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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

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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 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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Showing 38 of 883 notable people

0002 CONDUCTOR

Herbert von Karajan

1908 - 1989

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0031 MATHEMATICIAN

Eberhard Hopf

1902 - 1983

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0045 ENGINEER

Leopold Müller

1908 - 1988

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0063 WRITER

Grete Weiskopf

1905 - 1966

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0069 DIPLOMAT

Franz von Sonnleithner

1905 - 1981

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0072 POLITICIAN

Siegfried Uiberreither

1908 - 1984

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0097 MUSIC

Erich Schenk

1902 - 1974

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0108 ARTIST

Jean Welz

1900 - 1975

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0138 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Gustava Aigner

1906 - 1987

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0172 GOUVERNANTE

Paula Fichtl

1902 - 1989

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0216 PUBLISHER

Friedrich Welz

1903 - 1980

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0219 PAINTER

Paul Mathias Padua

1903 - 1981

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0230 BOTANIST

Richard Biebl

1908 - 1974

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0247 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Kurt Willvonseder

1903 - 1968

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0250 ACTOR

Harry Feist

1903 - 1963

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0304 ARTIST

Fritz Richter (Maler)

1904 - 1981

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0353 MUSIC

Wolfgang von Karajan

1906 - 1987

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0408 PAINTER

Theodor Kern (Maler)

1900 - 1969

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0428 ENGINEER

Josef Janisch

1909 - 1964

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0433 POLITICIAN

Josef Kaut

1904 - 1983

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0437 ACTOR

Karl Peukert

1903 - 1965

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0451 POLITICIAN

Anton Wintersteiger

1900 - 1990

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0460 PAINTER

Wilhelm Kaufmann (Maler, 1901)

1901 - 1999

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0490 SKATER

Leopold Maier-Labergo

1908 - 1939

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0508 DIPLOMAT

Bernhard Lippert (Diplomat)

1904 - 1946

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0517 PAINTER

Erich Windbichler

1904 - 1963

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0520 PUPPETEER

Hermann Aicher

1902 - 1977

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0547 ACTOR

Richard Tomaselli

1904 - 1981

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0550 PAINTER

Fritz Willy Fischer

1903 - 1963

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0577 MOUNTAINEER

Rudolf Schwarzgruber

1900 - 1943

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0608 ACTOR

Hans Bergen

1902 - 1967

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0642 LAWYER

Leopold Werner

1905 - 1977

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0645 PAINTER

Franz Lettner

1909 - 1998

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0799 PAINTER

Ady Fuchs

1908 - 2000

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0803 POLITICIAN

Josef Koppler

1901 - 1977

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0824 ENGINEER

Hilda Crozzoli

1900 - 1972

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0835 CERAMIST

Karl Adlmannseder

1902 - 1981

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0846 BUSINESS

Alfred Morawetz

1909 - 1988

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