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GRAZ
Most Famous People Born in Graz, Austria
- Notable people
- 1,526
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1942
- Most distinctive
- Author 4.3×
A Styrian court city whose 16th- and 17th-century bench is dominated by Habsburgs — Ferdinand II and Ferdinand III, half a dozen archduchesses who married into the thrones of Spain and Poland and France. Graz's distinctive professions after that are authors, academics, mathematicians, and composers — the trades of a university town that has always sat between Vienna and Trieste. The most famous name born here in the 20th century is Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination ended the dynasty his ancestors built.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Graz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Graz Is Known For
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Politician is Graz's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (175).
Graz over-indexes on author — 4.3× the global rate.
Graz under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Graz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain
1584 - 1611
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria
1589 - 1631
Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
1586 - 1632
Constance of Austria
1588 - 1631
Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582–1620)
1582 - 1620
Archduke Maximilian Ernest of Austria
1583 - 1616
Maximilian von und zu Trauttmansdorff
1584 - 1650
Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria
1581 - 1597
Rudolf von Tiefenbach
1582 - 1653
Karl Weinberger (Bischof)
1582 - 1625