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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 67 of 1,208 notable people

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Sophie Rois

Born 1961

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Hedwig Bleibtreu

1868 - 1958

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Gerlinde Locker

Born 1938

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Fritz Eckhardt

1907 - 1995

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0043 ACTOR

Wolfgang Böck

Born 1953

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Maria Hofstätter

Born 1964

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Heribert Sasse

1945 - 2016

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0061 ACTOR

Walter Schmidinger

1933 - 2013

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Hannelore Auer

Born 1942

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Inge Egger

1923 - 1976

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Silvia Maleen

Born 1979

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Angelika Niedetzky

Born 1979

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Chris Pichler

Born 1969

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Peter Faerber

Born 1953

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Marietta Millner

1894 - 1929

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Ulli Fessl

Born 1942

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Eduard Loibner

1888 - 1963

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Sylvia Haider

Born 1959

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Paul Bös

1920 - 1967

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Fritz Hammel

Born 1958

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Rainer Wöss

Born 1962

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Ida Pellet

1837 - 1863

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Martin Flossmann

1937 - 1999

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0340 ACTOR

Ingrid Mülleder

Born 1959

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Andreas Steppan

Born 1959

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Manfred Böll

Born 1944

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Andreas Jungwirth

Born 1967

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Erwin Knausmüller

1912 - 2000

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Gerlinde Döberl

1951 - 1989

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Hermann Scheidleder

Born 1949

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Elisabeth Rath

Born 1948

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Hubert Mann

1920 - 2014

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Nadja Vogel (Schauspielerin)

Born 1984

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Karola Niederhuber

Born 1976

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Birgit Unterweger

Born 1976

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Julia Sophie Schabus

Born 1992

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Stefko Hanushevsky

Born 1980

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Kurt Huemer

1933 - 2005

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0483 ACTOR

Claudia Wipplinger

Born 1961

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Roman Blumenschein

Born 1981

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Hermann Benke

1866 - 1937

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Julius Laska

1850 - 1933

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Miriam Fussenegger

Born 1990

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Tobias Ofenbauer

Born 1980

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Markus Hamele

Born 1980

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Eva-Maria Aichner

Born 1955

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Franz Gary

1932 - 2003

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0734 ACTOR

Paul Blasel

1855 - 1940

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0768 ACTOR

Wolfgang Hebenstreith

1908 - 1968

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0788 ACTOR

Matthias Hack

Born 1977

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0812 ACTOR

Therese Rosenberg

1757 - 1800

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0816 ACTOR

Karl Berndl

1840 - 1895

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0837 ACTOR

Eva Petrus-Pekny

1924 - 2020

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Mathias Kahler-Polagnoli

Born 1969

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Franz Weichenberger

Born 1960

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Helmut Wiesinger

Born 1952

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Georg Steinitz

Born 1937

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Jim Steffe

Born 1943

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Daniela Mitterlehner

Born 1984

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Tomas Tomke

Born 1981

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Carina Nopp

Born 1989

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Gerhard König (Schauspieler)

Born 1957

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Carl Dolt

1808 - 1882

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Alexandra Pernkopf

Born 1991

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Elfriede Gollmann

1914 - 2007

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Susanne Kerbl

Born 1965

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Christian Bauer (Inspizient)

Born 1964

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