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Helmut Berger - Austrian born film actor, mostly known for starring in Luchino Visconti's films, which are now considered modern classics. Born Helmut Steinberger in Salzburg in 1944, he turned down a prospect of running a family hotel business and went to London where he worked as waiter to pay his way through drama school. Later he attended the University of Perugia in Italy and spent some time in France. His acting career began with French and Italian commercials and showed no signs of progress until he was picked up by Luchino Visconti out of pool of "extras" during the shooting of Sandra (1965) in 1964. Berger's relationships with Visconti, whose partner he remained for 12 years, brought him to the attention of press and allowed him to act in some Visconti's films such as The Damned (1969), Ludwig (1973) and Conversation Piece (1974). Visconti is said to view Berger as the very image of his idea of a "demonic, insane and sexually perverted" man. As a matter of fact Berger often portrayed anguished souls and sinister villains. His acting career continued throughout the 1970s but was temporarily broken up in the early 80s when he battled alcohol problem. He appeared in numerous French, Italian, German films and spent one season on American soap Dynasty (1981) but few directors used his gifts with the same skill as Visconti. His autobiography "Ich" (Me), in which he famously referred to his relationships with Visconti as "marriage" and claimed to be the director's widow, appeared in 1998. Berger is still very active appearing in TV series regularly. He also very modestly attributed his acting achievements to Visconti's directing.

Harald Reinl was born on 9 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria-Hungary [now Upper Austria, Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for Face of the Frog (1959), Chariots of the Gods (1970) and Night on Mont-Blanc (1951). He was married to Daniela Delis, Karin Dor and Corinna Frank. He died on 9 October 1986 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain.

Daniel Prochaska was born in 1983 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. He is a director and editor, known for The Allegation (2021), The Scary House (2020) and Waidmannsdank (2020).

TIMM was born in Bad Ischl, Austria. When he was 5 his family emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lives today. In high school he was a track athlete, competing in the sprints for his school and specializing in the 400 meters for the Toronto Track Club. In 1968, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in Political Science , in 1973, from York University with an M.E.S. In Communications and Culture and in 2010, he completed his coursework for a PhD. in Communications and Culture from York University. After his Masters degree, TIMM taught at the Ontario College of Art and worked on the research staff of the LaMarsh Commission on Media Violence. In the late 70s he began a 10 year career in advertising. During that time, he performed as part of a comedy duo on the Yuk Yuks circuit and at independent clubs in Canada and the U.S.. He also took acting classes with Sears and Switzer and at the Maggie Basset Studio of the Tarragon Theatre. On his 40th birthday, TIMM quit his day job to become a full-time actor. Since then he has appeared in many film and television productions and has written and performed in hundreds of interactive Murder Mysteries and Corporate events. His first role was on DeGrassi Junior High and, amazingly, 32 years later, he is still stopped on the street by people asking him if he was Wheels' Dad.

Thomas Hauff was born in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. He is known for Left Behind: The Movie (2000), Molly's Game (2017) and Summer's Children (1979).

Michael Rastl was born in 1948 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. He is an actor, known for Spiele Leben (2005), Kommissar Rex (1994) and In 3 Tagen bist du tot (2006).

Nikolaus Neureiter was born in 1959 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. He is an actor, known for Die Feuerengel (1997), HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin (1998) and Wolffs Revier (1992).

Lars-Gunnar Lotz was born on 15 January 1982 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. Lars-Gunnar is a director and writer, known for Shifting the Blame (2012), Lisanne (2005) and Stralsund (2009).

Oliver Karbus was born on 30 March 1956 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Wahre Liebe (1990) and Karambolage (1983). He was previously married to Christine Pinterich.

Christoph Takacs was born on 22 May 1963 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria.

Julie Abich was born on 11 August 1852 in Ischl [now Bad Ischl], Upper Austria, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Arme Thea (1919) and Das Gelübde (1921). She died on 18 March 1928 in Berlin, Germany.

Günter Kaindlstorfer was born on 11 July 1963 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria. He is a director and writer, known for Erbe Österreich (2017), Die Ringstraße - Trilogie eines Boulevards (2015) and ORF-Legenden (2013).

Ernst Friese was born on 22 July 1886 in Bad Ischl, Austria-Hungary [now Upper Austria, Austria]. He was a writer and director, known for Verklungene Wiener Tage (1925), The Tinker (1926) and Der Mann in der Wanne (1952). He died on 2 February 1949 in Vienna, Austria.

Sepp Rothaur was born on 15 March 1916 in Bad Ischl, Austria-Hungary [now Upper Austria, Austria]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Symphonie in Gold (1956), Wer küßt wen? (1947) and Der Leberfleck (1948). He died on 12 June 1974 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria.

Born on 13 January 1980 in Bad Ischl, Austria, Wolfgang Loitzl is a former professional ski jumper. His World Cup career began in 1997. He is a member of WSC Bad Mitterndorf-Steiermark ski club. During his career Loitzl has 4 individual wins in 2009 all in the large hill event. He won the 2008-2009 Four Hills Tournament with the maximum score of 20. In the entire history of ski jumping ski jumping only Anton Innauer (1976), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1998), Sven Hannawald (2003) and Hideharu Miyahira (2003) have matched this feat. Wolfgang Loitzl won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships: six gold as it follows: in the Individual Normal Hill in 2009, in the Team Normal Hill in 2001 and 2005; In the Team Large Hill in 2005, 2007 and 2009, and one bronze in the Team large hill in 2001. He got a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 and finished 15th in the individual competition.

On 21 February 2009 Loitzl won his sole gold medal for an individual event on the normal hill at the World Championships at Liberec ahead of his compatriot Gregor Schlierenzauer and Simon Ammann from Switzerland. Some days later, on 28 February the same year Wolfgang Loitzl won a gold medal as a part of the Austrian quartet in the Team Large Hill event. Mostly his victories are in the team event. During the Olympic Games in 2010 in Vancouver, he won a gold medal in the Team Large Hill event alongside his teammates Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer. After the Olympics, on 20 March 2010 he achieved his personal best ski jump of 213.5 m (700 ft) in Planica. He officially announced his retirement during the ski flying World Cup in his home town on 10 January 2015.

Loiztl has been married since 11 June 2006. He and his wife Marika have two sons - Benjamin, born on 12 January 2005 and Nikolas, born on 10 February 2007.