List of personalities of the city of Linz
This list contains personalities born in Linz as well as those who worked in Linz but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Linz
Until 1800
- Ambrosius Spittelmayr (1497–1528), representative of the Austro-South German Anabaptist movement
- Johannes Bünderlin (1499–?), Baptist and spiritualist
- Elisabeth of Austria (1526–1545), titular queen of Poland
- Ferdinand II (1529–1595), Archduke of Austria
- Johann Gregor Memhardt (1607–1678), builder and politician
- Johann Grueber (1623–1680), explorer, Jesuit and missionary
- Johannes Frisch (1628–1673 / 75), sculptor and carpenter
- Johann Christian Frisch (1651–1677), Basel sculptor and carpenter
- Romanus Weichlein (around 1652–1706), composer and violinist
- Johann Michael Prunner (1669–1739), architect of the baroque age
- Johann Adam Pruner (1672–1734), trader, city judge and mayor
- Adam Franz Karl (1680–1732), Obersthofmarschall
- Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680–1741), governor of the Austrian Netherlands
- Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683–1744), imperial field marshal and commander in chief
- Maria Anna of Austria (1683–1754), Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Portugal
- Franz Alois von Lamberg (1692–1732), auxiliary bishop in Passau
- Wolfgang Andreas Heindl (1693–1757), painter
- Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696–1770), plasterer and sculptor, altar builder and copperplate engraver
- Ignaz Greiner (1698–1755), theologian
- Joseph Walcher (1719–1803), Jesuit, mathematician and physicist
- Johann Amadeus Franz von Thugut (1736–1818), statesman
- Franz Xaver Glöggl (1764–1839), musician
- Theodor Baillet von Latour (1780–1848), officer and politician
- Marianne von Willemer (1784–1860), actress and dancer
- Joseph von Spaun (1788–1865), Lottery Awards Director
- Anton von Spaun (1790–1849), literary historian, folklorist and musician
- Josef Dierzer von Traunthal (1800–1857), textile industrialist and politician
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Carl Leopold Planck von Planckburg (1802–1868), banker
- Johann Baptist Schiedermayr the Younger (1807–1878), Catholic clergyman
- Michael Leopold Ferdinand Graf von Althann (1808–1890), officer
- Rudolf Kner (1810–1869), zoologist and ichthyologist
- Leopold Zinnögger (1811–1872), painter and botanist
- Ferdinand von Langenau (1818–1881), ambassador and military
- Joseph Roman Lorenz (1825–1911), high school teacher, economist and naturalist
- Hubert Meyer (1826–1895), painter and lithographer
- Ludwig Martinelli (1832–1913), actor and director
- Carl Franz Planck von Planckburg (1833–1880), banker
- Friedrich von Kenner (1834–1922), classical archaeologist
- Ida Pellet (1837–1863), German actress
- Carl Chorinský (1838–1897), lawyer
- Wilhelm Pailler (1838–1895), theologian and folklorist
- Josef Sprinzl (1839–1898), theologian and university professor
- Hermann Planck von Planckburg (1840–1904), landowner
- Alois Greil (1841–1902), painter and illustrator
- Henriette Auegg (1841–1912), writer, educator and carer
- Eduard Planck von Planckburg (1841–1918), member of the Landtag and Reichsrat
- Gerhard Haslroither (1842–1917), Cistercian Abbot of Schlierbach
- Theodor Petrina (1842–1928), internist
- Karl Zehden (1843–1901), geographer
- Andreas Reischek (1845–1902), explorer, ethnographer and ornithologist
1851 to 1900
- Anton Matosch (1851–1918), librarian and local poet
- Franz Xaver Held (1852–1932), teacher and politician
- Josef Ignaz Sattler (1852–1927), sculptor
- Adolf Fischer (1856–1908), middle school teacher, painter and illustrator
- Franziska Baernreither (1857–1927), painter and writer
- Franz Beyer (1857–1925), businessman and politician
- Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944), composer
- Alois Riegl (1858–1905), art historian and monument conservator
- Antonie Baumberg (1859–1902), writer
- August Göllerich (1859–1923), pianist, conductor and music writer
- Ernst Lauda (1859–1932), hydraulic and bridge engineering technician, top civil servant and consultant
- Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), writer, playwright and theater and literary critic
- Anton Pachinger (1864–1938), scientist and folklorist
- Franz Zimmermann (1864–1956), painter
- Norbert Ortner (1865-1935), internist
- Leopold Andres (1866–1950), general, cartographer and geodesist
- Hermann Benke (1866–1937), actor
- Adolph von Holzhausen (1866–1923), German officer and founder
- Raoul Frank (1867–1939), landscape painter
- Hedwig Bleibtreu (1868–1958), theater and film actress
- Josef Dametz (1868–1927), politician, trade unionist and mayor
- Fritz Lach (1868–1933), painter and graphic artist
- Stefanie Nauheimer (1868–1946), women's rights activist
- Innocenz Tallavania (1868–1934), senior magistrate
- Karl Planck von Planckburg (1869–1945), landowner
- Robert Reininger (1869–1955), philosopher
- Arnold Hagenauer (1871–1918), writer and critic
- Franz Ertl (1872–1933), railway employee and Christian social politician
- Eugen Werkowitsch (1872–1945), politician
- Karl Brdlik (1874–1948), teacher and local history researcher
- Eduard Euller (1874–1935), politician
- Franz Bauer (1876–1944), politician, innkeeper and commercial adviser
- Wilhelm Nida-Rümelin (1876–1945), sculptor
- Pedro Sinzig (1876–1952), Brazilian Franciscan, composer, writer and journalist
- Hedda Wagner (1876–1950), writer, composer, music teacher and women's rights activist
- Franz Langoth (1877–1953), teacher, sergeant and politician
- Jutta Sika (1877–1964), artist at the Wiener Werkstätte
- Karl Breitenthaler (1879–1950), member of the Reichstag
- Christian Fischer (1879–1934), editor and politician
- Wolfgang Denk (1882–1970), surgeon
- Bruno Buchwieser senior (1883–1960), architect
- Hugo Mayer (1883–1930), architect
- Franz Resl (1883–1954), comedian, entertainer and writer
- Josef Aigner (1884–1947), state official and politician
- Egon Hofmann (1884–1972), painter, poet, mountaineer and industrialist
- Karl Jax (1885–1968), classical philologist
- Robert König (1885–1979), mathematician
- Theodor Nußbaum (1885–1956), garden technician and construction director
- Ferdinand Brunner (1886–1945), politician
- Louise Kartousch (1886–1964), character dancer and operetta singer
- Robert Mehr (1886–1935), politician and mayor of Linz
- Egmont Colerus (1888-1939), writer
- August Kubizek (1888–1956), friend of Adolf Hitler
- Hans Commenda junior (1889–1971), local history researcher
- Max Fellerer (1889–1957), architect
- Ferdinand Kögl (1890–1956), musician and writer
- Demeter Koko (1891–1929), painter and draftsman
- Rudolf Leitner (1891–1947), envoy to Pretoria
- Ernst Koref (1891–1988), politician and mayor of Linz
- Otto Reisch (1891–1977), psychiatrist and T4 expert
- Richard Tauber (1891–1948), tenor
- Grete von Urbanitzky (1891–1974), writer, translator and journalist
- Ernst Hirsch (1892–1973), priest and politician
- Karl Scharrer (1892–1959), agricultural chemist
- Hans Franta (1893–1983), painter
- Heinrich Gleißner (1893–1984), lawyer and politician
- Klemens Brosch (1894–1926), painter and graphic artist
- Arthur Fischer-Colbrie (1895–1968), writer and civil servant
- Ludwig Hiermann (1897–1962), lawyer, chamber secretary and politician
- Wilhelm Kurtz (1897–1942), art dealer, boxer, swimmer and sports official
- Rudolf Reinhart (1897–1975), sculptor
- Paula Scherleitner (1897–1978), physician
- Gustav Canaval (1898–1959), journalist
- Franz Schattenfroh (1898–1974), Austro-German politician
- Alois Wimberger (1898–1981), teacher and politician
- Heinrich Kodré (1899–1977), Colonel in the General Staff and resistance fighter
- Anton Slupetzky (1899–1987), entrepreneur, National Socialist and war criminal
- Maria Höfner (1900–1992), Arabist and Ethiopist
- Alfred Poell (1900–1968), Viennese chamber singer
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Rudolf Reisenbauer (1901–1963), politician and employee of the Chamber of Commerce
- Eduard Macku (1901–1999), composer, conductor and artistic director
- Emmerich Pöchmüller (1902–1963), chemist
- Josef Dobretsberger (1903–1970), lawyer, economist and politician
- Konrad Glaser (1903–1943), classical philologist
- Adolf Kainz (1903–1948), canoeist
- Viktor Löwenfeld (1903–1960), German-American art teacher
- Helene of Austria (1903–1924), daughter of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany
- Alfred Crepaz (1904–1999), Tyrolean sculptor
- Karl Fellinger (1904-2000), physician
- Henriette Haill (1904–1996), writer
- Nikolaus Hofreiter (1904–1990), mathematician
- Erwin Schaller (1904–1984), guitarist, guitar teacher and composer
- Norbert Demmel (1905–?), Architect and SS leader
- Hans Eisenkolb (1905–1978), politician and SS leader
- Wilhelm Kühnelt (1905–1988), zoologist, entomologist, ecologist and environmentalist
- Franz Klafböck (1906–1969), member of the state parliament
- Eduard Zak (1906–1979), writer, translator and critic
- Fritz Eckhardt (1907–1995), actor, author and director
- Alexander Hackenschmied (1907–2004), avant-garde photographer and film director
- Hans Linser (1907–1991), agricultural chemist
- Rudolf Lonauer (1907–1945), National Socialist
- Anton Pischinger (1907–2003), mechanical engineer
- Walter Hitzinger (1908–1975), industrial manager
- Robert Bernardis (1908–1944), Lieutenant Colonel on the General Staff and resistance fighter
- Geli Raubal (1908–1931), niece of Adolf Hitler
- Auguste Jordan (1909–1990), Austro-French football player and coach
- Anton Mayrhauser (1909–1992), politician
- Fritz Fröhlich (1910–2001), painter
- Elisabeth Mühlenweg (1910–1961), painter and illustrator
- Josef Schweighofer (1910-2010), politician (SPÖ)
1911 to 1920
- Herbert Andorfer (1911–2003), SS-Obersturmführer, camp commandant and commandant of a "gang fighting unit" in northern Italy
- Hans Bach (1911–2002), agricultural scientist, sociologist, university professor and rector of the University of Linz
- Otto Kranzlmayr (1911–1972), politician and public prosecutor
- Heinrich Fichtenau (1912–2000), historian and diplomat
- Eduard Tenschert (1912–2003), painter
- Karl Wahlmüller (1913–1944), football player
- Elfriede Gollmann (1914–2007), stage actress
- Fred Jay (1914–1988), hit writer
- Oskar Sakrausky (1914–2006), theologian and bishop
- Kurt Wöss (1914–1987), conductor
- Heinz Fischer-Karwin (1915–1987), radio and television journalist and presenter
- Helmut Eder (1916–2005), composer
- Rudolf Hoflehner (1916–1995), sculptor and painter
- Josef Haiböck (1917–2002), General
- Karl Derntl (1918–1975), musician and composer
- Otto Glück (1918–2003), physician and politician
- Rudolf Bayr (1919–1990), playwright, poet, essayist, critic and translator
- Ernst Fehrer (1919–2000), inventor, industrialist and founder of the textile machine factory Dr. Ernst Fehrer AG
- Johann Haselgruber (1919–1967), entrepreneur
- Rosa Hofmann (1919–1943), communist youth functionary and resistance fighter
- Kurt Jeschko (1919–1973), sports journalist and television presenter
- Adolf Leidlmair (1919–2010), geographer and university professor
- Roman Leitner (1919–2012), auditor, tax advisor and Chamber President
- Karl Pelnöcker (1919–2002), architect, lecturing councilor
- Alfred Zemanovský (1919–1994), Czech composer, choir director and music publisher
- Paul Bös (1920–1967), actor and cabaret artist
- Walter Brauneis (1920–2000), politician and trade unionist
- Curt Christian (1920–2010), mathematician, logician and doctor
- Hermann Friedl (1920–1988), physician and writer
- Karl Ignaz Hennetmair (1920–2018), traveling salesman, piglet wholesaler and real estate agent
- Ernst Hilger (1920–2010), television journalist
- Hermann Kohl (1920–2010), geographer, geologist, educator and museum director
- Hubert Mann (1920–2014), actor
- Kurt Paupié (1920–1981), professor of newspaper science
- Kurt Steyrer (1920–2007), politician
1921 to 1930
- Ernst Balluf (1921–2008), painter and graphic artist
- Franz Hillinger (1921–1991), politician, civil servant and mayor of Linz
- Konrad Landgraf (1921–2000), politician and cafetier
- Sieglinde Wagner (1921–2003), contralto
- Erich Slupetzky (1922–1994), entrepreneur, FPÖ politician, right-wing extremist
- Heinz Schachermayer (1922–2007), entrepreneur
- Wilfried Scheib (1922–2009), television music pioneer
- Rudolf Aitzetmüller (1923–2000), Slavist
- Inge Egger (1923–1976), film actress
- Friedrich Jahn (1923–1998), restaurateur and founder of the Wienerwald chain
- Albert Leibenfrost (1923–2005), politician and economist
- Gerhard Possart (1923–1996), politician
- Karl Wiesinger (1923–1991), writer
- Erika Mahringer (1924–2018), ski racer
- Herbert Eisenreich (1925–1986), writer
- Otto Haubner (1925–1999), teacher, school director, poet, writer, painter and composer
- Günther Oellers (1925–2011), sculptor
- Leopold Helbich (1926–2004), master stonemason, industrialist and politician
- Igo Hofstetter (1926–2002), operetta composer
- Manfred Mayrhofer (1926–2011), Indo-Europeanist
- Ernst Reichl (1926–1996), chemist, computer scientist and entomologist
- Veit Relin (1926–2013), actor, screenwriter and director
- Heinrich Gleissner (1927–2016), ambassador
- Othmar Hageneder (1927–2020), historian
- Christian Kunz (1927-2020), virologist
- Horst Stadlmayr (1927–1998), cultural manager and founding director of the Brucknerhaus
- Kurt Klinger (1928–2003), writer and publicist
- Max Lotteraner (1928–2009), politician and athlete
- Heinrich Wänke (1928–2015), physicist and cosmochemist
- Edwin Zbonek (1928–2006), film and theater director
- Beatrix Eypeltauer (* 1929), lawyer and politician
- Theodor Hassek (1929–2009), composer and musician
- Bruno Primetshofer CSsR (1929–2014), Roman Catholic religious and canon lawyer
- Fritz Aigner (1930–2005), painter
- Rupert Falkner (* 1930), architect
- Egon Sohmen (1930–1977), German-Austrian economist
- Anton Wimmersberger (1930–1987), politician
1931 to 1940
- Wolf Dietrich (* 1931), film director
- Fritz Freyschlag (1931–2004), politician
- Josef Kirschner (1931–2016), journalist, television presenter and author
- Erich Robert Klein (1931–2016), biologist, botanist
- Kurt Muthspiel (1931–2001), choir teacher and composer
- Gottfried Bachl (1932–2020), university professor for Catholic dogmatics
- Franz Gary (1932–2003), actor
- Hans Georg Zapotoczky (1932-2010), psychiatrist
- Karl Grünner (1932–2003), politician
- Kurt Huemer (1933–2005), singer and actor
- Erich Eder de Lastra (* 1933), composer
- Erich Linemayr (1933–2016), FIFA referee
- Hans Petermandl (* 1933), pianist
- Walter Schmidinger (1933–2013), actor
- Karl-Albert Eckmayr (* 1934), politician
- Roland Ertl (1934–2015), architect
- Gerhard Pendl (* 1934), physician and university professor
- Karl Rehberger (1934–2018), priest, historian, archivist, librarian and university professor
- Konrad Oberhuber (1935–2007), art historian
- Manfred Pertlwieser (1935–2015), prehistorian, graphic artist and author
- Helmut Kindl (* 1936), Austrian biochemist and plant physiologist
- Hans Rochelt (1936–2016), author, culture editor
- Wolfdieter Bihl (* 1937), historian, scientific author and university professor
- Waltraut Cooper (* 1937), artist
- Martin Flossmann (1937–1999), actor, playwright and cabaret artist
- Bruno Riedl (1937–2019), organ builder
- Josef Schmid (1937–2018), sociologist
- Gerlinde Locker (* 1938), stage, film and television actress
- Karl Moik (1938–2015), television presenter and entertainer
- Helmut Satzinger (* 1938), Egyptologist and Coptologist
- Othmar Zechyr (1938–1996), painter and draftsman
- Helmut Beran (* 1939), statistician
- Hubert Gaisbauer (* 1939), author and radio department head
- Erhard Koppler (* 1939), trade union official, politician and ironworker
- Helmut Sohmen (* 1939), lawyer and manager
- Peter Stöger (1939–1997), artist and writer
- Peter Vodosek (* 1939), library historian
- Uwe Bolius (1940–2014), writer and director
- Prasthan Dachauer (1940–2016), painter and graphic artist
- Valie Export (* 1940), media artist
- Herbert Hiesmayr (1940–2016), educator, academic painter, author and local researcher
- Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy (* 1940), archaeologist and ancient historian
- Alfred Mitterhofer (1940–1999), organist, harpsichordist and composer
- Manfred Payrhuber (1940–2018), sports commentator
- Roland Traunmüller (* 1940), computer scientist
1941 to 1950
- Peter Huemer (* 1941), publicist, journalist and historian
- Ernst Krittian (1941–2018), traffic planner and university professor
- Wolfgang Lipp (1941–2014), German sociologist and university professor
- Laurids Ortner (* 1941), architect and university professor
- Karl Sinzinger (* 1941), rower
- Franz Speta (1941–2015), botanist
- Hubert Straßl (* 1941), writer
- Helmut Türk (* 1941), lawyer and judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- Martin Aigner (* 1942), mathematician
- Ute Bock (1942–2018), educator
- Olaf Bockhorn (* 1942), folklorist
- Helmut Dietachmayr (* 1942), politician
- Frank Elstner (* 1942), radio maker, television show host and inventor of television programs
- Ulli Fessl (* 1942), actress
- Ernst-Christian Gerhold (* 1942), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Hannelore Kramm (* 1942), pop singer and actress
- Susanna Kubelka (* 1942), writer
- Norbert Peters (1942–2015), engineer
- Günter Puttinger (* 1942), innkeeper and politician
- Rudolf H. Riener (1942–2012), journalist
- Johann Schuster (* 1942), politician and farmer
- Franz Schwabeneder (* 1942), journalist, director and art sponsor
- Herwig van Staa (* 1942), politician
- Gert Winkler (1942–2016), producer and director
- Wendelin Ettmayer (* 1943), politician and author
- Dieter Lukesch (* 1943), university professor and politician
- Dorothea Macheiner (* 1943), writer
- Hans Dieter Mairinger (* 1943), sociologist, educator, author and translator
- Manfred Ortner (* 1943), architect
- Uta Barbara Pühringer (* 1943), politician
- Hans-Jörg Ratzenböck (1943–2016), entertainer and museum director
- Reinhard Rieger (1943–2006), zoologist
- Helmut Rizy (* 1943), writer
- Arbogast Schmitt (* 1943), Graecist and university professor
- Bruno Wögerer (* 1943), politician
- Peter Zurek (1943–2013), journalist
- Heinz Benzenstadler (* 1944), author
- Peter Keppelmüller (* 1944), chemist and politician
- Peter Palese (* 1944), Austro-American virologist
- Gerhard Hartmann (* 1945), church historian
- Heribert Sasse (1945–2016), actor, director and theater manager
- Günther Leitner (* 1946), cultural manager
- Helmut Lukesch (* 1946), psychologist and university professor
- Johann Mayr (* 1946), historian, Germanist, lawyer and university professor
- Jörg R. Mühlbacher (* 1946), computer scientist
- Volker Raus (* 1946), writer
- Katharina Riese (* 1946), writer
- Shlomo Sand (* 1946), historian
- Wolfgang Schulz (1946–2013), concert flutist and university professor
- Dieter Stiefel (* 1946), economic historian
- Dietmar Brehm (* 1947), painter, filmmaker and professor
- Ingrid Holzhammer (* 1947), politician
- Johannes W. Pichler (* 1947), university professor
- Hubert Bognermayr (1948–1999), musician, composer and pioneer
- Peter Dinzelbacher (* 1948), historian
- Elfriede Kehrer (* 1948), poet
- Gottfried Kneifel (* 1948), politician
- Anna Mitgutsch (* 1948), literary scholar and writer
- Angela Orthner (* 1948), politician
- Thomas Ortner (1948–2013), journalist
- Elisabeth Rath (* 1948), actress
- Joseph Gallus Rittenberg (* 1948), photographer, set designer and painter
- Hans Sisa (* 1948), painter, sculptor and opera singer
- Erich Wolny (* 1948), lawyer and magistrate director
- Werner Horvath (* 1949), painter
- Herbert Kofler (1949–2019), economist
- Christoph Leitl (* 1949), entrepreneur and politician
- Edmund Linhart (* 1949), gallery owner, painter and graphic artist
- Elfriede Madl (* 1949), politician
- Barbara Nath-Wiser (* 1949), doctor
- Adam C. Oellers (* 1949), art historian
- Hans Popper (* 1949), Director of the Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Fund
- Josef Pühringer (* 1949), politician
- Wolfgang Becvar (1950–2006), veterinarian and author
- Heiner Boberski (* 1950), non-fiction author
- Helmut Draxler (* 1950), CEO of RHI AG
- Gilla (born 1950), singer
- Franz Glaser (* 1950), archaeologist
- Anselm Glück (* 1950), writer, painter and graphic artist
- Wolfgang Hofer (* 1950), pop singer, composer and songwriter
- Ursula Kabas (* 1950), psychologist and writer
- Walter Schachermayer (* 1950), university professor for financial mathematics
- Fritz von Thurn and Taxis (* 1950), journalist
- Leopold Windtner (* 1950), General Director of Energie AG Upper Austria and honorary President of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB)
1951 to 1960
- Friedrich Bernhofer (* 1951), politician and member of the state parliament
- Gerlinde Döberl (1951–1989), actress
- Eva Fischer (* 1951), artist and author
- Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (1951–2016), organist, composer, musicologist and Catholic theologian
- Camillo Gamnitzer (* 1951), author of chess problems
- Manfred Koutek (* 1951), painter and graphic artist
- Kurt Mitterndorfer (* 1951), author and cabaret artist
- Werner Pfeffer (* 1951), installation artist, creative consultant and event manager
- Beni Altmüller (* 1952), artist
- Clemens Hellsberg (* 1952), violinist
- Barbara Kleiner (* 1952), translator
- Franz Obermayr (* 1952), politician
- Eva Pfisterer (* 1952), business journalist
- Gerwald Rockenschaub (* 1952), artist and DJ
- Erwin M. Ruprechtsberger (* 1952), Provincial Roman archaeologist
- Roland Wagner (1952–2020), computer scientist
- Helmut Wiesinger (* 1952), actor, author and director
- Reinhold Aumaier (* 1953), writer and composer
- Wolfgang Böck (* 1953), actor and theater director
- Walter Demel (* 1953), historian
- Heinz Engl (* 1953), mathematician
- Peter Faerber (* 1953), film and theater actor and voice actor
- Peter Michael Ikrath (* 1953), bank manager and politician
- Walter Kohl (* 1953), writer
- Kurt Kotrschal (* 1953), biologist, behavioral scientist and author
- Gunther Neuhaus (* 1953), biologist and university professor
- Thomas Osterkorn (* 1953), journalist
- Karl Sayer (* 1953), jazz bassist
- Wolfgang Schimböck (* 1953), politician
- Margit Schreiner (* 1953), writer
- Susanne Wegscheider (* 1953), entrepreneur and politician
- Arnold Weixelbaumer (* 1953), politician
- Constanze Dennig (* 1954), neurologist, author, director, producer and theater manager
- Reinhard Firlinger (* 1954), management consultant and politician
- Herwig Haidinger (* 1954), police officer
- Franz Kabelka (* 1954), writer
- Silvia Kronberger (* 1954), university lecturer
- Gabriela Moser (1954–2019), high school teacher and politician
- Josef Niederhammer (* 1954), double bass player
- Brigitte Povysil (* 1954), radiologist, primary doctor and state politician, former federal politician
- Franz Raschid (1954–2010), German soccer player and coach
- Robert Rebhahn (1954–2018), lawyer
- Henriette Sadler (* 1954), author
- Rudolf Trauner junior (* 1954), politician and entrepreneur
- Christoph Wagner (1954–2010), journalist and publicist
- Gerhard Wagner (* 1954), Roman Catholic priest in Windischgarsten
- Konstanze Fliedl (* 1955), literary scholar
- Walter Gugerbauer (* 1955), conductor
- Christoph Janacs (* 1955), writer
- Michael Krüger (* 1955), lawyer and ex-politician
- Ludwig Laher (* 1955), writer
- Rudolf Leitner-Gründberg (* 1955), painter
- Klaus Albrecht Schröder (* 1955), art historian and museum director
- Paul Achleitner (* 1956), member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE
- Eduard Arzt (* 1956), physicist
- Georg Dox (* 1956), journalist
- Tibor Foco (* 1956), pimp and motorcycle racer
- Elisabeth Max-Theurer (* 1956), dressage rider
- Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger (* 1956), teacher, vagante bishop and Benedictine
- Werner Neubauer (* 1956), politician
- Ingrid Pabinger-Fasching (* 1956), doctor and scientist
- Georg Werthner (* 1956), athlete
- Rainer Bartel (* 1957), lecturer in economics
- Andy Baum (* 1957), pop musician
- Josef Eberhardsteiner (* 1957), civil engineer and materials scientist
- Stefan Hammer (* 1957), university professor for constitutional and administrative law
- Wolfgang Kauer (* 1957), writer
- Dietmar Keck (* 1957), politician
- Gerhard König (* 1957), actor
- Bernhard Lang (* 1957), composer
- Klaus Lindenberger (* 1957), soccer goalkeeper and coach
- Herbert Lippert (* 1957), opera singer
- Christian Loidl (1957–2001), writer and performer
- Erich Möchel (* 1957), editor of the Futurezone
- Andreas Renoldner (* 1957), author
- Georg Schmiedleitner (* 1957), director and theater manager
- Waltraud Schütz (1957–2005), politician and social scientist
- Harald Schwarzbauer (* 1957), politician and trade unionist
- Peter Sonnberger (* 1957), administrative lawyer
- Hans Dieter Aigner (* 1958), artist and writer
- Peter Baldinger (* 1958), visual artist
- Werner Bartl (* 1958), author and television journalist
- Thomas Baum (* 1958), writer, screenwriter and supervisor
- Claudia Durchschlag (* 1958), politician
- Fritz Hammel (* 1958), theater, film and television actor
- Gottfried Hirz (* 1958), politician
- Harald Kislinger (* 1958), writer and playwright
- Gertraud Knoll (* 1958), Protestant pastor and politician
- Franz Lehner (* 1958), business IT specialist
- Bertrand Perz (* 1958), lecturer in contemporary history
- Kordula Schmidt (* 1958), politician
- Ulrike Schwarz (* 1958), social worker and politician
- Herbert Sklenka (* 1958), writer and journalist
- Ulrike Wall (* 1958), politician and savings bank employee
- Erich Watzl (* 1958), politician
- Friedrich Aumayr (* 1959), physicist
- Friedrich Buchmayr (* 1959), author, librarian, Germanist and publicist
- Eva Maria Gattringer (* 1959), politician
- Wolfgang Georgsdorf (* 1959), director, draftsman, painter, sculptor, musician and author
- Katharina Gsöllpointner (* 1959), art and media scientist
- Sylvia Haider (* 1959), actress and screenwriter
- Michaela Hinterholzer (* 1959), politician
- Doris Kloimstein (* 1959), writer
- Hofstetter Kurt (* 1959), artist and composer
- Herwig Mahr (* 1959), politician
- Ingrid Mülleder (* 1959), actress
- Christoph Nobody (* 1959), Roman Catholic theologian
- Severin Renoldner (* 1959), theologian and politician
- Heinrich Schaller (* 1959), bank manager
- Christian Sery (* 1959), artist
- Andreas Steppan (* 1959), actor, singer and entertainer
- Sonja Toifl-Campregher (* 1959), politician
- Stephan Wögerbauer (* 1959), walker
- Otto Zitko (* 1959), artist
- Werner Almhofer (* 1960), diplomat
- Wilfried Auerbach (* 1960), athlete, politician and management consultant
- Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger (* 1960), musician, music producer and artist
- Sabine M. Gruber (* 1960), writer and music journalist
- Eugenie Kain (1960–2010), writer
- Günther Kaip (* 1960), writer
- Peter Reiter (* 1960), judoka
- Thomas Renoldner (* 1960), film director and film curator
- Martina Salomon (* 1960), journalist
- Wilfried Steiner (* 1960), writer
- Alois Stöger (* 1960), politician
- Franz Welser-Möst (* 1960), conductor
1961 to 1970
- Andreas Findig (1961–2018), writer
- Albert Mülleder (1961–1999), organist and vicariate cantor
- Klaus Nüchtern (* 1961), journalist
- Wolfgang Pirklhuber (* 1961), agroecologist and politician
- Peter Valentin (* 1961), musician and composer
- Hilde Wanner (* 1961), politician and civil servant
- Hans Bürger (* 1962), journalist and television presenter
- Christian Deutsch (* 1962), politician
- Ernst Fürlinger (* 1962), Catholic theologian and religious scholar
- Paul Haslinger (* 1962), composer
- Thomas Henzinger (* 1962), computer scientist
- Alfred Huber (* 1962), composer
- Michael Pammer (* 1962), professor
- Helmut Pernsteiner (* 1962), economist and university professor
- Christian Radovan (* 1962), jazz trombonist and university professor
- RIK (1962-2011), musician
- Günther Steinkellner (* 1962), politician
- Gottfried Angerer (* 1963), bass guitarist, music teacher and systems analyst
- Mercedes Echerer (* 1963), stage and film actress, presenter and politician
- Christoph Etzlstorfer (* 1963), wheelchair athlete
- Barbara Feichtinger-Zimmermann (* 1963), classical philologist
- Gerhard Graml (* 1963), jazz bassist, band leader, composer and music teacher
- Andreas Hutter (1963–2016), journalist, author, cultural and film historian
- Rainer Siegel (* 1963), writer
- Doris Baum (* 1964), sociologist and educator
- Lorenz Duftschmid (* 1964), viol player and conductor
- Markus Föderl (* 1964), editor and television presenter
- Maria Hofstätter (* 1964), film and theater actress
- Wolfgang Lamprecht (* 1964), culture promoter and author
- Erich Lukas (* 1964), cook
- Alexander Neuhuber (* 1964), politician
- Georg Nussbaumer (* 1964), composer and installation artist
- Wolfgang Pree (* 1964), computer scientist and professor
- Christine Roiter (* 1964), writer
- Martin Apeltauer (1965–2006), politician
- Andreas Janko (* 1965), lawyer and professor
- Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (* 1965), politician
- Erich Kollmann (* 1965), poker player
- Christa Kolodej (* 1965), pioneer
- Michael Palm (* 1965), filmmaker and film theorist, film editor, film composer and sound designer
- Gerald Wirth (* 1965), conductor, composer and choir teacher
- Thomas Doss (* 1966), composer and conductor
- Gernot Kellermayr (* 1966), decathlete
- Harald M. Munichthal (* 1966), painter and graphic artist
- Thomas Oberreiter (* 1966), diplomat
- Anna Maria Pammer (* 1966), soprano
- Ulrike Rabmer-Koller (* 1966), entrepreneur and politician
- Elisabeth Vera Rathenböck (* 1966), writer
- Reinhard Resch (lawyer) (* 1966), lawyer and professor
- Martin Selle (* 1966), writer
- Christian Stumpf (* 1966), soccer player
- Simon Wascher (* 1966), musician and dancer
- Thomas Draschan (* 1967), visual artist and filmmaker
- Alexander Falk (* 1967), entrepreneur
- Euke Frank (* 1967), journalist
- Edgar Honetschläger (* 1967), filmmaker, screenwriter and artist
- Andreas Jungwirth (* 1967), actor and author
- Thomas Renner (* 1967), athlete
- Bernhard Sallmann (* 1967), filmmaker
- Bettina Soriat (* 1967), singer, dancer, comedian and choreographer
- Bettina Stadlbauer (* 1967), politician
- Thomas Stelzer (* 1967), Governor of Upper Austria
- Jürgen Werner (* 1967), soccer player
- Eveline Artmann (* 1968), lawyer and professor
- Christoph Campestrini (* 1968), Austrian conductor
- Thomas Duschlbauer (* 1968), communications and cultural scientist and journalist
- Thomas Eder (* 1968), literary scholar
- Lorenz Estermann (* 1968), artist
- Ernst Hausleitner (* 1968), sports journalist and ORF commentator
- Markus Hengstschläger (* 1968), geneticist
- Markus Huemer (* 1968), artist
- Gerhard Jarosch (* 1968), lawyer
- Wolfgang Lehner (* 1968), radio presenter
- Helmut Rechberger (* 1968), resource manager and university professor
- Karin Bachner (* 1969), jazz musician
- Mathias Kahler-Polagnoli (* 1969), actor
- Günther Lainer (* 1969), cabaret artist and juggler
- Birgit Minichmayr (* 1969), songwriter
- Michael Moser (* 1969), Slavist and university professor
- Chris Pichler (* 1969), actress
- Ulrike Schweiger (* 1969), director, dramaturgical advisor and author
- Nikolaus Thiel (* 1969), Abbot of Schlierbach
- Maria Buchmayr (* 1970), politician
- Ray Watts (* 1970), singer, composer, producer and publisher
- Hannes Wirlinger (* 1970), writer and screenwriter
1971 to 1980
- Bernhard Andreas Eckerstorfer OSB (* 1971), Benedictine and rector of the Benedictine University Sant'Anselmo in Rome
- Kristina Edlinger-Ploder (* 1971), politician
- Dietmar Petschl (* 1971), journalist and DJ
- Andreas Pum (* 1971), farmer and politician
- Jörg Auzinger (* 1972), media artist
- Harald Berger (1972-2006), three-time world champion in ice climbing
- Hannes Fuchs (* 1972), badminton player
- Rainer Innreiter (* 1972), writer
- Tarek Leitner (* 1972), journalist and TV presenter
- Jutta Leskovar (* 1972), prehistoric
- Werner Rathmayr (* 1972), ski jumper
- Wolfgang Sigl (* 1972), rower
- Herbert Wieger (* 1972), soccer player
- Peter Binder (* 1973), politician
- Herwig Drechsel (* 1973), soccer player
- Markus Altenfels (* 1974), author
- Bernhard Barta (* 1974), author and journalist
- Elke Eckerstorfer (* 1974), pianist, organist and harpsichordist
- Tania Haiböck (* 1974), duathlete and triathlete
- Gernot Hörmann (* 1974), journalist, radio presenter and television presenter
- Barbara Leitl-Staudinger (* 1974), lawyer and professor
- Martin Rummel (* 1974), cellist
- Rüdiger Schender (* 1974), lawyer and politician
- Parov Stelar (* 1974), DJ and producer
- Julia Kröhn (* 1975), novelist
- Lorenz Raab (* 1975), trumpeter
- Gerald Resch (* 1975), composer
- Julia Röper-Kelmayr (* 1975), doctor and politician
- Patrick Fölser (* 1976), handball player
- Michael Gruber (* 1976), politician and member of the Upper Austrian state parliament
- Jürgen Pettinger (* 1976), journalist and moderator
- Bernhard Saupe (* 1976), writer
- Birgit Unterweger (* 1976), actress
- Matthias Hack (* 1977), actor and radio presenter
- Michael Hammer (* 1977), politician
- Georg Kofler (* 1977), legal scholar
- Petra Krumphuber (* 1977), trombonist
- Vera Lischka (* 1977), swimmer
- Elisabeth Manhal (* 1977), politician and lawyer
- Birgit Minichmayr (* 1977), actress
- Metin Aslan (* 1978), football player
- Martin Ehrenhauser (* 1978), politician
- Gerald Horvath (* 1978), triathlete
- Ikarus Kaiser (* 1978), musicologist and composer
- Ewald Palmetshofer (* 1978), playwright
- Hartmut Pötzelberger (* 1978), American football player
- Christoph Stangl (* 1978), judoka
- Markus Kiesenebner (* 1979), soccer player
- Silvia Maleen (* 1979), actress
- Severin Mayr (* 1979), politician, member of the Upper Austrian state parliament
- Angelika Niedetzky (* 1979), actress and cabaret artist
- Teresa Präauer (* 1979), writer and artist
- Olivia Wöckinger (* 1979), qualified pedagogue, author and athlete
- Harald Ambros (* 1980), eventing rider
- Antonia from Tyrol (* 1980), musician and entertainer
- Sybille Bammer (* 1980), tennis player
- Thomas Burgstaller (* 1980), soccer player
- Jasmine Chansri (* 1980), politician
- Rainer Hons (* 1980), radio presenter
- Klemens Kainmüller (* 1980), handball player
- Sebastian Sageder (* 1980), rower
- Barbara Schinko (* 1980), writer
- Richard Traunmüller (* 1980), political scientist
1981 to 1990
- Matthias Beham (* 1981), athlete
- Wolfgang Bubenik (* 1981), soccer player
- Chakuza (* 1981), musician
- Marco Krainer (* 1981), celebrity chef
- Bobbie Singer (born 1981), singer
- Nicole Solarz (* 1981), politician
- Wolfgang Stockinger (* 1981), soccer player
- Tomas Tomke (* 1981), actor, singer and musical performer
- Helena Kirchmayr (* 1982), politician
- Alexander Koll (* 1982), ski racer
- Christoph Mitasch (* 1982), juggler
- Martina Ritter (* 1982), racing cyclist
- DJ Stickle (* 1982), DJ and producer
- Christina Stürmer (* 1982), singer
- Florian Danner (* 1983), radio and television presenter
- Silvia Hackl (* 1983), model, Playboy playmate and Miss Austria 2004
- Marianne Morawek (* 1983), judoka
- Manuel Schüttengruber (* 1983), soccer referee
- Big J (born 1984), rapper
- Marilies Jagsch (* 1984), musician and singer
- Dominik Koll (* 1984), swimmer
- Michael Mayr (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Nadja Vogel (* 1984), actress
- Christoph Eric Hack (* 1985), writer and historian
- Victoria Max-Theurer (* 1985), dressage rider
- Rainer Moosbauer (* 1985), soccer goalkeeper
- Viktoria Schwarz (* 1985), canoeist
- Andreas Ulmer (* 1985), soccer player
- Amelie Zadeh (* 1985), visual artist
- Niklas Hoheneder (* 1986), soccer player
- Florian Klein (* 1986), soccer player
- Manuel Mitasch (* 1986), juggler
- Thomas Hinum (* 1987), football player
- Thomas Asanger (* 1988), composer
- Haris Bukva (* 1988), football player
- Thomas Fröschl (* 1988), soccer player
- Patricia Reisinger (* 1988), politician
- Peter Schildhammer (* 1988), handball player
- Riccardo Zoidl (* 1988), racing cyclist
- Stefan Hayböck (* 1989), ski jumper
- Florian Hart (* 1990), soccer player
- Lukas Kragl (* 1990), soccer player
- Heinz Lindner (* 1990), soccer goalkeeper
1991 to 2000
- Michael Hayböck (* 1991), ski jumper
- Alexander Hermann (* 1991), handball player
- Maximilian Hermann (* 1991), handball player
- Matthias Huemer (* 1991), judoka
- Vincent Kriechmayr (* 1991), ski racer
- Christoph Lindenhofer (* 1991), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Michael Schimpelsberger (* 1991), soccer player
- Christoph Wagner-Binder (* 1991), soccer goalkeeper
- Sebastian Feichtinger (* 1992), handball player
- Markus Schiffner (* 1992), ski jumper
- Niklas Mayrhauser (* 1993), ice hockey player
- Edvin Hodžić (1994–2018), football player
- Mateo Kovačić (* 1994), Croatian-Austrian football player
- Mavi Phoenix (* 1995), pop musician
- Lara Krause (* 1998), young singer and model
Well-known residents of Linz
- Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), mathematician, astrologer, lived in Linz from 1612 to 1626
- Joseph Valentin Eybel (1741–1805), publicist, district administrator in Linz
- Johann Christoph Stelzhammer (1750–1840), Catholic clergyman, physicist and rector of the University of Vienna; spent the last years of his life in Linz after growing up there
- Joseph Fouché (1759–1820), French politician and police minister, spent part of his exile in Linz
- Joseph Höger Edler von Högen (1767 – after 1820), poet and administrative lawyer, from 1806 district councilor in Linz
- Johann Baptist Schiedermayr the Elder (1779–1840), composer and church musician
- Josef Ressel (1793–1857), forest clerk and inventor, attended high school in Linz
- Johann Konrad Vogel (1796–1883), confectioner, made the Linzer Torte popular
- Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), poet, writer, teacher, painter, lived in Linz from 1848
- Franz Seraph Rieder (1806–1873), clergyman, theologian and canon lawyer, canon and vicar general and head of the seminary in Linz
- Ignaz Mayer (1810–1876), founder of the Linz shipyard, came to Linz as a teenager
- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), composer, cathedral organist in Linz
- Johann Baptist Wenig (1826–1875), Jesuit, studied and was a high school professor in Linz
- Johann Jax (1842–1937), entrepreneur for sewing machines and bicycles as well as donor of the Sacred Heart Church
- Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), physicist and philosopher, studied at the Academic Gymnasium, Spittelwiese
- Gustav Steinberger (1862–1931), architect and master builder in Linz from 1892 to 1925
- Andreas Strickner (1863–1949), painter, lived in Urfahr from 1898 until his death
- Matthäus Schlager (1870–1959), architect and master builder in Linz
- August Sander (1876–1964), photographer, lived in Linz from 1901 to 1910
- Curt Kühne (1883–1963), architect, urban planning director and civil engineer in Linz
- Adolf Wagner von der Mühl (1884–1962), sculptor, lived and worked in Linz for some time
- Ignaz Brantner (1886–1960), actor, author, librettist, director of the Linz State Theater from 1932 to 1953
- Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), dictator, attended secondary school here
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher, lived in Linz for about two years and successfully graduated from secondary school in 1906, later fading school
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), National Socialist, attended secondary school here
- Hans Foschum (1906–1956), architect and senior building officer of the state building management
- Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), SS-Obersturmbannführer, jointly responsible for the Holocaust; spent childhood and youth in Linz (1914–1933)
- Peter Kammerstätter (1911–1993), resistance fighter and local researcher
- Gottfried Nobl (1923–2017), architect and master builder in Linz
- Gustav Resch (1926–2004), poet, lived in Linz from 1946 until his death
- Silvia Glogner (1940–2011), theater actress, lived in Linz since 1976
- Peter B. Hauser (* 1942), numismatist
- Peter Androsch (* 1963), musician and composer, has lived in Linz since 1969
- Gazmend Freitag (* 1968), painter, has lived in Linz since 2009