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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 66 of 1,208 notable people

0027 SKIER

Erika Mahringer

1924 - 2018

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0058 LINGUIST

Manfred Mayrhofer

1926 - 2011

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0059 FILM

Veit Relin

1926 - 2013

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0094 ACTOR

Inge Egger

1923 - 1976

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0095 WRITER

Herbert Eisenreich

1925 - 1986

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0096 FILM

Edwin Zbonek

1928 - 2006

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0118 POLITICIAN

Kurt Steyrer

1920 - 2007

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0133 OPERA

Sieglinde Wagner

1921 - 2003

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0160 COMPOSER

Igo Hofstetter

1926 - 2002

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0177 ASTRONOM

Friedrich Jahn (Gastronom)

1923 - 1998

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0204 PHYSICIST

Hans Kronberger (physicist)

1920 - 1970

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0241 ACADEMIC

Othmar Wessely

1922 - 1998

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0268 MODERATOR

Ilse Buck

1923 - 2012

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0270 LITERARY

Kurt Klinger

1928 - 2003

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0287 ACTOR

Paul Bös

1920 - 1967

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0297 COLONEL

Albert Mandler

1929 - 1973

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0324 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Aitzetmüller

1923 - 2000

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0348 COMPOSER

Theodor Hassek

1929 - 2009

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0349 REAL ESTATE

Karl Ignaz Hennetmair

1920 - 2018

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0395 ACTOR

Hubert Mann

1920 - 2014

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0439 ARTIST

Siegfried Strasser

1929 - 2017

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0469 CANOE

Hermann Salzner

1928 - 2010

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0496 PAINTER

Ernst Balluf

1921 - 2008

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0497 AUTHOR

Bruno Primetshofer

1929 - 2014

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0501 AUTHOR

Hermann Friedl

1920 - 1988

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0502 AUTHOR

Karl Wiesinger

1923 - 1991

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0532 MUSIC

Alfred Peschek

1929 - 2015

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0542 PROFESSOR

Alfred Doppler

Born 1921

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0546 WRITER

Otto Haubner

1925 - 1999

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0557 PAINTER

Walter Kreindl

1927 - 2017

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0568 POLITICIAN

Beatrix Eypeltauer

Born 1929

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0573 LEPIDOPTERIST

Ernst Reichl

1926 - 1996

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0597 SCULPTOR

Hannes Haslecker

1921 - 2012

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0604 MEDIEVALIST

Othmar Hageneder

1927 - 2020

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0612 PROFESSOR

Kurt Paupié

1920 - 1981

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0617 BOTSCHAFTER

Heinrich Gleissner

1927 - 2016

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0620 MATHEMATICIAN

Curt Christian

1920 - 2010

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0635 POLITICIAN

Leopold Helbich

1926 - 2004

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0653 ACADEMIC

Wilfried Scheib

1922 - 2009

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0724 FILM

Theo Linz

1928 - 2009

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0727 POLITICIAN

Albert Leibenfrost

1923 - 2005

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0761 PAINTER

Ernst Reischenböck

1923 - 1973

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0765 JOURNALIST

Ernst Hilger (Journalist)

1920 - 2010

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0796 WRITER

Evamarie Taferner

Born 1929

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0804 POLITICIAN

Franz Hillinger

1921 - 1991

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0834 CHEMIST

Heinrich Wänke

1928 - 2015

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0837 ACTOR

Eva Petrus-Pekny

1924 - 2020

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0885 VIROLOGIST

Christian Kunz

1927 - 2020

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0903 ACADEMIC

Bruno Watschinger (Nephrologe)

1920 - 2017

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0908 GEOLOGIST

Hermann Kohl

1920 - 2010

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0941 ACADEMIC

Alfred Billy

1920 - 2015

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0957 POLITICIAN

Max Lotteraner

1928 - 2009

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0999 POLITICIAN

Walter Brauneis

1920 - 2000

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1031 POLO

Franz Zigon

Born 1924

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1039 POLITICIAN

Hans Lala

1921 - 2001

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1040 POLITICIAN

Erich Slupetzky

1922 - 1994

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1044 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Possart

1923 - 1996

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1058 ACADEMIC

Helmut Kortan

Born 1928

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1066 ENTREPRENEUR

Heinz Schachermayer

1922 - 2007

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1078 POLITICIAN

Konrad Landgraf

1921 - 2000

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1085 POLITICIAN

Otto Liedl

1921 - 2010

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1117 POLITICIAN

Karl Blaimschein

1923 - 2001

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1150 POLITICIAN

Walter Bauer (Politiker, 1922)

1922 - 2000

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1154 ARTIST

Horst Stadlmayr

1927 - 1998

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1190 POLITICIAN

Therese Neudorfer

1920 - 1990

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1193 BLACKSMITH

Franz Zeller (Gewerkschafter)

Born 1925

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