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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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
1885 - 1921
Robert Stolz
1880 - 1975
Alois Hudal
1885 - 1963
Joseph Marx
1882 - 1964
Wilhelm Blaschke
1885 - 1962
August Meyszner
1886 - 1947
Hermann Grabner
1886 - 1969
Walther Mayer
1887 - 1948
Fred Sauer
1886 - 1952
Tilly Wedekind
1886 - 1970
Hans Nawiasky
1880 - 1961
Fritz Eichler
1887 - 1971
Ludwig Haberlandt
1885 - 1932
Wilhelm Thöny
1888 - 1949
Franz Heritsch
1882 - 1945
Ferdinand Maierhofer
1881 - 1960
Lili Novy
1885 - 1958
Theodor Pöschl
1882 - 1955
Franz Hofer (Maler)
1885 - 1915
Alfred Mell
1880 - 1962
Adolf Grohmann (Arabist)
1887 - 1977
Axl Leskoschek
1889 - 1976
Rudolf Beer
1885 - 1938
Gustav Johannes von Allesch
1882 - 1967
Hugo Kortschak
1884 - 1957
Max Rintelen
1880 - 1965
Karl Polheim
1883 - 1967
Edwin Rollett
1889 - 1964
Willi Kleinoschegg
1885 - 1955
Leo Fellinger
1884 - 1976
Engelbert Lap
1886 - 1970
Albine Nagel
1884 - 1969
Viktor Pöschl (Chemiker)
1884 - 1948
Alois Dienstleder
1885 - 1946
Maria Gutmann
1889 - 1963
Moritz Regula
1888 - 1977
Emil Dittler (Mineraloge)
1882 - 1944
Günther Probszt
1887 - 1973
Max Ras
1889 - 1966
Felix Pistor
1888 - 1937
Frieda Mikola
1881 - 1958
Karl Rauch (Rechtswissenschaftler)
1880 - 1953
Franz Köck (Maler)
1886 - 1975
Viktor Wutte
1881 - 1962
Wolfgang Gruber
1886 - 1971
Robert Foit
1889 - 1963
Anton Höpfl
1889 - 1947
Rudolf Schlager
1880 - 1957
Margit Frankau
1889 - 1944
Annie Quensel
1886 - 1933
Ludwig Oberzaucher
1881 - 1957
Karl Kutschera (Bildhauer)
Born 1886
Karl Sattler (Politiker, 1881)
1881 - 1945