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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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1,208 notable people

0601 HISTORIAN

Johann Mayr (Sozialwissenschaftler)

Born 1946

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0602 KURFÜRST

Joseph Anton von Seeau

1713 - 1799

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0603 PIANIST

Hans Petermandl

Born 1933

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0604 MEDIEVALIST

Othmar Hageneder

1927 - 2020

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0605 ECONOMIST

Philipp Kaufmann

Born 1974

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0606 JOURNALIST

Reinhard Göweil

Born 1960

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0607 CHEF

Marco Krainer

Born 1981

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0608 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst-Christian Gerhold

Born 1942

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0609 ACADEMIC

Roland Traunmüller

Born 1940

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0610 PROFESSOR

Christof Parnreiter

Born 1954

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0611 ARCHITECT

August Kürmayr

Born 1936

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0612 PROFESSOR

Kurt Paupié

1920 - 1981

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0613 ACADEMIC

Benno Ure

Born 1955

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0614 HISTORIAN

Michael Pammer

Born 1962

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0615 ACADEMIC

Thomas Pekny

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0616 TEACHER

Karl Jax

1885 - 1968

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0617 BOTSCHAFTER

Heinrich Gleissner

1927 - 2016

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0618 JOURNALIST

Erich Thanner

1912 - 1981

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0619 PAINTER

Werner Horvath

Born 1949

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0620 MATHEMATICIAN

Curt Christian

1920 - 2010

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0621 JOURNALIST

Christine Schöpf

-

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0622 POLITICIAN

Nicole Solarz

Born 1981

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0623 GEOLOGIST

Joseph Leodegar Canaval

1820 - 1898

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0624 PAINTER

Oliver Dorfer

Born 1963

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0625 POLITICIAN

Claudia Plakolm

Born 1994

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0626 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Resch (Jurist)

Born 1966

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0627 ACTOR

Tobias Ofenbauer

Born 1980

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0628 MUSIC

Günther Rabl

Born 1953

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0629 ARCHITECT

Hans Steineder

1904 - 1976

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0630 ACADEMIC

Olaf Bockhorn

Born 1942

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0631 WRITER

Eva Fischer (Autorin)

Born 1951

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0632 ARCHIVIST

Siegfried Haider

Born 1943

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0633 OFFICER

Georg Friedrich von Kriechbaum

1665 - 1710

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0634 SINGER

Ursula Langmayr

Born 1974

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0635 POLITICIAN

Leopold Helbich

1926 - 2004

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0636 WRITER

Markus Altenfels

Born 1974

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0637 GERMANIST

Julius Stieber

Born 1966

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0638 CHEMIST

Helmut Kindl

Born 1936

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0639 PAINTER

Susanne Bisovsky

Born 1968

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0640 JOURNALIST

Kurt Wimmer (Journalist)

Born 1932

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0641 COMPOSER

Erich Eder de Lastra

Born 1933

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0642 PAINTER

Rudolf Steinbüchler

1901 - 1985

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0643 PLAYER

Marco Mirnegg

Born 1982

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0644 WRITER

Oliver Tanzer

Born 1967

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0645 DIPLOMAT

Ferdinand von Langenau

1818 - 1881

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0646 PRESENTER

Georg Dox

Born 1956

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0647 DESIGNER

Rudolf Matthias Pichler

1874 - 1950

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0648 PAINTER

Alfons Ortner

1907 - 1992

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0649 PRESENTER

Eva Pfisterer

Born 1952

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0650 ACADEMIC

Hans Groll

1909 - 1975

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0651 ACADEMIC

Andreas Janko

Born 1965

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0652 SKATER

Ronald Koppelent

Born 1955

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0653 ACADEMIC

Wilfried Scheib

1922 - 2009

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0654 AUTHOR

Barbara Schinko

Born 1980

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0655 PRESENTER

Florian Danner

Born 1983

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0656 AUTHOR

Werner Bartl

Born 1958

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0657 POLITICIAN

Rainer Hable

Born 1972

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0658 HISTORIAN

Klaus Landa

Born 1974

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0659 MISSING

Berni Wagner

Born 1991

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0660 ROWER

Bernd Wakolbinger

Born 1976

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0661 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Floßmann

Born 1941

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0662 OFFICER

Wilhelm Eisner-Bubna

1875 - 1926

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0663 AUTHOR

Arnold Hagenauer

1871 - 1918

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0664 HISTORIAN

Johannes Mattes

Born 1983

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0665 ORGANIST

Albert Mülleder

1961 - 1999

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0666 ARCHITECT

Peter Sommerauer

Born 1966

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0667 OPERA

Marie von Marra-Vollmer

1822 - 1878

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0668 FILM

Bernhard Sallmann

Born 1967

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0669 REGISSEUR

Christine Eder

Born 1976

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0670 POLITICIAN

Franz Lorenzoni

1890 - 1948

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0671 BASSIST

Karl Sayer

Born 1953

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0672 POLITICIAN

Karl-Albert Eckmayr

Born 1934

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0673 PLAYER

Robert Reininger

Born 1958

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0674 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Windhager

Born 1957

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0675 SCREENWRITER

Ulrike Schweiger

Born 1969

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0676 ARCHIVIST

Gottfried Mraz

1935 - 2010

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0677 AUTHOR

Rainer Siegel

Born 1963

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0678 COMPOSER

Georg Nussbaumer

Born 1964

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0679 COSTUME DESIGNER

Herbert Kapplmüller

Born 1941

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0680 OPERA

Manuela Dumfart

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0681 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Jörg R. Mühlbacher

Born 1946

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0682 ARTIST

Alfred Stifter

1904 - 2003

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0683 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig

Born 1965

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0684 ARTIST

Peter Hauenschild

Born 1958

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0685 PAINTER

Klaus Liedl

Born 1949

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0686 PHILOSOPHER

Alexandra Gusetti

Born 1962

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0687 KÄMPFER

Michael Huemer (Bauer)

1777 - 1849

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0688 WRITER

Petra Nagenkögel

Born 1968

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0689 PAINTER

Franz Zimmermann (Maler)

1864 - 1956

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0690 COMPOSER

Peter Valentin (Musiker)

Born 1961

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0691 PAINTER

Albert Reibmayr (Maler)

1881 - 1941

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0692 ENTERTAINER

Hans-Jörg Ratzenböck

1943 - 2016

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0693 PRIEST

Michael Johann Wagner

1788 - 1842

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0694 CONDUCTOR

Walter Gugerbauer

Born 1955

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0695 ACADEMIC

Norbert Artner (Künstler)

Born 1963

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0696 PLAYER

Magdalena Jirak

Born 1986

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0697 PRODUCER

Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger

Born 1960

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0698 PAINTER

Leopold Zinnögger

1811 - 1872

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0699 LAWYER

Carl Chorinský

1838 - 1897

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0700 ARTIST

Jörg Auzinger

Born 1972

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0701 CONDUCTOR

Christoph Campestrini

Born 1968

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0702 HISTORIAN

Franz Kaindl (Historiker)

Born 1931

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0703 COMPOSER

Eduard Macku

1901 - 1999

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0704 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Kneifel

Born 1948

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0705 ACTOR

Markus Hamele

Born 1980

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0706 MATHEMATICIAN

Rudolf Lidl

Born 1948

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0707 VERTRETER

Ambrosius Spittelmayr

1497 - 1528

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0708 POLITICIAN

Hans Eisenkolb

1905 - 1978

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0709 ACADEMIC

Klemens Rappersberger

Born 1958

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0710 MUSIC

Josef Niederhammer

Born 1954

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0711 POLITICIAN

Rüdiger Schender

Born 1974

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0712 ACTOR

Eva-Maria Aichner

Born 1955

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0713 SCULPTOR

Johann Christian Frisch

1651 - 1677

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0714 COMPOSER

Klaus Hollinetz

Born 1959

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0715 WRITER

Henriette Sadler

Born 1954

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0716 HARPSICHORDIST

Elke Eckerstorfer

Born 1974

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0717 HISTORIAN

Jutta Leskovar

Born 1972

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0718 ACADEMIC

Helmut Beran

Born 1939

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0719 ACTOR

Franz Gary

1932 - 2003

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0720 PRESENTER

Silvia Schneider

Born 1982

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0721 POLITICIAN

Josef Aigner (Politiker, 1884)

1884 - 1947

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0722 AUTHOR

Anton Matosch

1851 - 1918

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0723 ACADEMIC

Marianne Weingärtner

1917 - 1995

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0724 FILM

Theo Linz

1928 - 2009

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0725 WRITER

Christine Roiter

Born 1964

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0726 ACADEMIC

Gerlinde Manz-Christ

Born 1960

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0727 POLITICIAN

Albert Leibenfrost

1923 - 2005

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0728 PROSTITUIERTE

Tibor Foco

Born 1956

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0729 AUTHOR

Wilhelm Donko

Born 1960

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0730 PAINTER

Julius Ullmann

1861 - 1918

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0731 PAINTER

Hermann Haider

Born 1938

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0732 MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Gottfried Gusenbauer

Born 1968

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0733 LAWYER

Susanne Fürst

Born 1969

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0734 ACTOR

Paul Blasel

1855 - 1940

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0735 CONDUCTOR

Vinzenz Praxmarer

Born 1979

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0736 ENTOMOLOGIST

Günther Theischinger

Born 1940

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0737 SINGER

Ty Tender

Born 1943

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0738 TROMBONIST

Petra Krumphuber

Born 1977

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0739 PAINTER

Franziska Baernreither

1857 - 1927

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0740 ARTIST

Toni Hofer

1903 - 1979

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0741 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Himmelbauer

1958 - 2013

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0742 AUTHOR

Otto Tremetzberger

Born 1974

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0743 COMPOSER

Gunter Waldek

Born 1953

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0744 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Povysil

Born 1954

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0745 OPERA

Margit Neubauer

Born 1951

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0746 CONDUCTOR

Thomas Kerbl

Born 1965

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0747 SPELEOLOGIST

Georg Lahner

1873 - 1963

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0748 PAINTER

Manfred Koutek

Born 1951

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0749 POLITICIAN

Karl Breitenthaler

1879 - 1950

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0750 BOOKBINDER

Heinz Bitzan

1892 - 1965

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0751 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Johannes Prammer

1948 - 2020

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0752 POLITICIAN

Silvia Kronberger

Born 1954

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0753 WRITER

Franz Resl

1883 - 1954

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0754 AUTHOR

Helmut Rizy

Born 1943

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0755 HOCKEY

Erik Kirchschläger

Born 1996

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0756 WRITER

Doris Kloimstein

Born 1959

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0757 ENTREPRENEUR

Josef Dierzer von Traunthal

1800 - 1857

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0758 PAINTER

Anatole Ak

Born 1956

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0759 HOCKEY

Marco Brucker

Born 1991

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0760 SPORT

Johann Pollak

1948 - 2019

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0761 PAINTER

Ernst Reischenböck

1923 - 1973

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0762 ECONOMIST

Helmut Pernsteiner

Born 1962

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0763 POLITICIAN

Bernd Lindinger

Born 1940

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0764 SKIER

Evelyn Pernkopf

Born 1990

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0765 JOURNALIST

Ernst Hilger (Journalist)

1920 - 2010

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0766 GEODESIST

Leopold Andres

1866 - 1950

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0767 VORSITZENDER

Kurt Weinberger

Born 1961

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0768 ACTOR

Wolfgang Hebenstreith

1908 - 1968

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0769 ACADEMIC

Joseph Franz

1704 - 1776

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0770 MUSIC

Simon Wascher

Born 1966

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0771 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Stockinger

Born 1981

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0772 POLITICIAN

Josef Dametz

1868 - 1927

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0773 ACADEMIC

Klaus Zeman

Born 1955

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0774 WRITER

Jörg Krenmayr

Born 1979

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0775 POLITICIAN

Emil Dierzer von Traunthal

1844 - 1904

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0776 JUDGE

Helmut Hörtenhuber

Born 1959

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0777 AUTHOR

Bernhard Saupe

Born 1976

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0778 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Schopper

1881 - 1952

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0779 ACADEMIC

Peter Oberndorfer (Jurist)

Born 1942

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0780 EDUCATOR

Georg Stifter

Born 1940

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0781 AUTHOR

Heinz Benzenstadler

Born 1944

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0782 INVENTOR

Ernst Fehrer

1919 - 2000

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0783 BANK

Carl Franz Planck von Planckburg

1833 - 1880

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0784 LAWYER

Heribert Forstner

Born 1936

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0785 CONDUCTOR

Walter Rescheneder

Born 1948

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0786 POLITICIAN

Karl Reininger

1852 - 1911

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0787 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Feichtinger

Born 1987

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0788 ACTOR

Matthias Hack

Born 1977

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0789 PRESBYTER

Eberhard Marckhgott

1912 - 1999

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0790 ENGINEER

Hans-Werner Frömmel

Born 1942

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0791 FOOTBALL

Wally Ziaja

Born 1949

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0792 ACADEMIC

Michael Krist

Born 1946

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0793 KATHOLISCHER

Gerhard Hartmann (Theologe)

Born 1945

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0794 SCULPTOR

Josef Ignaz Sattler

1852 - 1927

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0795 POLITICIAN

Fritz Freyschlag

1931 - 2004

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0796 WRITER

Evamarie Taferner

Born 1929

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0797 HISTORIAN

Karl Rehberger

1934 - 2018

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0798 AUTHOR

Kurt Mitterndorfer

Born 1951

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0799 DJ

Mefjus

Born 1987

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0800 RESEARCH

Matthias Troyer

Born 1968

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0801 AUTHOR

Volker Raus

Born 1946

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0802 ILLUSTRATOR

Thomas Fatzinek

Born 1965

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0803 AUTHOR

Henriette Auegg

1841 - 1912

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0804 POLITICIAN

Franz Hillinger

1921 - 1991

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0805 ART HISTORIAN

Elisabeth Nowak-Thaller

Born 1960

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0806 GALLERIST

Gerhard Brandl

Born 1958

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0807 PAINTER

Armin Andraschko

Born 1961

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0808 COMPOSER

Karl Derntl

1918 - 1975

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0809 WRITER

Harald Mini

Born 1960

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0810 SPORT

Gerald Horvath

Born 1978

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0811 SCULPTOR

Paul Florian Aigner

Born 1972

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0812 ACTOR

Therese Rosenberg

1757 - 1800

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0813 ACADEMIC

Erich Wolny

Born 1948

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0814 SINGER

Lara Krause

Born 1998

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0815 OFFICER

Adolph von Holzhausen

1866 - 1923

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0816 ACTOR

Karl Berndl

1840 - 1895

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0817 ARCHITECT

Wolfgang Steinlechner

Born 1942

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0818 POLITICIAN

Peter Michael Ikrath

Born 1953

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0819 KATHOLISCHER

Johann Baptist Schiedermayr der Jüngere

1807 - 1878

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0820 LAWYER

Klaus Fürlinger

Born 1965

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0821 ARTIST

Martina Reinhart

Born 1972

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0822 POLITICIAN

Marianne Gusenbauer-Jäger

Born 1956

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0823 WRITER

Ferdinand Kögl

1890 - 1956

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0824 SCREENWRITER

Natalie Halla

Born 1975

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0825 FOOTBALL

Tobias Lawal

Born 2000

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0826 JOURNALIST

Erwin Fischer (Journalist, 1939)

1939 - 2015

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0827 POLITICIAN

Franz Beyer (Politiker)

1857 - 1925

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0828 SCENIC DESIGNER

Johannes Steininger

Born 1977

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0829 WRESTLER

Franz Schumann

Born 1960

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0830 POLITICIAN

Christine Haberlander

Born 1981

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0831 GEOLOGIST

Reinhard Sachsenhofer

Born 1960

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0832 DIPLOMAT

Rudolf Leitner

1891 - 1947

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0833 POLITICIAN

Bettina Stadlbauer

Born 1967

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0834 CHEMIST

Heinrich Wänke

1928 - 2015

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0835 WRITER

Ursula Kabas

Born 1950

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0836 POLITICIAN

Otto Kranzlmayr

1911 - 1972

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0837 ACTOR

Eva Petrus-Pekny

1924 - 2020

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0838 POLITICIAN

Karl Sadleder (Politiker)

1883 - 1930

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0839 ART HISTORIAN

Bernhard Prokisch

Born 1957

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0840 PLAYER

Uwe Zisser

Born 1968

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0841 FOOTBALL

Simon Abraham

Born 1992

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0842 MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Wilhelm Albert von Jenny

1896 - 1960

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0843 ENTREPRENEUR

Erhard Grossnigg

Born 1946

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0844 FOOTBALL

Michael Höfler

Born 1993

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0845 ZOOLOGIST

Theodor Kerschner

1885 - 1971

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0846 POLITICIAN

Michael Hammer (Politiker)

Born 1977

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0847 ARCHITECT

Anton Estermann

1890 - 1970

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0848 AUTHOR

Marianne Jungmaier

Born 1985

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0849 PAINTER

Franz Anton Obojes

Born 1961

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0850 POLICE

Uwe Sailer

Born 1956

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0851 ART DEALER

Richard Eder

Born 1940

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0852 LAWYER

Bruno Binder (Jurist)

Born 1948

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0853 SONGWRITER

Ray Watts

Born 1970

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0854 ARCHITECT

Andreas Heidl

Born 1962

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0855 WRITER

Robert Stähr

Born 1960

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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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0858 SCULPTOR

Christian Bartel (Bildhauer)

Born 1958

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0859 ORGANBUILDER

Eduard Hirnschrodt senior

1875 - 1933

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0860 TEACHER

Konrad Glaser (Altphilologe)

1903 - 1943

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0861 HANDBALL

Andreas Varga

Born 1977

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0862 OPERA

Gotho Griesmeier

Born 1971

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0863 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Gottfried Ecker

Born 1963

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0864 LEHRER

Manfred Pilsz

Born 1954

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0865 PAINTER

Franz Hitz

Born 1952

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0866 FOOTBALL

Lorenz Höbarth

Born 1991

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0867 POLITICIAN

Christian Fischer (Politiker, 1879)

1879 - 1934

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0868 HOCHSCHULLEHRER

Ernst Friedrich von Someting

1668 - 1697

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0869 SCULPTOR

Thomas Kröswang

Born 1960

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0870 PAINTER

Max Schlager

1906 - 1982

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0871 ARCHITECT

Karl Vornehm

1893 - 1982

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0872 WRITER

Josef Khell von Khellburg

1714 - 1772

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0873 TEACHER

Volker Derschmidt

Born 1934

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0874 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Manfred Pertlwieser

1935 - 2015

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0875 SOCIOLOGIST

Josef Schmid (Soziologe)

1937 - 2018

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0876 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Bruneder

Born 1941

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0877 ARCHITECT

Josef Franz Dex

1899 - 1945

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0878 TECHNIKER

Anton Waldvogel

1846 - 1917

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0879 PAINTER

Hans Weibold

1902 - 1984

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0880 FIGHTER

Hubert Strassl

1918 - 1943

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0881 FOOTBALL

Christoph Binder (Fußballspieler)

Born 1991

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0882 POLITICIAN

Claudia Durchschlag

Born 1958

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0883 SINGER

Big J

Born 1984

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0884 AUTHOR

Werner Wöckinger

Born 1967

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0885 VIROLOGIST

Christian Kunz

1927 - 2020

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0886 ARTIST

Michaela Schwentner

Born 1970

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0887 LEHRER

Karl Brdlik

1874 - 1948

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0888 WRITER

Ingeborg Rauchberger

Born 1957

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0889 POLITICIAN

Walter Scherb

Born 1965

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0890 HOCKEY

Niklas Mayrhauser

Born 1993

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0891 AUTHOR

Johannes Würtz

1900 - 1967

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0892 POLITICIAN

Andreas Pum

Born 1971

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0893 COMPOSER

Gerhard Schmidinger

Born 1943

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0894 ARCHITECT

Bruno Buchwieser senior

1883 - 1960

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0895 PRESENTER

Kurt Jeschko

1919 - 1973

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0896 FOOTBALL

Ammar Helac

Born 1998

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0897 POLITICIAN

Robert Mehr

1886 - 1935

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0898 PAINTER

Horst M. Jaritz

Born 1960

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0899 AUTHOR

Innocenz Tallavania

1868 - 1934

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0900 JOURNALIST

Peter Zurek

1943 - 2013

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