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AUSTIN
Most Famous People Born in Austin, United States
- Notable people
- 533
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1968
- Most distinctive
- Golf 8.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Austin during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 109 notable births.
What Austin Is Known For
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Football is Austin's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (78).
Austin over-indexes on golf — 8.8× the global rate.
Austin under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Austin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
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Ethan Hawke
Born 1970
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Born 1964
Amber Heard
Born 1986
Carly Fiorina
Born 1954
Dakota Johnson
Born 1989
Nelly
Born 1974
Tom Ford
Born 1961
Ben McKenzie
Born 1978
Tobe Hooper
1943 - 2017
Dabney Coleman
Born 1932
Alan Lomax
1915 - 2002
Angus T. Jones
Born 1993
Michelle Forbes
Born 1965
Bruce Sterling
Born 1954
Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)
1945 - 2015
Eric Johnson
Born 1954
Gary Clark Jr.
Born 1984
Drew Brees
Born 1979
Angela Bettis
Born 1973
Ellar Coltrane
Born 1994
Steve Kloves
Born 1960
Grace Phipps
Born 1992
Mehcad Brooks
Born 1980
Tim O'Brien (author)
Born 1946
Teddy Wilson
1912 - 1986
Zachary Scott
1914 - 1965
Goldust
Born 1969
Marshall Allman
Born 1984
Jay O. Sanders
Born 1953
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Born 1971
Glen Powell
Born 1988
John Varley (author)
Born 1947
Roky Erickson
1947 - 2019
Bryan Clay
Born 1980
Thomas Carter (director)
Born 1953
Don Baylor
1949 - 2017
Doyle Bramhall II
Born 1968
John Madden
Born 1936
Matt McCoy (actor)
Born 1958
Lloyd Doggett
Born 1946
Kleio Valentien
Born 1986
Julie Powell
Born 1973
Ryan Lee (actor)
Born 1996
Larry Laudan
Born 1941
Ben Crenshaw
Born 1952
Bob Schieffer
Born 1937
Seth Putnam
1968 - 2011
Scott McClellan
Born 1968
Sarah Jarosz
Born 1991
Calvin Russell (musician)
1948 - 2011
Bobby Boswell
Born 1983
Lizzie Velásquez
Born 1989
Justin Mentell
1982 - 2010
Tom Lehman
Born 1959
Nick Foles
Born 1989
Callie Hernandez
Born 1995
Gabriel Luna
Born 1982
Barry Morrow
Born 1948
Night Train Lane
1927 - 2002
Sindee Jennings
Born 1986
Sarah Hagan
Born 1984
Gertrude Abercrombie
1909 - 1977
Michael Beinhorn
-
Huston Street
Born 1983
Lance Hoyt
Born 1977
Casey Abrams
Born 1991
Zack Wright
Born 1985
Amber Coffman
Born 1984
John Maus
Born 1980
Austin Amelio
Born 1988
Wiley Wiggins
Born 1976
Richard Eberhart
1904 - 2005
Curtis Jerrells
Born 1987
Tom Kite
Born 1949
Jesse Tobias
Born 1972
Kelly Johnson (baseball)
Born 1982
Paul London
Born 1980
Savan Kotecha
-
Nicole Paggi
Born 1977
Harry Knowles
Born 1971
Nick Krause
Born 1992
Carl Shapiro
Born 1955
Otep Shamaya
Born 1979
George Sanger (musician)
Born 1957
Oscar Moore
1916 - 1981
Xavier Silas
Born 1988
Ronna McDaniel
Born 1973
Claire Wineland
1997 - 2018
Bill Johnson (film and television actor)
Born 1951
Ron Kirk
Born 1954
Mickey Madden
Born 1979
Derek Haas
Born 1970
John Henry Faulk
1913 - 1990
Ross Ohlendorf
Born 1982
Hope Jahren
Born 1969
Shakey Graves
Born 1987
Lee Janzen
Born 1964
Tom Beauchamp
Born 1939
Kacey Jordan
Born 1988
Paul A. Partain
1946 - 2005
Damita Jo DeBlanc
1930 - 1998
James Kirkland (boxer)
Born 1984
Gene Ramey
1913 - 1984
Dawn Dunlap
Born 1963
Conor Jackson
Born 1982
Cyrus Longworth Lundell
1907 - 1994
Bradley Buckman
Born 1984
Justin Ruggiano
Born 1982
Wallis Currie-Wood
Born 1991
Kathy Valentine
Born 1959
Shauna Cross
-
Brandon Wood
Born 1985
Shark Boy
Born 1975
Rhett Miller
Born 1970
Joe King (actor)
1883 - 1951
W. C. Clark
Born 1939
Trace Bundy
Born 1977
Burdette Haldorson
Born 1934
Matt Belisle
Born 1980
Rick Trevino
Born 1971
John Danks
Born 1985
Steven Girvin
Born 1950
Andrew Weber
Born 1983
Victoria Kaspi
Born 1967
ACH (wrestler)
Born 1987
Ross Ulbricht
Born 1984
Elaine Anderson Steinbeck
1914 - 2003
Wendy Kopp
Born 1967
Baker Mayfield
Born 1995
Jay Arnette
Born 1938
Timothy Kopra
Born 1963
Lella Cuberli
Born 1945
Harvey Smith (game designer)
Born 1966
Mark Manson
Born 1984
Jason Liebrecht
Born 1977
Thomas Henderson (American football)
Born 1953
Don Webb (writer)
Born 1960
Greg Golson
Born 1985
David Wm. Sims
Born 1963
Ben Breedlove
1993 - 2011
Harvey Penick
1904 - 1995
Tillie Walden
Born 1996
Rocky Schenck
Born 1955
Gary W. Keller
Born 1957
Trevin Wade
Born 1989
Ann Wolfe
Born 1971
Jordan Danks
Born 1986
Craig Hutchinson
1891 - 1976
Cathleen Sutherland
-
Chance Ruffin
Born 1988
James Hormel
Born 1933
Homer Thornberry
1909 - 1995
Chantal Jones
Born 1988
Cecile Richards
Born 1958
Laurel Nakadate
Born 1975
Meg Turney
Born 1987
Fady Joudah
Born 1971
Mike Johnson (animator)
-
Scott Linebrink
Born 1976
V. O. Key Jr.
1908 - 1963
Heather Kafka
Born 1972
Kandace Krueger
Born 1976
SoMo
Born 1987
Ellen Wroe
Born 1988
Kenneth Cockrell
Born 1950
Angee Hughes
Born 1955
Michael Wuertz
Born 1978
Sonny Guadarrama
Born 1987
Cactus Pryor
1923 - 2011
Percy Haswell
1871 - 1945
Brent Clevlen
Born 1983
Kris Clack
Born 1977
Christina Murphy
Born 1981
Lee Jackson (composer)
Born 1963
Gray Haddock
Born 1972
Dean Ing
1931 - 2020
Justin Cook
Born 1982
Rey Washam
Born 1961
Stephanie Garcia
Born 1988
Robert C. Eckhardt
1913 - 2001
Elizabeth Rogers
1934 - 2004
Bart Bowen
Born 1967
Rhoshii Wells
1976 - 2008
Terry Todd
1937 - 2018
Bibb Falk
1899 - 1989
Albert Burditt
Born 1972
Bobby Duncum Sr.
Born 1944
Joe Houston
1926 - 2015
Bobbi Billard
Born 1975
Molly Kate Kestner
Born 1995
James W. Davidson
1872 - 1933
William Brownfield
Born 1952
Al Staehely
Born 1945
Daniel Sepulveda
Born 1984
Marshall Brown (basketball, born 1985)
Born 1985
Sahara Smith
Born 1988
Stanford Routt
Born 1983
Mitch Morse
Born 1992
Chante Black
Born 1985
Bruce Palmer Jr.
1913 - 2000
Gary Poulter
1959 - 2013
Ken Harvey (American football)
Born 1965
Tommy Field
Born 1987
Dustin Hopkins
Born 1990
Chris Houston (American football)
Born 1984
Jeremy Kerley
Born 1988
John Weeks (economist)
1941 - 2020
Lauren Worsham
Born 1982
Catherine Carr (screenwriter)
1880 - 1941
McKinze Gaines
Born 1998
Michael Webber
Born 1971
David E. Muller
1924 - 2008
Chris Carter (triple jumper)
Born 1989
Bryce Hager
Born 1992
Brian Anderson (sportscaster)
Born 1971
Dick DeGuerin
Born 1941
Nate Minchey
Born 1969
Kyle Martin (pitcher)
Born 1991
Geordie Hormel
1928 - 2006
Kris Tyrpak
Born 1992
Sarah Oppenheimer
Born 1972
Johnny Hardwick
Born 1963
Sodapoppin
Born 1994
Lisa Marie Newmyer
Born 1968
Ricky Manning
Born 1980
Harold Shumate
1893 - 1983
Willie Wells
1906 - 1989
Temple Lea Houston
1860 - 1905
Mark McClellan
Born 1963
Natalie Frank
Born 1980
Michael Lind
Born 1962
Kaley Fountain
Born 1988
Terry McBride (musician)
Born 1958
Jerry Vlasak
Born 1958
Bess Lomax Hawes
1921 - 2009
Chief Wilson
1883 - 1954
David Watson (actor)
1940 - 2014
Danny Schmidt
Born 1970
Reggie Brown (linebacker)
Born 1974
Bernard Bartzen
1927 - 2019
Rick Mahler
1953 - 2005
Carmen Bradford
Born 1960
Carla Olson
Born 1952
Joe Hursley
Born 1979
Price Daniel Jr.
1941 - 1981
Bob Motzko
Born 1961
Michael Ochs
Born 1943
Abby Cross
Born 1992
Lee Leffingwell
Born 1939
Donna Howard
Born 1951
William P. Foley
Born 1944
Charles Black (professor)
1915 - 2001
George Christian (journalist)
1927 - 2002
Brandon Slagle
-
Tracy Arnold
Born 1962
Jillion Potter
Born 1986
Elliot Weber
Born 1983
Hilmer Kenty
Born 1955
Melinda Schwegmann
Born 1946
Eric McClellan
Born 1993
Christian Waldvogel
Born 1971
Liz Hatch
Born 1980
Kerry Hyder
Born 1991
Jennifer Rovero
Born 1978
Jason Gerhardt
Born 1974
Victor Christgau
1894 - 1991
House Jameson
1902 - 1971
Bobby Duncum Jr.
1965 - 2000
Sam Sparks
Born 1939
Frank Vandiver
1926 - 2005
Eric Dingus
Born 1995
Alex Holdridge
Born 1975
Beryl Brintnall Simpson
Born 1942
Gil Askey
1925 - 2014
Max Frost
Born 1992
Maria Cotera
Born 1964
Paul Michael Stephani
1944 - 1998
Margaret Easley
Born 1970
Al Matthews (American football)
Born 1947
David F. Sellers
1874 - 1949
Mat Brinkman
Born 1973
Brian Jones (politician)
Born 1968
Riley Stearns
-
Derrick Strait
Born 1980
Angry Joe
Born 1984
Jeff Pinkus
-
Wade Townsend
Born 1983
Tom Brock (singer)
1942 - 2002
Martin Zellar
Born 1963
Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr.
1860 - 1925
Jackie Acevedo
Born 1987
Mike Buck
Born 1952
Dawnna Dukes
Born 1963
J. David Markham
Born 1945
Kinsey Schofield
Born 1985
Johnny Moore (guitariste)
1906 - 1969
Karen Wynn
Born 1962
Chelsea Davis
Born 1992
John Howard Sanden
Born 1935
Michael Griffin (American football)
Born 1985