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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×
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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0009 FILM

Tobe Hooper

1943 - 2017

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0015 WRESTLER

Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)

1945 - 2015

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0024 WRITER

Tim O'Brien (author)

Born 1946

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0032 WRITER

John Varley (author)

Born 1947

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0033 SINGER

Roky Erickson

1947 - 2019

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0036 BASEBALL

Don Baylor

1949 - 2017

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0040 ATTORNEY

Lloyd Doggett

Born 1946

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0044 PHILOSOPHER

Larry Laudan

Born 1941

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0050 SINGER

Calvin Russell (musician)

1948 - 2011

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0058 SCREENWRITER

Barry Morrow

Born 1948

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0074 GOLF

Tom Kite

Born 1949

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0100 ACTOR

Paul A. Partain

1946 - 2005

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0132 SINGER

Lella Cuberli

Born 1945

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0187 WRESTLER

Bobby Duncum Sr.

Born 1944

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0193 MUSIC

Al Staehely

Born 1945

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0207 ECONOMIST

John Weeks (economist)

1941 - 2020

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0216 LAWYER

Dick DeGuerin

Born 1941

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0237 ACTOR

David Watson (actor)

1940 - 2014

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0245 POLITICIAN

Price Daniel Jr.

1941 - 1981

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0247 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Ochs

Born 1943

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0251 LAWYER

William P. Foley

Born 1944

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0259 POLITICIAN

Melinda Schwegmann

Born 1946

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0273 BOTANIST

Beryl Brintnall Simpson

Born 1942

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0277 KILLER

Paul Michael Stephani

1944 - 1998

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0279 FOOTBALL

Al Matthews (American football)

Born 1947

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0288 SINGER

Tom Brock (singer)

1942 - 2002

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0294 HISTORIAN

J. David Markham

Born 1945

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0347 POLITICIAN

Dave Senjem

Born 1942

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0349 POET

William Pitt Root

Born 1941

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0359 BASEBALL

Danny Cater

Born 1940

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0364 POLITICIAN

Patricia D. Jehlen

Born 1943

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0375 FOOTBALL

Johnny Peacock (American football)

Born 1947

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0383 BASEBALL

Ken Boswell

Born 1946

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0385 FOOTBALL

Larry Kramer (American football)

1942 - 2014

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0387 LAWYER

Joseph M. Watt

Born 1947

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0397 MUSIC

Charles Sawtelle

1946 - 1999

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0404 POLITICIAN

Edmund Kuempel

1942 - 2010

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0409 ACADEMIC

Roberta T. Manning

Born 1940

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0418 ARMY

Russell A. Steindam

1946 - 1970

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0427 FOOTBALL

Bivian Lee

1948 - 1984

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0442 POLITICIAN

Carolyn McElfatrick

Born 1944

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0447 ARTIST

Bill Narum

1947 - 2009

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0485 BASEBALL

Glen Clark (baseball)

1941 - 2018

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0491 SINGER

Kay Buena

Born 1947

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0519 FOOTBALL

Johnny Treadwell

1941 - 2014

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