Public service & commerce , 1589 , 2008 , 2022 , 1927 •
Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (1559 in Lochau – 1617), Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, 1587/1612 •
Josef Fessler (1813 in Lochau – 1872), Roman Catholic
Bishop of Sankt Pölten. •
Victor von Ebner (1842 – 1925), Austrian
anatomist and
histologist •
Johann Georg Hagen (1847–1930), Jesuit priest and astronomer •
Jodok Fink (1853 in Andelsbuch – 1929), farmer and politician, first
Vice-Chancellor of Austria, 1919 to 1920. •
Valentin Feurstein (1885–1970), Austrian general in the
Wehrmacht during World War II. •
Lorenz Bohler (1885 in Wolfurt – 1973), surgeon, an innovator of accident surgery, Nazi •
Maria Stromberger (1898 in Metnitz–1957), nurse, supported the inmates at
Auschwitz, lived and died locally •
Irmfried Eberl (1910–1948), psychiatrist and commander of
Treblinka extermination camp •
Hermann Gmeiner (1919 in Alberschwende – 1986),
philanthropist and founder of
SOS Children's Villages •
Fritz Mayer, (DE Wiki) (1933–1988), politician,
mayor of Bregenz, 1970 to 1988 •
Hildegard Breiner (born 1936), anti-nuclear and environmental activist •
Herbert Sausgruber (born 1946 in Bludenz), governor of
Vorarlberg, 1997-2011 •
İlber Ortaylı (1947-2026), Turkish historian and professor of history •
Günter Bischof (born 1953 in Mellau), Austrian-American historian and university professor •
Ernst Fehr (born 1956 in Hard), Austrian behavioral economist and
neuroeconomist •
Anton Amann (1956 – 2015), Austrian chemist and professor of chemistry at the
Innsbruck Medical University •
Hans-Peter Martin (born 1957), journalist and politician, (SPOe),
member of the European Parliament •
Hanni Rützler (born 1962), nutritional scientist, food trends researcher, author and health psychologist.
The Arts •
Johann Conrad Dorner (1810 in Egg – 1866), Austrian painter •
Kaspar Albrecht (1889 in Au – 1970), architect and sculptor •
Karl Michael Vogler (1928 in Remscheid – 2009), actor, raised in Bregenz •
Sieghardt Rupp (1931–2015), actor in films, television and theatre. • Martin Pasi (born 1953), organ builder •
Robert Schneider (born 1961), writer of novels and poetry •
Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962),
graphic designer, storyteller, and typographer •
Markus Gasser (born 1967), literary scientist and author •
Arno Geiger (born 1968 in Wolfurt), Austrian novelist •
Roman Rafreider (born 1969), Austrian television host and journalist •
Christof Unterberger (born 1970),
cellist and film composer •
Maria Anwander (born 1980), conceptual artist, performance and installation art •
Lukas Birk (born 1982), photographer •
Kian Soltani (born 1992), principal cellist in
Daniel Barenboim's
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra •
Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl (born 1992), known as
Candy Ken, rapper
Sport •
Georg Bilgeri (1873–1934), Austro–Hungarian Army officer, mountaineer, and Austrian pioneer of skiing. •
Max Sick (1882–1961), German strongman and gymnast, performed as
Maxick. •
Patrick Ortlieb (born 1967), former World Cup alpine ski racer and gold medalist at the
1992 Winter Olympics •
Aleksandar Đorđević (born 1981), an Austrian footballer with over 300 club caps •
Lucas Mayer (born 1983), an Austrian former handball player, who played 78 games for
Austria •
Robert Weber (born 1985), handball player with 213 caps for
Austria, the third highest •
Philipp Netzer (born 1985), an Austrian football coach and former player who played 394 games. •
Dario Baldauf (born 1985), an Austrian footballer who has played over 320 games •
Martin Kobras (born 1986), an Austrian football goalkeeper, played 341 games for
SC Rheindorf Altach •
Lukas Katnik (born 1989), an Austrian footballer who had played over 310 games •
Manuel Sutter (born 8 1991), an Austrian footballer who has played over 330 games •
Barbara Gasser (born in 1989), an Austrian gymnast who represented Austria in London 2012 Olympics ==Twin towns==