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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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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Tobe Hooper
1943 - 2017
Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)
1945 - 2015
Tim O'Brien (author)
Born 1946
John Varley (author)
Born 1947
Roky Erickson
1947 - 2019
Don Baylor
1949 - 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Born 1946
Larry Laudan
Born 1941
Calvin Russell (musician)
1948 - 2011
Barry Morrow
Born 1948
Tom Kite
Born 1949
Paul A. Partain
1946 - 2005
Lella Cuberli
Born 1945
Bobby Duncum Sr.
Born 1944
Al Staehely
Born 1945
John Weeks (economist)
1941 - 2020
Dick DeGuerin
Born 1941
David Watson (actor)
1940 - 2014
Price Daniel Jr.
1941 - 1981
Michael Ochs
Born 1943
William P. Foley
Born 1944
Melinda Schwegmann
Born 1946
Beryl Brintnall Simpson
Born 1942
Paul Michael Stephani
1944 - 1998
Al Matthews (American football)
Born 1947
Tom Brock (singer)
1942 - 2002
J. David Markham
Born 1945
Dave Senjem
Born 1942
William Pitt Root
Born 1941
Danny Cater
Born 1940
Patricia D. Jehlen
Born 1943
Johnny Peacock (American football)
Born 1947
Ken Boswell
Born 1946
Larry Kramer (American football)
1942 - 2014
Joseph M. Watt
Born 1947
Charles Sawtelle
1946 - 1999
Edmund Kuempel
1942 - 2010
Roberta T. Manning
Born 1940
Russell A. Steindam
1946 - 1970
Bivian Lee
1948 - 1984
Carolyn McElfatrick
Born 1944
Bill Narum
1947 - 2009
Glen Clark (baseball)
1941 - 2018
Kay Buena
Born 1947
Johnny Treadwell
1941 - 2014