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 101 of 1,033 notable people

0018 PHYSICIST

Peter Zoller

Born 1952

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0039 FOOTBALL

Kurt Jara

Born 1950

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0044 OPERA

Gabriele Sima

1955 - 2016

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0072 SKIER

Klaus Heidegger

Born 1957

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0073 SKI

Armin Kogler

Born 1959

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0079 SKIER

Nicola Spieß

Born 1958

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0103 ARTIST

Peter Kogler

Born 1959

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0110 FOOTBALL

Dietmar Constantini

Born 1955

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0113 SKIER

Uli Spieß

Born 1955

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0118 WRITER

Ingrid Strobl

Born 1952

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0157 FOOTBALL

René Charrier

Born 1951

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0159 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Klaus Oeggl

Born 1955

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0171 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Dietrich (political scientist)

Born 1956

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0178 PAINTER

Norbert Pümpel

Born 1956

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0205 DIPLOMAT

Michael Reiterer

Born 1954

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0260 AUTHOR

Walter Klier

Born 1955

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0282 REGISSEUR

Erich Hörtnagl

Born 1950

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0294 SKIER

Franz Weber (skier)

Born 1956

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0322 AUTHOR

Helmuth Schönauer

Born 1953

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0326 ACTOR

Alfred Kleinheinz

1950 - 2018

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0329 CLERIC

Raimund Schreier

Born 1952

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0361 ACTOR

Markus Völlenklee

Born 1955

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0363 COMPOSER

Florian Bramböck

Born 1959

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0369 LAWYER

Frank Höpfel

Born 1952

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0372 ARCHITECT

Christoph M. Achammer

Born 1957

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0387 ARTIST

Martin Gostner

Born 1957

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0388 MUSIC

Gilbert (Sänger)

Born 1959

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0390 ACTOR

Sylvie Nogler

Born 1958

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0391 AUTHOR

Kriemhild Buhl

Born 1951

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0396 CHEMIST

Günther Bonn

Born 1954

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0401 ACTOR

Klaus Rohrmoser

Born 1953

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0412 RUNNER

Josef Steiner

Born 1950

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0418 CHOREOGRAPHER

Eva-Maria Lerchenberg-Thöny

Born 1957

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0420 POLITICIAN

Walter Meischberger

Born 1959

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0422 SINGER

Gabriele Fontana

Born 1957

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0426 PRESENTER

Wolfram Pirchner

Born 1958

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0429 JOURNALIST

Claus Reitan

Born 1954

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0433 ACTOR

Angelika Rossaro

1951 - 2011

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0444 ACTOR

Markus Stolberg

Born 1953

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0456 DESIGNER

Verena Formanek

Born 1954

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0459 AUTHOR

Sabine Groschup

Born 1959

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0470 LINGUIST

Christian Mair (Sprachwissenschaftler)

Born 1958

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0474 POLITICIAN

Fritz Gurgiser

Born 1952

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0479 AUTHOR

Heinz D. Heisl

Born 1952

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0507 POLITICIAN

Gerd Krusche

Born 1955

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0510 MATHEMATICIAN

Herwig Hauser

Born 1956

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0511 ART HISTORIAN

Andreas Lehne

Born 1951

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0516 POLITICIAN

Georg Willi

Born 1959

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0517 MATHEMATICIAN

Michael Oberguggenberger

Born 1953

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0519 SPORT

Reinhard Schiestl

1957 - 1995

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0524 POLITICIAN

Christine Baur

Born 1957

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0530 LINGUIST

Peter Anreiter

Born 1954

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0541 THEATRE

Elmar Ottenthal

Born 1951

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0546 ACADEMIC

Birgit Heller

Born 1959

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0547 SINGER

Charly Augschöll

Born 1955

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0549 SPORT

Franz Siegl

Born 1955

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0557 FILM

Michael Seeber (Filmproduzent)

Born 1954

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0563 WRITER

Günther Loewit

Born 1958

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0564 POLITICIAN

Werner Königshofer

Born 1953

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0569 AUTHOR

Peter Lindenthal

Born 1950

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0571 ACTOR

Carla Brait

Born 1950

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0591 SKATER

Werner Jäger

Born 1959

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0593 ACADEMIC

Klaus Schwaighofer

Born 1956

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0604 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Schwarz (footballer)

Born 1952

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0611 PAINTER

Egon Scoz

1951 - 2002

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0612 MUSIC

Leo Korn

1958 - 2008

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0620 LUGER

Christine Brunner

Born 1959

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0635 BOXER

Robert Pfitscher

Born 1954

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0648 WRITER

Elmar Samsinger

Born 1954

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0680 ACADEMIC

Peter R. Steiner

Born 1955

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0689 FOOTBALL

Peter B. Schwarz

1953 - 2019

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0692 ACTOR

Walter Sachers

Born 1954

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0695 PROFESSOR

Ursula Hendrich-Schneider

1953 - 2009

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0696 ACADEMIC

Patrick Werkner

Born 1953

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0698 PSYCHOLOGIST

Walter Renner (Psychologe)

1956 - 2018

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0708 LUGER

Gerhard Sandbichler

Born 1957

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0715 COMPOSER

Martin Lichtfuss

Born 1959

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0748 ARCHITECT

Bernhard Bügelmayer

Born 1955

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0754 MUSIC

Peter Martell (Musiker)

Born 1955

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0765 GERMANIST

Christoph König (Germanist)

Born 1956

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0776 ACADEMIC

Klaus Hanke

Born 1954

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0830 POLITICIAN

Anneliese Junker

Born 1954

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0842 ATHLETE

Alexander Topay

Born 1955

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0846 POLITICIAN

Wilfried Tilg

Born 1957

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0861 POLITICIAN

Patrizia Zoller-Frischauf

Born 1959

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0896 POLITICIAN

Thomas Kretschmer (Politiker)

Born 1954

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0897 POLITICIAN

Stefan Zangerl

Born 1952

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0904 POLITICIAN

Astrid Kuttner

Born 1958

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0910 MANAGER

Armin Fidler

Born 1958

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0916 POLITICIAN

Anton Steixner

Born 1957

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0927 POLITICIAN

Georg Dornauer (Politiker, 1955)

Born 1955

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0928 POLITICIAN

Anton Pertl

Born 1954

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0941 POLITICIAN

Alois Margreiter

Born 1956

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0971 SPORT

Kurt Oberhöller

Born 1950

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0972 SPORT

Gerd Zaunschirm

Born 1955

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0974 POLITICIAN

Angelika Hörmann

Born 1953

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0978 POLITICIAN

Ernst Pechlaner

Born 1954

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0981 POLITICIAN

Andreas Brugger (Politiker)

Born 1954

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0983 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Wiesmüller

Born 1950

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0992 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Nagl

Born 1957

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1030 POLITICIAN

Anton Frisch (Politiker, 1954)

Born 1954

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