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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
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Eduard Kaiser
1820 - 1895
Eduard Grégr
1827 - 1907
Maximilian von Rodakowski
1825 - 1900
Josef Wilhelm von Gallina
1820 - 1883
Jenny Bürde-Ney
1824 - 1886
Vinzenz Pürcker von Pürkhain
1820 - 1901
Heinrich Brandis (Politiker)
1821 - 1900
Adolf Schauenstein
1827 - 1891
Maria Anna Stubenberg
1821 - 1912
Heribert Höffern von Saalfeld
1822 - 1892
Joseph Achten
1822 - 1867
Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Oberst)
1823 - 1866