31.2530° N, 97.3941° W

AUSTIN

Most Famous People Born in Austin, United States

Notable people
533
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1968
Most distinctive
Golf 8.8×
Through the Decades

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 golf8.8× the global rate.

Austin under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football78
  2. Actor76
  3. Baseball46
  4. Music30
  5. Politician29
  6. Singer28
  7. Basket18
  8. Writer15
  1. Golf88.8×
  2. Baseball467.6×
  3. Wrestler127.0×
  4. Music303.9×
  5. Screenwriter73.0×
  6. Actor762.7×
  7. Basket182.7×
  8. Singer282.5×
  1. Politician290.5×

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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Showing 19 of 533 notable people

0059 FOOTBALL

Night Train Lane

1927 - 2002

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0169 HUMORIST

Cactus Pryor

1923 - 2011

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0188 MUSIC

Joe Houston

1926 - 2015

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0212 MATHEMATICIAN

David E. Muller

1924 - 2008

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0219 COMPOSER

Geordie Hormel

1928 - 2006

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0235 MUSIC

Bess Lomax Hawes

1921 - 2009

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0240 PLAYER

Bernard Bartzen

1927 - 2019

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0253 JOURNALIST

George Christian (journalist)

1927 - 2002

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0270 HISTORIAN

Frank Vandiver

1926 - 2005

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0274 MUSIC

Gil Askey

1925 - 2014

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0343 FOOTBALL

Julian Spence

1929 - 1990

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0388 ACTOR

Janelle Johnson

1923 - 1995

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0464 FOOTBALL

Ken Jackson (American football)

1929 - 1998

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0487 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ravenna Helson

Born 1925

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0499 PHYSICIST

David Delano Clark

1924 - 1997

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0508 BASKET

Vince Hanson

1923 - 2009

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0516 OFFICER

David W. Winn

1923 - 2009

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0518 ADMIRAL

Dick Van Orden

1921 - 2018

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0529 POLITICIAN

Harvey B. Sathre

1920 - 2013

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