Austin
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Austin may refer to:
Geographical locations
In the United States
- Austin, Texas, the state capital of Texas
- Austin, Arkansas
- Austin, Colorado
- Austin, Chicago, Illinois
- Austin, Indiana
- Austin, Minnesota
- Austin, Nevada
- Austin, Oregon
- Austin County, Texas (note that Austin, Texas, is located in Travis County, Texas)
In Canada
Elsewhere
- Austin, Western Australia
- Austin Station (disambiguation), various places
People
Austin is a given name and surname, an English language contraction of Augustine. It may refer to:
Surname
- Alfred Austin (1835-1913), British poet
- Brett Austin (1959-1990), New Zealand swimmer
- Bunny Austin (1906-2000), British tennis player
- Charlie Austin (born 1989), English footballer
- Charles Austin (born 1967), American athlete
- Dallas Austin (born 1970), American musician
- Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
- Gene Austin (1900-1972), American singer
- Henry Austin (architect) (1804-1891), American architect
- Henry Austin (baseball) (1844-1904), American baseball player
- Herbert Austin (1866-1941), British founder of the Austin Motor Company
- Hubert Austin (1845-1915), British architect
- Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor
- John Austin (legal philosopher) (1790-1859), English jurist
- John Arnold Austin (1905-1941), American sailor
- J. L. Austin (1911-1960), British philosopher
- Johntá Austin (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
- Kate Austin (1864-1902), American writer, feminist and anarchist
- Kent Austin (born 1963), American football player and coach
- Lloyd Austin (born 1953), American general
- Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934), American writer
- Ned Austin (1925-2007), American actor
- Phil Austin (born 1941), American comedian and writer
- Sarah Austin American Internet personality
- Sherrié Austin (born 1970), Australian musician
- Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836), American politician, founder of Texas
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American wrestler and actor
- Tex Austin (1886-1938), American rodeo promoter
- Tracy Austin (born 1962), American tennis player
- Woody Austin (born 1964), American golfer
Given name
- Austin Butler (born 1991), American actor
- Austin Clarke (born 1934), Canadian writer
- Austin Collie (born 1985), Canadian-born American football player
- Austin Healey (born 1973), British rugby player
- Austin Idol, the ring name of American professional wrestler Dennis McCord (born 1949)
- Austin Mitchell, UK Member of Parliament.
- Austin Nichols (born 1980), American actor
- Austin Osman Spare (1886 – 1956), English artist and magician
- Austin Stevens (born 1950), South African photographer
Fiction
- Steve Austin, fictional character in Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, which inspired the television series The Six Million Dollar Man
- Austin Powers, fictional character in films, created and portrayed by Mike Myers
Colleges
- Austin College, Sherman, Texas
- University of Texas at Austin, flagship the University of Texas System
- Austin Peay State University, Clarksville,Tennessee
Business
- Austin Automobile Company, short-lived American automobile company (not related to the Austin Motor Company or American Austin)
- Austin (brand), a brand owned by the Kellogg Company
- Austin Motor Company, British car manufacturer
- American Austin Car Company, short lived American automobile maker
Vessels
- USS Austin (1839), a sloop-of-war (originally in the Texas Navy)
- USS Austin (DE-15), a destroyer escort
- USS Austin (LPD-4), an amphibious transport dock
Pop culture
- Austin (song), a single by Blake Shelton
- Austin TV, a Mexican post-rock band
- Austin, a kangaroo Beanie Baby produced by Ty, Inc.
- Austin the kangaroo from The Backyardigans