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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  • Film & TV
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Showing 46 of 1,033 notable people

0002 ARCHITECT

Ettore Sottsass

1917 - 2007

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0033 CHESS

Erich Eliskases

1913 - 1997

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0034 SKIER

Gustav Lantschner

1910 - 2011

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0052 OFFICER

Anton Malloth

1912 - 2002

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0137 PAINTER

Heinrich C. Berann

1915 - 1999

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0148 WRITER

Peter Demant

1918 - 2006

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0173 ILLUSTRATOR

Ed Arno

1916 - 2008

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0223 ACTOR

Hermann Brix

1912 - 1982

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0238 PAINTER

Gerhild Diesner

1915 - 1995

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0263 AUTHOR

Kurt Ziesel

1911 - 2001

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0287 OFFICIER

Herbert Bauer

1919 - 1997

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0313 PHILOLOGIST

Robert Muth

1916 - 2008

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0321 GEOLOGIST

Christof Exner

1915 - 2007

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0342 ACADEMIC

Fritz Schwind

1913 - 2013

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0357 SOZIALIST

Hubert Mayr

1913 - 1945

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0430 NEUROLOGIST

Gerhart Harrer

1917 - 2011

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0532 CARDIOLOGIST

Max-Joseph Halhuber

1916 - 2011

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0534 ARCHITECT

Hubert Prachensky

1916 - 2009

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0545 SCULPTOR

Emmerich Kerle

1916 - 2010

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0553 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Defant

1914 - 1990

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0603 SCULPTOR

Arthur Zelger

1914 - 2004

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0629 POLITICIAN

Kurt Gattinger

1914 - 2007

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0634 SCULPTOR

Ilse Glaninger-Balzar

1919 - 1998

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0636 PAINTER

Fritz Berger (Maler)

1916 - 2002

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0653 ACTOR

Trude Lechle

1919 - 2014

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0667 ART HISTORIAN

Alfons Wotschitzky

1917 - 1969

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0676 GEOLOGIST

Siegmund Prey

1912 - 1992

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0694 PAINTER

Hilde Nöbl

1912 - 2001

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0710 PHILOSOPHER

Margarete Schmid

1914 - 1997

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0747 ARCHITECT

Martha Bolldorf-Reitstätter

1912 - 2001

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0795 POLITICIAN

Peter Gröbner (Jurist)

1914 - 1972

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0827 POLITICIAN

Luis Bassetti

1915 - 2007

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0872 POLICE

Andreas Hofer (Widerstandskämpfer)

1915 - 1945

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0876 POLITICIAN

Lotte Philippi

1918 - 2004

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0893 ENGINEER

Michelangelo Perghem Gelmi

1911 - 1992

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0911 KOMMUNIST

Josef Angermann

1912 - 1944

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0915 WRITER

Ferdinand Trentinaglia

1910 - 1985

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0923 POLITICIAN

Josef Kunst

1914 - 2002

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0926 POLIZEI

Herbert Strickner

1911 - 1951

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0929 WIDERSTAND

Ernst Ortner

1914 - 1945

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0958 ENTREPRENEUR

Max Schuh

1916 - 2008

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0967 SPORT

Grete Nissl

Born 1911

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0968 LAWYER

Friedrich von Hohenbühel

1917 - 1997

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1000 SKIER

Gerhard Lantschner

1912 - 1943

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1017 MEDALLIST

Josef Kölblinger

1912 - 1993

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1023 JESUIT

Kuno Zerlauth

1911 - 2006

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