Austin (disambiguation)

Contents 1 Geographical locations 1.1 In the United States 1.2 In Canada 1.3 In Australia 1.4 Elsewhere 2 People 2.1 Surname 2.2 Given name 2.3 Fiction 3 Colleges 4 Religion 5 Business 6 Vessels 7 Pop culture 8 See also

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.

Austin may also refer to:

Geographical locations

In the United States

• Austin, Arkansas
• Austin, Colorado
• Austin, Chicago, Illinois
• Austin, Indiana
• Austin, Minnesota
• Austin, Nevada
• Austin, Oregon
• Austin County, Texas (note that Austin, Texas, is located in Travis County, Texas)

In Canada

• Austin, Manitoba
• Austin, Ontario
• Austin, Quebec
• Austin Island, Nunavut

In Australia

• Austin, Western Australia

Elsewhere

• Austin Station (disambiguation), various places
• Austin (CTA Blue Line), on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line
• Austin (CTA Green Line), on the CTA's Green Line

People

Austin is a given name and surname, an English language contraction of Augustine. It may refer to:

Surname

• Albert Austin (1881–1953), British/American actor
• Alfred Austin (1835–1913), British poet
• Brett Austin (1959–1990), New Zealand swimmer
• Bunny Austin (1906–2000), British tennis player
• Charlie Austin (born 1989), English footballer
• Charles Austin (born 1967), American athlete
• Chase Austin (born 1989), American NASCAR racecar driver
• Dallas Austin (born 1970), American musician
• Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
• Gene Austin (1900–1972), American singer
• Henry Austin (architect) (1804–1891), American architect
• Henry Austin (baseball) (1844–1904), American baseball player
• Herbert Austin (1866–1941), British founder of the Austin Motor Company
• Hubert Austin (1845–1915), British architect
• Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor
• John Austin (legal philosopher) (1790–1859), English jurist
• John Arnold Austin (1905–1941), American sailor
• J. L. Austin (1911–1960), British philosopher
• Johntá Austin (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
• Kate Austin (1864–1902), American writer, feminist and anarchist
• Kent Austin (born 1963), American football player and coach
• Lloyd Austin (born 1953), American general
• Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934), American writer
• Ned Austin (1925–2007), American actor
• Phil Austin (born 1941), American comedian and writer
• Sarah Austin (journalist) American Internet personality
• Sarah Austin (author) (1793–1867), English author
• Sherrié Austin (born 1970), Australian musician
• Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), American politician, founder of Texas
• Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American wrestler and actor
• Tex Austin (1886–1938), American rodeo promoter
• Tracy Austin (born 1962), American tennis player
• Woody Austin (born 1964), American golfer

Given name

• Austin Butler (born 1991), American actor
• Austin Clarke (born 1934), Canadian writer
• Austin Collie (born 1985), Canadian-born American football player
• Austin Healey (born 1973), British rugby player
• Austin Idol, the ring name of American professional wrestler Dennis McCord (born 1949)
• Austin Mitchell, UK Member of Parliament.
• Austin Nichols (born 1980), American actor
• Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956), English artist and magician
• Austin Stevens (born 1950), South African photographer

Fiction

• Steve Austin, fictional character in Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, which inspired the television series The Six Million Dollar Man
• Austin Powers, fictional character in films, created and portrayed by Mike Myers

Colleges

• Austin College, Sherman, Texas
• University of Texas at Austin, flagship campus of the University of Texas System
• Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee

Religion

• Austin is a contracted form of Augustine of Hippo
• As an adjective Austin refers to the Augustinian Order

Business

• Austin Automobile Company, short-lived American automobile company (not related to the Austin Motor Company or American Austin)
• Austin (brand), a brand owned by the Kellogg Company
• Austin Motor Company, British car manufacturer
• American Austin Car Company, short lived American automobile maker

Vessels

• USS Austin (1839), a sloop-of-war (originally in the Texas Navy)
• USS Austin (DE-15), a destroyer escort
• USS Austin (LPD-4), an amphibious transport dock

Pop culture

• Austin (song), a single by Blake Shelton
• Austin TV, a Mexican post-rock band
• Austin, a kangaroo Beanie Baby produced by Ty, Inc.
• Austin the kangaroo from The Backyardigans

See also

• Austen (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with Austin

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