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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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Geli Raubal
1908 - 1931
Fritz Eckhardt
1907 - 1995
Alexandr Hackenschmied
1907 - 2004
Archduke Gottfried of Austria
1902 - 1984
Auguste Jordan
1909 - 1990
Archduchess Helena of Austria
1903 - 1924
Viktor Lowenfeld
1903 - 1960
Leo Rudolf Raubal Jr.
1906 - 1977
Nikolaus Hofreiter
1904 - 1990
Adolf Kainz
1903 - 1948
Rudolf Lonauer
1907 - 1945
Viktor Kalisch
1902 - 1976
Alfred Poell
1900 - 1968
Herbert W. Duda
1900 - 1975
Karl Steinhuber
1906 - 2002
Josef Dobretsberger
1903 - 1970
Karl Fellinger
1904 - 2000
Hans Sittner
1903 - 1990
Eduard Zak
1906 - 1979
Alfred Lammer
1909 - 2000
Erich Sander (Fotograf)
1903 - 1944
Maria Höfner
1900 - 1992
Walter Hitzinger
1908 - 1975
Wilhelm Kühnelt
1905 - 1988
Henriette Haill
1904 - 1996
Eugen Wachberger
1904 - 1971
Hans Linser
1907 - 1991
Anton Pischinger
1907 - 2003
Alfred Hoffmann (Wirtschaftshistoriker)
1904 - 1983
Emmerich Pöchmüller
1902 - 1963
Hans Steineder
1904 - 1976
Rudolf Steinbüchler
1901 - 1985
Alfons Ortner
1907 - 1992
Hans Groll
1909 - 1975
Alfred Stifter
1904 - 2003
Eduard Macku
1901 - 1999
Hans Eisenkolb
1905 - 1978
Toni Hofer
1903 - 1979
Wolfgang Hebenstreith
1908 - 1968
Konrad Glaser (Altphilologe)
1903 - 1943
Max Schlager
1906 - 1982
Hans Weibold
1902 - 1984
Johannes Würtz
1900 - 1967
Heinz Horninger
Born 1908
Josef Wolkerstorfer
1905 - 1990
Franz Schütz (Politiker, 1908)
1908 - 1984
Franz Brandl (Politiker)
1902 - 1990
Anton Mayrhauser
1909 - 1992
Norbert Demmel
Born 1905
Rudolf Reisetbauer
1901 - 1963
Franz Thanhofer
1905 - 1983
Adolf Dietscher
Born 1904
Alfred Crepaz
1904 - 1999
Heinrich Haider
1903 - 1978
Josef Oberkofler
1900 - 1959
Theoderich Hofstätter
1906 - 1981
Franz Haider (Politiker, 1907)
1907 - 1968