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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 1870s Clear ×
Franz Langoth
1877 - 1953
Robert Leonhardt
1877 - 1923
Hedda Wagner
1876 - 1950
Pedro Sinzig
1876 - 1952
Wilhelm Nida-Rümelin
1876 - 1945
Rudolf Matthias Pichler
1874 - 1950
Wilhelm Eisner-Bubna
1875 - 1926
Arnold Hagenauer
1871 - 1918
Georg Lahner
1873 - 1963
Karl Breitenthaler
1879 - 1950
Eduard Hirnschrodt senior
1875 - 1933
Christian Fischer (Politiker, 1879)
1879 - 1934
Karl Brdlik
1874 - 1948
Eduard Euller
1874 - 1935
Franz Ertl (Politiker, 1872)
1872 - 1933
Franz Müllner (Politiker, 1878)
1878 - 1955
Ignaz Weixelbaumer
1875 - 1942
Franz Bauer (Politiker, 1876)
1876 - 1944
Oskar Basch
1879 - 1942