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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 historian — 5.4× 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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0027 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

1912 - 1994

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0032 SOLDIER

Hermann Höfle

1911 - 1962

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0078 COMMENTATOR

Sebastian Leitner

1919 - 1989

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0082 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Born 1919

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0092 FIGHTER

Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld

1918 - 1944

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0118 FOOTBALL

Karl Kainberger

1912 - 1997

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0120 FOOTBALL

Eduard Kainberger

1911 - 1974

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0127 MILITAR

Hermann Buchner (pilot)

1919 - 2005

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0183 PHOTOGRAPHER

Franz Krieger

1914 - 1993

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0204 NEUROLOGIST

Else Pappenheim

1911 - 2009

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0243 ACTOR

Fred Kraus

1912 - 1993

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0254 PAINTER

Agnes Muthspiel

1914 - 1966

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0259 SOLDIER

Emil Spannocchi

1916 - 1992

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0355 ACTOR

Willy Moser

1914 - 1994

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0439 COMPOSER

Friedrich Neumann (Komponist)

1915 - 1989

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0445 ACTOR

Inge List

1917 - 2003

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0482 MISSING

Walter Kurreck

1911 - 1966

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0498 PAINTER

Karl Weiser (Maler)

1911 - 1988

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0499 SCENIC DESIGNER

Sepp Nordegg

1913 - 1984

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0522 AUTHOR

Kurt Conrad (Museumsleiter)

1919 - 1994

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0535 AUTHOR

Trude Fontana

1910 - 1998

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0595 FOLKLORIST

Friederike Prodinger

1913 - 2008

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0624 SKI

Felix Holzermayr

1918 - 2001

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0637 POLITICIAN

Franz Seidl (Politiker)

1911 - 1992

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0679 POLITICIAN

Walter Leitner (Politiker)

1915 - 2002

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0682 OFFICER

Felix Adamowitsch

1919 - 2013

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0697 SKI

Markus Maier (Skisportler)

1911 - 2010

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0707 AUTHOR

Wilhelm J. Steiner

1918 - 1985

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0715 GÄRTNER

Richard Aspöck

1919 - 1941

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0729 OFFICER

Matthias Bermadinger

1919 - 1944

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0781 SPORT

Fritz Flachberger

1912 - 1992

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0784 SCULPTOR

Hans Baier (Künstler)

1912 - 1993

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0806 LAWYER

Kurt Planck

1911 - 1975

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0826 PIANIST

Kurt Neumüller

1914 - 1982

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0827 POLITICIAN

Josef Weißkind

1914 - 1977

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0848 POLITICIAN

Fritz Ledermann

1918 - 1993

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0859 COMPOSER

Alfred Maultasch

1914 - 2006

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0864 POLITICIAN

Fritz Schorn

1919 - 2004

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0871 RELIGIOUS

Roman Hinterhöller

1912 - 1989

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