
Horst Lechner
1959 - 2014
Daniela Ulbing
Born 1998
Herwig Kircher
Born 1955
Lore Kutschera
1917 - 2008
Manfred Schuster
Born 1919
Barbara Demmer
Born 1969
Gernot Rumpold
Born 1957
Carl-Heinz Birnbacher
1910 - 1991
Jürgen Pinter
Born 1979
Edwin Gräupl
Born 1941
Katrin Griesser
Born 1977
Manfried Rauchensteiner
Born 1942
Wolfgang Ilgenfritz
1957 - 2013
Rudolf Szyszkowitz (Maler)
1905 - 1976
Martin Kohlmaier
Born 1984
Florian Hufsky
1986 - 2009
Johannes Waldner
1749 - 1824
John Newman (Australian politician)
1946 - 1994
Anton von Scudier
1818 - 1900
Dieter Stappert
1942 - 2008
Franz Wiegele
Born 1965
Gernot Messner
Born 1980
Philipp Pinter
Born 1985
Erich Dolezal
1902 - 1990
Absztrakkt
Born 1979
Guido Zernatto
1903 - 1943
Adrian Krainer
Born 1992
Martin Kobau
Born 1972
Marc Sand
Born 1988
Fritz Gygli
1896 - 1980
Elli Riehl
1902 - 1977
Ulrich Gäbler
Born 1941
Elisabeth Engstler
Born 1960
Florian Mühlstein
Born 1990
Mario Steiner
Born 1982
Haris Bilajbegovic
Born 1978
Bruno Rossmann
Born 1952
Gerd Schuller
Born 1955
Heimo Vorderegger
Born 1966
Hanno Millesi (Chirurg)
1927 - 2017
Birgit Hebein
Born 1967
Nikolaus Fheodoroff
1931 - 2011
Gernot Piccottini
1941 - 2018
Arnold Clementschitsch
1887 - 1970
Karina Ressler
Born 1957
Benjamin Petrik
Born 1988
H. P. Maya
1944 - 2012
Evelyn Adunka
Born 1965
Bärbel Jungmeier
Born 1975
Josef Martinz
Born 1959
Herbert Wochinz
1925 - 2012
Cornelia Vospernik
Born 1969
Isabel Zedlacher
Born 1977
Josef Willroider
1838 - 1915
Albert Quendler
Born 1921
Johann Feilacher
Born 1954
Gerhard Brunner (Intendant)
Born 1939
Martin Bermoser
Born 1978
Peter Fritz (Journalist)
Born 1961
Herbert Hohenberger
Born 1969
Wolfgang Waldner
Born 1954
Manfred Wimmer
1944 - 1995
Christopher Höher
Born 1997
Thomas Smolej
Born 1982
Richard Soyer
Born 1955
Josef Aichholzer
Born 1950
Manfred Tisal
Born 1953
Jürgen Pichorner
Born 1977
Peter Mitterer
1946 - 2013
A Thousand Fuegos
Born 1982
Uwe Scheuch
Born 1969
Marco Zorec
Born 1990
Christiane Wassertheurer
Born 1972
Monika Matschnig
Born 1974
Klaus Karlbauer
Born 1960
Edwin Wiegele
Born 1954
Ingomar Pust
1912 - 1998
Michael Martin Kofler
Born 1966
Patrick Platzer
Born 1992
Albert Bach
1910 - 2003
Wilhelm Filla
1947 - 2016
Karl Unterkofler
Born 1957
Karl Kaus
1940 - 2015
Gotthard Hinteregger
Born 1967
Gerald Domenig
Born 1953
Dieter O. Holzinger
1941 - 2006
Kerstin Muschet
Born 1988
Boris Uran
Born 1983
Uli Scherer
1953 - 2018
Werner Raditschnig
Born 1948
Peter W. Michor
Born 1949
Robert Woelfl
Born 1965
Gerald Ressmann
Born 1970
Alexander Rauchenwald
Born 1993
Martin Hohenberger
Born 1977
Hans Schmid (Unternehmer)
Born 1940
Katharina Holzer
Born 1998
Gunther Spath
Born 1951
Norbert Koch (Physiker)
Born 1971
Walter Auer
Born 1971
Kurt Scheuch
Born 1967
Markus Schlacher
Born 1987
Wolfgang Aichholzer
Born 1964
Martin Platzer
Born 1963
Andreas Wiedergut
Born 1988
Urban Görtschacher
1485 - 1530
Georg Kugi
Born 1961
Vilma Illing
1871 - 1903
Giuseppe Mion
Born 1959
Alexander Kaimbacher
Born 1969
Paul Kassecker
1903 - 1992
Franziska Schmidt-Dick
Born 1944
Alessandro Preti
Born 1992
Walter Benigni
1934 - 2019
Peter Raffl
Born 1960
Peter Zimmermann (Schriftsteller)
Born 1961
Herbert Elbel
1907 - 1986
Karl Reinthaler (Politiker)
1913 - 2000
Johann Julian Taupe
Born 1954
Peter Ambrozy
Born 1946
Hans Rizzi
1880 - 1968
Louise Spannring
1894 - 1982
Christina Nemec
Born 1968
Andreas Matthä
Born 1962
Ignaz Brantner
1886 - 1960
Günther Lanzinger
Born 1972
Kurt Tomaschitz
1961 - 2008
Tanja Drage
Born 1987
Thomas König (Skirennläufer)
Born 1990
Heinz Koch (Skispringer)
Born 1961
Melanie Scheriau
Born 1979
Ernst Petz
Born 1947
Irene Bandhauer-Schöffmann
Born 1958
Steven Strong
Born 1993
Uwe Bressnik
Born 1961
Martin Koller
Born 1971
Engelbert Linder
Born 1962
Roman Stiglitz
1922 - 1988
Michael Kos
Born 1963
Georg Mayer (Bischof)
1768 - 1840
Waltraud Dietrich
Born 1959
Karl Österreicher (Offizier)
1918 - 2000
Michael Zimmermann (Diplomat)
Born 1958
Helga Hieden-Sommer
Born 1934
Michael Mayer (Eishockeyspieler)
Born 1981
Adis Alagić
Born 1994
Ingo Findenegg
1896 - 1974
Franz Paul Findenigg
1726 - 1771
Hans Prodinger
1887 - 1938
Hugo Moro
1865 - 1954
Erika Gfrerer
Born 1962
Valentin Leiler
Born 1995
Katrin Stefaner
Born 1987
Janine Wulz
Born 1985
Siegfried Pflegerl
Born 1939
David Hauser
Born 1989
Tanja Hausott
Born 1974
Wolfgang Kromp (Eishockeyspieler)
Born 1970
Daniel Gasser
Born 1988
Gisela Tschofenig
1917 - 1945
Erich Kessler
Born 1955
Helmut Petrik
Born 1961
Franz Koloini
Born 1978
Melitta Trunk
Born 1955
Sam Antonitsch
Born 1996
Christof Kromp
Born 1997
Peter Jellitsch
Born 1982
Helena Ramsbacher
Born 1964
Hans Sellenati
1861 - 1935
Walter Tautschnig
1917 - 2008
Edeltraud Gatterer
Born 1954
Oliver Sterl
Born 1969
Christof Martinz
Born 1989
Peter Wiesflecker
Born 1965
Mares Rossmann
Born 1953
Günther Albel
Born 1974
Herbert Wachter
Born 1950
Kevin Essmann
Born 1991
Maximilian Linder
Born 1965
Hermann Lipitsch
Born 1960
Gerold Walzel
1901 - 1988
Matthias Krenn
Born 1960
Nico Brunner
Born 1992
Leo Sivec
Born 1958
Halid Hasanović
Born 1992
Milan Rasinger
Born 1977
Marius Göhringer
Born 1992
Wolfgang Feistritzer
Born 1978
Richard Huber (Fußballtrainer)
Born 1970
Christian Jennes
Born 1997
Markus Kerschbaumer
Born 1975
Andreas Sucher
Born 1979
Jürgen Tschernutter
Born 1990
Peter Weidinger
Born 1977
Hubert Dörer
Born 1966
Michael Köfeler
Born 1990
Martin Mesotitsch
Born 1983
Roland Zellot
Born 1955
Heimo Scheuch
Born 1966
David Kreuter
Born 1995
Helmut Hadwiger
1922 - 2004
Christian Ofner
Born 1993
Udo Guggenbichler
Born 1974
Franz Pacher (Unternehmer)
Born 1950
Hanns Brandstätter
Born 1949
Ulli Wolf
Born 1949
Peter Harring
1938 - 2013
Thomas Winkler (Eishockeyspieler)
Born 1998
Stefan Knabl
Born 1983
Viktor Petschnik
1899 - 1951
Marialuise Mittermüller
Born 1952
Ina Maria Schmid
Born 1957
Georg Kerschbaumer
Born 1942
Karl Gerfried Müller
Born 1957
Siegfried Schalli
Born 1961
Claudia Zettel
Born 1982
Tiba Marchetti
Born 1967
Ferdinand Schrottenbach
1957 - 1991
Gerd Klamt
Born 1942
Reimar Gradischnik
Born 1941
Armin Woschank
Born 1982
Martin Mühlstätter
Born 1979
Anton Darohs
Born 1991
Marco Wieser (Eishockeyspieler)
Born 1990
Hilde Schaumberger
Born 1953
Walter Ebner (Politiker, 1952)
Born 1952
Gunter Hadwiger
Born 1949
Sabina Zwitter-Grilc
Born 1967
Gustl Mayer (Skisportler)
1917 - 2015
Manfred Weber-Wien
Born 1969
Primus Sitter
Born 1966
Peter Sternad
Born 1946
Franz Schneeweiß (Maler)
1926 - 1982
Peter Willmann
1944 - 2012
Ingeborg Rinke
Born 1952
Wilhelm Eich (Politiker, 1858)
1858 - 1935
Christina Patterer
Born 1992