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

0301 ARTIST

Carola Dertnig

Born 1963

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0302 SPORT

Lorenz Koller

Born 1994

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0303 FOOTBALL

Florian Buchacher

Born 1987

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0304 SONGWRITER

Aaron Roterfeld

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0305 ACTOR

Ilse Exl

1907 - 1956

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0306 WRITER

Alma Holgersen

1896 - 1976

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0307 PAINTER

Markus Prachensky

1932 - 2011

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0308 SCULPTOR

Ignaz Elhafen

1658 - 1715

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0309 WRITER

Fanny Wibmer-Pedit

1890 - 1967

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0310 ACTOR

Ronja Forcher

Born 1996

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0311 PAINTER

Helmut Schober

Born 1947

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0312 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Oberkofler

Born 1941

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0313 PHILOLOGIST

Robert Muth

1916 - 2008

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0314 HANDBALL

Beate Scheffknecht

Born 1990

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0315 HISTORIAN

Helmut Reinalter

Born 1943

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0316 MATHEMATICIAN

Georg Schönberger (Mathematiker)

1596 - 1645

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0317 SPORT

Walter Delle Karth

Born 1946

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0318 SKI

Thomas Thurnbichler

Born 1989

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0319 CIVIL SERVICE

Florian Griespek von Griespach

1504 - 1588

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0320 ACTOR

Wolf-Dieter Lingk

Born 1943

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0321 GEOLOGIST

Christof Exner

1915 - 2007

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0322 AUTHOR

Helmuth Schönauer

Born 1953

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0323 COMPOSER

Bert Breit

1927 - 2004

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0324 PHILOSOPHER

Paul Weingartner

Born 1931

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0325 COUNT

Henry Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe

1872 - 1928

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0326 ACTOR

Alfred Kleinheinz

1950 - 2018

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0327 ACTOR

Rudy Ruggiero

Born 1961

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0328 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Pfaundler

1924 - 2015

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0329 CLERIC

Raimund Schreier

Born 1952

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0330 PLAYER

Julia Stamatova

Born 1993

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0331 SPORT

Armin Frauscher

Born 1994

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0332 FRIAR

Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein

Born 1937

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0333 ENTREPRENEUR

Markus Langes-Swarovski

Born 1974

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0334 ACTOR

Monica Gruber

Born 1947

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0335 ARCHDUKE

Archduchess Maria of Austria (1584–1649)

1584 - 1649

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0336 POLITICIAN

Herbert Salcher

Born 1929

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0337 ACTOR

Harald Windisch

Born 1966

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0338 SINGER

Gregor Glanz

Born 1979

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0339 JOURNALIST

Günther Bernd Ginzel

Born 1946

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0340 ARISTOCRAT

Joseph de Lorraine

1685 - 1705

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0341 ACTOR

Marion Mathoi

Born 1963

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0342 ACADEMIC

Fritz Schwind

1913 - 2013

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0343 HISTORIAN

Michael Gehler

Born 1962

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0344 POLITICIAN

Johann Haßlwanter

1805 - 1869

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0345 ARCHITECT

Johann Ferdinand Schor

1686 - 1767

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0346 ACTOR

Brigitte Jaufenthaler

Born 1961

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0347 ATHLETE

Nevena Lukic

Born 1981

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0348 BOBSLED

Werner Delle Karth

Born 1946

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0349 WRESTLER

Franz Marx

Born 1963

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0350 BIOLOGIST

Peter Sitte

1929 - 2015

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0351 ACTOR

Josephine Bloéb

Born 1992

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0352 ESSAYIST

Manfred Schlapp

Born 1943

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0353 PLAYER

Martin Legner

Born 1961

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0354 PAINTER

Theodor Prachensky

1888 - 1970

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0355 ACTOR

Rainer Egger (Schauspieler)

Born 1960

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0356 ECONOMIST

Hermann von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen

1861 - 1931

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0357 SOZIALIST

Hubert Mayr

1913 - 1945

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0358 PAINTER

Hubert Lanzinger

1880 - 1950

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0359 FOOTBALL

Emanuel Aiwu

Born 2000

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0360 AUCTIONEER

Wolfgang Pauritsch

Born 1972

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0361 ACTOR

Markus Völlenklee

Born 1955

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0362 ACTOR

Manuel Mairhofer

Born 1985

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0363 COMPOSER

Florian Bramböck

Born 1959

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0364 JOURNALIST

Stefan Grissemann

Born 1964

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0365 SPORT

Franziska Gritsch

Born 1997

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0366 ARCHITECT

Ernst Hiesmayr

1920 - 2006

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0367 ECONOMIST

Barbara Kolm

Born 1964

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0368 FLYING ACE

Raoul Stojsavljevic

1887 - 1930

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0369 LAWYER

Frank Höpfel

Born 1952

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0370 AUTHOR

Konstantin Kaiser

Born 1947

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0371 COMMUNIST

Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1931 - 2010

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0372 ARCHITECT

Christoph M. Achammer

Born 1957

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0373 ENGINEER

Christian Bartenbach

Born 1930

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0374 PAINTER

Heinrich Thurnes

1833 - 1865

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0375 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Rengier

Born 1948

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0376 PAINTER

August Pezzey der Jüngere

1875 - 1904

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0377 PAINTER

Anton Christian

Born 1940

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0378 MEDICAL

Walther Parson

Born 1966

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0379 AUTHOR

Helmut Schinagl

1931 - 1998

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0380 ACTOR

Sarah Jung

Born 1978

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0381 CHEF

Eveline Wild

Born 1980

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0382 WRITER

Bernd Schuchter

Born 1977

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0383 ARACHNOLOGIST

Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger

Born 1973

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0384 ACADEMIC

Herlinde Pissarek-Hudelist

1932 - 1994

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0385 SKIER

Egon Norbert Zimmermann

1933 - 2016

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0386 FILM

Ulrike Kofler

Born 1974

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0387 ARTIST

Martin Gostner

Born 1957

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0388 MUSIC

Gilbert (Sänger)

Born 1959

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0389 ARCHITECT

Johann Martin Gumpp der Ältere

1643 - 1729

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0390 ACTOR

Sylvie Nogler

Born 1958

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0391 AUTHOR

Kriemhild Buhl

Born 1951

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0392 PHYSIOLOGIST

Maximilian von Vintschgau

1832 - 1913

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0393 SKI

Elias Tollinger

Born 1995

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0394 ATHLETE

Susanna Kurzthaler

Born 1995

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0395 ACTOR

Claudia Gerstäcker

Born 1936

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0396 CHEMIST

Günther Bonn

Born 1954

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0397 PAINTER

Philipp Schumacher (Kunstmaler)

1866 - 1940

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0398 MISSING

Wanda Bottesi

Born 1923

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0399 ART HISTORIAN

Florian Martin Müller

Born 1977

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0400 ACTOR

Antonia Moretti

Born 1998

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0401 ACTOR

Klaus Rohrmoser

Born 1953

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0402 PAINTER

Leander Kaiser

Born 1947

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0403 SCULPTOR

Andreas Thamasch

1639 - 1697

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0404 ACADEMIC

Paul Oberhammer

Born 1965

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0405 ACADEMIC

Julius Magg

1884 - 1931

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0406 WRITER

Heinrich von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen

1865 - 1955

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0407 MUSIC

Florian Eisner

Born 1975

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0408 LAWYER

Felix Busson

1874 - 1953

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0409 EDITOR

Alexander Emanuely

Born 1973

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0410 JUDGE

Walter Antoniolli

1907 - 2006

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0411 FOOTBALL

Murat Satin

Born 1996

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0412 RUNNER

Josef Steiner

Born 1950

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0413 WRITER

Otto von Graben zum Stein

1690 - 1756

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0414 CINEMA

Walter Traut

1907 - 1979

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0415 METEOROLOGIST

Rudi Mair

Born 1961

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0416 HISTORIAN

Fritz Gschnitzer

1929 - 2008

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0417 MUSIC

Hubert Trenkwalder

Born 1971

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0418 CHOREOGRAPHER

Eva-Maria Lerchenberg-Thöny

Born 1957

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0419 BERGSTEIGER

Felix Kuen

1936 - 1974

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0420 POLITICIAN

Walter Meischberger

Born 1959

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0421 PRIEST

Jakob Marell

1649 - 1727

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0422 SINGER

Gabriele Fontana

Born 1957

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0423 JOURNALIST

Rainer Nowak

Born 1972

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0424 HISTORIAN

Hermann Wopfner

1876 - 1963

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0425 GENEALOGIST

Karl Inama von Sternegg

1871 - 1931

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0426 PRESENTER

Wolfram Pirchner

Born 1958

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0427 LUGER

Melanie Batkowski

Born 1989

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0428 ACADEMIC

Walther Sallaberger

Born 1963

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0429 JOURNALIST

Claus Reitan

Born 1954

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0430 NEUROLOGIST

Gerhart Harrer

1917 - 2011

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0431 PAINTER

Johann Cyriak Hackhofer

1675 - 1731

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0432 PHILOSOPHER

Gerhard Zecha (Philosoph)

Born 1942

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0433 ACTOR

Angelika Rossaro

1951 - 2011

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0434 AUTHOR

Peter Weissflog

Born 1947

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0435 MUSIC

Florian Horwath

Born 1972

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0436 PRINCE

Prince Johannes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1969 - 1987

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0437 ARACHNOLOGIST

Konrad Thaler

1940 - 2005

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0438 PHYSICIST

Stefan Thurner

Born 1969

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0439 ARTIST

Thomas Feuerstein

Born 1968

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0440 HISTORIAN

Matthias Burglechner

1573 - 1642

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0441 ACADEMIC

Elmar Buck

Born 1945

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0442 LUGER

Sandra Mariner

Born 1974

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0443 HISTORIAN

Thomas Ertl (Historiker)

Born 1968

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0444 ACTOR

Markus Stolberg

Born 1953

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0445 MUSIC

Christof Dienz

Born 1968

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0446 DESIGNER

Dietmar Kainrath

1942 - 2018

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0447 ACADEMIC

Carl Pruscha

Born 1936

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0448 SPORT

Gerhard Rainer

Born 1961

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0449 PAINTER

Tony Grubhofer

1854 - 1935

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0450 ACTOR

Richard Haller (Schauspieler)

1925 - 1983

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0451 PROFESSOR

Helmut Heuberger (Geograph)

1923 - 2011

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0452 INTENDANT

Otto Oberhammer

Born 1934

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0453 PAINTER

Herbert Gurschner

1901 - 1975

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0454 POLITICIAN

Marcello Spatafora

Born 1941

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0455 THERAPIST

Michael Halhuber-Ahlmann

Born 1947

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0456 DESIGNER

Verena Formanek

Born 1954

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0457 WRITER

Hubert Flattinger

Born 1960

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0458 PAINTER

Nino Malfatti

Born 1940

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0459 AUTHOR

Sabine Groschup

Born 1959

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0460 DESIGNER

Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky

1898 - 1956

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0461 WRITER

Ludwig Heufler von Hohenbühel

1817 - 1885

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0462 POLITICIAN

Robert Lugar

Born 1970

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0463 HISTORIAN

Oswald Trapp

1899 - 1988

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0464 PAINTER

Fanny Inama von Sternegg

1870 - 1928

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0465 HISTORIAN

Peter Haslinger

Born 1964

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0466 ACTOR

Olivia Grigolli

Born 1963

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0467 OPERA

Paul Schweinester

Born 1985

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0468 PAINTER

Hans Krenn

1932 - 2007

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0469 ACTOR

Margot Vuga

Born 1970

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0470 LINGUIST

Christian Mair (Sprachwissenschaftler)

Born 1958

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0471 SPORT

Fritz Sperling

Born 1945

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0472 WRITER

Hannes Sulzenbacher

Born 1968

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0473 HISTORIAN

Reinhold Bichler

Born 1947

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0474 POLITICIAN

Fritz Gurgiser

Born 1952

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0475 DIPLOMAT

Martin Weiss (Diplomat)

Born 1962

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0476 JOURNALIST

Heidi Grundmann

Born 1938

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0477 HISTORIAN

Christoph Ulf

Born 1949

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0478 DESIGNER

Michael Schneider (Grafiker)

Born 1967

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0479 AUTHOR

Heinz D. Heisl

Born 1952

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0480 SKIER

Brigitte Seiwald

Born 1945

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0481 AUTHOR

Ludwig Müller (Kabarettist)

Born 1966

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0482 ACTOR

Dominik Maringer

Born 1978

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0483 WRITER

Claudia Paganini

Born 1978

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0484 WITCHCRAFT

Helena Scheuberin

Born 1485

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0485 SOCIOLOGIST

Detlev Ipsen

1945 - 2011

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0486 RACER

Michael Grünberger

Born 1964

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0487 PRESENTER

Katharina Kramer

Born 1968

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0488 HISTORIAN

Otto Stolz (Historiker)

1881 - 1957

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0489 ACTOR

Rudolf Strobl

1927 - 1997

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0490 PRIEST

Kaspar Ignaz von Künigl

1671 - 1747

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0491 POLITICIAN

Simon Abram

1871 - 1940

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0492 PSYCHIATRIST

Leonhard Hochenegg

1942 - 2009

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0493 AUTHOR

Michael Kofler (Autor)

Born 1967

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0494 LITERARY

Hans Haider (Journalist)

Born 1946

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0495 PAINTER

Jakob Placidus Altmutter

1780 - 1820

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0496 ARTIST

Valerie Bolzano

Born 1968

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0497 CURLER

Günther Hummelt

1931 - 2010

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0498 AUTHOR

Anton von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen

1832 - 1889

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0499 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Hueter

1844 - 1925

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0500 PLAYER

Sara Montagnolli

Born 1978

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0501 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Martin Bitschnau

Born 1949

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0502 MUSIC

Michael F. P. Huber

Born 1971

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0503 RACER

Gert Elsässer

Born 1949

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0504 POLITICIAN

Fritz Prior

1921 - 1996

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0505 PAINTER

Rudolf Hellwag

1867 - 1942

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0506 LAWYER

Anna Gamper

Born 1975

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0507 POLITICIAN

Gerd Krusche

Born 1955

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0508 ART HISTORIAN

Vinzenz Oberhammer

1901 - 1993

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0509 SPORT

Christiane Koschier-Bitante

Born 1974

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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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0512 THERAPIST

Undine Lang

Born 1974

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0513 WRITER

Christian Kössler

Born 1975

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0514 MISSING

Margit Meissner

1922 - 2019

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0515 ENGINEER

Bernhard Wietek

Born 1946

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0516 POLITICIAN

Georg Willi

Born 1959

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0517 MATHEMATICIAN

Michael Oberguggenberger

Born 1953

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0518 FILM

Joe Neurauter

Born 1977

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0519 SPORT

Reinhard Schiestl

1957 - 1995

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0520 CHAPLAIN

Gottfried Melzer

1932 - 2013

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0521 PAINTER

Kaspar Waldmann

1657 - 1720

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0522 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Fritz (Schriftsteller)

Born 1947

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0523 PAINTER

Egid Schor

1627 - 1701

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0524 POLITICIAN

Christine Baur

Born 1957

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0525 THEATRE

Alexander Kubelka

Born 1968

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0526 ACADEMIC

Hans von Voltelini

1862 - 1938

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0527 BIOCHEMIST

Friedrich Lottspeich

Born 1947

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0528 ACADEMIC

Franz-Heinz Hye

1937 - 2016

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0529 POLITICIAN

Franz von Rapp

1823 - 1889

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0530 LINGUIST

Peter Anreiter

Born 1954

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0531 ACADEMIC

Erwin Koller

1947 - 2010

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0532 CARDIOLOGIST

Max-Joseph Halhuber

1916 - 2011

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0533 WRITER

Maria Anna von Buol-Berenberg

1861 - 1943

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0534 ARCHITECT

Hubert Prachensky

1916 - 2009

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0535 WRESTLER

Marina Gastl

Born 1985

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0536 HISTORIAN

Josef Anton von Riegger

1742 - 1795

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0537 PIANIST

Martin Klein (Musiker)

Born 1983

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0538 SPORT

Alois Knabl

Born 1992

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0539 WRITER

Wolfgang Retter

Born 1938

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0540 HISTORIAN

Roland Steinacher

Born 1972

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0541 THEATRE

Elmar Ottenthal

Born 1951

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0542 JOURNALIST

Volkmar Parschalk

1934 - 2016

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0543 MUSIC

Martin Mumelter

Born 1948

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0544 PHILOSOPHER

Winfried Löffler

Born 1965

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0545 SCULPTOR

Emmerich Kerle

1916 - 2010

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0546 ACADEMIC

Birgit Heller

Born 1959

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0547 SINGER

Charly Augschöll

Born 1955

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0548 UROLOGIST

Michael Marberger

Born 1942

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0549 SPORT

Franz Siegl

Born 1955

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0550 WRITER

Hans Kades

1906 - 1969

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0551 POLITICIAN

Josef Di Pauli

1844 - 1905

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0552 POLITICIAN

Reinhart Waneck

Born 1945

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0553 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Defant

1914 - 1990

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0554 SNOWBOARD

Lukas Grüner

Born 1981

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0555 ACTOR

Hanna Wördy

1927 - 1985

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0556 ACTOR

Signe Seidel

Born 1940

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0557 FILM

Michael Seeber (Filmproduzent)

Born 1954

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0558 OFFICER

Johann Baptist Türk

1775 - 1841

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0559 POLITICIAN

Richard Wollek

1874 - 1940

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0560 PIANIST

Michael Schöch

Born 1985

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0561 INDOLOGIST

Gerhard Oberhammer

Born 1929

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0562 PRIEST

Ignaz von Spaur

1729 - 1779

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0563 WRITER

Günther Loewit

Born 1958

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0564 POLITICIAN

Werner Königshofer

Born 1953

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0565 HISTORIAN

Klaus Brandstätter

1961 - 2014

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0566 PAINTER

Max Spielmann

1906 - 1984

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0567 ACTOR

Martin Strele

Born 1973

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0568 PHYSICIST

Otto Nußbaumer

1876 - 1930

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0569 AUTHOR

Peter Lindenthal

Born 1950

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0570 POLITICIAN

Helmut Mader

Born 1941

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0571 ACTOR

Carla Brait

Born 1950

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0572 SINGER

Michael Kranebitter

Born 1982

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0573 LUGER

Karoline Scheimpflug

1908 - 1997

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0574 FOOTBALL

Anna Innerhuber

Born 1991

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0575 AUTHOR

Josy Doyon-Hofstetter

1932 - 2011

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0576 MUSIC

Theo Peer

Born 1930

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0577 POLITICIAN

Eduard Erler

1861 - 1949

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0578 ACADEMIC

Johann Holzner

Born 1948

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0579 LAWYER

Kaspar von Lodron-Laterano

1815 - 1895

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0580 THEATER

Monika Meister

Born 1949

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0581 THEATRE

Kelle Riedl

1927 - 1993

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0582 PAINTER

Rafael Thaler

1870 - 1947

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0583 MATHEMATICIAN

Ignaz Weinhart (Jesuit)

1705 - 1787

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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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0586 PHILOLOGIST

Kurt Egger (Sprachwissenschaftler)

Born 1940

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0587 AUTHOR

Anton Renk

1871 - 1906

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0588 ENTREPRENEUR

Martin von Kink

1800 - 1877

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0589 BOTANIST

Arthur Hruska

1880 - 1971

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0590 SNOWBOARD

Dieter Happ

Born 1970

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0591 SKATER

Werner Jäger

Born 1959

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0592 ANIMATOR

Bernd Angerer

Born 1965

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0593 ACADEMIC

Klaus Schwaighofer

Born 1956

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0594 ZOOLOGIST

Ellen Thaler

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0595 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Ulmer

1901 - 1974

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0596 ACADEMIC

Sigurd Paul Scheichl

Born 1942

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0597 RADIO

Evamaria Kaiser

1927 - 1994

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0598 ACADEMIC

Dietmar Larcher

Born 1940

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0599 PHILOSOPHER

Leo Hemetsberger

Born 1965

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0600 POLITICIAN

Carmen Jeitler-Cincelli

Born 1980

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