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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 57 of 1,208 notable people

0001 CHILD

Geli Raubal

1908 - 1931

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0028 ACTOR

Fritz Eckhardt

1907 - 1995

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0033 FILM

Alexandr Hackenschmied

1907 - 2004

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0060 ARISTOCRAT

Archduke Gottfried of Austria

1902 - 1984

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0063 FOOTBALL

Auguste Jordan

1909 - 1990

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0087 ARISTOCRAT

Archduchess Helena of Austria

1903 - 1924

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0090 PHILOSOPHES

Viktor Lowenfeld

1903 - 1960

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0091 CHEMIST

Leo Rudolf Raubal Jr.

1906 - 1977

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0100 MATHEMATICIAN

Nikolaus Hofreiter

1904 - 1990

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0114 CANOE

Adolf Kainz

1903 - 1948

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0145 PSYCHIATRIST

Rudolf Lonauer

1907 - 1945

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0168 CANOE

Viktor Kalisch

1902 - 1976

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0193 SINGER

Alfred Poell

1900 - 1968

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0201 ACADEMIC

Herbert W. Duda

1900 - 1975

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0205 CANOE

Karl Steinhuber

1906 - 2002

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0215 ECONOMIST

Josef Dobretsberger

1903 - 1970

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0222 INTERNIST

Karl Fellinger

1904 - 2000

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0262 LAWYER

Hans Sittner

1903 - 1990

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0316 WRITER

Eduard Zak

1906 - 1979

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0362 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alfred Lammer

1909 - 2000

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0368 PHOTOGRAPHER

Erich Sander (Fotograf)

1903 - 1944

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0391 ACADEMIC

Maria Höfner

1900 - 1992

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0434 VORSITZENDER

Walter Hitzinger

1908 - 1975

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0440 ENTOMOLOGIST

Wilhelm Kühnelt

1905 - 1988

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0445 AUTHOR

Henriette Haill

1904 - 1996

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0447 ARCHITECT

Eugen Wachberger

1904 - 1971

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0535 CHEMIST

Hans Linser

1907 - 1991

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0555 ACADEMIC

Anton Pischinger

1907 - 2003

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0559 HISTORIAN

Alfred Hoffmann (Wirtschaftshistoriker)

1904 - 1983

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0561 CHEMIST

Emmerich Pöchmüller

1902 - 1963

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0629 ARCHITECT

Hans Steineder

1904 - 1976

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0642 PAINTER

Rudolf Steinbüchler

1901 - 1985

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0648 PAINTER

Alfons Ortner

1907 - 1992

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0650 ACADEMIC

Hans Groll

1909 - 1975

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0682 ARTIST

Alfred Stifter

1904 - 2003

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0703 COMPOSER

Eduard Macku

1901 - 1999

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0708 POLITICIAN

Hans Eisenkolb

1905 - 1978

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0740 ARTIST

Toni Hofer

1903 - 1979

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0768 ACTOR

Wolfgang Hebenstreith

1908 - 1968

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0860 TEACHER

Konrad Glaser (Altphilologe)

1903 - 1943

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0870 PAINTER

Max Schlager

1906 - 1982

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0879 PAINTER

Hans Weibold

1902 - 1984

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0891 AUTHOR

Johannes Würtz

1900 - 1967

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0935 MATHEMATICIAN

Heinz Horninger

Born 1908

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0963 POLITICIAN

Josef Wolkerstorfer

1905 - 1990

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1052 POLITICIAN

Franz Schütz (Politiker, 1908)

1908 - 1984

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1054 POLITICIAN

Franz Brandl (Politiker)

1902 - 1990

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1059 POLITICIAN

Anton Mayrhauser

1909 - 1992

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1060 ARCHITECT

Norbert Demmel

Born 1905

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1081 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Reisetbauer

1901 - 1963

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1084 POLITICIAN

Franz Thanhofer

1905 - 1983

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1122 LAWYER

Adolf Dietscher

Born 1904

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1125 SCULPTOR

Alfred Crepaz

1904 - 1999

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1138 PAINTER

Heinrich Haider

1903 - 1978

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1172 LAWYER

Josef Oberkofler

1900 - 1959

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1189 RELIGIOUS

Theoderich Hofstätter

1906 - 1981

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1202 POLITICIAN

Franz Haider (Politiker, 1907)

1907 - 1968

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