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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.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
- Field: Sculptor Clear ×
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
1696 - 1770
Hellmuth Marx
1915 - 2002
Rudolf Hoflehner
1916 - 1995
Wilhelm Nida-Rümelin
1876 - 1945
Judith P. Fischer
Born 1963
Hannes Haslecker
1921 - 2012
Johann Christian Frisch
1651 - 1677
Josef Ignaz Sattler
1852 - 1927
Paul Florian Aigner
Born 1972
Christian Bartel (Bildhauer)
Born 1958
Thomas Kröswang
Born 1960
Hans Schmidinger (Bildhauer)
1912 - 1994
Friederike Stolz
1913 - 1989
Franz Schmuckenschläger
1898 - 1960
Alfred Crepaz
1904 - 1999
Johannes Frisch
1628 - 1673
Jakob Kopp (Bildhauer)
1930 - 2019