Klagenfurt ranks 951st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kaifeng, Breda, and Taif. Memorable people born in Klagenfurt include Robert Musil, Josef Stefan, and Ingeborg Bachmann. Memorable people who died in Klagenfurt include Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Svetozar Boroević, and Oskar Potiorek. Klagenfurt has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians and military personnels. Klagenfurt is located in Austria.
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee is the capital and largest city of the Austrian state of Carinthia, as well as of the historical region of Carinthia including Slovene Carinthia. With a population of 104.862, it is the sixth-largest city in Austria after Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the University of Klagenfurt, the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences and the Gustav Mahler Private University for Music. Klagenfurt is regarded the cultural centre of the Carinthian Slovenes, one of Austria's indigenous minorities. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1835 and 1989, Klagenfurt was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Robert Musil, Josef Stefan, and Ingeborg Bachmann. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Klagenfurt including Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Svetozar Boroević, and Oskar Potiorek.
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 1
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 2
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 3
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 4
1895 - 1949
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 7
1893 - 1975
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 10
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 11
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.74
Rank: 12
1738 - 1789
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 1
1856 - 1920
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 2
1853 - 1933
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 3
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 4
1913 - 2011
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 5
1728 - 1805
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 6
1893 - 1975
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Klagenfurt were politicians (3), writers (2), mathematicians (1), singers (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were politicians (2), military personnels (2), inventors (1), biologists (1), and skaters (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Klagenfurt, including Valentin Inzko and Ursula Plassnik. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Klagenfurt, including Hanns Albin Rauter, Valentin Inzko, and Ursula Plassnik.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Klagenfurt since 1700.