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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.
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.
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Bernhard Lang
Born 1957
Romanus Weichlein
1652 - 1706
Helmut Eder
1916 - 2005
Hubert Bognermayr
1948 - 1999
Thomas Doss
Born 1966
Igo Hofstetter
1926 - 2002
Wolfgang Hofer
Born 1950
Monika Stadler
Born 1963
Rupert Gottfried Frieberger
1951 - 2016
Sam Auinger
Born 1956
Alfred Zemanovský
1919 - 1994
Herman Rechberger
Born 1947
Theodor Hassek
1929 - 2009
Pedro Sinzig
1876 - 1952
Gerald Resch
Born 1975
Thomas Asanger
Born 1988
Kurt Muthspiel
1931 - 2001
Marilies Jagsch
Born 1984
Erich Eder de Lastra
Born 1933
Georg Nussbaumer
Born 1964
Peter Valentin (Musiker)
Born 1961
Eduard Macku
1901 - 1999
Klaus Hollinetz
Born 1959
Gunter Waldek
Born 1953
Karl Derntl
1918 - 1975
Gerhard Schmidinger
Born 1943
Alfred Huber (Komponist)
Born 1962