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.
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Hans Gross
1847 - 1915
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
1843 - 1900
Johann Berger
1845 - 1933
Ernst von Schuch
1846 - 1914
Georg von Hauberrisser
1841 - 1922
Joseph Karabacek
1845 - 1918
Wanda von Sacher-Masoch
1845 - 1906
Rudolf von Scherer
1845 - 1918
Josef Chavanne
1846 - 1902
Zeno Vinzenz von Goëss
1846 - 1911
Leopold von Goëss
1848 - 1922
Robert von Pattai
1846 - 1920
Josef Schantl (Hornist)
1842 - 1902
Mario Adinolfo Lucchesi-Palli
1840 - 1911
Ida Stolz
1841 - 1903
Vinzenz Baillet von Latour
1848 - 1913
Fanny Meissner
1841 - 1919
Leopold von Beckh-Widmannstetter
1841 - 1903
Robert Schindler (Jurist)
1845 - 1909
Johannes Seeberger
1843 - 1879