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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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0004 POLITICIAN

Carly Fiorina

Born 1954

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0014 NOVELIST

Bruce Sterling

Born 1954

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0016 GUITAR

Eric Johnson

Born 1954

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0029 ACTOR

Jay O. Sanders

Born 1953

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0035 FILM

Thomas Carter (director)

Born 1953

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0039 ACTOR

Matt McCoy (actor)

Born 1958

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0045 GOLF

Ben Crenshaw

Born 1952

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0054 GOLF

Tom Lehman

Born 1959

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0082 ECONOMIST

Carl Shapiro

Born 1955

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0084 BANDLEADER

George Sanger (musician)

Born 1957

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0089 ACTOR

Bill Johnson (film and television actor)

Born 1951

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0090 POLITICIAN

Ron Kirk

Born 1954

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0110 MUSIC

Kathy Valentine

Born 1959

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0122 PHYSICIST

Steven Girvin

Born 1950

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0136 FOOTBALL

Thomas Henderson (American football)

Born 1953

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0143 FILM

Rocky Schenck

Born 1955

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0144 WRITER

Gary W. Keller

Born 1957

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0154 POLITICIAN

Cecile Richards

Born 1958

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0165 ASTRONAUT

Kenneth Cockrell

Born 1950

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0166 ACTOR

Angee Hughes

Born 1955

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0192 DIPLOMAT

William Brownfield

Born 1952

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0201 ACTOR

Gary Poulter

1959 - 2013

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0233 SINGER

Terry McBride (musician)

Born 1958

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0234 PHYSICIAN

Jerry Vlasak

Born 1958

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0241 BASEBALL

Rick Mahler

1953 - 2005

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0243 SINGER

Carla Olson

Born 1952

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0250 REPRESENTATIVE

Donna Howard

Born 1951

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0258 BOXER

Hilmer Kenty

Born 1955

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0292 DRUMMER

Mike Buck

Born 1952

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0308 REPRESENTATIVE

Aaron Peña

Born 1959

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0311 SINGER

Texas Terri

Born 1955

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0315 AIRLINE PILOT

Louis Freeman (pilot)

Born 1952

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0318 FOOTBALL

Dave Simonson

Born 1952

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0342 FOOTBALL

Billy Brooks

Born 1953

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0376 LAWYER

Terry Keel

Born 1958

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0384 FOOTBALL

Eric Felton

Born 1955

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0390 POLITICIAN

Tommy Wells

Born 1957

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0392 RADIOLOGIST

Val Murray Runge

Born 1956

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0395 LAWYER

Will Ford Hartnett

Born 1956

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0396 FOOTBALL

Edgar Fields

Born 1954

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0405 LAWYER

James Strock

Born 1956

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0422 BUSINESS

Louis Meyers

1955 - 2016

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0424 COACH

Valorie Kondos Field

Born 1959

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0428 SECRETARY

Brian D. Montgomery

Born 1956

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0439 JOURNALIST

Celia W. Dugger

Born 1958

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0440 FOOTBALL

Mike Patrick (American football)

1952 - 2008

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0441 GAMBLER

William Lee Bergstrom

1951 - 1985

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0479 SONGWRITER

Forrest Howard McDonald

Born 1950

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0489 FOOTBALL

John Harvey (Canadian football)

Born 1950

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0495 MUSIC

Marshall Wilborn

Born 1952

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