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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 59 of 1,208 notable people

0149 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber

Born 1956

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0187 ACADEMIC

Johannes W. Pichler

Born 1947

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0189 ACADEMIC

Michael Moser (Slawist)

Born 1969

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0198 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Schulz (Flötist)

1946 - 2013

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0201 ACADEMIC

Herbert W. Duda

1900 - 1975

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0211 ACADEMIC

Dirk Trauner

Born 1967

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0241 ACADEMIC

Othmar Wessely

1922 - 1998

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0249 ACADEMIC

Wolfdieter Bihl

Born 1937

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0324 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Aitzetmüller

1923 - 2000

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0344 ACADEMIC

Laurids Ortner

Born 1941

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0352 ACADEMIC

Christian Sery

Born 1959

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0353 ACADEMIC

Konstanze Fliedl

Born 1955

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0374 ACADEMIC

Gerda Falkner

Born 1964

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0391 ACADEMIC

Maria Höfner

1900 - 1992

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0403 ACADEMIC

Josef Sprinzl

1839 - 1898

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0407 ACADEMIC

Manfred Ortner (Architekt)

Born 1943

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0427 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Pendl

Born 1934

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0433 ACADEMIC

Josef Eberhardsteiner

Born 1957

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0436 ACADEMIC

Petra Aigner

Born 1974

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0442 ACADEMIC

Robert Rebhahn

1954 - 2018

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0467 ACADEMIC

Georg Kofler (Rechtswissenschaftler)

Born 1977

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0468 ACADEMIC

Gunther Neuhaus

Born 1953

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0472 ACADEMIC

Roland Wagner (Informatiker)

1952 - 2020

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0495 ACADEMIC

Helmut Rechberger

Born 1968

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0511 ACADEMIC

Susanne Reindl-Krauskopf

Born 1971

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0515 ACADEMIC

Franz Angel

1887 - 1974

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0516 ACADEMIC

Gudrun Sander

Born 1964

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0531 ACADEMIC

Markus Öhler

Born 1967

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0543 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Roithmayr

Born 1946

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0555 ACADEMIC

Anton Pischinger

1907 - 2003

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0571 ACADEMIC

Christa Kolodej

Born 1965

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0578 ACADEMIC

Dieter Lukesch

Born 1943

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0583 ACADEMIC

Doris Baum (Soziologin)

Born 1964

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0600 ACADEMIC

Dietrich Kropfberger

Born 1946

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0609 ACADEMIC

Roland Traunmüller

Born 1940

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0613 ACADEMIC

Benno Ure

Born 1955

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0615 ACADEMIC

Thomas Pekny

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0626 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Resch (Jurist)

Born 1966

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0630 ACADEMIC

Olaf Bockhorn

Born 1942

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0650 ACADEMIC

Hans Groll

1909 - 1975

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0651 ACADEMIC

Andreas Janko

Born 1965

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0653 ACADEMIC

Wilfried Scheib

1922 - 2009

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0674 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Windhager

Born 1957

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0695 ACADEMIC

Norbert Artner (Künstler)

Born 1963

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0709 ACADEMIC

Klemens Rappersberger

Born 1958

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0718 ACADEMIC

Helmut Beran

Born 1939

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0723 ACADEMIC

Marianne Weingärtner

1917 - 1995

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0726 ACADEMIC

Gerlinde Manz-Christ

Born 1960

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0769 ACADEMIC

Joseph Franz

1704 - 1776

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0773 ACADEMIC

Klaus Zeman

Born 1955

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0779 ACADEMIC

Peter Oberndorfer (Jurist)

Born 1942

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0792 ACADEMIC

Michael Krist

Born 1946

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0813 ACADEMIC

Erich Wolny

Born 1948

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0876 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Bruneder

Born 1941

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0903 ACADEMIC

Bruno Watschinger (Nephrologe)

1920 - 2017

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0941 ACADEMIC

Alfred Billy

1920 - 2015

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0977 ACADEMIC

Stefan Hammer

Born 1957

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1058 ACADEMIC

Helmut Kortan

Born 1928

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1075 ACADEMIC

Gernot Tews

Born 1952

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