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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.
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- Sports
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
August Kubizek
1888 - 1956
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882–1940)
1882 - 1940
Robert König
1885 - 1979
Egmont Colerus
1888 - 1939
Joseph Laska
1886 - 1964
Wolfgang Denk (Chirurg)
1882 - 1970
Eduard Loibner
1888 - 1963
Egon Hofmann (Maler)
1884 - 1972
Louise Kartousch
1886 - 1964
Max Fellerer
1889 - 1957
Franz Angel
1887 - 1974
Hans Commenda junior
1889 - 1971
Karl Jax
1885 - 1968
Albert Reibmayr (Maler)
1881 - 1941
Josef Aigner (Politiker, 1884)
1884 - 1947
Franz Resl
1883 - 1954
Heinrich Schopper
1881 - 1952
Karl Sadleder (Politiker)
1883 - 1930
Theodor Kerschner
1885 - 1971
Bruno Buchwieser senior
1883 - 1960
Robert Mehr
1886 - 1935
Hugo Mayer (Architekt)
1883 - 1930
Olga Jäger
1880 - 1965
Ferdinand Häuslmayer
1884 - 1970
Axel Brenner
1889 - 1944
Emil Grinzinger
1884 - 1963
Ferdinand Brunner (Politiker)
1886 - 1945