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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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- Filtered to 1830s Clear ×
Karl Ritter von Stremayr
1832 - 1904
Leopold von Schrötter
1837 - 1908
Marie Geistinger
1833 - 1903
Emil Scaria
1838 - 1886
Louise Haenel de Cronenthall
1836 - 1896
Minna Kautsky
1837 - 1912
Jakob Stolz
1832 - 1919
Franz Ilwof
1831 - 1916
Richard Maly
1839 - 1891
Gustav von Leonhardt
1838 - 1891
Albrecht von Wickenburg
1838 - 1911
Marie Bertram
1838 - 1882
Alois Schloffer
1833 - 1911
Franz S. Englhofer
1834 - 1914
Franz Eppich
1835 - 1893
Heinrich Grave
1832 - 1901
Anton Schaffer von Schäffersfeld
1835 - 1910