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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 1850s Clear ×
Alois Riegl
1858 - 1905
Mathilde Kralik
1857 - 1944
Carl Kahler
1856 - 1906
Carrie Pringle
1859 - 1930
August Göllerich
1859 - 1923
Ernst Lauda (Techniker)
1859 - 1932
Karl Brunner (Chemiker)
1855 - 1935
Anton Weiguny
1851 - 1914
Adolf Fischer (Maler)
1856 - 1908
Julius Laska
1850 - 1933
Anton Matosch
1851 - 1918
Paul Blasel
1855 - 1940
Franziska Baernreither
1857 - 1927
Karl Reininger
1852 - 1911
Josef Ignaz Sattler
1852 - 1927
Franz Beyer (Politiker)
1857 - 1925
Emmerich Ebenführer
1857 - 1937