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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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Showing 27 of 1,208 notable people

0013 CONDUCTOR

August Kubizek

1888 - 1956

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0039 DUCHESS

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882–1940)

1882 - 1940

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0088 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert König

1885 - 1979

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0108 AUTHOR

Egmont Colerus

1888 - 1939

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0261 CONDUCTOR

Joseph Laska

1886 - 1964

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0269 SURGEON

Wolfgang Denk (Chirurg)

1882 - 1970

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0271 ACTOR

Eduard Loibner

1888 - 1963

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0465 PAINTER

Egon Hofmann (Maler)

1884 - 1972

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0479 OPERA

Louise Kartousch

1886 - 1964

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0506 ARCHITECT

Max Fellerer

1889 - 1957

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0515 ACADEMIC

Franz Angel

1887 - 1974

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0569 EDUCATION

Hans Commenda junior

1889 - 1971

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0616 TEACHER

Karl Jax

1885 - 1968

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0691 PAINTER

Albert Reibmayr (Maler)

1881 - 1941

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0721 POLITICIAN

Josef Aigner (Politiker, 1884)

1884 - 1947

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0753 WRITER

Franz Resl

1883 - 1954

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0778 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Schopper

1881 - 1952

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0838 POLITICIAN

Karl Sadleder (Politiker)

1883 - 1930

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0845 ZOOLOGIST

Theodor Kerschner

1885 - 1971

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0894 ARCHITECT

Bruno Buchwieser senior

1883 - 1960

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0897 POLITICIAN

Robert Mehr

1886 - 1935

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0953 ARCHITECT

Hugo Mayer (Architekt)

1883 - 1930

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0960 PAINTER

Olga Jäger

1880 - 1965

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1056 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Häuslmayer

1884 - 1970

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1073 UROLOGIST

Axel Brenner

1889 - 1944

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1163 POLITICIAN

Emil Grinzinger

1884 - 1963

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1181 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Brunner (Politiker)

1886 - 1945

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