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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Graz during each.

What Graz Is Known For

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Politician is Graz's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (175).

Graz over-indexes on author4.3× the global rate.

Graz under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician175
  2. Actor123
  3. Football96
  4. Painter65
  5. Academic59
  6. Author56
  7. Writer53
  8. Composer41
  1. Author564.3×
  2. Academic593.8×
  3. Mathematician182.4×
  4. Composer412.0×
  5. Artist261.7×
  6. Painter651.6×
  7. Historian261.6×
  8. Actor1231.5×
  1. Football960.6×

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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Showing 103 of 1,526 notable people

0006 POLITICIAN

Heinz Fischer

Born 1938

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0016 ACTOR

Marisa Mell

1939 - 1992

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0052 FOOTBALL

Helmut Senekowitsch

1933 - 2007

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0147 FOOTBALL

Paul Halla

1931 - 2005

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0151 THEOLOGIAN

Gotthold Hasenhüttl

Born 1933

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0178 MUSIC

Ernst Hilmar

1938 - 2016

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0182 CLARINET

Oscar Klein

1930 - 2006

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0184 FILM

Hans Hollmann (director)

Born 1933

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0199 ART HISTORIAN

Bernard Andreae

Born 1930

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0200 POLITICIAN

Josef Krainer (1930-2016)

1930 - 2016

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0204 ACTOR

Alexander Grill

1938 - 2009

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0205 ACTOR

Doris Kirchner

Born 1930

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0209 FOOTBALL

Gernot Fraydl

Born 1939

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0219 ARCHITECT

Friedrich St. Florian

Born 1932

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0221 BUSINESS

Walter Wolf

Born 1939

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0230 TROMBONIST

Erich Kleinschuster

1930 - 2018

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0231 COMPOSER

Dieter Glawischnig

Born 1938

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0289 POLITICIAN

Maria Schaumayer

1931 - 2013

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0297 ART HISTORIAN

Hiltrud Kier

Born 1937

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0310 GEODESIST

Helmut Moritz

Born 1933

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0321 WRITER

Werner Schneyder

1937 - 2019

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0329 WRITER

Matthias Mander

Born 1933

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0361 ACTOR

Heinz Petters

1932 - 2018

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0370 ACTOR

Franz Buchrieser

Born 1937

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0372 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Waidacher

Born 1934

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0375 ARTIST

Jorrit Tornquist

Born 1938

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0379 ENGENHEIR

Herwig Kogelnik

Born 1932

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0462 HISTORIAN

Gunter Wesener

Born 1932

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0476 COMPOSER

Lore Krainer

1930 - 2020

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0510 PHILOLOGIST

Ernst Steinkellner

Born 1937

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0513 PAINTER

Gerald Szyszkowitz

Born 1938

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0530 ACADEMIC

Brigitte A. Rollett

Born 1934

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0534 AUTHOR

Helmut Eisendle

1939 - 2003

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0549 OPERA

Josef Hopferwieser

1938 - 2015

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0585 ACTOR

Rainer Hauer

Born 1932

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0590 JOURNALIST

Kuno Knöbl

1936 - 2012

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0601 PHYSICIAN

Harald Tscherne

Born 1933

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0625 ACTOR

Jörg von Liebenfelß

Born 1930

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0639 COMPOSER

Peter Vujica

1937 - 2013

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0649 COLLECTOR

Hanns Schell

Born 1938

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0650 ORGANIST

Ernst Triebel

1932 - 2017

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0664 ACTOR

Wolfgang Unterzaucher

Born 1934

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0666 POLITICIAN

Alfred Stingl

Born 1939

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0706 TRUPPEN

Karl Majcen

Born 1934

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0740 POLITICIAN

Eva Petrik

1931 - 2007

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0761 ART HISTORIAN

Peter Krenn

Born 1937

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0776 BOTSCHAFTER

Paul Leifer

Born 1937

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0796 INTERNIST

Karl Harnoncourt

Born 1934

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0803 ACTOR

Rainer Artenfels

1939 - 1991

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0812 POLITICIAN

Rupert Gmoser

1931 - 2008

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0819 ACADEMIC

Judith Jánoska-Bendl

1931 - 2007

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0829 TROMBONIST

Rudolf Josel

Born 1939

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0838 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Helfried Mostler

1934 - 2017

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0857 POLITICIAN

Alexander Haas (Politiker)

Born 1933

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0875 MUSIC

Sibyl Urbancic

Born 1937

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0889 SCULPTOR

Hans Muhr

Born 1934

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0898 PHILOLOGIST

Franz Ferdinand Schwarz

1934 - 2001

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0922 ACADEMIC

Hartmann Scheiblechner

1939 - 2010

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0925 ENTOMOLOGIST

Eugen Bregant (Entomologe)

1937 - 2003

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0935 WRITER

Hans Hödl

1937 - 2019

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0948 ARCHITECT

Peter Czernin (Architekt)

1932 - 2016

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0950 LOBBYIST

Grete Schurz

Born 1934

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0970 ACADEMIC

Günther Jontes

Born 1939

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0997 PAINTER

Gerhard Lojen

1935 - 2005

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0998 ACADEMIC

Hildegund Bühler

1936 - 2009

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1018 MOUNTAINEER

Robert Kostka

Born 1935

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1035 WRITER

Gabriele Andreae

Born 1933

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1037 THEOLOGIAN

Stefan Andreae

1931 - 2011

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1061 POLITICIAN

Cécile Cordon

Born 1939

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1069 ACTOR

Alfons Lipp

Born 1930

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1072 WRITER

Herwig von Kreutzbruck

1939 - 2008

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1098 ATHLETIC

Dorli Hofrichter

Born 1935

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1102 TRANSLATOR

Lorenz Gyömörey

1931 - 1989

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1106 POLITICIAN

Walter Heinzinger

1937 - 1993

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1130 ACTOR

Josef Schwarz (Schauspieler)

Born 1939

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1139 ECONOMIST

Gerhard Seicht

1939 - 2013

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1151 ATHLETIC

Horst Mandl

1936 - 2018

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1196 ACTOR

Alexander Hoeller

1930 - 2019

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1216 THEATRE

Claus Homschak

1939 - 2013

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1217 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Probst

1938 - 2009

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1235 BUSINESS

Franz Harnoncourt

Born 1937

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1249 POLITICIAN

Jolanda Offenbeck

1930 - 2000

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1253 EDUCATION

Viktor Koroschetz

1934 - 2011

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1260 WRITER

Curt Schnecker

Born 1934

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1290 POLITICIAN

Eda Jahns

1939 - 2020

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1308 POLITICIAN

Gudrun Hunecke

Born 1939

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1309 ACTOR

Gottfried Blahovsky

Born 1931

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1333 FENCER

Frank Battig

1935 - 2015

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1348 ATHLETIC

Helfried Reinnagel

1934 - 2007

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1350 FOOTBALL

Josef Stoll

Born 1932

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1362 POLITICIAN

Walter Scholger

1934 - 2016

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1365 POLITICIAN

Franz Hasiba

Born 1932

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1367 MOUNTAINEER

Hilmar Sturm

1939 - 1982

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1368 POLITICIAN

Hans Hafner (Politiker)

Born 1938

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1373 ENTREPRENEUR

Poldi Merc

Born 1932

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1410 POLITICIAN

Fritz Pelikan

1934 - 1996

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1425 POLITICIAN

Wilhelmine Moser

Born 1930

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1435 SINGER

Romano Nieders

1934 - 2013

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1439 POLITICIAN

Hans Gross (Politiker)

1930 - 1992

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1482 POLITICIAN

Sissy Geiger

Born 1938

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1485 SINGER

Hermi Lechner

Born 1930

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1505 LAWYER

Kurt Gottlich

1932 - 2013

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1510 POLITICIAN

Anne Marie Wicher

1934 - 2014

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