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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Thomas Glavinic
Born 1972
Gerhard Roth
Born 1942
Clemens J. Setz
Born 1982
Rudolf Hans Bartsch
1873 - 1952
Wanda von Sacher-Masoch
1845 - 1906
Klaus Hoffer
Born 1942
Ferdinand Schmalz
Born 1985
Werner Schneyder
1937 - 2019
Matthias Mander
Born 1933
Gerald Ganglbauer
Born 1958
Goldy Parin-Matthèy
1911 - 1997
Folke Tegetthoff
Born 1954
Max Hölzer
1915 - 1984
Erica Lillegg
1907 - 1988
Christian Ankowitsch
Born 1959
Alfred Goubran
Born 1964
Dimitri Todorov
Born 1947
Sama Maani
Born 1963
Hans Lohberger
1920 - 1979
Christine Grän
Born 1952
Alois Hergouth
1925 - 2002
Gerhard J. Rekel
Born 1965
Cordula Simon
Born 1986
Robert Preis
Born 1972
Rudolf Weys
1898 - 1978
Heinrich Kusch
Born 1948
Dorothea Nürnberg
Born 1964
Thomas Raab (Schriftsteller, 1968)
Born 1968
Andreas Unterweger
Born 1978
Gunter Falk
1942 - 1983
Bernd Hontschik
Born 1952
Günther Schönberger
Born 1952
Bernd Schmidt (Schriftsteller)
1947 - 2016
Edwin Rollett
1889 - 1964
Ilona Mayer-Zach
Born 1963
Stefan Schmitzer
Born 1979
Martin G. Wanko
Born 1970
Franz Preitler
Born 1963
Fritz Krenn (Schriftsteller)
Born 1958
Hans Hödl
1937 - 2019
Joachim Gunter Hammer
Born 1950
Astrid Kohlmeier
Born 1983
Hermann Kienzl
1865 - 1928
John Preininger
1947 - 2002
Gabriele Andreae
Born 1933
Helmut Tezak
Born 1948
Wolfgang Arnold (Schriftsteller)
1921 - 1998
Herwig von Kreutzbruck
1939 - 2008
Valentin Nowotny
Born 1967
Roswitha Hamadani
Born 1944
Helmut Kollars
Born 1968
Curt Schnecker
Born 1934
Fritz Marx (Heimatdichter)
1913 - 1985