List of people from Austin, Texas
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This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Austin, Texas, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It does not include people whose only connection with the city is attending the University of Texas; see: List of University of Texas at Austin alumni.
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- Jensen Ackles — actor
- Danneel Ackles — actress
- Paco Ahlgren — writer
- Marshall Allman — actor
- Natalia Anciso — artist and educator
- Clifford Antone — music impresario (deceased)
- Federico Archuleta — artist
- Bob Armstrong — politician, conservationist (deceased)
- Lance Armstrong — cyclist
- Stone Cold Steve Austin — professional wrestler
- Charlie Baird — judge and lawyer
- Marcia Ball — musician[1]
- Eugene C. Barker — historian[2]
- Lou Ann Barton — musician[3]
- Bayley — professional wrestler
- Rich Beem — golfer
- Leila Bela — musician
- Dan Benjamin — podcaster, founder of 5by5 Studios
- Ray Benson — musician
- Angela Bettis — actress[4]
- Scott H. Biram – musician
- Louis Black — journalist
- Maya Bond — singer-songwriter
- Terry Bozzio — musician
- H.W. Brands — educator, author and historian
- Berkeley Breathed — cartoonist
- Drew Brees — NFL quarterback
- Douglas Brinkley — author and professor of history
- Mehcad Brooks — actor
- Mack Brown — UT football coach
- Brian Brushwood — magician, podcaster, author, lecturer and comedian
- Sandra Bullock — Academy Award-winning actress
- Burnie Burns — director and writer
- Mark Calaway — professional wrestler
- Patrick Carney ("Chief Pat") — Mobile gamer, youtuber, CEO and founder of Tribe Gaming
- Liz Carpenter — Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary, author (deceased)
- Danny Cater — baseball player
- Phil Cates — state representative and lobbyist (deceased)
- Michael Ray Charles — artist
- Ciara — singer
- Gary Clark, Jr. — musician, actor, and rock star
- Gary Clarke – actor
- Leslie Cochran — Austin icon (deceased)
- J.M. Coetzee — Nobel Prize-winning novelist
- Tyson Cole — chef
- Dabney Coleman — actor
- Shawn Colvin — musician
- Connie Yerwood Connor — physician[5]
- Jody Conradt — retired U.T. women's head basketball coach
- Ben Crenshaw — golfer
- Jarrett Crippen — aka The Defuser, actor[6]
- Ian Crocker — Olympic swimmer
- Walter Cronkite — journalist and TV anchor (deceased)
- Alfred Crosby — historian, author
- Adam Curry — aka "The Podfather", co-inventor of Podcasting (along with Dave Winer) and co-host of No_Agenda (along with John C. Dvorak)
- John Paul DeJoria — businessman
- Michael Dell — businessman and CEO of Dell Technologies
- Bradley Denton — author
- Alvin Devane — retired police lieutenant (deceased)
- J. Frank Dobie — author (deceased)
- Floyd Domino — musician
- Ramón H. Dovalina — retired college president
- Joe Ely — musician
- Roky Erickson — musician
- Alejandro Escovedo — musician
F to Q
- Bibb Falk — baseball player (deceased)
- John Henry Faulk — radio personality (deceased)
- Farrah Fawcett — actress (deceased)
- Arthur Fehr — architect (deceased)
- Eric Felton — NFL player
- Charlie Fern — White House speechwriter, journalist
- Carly Fiorina—businesswoman, politician
- Nick Foles — NFL quarterback
- Michelle Forbes — actress
- Tom Ford — fashion designer
- Jim Franklin — artist
- Joe B. Frantz — historian
- Kinky Friedman — musician, writer
- Buddy Garcia — interim Texas Railroad Commissioner
- Richard Garriott — video game developer
- David Garza — musician
- Eliza Gilkyson — musician
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore — musician
- Alberto Gonzales — U.S. Attorney General
- Kellye Gray — jazz vocalist
- Brea Grant — actress
- Jehmu Greene — political activist
- Michael Griffin — NFL player
- Patty Griffin — musician
- Nanci Griffith — musician
- Marc Gunn — musician, podcaster
- Butch Hancock — musician, poet, singer, songwriter
- Sarah Hagan — actress
- Cully Hamner — comic book artist and writer
- Brendan Hansen — Olympic swimmer
- Johnny Hardwick — comedian, writer
- Ryan Harrison — tennis player
- Will Ford Hartnett — lawyer; Republican member of Texas House
- Russell Harvard — actor
- Ethan Hawke — actor
- Deborah Hay — choreographer
- Gibby Haynes — musician
- Amber Heard — actress
- Sherman Hemsley — actor (deceased)
- Mark Henry — professional wrestler
- O. Henry — author (deceased)
- Don Hertzfeldt — filmmaker
- Joel Heyman — entertainer
- Sara Hickman — musician
- Bill Hicks — comedian (deceased)
- High Watt Crucifixers — rock band
- Jim Hightower — journalist, politician
- Tish Hinojosa — musician
- Chad Holt — musician
- Tobe Hooper — film director (deceased)
- Beau Hossler — professional golfer
- Angee Hughes — actress
- Karen Hughes — Undersecretary of State, White House Counsel
- Matt Hullum — director and writer
- James Hynes — author
- Molly Ivins — author, journalist (deceased)
- Conor Jackson — MLB player
- Steve Jackson — game designer
- Jaxon — comic book artist, historian
- Robert Jensen — journalism professor, author, political activist
- Curtis Jerrells (born 1987) — basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of Israeli Premier League[7]
- Cheryl Johnson — judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Dakota Johnson — actress
- Eric Johnson — guitarist
- Lady Bird Johnson — First Lady (deceased)
- Lyndon B. Johnson — U.S. President (deceased)
- Daniel Johnston — musician
- Alex Jones — radio host
- Angus T. Jones — actor
- Chantal Jones — model
- Kydd Jones — musician, rapper and producer
- Janis Joplin — musician (deceased)
- Barbara Jordan — U.S. Congressman, professor (deceased)
- Mike Judge — cartoonist, actor, voice actor, filmmaker
- Guy Juke — artist
- Michael Keasler — judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Douglas Kellner — philosopher, author
- Tom Kite — golfer
- Taylor Kitsch — actor
- Harry Knowles — film critic
- Kim Krizan — screenwriter, actress
- Kandace Krueger — Miss Texas USA 2001 and Miss USA 2001
- Jimmy LaFave — singer, songwriter, musician
- Russell Lee — photographer (deceased)
- Ryan Lee — actor
- Richard Linklater — film director
- The Lizardman (Erik Sprague) — sideshow performer, known for his body modifications
- Paul London — professional wrestler
- John Mackey — businessman
- Natalie Maines — singer
- Terrence Malick — film director
- Julian Mandrake — musician
- Tucker Max — author
- Baker Mayfield — professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Terry McBride — musician
- Tim McCanlies — film director
- Matthew McConaughey — Academy Award-winning actor
- Michelle McCool — professional wrestler
- Forrest Howard McDonald (born 1950), blues rock musician
- Benjamin McKenzie — actor
- James McMurtry — musician
- James Michener — author (deceased)
- Ed Miller — musician, folklorist
- Farrah Moan — drag queen, entertainer
- Larry Monroe - radio DJ
- Monte Montgomery — guitarist
- Elizabeth Moon — author[8]
- Abra Moore — musician
- Gurf Morlix — musician
- Robert Morrow — Republican Party county chairman
- Edwin Neal — actor, writer, comedian
- Nelly — rap artist
- Willie Nelson — musician
- Elisabet Ney — artist
- Matt Noveskey — musician
- Robert N. Noyce — inventor, entrepreneur (deceased)
- Michael O'Brien — photographer
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair — atheist activist (deceased)
- Chad Oliver — author (deceased)
- Ephraim Owens — musician
- Jared Padalecki — actor
- Genevieve Padalecki — actress
- Chief Pat — internet personality
- Aaron Peirsol — athlete
- Grace Phipps — actress
- Turk Pipkin — activist, author, actor
- Robert Plant — musician
- Gary Primich — blues musician (deceased)
- Ben H. Procter — historian (deceased)
- Cactus Pryor — radio personality (deceased)
R to Z
- Geoff Ramsey — entertainer
- Dan Rather — journalist, TV anchor
- Bob Ray — filmmaker
- Luke Redfield — musician, activist
- Spencer Redford — actor
- Ann Richards — Governor from 1991 to 1995 (deceased)
- Sanya Richards-Ross — athlete
- Rich Riley — executive with Yahoo!
- Chris Roberts — game designer
- Andy Roddick — tennis player
- Robert Rodriguez — film director
- Karl Rove — political advisor
- Darrell Royal — UT football coach (deceased)
- Virgil Runnels (Goldust) — professional wrestler
- Louis Sachar — children's author
- Jay O. Sanders — actor
- Ben Sargent — editorial cartoonist
- Schave & Reilly — comedy duo[9]
- Linda Schele — Mayanist, art historian
- Robert Schenkkan — playwright, screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Denise Schmandt-Besserat — archaeologist
- Kendra Scott — jeweler[10]
- Zachary Scott — actor
- Austin Wayne Self — NASCAR driver
- Gilbert Shelton — comic book artist
- W. E. "Pete" Snelson — member of both houses of Texas Legislature (deceased)
- Esperanza Spalding — musician, composer, educator, bandleader
- Warren Spector — game designer
- Julian Spence — football player
- David Spicer — organist and choirmaster
- Harry Stafford — football player
- Tommy Shane Steiner — musician
- Bruce Sterling — author
- Carole Strayhorn — politician
- David Stuart — Mayanist, epigrapher
- Don Tate — author and illustrator of children's books
- Karen T. Taylor — forensic and portrait artist
- Chris Tomlin — musician
- Charles Umlauf — artist (deceased)
- Kathy Valentine — musician, songwriter
- Townes Van Zandt — musician (deceased)
- Jimmie Vaughan — musician
- Stevie Ray Vaughan — musician (deceased)
- Lizzie Velásquez — motivational speaker and author
- Louis A. Waldman — art historian
- Howard Waldrop — author
- Jerry Jeff Walker — musician
- Eli Wallach — actor (deceased)
- Don Webb — author
- Walter Prescott Webb — author and historian (deceased)
- Garrett Weber-Gale — Olympic swimmer
- Steven Weinberg — physicist, Nobel laureate
- Spencer Wells — geneticist, anthropologist
- Willie Wells — athlete
- Charles S. West — jurist, politician
- Florence Duval West — poet; wife of Charles S. West
- Mack White — comic book artist
- Martha E. Whitten — author
- Wiley Wiggins — actor
- Barry Williamson — lawyer, member of Texas Railroad Commission
- Kelly Willis — musician
- Owen Wilson — actor
- Robin Wilson — eco-designer, author and lifestyle brand
- Elijah Wood — actor
- Chuck Woolery — game show host, conservative activist
- Lawrence Wright — writer, journalist
- Zack Wright — professional basketball player
- Renée Zellweger — actress
See also
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