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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.

1550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
  • Other
All1,208
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Showing 19 of 1,208 notable people

0121 NATIONALIST

Franz Langoth

1877 - 1953

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0157 SINGER

Robert Leonhardt

1877 - 1923

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0315 WRITER

Hedda Wagner

1876 - 1950

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0402 COMPOSER

Pedro Sinzig

1876 - 1952

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0409 SCULPTOR

Wilhelm Nida-Rümelin

1876 - 1945

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0647 DESIGNER

Rudolf Matthias Pichler

1874 - 1950

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0662 OFFICER

Wilhelm Eisner-Bubna

1875 - 1926

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0663 AUTHOR

Arnold Hagenauer

1871 - 1918

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0747 SPELEOLOGIST

Georg Lahner

1873 - 1963

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0749 POLITICIAN

Karl Breitenthaler

1879 - 1950

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0859 ORGANBUILDER

Eduard Hirnschrodt senior

1875 - 1933

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0867 POLITICIAN

Christian Fischer (Politiker, 1879)

1879 - 1934

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0887 LEHRER

Karl Brdlik

1874 - 1948

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1007 POLITICIAN

Eduard Euller

1874 - 1935

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1090 POLITICIAN

Franz Ertl (Politiker, 1872)

1872 - 1933

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1094 POLITICIAN

Franz Müllner (Politiker, 1878)

1878 - 1955

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1095 POLITICIAN

Ignaz Weixelbaumer

1875 - 1942

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1096 POLITICIAN

Franz Bauer (Politiker, 1876)

1876 - 1944

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1128 CONDUCTOR

Oskar Basch

1879 - 1942

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