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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Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner
1800 - 1890
Ingeborg Day
1940 - 2011
Eva Rossmann
Born 1962
Katharina Prato
1818 - 1897
Valerie Fritsch
Born 1989
Bernd Brunnhofer
Born 1946
Heinz Pototschnig
1923 - 1995
Chris Scheuer
Born 1952
Mike Markart
Born 1961
Peter Glaser
Born 1957
Brit Stakston
Born 1961
Katrin Unterreiner
Born 1969
Helmut Eisendle
1939 - 2003
Martin Kolozs
Born 1978
Holger Schober
Born 1976
Gerald Fleischhacker
Born 1971
Wilhelm Muster
1916 - 1994
Angelika Reitzer
Born 1971
Mario Angelo
1950 - 2015
Petra Ganglbauer
Born 1958
Kristine Tornquist
Born 1965
Marie Gamillscheg
Born 1992
Monika Wogrolly
Born 1967
Liselotte Buchenauer
1922 - 2003
Wolfgang Pollanz
Born 1954
Rudolf Stibill
1924 - 1995
Heinrich Wastian
1876 - 1932
Annie Hruschka
1867 - 1929
Walter Vogel (Theologe)
Born 1967
Irene Diwiak
Born 1991
Markus Jaroschka
Born 1942
Christoph Szalay
Born 1987
Heinz Trenczak
Born 1944
Bernd Kofler
Born 1964
Manfred Mixner
Born 1947
Georg Wawschinek
Born 1970
Elisabeth Heresch
Born 1949
Simon Pichler
Born 1956
Artur Wolfgang von Sacher-Masoch
1875 - 1953
Wilfried Ohms
Born 1960
Wolfgang Maria Siegmund
Born 1956
Paul Kaufmann (Politiker, 1925)
1925 - 2015
Rudolf Pertassek
1917 - 2007
Reinhard Kleindl
Born 1980
Knut Schaflinger
Born 1951
Thomas Karny
Born 1964
Wilfried A. Resch
Born 1960
Arnulf Ploder
Born 1955
Albrecht von Wickenburg
1838 - 1911
Christian Duda
Born 1962
Walter Stipperger
1919 - 2005
Werner Koch (Autor)
Born 1955
Joseph von Högen
1767 - 1820
Stefan Karch
Born 1962
Grete Schröder (Schriftstellerin)
1904 - 1987
Johannes Seeberger
1843 - 1879