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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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- Field: Handball Clear ×
Siegfried Powolny
1915 - 1944
Alexander Hermann
Born 1991
Maximilian Hermann
Born 1991
Dominik Ascherbauer
Born 1989
Dominik Bammer
Born 1990
Patrick Fölser
Born 1976
Andreas Varga
Born 1977
Gernot Watzl
Born 1985
Sebastian Feichtinger
Born 1992
Manuel Papsch
Born 1985
Michael Pouget
Born 1998
Klemens Kainmüller
Born 1980
Peter Schildhammer
Born 1988
Thomas Huemer
Born 1976