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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.

1550160016501700175018001850190019502000
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  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
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Showing 89 of 1,208 notable people

0017 FOOTBALL

Florian Klein

Born 1986

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0023 RAPPER

Chakuza

Born 1981

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0026 FOOTBALL

Andreas Ulmer

Born 1985

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0032 PLAYER

Sybille Bammer

Born 1980

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0041 SPORT

Riccardo Zoidl

Born 1988

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0054 SINGER

Cesár Sampson

Born 1983

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0056 MUSIC

Antonia aus Tirol

Born 1980

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0065 FOOTBALL

Thomas Piermayr

Born 1989

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0066 SINGER

Bobbie Singer

Born 1981

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0083 FOOTBALL

Niklas Hoheneder

Born 1986

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0106 KAYAK

Viktoria Schwarz

Born 1985

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0109 FOOTBALL

Thomas Fröschl

Born 1988

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0111 FOOTBALL

Thomas Burgstaller

Born 1980

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0123 SPORT

Martina Ritter

Born 1982

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0128 SWIMMER

David Brandl

Born 1987

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0130 FOOTBALL

Thomas Hinum

Born 1987

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0136 JOURNALIST

Anna Weidenholzer

Born 1984

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0141 SWIMMER

Dominik Koll

Born 1984

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0186 RIDER

Victoria Max-Theurer

Born 1985

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0190 FOOTBALL

Daniel Sobkova

Born 1985

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0226 ATHLETIC

Michaela Herlbauer

Born 1986

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0254 SPORT

Harald Ambros

Born 1980

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0276 HOCKEY

Michael Mayr (ice hockey)

Born 1984

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0277 ROWER

Sebastian Sageder

Born 1980

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0288 SKIER

Alexander Koll (Skirennläufer)

Born 1982

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0320 HANDBALL

Dominik Ascherbauer

Born 1989

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0322 SKI

Stefan Hayböck

Born 1989

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0325 POLITICIAN

Philipp Schrangl

Born 1985

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0333 POLITICIAN

Michael Raml

Born 1987

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0334 JOCKEY

DJ Stickle

Born 1982

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0350 MUSIC

Mario Aschauer

Born 1980

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0356 ECONOMIST

Leonhard Dobusch

Born 1980

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0365 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Bubenik

Born 1981

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0412 FOOTBALL

Manuel Schüttengruber

Born 1983

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0420 ACTOR

Nadja Vogel (Schauspielerin)

Born 1984

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0421 VIOLIN

Irene Kepl

Born 1982

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0435 BOBSLED

Christian Hackl

Born 1981

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0444 PAINTER

Bianca Regl

Born 1980

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0462 ROWER

Paul Ruttmann

Born 1985

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0476 ACTOR

Stefko Hanushevsky

Born 1980

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0499 COMPOSER

Thomas Asanger

Born 1988

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0509 ACTOR

Roman Blumenschein

Born 1981

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0524 COMPOSER

Marilies Jagsch

Born 1984

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0526 PSYCHOLOGIST

Martina Mara

Born 1981

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0607 CHEF

Marco Krainer

Born 1981

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0622 POLITICIAN

Nicole Solarz

Born 1981

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0627 ACTOR

Tobias Ofenbauer

Born 1980

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0643 PLAYER

Marco Mirnegg

Born 1982

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0654 AUTHOR

Barbara Schinko

Born 1980

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0655 PRESENTER

Florian Danner

Born 1983

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0664 HISTORIAN

Johannes Mattes

Born 1983

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0696 PLAYER

Magdalena Jirak

Born 1986

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0705 ACTOR

Markus Hamele

Born 1980

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0720 PRESENTER

Silvia Schneider

Born 1982

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0771 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Stockinger

Born 1981

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0787 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Feichtinger

Born 1987

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0799 DJ

Mefjus

Born 1987

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0830 POLITICIAN

Christine Haberlander

Born 1981

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0848 AUTHOR

Marianne Jungmaier

Born 1985

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0857 POLITICIAN

Michael Lindner (Politiker)

Born 1983

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0883 SINGER

Big J

Born 1984

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0919 HANDBALL

Gernot Watzl

Born 1985

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0942 SPORT

Alina Zellhofer

Born 1988

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0952 MODEL

Silvia Schachermayer

Born 1983

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0958 PLAYER

Dianna Ojo

Born 1988

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0987 JUDO

Georg Reiter

Born 1986

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0993 SINGER

Average (Rapper)

Born 1988

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0998 POLITICIAN

Maria Hutter

Born 1982

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1010 POLITICIAN

Helena Kirchmayr

Born 1982

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1017 FOOTBALL

Rainer Moosbauer

Born 1985

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1028 HANDBALL

Manuel Papsch

Born 1985

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1063 POLITICIAN

Johanna Priglinger

Born 1986

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1077 RADIO

Rainer Hons

Born 1980

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1089 ACTOR

Daniela Mitterlehner

Born 1984

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1092 HANDBALL

Klemens Kainmüller

Born 1980

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1102 SPORT

Thomas Öhler

Born 1983

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1106 HANDBALL

Peter Schildhammer

Born 1988

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1115 ATHLETIC

Matthias Beham

Born 1981

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1118 ACTOR

Tomas Tomke

Born 1981

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1120 POLITICIAN

Patricia Alber

Born 1988

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1121 POLITICIAN

Stefan Kaineder

Born 1985

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1123 MUSIC

Stefanie Alexandra Prenn

Born 1984

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1132 PHOTOGRAPHER

Amelie Zadeh

Born 1985

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1145 AUTHOR

Christoph Eric Hack

Born 1985

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1151 ACTOR

Carina Nopp

Born 1989

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1156 POLITICIAN

Jasmine Chansri

Born 1980

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1178 SPORT

Marianne Morawek-Hollensteiner

Born 1983

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1185 SKI

Andreas Kalß

Born 1982

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1192 POLITICIAN

Detlef Wimmer

Born 1984

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