List of Austinites
Notable current and former Austin, Texas residents include:
- Wes Anderson — film director[1]
- Clifford Antone — music impresario[2] (deceased)
- Lance Armstrong — cyclist[3]
- Michael E. Arth, artist, author (Democracy and the Common Wealth), documentary filmmaker (New Urban Cowboy), urban designer and futurist
- Stone Cold Steve Austin — professional wrestler[4]
- Marcia Ball — musician[5]
- Eugene C. Barker — historian[6]
- Lou Ann Barton — musician[7]
- Rich Beem - golfer
- Leila Bela — musician[8]
- Ray Benson - musician
- Angela Bettis — actress[9]
- Louis Black — journalist
- Bill Blythe - Houston Realtor, former state representative from Harris County, advertising agency owner in Austin in 1960s
- Maya Bond — singer-songwriter
- Silona Bonewald — political activist
- Terry Bozzio — musician
- Drew Brees — NFL quarterback
- Berkeley Breathed — cartoonist
- Mehcad Brooks — actor
- J. E. "Buster" Brown - lobbyist and former state senator
- Mack Brown — UT Football Coach
- Sandra Bullock — actress
- Burnie Burns — director and writer
- Mark Calaway — professional wrestler
- Kent Caperton - lawyer, lobbyist, former state senator
- Liz Carpenter — Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary, author and humorist (deceased)
- Michael Ray Charles — artist
- Ciara — singer
- J.M. Coetzee — Nobel Prize-winning novelist
- Shawn Colvin — musician
- Leslie Cochran - Austin icon
- Ben Crenshaw — golfer
- Jarrett Crippen — aka The Defuser, actor[10]
- Ian Crocker — Olympic swimmer
- Walter Cronkite — journalist and TV anchor
- Alfred Crosby — historian, author
- John Paul DeJoria - cofounder of Paul Mitchell
- Michael Dell — businessman
- Bradley Denton — author
- J. Frank Dobie — author
- Floyd Domino — musician
- Federico Archuleta — artist
- Joe Ely — musician
- Roky Erickson — musician
- Alejandro Escovedo — musician
- John Henry Faulk — radio personality (deceased)
- Farrah Fawcett — actress (deceased)
- Charlie Fern — White House speechwriter, journalist
- Tom Ford — fashion designer
- Jim Franklin — artist
- Kinky Friedman — musician, writer
- Richard Garriott — video game developer
- David Garza — musician
- Eliza Gilkyson — musician
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore — musician
- Alberto Gonzales — U.S. Attorney General
- Kellye Gray — jazz vocalist
- Brea Grant — Actress
- Jehmu Greene — political activist
- Patty Griffin — musician
- Nanci Griffith — musician
- Grupo Fantasma — band
- Kent Grusendorf - former state representative from Arlington, Texas, and later business investor in Austin
- Marc Gunn — musician, podcaster
- Mia Hamm - soccer player
- Ethan Hawke — actor
- Brendan Hansen — Olympic swimmer
- O.H. "Ike" Harris — attorney, lobbyist, former state senator
- Gibby Haynes — musician, lead singer of the Butthole Surfers
- Amber Heard — actress
- Mark Henry — professional wrestler
- O. Henry — author (deceased)
- Don Hertzfeldt - filmmaker
- Sara Hickman — musician
- Bill Hicks — comedian
- Jim Hightower — journalist, politician
- Tish Hinojosa — musician
- Tobe Hooper — film director
- Karen Hughes — former Undersecretary of State, White House Counsel
- James Hynes — author
- Molly Ivins — author, journalist (deceased)
- Jaxon — comic book artist, historian
- Robert Jensen — journalism professor, author, political activist
- Eric Johnson — guitarist
- Lyndon B. Johnson — U.S. President
- Lady Bird Johnson — First Lady
- Daniel Johnston — musician
- Alex Jones — radio host
- Chantal Jones — Model
- Marion Jones - track and field athlete
- Angus T. Jones Child actor
- Janis Joplin — musician
- Barbara Jordan — U.S. Congressman, professor
- Mike Judge — cartoonist, filmmaker
- Guy Juke — artist
- Terry Keel — politician
- Douglas Kellner — philosopher, author
- Tom Kite — Golfer
- Harry Knowles — film critic
- Kim Krizan — screenwriter, actress
- L. B. Kubiak - former state representative, veterinarian
- Gary Lavergne — author
- Russell Lee — photographer
- Richard Linklater — film director
- Paul London — professional wrestler
- John Mackey — businessman
- Rahul Mahajan — author, political activist, physicist
- Natalie Maines - singer
- Terrence Malick — film director
- Julian Mandrake — musician
- Ashley Massaro — former professional wrestler
- Terry McBride — musician
- Tim McCanlies — film director
- Matthew McConaughey — actor
- Captain Bill McDonald -- Texas Ranger[11]
- Bob McFarland - lobbyist and former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Arlington
- Ben McKenzie — actor
- James McMurtry — musician
- Walter Mengden - politician
- Ed Miller — Scottish folk musician, folklorist
- Monte Montgomery — guitarist
- Elizabeth Moon — sci fi, fantasy writer[12]
- Abra Moore — musician
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair — atheist activist (Deceased)
- Nelly — rap artist
- Willie Nelson — musician
- Elisabet Ney — artist
- Matt Noveskey — musician
- Michael O'Brien — photographer
- Chad Oliver — author
- Ephraim Owens - musician
- Aaron Peirsol — Olympic swimmer
- Turk Pipkin - activist, author, actor
- Creme Puff (cat) — Guiness Book of World Record holder
- Dan Rather — journalist, TV anchor
- Bob Ray — filmmaker
- Luke Redfield — musician, activist
- Spencer Redford — actor
- Governor Ann Richards — politician, teacher (Deceased)
- Andy Roddick — tennis player
- Robert Rodriguez — film director
- Joe Rollins — attorney
- Karl Rove — political advisor
- Darrell Royal — former UT football coach
- Virgil Runnels (Goldust) — professional wrestler
- Louis Sachar — children's author
- Jay O. Sanders — actor
- Ben Sargent — editorial cartoonist
- Linda Schele — Mayanist, art historian
- Denise Schmandt-Besserat — archaeologist
- Gilbert Shelton — comic book artist
- Andrew Sega —- musician, game designer
- John Wesley Snyder -- pioneer rancher and businessman
- Warren Spector — game designer
- Tommy Shane Steiner — musician
- Bruce Sterling — author
- Carole Strayhorn — politician
- David Stuart — Mayanist, epigrapher
- Karen T. Taylor — forensic and portrait artist
- Ernest O. Thompson — politician
- Chris Tomlin — musician
- W. D. Twichell - surveyor and civil engineer
- Charles Umlauf — artist
- Kathy Valentine — musician, songwriter
- Townes Van Zandt — musician
- Jimmie Vaughan — musician
- Stevie Ray Vaughan — musician (Deceased)
- Howard Waldrop — author
- Andrew Walker — musician
- Eli Wallach — actor
- Don Webb — author
- Walter Prescott Webb — author (Deceased)
- Garrett Weber-Gale — Olympic swimmer
- Steve Weinberg — physicist, Nobel laureate
- Spencer Wells — geneticist, anthropologist
- Willie Wells — athlete
- Charles S. West — jurist, politician
- Mack White — comic book artist
- Wiley Wiggins — actor, technaut
- Tedford Williamson — businessman; politician
- Kelly Willis — musician
- Owen Wilson — actor
- Phil Wilson — Texas Secretary of State
- Renée Zellweger — actress
References
- ^ Wes Anderson
- ^ Clifford Antone
- ^ Lance Armstrong
- ^ Steve Austin
- ^ Marcia Ball
- ^ Eugene C. Barker
- ^ Lou Ann Barton
- ^ Leila Bela
- ^ Angela Bettis
- ^ Jarrett Crippen
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1 (1897-1942), New York: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943, p. 809
- ^ Elizabeth Moon
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