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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.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Science
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1760s Clear ×
Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttsmandorff Weinsberg
1761 - 1819
Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg
1761 - 1832
Jakob Haibel
1762 - 1826
Vincenz von Kern
1760 - 1829
Katharina Jacquet
1760 - 1786
Johann Wenzel Hann
1763 - 1819
Joseph von Högen
1767 - 1820