47.2682° N, 11.3934° E

INNSBRUCK

Most Famous People Born in Innsbruck, Austria

Notable people
1,033
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1943
Most distinctive
Luger 61.9×

Two-time Winter Olympics host, and the Tyrolean sliding-track obsession is almost absurd on paper: a Luger bench at better than sixty times the global baseline, with Bobsled and Ski counts piled on behind it. The Academic and Architect depth is the other Innsbruck — the old Habsburg residence town and its university, quietly producing scholars between the races.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Innsbruck during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 122 notable births.

What Innsbruck Is Known For

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Politician is Innsbruck's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (119).

Innsbruck over-indexes on luger61.9× the global rate.

Innsbruck under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician119
  2. Actor73
  3. Painter62
  4. Sport37
  5. Academic35
  6. Football34
  7. Writer29
  8. Skier26
  1. Luger2261.9×
  2. Bobsled1118.1×
  3. Ski1413.0×
  4. Skier269.8×
  5. Racer107.4×
  6. Academic353.3×
  7. Author262.9×
  8. Architect242.6×
  1. Football340.3×
  2. Player120.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Innsbruck's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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1,033 notable people

0001 EMPEROR

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

1415 - 1493

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0002 ARCHITECT

Ettore Sottsass

1917 - 2007

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0003 FEUDATORY

Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

1679 - 1729

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0004 ACTOR

Dietmar Schönherr

1926 - 2014

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0005 MOUNTAINEER

Hermann Buhl

1924 - 1957

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0006 ACTOR

William Berger (actor)

1928 - 1993

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0007 ACTOR

Mirjam Weichselbraun

Born 1981

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0008 ARCHDUKE

Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria

1628 - 1662

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0009 DUCHESS

Claudia Felicitas of Austria

1653 - 1676

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0010 MATHEMATICIAN

Bruno de Finetti

1906 - 1985

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0011 ACTOR

Helga Anders

1948 - 1986

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0012 MATHEMATICIAN

Otto E. Neugebauer

1899 - 1990

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0013 CONDUCTOR

Otmar Suitner

1922 - 2010

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0014 REGENT

Sigismund, Archduke of Austria

1427 - 1496

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0015 FILM

Christian Berger

Born 1945

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0016 CLIMB

David Lama

1990 - 2019

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0017 ACTOR

Hans Brenner (actor)

1938 - 1998

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0018 PHYSICIST

Peter Zoller

Born 1952

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0019 ARCHIDUC

Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria

1630 - 1665

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0020 VOCALIST

Eva Lind

Born 1966

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0021 POLITICIAN

Christian Schwarz-Schilling

Born 1930

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0022 ARISTOCRAT

Archduchess Barbara of Austria

1539 - 1572

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0023 FILM

Carl-Heinz Schroth

1902 - 1989

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0024 QUEEN

Maria Leopoldine of Austria

1632 - 1649

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0025 EMPEROR

Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland

1533 - 1572

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0026 PLAYER

Barbara Schett

Born 1976

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0027 NAZI

Otto Hofmann

1896 - 1982

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0028 DUCHESS

Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria

1629 - 1685

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0029 MOUNTAINEER

Ludwig Purtscheller

1849 - 1900

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0030 POLITICIAN

Karl Gruber

1909 - 1995

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0031 MATHEMATICIAN

Bruno Buchberger

Born 1942

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0032 ATHLETIC

Kira Grünberg

Born 1993

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0033 CHESS

Erich Eliskases

1913 - 1997

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0034 SKIER

Gustav Lantschner

1910 - 2011

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0035 HUMANITARIAN

Diana Budisavljević

1891 - 1978

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0036 SKIER

Fritz Dopfer

Born 1987

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0037 ACTOR

Igo Sym

1896 - 1941

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0038 ELECTRESS

Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony

1416 - 1486

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0039 FOOTBALL

Kurt Jara

Born 1950

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0040 ABBESS

Archduchess Magdalena of Austria

1532 - 1590

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0041 FOOTBALL

Michael Baur

Born 1969

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0042 SKI

Andreas Kofler

Born 1984

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0043 OFFICER

Robert Bernardis

1908 - 1944

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0044 OPERA

Gabriele Sima

1955 - 2016

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0045 SKATER

Vanessa Herzog

Born 1995

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0046 SPORT

Thomas Rohregger

Born 1982

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0047 COMPOSER

Thomas Larcher

Born 1963

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0048 BOTANIST

Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser

1784 - 1842

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0049 MEDIEVALIST

Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg

1781 - 1848

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0050 PRELATE

Reinhold Stecher

1921 - 2013

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0051 COMPOSER

Johannes Maria Staud

Born 1974

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0052 OFFICER

Anton Malloth

1912 - 2002

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0053 LUGER

Markus Prock

Born 1964

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0054 BOTANIST

Meinhard Michael Moser

1924 - 2002

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0055 COMPOSER

Wenzel Fuchs

Born 1963

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0056 FOOTBALL

Pascal Grünwald

Born 1982

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0057 DUCHESS

Archduchess Margaret of Austria (nun)

1536 - 1567

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0058 ACTOR

Bernhard Schir

Born 1963

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0059 POET

Hermann von Gilm

1812 - 1864

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0060 LINGUIST

Alois Walde

1869 - 1924

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0061 PAINTER

Johannes Gumpp

1626 - 1728

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0062 SKATER

Michael Hadschieff

Born 1963

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0063 TEACHER

Bernd Michael Rode

Born 1946

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0064 WRITER

Rudolf Greinz

1866 - 1942

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0065 LUGER

Wolfgang Kindl

Born 1988

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0066 SKIER

Dagmar Rom

Born 1928

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0067 ACTOR

Kurt Weinzierl

1931 - 2008

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0068 PAINTER

Franz Richard Unterberger

1838 - 1902

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0069 PLAYER

Patricia Wartusch

Born 1978

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0070 WRITER

Gabriel Kuhn

Born 1972

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0071 PAINTER

Johann Paul Schor

1615 - 1674

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0072 SKIER

Klaus Heidegger

Born 1957

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0073 SKI

Armin Kogler

Born 1959

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0074 CLIMB

Jakob Schubert

Born 1990

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0075 PIANIST

Ilse von Alpenheim

Born 1927

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0076 PRIEST

Wilhelm Egger

1940 - 2008

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0077 BOBSLED

Ingo Appelt

Born 1961

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0078 SINGER

Victoria Swarovski

Born 1993

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0079 SKIER

Nicola Spieß

Born 1958

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0080 ACTOR

Walter Riml

1905 - 1994

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0081 MUSIC

Manu Delago

Born 1984

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0082 PRESENTER

Armin Wolf

Born 1966

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0083 BOTANIST

Egon Horak

Born 1937

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0084 RACER

Matthias Guggenberger

Born 1984

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0085 BOTANIST

Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting

1754 - 1797

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0086 SOCIOLOGIST

Peter Flora

Born 1944

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0087 SCULPTOR

Balthasar Ferdinand Moll

1717 - 1785

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0088 COMPOSER

Erich Urbanner

Born 1936

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0089 ARCHITECT

Peter Noever

Born 1941

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0090 TROMBONIST

Radu Malfatti

Born 1943

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0091 FOOTBALL

Roland Kirchler

Born 1970

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0092 JUDGE

Alfred Verdross

1890 - 1980

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0093 PRESBYTER

Paul Laymann

1574 - 1635

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0094 ARACHNOLOGIST

Volker Mahnert

1943 - 2018

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0095 ACTOR

Judith Holzmeister

1920 - 2008

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0096 DRIVER

Lucas Auer

Born 1994

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0097 PRESENTER

Alice Tumler

Born 1979

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0098 ACTOR

Heikko Deutschmann

Born 1962

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0099 CHEMIST

Klaus Biemann

1926 - 2016

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0100 MATHEMATICIAN

Adam Tanner (Jesuit theologian)

1572 - 1632

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0101 ACTOR

Erwin Faber

1891 - 1989

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0102 SKIER

Stephanie Venier

Born 1993

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0103 ARTIST

Peter Kogler

Born 1959

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0104 SINGER

Sandra Schleret

Born 1976

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0105 BASKET

Benjamin Ortner

Born 1983

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0106 ACTOR

Bettina Redlich

Born 1963

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0107 RACER

Martin Rettl

Born 1973

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0108 PLAYER

Nicola Kuhn

Born 2000

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0109 MEDIEVALIST

Oswald Redlich

1858 - 1944

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0110 FOOTBALL

Dietmar Constantini

Born 1955

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0111 FOOTBALL

Hannes Eder

Born 1983

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0112 ARCHITECT

Heinz Tesar

Born 1939

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0113 SKIER

Uli Spieß

Born 1955

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0114 FOOTBALL

Florian Mader

Born 1982

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0115 PHYSICIST

Fritz Sauter

1906 - 1983

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0116 PHYSICIST

Leopold Pfaundler

1839 - 1920

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0117 LUGER

Nina Reithmayer

Born 1984

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0118 WRITER

Ingrid Strobl

Born 1952

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0119 FILM

Monika Willi

Born 1968

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0120 FOOTBALL

Marco Kofler (footballer, born 1989)

Born 1989

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0121 BRIGADIER

Miguel Krassnoff

Born 1946

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0122 LUGER

Angelika Neuner

Born 1969

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0123 LAWYER

Ludwig Adamovich Jr.

Born 1932

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0124 SKI

Florian Liegl

Born 1983

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0125 SKIER

Ricarda Haaser

Born 1993

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0126 AUTHOR

Auguste Lechner

1905 - 2000

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0127 BOBSLED

Erwin Thaler

1930 - 2001

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0128 BOBSLED

Gerhard Haidacher

Born 1963

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0129 FOOTBALL

Julius Perstaller

Born 1989

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0130 PAINTER

Josef Ignaz Mildorfer

1719 - 1775

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0131 PHYSICIAN

Kate Friedlander

1902 - 1949

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0132 JOURNALIST

Corinna Milborn

Born 1972

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0133 ENTREPRENEUR

René Benko

Born 1977

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0134 ACTOR

Eduard Köck

1882 - 1961

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0135 SKIER

Regina Schöpf

1935 - 2008

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0136 SINGER

Bernhard Landauer

Born 1970

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0137 PAINTER

Heinrich C. Berann

1915 - 1999

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0138 PROFESSOR

Aloïs Brandl (philologue)

1855 - 1940

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0139 AUTHOR

Heinz Gappmayr

1925 - 2010

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0140 CONDUCTOR

Joseph Friedrich Hummel

1841 - 1919

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0141 POLITICIAN

Richard Seeber

Born 1962

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0142 SURGEON

Erwin Payr

1871 - 1946

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0143 SKIER

Karin Huttary

Born 1977

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0144 SNOWBOARD

Heidi Neururer

Born 1979

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0145 SKIER

Hady Pfeiffer

1906 - 2002

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0146 SINGER

Nathan Trent

Born 1992

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0147 LUGER

Gerhard Gleirscher

Born 1969

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0148 WRITER

Peter Demant

1918 - 2006

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0149 SKI

Stefan Thurnbichler

Born 1984

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0150 DIETITIAN

Constanze Manziarly

1920 - 1945

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0151 SKIER

Markus Schmidt (luger)

Born 1968

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0152 SKATER

Anna Rokita

Born 1986

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0153 SKIER

Inge Wersin-Lantschner

1905 - 1997

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0154 BOBSLED

Adolf Koxeder

Born 1934

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0155 SKIER

Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander

Born 1992

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0156 GYMNAST

Nicol Ruprecht

Born 1992

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0157 FOOTBALL

René Charrier

Born 1951

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0158 LUGER

Doris Neuner

Born 1971

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0159 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Klaus Oeggl

Born 1955

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0160 PAINTER

Edgar Meyer (painter)

1853 - 1925

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0161 WRITER

Anton Bossi Fedrigotti

1901 - 1990

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0162 GEOLOGIST

Otto Ampferer

1875 - 1947

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0163 SNOWBOARD

Brigitte Köck

Born 1970

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0164 BOBSLED

Josef Nairz

Born 1936

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0165 POLITICIAN

Fritz Dinkhauser

Born 1940

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0166 PHILOSOPHER

Gunther Ipsen

1899 - 1984

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0167 COMPOSER

Josef Pembaur

1875 - 1950

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0168 LUGER

Ewald Walch

Born 1940

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0169 HANDBALL

Egon Schöpf

Born 1925

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0170 PAEDIATRICIAN

Meinhard von Pfaundler

1872 - 1947

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0171 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Dietrich (political scientist)

Born 1956

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0172 FOOTBALL

Christian Flindt Bjerg

Born 1974

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0173 ILLUSTRATOR

Ed Arno

1916 - 2008

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0174 SKATER

Linus Heidegger

Born 1995

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0175 DRIVER

René Binder

Born 1992

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0176 ANATOMIST

Reinhard Putz

Born 1942

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0177 JUDO

Bernadette Graf

Born 1992

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0178 PAINTER

Norbert Pümpel

Born 1956

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0179 SPORT

Wolfgang Steinmayr

Born 1944

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0180 RACER

Christian Auer

Born 1966

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0181 ORIENTALIST

Heinz Gstrein

Born 1941

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0182 ACTOR

Wenzel Scholz

1787 - 1857

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0183 BOBSLED

Josef Eder

Born 1942

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0184 LUGER

Hannah Prock

Born 2000

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0185 PAINTER

Franz Edmund Weirotter

1733 - 1771

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0186 PHYSIOLOGIST

Arnold Durig

1872 - 1961

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0187 SKI

Manuel Poppinger

Born 1989

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0188 PRESENTER

Andi Knoll

Born 1972

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0189 FOOTBALL

Marcel Schreter

Born 1981

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0190 GEOLOGIST

Bruno Sander

1884 - 1979

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0191 ACTOR

Amira El Sayed

Born 1991

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0192 MUSIC

Josef Pembaur der Ältere

1848 - 1923

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0193 SKIER

Martin Tauber

Born 1976

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0194 WRITER

Paul Busson

1873 - 1924

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0195 POLITICIAN

Raymond-Max Aubert

Born 1947

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0196 FRANCISCAN

Petrus Pavlicek

1902 - 1982

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0197 HOCKEY

Janine Weber

Born 1991

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0198 NOVELIST

Carolina Schutti

Born 1976

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0199 JUDO

Kathrin Unterwurzacher

Born 1992

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0200 LUGER

Markus Kleinheinz

Born 1976

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0201 SKI

Peter Schröcksnadel

Born 1941

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0202 ARCHITECT

Franz Baumann (architecte)

1892 - 1974

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0203 HERAUSGEBER

Ditlieb Felderer

Born 1942

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0204 PAINTER

Bertha von Tarnóczy

1846 - 1936

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0205 DIPLOMAT

Michael Reiterer

Born 1954

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0206 POLITICIAN

Wendelin Weingartner

Born 1937

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0207 OFFICER

Herbert von Obwurzer

1888 - 1945

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0208 PAINTER

Christoph Tausch

1673 - 1731

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0209 ACTOR

Gregor Bloéb

Born 1968

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0210 ARCHITECT

Walter Dejaco

1909 - 1978

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0211 WRITER

Thomas Müller (Psychologe)

Born 1964

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0212 PRIEST

Anton Ignaz von Fugger-Glött

1711 - 1787

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0213 ACTOR

Wolfgang Menardi

Born 1977

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0214 ATHLETE

Günther Beck

Born 1976

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0215 SCHOLAR

Günter Stemberger

Born 1940

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0216 BOBSLED

Christian Mark

Born 1962

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0217 MOUNTAIN GUIDE

Andreas Orgler

1962 - 2007

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0218 WRITER

Christoph Grissemann

Born 1966

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0219 BISHOP

Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein

1760 - 1833

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0220 SPORT

Andrea Graus

Born 1979

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0221 SKIER

Willy Köstinger

1940 - 2014

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0222 PLAYER

Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf

Born 1922

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0223 ACTOR

Hermann Brix

1912 - 1982

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0224 ABATE

Franz II. Joseph von Lothringen

1689 - 1715

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0225 RACER

Markus Penz

Born 1975

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0226 ACTOR

Kristina Sprenger

Born 1976

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0227 CONDUCTOR

Anton Konrath

1888 - 1981

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0228 PHYSICIAN

Herbert Lochs

1946 - 2015

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0229 SNOWBOARD

Martin Freinademetz

Born 1969

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0230 CONDUCTOR

Oswald Sallaberger

Born 1966

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0231 PRESENTER

Benny Hörtnagl

Born 1982

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0232 SCIENTIST

Christoph Hofinger

Born 1967

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0233 SKI

Roland Müller

Born 1986

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0234 BOTANIST

Albert Zimmeter

1848 - 1897

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0235 ARTIST

Markus Wilfling

Born 1966

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0236 ARCHITECT

Georg Anton Gumpp

1682 - 1754

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0237 PHYSICIST

Otto Hittmair

1924 - 2003

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0238 PAINTER

Gerhild Diesner

1915 - 1995

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0239 SKI

Walter Steinegger

Born 1928

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0240 MATHEMATICIAN

Catherine Meusburger

Born 1978

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0241 PHILOLOGIST

Heinrich Schenkl

1859 - 1919

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0242 SKIER

Otto Lantschner

1908 - 1989

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0243 HISTORIAN

Ekkart Sauser

1933 - 2019

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0244 LUGER

Miriam Kastlunger

Born 1994

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0245 PAINTER

Patricia Karg

Born 1961

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0246 ACTOR

Ferdinand Exl

1875 - 1942

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0247 THERAPIST

Gerhard Stemberger

Born 1947

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0248 SKI

Rudolf Dietrich

1929 - 2004

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0249 SPORT

Jacqueline Hahn

Born 1991

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0250 BOBSLED

Wolfgang Stampfer

Born 1972

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0251 POLITICIAN

Hilde Zach

1942 - 2011

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0252 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Siller

Born 1989

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0253 PRIEST

Joseph von Spaur

1718 - 1791

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0254 SPORT

Karl Heinz Klee

1930 - 2008

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0255 ACTOR

Anna Exl

1882 - 1969

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0256 MOUNTAINEER

Fritz Wintersteller

1927 - 2018

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0257 AUTHOR

Karl Springenschmid

1897 - 1981

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0258 ATHLETE

Lorenz Wäger

Born 1991

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0259 BOBSLED

Hubert Schösser

Born 1966

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0260 AUTHOR

Walter Klier

Born 1955

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0261 SPORT

Oskar Schulz

1923 - 2017

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0262 FOOTBALL

Armin Hamzic

Born 1993

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0263 AUTHOR

Kurt Ziesel

1911 - 2001

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0264 PAINTER

Roberto Iras Baldessari

1894 - 1965

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0265 PRIEST

Karl Franz Lodron

1748 - 1828

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0266 PLAYER

Alexander Erler

Born 1997

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0267 ACTOR

Julia Gschnitzer

Born 1931

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0268 ACTOR

Micaëla Kreißler

1941 - 2017

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0269 ACTOR

Mimi Gstöttner-Auer

1886 - 1977

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0270 DIPLOMAT

Joseph von Sperges

1725 - 1791

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0271 PAINTER

Josef Klieber

1773 - 1850

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0272 ACTOR

Adi Hirschal

Born 1948

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0273 RACER

Raphael Maier

Born 1992

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0274 CONDUCTOR

Karl Komzák (Enkel)

1878 - 1924

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0275 ECONOMIST

Werner Clement

Born 1941

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0276 MATHEMATICIAN

Gerhard Wanner

Born 1942

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0277 FOOTBALL

Simon Pirkl

Born 1997

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0278 REPRESENTATIVE

Gerhard Pfanzelter

Born 1943

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0279 SPORT

Olivia Hofmann

Born 1992

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0280 LUGER

Reiner Margreiter

Born 1975

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0281 MUSIC

Karl Pembaur

1876 - 1939

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0282 REGISSEUR

Erich Hörtnagl

Born 1950

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0283 LUGER

Martin Abentung

Born 1981

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0284 LUGER

Sonja Manzenreiter

Born 1975

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0285 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand von Bissingen-Nippenburg

1749 - 1831

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0286 PAINTER

Hans Andre

1902 - 1991

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0287 OFFICIER

Herbert Bauer

1919 - 1997

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0288 PHYSICIAN

Helmut Pechlaner

Born 1946

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0289 SNOWBOARD

Anita Schwaller

Born 1975

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0290 FOOTBALL

Thomas Silberberger

Born 1973

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0291 ACTOR

Manuel Guggenberger

Born 1980

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0292 FOOTBALL

Dennis Mimm

Born 1983

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0293 ACTOR

Roland Silbernagl

Born 1971

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0294 SKIER

Franz Weber (skier)

Born 1956

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0295 RESISTANCE

Carmella Flöck

1898 - 1982

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0296 ACTOR

Guntram Brattia

1966 - 2014

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0297 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Steiner (Politiker, 1922)

1922 - 2015

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0298 PAINTER

Michael Köck

1760 - 1825

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0299 MATHEMATICIAN

Klaus Leeb

Born 1942

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0300 COMMUNICATION

Martina Rüscher

Born 1972

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