Editing Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (section)

==Notable natives and residents==

=== Nobility, soldiers and diplomats ===
[[File:Prince Stefan.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein]], 2008]]
* [[Bernhard von Spanheim]] (1176 or 1181 – 1256), [[House of Sponheim]], was [[Duke of Carinthia]] for 54 years from 1202
* [[Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck]] (1829–1897), Admiral [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] 
* [[Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (1870 in Ebenthal – 1942 in Innsbruck), prince of the [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry]] lived in Brazil until 1889
* [[Lucy Christalnigg|Countess Lucy Christalnigg von und zu Gillitzstein]] (1872–1914), Red Cross worker and motor racing driver
* [[Hanns Albin Rauter]] (1895–1949), SS-general in Nazi-occupied Netherlands, executed war criminal
* [[Odilo Globocnik]] (1904-1945), a leading Nazi official, born in Trieste, but later resided in Klagenfurt
* [[Ernst Lerch]] (1914–1997), ran [[Operation Reinhard]], the mass murder of Jews in the [[General Government]]
* [[Wolfgang Petritsch]] (born 1947), diplomat, former UN [[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Valentin Inzko]] (born 1949), diplomat, [[Carinthian Slovene]], [[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Ursula Plassnik]] (born 1956), diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria from 2004 to 2008
* [[Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein]] (born 1961), Liechtenstein's [[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary]] to Germany

=== Public service ===
[[File:Rudolf Vouk.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Rudi Vouk]], 2008]]
* [[John of Viktring]] (ca. 1270–1347), late medieval chronicler and political advisor to the [[Duchy of Carinthia]]
* [[Jurij Japelj]] (1744–1807), Slovene Jesuit priest, translator, and [[philologist]]
* [[Matija Majar]] (1809–1892), [[Carinthian Slovene]] RC priest and political activist, went to school in Klagenfurt
* [[Andrej Einspieler]] (1813–1888), Slovene politician, RC priest, journalist, "father of the [[Carinthian Slovenes]]"
* [[Anton Janežič]] (1828–1869), [[Carinthian Slovene]] linguist, [[philologist]], literary historian, went to school in Klagenfurt
* [[Emanuel Herrmann]] (1839–1902), national economist, originated the pre-paid [[postal card]]
* [[Felix Ermacora]] (1923–1995), human rights expert 
* [[Heinz Nittel]] (1931–1981), politician in Vienna's city administration, murdered
* [[Karl Matthäus Woschitz]] (born 1937 in Sankt Margareten im Rosental), Austrian theologian and bible scholar
* [[Rudi Vouk]] (born 1965), lawyer, politician, human rights activist

=== Science and architecture ===
[[File:Friedrich Welwitsch (IA mobot31753003484141) (cropped).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Friedrich Welwitsch]]. 1863]]
* [[Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest]] (1776–1840), physician and [[botanist]]
* [[Friedrich Welwitsch]] (1806 in Maria Saal – 1872), explorer, botanist, discovered [[Welwitschia mirabilis]].<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Welwitsch, Friedrich |volume= XX | page= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Josef Stefan]] (1835–1893), [[Carinthian Slovene]] physicist, mathematician, poet of the Austrian Empire
* [[Hubert Leitgeb (botanist)|Hubert Leitgeb]] (1835 in Portendorf – 1888), botanist
* [[Gustav Gugitz]] (1836–1882), architect
* [[Markus von Jabornegg]] (1837–1910), government official, [[botanist]]
* [[Roland Rainer]] (1910–2004), architect
* [[Hubert Petschnigg]] (1913–1997), architect
* [[Karl Robatsch]] (1929–2000), [[botanist]] & chess player 
* [[Günther Domenig]] (1934–2012), architect
* [[Hermann Mittelberger]] (1935–2004), [[Indo-Europeanist]]
* [[Peter M. Gruber|Peter Manfred Gruber]] (born 1941), mathematician working in [[geometric number theory]]
* [[Helmut Wautischer]] (born 1954), philosopher, senior philosophy lecturer at [[Sonoma State University]]
* [[Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch]] (born 1965), scientist, pharmacist, entrepreneur, inventor and professor
* [[Markus Müller (physician)|Markus Müller]] (born 1967), pharmacologist
* [[Ingo Zechner]] (born 1972), philosopher and historian

[[File:Klagenfurt - Musilhaus - Ingeborg Bachmann.jpg|thumb|140px|Graffiti portrait of [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], 2011]]
=== Writers ===
* [[Robert Musil]] (1880–1942), philosophical writer
* [[Wolf In der Maur]] (1924–2005), journalist and editor
* [[Ingeborg Bachmann]] (1926–1973), poet and author
* [[Ernst Alexander Rauter]] (1929–2006), author, journalist and language critic
* [[Gert Jonke]] (1946–2009), poet, playwright and novelist
* [[Vinko Ošlak]] (born 1947), Slovene author, essayist, translator, columnist and esperantist, lived in Klagenfurt
* [[Antonia Rados]] (born 1953), television journalist working for [[RTL Television]]
* [[Monika Czernin]] (born 1965), writer, screenwriter and film director
* [[Isabella Krassnitzer]] (born 1967), journalist, radio and television presenter

=== Musicians ===
[[File:1272Dagmar Koller.JPG|thumb|140px|[[Dagmar Koller]], 2011]]
* [[Konrad Ragossnig]] (born 1932), [[classical guitarist]] and [[lutenist]]
* [[Udo Jürgens]] (1934–2014), Austrian-Swiss singer, won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1966]]
* [[Dagmar Koller]] (born 1939), singer and actress
* [[Penny McLean]] (born Gertrude Wirschinger 1948), singer in [[Silver Convention]]
* [[Wolfgang Puschnig]] (born 1956), jazz musician (saxophone, flute, bass clarinet) and composer
* [[Christopher Hinterhuber]] (born 1973), classical pianist
* [[Benjamin Ziervogel]] (born 1983), violinist, concertmaster of [[RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra]]
* [[Anna Kohlweis]] (born 1984), singer-songwriter and artist, also known as Paper Bird and Squalloscope
* [[Naked Lunch (Austrian band)|Naked Lunch]], a band from Klagenfurt founded in 1991, started as an alternative rock band

[[File:Franciszek Ksawery Lampi.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Franciszek Ksawery Lampi]], 1834]]
=== Arts ===
* [[Franciszek Ksawery Lampi]] (1782–1852), Polish Romantic painter
* [[Mirella Bentivoglio]] (born 1922–2017), Italian sculptor, poet, performance artist and curator
* [[Wolfgang Hollegha]] (born 1929=2023), painter
* [[Heinz Goll|Hannes Heinz Goll]] (1934–1999), sculptor, printmaker and painter, worked mainly in Colombia
* [[James Aubrey (actor)|James Aubrey]] (1947–2010), British actor
* [[Sissy Höfferer]] (born 1955), television actress
* [[Danny Nucci]] (born 1968), Italian-American actor
* [[Maria Petschnig]] (born 1977), artist and filmmaker 
* [[Larissa Marolt|Larissa-Antonia Marolt]] (born 1992), fashion model and actress

[[File:Stephanie Graf Wien2008.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Stephanie Graf]], 2008]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Andre Burakovsky]] (born 1995), ice hockey player
* [[Rosa Donner]] (born 2003), competitive sailor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kowal |first=Peter |date=2022-07-27 |title=Rosa & Sebastian holen EM-Silber für Kärnten! |url=https://www.klick-kaernten.at/382752022/rosa-sebastian-holen-em-silber-fuer-kaernten/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=KLiCK Kärnten |language=de-DE}}</ref>
* [[Stephanie Graf]] (born 1973), former middle-distance runner
* [[Dieter Kalt]], Jr. (born 1974), former professional ice hockey player
* [[Stefan Lexa]] (born 1976), retired football player, played 454 games
* [[Stefan Koubek]] (born 1977), retired tennis player 
* [[Jasmin Ouschan]] (born 1986), professional women's champion pool player 
* [[Thomas Pöck]] (born 1981), ice hockey player
* [[Horst Skoff]] (1968–2008), professional tennis player 
* [[Peter Scharmann]] (born 1950), racing driver