Editing Graz (section)

== Notable residents ==
The following are some past and present notable residents of Graz.
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* [[Oktavia Aigner-Rollett]] (1877–1959), prominent physician
* [[Peter Handke]] (born 1942), [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[Johann Nestroy]] (1801-1862), playwright and actor
* [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] (1578–1637), Holy Roman Emperor
* [[Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland|Anne of Austria]] (1573–1598), Queen of Poland and [[Sweden]]
* [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]] (1608-1657), Holy Roman Emperor
* [[Béla Babai]] (1914–1997), [[Romani Americans|Romani American]] musician
* [[Wladimir Köppen]] (1846-1940), geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist
* [[Wolfgang Bauer (writer)|Wolfgang Bauer]] (1941–2005), Austrian writer
* [[Infanta Blanca of Spain]] (1868–1949), claimant to the throne of Spain
* [[Karl Böhm]] (1894–1981), Austrian conductor
* [[Ludwig Boltzmann]] (1844–1906), physicist, university Professor
* [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] (1840–1902), psychiatrist
* [[Constance of Austria]] (1588–1631), Queen of [[Poland]]
* [[Ulrich Ellison]], singer/songwriter
* [[Archduke John of Austria]] (1782–1859), field marshall, imperial regent and modernizer
* [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] (1863–1914), heir to the [[Austro-Hungarian]] throne.<ref>{{cite EB1922 |wstitle= Francis Ferdinand |volume = 31 |last=Pribram|first= Alfred Francis |author-link = Alfred Francis Pribram|short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Olaf Fjord]] (1897–1945), actor, film director and producer
* [[Princess Gina of Liechtenstein]] (1921–1989), [[List of princesses consort of Liechtenstein|Princess of Liechtenstein]] from 1943 to 1989
* [[Peter Rosegger]] (1843–1918), writer and poet
* [[Carl Julius Haidvogel]] (1891–1974), writer
* [[Gregor Hammerl]] (1942–2023), President of the [[Federal Council of Austria|Federal Council]]
* [[Nicolaus Harnoncourt]] (1929–2016), raised in Graz, conductor of classical works on period instruments
* [[Christian Herdtrich]] (1625–1684), Austrian Jesuit missionary to the [[Qing dynasty|Qing Empire]].<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle= Christian Wolfgang Herdtrich |volume= 7 |last= Huonder |first= Anthony |author-link= |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Victor Franz Hess]] (1883–1964), [[Nobel Prize]]-winning physicist
* [[Hans Hollmann (director)|Hans Hollmann]] (1933–2022), theatre director and actor
* [[Johannes Kepler]] (1571–1630), a German astronomer, astrologer, natural philosopher and mathematics teacher at a local seminary.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kepler, Johann | volume= 15 |last1= Clerke |first1= Agnes Mary |author1-link= Agnes Mary Clerke | pages = 749&ndash;751 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Helmut Kollars]] (born 1968), writer and illustrator
* [[Otto Loewi]] (1873–1961), [[Nobel Prize]]-winning physiologist
* [[Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria]] (1581–1597)
* [[Hans Michael Maitzen]] (born 1943), astronomer
* [[Marisa Mell]] (1939–1992), actress born and raised in Graz
* [[Franziska Meissner-Diemer]] (1841–1919), journalist and writer
* [[August Meyszner]] (1886–1947), SS officer executed for war crimes
* [[August Musger]] (1868–1929), invented slow motion cinema means
* [[Olga Neuwirth]] (born 1968), contemporary Austrian composer
* [[Lili Novy]] (1885–1958), [[Slovenia]]n lyric poet
* [[Marie Pachler]] (1794–1855), Austrian pianist
* [[Johann Puch]] (1862–1914), a Slovene inventor and mechanic
* [[Adam Rainer]] (1899–1950), only documented person to have been both one of the shortest and one of tallest people.
* [[Anton Rintelen]] (1876–1946), cabinet minister and [[Nazi]] conspirator
* [[Eduard Roschmann]] (1908–1977), Nazi SS Riga ghetto commandant
* [[Josef Schleich]] (1902–1949), farmer, helped liberate Jews in WWII
* [[Hermann Schloffer]] (1868–1937), surgeon
* [[Andreas Schnider]] (born 1959), theologian, academic teacher, author, publisher, consultant and politician, (ÖVP)
* [[Erwin Schrödinger]] (1887–1961), [[List of Nobel laureates in Physics|Nobel Prize–winning physicist]] in [[Quantum field theory|quantum theory]], Chancellor of Graz University in 1936
* [[Werner Schwab]] (1958–1994), playwright and visual artist
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (born 1947), former [[bodybuilding]] champion, actor and former governor of [[California]]; born and raised in farming village [[Thal, Austria|Thal]], {{convert|2|mi}} from Graz.
* [[Brit Stakston]] (born 1961), writer, public speaker and media strategist
* [[Friedrich St. Florian]] (born 1932), Austrian-American architect
* [[Robert Stolz]] (1880–1975), Austrian composer and conductor
* [[Nikola Tesla]] (1856–1943), a Serbian-American inventor, who studied electrical engineering in Graz
* [[Hertha Töpper]] (1924–2020), opera and concert [[contralto]]
* [[Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg]] (1568–1634), Austrian statesman and early "prime minister" during the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Eggenberg, Hans Ulrich von |volume= 9 |pages= 16-17 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]] (1656–1723), architect of the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque period]].<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard |volume= VII | page= 658 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall]] (1774–1856), Austrian orientalist, historian and diplomat.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von |volume= 12 |page= 898 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ernestine von Kirchsberg]] (1857–1924), landscape painter
* [[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]] (1836–1895), writer and journalist, studied in Graz; the term masochism is derived from his name
* [[Roman von Ungern-Sternberg]] (1886–1921), prominent figure in the Russian [[White movement]] and dictator of [[Mongolia]] in 1921
*[[Franz Voves]] (born 1953), Austrian politician (SPÖ), State governor of [[Styria]] for 10 years, icehockey player

=== Sport ===
* [[Bernd Brückler]] (born 1981), professional ice hockey player
* [[Hans Dobida]] (born 1929), Austrian former ice hockey player
* [[Elisabeth Eberl]] (born 1988), Olympic [[javelin throw]]er
* [[Michael Gspurning]] (born 1981), goalkeeper for FC Schalke 04
* [[Manfred Hoeberl]] (born 1964), powerlifter and strongman
* [[Helmut Marko]] (born 1943), former racing driver
* [[Emanuel Pogatetz]] (born 1983), footballer, played 446 games
* [[Jochen Rindt]] (1942–1970), first Austrian [[Formula One]] champion raised in Graz by his grandmother
* [[Gert Schnider]] (born 1979), [[Abalone (board game)|Abalone]] champion
* [[Markus Schopp]] (born 1974), former footballer, played 364 games
* [[Thomas Tebbich]] (born 1975), decathlete and pole vaulter
* [[Thomas Vanek]] (born 1984), [[Ice hockey]] player, raised in Graz
* [[Otto Wanz]] (1943–2017), former [[professional wrestler]] who held [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]]

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