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LINZ
Most Famous People Born in Linz, Austria
- Notable people
- 1,208
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1952
- Most distinctive
- Rower 5.4×
A Habsburg administrative capital whose distinctive profile — authors, academics, conductors, painters — reflects centuries of the state churning out civil servants and churchmen rather than courtiers. Richard Tauber sang his way out of the opera pit here, and Parov Stelar built electroswing from the same Danube-side streets the city has spent eighty years learning to talk honestly about.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Linz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Linz Is Known For
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Politician is Linz's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (167).
Linz over-indexes on rower — 5.4× the global rate.
Linz under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Linz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Andreas Reischek
1845 - 1902
Theodor Petrina
1842 - 1928
Alois Greil
1841 - 1902
Emil Dierzer von Traunthal
1844 - 1904
Henriette Auegg
1841 - 1912
Karl Berndl
1840 - 1895
Anton Waldvogel
1846 - 1917
Gerhard Haslroither
1842 - 1917
Josef Golling
1848 - 1916
Eduard Planck von Planckburg
1841 - 1918
Ignaz Scheck
1841 - 1903
Hermann Planck von Planckburg
1840 - 1904
Ignaz von Attems
1844 - 1915