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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Showing 40 of 1,033 notable people

0010 MATHEMATICIAN

Bruno de Finetti

1906 - 1985

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0023 FILM

Carl-Heinz Schroth

1902 - 1989

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0030 POLITICIAN

Karl Gruber

1909 - 1995

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0043 OFFICER

Robert Bernardis

1908 - 1944

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0080 ACTOR

Walter Riml

1905 - 1994

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0115 PHYSICIST

Fritz Sauter

1906 - 1983

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0126 AUTHOR

Auguste Lechner

1905 - 2000

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0131 PHYSICIAN

Kate Friedlander

1902 - 1949

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0145 SKIER

Hady Pfeiffer

1906 - 2002

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0153 SKIER

Inge Wersin-Lantschner

1905 - 1997

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0161 WRITER

Anton Bossi Fedrigotti

1901 - 1990

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0196 FRANCISCAN

Petrus Pavlicek

1902 - 1982

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0210 ARCHITECT

Walter Dejaco

1909 - 1978

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0242 SKIER

Otto Lantschner

1908 - 1989

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0286 PAINTER

Hans Andre

1902 - 1991

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0305 ACTOR

Ilse Exl

1907 - 1956

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0410 JUDGE

Walter Antoniolli

1907 - 2006

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0414 CINEMA

Walter Traut

1907 - 1979

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0453 PAINTER

Herbert Gurschner

1901 - 1975

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0508 ART HISTORIAN

Vinzenz Oberhammer

1901 - 1993

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0550 WRITER

Hans Kades

1906 - 1969

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0566 PAINTER

Max Spielmann

1906 - 1984

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0573 LUGER

Karoline Scheimpflug

1908 - 1997

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0595 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Ulmer

1901 - 1974

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0658 PHARMACIST

Robert Fischer (Pharmazeut)

1903 - 1996

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0661 ACADEMIC

Otto von Lutterotti

1909 - 1991

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0665 SINGER

Georg Oeggl

1900 - 1954

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0740 PAINTER

Josef Prantl (Maler)

1901 - 1992

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0751 ENTREPRENEUR

Max Glauber

1902 - 1966

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0761 POLITICIAN

Aloys Oberhammer

1900 - 1983

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0800 SINGER

Hermann Juch

1908 - 1995

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0833 PRESBYTER

Tomas Gumppenberg

1904 - 1984

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0860 PSYCHIATRIST

Franz Niedermoser

1901 - 1946

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0884 THEATRE

Rudolf Külüs

1901 - 1975

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0902 POLITICIAN

Roderich Graf von Thun und Hohenstein

1908 - 1983

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0913 ARMY

Charles J. Timmes

1907 - 1990

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0932 POLITICIAN

Herbert Stößlein

1909 - 1990

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0957 MANAGER

Josef Nössing

Born 1900

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1019 MISSING

Josef Perterer

1902 - 1962

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1020 PAINTER

Robert A. Saurwein

1907 - 1942

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