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.

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 123 of 1,526 notable people

0016 ACTOR

Marisa Mell

1939 - 1992

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0017 ACTOR

Mick Blue

Born 1976

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0020 ACTOR

Peter Simonischek

Born 1946

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0060 ACTOR

Aglaia Szyszkowitz

Born 1968

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0063 ACTOR

Renee Pornero

Born 1979

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0067 ACTOR

Alexander Girardi

1850 - 1918

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0074 ACTOR

Gerhard Liebmann

Born 1970

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0077 ACTOR

Wolfram Berger

Born 1945

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0083 ACTOR

Pia Hierzegger

Born 1972

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Trude Marlen

1912 - 2005

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0105 ACTOR

Brigitte Kren

Born 1954

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0113 ACTOR

Gregor Seberg

Born 1967

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0122 ACTOR

Sissy Löwinger

1941 - 2011

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0128 ACTOR

Fred Sauer

1886 - 1952

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0138 ACTOR

Rudolf Lenz

1920 - 1987

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0169 ACTOR

Andreas Kiendl

Born 1975

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0170 ACTOR

Michael Wallner

Born 1958

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0183 ACTOR

Olaf Fjord

1897 - 1945

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0195 ACTOR

Stefanie Dvorak

Born 1975

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0196 ACTOR

Raimund Wallisch

Born 1969

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0204 ACTOR

Alexander Grill

1938 - 2009

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Doris Kirchner

Born 1930

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0211 ACTOR

Tilly Wedekind

1886 - 1970

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0217 ACTOR

Martina Poel

Born 1974

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0235 ACTOR

Julian Weigend

Born 1971

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0239 ACTOR

Andreas Guenther (Schauspieler)

Born 1973

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0261 ACTOR

Hannes Stelzer

1910 - 1944

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0276 ACTOR

Stefan Puntigam

Born 1971

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0283 ACTOR

Hans Pössenbacher

1895 - 1979

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0290 ACTOR

Johann Franz Brockmann

1747 - 1812

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0294 ACTOR

Franz Tscherne

Born 1964

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0313 ACTOR

Renate Muhri

Born 1951

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0334 ACTOR

Maria Reisenhofer

1869 - 1947

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0338 ACTOR

Ferdinand Maierhofer

1881 - 1960

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0343 ACTOR

Elisabeth Wabitsch

Born 1997

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0361 ACTOR

Heinz Petters

1932 - 2018

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0370 ACTOR

Franz Buchrieser

Born 1937

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0374 ACTOR

Alexander Waechter

Born 1948

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0388 ACTOR

Franz Morak

Born 1946

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0396 ACTOR

Hans Georg Nenning

Born 1946

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0405 ACTOR

Martin Puntigam

Born 1969

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0410 ACTOR

David Miesmer

Born 1983

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0427 ACTOR

Alfred Reiterer

1924 - 2008

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0429 ACTOR

Andrea Wildner

Born 1953

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0439 ACTOR

Christoph Luser

Born 1980

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0465 ACTOR

Helmut Bohatsch

Born 1956

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0482 ACTOR

Günter Peter Straschek

1942 - 2009

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0483 ACTOR

Helmut Berger (Schauspieler, 1949)

Born 1949

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0492 ACTOR

Eva Astor

Born 1944

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0493 ACTOR

Christoph Kornschober

Born 1979

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0496 ACTOR

Claudia Scarpatetti

Born 1968

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0499 ACTOR

Antonia Reininghaus

1954 - 2006

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0501 ACTOR

Gustl Weishappel

1925 - 2008

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0506 ACTOR

Gernot Pachernigg

Born 1981

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0522 ACTOR

Karl Friedrich (Schauspieler)

Born 1929

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0546 ACTOR

Otto Storr

1907 - 1990

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0547 ACTOR

Sigrid Spörk

Born 1981

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0564 ACTOR

Harald Posch (Schauspieler)

Born 1963

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0581 ACTOR

Katharina Jacquet

1760 - 1786

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0585 ACTOR

Rainer Hauer

Born 1932

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0587 ACTOR

Stefan Pohl (Schauspieler)

Born 1981

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0592 ACTOR

Roland Gratzer

Born 1983

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0605 ACTOR

Eva Spreitzhofer

Born 1967

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0611 ACTOR

Viktor Afritsch

1906 - 1967

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0622 ACTOR

Monica Reyes

Born 1981

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0625 ACTOR

Jörg von Liebenfelß

Born 1930

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0630 ACTOR

Minna Kautsky

1837 - 1912

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0651 ACTOR

Leopold Altenburg

Born 1971

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0652 ACTOR

Almut Zilcher

Born 1954

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0661 ACTOR

Hans Karl Friedrich

1904 - 1985

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0664 ACTOR

Wolfgang Unterzaucher

Born 1934

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0684 ACTOR

Harry Lampl

Born 1987

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0693 ACTOR

Bernhard Klampfl

Born 1976

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0698 ACTOR

Michael Rast (Schauspieler)

Born 1970

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0703 ACTOR

Nikolaus Habjan

Born 1987

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0712 ACTOR

Philipp Hansa

Born 1990

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0724 ACTOR

Otwin Biernat

Born 1981

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0760 ACTOR

Solveig Thomas

Born 1928

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0769 ACTOR

Birgit Stöger

Born 1975

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0803 ACTOR

Rainer Artenfels

1939 - 1991

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0815 ACTOR

Clemens Berndorff

Born 1982

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0825 ACTOR

Robert Tessen

1915 - 2002

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0834 ACTOR

Ruth Killer

Born 1920

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0837 ACTOR

Willi Kleinoschegg

1885 - 1955

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0845 ACTOR

Helmi Mareich

1924 - 2009

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0881 ACTOR

Rosalinde Renn

Born 1941

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0888 ACTOR

Franz Glawatsch

1871 - 1928

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0897 ACTOR

Mini Bydlinski

Born 1962

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0901 ACTOR

Olga Lewinsky

1853 - 1935

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0910 ACTOR

Lukas Watzl

Born 1990

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0916 ACTOR

Bernhard Murg

Born 1969

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0994 ACTOR

Marion Petric

Born 1966

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0995 ACTOR

Gernot Haas

Born 1978

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1042 ACTOR

Wilma Tatzel

1920 - 1992

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1050 ACTOR

Silvia Schantl

Born 1983

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1053 ACTOR

Werner Strenger

Born 1969

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1056 ACTOR

Henriette Cejpek

Born 1960

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1064 ACTOR

Simon Jaritz

Born 1975

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1066 ACTOR

Else Brückner-Rüggeberg

1910 - 1981

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1069 ACTOR

Alfons Lipp

Born 1930

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1070 ACTOR

Herbert Rhom

1943 - 2016

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1080 ACTOR

Franz Friedrich (Schauspieler)

1940 - 2018

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1086 ACTOR

Willhelm Thaller

1854 - 1941

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1118 ACTOR

Daniela Kiefer

Born 1974

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1130 ACTOR

Josef Schwarz (Schauspieler)

Born 1939

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1142 ACTOR

Angelika Strahser

Born 1982

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1143 ACTOR

Christiane Henriette Beck

1756 - 1833

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1162 ACTOR

Kurt Sterneck

1919 - 1998

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1164 ACTOR

Serafine Détschy

1858 - 1927

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1180 ACTOR

Bernd Spitzer

Born 1943

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1196 ACTOR

Alexander Hoeller

1930 - 2019

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1218 ACTOR

Olga Gauby

1879 - 1944

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1254 ACTOR

Stephanie Hildburg

1862 - 1942

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1259 ACTOR

Robert Christian Kowald

1966 - 2006

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1282 ACTOR

Jertha von Pistor

1856 - 1888

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1293 ACTOR

Katrin Stuflesser

Born 1973

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1309 ACTOR

Gottfried Blahovsky

Born 1931

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1391 ACTOR

Hans Dolf

1897 - 1967

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1411 ACTOR

Philipp Ungeheuer

Born 1986

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1426 ACTOR

Christian Pölzl

1962 - 2017

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1451 ACTOR

Sandra Lipp

Born 1988

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1459 ACTOR

David Wehle

Born 1981

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1496 ACTOR

Alexandra Leonie Kronberger

Born 1990

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