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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1,526 notable people

0601 PHYSICIAN

Harald Tscherne

Born 1933

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0602 POLITICIAN

Robert von Pattai

1846 - 1920

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0603 POLITICIAN

Viktor von Hochenburger

1857 - 1918

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0604 ILLUSTRATOR

Alfred Cossmann

1870 - 1951

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0605 ACTOR

Eva Spreitzhofer

Born 1967

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0606 PRESENTER

Robert Seeger

Born 1941

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0607 PAINTER

Axl Leskoschek

1889 - 1976

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0608 MATHEMATICIAN

Theodor Radaković

1895 - 1938

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0609 SINGER

Moritz Gogg

Born 1974

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0610 THEATRE

Rudolf Beer

1885 - 1938

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0611 ACTOR

Viktor Afritsch

1906 - 1967

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0612 POLITICIAN

Helga Konrad

Born 1948

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0613 ANATOMIST

Helmut Ferner

1912 - 1998

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0614 SPORT

Michaela Bornemann

Born 1971

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0615 WORLD WAR

Hartmann Grasser

1914 - 1986

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0616 BROADCAST

Kathrin Zechner

Born 1963

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0617 ART HISTORIAN

Valentina Vlasic

Born 1980

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0618 ACADEMIC

Walter Wilburg

1905 - 1991

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0619 AUTHOR

Mario Angelo

1950 - 2015

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0620 FOOTBALL

Christian Dintar

Born 1974

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0621 POLITICIAN

Otto Hofmann-Wellenhof

1909 - 1988

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0622 ACTOR

Monica Reyes

Born 1981

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0623 PAINTER

Jörg Schlick

1951 - 2005

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0624 PRIEST

Johannes Maria Lenz

1902 - 1985

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0625 ACTOR

Jörg von Liebenfelß

Born 1930

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0626 THEATRE

Robert Herzl

1940 - 2014

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0627 ATHLETIC

Arnulf Pilhatsch

1925 - 2000

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0628 WRITER

Alois Hergouth

1925 - 2002

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0629 COMPOSER

Josef Schantl (Hornist)

1842 - 1902

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0630 ACTOR

Minna Kautsky

1837 - 1912

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0631 LAWYER

Veit Sorger

Born 1942

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0632 AUTHOR

Petra Ganglbauer

Born 1958

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0633 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Andreas Holzinger

Born 1963

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0634 ARCHITECT

Michael Szyszkowitz

1944 - 2016

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0635 MEDIA

Ramón Reichert

Born 1966

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0636 SPORT

Jürgen Pauritsch

Born 1977

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0637 ACADEMIC

Hans Spanner

1908 - 1991

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0638 FILM

Johanna Moder

Born 1979

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0639 COMPOSER

Peter Vujica

1937 - 2013

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0640 WRITER

Gerhard J. Rekel

Born 1965

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0641 HISTORIAN

Hermann Baltl

1918 - 2004

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0642 SPORT

Adolf Kofler

1892 - 1915

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0643 ARTIST

Bernd Janusch

Born 1943

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0644 PHYSICIST

Manfred Salmhofer

Born 1964

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0645 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Wessely

Born 1965

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0646 POLITICIAN

Bettina Vollath

Born 1962

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0647 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gustav Johannes von Allesch

1882 - 1967

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0648 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Albin Lesky

1926 - 2008

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0649 COLLECTOR

Hanns Schell

Born 1938

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0650 ORGANIST

Ernst Triebel

1932 - 2017

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0651 ACTOR

Leopold Altenburg

Born 1971

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0652 ACTOR

Almut Zilcher

Born 1954

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0653 SCULPTOR

Walter Ritter

1905 - 1986

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0654 HISTORIAN

Harald Heppner

Born 1950

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0655 ACADEMIC

Ursula Prutsch

Born 1965

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0656 MILITAR

Paul Freiherr von Hauser

1911 - 1999

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0657 SOCIOLOGIST

Christian Fleck

Born 1954

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0658 ECONOMIST

Alfred Gutschelhofer

Born 1960

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0659 PRESENTER

Susanne Höggerl

Born 1972

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0660 BADMINTON

Matthias Almer

Born 1994

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0661 ACTOR

Hans Karl Friedrich

1904 - 1985

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0662 ART HISTORIAN

Christa Steinle

Born 1951

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0663 ACADEMIC

Sabine Pollak

Born 1960

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0664 ACTOR

Wolfgang Unterzaucher

Born 1934

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0665 FIGHTER

Kajetan Sweth

1785 - 1864

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0666 POLITICIAN

Alfred Stingl

Born 1939

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0667 REGISSEUR

Walter Kienreich

Born 1950

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0668 CONCERTMASTER

Hugo Kortschak

1884 - 1957

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0669 AUTHOR

Kristine Tornquist

Born 1965

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0670 BASSIST

Hans Glawischnig

Born 1970

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0671 FOOTBALL

Dominik Glawogger

Born 1990

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0672 THERAPIST

Gundl Kutschera

Born 1941

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0673 POLITICIAN

Herwig Hösele

Born 1953

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0674 PHYSICIAN

Erich Rauch

1922 - 2003

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0675 SAXOPHONIST

Walter Malli

1940 - 2012

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0676 FOOTBALL

Alexander Harkam

Born 1981

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0677 PAINTER

Siegfried Neuburg

1928 - 2003

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0678 PSYCHOLOGIST

Roland Grabner

Born 1975

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0679 THEATRE

Wolfgang Kolneder

1943 - 2010

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0680 MUSIC

Ludwig Kelbetz

1905 - 1943

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0681 AUTHOR

Marie Gamillscheg

Born 1992

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0682 PAINTER

Berta Pfister-Lex

1920 - 2016

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0683 ARTIST

Al Bernstein (artist)

Born 1949

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0684 ACTOR

Harry Lampl

Born 1987

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0685 BISCHOF

Gerhard May (Bischof)

1898 - 1980

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0686 POLITICIAN

Vince Batthyány

1772 - 1827

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0687 SPORT

Franz Deutsch

1928 - 2011

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0688 ACADEMIC

Helfried Moosbrugger

Born 1944

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0689 PIANIST

Karl Hermann Pillney

1896 - 1980

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0690 AUTHOR

Monika Wogrolly

Born 1967

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0691 WRITER

Cordula Simon

Born 1986

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0692 HISTORIAN

Heinz Lichem

1941 - 2007

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0693 ACTOR

Bernhard Klampfl

Born 1976

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0694 CINEMA

Helmut Pirnat

Born 1950

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0695 ACADEMIC

Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger

Born 1949

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0696 ACADEMIC

Margarete Streicher

1891 - 1985

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0697 AUTHOR

Liselotte Buchenauer

1922 - 2003

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0698 ACTOR

Michael Rast (Schauspieler)

Born 1970

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0699 EDITOR

Harald Seewann

Born 1944

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0700 MUSIC

Lukas Goldschmidt

Born 1965

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0701 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Pollanz

Born 1954

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0702 MUSIC

Friedrich Kleinhapl

Born 1965

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0703 ACTOR

Nikolaus Habjan

Born 1987

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0704 FENCER

Rudolf Trost

Born 1940

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0705 PAINTER

Hermann Torggler

1878 - 1939

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0706 TRUPPEN

Karl Majcen

Born 1934

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0707 ORGANBUILDER

Johannes Mitterreither

1733 - 1800

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0708 POLITICIAN

Oliver Wieser

Born 1973

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0709 PROFESSOR

Peter Koller (Rechtsphilosoph)

Born 1947

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0710 PRESENTER

Christiane Teschl

Born 1973

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0711 WRITER

Robert Preis

Born 1972

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0712 ACTOR

Philipp Hansa

Born 1990

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0713 HISTORIAN

Hans Pirchegger

1875 - 1973

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0714 SCREENWRITER

Wilhelm Hengstler

Born 1944

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0715 MEDIEVALIST

Ingrid Bodsch

Born 1953

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0716 AUTHOR

Rudolf Stibill

1924 - 1995

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0717 HISTORIAN

Werner Tscherne

1927 - 2017

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0718 NAZI

Claudia Brunner

Born 1972

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0719 ACADEMIC

Hermann Pfrogner

1911 - 1988

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0720 THEATRE

Wolfgang Kraßnitzer

Born 1941

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0721 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Schröder (Forstwissenschaftler)

Born 1941

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0722 WRITER

Rudolf Weys

1898 - 1978

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0723 MOUNTAINEER

Robert Schauer

Born 1953

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0724 ACTOR

Otwin Biernat

Born 1981

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0725 PROFESSOR

August Pradetto

Born 1949

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0726 CINEMA

Gerald Kerkletz

Born 1975

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0727 REAL ESTATE

Hubert Hammerl

Born 1971

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0728 FILM

Markus Mörth

Born 1973

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0729 PHOTOGRAPHER

Rudolf Lantschbauer

Born 1954

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0730 ACADEMIC

Gert Muhr

Born 1943

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0731 AUTHOR

Heinrich Wastian

1876 - 1932

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0732 HISTORIAN

Kaja Harter-Uibopuu

Born 1968

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0733 PAINTER

Carl Rotky

1891 - 1977

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0734 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Reinhard Posch

Born 1951

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0735 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Irene Neverla

Born 1952

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0736 COMPOSER

Otto Siegl

1896 - 1978

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0737 CONDUCTOR

Jakob Stolz

1832 - 1919

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0738 PSYCHOLOGIST

Monika Specht-Tomann

Born 1950

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0739 POLITICIAN

Sonja Steßl

Born 1981

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0740 POLITICIAN

Eva Petrik

1931 - 2007

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0741 SCULPTOR

Erwin Huber (Bildhauer)

1929 - 2006

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0742 LITERARY

Walter Grünzweig

Born 1956

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0743 POLITICIAN

Gerald Grosz

Born 1977

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0744 PAINTER

Joseph Schuster (Maler)

1812 - 1890

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0745 HISTORIAN

Richard Bayer (Mediziner)

1907 - 1989

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0746 WRITER

Heinrich Kusch

Born 1948

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0747 HISTORIAN

Max Rintelen

1880 - 1965

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0748 AUTHOR

Annie Hruschka

1867 - 1929

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0749 FILM

Eva Lopez Echegoyen

Born 1960

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0750 POLITICIAN

Karl Rechbauer

1815 - 1889

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0751 WRITER

Dorothea Nürnberg

Born 1964

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0752 POLITICIAN

Udo Illig

1897 - 1989

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0753 PAINTER

Marija Auersperg Attems

1816 - 1880

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0754 BASKET

Christian Kollik

Born 1980

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0755 PRESENTER

Günther Ziesel

Born 1941

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0756 SCREENWRITER

Gabriele Kögl

Born 1960

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0757 CINEMA

Christine A. Maier

Born 1969

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0758 MUSIC

Matti Goldschmidt

Born 1951

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0759 WRITER

Thomas Raab (Schriftsteller, 1968)

Born 1968

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0760 ACTOR

Solveig Thomas

Born 1928

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0761 ART HISTORIAN

Peter Krenn

Born 1937

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0762 PAINTER

Werner Augustiner

1922 - 1986

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0763 SKATER

Kathrin Freudelsperger

Born 1987

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0764 ARTIST

Wolfgang Temmel

Born 1953

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0765 PIANIST

Elisabeth Harnik

Born 1970

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0766 DARTS PLAYER

Zoran Lerchbacher

Born 1972

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0767 POLITICIAN

Gernot Darmann

Born 1975

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0768 ARTIST

Renate Kordon

Born 1952

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0769 ACTOR

Birgit Stöger

Born 1975

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0770 SPORT

Lukas Schlemmer

Born 1995

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0771 ACADEMIC

Ernst Seelig

1895 - 1955

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0772 WRITER

Andreas Unterweger

Born 1978

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0773 POLITICIAN

August Einspinner

1870 - 1927

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0774 CAMPAIGN

Leo Tschoell

1893 - 1980

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0775 DIPLOMAT

Mario Adinolfo Lucchesi-Palli

1840 - 1911

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0776 BOTSCHAFTER

Paul Leifer

Born 1937

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0777 LINGUIST

Bernhard Payr

1903 - 1945

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0778 WRITER

Gunter Falk

1942 - 1983

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0779 ACADEMIC

Norbert Gürke

1904 - 1941

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0780 ACADEMIC

Stefan Pischinger

Born 1961

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0781 THEATRE

Horst Zankl

1944 - 1987

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0782 HISTORIAN

Herbert Klein (Historiker, 1900)

1900 - 1972

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0783 ACADEMIC

Wolf Rauch

Born 1952

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0784 PLAYER

Lena Plesiutschnig

Born 1993

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0785 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Popelka

1890 - 1973

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0786 ARTIST

Joachim Brandl

Born 1976

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0787 WRITER

Bernd Hontschik

Born 1952

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0788 AUTHOR

Walter Vogel (Theologe)

Born 1967

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0789 BIOLOGIST

Helmut Jungwirth (Molekularbiologe)

Born 1969

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0790 DOZENT

Erna Pfeiffer

Born 1953

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0791 ACADEMIC

Jörg Flecker

Born 1959

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0792 WRITER

Günther Schönberger

Born 1952

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0793 SOCIOLOGIST

Dieter Reicher

Born 1971

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0794 JOURNALIST

Claudia Schwartz

Born 1963

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0795 POLITICIAN

Peter Samt

Born 1957

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0796 INTERNIST

Karl Harnoncourt

Born 1934

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0797 WRITER

Bernd Schmidt (Schriftsteller)

1947 - 2016

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0798 AUTHOR

Irene Diwiak

Born 1991

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0799 ACADEMIC

Harald Kainz

Born 1958

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0800 PAINTER

Franz Trenk

1899 - 1960

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0801 SKATER

Denise Koegl

Born 1988

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0802 SWIMMER

Christian Scherübl

Born 1994

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0803 ACTOR

Rainer Artenfels

1939 - 1991

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0804 BASKET

Matteo Tambone

Born 1994

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0805 FOOTBALL

Helmut L. Kronjäger

1953 - 2014

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0806 ENGINEER

Herbert Bodner

Born 1948

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0807 FILM

Niki Mossböck

Born 1969

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0808 ARTIST

Sonja Gangl

Born 1965

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0809 POLITICIAN

Martha Bißmann

Born 1980

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0810 AUTHOR

Markus Jaroschka

Born 1942

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0811 TEACHER

Gottfried Hofmann-Wellenhof

Born 1950

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0812 POLITICIAN

Rupert Gmoser

1931 - 2008

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0813 THEOLOGIAN

Anton Lukesch

1912 - 2003

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0814 PAINTER

Gerhard Raab

Born 1956

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0815 ACTOR

Clemens Berndorff

Born 1982

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0816 OTOLARYNGOLOGIST

Hans Czermak (Gauamtsleiter)

1892 - 1975

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0817 PRIEST

Franz Xaver von Breuner

1723 - 1797

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0818 ECONOMIST

Franz Nemschak

1907 - 1992

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0819 ACADEMIC

Judith Jánoska-Bendl

1931 - 2007

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0820 CHEMIST

Christoph Kratky

Born 1946

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0821 SCULPTOR

Alexander Silveri

1910 - 1986

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0822 MUSIC

Michael Pabst

Born 1942

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0823 GERMANIST

Karl Polheim

1883 - 1967

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0824 JOURNALIST

Ewald Wurzinger

Born 1987

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0825 ACTOR

Robert Tessen

1915 - 2002

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0826 SCULPTOR

Karl Stemolak

1875 - 1954

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0827 COMPOSER

Franz Sparry

1715 - 1767

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0828 SURGEON

Franz Spath

1899 - 1984

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0829 TROMBONIST

Rudolf Josel

Born 1939

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0830 GENEALOGIST

Franz Josef zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

1894 - 1970

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0831 WRITER

Edwin Rollett

1889 - 1964

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0832 PHYSICIST

Otto Burkard

1908 - 2015

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0833 MUSIC

Werner Grünzweig

Born 1959

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0834 ACTOR

Ruth Killer

Born 1920

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0835 ATHLETIC

Gottfried Wittgruber

Born 1961

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0836 PRIEST

Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg

1675 - 1723

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0837 ACTOR

Willi Kleinoschegg

1885 - 1955

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0838 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Helfried Mostler

1934 - 2017

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0839 AUTHOR

Christoph Szalay

Born 1987

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0840 PRIEST

Stefan Török

1903 - 1972

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0841 HOCKEY

Bernhard Bock

Born 1980

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0842 PAINTER

Leo Fellinger

1884 - 1976

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0843 FOOTBALL

Günther Gorenzel

Born 1971

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0844 POLITICIAN

Robert Luschnik

Born 1967

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0845 ACTOR

Helmi Mareich

1924 - 2009

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0846 COMPOSER

Jakob Eduard Schmölzer

1812 - 1886

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0847 AUTHOR

Heinz Trenczak

Born 1944

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0848 ACADEMIC

Nadja Grbić

Born 1963

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0849 PSYCHOLOGIST

Volker Schönwiese

Born 1948

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0850 DIPLOMAT

Jutta Stefan-Bastl

Born 1946

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0851 HISTORIAN

Clemens von Brandis

1798 - 1863

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0852 WRITER

Ilona Mayer-Zach

Born 1963

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0853 AUTHOR

Bernd Kofler

Born 1964

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0854 ACADEMIC

Helmut Draxler (Kunsthistoriker)

Born 1956

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0855 PAINTER

Engelbert Lap

1886 - 1970

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0856 ACADEMIC

Walter Strzygowski

1908 - 1970

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0857 POLITICIAN

Alexander Haas (Politiker)

Born 1933

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0858 PROFESSOR

Herbert Graßl

Born 1948

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0859 ARCHITECT

Hans Niesenberger

1415 - 1493

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0860 POLITICIAN

Barbara Eibinger-Miedl

Born 1980

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0861 MANAGER

Veit Dengler

Born 1968

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0862 ACADEMIC

Waldemar Zacharasiewicz

Born 1942

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0863 WRITER

Stefan Schmitzer

Born 1979

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0864 SOPRANO

Albine Nagel

1884 - 1969

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0865 ARCHITECT

Friedrich Bouvier

Born 1943

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0866 COLLECTOR

Carl Reininghaus

1857 - 1929

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0867 ACADEMIC

Hans Lorenz (Bauingenieur)

1905 - 1996

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0868 CHESS

Ingeborg Kattinger

1910 - 2003

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0869 PAINTER

Stefanie Grüssl

Born 1960

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0870 ACADEMIC

Karin Schumacher

Born 1950

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0871 FOOTBALL

Mateo Mužek

Born 1995

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0872 JOURNALIST

Rudolf Kellermayr

1921 - 2014

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0873 PHYSICIAN

Johann Georg Pelshofer

1599 - 1637

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0874 JUDGE

Johannes Schnizer

Born 1959

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0875 MUSIC

Sibyl Urbancic

Born 1937

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0876 ACADEMIC

Peter Cerwenka

1942 - 2020

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0877 LAWYER

Andreas Liebmann

Born 1967

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0878 MITARBEITER

Helmut Felber

1925 - 2005

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0879 PRIEST

Ottokar Maria von Attems

1815 - 1867

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0880 FILM

Katharina Copony

Born 1972

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0881 ACTOR

Rosalinde Renn

Born 1941

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0882 SCREENWRITER

Wilma Pradetto

Born 1951

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0883 BIOLOGIST

Rudolf Zechner

Born 1954

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0884 WRITER

Martin G. Wanko

Born 1970

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0885 JOURNALIST

Herbert Fussy

Born 1950

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0886 POLITICIAN

Hans Lechner (Politiker, 1913)

1913 - 1994

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0887 HOCKEY

Martin Iberer

Born 1986

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0888 ACTOR

Franz Glawatsch

1871 - 1928

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0889 SCULPTOR

Hans Muhr

Born 1934

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0890 MATHEMATICIAN

Hans Kurzweil

1942 - 2014

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0891 GEODESIST

Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof

Born 1951

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0892 SKATER

Karin Brandstätter

Born 1983

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0893 POLITICIAN

Magda Bleckmann

Born 1968

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0894 COMPOSER

Walter Wessely

Born 1958

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0895 LIEDERMACHER

Hannes Hager

Born 1972

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0896 HISTORIAN

Nikolaus Reisinger

Born 1958

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0897 ACTOR

Mini Bydlinski

Born 1962

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0898 PHILOLOGIST

Franz Ferdinand Schwarz

1934 - 2001

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0899 AUTHOR

Manfred Mixner

Born 1947

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0900 SPORT

Josef Recla

1905 - 1987

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