48.3002° N, 14.2834° E
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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 195 notable births.
What Linz Is Known For
Click any row to filter the list of people below.
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 1860s Clear ×
Hermann Bahr
1863 - 1934
Hedwig Bleibtreu
1868 - 1958
Robert Reininger
1869 - 1955
Norbert Ortner
1865 - 1935
Anton Pachinger
1864 - 1938
Otto Pflanzl
1865 - 1943
Fritz Lach
1868 - 1933
Stefanie Nauheimer
1868 - 1946
Raoul Frank
1867 - 1939
Hermann Benke
1866 - 1937
Franz Zimmermann (Maler)
1864 - 1956
Julius Ullmann
1861 - 1918
Leopold Andres
1866 - 1950
Josef Dametz
1868 - 1927
Adolph von Holzhausen
1866 - 1923
Innocenz Tallavania
1868 - 1934
Egon Pflügl
1869 - 1960
Ludwig Haase (Grafiker)
1868 - 1944
Alfred Bass
1867 - 1941
Gustav von Peßler
1861 - 1900
Karl Planck von Planckburg
1869 - 1945
Ludwig Mayrhofer (Orgelbauer)
1862 - 1956
Karl Wöhrle
1861 - 1918