47.0709° N, 15.4386° E
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
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August Röckel
1814 - 1876
Katharina Prato
1818 - 1897
Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez
1817 - 1878
Alexander Kaiser
1819 - 1872
Julius Hopp
1819 - 1885
Franz Xaver von Paumgartten
1811 - 1866
Alexander von Attems-Heiligenkreuz
1814 - 1896
Joseph Schuster (Maler)
1812 - 1890
Karl Rechbauer
1815 - 1889
Marija Auersperg Attems
1816 - 1880
Jakob Eduard Schmölzer
1812 - 1886
Ottokar Maria von Attems
1815 - 1867
Anton Schiffer
1811 - 1876
Leopold Frankenberger
1818 - 1912
Ernst Christian Moser
1815 - 1867
Titus Mareck
1819 - 1851
Meinrad von Gallenstein
1811 - 1872
Ludwig Carl Seydler
1810 - 1888