Felix Weingartner was born on June 2, 1863 in Zadar, Croatia, Austria-Hungary as Felix Paul Weingartner. He was married to Carmen Studer, Roxo Betty Kalisch, Lucille Marcell, Feodora von Dreifus and Marie Juillerat. He died on May 7, 1942 in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland.