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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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1,526 notable people

1501 DIPLOMAT

Alfons Knaffl-Lenz

1878 - 1957

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1502 MOTO

Geri Gesslbauer

Born 1989

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1503 FOOTBALL

Manfred Fruhmann

Born 1956

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1504 POLITICIAN

Andreas von Hüttenbrenner

1797 - 1869

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1505 LAWYER

Kurt Gottlich

1932 - 2013

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1506 POLITICIAN

Benedikt Bittmann

Born 1959

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1507 MISSING

Reinprecht III. vom Graben

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1508 REDAKTEUR

Rudolf Sperl

1852 - 1929

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1509 OBERST

Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Oberst)

1823 - 1866

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1510 POLITICIAN

Anne Marie Wicher

1934 - 2014

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1511 ACADEMIC

Haymo Heritsch

1911 - 2009

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1512 MISSING

Walther vom Graben

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1513 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Swatek

Born 1991

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1514 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Janzsa

1914 - 1994

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1515 MISSING

Ernst Kortschak

1879 - 1957

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1516 LAWYER

Kaspar Harb

1800 - 1861

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1517 SCULPTOR

Karl Kutschera (Bildhauer)

Born 1886

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1518 PALAEONTOLOGIST

August Heinrich (Fossiliensammler)

1859 - 1926

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1519 TRADE UNION

Susanne Hofer (Gewerkschafterin)

Born 1994

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1520 BASKET

Alexander Nunner

Born 1985

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1521 BISCHOF

Karl Weinberger (Bischof)

1582 - 1625

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1522 POET

Franz Xaver von Bendel

1713 - 1800

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1523 POLITICIAN

Karl Sattler (Politiker, 1881)

1881 - 1945

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1524 MISSING

Anton Ernst von Breuner

1724 - 1789

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1525 JOURNALIST

Mario Fraiss

Born 1978

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1526 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Adolf Strohmaier

1916 - 1994

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