48.3002° N, 14.2834° E
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.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Erika Mahringer
1924 - 2018
Manfred Mayrhofer
1926 - 2011
Veit Relin
1926 - 2013
Inge Egger
1923 - 1976
Herbert Eisenreich
1925 - 1986
Edwin Zbonek
1928 - 2006
Kurt Steyrer
1920 - 2007
Sieglinde Wagner
1921 - 2003
Igo Hofstetter
1926 - 2002
Friedrich Jahn (Gastronom)
1923 - 1998
Hans Kronberger (physicist)
1920 - 1970
Othmar Wessely
1922 - 1998
Ilse Buck
1923 - 2012
Kurt Klinger
1928 - 2003
Paul Bös
1920 - 1967
Albert Mandler
1929 - 1973
Rudolf Aitzetmüller
1923 - 2000
Theodor Hassek
1929 - 2009
Karl Ignaz Hennetmair
1920 - 2018
Hubert Mann
1920 - 2014
Siegfried Strasser
1929 - 2017
Hermann Salzner
1928 - 2010
Ernst Balluf
1921 - 2008
Bruno Primetshofer
1929 - 2014
Hermann Friedl
1920 - 1988
Karl Wiesinger
1923 - 1991
Alfred Peschek
1929 - 2015
Alfred Doppler
Born 1921
Otto Haubner
1925 - 1999
Walter Kreindl
1927 - 2017
Beatrix Eypeltauer
Born 1929
Ernst Reichl
1926 - 1996
Hannes Haslecker
1921 - 2012
Othmar Hageneder
1927 - 2020
Kurt Paupié
1920 - 1981
Heinrich Gleissner
1927 - 2016
Curt Christian
1920 - 2010
Leopold Helbich
1926 - 2004
Wilfried Scheib
1922 - 2009
Theo Linz
1928 - 2009
Albert Leibenfrost
1923 - 2005
Ernst Reischenböck
1923 - 1973
Ernst Hilger (Journalist)
1920 - 2010
Evamarie Taferner
Born 1929
Franz Hillinger
1921 - 1991
Heinrich Wänke
1928 - 2015
Eva Petrus-Pekny
1924 - 2020
Christian Kunz
1927 - 2020
Bruno Watschinger (Nephrologe)
1920 - 2017
Hermann Kohl
1920 - 2010
Alfred Billy
1920 - 2015
Max Lotteraner
1928 - 2009
Walter Brauneis
1920 - 2000
Franz Zigon
Born 1924
Hans Lala
1921 - 2001
Erich Slupetzky
1922 - 1994
Gerhard Possart
1923 - 1996
Helmut Kortan
Born 1928
Heinz Schachermayer
1922 - 2007
Konrad Landgraf
1921 - 2000
Otto Liedl
1921 - 2010
Karl Blaimschein
1923 - 2001
Walter Bauer (Politiker, 1922)
1922 - 2000
Horst Stadlmayr
1927 - 1998
Therese Neudorfer
1920 - 1990
Franz Zeller (Gewerkschafter)
Born 1925