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SALZBURG

Most Famous People Born in Salzburg, Austria

Notable people
883
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1949
Most distinctive
Art Historian 5.4×

A baroque prince-archbishopric that still pays its bills on high culture: the Composer, Art Historian, Architect and Academic benches all come wrapped in Fischer von Erlach's churches and the Festspiele hive mind. The Skier line is the one honest concession to the twenty-first century, the mountains finally getting their due on a résumé the Residenz had been hogging for four hundred years.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Salzburg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 125 notable births.

What Salzburg Is Known For

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Politician is Salzburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (127).

Salzburg over-indexes on art historian5.4× the global rate.

Salzburg under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician127
  2. Actor73
  3. Football52
  4. Painter45
  5. Author30
  6. Composer26
  7. Academic24
  8. Writer23
  1. Art Historian95.4×
  2. Skier104.4×
  3. Author303.9×
  4. Academic242.7×
  5. Composer262.2×
  6. Architect172.2×
  7. Painter451.9×
  8. Artist171.9×
  1. Football520.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Salzburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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883 notable people

0001 COMPOSER

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756 - 1791

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0002 CONDUCTOR

Herbert von Karajan

1908 - 1989

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0003 POET

Georg Trakl

1887 - 1914

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0004 PRINCE

Otto of Greece

1815 - 1867

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0005 SKYDIVER

Felix Baumgartner

Born 1969

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0006 MATHEMATICIAN

Christian Doppler

1803 - 1853

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0007 PIANIST

Maria Anna Mozart

1751 - 1829

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0008 PAINTER

Hans Makart

1840 - 1884

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0009 FOOTBALL

Alex Manninger

Born 1977

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0010 COMPOSER

Joseph Mohr

1792 - 1848

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0011 PRINCESS

Archduchess Louise of Austria

1870 - 1947

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0012 POLITICIAN

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Born 1948

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0013 ACTOR

Muriel Baumeister

Born 1972

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0014 ACTOR

Georg Friedrich (actor)

Born 1966

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0015 ACTOR

Gaby Dohm

Born 1943

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0016 CONDUCTOR

Sigismund von Neukomm

1778 - 1858

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0017 FOOTBALL

Julian Baumgartlinger

Born 1988

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0018 DUKE

Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria

1868 - 1935

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0019 PIANIST

Joseph Wölfl

1773 - 1812

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0020 OPERA

Angelika Kirchschlager

Born 1965

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0021 FOOTBALL

Roman Kienast

Born 1984

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0022 ACTOR

Robert Hoffmann

Born 1939

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0023 DRUMMER

Martin Grubinger

Born 1983

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0024 POLITICIAN

Barbara Rosenkranz

Born 1958

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0025 CONDUCTOR

Thomas Zehetmair

Born 1961

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0026 FILM

Virgil Widrich

Born 1967

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0027 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

1912 - 1994

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0028 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Arno Tausch

Born 1951

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0029 WRITER

Christian Felber

Born 1972

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0030 ACTIVIST

Max Schrems

Born 1987

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0031 MATHEMATICIAN

Eberhard Hopf

1902 - 1983

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0032 SOLDIER

Hermann Höfle

1911 - 1962

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0033 CONDUCTOR

Leopold Hager

Born 1935

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0034 DRIVER

Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg

Born 1997

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0035 FOOTBALL

Andreas Ibertsberger

Born 1982

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0036 ARCHDUKE

Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria

1874 - 1948

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0037 FOOTBALL

Konrad Laimer

Born 1997

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0038 FOOTBALL

Markus Berger

Born 1985

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0039 ACTOR

Franz Muxeneder

1920 - 1988

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0040 AUTHOR

Karl-Markus Gauß

Born 1954

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0041 ARCHDUKE

Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria

1872 - 1942

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0042 COMPOSER

Carl Heinrich Biber

1681 - 1749

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0043 POLITICIAN

Johannes Voggenhuber

Born 1950

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0044 FOOTBALL

Martin Amerhauser

Born 1974

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0045 ENGINEER

Leopold Müller

1908 - 1988

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0046 WRITER

Walter Kappacher

Born 1938

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0047 COMPOSER

David Behrman

Born 1937

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0048 ACTOR

Harald Krassnitzer

Born 1960

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0049 OPERA

Richard Mayr

1877 - 1935

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0050 PAINTER

Rueland Frueauf the Younger

1470 - 1545

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0051 SKIER

Reinfried Herbst

Born 1978

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0052 AUTHOR

Kathrin Röggla

Born 1971

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0053 ACTOR

Patricia Aulitzky

Born 1979

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0054 POLITICIAN

Friedhelm Frischenschlager

Born 1943

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0055 PLAYER

Sandra Klemenschits

Born 1982

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0056 PHYSIOLOGIST

Maximilian von Frey

1852 - 1932

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0057 OPERA

Franz Mazura

1924 - 2020

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0058 POLITICIAN

Wilfried Haslauer Jr.

Born 1956

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0059 ARCHITECT

Wilhelm Holzbauer

1930 - 2019

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0060 ACTOR

Peter Keglevic

Born 1950

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0061 SKIER

Philipp Schörghofer

Born 1983

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0062 FOOTBALL

Marco Meilinger

Born 1991

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0063 WRITER

Grete Weiskopf

1905 - 1966

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0064 PAINTER

Hubert Sattler (painter)

1817 - 1904

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0065 ACTOR

Julia Cencig

Born 1972

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0066 POLITICIAN

Caspar Einem

Born 1948

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0067 ACADEMIC

Veronika Hagen

Born 1963

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0068 FILM

Hermann Leitner

1927 - 2013

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0069 DIPLOMAT

Franz von Sonnleithner

1905 - 1981

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0070 PAINTER

Joseph Bergler

1753 - 1829

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0071 ACTOR

Margot Werner

1937 - 2012

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0072 POLITICIAN

Siegfried Uiberreither

1908 - 1984

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0073 ARCHIDUC

Henri-Ferdinand de Habsbourg-Toscane

1878 - 1969

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0074 DRIVER

Philipp Eng

Born 1990

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0075 GEOLOGIST

Joseph Russegger

1802 - 1863

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0076 ACTOR

Anton Pointner

1894 - 1949

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0077 PLAYWRIGHT

Erhard Buschbeck

1889 - 1960

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0078 COMMENTATOR

Sebastian Leitner

1919 - 1989

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0079 INVENTOR

Fritz Pfleumer

1881 - 1945

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0080 DRIVER

Mathias Lauda

Born 1981

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0081 PROFESSOR

Claire F. Gmachl

Born 1967

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0082 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Born 1919

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0083 ORGANIST

Franz Lehrndorfer

1928 - 2013

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0084 SPORT

Gerrit Glomser

Born 1975

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0085 WRITER

Ruth Aspöck

Born 1947

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0086 FOOTBALL

Hans-Peter Berger

Born 1981

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0087 JOURNALIST

Gerd Bacher

1925 - 2015

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0088 AUTHOR

Bodo Hell

Born 1943

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0089 ENTREPRENEUR

Alexander, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Born 1943

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0090 PIANIST

Grete Trakl

1891 - 1917

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0091 COMPOSER

Klaus Ager

Born 1946

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0092 FIGHTER

Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld

1918 - 1944

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0093 FOOTBALL

Stipe Vučur

Born 1992

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0094 FOOTBALL

Oliver Glasner

Born 1974

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0095 ARISTOCRAT

Aleksey Belevsky-Zhukovsky

1871 - 1931

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0096 ZOOLOGIST

Eduard Paul Tratz

1888 - 1977

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0097 MUSIC

Erich Schenk

1902 - 1974

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0098 SKIER

Mirjam Puchner

Born 1992

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0099 COMPOSER

Ignaz Assmayer

1790 - 1862

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0100 PHOTOGRAPHER

Andreas Horvath

Born 1968

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0101 FOOTBALL

Alex Jesaulenko

Born 1945

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0102 PHILOSOPHER

Helmut F. Kaplan

Born 1952

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0103 ARISTOCRATE

Engelbert-Marie d'Arenberg

1872 - 1949

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0104 ARTIST

Eva Grubinger

Born 1970

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0105 WRITER

Bettina Balàka

Born 1966

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0106 WRITER

Peter Knorr

Born 1939

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0107 ATHLETIC

Thomas Geierspichler

Born 1976

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0108 ARTIST

Jean Welz

1900 - 1975

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0109 MEDIA

Stefan Weber (media researcher)

Born 1970

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0110 PAINTER

Markus Schinwald

Born 1973

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0111 LAWYER

Friedrich Wimmer (Verwaltungsjurist)

1897 - 1965

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0112 FOOTBALL

Maximilian Karner

Born 1990

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0113 FOOTBALL

Stefan Savić (Austrian footballer)

Born 1994

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0114 FOOTBALL

Patrick Pentz

Born 1997

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0115 ACTOR

Michael Dangl

Born 1968

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0116 FILM

Frederick Baker

1965 - 2020

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0117 POLITICIAN

Claudia Schmidt (femme politique)

Born 1963

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0118 FOOTBALL

Karl Kainberger

1912 - 1997

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0119 DRIVER

Roland Ratzenberger

1960 - 1994

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0120 FOOTBALL

Eduard Kainberger

1911 - 1974

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0121 POLITICIAN

Klaus Werner-Lobo

Born 1967

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0122 FOOTBALL

Alexander Pöllhuber

Born 1985

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0123 SKIER

Gerhard Pfaffenbichler

Born 1961

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0124 ACTOR

Andrea Spatzek

Born 1959

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0125 RACER

Manfred Stengl

1946 - 1992

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0126 PRIEST

Berthold of Chiemsee

1465 - 1543

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0127 MILITAR

Hermann Buchner (pilot)

1919 - 2005

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0128 PAINTER

Franz Xaver von Pausinger

1839 - 1915

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0129 BIOLOGIST

Gerd B. Müller

Born 1953

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0130 SCREENWRITER

Rollo Gebhard

1921 - 2013

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0131 AUTHOR

Margret Kreidl

Born 1964

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0132 PAINTER

Ludwig Hans Fischer

1848 - 1915

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0133 PHYSICIAN

Johann Baptist Chiari

1817 - 1854

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0134 ACTOR

Karl Walter Diess

1928 - 2014

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0135 ORGANIST

Joseph Balthasar Hochreither

1669 - 1731

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0136 POLITICIAN

Helga Rabl-Stadler

Born 1948

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0137 FOOTBALL

Alexander Schlager

Born 1996

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0138 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Gustava Aigner

1906 - 1987

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0139 VIOLIN

Luz Leskowitz

Born 1943

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0140 LAWYER

Egmont Foregger

1922 - 2007

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0141 ARTIST

Bernhard Cella

Born 1963

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0142 PRIEST

Joseph Adam von Arco

1733 - 1802

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0143 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Hubert Sattler

1844 - 1928

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0144 SINGER

Dame (Rapper)

Born 1990

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0145 SINGER

Genia Kühmeier

Born 1975

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0146 ACADEMIC

Bettina Baumer

Born 1940

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0147 ACTOR

Carolin Fink

Born 1966

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0148 FOOTBALL

Fabio Strauss

Born 1994

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0149 ARCHBISHOP

Salome Alt

1568 - 1663

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0150 FOOTBALL

Michael Brandner (footballer)

Born 1995

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0151 VIOLIN

Michael Frischenschlager

Born 1935

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0152 PHOTOGRAPHER

Aglaia Konrad

Born 1960

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0153 ACTOR

Hans Hass (Schauspieler)

1946 - 2009

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0154 MATHEMATICIAN

Hannes Leitgeb

Born 1972

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0155 AUTHOR

Renate Aichinger

Born 1976

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0156 ARTIST

Ilse Haider

Born 1965

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0157 ROWER

Christoph Zerbst

Born 1963

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0158 MEDIEVALIST

Wilhelm Erben

1864 - 1933

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0159 ARCHITECT

Christine Lechner

Born 1960

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0160 FOOTBALL

David Schartner

Born 1988

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0161 ACTOR

Bill Kirchenbauer

Born 1953

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0162 KARATE

Alisa Buchinger

Born 1992

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0163 LUGER

Christina Schmuck

Born 1944

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0164 POLITICIAN

Andreas Kiefer

Born 1957

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0165 FOOTBALL

Luca Meisl

Born 1999

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0166 ENTREPRENEUR

Franz Humer

Born 1946

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0167 WRITER

Friedrich Ritter von Lama

1876 - 1944

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0168 PAINTER

Matthäus Schiestl

1869 - 1939

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0169 FOOTBALL

Markus Felfernig

Born 1983

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0170 FOOTBALL

Lukas Schubert

Born 1989

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0171 FOOTBALL

Stefan Perić

Born 1997

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0172 GOUVERNANTE

Paula Fichtl

1902 - 1989

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0173 SKI

Daniel Huber

Born 1993

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0174 CARICATURIST

Josef Benedikt Engl

1867 - 1907

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0175 FOOTBALL

Carolin Grössinger

Born 1997

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0176 WRITER

Thomas Bubendorfer

Born 1962

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0177 PROFESSOR

Andreas Lixl

1951 - 2015

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0178 LUTHIER

David Tecchler

1666 - 1748

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0179 FOOTBALL

Manuel Haas

Born 1996

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0180 PLAYER

Nikolas Berger

Born 1974

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0181 POLITICIAN

Franz Rehrl

1890 - 1947

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0182 ECONOMIST

Markus Schwaninger

Born 1947

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0183 PHOTOGRAPHER

Franz Krieger

1914 - 1993

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0184 CHEMIST

Carl Paal

1860 - 1935

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0185 DESIGNER

Nettie Rosenstein

1890 - 1980

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0186 FOOTBALL

Ernst Öbster

Born 1984

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0187 JUDO

Thomas Schleicher

1972 - 2001

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0188 PAINTER

Anton Steinhart

1889 - 1964

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0189 AUTHOR

Ignatz Anton von Weiser

1701 - 1785

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0190 FOOTBALL

Thomas Eder

Born 1980

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0191 SKIER

Tobias Kammerlander

Born 1986

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0192 SKIER

Thomas Graggaber

Born 1981

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0193 EXPLORER

Virgil von Helmreichen zu Brunnfeld

1805 - 1852

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0194 ACTOR

Melanie Kogler

Born 1985

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0195 CONDUCTOR

Josef Wallnig

Born 1946

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0196 ARCHITECT

Franz Anton Danreiter

1695 - 1760

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0197 SPORT

Peter Muckenhuber

Born 1955

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0198 DIVER

Niki Stajković

1959 - 2017

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0199 HANDBALL

Fabian Posch

Born 1988

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0200 FILM

Carlo Bernasconi

1943 - 2001

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0201 SPORT

Herbert Spindler

Born 1954

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0202 FOOTBALL

Martin Eisl

Born 1982

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0203 PRIEST

Rupert Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg

Born 1970

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0204 NEUROLOGIST

Else Pappenheim

1911 - 2009

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0205 LAWYER

Alfred J. Noll

Born 1960

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0206 DRIVER

Robert Lechner (pilote)

Born 1977

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0207 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Josef Weninger

1886 - 1959

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0208 PLAYER

Aqeel Rehman

Born 1985

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0209 COMPOSER

Franz Jakob Freystädtler

1761 - 1841

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0210 FOOTBALL

Peter Pöllhuber

Born 1985

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0211 ZOOLOGIST

Paul Pfurtscheller

1855 - 1927

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0212 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Werner Pfeifenberger

1941 - 2000

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0213 FOOTBALL

Jusuf Gazibegović

Born 2000

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0214 ART HISTORIAN

Franz Martin

1882 - 1950

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0215 ACTOR

Gabriele Jacoby

Born 1944

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0216 PUBLISHER

Friedrich Welz

1903 - 1980

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0217 BASKET

Bryce Douvier

Born 1991

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0218 ACTOR

Eva Herzig

Born 1972

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0219 PAINTER

Paul Mathias Padua

1903 - 1981

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0220 FOOTBALL

Marcel Holzmann

Born 1990

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0221 ACTOR

Susanne Czepl

Born 1959

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0222 ACTOR

Esther Kuhn

Born 1980

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0223 ACTOR

Brigitta Cimarolli

Born 1958

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0224 WRITER

Gerhard Amanshauser

1928 - 2006

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0225 ARTIST

Gretl Aicher

1928 - 2012

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0226 FOOTBALL

Patrick Mayer (Austrian footballer)

Born 1986

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0227 POLITICIAN

Karoline Edtstadler

Born 1981

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0228 NATURALIST

Eberhard Fugger

1842 - 1919

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0229 VIOLIN

Thomas Albertus Irnberger

Born 1985

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0230 BOTANIST

Richard Biebl

1908 - 1974

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0231 SINGER

Elisabeth Schwarz

Born 1984

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0232 JUDGE

Cecil Lavery

1894 - 1967

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0233 THEATER

Erwin Kerber

1891 - 1943

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0234 SKI

Andreas Rauschmeier

Born 1970

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0235 FILM

Florian Flicker

1965 - 2014

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0236 ACTOR

Gabriele Schuchter

Born 1956

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0237 JUDO

Roman Jahoda

Born 1976

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0238 ANATOMIST

Karl Aberle (Mediziner)

1818 - 1892

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0239 ACTOR

Julia Riedler

Born 1990

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0240 ACTOR

Georg Schuchter

1952 - 2001

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0241 WRITER

Hansjörg Zauner

1959 - 2017

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0242 ACTOR

Stefan Matousch

1948 - 2018

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0243 ACTOR

Fred Kraus

1912 - 1993

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0244 MODEL

Eleonore von Habsburg

Born 1994

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0245 AUTHOR

Irma von Troll-Borostyáni

1847 - 1912

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0246 POLITICIAN

Wilfried Haslauer senior

1926 - 1992

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0247 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Kurt Willvonseder

1903 - 1968

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0248 PAINTER

Melchior Bocksberger

1540 - 1589

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0249 MUSIC

Christoph Sietzen

Born 1992

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0250 ACTOR

Harry Feist

1903 - 1963

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0251 PSYCHIATRIST

Siegfried Kasper

Born 1950

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0252 ACTOR

Andreas Wimberger

1959 - 2019

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0253 ACTOR

Vitus Zeplichal

Born 1947

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0254 PAINTER

Agnes Muthspiel

1914 - 1966

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0255 ACTOR

Robert Dietl

1932 - 2010

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0256 ECONOMIST

Martin Kocher

Born 1973

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0257 AUTHOR

Martin Amanshauser

Born 1968

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0258 SINGER

Herta Talmar

1920 - 2010

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0259 SOLDIER

Emil Spannocchi

1916 - 1992

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0260 SKATER

Stina Martini

Born 1993

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0261 ACTOR

Marc Oliver Schulze

Born 1973

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0262 FILM

Adrian Goiginger

Born 1991

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0263 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Brandenstein

1898 - 1967

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0264 PHILOSOPHER

Günther Witzany

Born 1953

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0265 ACTOR

Eva Hörbiger

1938 - 2013

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0266 COMPOSER

Alexis Agrafiotis

Born 1970

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0267 PAINTER

Andrew Stevovich

Born 1948

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0268 ACTOR

Julia Horvath

Born 1974

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0269 FOOTBALL

Franz Feldinger

1928 - 2009

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0270 PAINTER

Lois Renner

Born 1961

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0271 ACTOR

Georges Kern

Born 1950

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0272 ARCHITECT

Max Rieder (Architekt)

Born 1957

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0273 PAINTER

Franz Hinterholzer

1851 - 1928

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0274 ACTOR

Franz Tomaselli

1801 - 1846

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0275 PHILOSOPHES

Jens Malte Fischer

Born 1943

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0276 ACTOR

Christoph Schobesberger

Born 1954

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0277 SCULPTOR

Roland Goeschl

1932 - 2016

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0278 CHEMIST

Rolf Schmid (Chemiker)

Born 1942

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0279 POLITICIAN

Herbert Moritz

1927 - 2018

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0280 PAINTER

Georg Jung (Maler)

1899 - 1957

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0281 ACTOR

Johanna Hohloch

Born 1964

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0282 LITERARY

Cornelius Hell

Born 1956

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0283 CERAMIST

Emil Pottner

1872 - 1942

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0284 PAINTER

Irene Andessner

Born 1954

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0285 PAINTER

Jakob Gasteiger

Born 1953

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0286 ACTOR

Barbara Magdalena Ahren

Born 1950

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0287 COMPOSER

Wolfgang Zamastil

1981 - 2017

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0288 ENTOMOLOGIST

Johann Egger

1804 - 1866

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0289 SINGER

Vlatka Pokos

Born 1970

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0290 AUTHOR

Lisa Witasek

Born 1956

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0291 ACADEMIC

Ingo Reiffenstein

Born 1928

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0292 WRITER

Hans Augustin (Schriftsteller)

Born 1949

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0293 ACTOR

Anna Tenta

Born 1977

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0294 JOURNALIST

Angelika Ahrens

Born 1972

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0295 MUSIC

Christoph Ehrenfellner

Born 1975

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0296 ACADEMIC

Lukas Hagen

Born 1962

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0297 EXECUTIONER

Franz Joseph Wohlmuth

1738 - 1823

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0298 ACADEMIC

Wilfried Brandstötter

Born 1970

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0299 DRUMMER

Sebastian Lanser

Born 1983

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0300 SINGER

Sebastian Fuchsberger

Born 1971

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