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 120 of 1,033 notable people

0020 VOCALIST

Eva Lind

Born 1966

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0041 FOOTBALL

Michael Baur

Born 1969

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0047 COMPOSER

Thomas Larcher

Born 1963

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0053 LUGER

Markus Prock

Born 1964

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0055 COMPOSER

Wenzel Fuchs

Born 1963

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0058 ACTOR

Bernhard Schir

Born 1963

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0062 SKATER

Michael Hadschieff

Born 1963

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0077 BOBSLED

Ingo Appelt

Born 1961

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0082 PRESENTER

Armin Wolf

Born 1966

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0098 ACTOR

Heikko Deutschmann

Born 1962

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0106 ACTOR

Bettina Redlich

Born 1963

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0119 FILM

Monika Willi

Born 1968

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0122 LUGER

Angelika Neuner

Born 1969

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0128 BOBSLED

Gerhard Haidacher

Born 1963

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0141 POLITICIAN

Richard Seeber

Born 1962

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0147 LUGER

Gerhard Gleirscher

Born 1969

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0151 SKIER

Markus Schmidt (luger)

Born 1968

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0180 RACER

Christian Auer

Born 1966

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0209 ACTOR

Gregor Bloéb

Born 1968

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0211 WRITER

Thomas Müller (Psychologe)

Born 1964

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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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0229 SNOWBOARD

Martin Freinademetz

Born 1969

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0230 CONDUCTOR

Oswald Sallaberger

Born 1966

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0232 SCIENTIST

Christoph Hofinger

Born 1967

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0235 ARTIST

Markus Wilfling

Born 1966

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0245 PAINTER

Patricia Karg

Born 1961

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0259 BOBSLED

Hubert Schösser

Born 1966

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0296 ACTOR

Guntram Brattia

1966 - 2014

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0301 ARTIST

Carola Dertnig

Born 1963

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0327 ACTOR

Rudy Ruggiero

Born 1961

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0337 ACTOR

Harald Windisch

Born 1966

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0341 ACTOR

Marion Mathoi

Born 1963

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0343 HISTORIAN

Michael Gehler

Born 1962

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0346 ACTOR

Brigitte Jaufenthaler

Born 1961

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0349 WRESTLER

Franz Marx

Born 1963

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0353 PLAYER

Martin Legner

Born 1961

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0355 ACTOR

Rainer Egger (Schauspieler)

Born 1960

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0364 JOURNALIST

Stefan Grissemann

Born 1964

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0367 ECONOMIST

Barbara Kolm

Born 1964

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0378 MEDICAL

Walther Parson

Born 1966

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0404 ACADEMIC

Paul Oberhammer

Born 1965

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0415 METEOROLOGIST

Rudi Mair

Born 1961

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0428 ACADEMIC

Walther Sallaberger

Born 1963

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0436 PRINCE

Prince Johannes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1969 - 1987

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0438 PHYSICIST

Stefan Thurner

Born 1969

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0439 ARTIST

Thomas Feuerstein

Born 1968

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0443 HISTORIAN

Thomas Ertl (Historiker)

Born 1968

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0445 MUSIC

Christof Dienz

Born 1968

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0448 SPORT

Gerhard Rainer

Born 1961

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0457 WRITER

Hubert Flattinger

Born 1960

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0465 HISTORIAN

Peter Haslinger

Born 1964

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0466 ACTOR

Olivia Grigolli

Born 1963

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0472 WRITER

Hannes Sulzenbacher

Born 1968

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0475 DIPLOMAT

Martin Weiss (Diplomat)

Born 1962

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0478 DESIGNER

Michael Schneider (Grafiker)

Born 1967

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0481 AUTHOR

Ludwig Müller (Kabarettist)

Born 1966

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0486 RACER

Michael Grünberger

Born 1964

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0487 PRESENTER

Katharina Kramer

Born 1968

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0493 AUTHOR

Michael Kofler (Autor)

Born 1967

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0496 ARTIST

Valerie Bolzano

Born 1968

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0525 THEATRE

Alexander Kubelka

Born 1968

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0544 PHILOSOPHER

Winfried Löffler

Born 1965

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0565 HISTORIAN

Klaus Brandstätter

1961 - 2014

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0584 POLITICIAN

Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider

Born 1968

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0585 LAWYER

Andreas Ermacora

Born 1960

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0592 ANIMATOR

Bernd Angerer

Born 1965

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0599 PHILOSOPHER

Leo Hemetsberger

Born 1965

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0605 JAZZ

Oliver Kent

Born 1969

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0607 MUSIC

Thomas Brezinka

Born 1961

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0646 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve

Born 1961

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0649 ATHLETIC

Dagmar Rabensteiner

Born 1963

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0663 LUGER

Robert Manzenreiter

Born 1966

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0668 ACTOR

Alexander Maria Virgolini

Born 1964

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0673 HOCKEY

Christian Perthaler

Born 1968

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0682 ZOOLOGIST

Ara Monadjem

Born 1968

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0683 SPORT

Albuin Schwarz

Born 1969

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0685 POLITICIAN

Klaus Wittauer

Born 1960

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0686 THEOLOGIAN

Wilhelm Guggenberger

Born 1966

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0702 POLITICIAN

Christoph Platzgummer

Born 1961

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0714 POLITICIAN

Karin Hakl

Born 1967

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0717 LAWYER

Meinhard Ciresa

Born 1964

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0720 ACTOR

Clemens Aufderklamm

Born 1969

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0728 ACTOR

Gabriella Boris

Born 1963

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0736 DIPLOMAT

Hans-Peter Glanzer

Born 1960

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0745 PHYSICIST

Christian Spielmann

Born 1963

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0753 ARTIST

Barbara Doser

Born 1961

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0756 SKIER

Helmut Gstrein

Born 1960

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0762 POLITICIAN

Christine Oppitz-Plörer

Born 1968

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0770 ARTIST

Irene S.

Born 1962

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0783 ACTOR

Angelica Ladurner

Born 1967

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0787 ACTOR

Herbert Haider

Born 1966

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0801 HOCHSCHULLEHRER

Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher

Born 1962

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0803 POLITICIAN

Johannes Schweisgut

Born 1960

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0806 CARTOONIST

Bertram Haid

Born 1964

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0828 TRANSLATOR

Christine Thiemt

Born 1965

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0851 MANAGER

Christoph Vilanek

Born 1968

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0854 THEATRE

Susanne Lietzow

Born 1968

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0864 MANAGER

Christian Klingler

Born 1968

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0870 PUBLISHER

Hermann Petz

Born 1961

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0883 POLITICIAN

Eva-Maria Posch

Born 1961

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0888 SPORT

Wolfgang Mader (Extremsportler)

Born 1965

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0892 POLITICIAN

Thomas Pupp

Born 1962

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0905 POLITICIAN

Michael Wanner (Politiker)

Born 1964

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0907 ACTOR

Sonja Watzka

Born 1967

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0937 HORNIST

Martin Bramböck

Born 1963

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0939 SWIMMER

Markus Opatril

Born 1965

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0942 PLAYER

Stefan Lochbihler

Born 1965

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0946 LAWYER

Eva Maria Ziegler

Born 1962

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0949 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Schiessling

Born 1962

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0950 POLITICIAN

Martin Wex

Born 1968

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0959 TRADE UNION

Heinz Kirchmair

Born 1960

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0975 SPORT

Peter Leismüller

Born 1968

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0982 SPORT

Christian Lugar

Born 1969

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0989 BASKET

Hannes Haid

Born 1963

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1007 POLITICIAN

Martina Nowara

Born 1961

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1011 MUSIC

Thomas Pichler (Künstler)

Born 1964

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1018 POLITICIAN

Andreas Leitgeb (Politiker)

Born 1962

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1029 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Klaudia Wanner

Born 1967

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