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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Linz during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 195 notable births.

What Linz Is Known For

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Politician is Linz's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (167).

Linz over-indexes on rower5.4× the global rate.

Linz under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician167
  2. Painter80
  3. Actor67
  4. Football65
  5. Academic59
  6. Author54
  7. Writer49
  8. Composer27
  1. Rower245.4×
  2. Author545.2×
  3. Academic594.8×
  4. Presenter134.7×
  5. Conductor134.2×
  6. Handball143.7×
  7. Painter802.5×
  8. Sculptor172.2×
  1. Football650.5×

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.

1550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All1,208
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Showing 17 of 1,208 notable people

0007 ART HISTORIAN

Alois Riegl

1858 - 1905

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0070 PIANIST

Mathilde Kralik

1857 - 1944

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0150 PAINTER

Carl Kahler

1856 - 1906

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0174 SINGER

Carrie Pringle

1859 - 1930

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0182 PIANIST

August Göllerich

1859 - 1923

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0410 TECHNIKER

Ernst Lauda (Techniker)

1859 - 1932

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0437 CHEMIST

Karl Brunner (Chemiker)

1855 - 1935

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0538 POLITICIAN

Anton Weiguny

1851 - 1914

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0577 PAINTER

Adolf Fischer (Maler)

1856 - 1908

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0590 ACTOR

Julius Laska

1850 - 1933

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0722 AUTHOR

Anton Matosch

1851 - 1918

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0734 ACTOR

Paul Blasel

1855 - 1940

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0739 PAINTER

Franziska Baernreither

1857 - 1927

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0786 POLITICIAN

Karl Reininger

1852 - 1911

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0794 SCULPTOR

Josef Ignaz Sattler

1852 - 1927

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0827 POLITICIAN

Franz Beyer (Politiker)

1857 - 1925

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0910 TEACHER

Emmerich Ebenführer

1857 - 1937

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