47.7973° N, 13.0477° E
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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Salzburg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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 historian — 5.4× the global rate.
Salzburg under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
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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- Filtered to 1850s Clear ×
Maximilian von Frey
1852 - 1932
Paul Pfurtscheller
1855 - 1927
Franz Hinterholzer
1851 - 1928
Karl Roll
1850 - 1934
Lina Bach-Bendel
1854 - 1920
August Prinzinger der Jüngere
1851 - 1918
Hermine Esinger
1852 - 1939