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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 167 of 1,208 notable people

0022 POLITICIAN

Josef Pühringer

Born 1949

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0040 POLITICIAN

Johann Amadeus von Thugut

1736 - 1818

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0050 POLITICIAN

Christoph Leitl

Born 1949

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0077 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Gleißner

1893 - 1984

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0085 POLITICIAN

Herwig van Staa

Born 1942

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0089 POLITICIAN

Alois Stöger

Born 1960

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0092 POLITICIAN

Martin Ehrenhauser

Born 1978

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0102 POLITICIAN

Franz Obermayr

Born 1952

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0118 POLITICIAN

Kurt Steyrer

1920 - 2007

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0119 POLITICIAN

Thomas Stelzer

Born 1967

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0120 POLITICIAN

Anneliese Kitzmüller

Born 1959

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0134 POLITICIAN

Ernst Koref

1891 - 1988

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0155 POLITICIAN

Gertraud Knoll

Born 1958

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0210 POLITICIAN

Werner Neubauer

Born 1956

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0248 POLITICIAN

Michael Krüger (homme politique)

Born 1955

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0295 POLITICIAN

Klaus Luger

Born 1960

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0325 POLITICIAN

Philipp Schrangl

Born 1985

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0333 POLITICIAN

Michael Raml

Born 1987

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0430 POLITICIAN

Christian Jachs

1966 - 2016

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0431 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Moser

1954 - 2019

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0446 POLITICIAN

Franz Schattenfroh

1898 - 1974

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0461 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Bock (Bürgermeister)

1895 - 1966

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0464 POLITICIAN

Martina Berthold

Born 1970

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0489 POLITICIAN

Maria Buchmayr

Born 1970

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0538 POLITICIAN

Anton Weiguny

1851 - 1914

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0568 POLITICIAN

Beatrix Eypeltauer

Born 1929

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0588 POLITICIAN

Severin Renoldner

Born 1959

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0589 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer

Born 1979

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0622 POLITICIAN

Nicole Solarz

Born 1981

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0625 POLITICIAN

Claudia Plakolm

Born 1994

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0635 POLITICIAN

Leopold Helbich

1926 - 2004

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0657 POLITICIAN

Rainer Hable

Born 1972

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0670 POLITICIAN

Franz Lorenzoni

1890 - 1948

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0672 POLITICIAN

Karl-Albert Eckmayr

Born 1934

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0683 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig

Born 1965

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0704 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Kneifel

Born 1948

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0708 POLITICIAN

Hans Eisenkolb

1905 - 1978

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0711 POLITICIAN

Rüdiger Schender

Born 1974

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0721 POLITICIAN

Josef Aigner (Politiker, 1884)

1884 - 1947

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0727 POLITICIAN

Albert Leibenfrost

1923 - 2005

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0741 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Himmelbauer

1958 - 2013

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0744 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Povysil

Born 1954

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0749 POLITICIAN

Karl Breitenthaler

1879 - 1950

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0752 POLITICIAN

Silvia Kronberger

Born 1954

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0763 POLITICIAN

Bernd Lindinger

Born 1940

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0772 POLITICIAN

Josef Dametz

1868 - 1927

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0775 POLITICIAN

Emil Dierzer von Traunthal

1844 - 1904

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0786 POLITICIAN

Karl Reininger

1852 - 1911

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0787 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Feichtinger

Born 1987

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0795 POLITICIAN

Fritz Freyschlag

1931 - 2004

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0804 POLITICIAN

Franz Hillinger

1921 - 1991

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0818 POLITICIAN

Peter Michael Ikrath

Born 1953

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0822 POLITICIAN

Marianne Gusenbauer-Jäger

Born 1956

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0827 POLITICIAN

Franz Beyer (Politiker)

1857 - 1925

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0830 POLITICIAN

Christine Haberlander

Born 1981

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0833 POLITICIAN

Bettina Stadlbauer

Born 1967

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0836 POLITICIAN

Otto Kranzlmayr

1911 - 1972

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0838 POLITICIAN

Karl Sadleder (Politiker)

1883 - 1930

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0846 POLITICIAN

Michael Hammer (Politiker)

Born 1977

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0856 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Pirklhuber

Born 1961

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0857 POLITICIAN

Michael Lindner (Politiker)

Born 1983

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0867 POLITICIAN

Christian Fischer (Politiker, 1879)

1879 - 1934

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0882 POLITICIAN

Claudia Durchschlag

Born 1958

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0889 POLITICIAN

Walter Scherb

Born 1965

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0892 POLITICIAN

Andreas Pum

Born 1971

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0897 POLITICIAN

Robert Mehr

1886 - 1935

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0902 POLITICIAN

Kristina Edlinger-Ploder

Born 1971

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0906 POLITICIAN

Egon Pflügl

1869 - 1960

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0909 POLITICIAN

Peter Sonnberger

Born 1957

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0911 POLITICIAN

Horst Schender

Born 1938

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0917 POLITICIAN

Karl von Althann

1801 - 1881

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0922 POLITICIAN

Günther Steinkellner

Born 1962

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0926 POLITICIAN

Liane Pluntz

Born 1952

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0937 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Firlinger

Born 1954

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0938 POLITICIAN

Susanne Wegscheider

Born 1953

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0943 POLITICIAN

Waltraud Schütz

1957 - 2005

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0948 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Keck

Born 1957

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0950 POLITICIAN

Elfriede Madl

Born 1949

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0956 POLITICIAN

Michaela Hinterholzer

Born 1959

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0957 POLITICIAN

Max Lotteraner

1928 - 2009

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0963 POLITICIAN

Josef Wolkerstorfer

1905 - 1990

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0966 POLITICIAN

Uta Barbara Pühringer

Born 1943

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0971 POLITICIAN

Günter Puttinger

Born 1942

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0973 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Reich

Born 1956

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0985 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Schimböck

Born 1953

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0988 POLITICIAN

Robert Seeber

Born 1955

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0994 POLITICIAN

Franz Breiner

Born 1952

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0998 POLITICIAN

Maria Hutter

Born 1982

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0999 POLITICIAN

Walter Brauneis

1920 - 2000

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1000 POLITICIAN

Helmut Dietachmayr

Born 1942

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1001 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Böker

Born 1956

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1002 POLITICIAN

Erhard Koppler

Born 1939

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1005 POLITICIAN

Peter Keppelmüller

Born 1944

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1006 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Bernhofer

Born 1951

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1007 POLITICIAN

Eduard Euller

1874 - 1935

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1009 POLITICIAN

Christian Deutsch (Politiker)

Born 1962

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1010 POLITICIAN

Helena Kirchmayr

Born 1982

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1013 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Hirz

Born 1958

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1018 POLITICIAN

Alois Wimberger

1898 - 1981

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1022 POLITICIAN

Julia Röper-Kelmayr

Born 1975

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1032 POLITICIAN

Ernst Hirsch (Politiker)

1892 - 1973

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1033 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Trauner junior

Born 1954

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1035 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Schwarz

Born 1958

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1036 POLITICIAN

Hedda Kainz

Born 1942

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1037 POLITICIAN

Norbert Pichler

Born 1938

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1038 POLITICIAN

Herwig Mahr

Born 1959

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1039 POLITICIAN

Hans Lala

1921 - 2001

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1040 POLITICIAN

Erich Slupetzky

1922 - 1994

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1041 POLITICIAN

Eduard Planck von Planckburg

1841 - 1918

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1044 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Possart

1923 - 1996

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1046 POLITICIAN

Erich Watzl

Born 1958

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1048 POLITICIAN

Sonja Toifl-Campregher

Born 1959

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1052 POLITICIAN

Franz Schütz (Politiker, 1908)

1908 - 1984

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1054 POLITICIAN

Franz Brandl (Politiker)

1902 - 1990

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1056 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Häuslmayer

1884 - 1970

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1059 POLITICIAN

Anton Mayrhauser

1909 - 1992

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1063 POLITICIAN

Johanna Priglinger

Born 1986

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1069 POLITICIAN

Horst Nußbaumer

Born 1949

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1070 POLITICIAN

Anton Wimmersberger

1930 - 1987

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1074 POLITICIAN

Eva Maria Gattringer

Born 1959

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1078 POLITICIAN

Konrad Landgraf

1921 - 2000

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1080 POLITICIAN

Karl Grünner

1932 - 2003

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1081 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Reisetbauer

1901 - 1963

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1084 POLITICIAN

Franz Thanhofer

1905 - 1983

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1085 POLITICIAN

Otto Liedl

1921 - 2010

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1088 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Hiermann

1897 - 1962

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1090 POLITICIAN

Franz Ertl (Politiker, 1872)

1872 - 1933

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1094 POLITICIAN

Franz Müllner (Politiker, 1878)

1878 - 1955

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1095 POLITICIAN

Ignaz Weixelbaumer

1875 - 1942

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1096 POLITICIAN

Franz Bauer (Politiker, 1876)

1876 - 1944

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1098 POLITICIAN

Peter Binder

Born 1973

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1101 POLITICIAN

Stefan Demuth

1912 - 1988

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1107 POLITICIAN

Johann Schuster (Politiker, 1942)

Born 1942

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1108 POLITICIAN

Martin Apeltauer

1965 - 2006

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1109 POLITICIAN

Alexander Neuhuber

Born 1964

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1112 POLITICIAN

Angela Orthner

Born 1948

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1116 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Marktschläger

1896 - 1966

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1117 POLITICIAN

Karl Blaimschein

1923 - 2001

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1120 POLITICIAN

Patricia Alber

Born 1988

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1121 POLITICIAN

Stefan Kaineder

Born 1985

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1129 POLITICIAN

Josef von Althann

1798 - 1861

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1131 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Manhal

Born 1977

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1139 POLITICIAN

Bruno Wögerer

Born 1943

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1140 POLITICIAN

Harald Baumgartner

Born 1961

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1141 POLITICIAN

Walter Aichinger (Politiker, 1916)

1916 - 1994

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1144 POLITICIAN

Otto Glück

1918 - 2003

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1150 POLITICIAN

Walter Bauer (Politiker, 1922)

1922 - 2000

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1152 POLITICIAN

Arnold Weixelbaumer

Born 1953

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1156 POLITICIAN

Jasmine Chansri

Born 1980

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1158 POLITICIAN

Severin Mayr

Born 1979

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1161 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Wall

Born 1958

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1162 POLITICIAN

Hilde Wanner

Born 1961

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1163 POLITICIAN

Emil Grinzinger

1884 - 1963

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1165 POLITICIAN

Michael Gruber (Politiker, 1976)

Born 1976

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1168 POLITICIAN

Kordula Schmidt

Born 1958

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1169 POLITICIAN

Karl Gerbel

1939 - 1997

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1180 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Holzhammer

Born 1947

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1181 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Brunner (Politiker)

1886 - 1945

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1186 POLITICIAN

Harald Schwarzbauer

Born 1957

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1190 POLITICIAN

Therese Neudorfer

1920 - 1990

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1192 POLITICIAN

Detlef Wimmer

Born 1984

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1194 POLITICIAN

Hermann Planck von Planckburg

1840 - 1904

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1195 POLITICIAN

Ignaz von Attems

1844 - 1915

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1198 POLITICIAN

Josef Rathgeb

Born 1967

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1200 POLITICIAN

Karl Wöhrle

1861 - 1918

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1202 POLITICIAN

Franz Haider (Politiker, 1907)

1907 - 1968

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1208 POLITICIAN

Franz Graf (Politiker, 1961)

Born 1961

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