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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 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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0022 ACTOR

Robert Hoffmann

Born 1939

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0033 CONDUCTOR

Leopold Hager

Born 1935

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0046 WRITER

Walter Kappacher

Born 1938

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0047 COMPOSER

David Behrman

Born 1937

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0059 ARCHITECT

Wilhelm Holzbauer

1930 - 2019

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0071 ACTOR

Margot Werner

1937 - 2012

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0106 WRITER

Peter Knorr

Born 1939

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0151 VIOLIN

Michael Frischenschlager

Born 1935

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0255 ACTOR

Robert Dietl

1932 - 2010

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0265 ACTOR

Eva Hörbiger

1938 - 2013

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0277 SCULPTOR

Roland Goeschl

1932 - 2016

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0354 POLITICIAN

Elfriede Karl

Born 1933

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0360 PRIEST

Johannes Neuhardt

Born 1930

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0366 HISTORIAN

Herbert Hausmaninger

Born 1936

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0429 ECONOMIST

Konrad Fuchs (Ökonom)

Born 1938

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0430 ARCHITECT

Gunther Wawrik

Born 1930

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0440 SKIER

Herlinde Beutlhauser

Born 1936

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0467 AUTHOR

Robert Brenner (Schriftsteller)

Born 1931

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0468 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Schlager

Born 1938

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0479 RACER

Manfred Magnus

Born 1939

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0485 POLITICIAN

Gerfrid Gaigg

Born 1932

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0511 LAWYER

Peter Leuprecht

Born 1937

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0534 ACTOR

Walter Riss

1931 - 2001

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0539 AUTHOR

Gregor M. Lepka

1936 - 2016

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0617 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Horst Wagner (Montanwissenschaftler)

Born 1939

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0630 PAINTER

Richard Damberger

1932 - 1990

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0653 HYDROLOGIST

Dieter Gutknecht (Hydrologe)

Born 1939

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0678 POLITICIAN

Helmut Frauscher

1934 - 1994

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0740 THEATRE

Helmuth Froschauer (Regisseur)

1939 - 1986

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0741 POLITICIAN

Josef Weichenberger

Born 1930

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0756 SINGER

Eleonore von Trapp

Born 1931

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0771 POLITICIAN

Helmuth Stocker

Born 1938

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0772 POLITICIAN

Ernst Leimböck

1931 - 1987

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0774 ARCHITECT

Richard Gach

1930 - 1991

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0863 LAWYER

Josef Kolmhofer

Born 1934

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