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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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Carly Fiorina
Born 1954
Ronna McDaniel
Born 1973
Ron Kirk
Born 1954
Cecile Richards
Born 1958
Robert C. Eckhardt
1913 - 2001
Price Daniel Jr.
1941 - 1981
Lee Leffingwell
Born 1939
Melinda Schwegmann
Born 1946
Victor Christgau
1894 - 1991
Brian Jones (politician)
Born 1968
Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr.
1860 - 1925
Dawnna Dukes
Born 1963
Dan Sparks
Born 1968
Ted L. Strickland
1932 - 2012
Bob Armstrong (politician)
1932 - 2015
Marcus Simon
Born 1970
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Born 1939
Dave Senjem
Born 1942
Patricia D. Jehlen
Born 1943
Zack Hudgins
Born 1968
Tommy Wells
Born 1957
Dan Gattis
Born 1967
Edmund Kuempel
1942 - 2010
Carolyn McElfatrick
Born 1944
Ardell Brede
Born 1939
Edward Burleson Raymond
1848 - 1914
Lewis Hancock Jr.
1889 - 1925
John R. Smith (agriculture commissioner)
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Harvey B. Sathre
1920 - 2013