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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 195 notable births.

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 40 of 1,208 notable people

0002 OPERA

Richard Tauber

1891 - 1948

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0030 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Fritz Schachermeyr

1895 - 1987

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0077 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Gleißner

1893 - 1984

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0134 POLITICIAN

Ernst Koref

1891 - 1988

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0242 PAINTER

Demeter Koko

1891 - 1929

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0250 PAINTER

Klemens Brosch

1894 - 1926

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0251 FLYING ACE

Kurt Gruber (aviator)

1896 - 1918

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0263 ACTOR

Marietta Millner

1894 - 1929

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0278 WRITER

Grete von Urbanitzky

1891 - 1974

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0290 PAINTER

Hans Franta

1893 - 1983

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0291 JOURNALIST

Gustav Canaval

1898 - 1959

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0386 PAINTER

Hans Pollack

1891 - 1968

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0419 COMMANDER

Georg Kenzian

1894 - 1953

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0446 POLITICIAN

Franz Schattenfroh

1898 - 1974

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0448 PAINTER

Fanny Newald

1893 - 1970

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0460 PAINTER

Max Kislinger

1895 - 1983

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0461 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Bock (Bürgermeister)

1895 - 1966

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0487 PAINTER

Hanns Kobinger

1892 - 1974

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0490 CHEMIST

Karl Scharrer

1892 - 1959

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0558 AUTHOR

Arthur Fischer-Colbrie

1895 - 1968

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0598 PAINTER

Hans Strigl

1897 - 1956

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0670 POLITICIAN

Franz Lorenzoni

1890 - 1948

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0750 BOOKBINDER

Heinz Bitzan

1892 - 1965

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0823 WRITER

Ferdinand Kögl

1890 - 1956

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0832 DIPLOMAT

Rudolf Leitner

1891 - 1947

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0842 MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Wilhelm Albert von Jenny

1896 - 1960

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0847 ARCHITECT

Anton Estermann

1890 - 1970

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0871 ARCHITECT

Karl Vornehm

1893 - 1982

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0877 ARCHITECT

Josef Franz Dex

1899 - 1945

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0976 GRAFIKER

Franz Lehrer

1895 - 1962

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1018 POLITICIAN

Alois Wimberger

1898 - 1981

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1024 PAINTER

Paula May

1891 - 1946

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1032 POLITICIAN

Ernst Hirsch (Politiker)

1892 - 1973

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1079 PSYCHIATRIST

Otto Reisch

1891 - 1977

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1088 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Hiermann

1897 - 1962

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1103 SCULPTOR

Franz Schmuckenschläger

1898 - 1960

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1116 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Marktschläger

1896 - 1966

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1196 RADIOLOGIST

Paula Scherleitner

1897 - 1978

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1201 PAINTER

Josef Neukirch

1895 - 1953

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1204 PAINTER

Rudolf Feischl

1899 - 1985

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