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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

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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 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.

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  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
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Showing 23 of 1,208 notable people

0010 PLAYWRIGHT

Hermann Bahr

1863 - 1934

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0020 ACTOR

Hedwig Bleibtreu

1868 - 1958

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0112 PHILOSOPHER

Robert Reininger

1869 - 1955

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0138 PHYSICIAN

Norbert Ortner

1865 - 1935

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0351 ART HISTORIAN

Anton Pachinger

1864 - 1938

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0373 WRITER

Otto Pflanzl

1865 - 1943

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0417 PAINTER

Fritz Lach

1868 - 1933

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0432 TEACHER

Stefanie Nauheimer

1868 - 1946

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0562 PAINTER

Raoul Frank

1867 - 1939

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0565 ACTOR

Hermann Benke

1866 - 1937

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0689 PAINTER

Franz Zimmermann (Maler)

1864 - 1956

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0730 PAINTER

Julius Ullmann

1861 - 1918

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0766 GEODESIST

Leopold Andres

1866 - 1950

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0772 POLITICIAN

Josef Dametz

1868 - 1927

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0815 OFFICER

Adolph von Holzhausen

1866 - 1923

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0899 AUTHOR

Innocenz Tallavania

1868 - 1934

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0906 POLITICIAN

Egon Pflügl

1869 - 1960

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1027 PAINTER

Ludwig Haase (Grafiker)

1868 - 1944

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1034 PHYSICIAN

Alfred Bass

1867 - 1941

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1062 LAWYER

Gustav von Peßler

1861 - 1900

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1137 LAWYER

Karl Planck von Planckburg

1869 - 1945

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1147 ORGANBUILDER

Ludwig Mayrhofer (Orgelbauer)

1862 - 1956

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1200 POLITICIAN

Karl Wöhrle

1861 - 1918

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