List of Austinites
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Famous current and former Austin, Texas residents include:
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- Harry Anderson — actor, comic, magician
- Wes Anderson — film director
- Clifford Antone — music impresario
- Lance Armstrong — cyclist
- Marcia Ball — musician
- Leila Bela - musician
- Angela Bettis — actress
- Louis Black — journalist
- Maya Bond - singer-songwriter
- Terry Bozzio — musician
- Drew Brees - NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints
- Berkeley Breathed — cartoonist
- Mehcad Brooks - actor
- Burnie Burns - Creator of Red vs. Blue, Voice of Church_(Red_vs._Blue)
- George W. Bush - U.S. President
- Liz Carpenter - Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary, author and humorist
- Ciara — singer
- Shawn Colvin — musician
- Ben Crenshaw — golfer
- Walter Cronkite — journalist
- Michael Dell — businessman
- Bradley Denton — author
- J. Frank Dobie — author
- Joe Ely — musician
- Roky Erickson — musician
- Alejandro Escovedo — musician
- John Henry Faulk — radio personality
- Farrah Fawcett - actress
- Charlie Fern — White House speechwriter, journalist
- Tom Ford — fashion designer
- Jim Franklin — artist
- Kinky Friedman - musician, writer
- Richard Garriott - developer of the Ultima of PC games
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore — musician
- Alberto Gonzales — U.S. Attorney General
- Kellye Gray- jazz vocalist
- Nanci Griffith — musician
- Lena Guerrero - politician
- Marc Gunn — musician, podcaster
- Ethan Hawke — actor
- Mark Henry - professional wrestler
- Sara Hickman — musician
- Jim Hightower — journalist, politician
- Tobe Hooper — film director
- Molly Ivins — author
- Jaxon — comic book artist, historian
- Eric Johnson — guitarist
- Lyndon B. Johnson — U.S. President
- Lady Bird Johnson - First Lady
- Daniel Johnston - musician
- Alex Jones — radio host
- Chantal Jones-Model
- Marion Jones — Olympic athlete and medalist
- Janis Joplin — musician
- Barbara Jordan — U.S. Congressman, professor
- Mike Judge — cartoonist, filmmaker
- Guy Juke — artist
- Terry Keel — politician
- Tom Kite - Golfer
- Harry Knowles — film critic
- Gary Lavergne — author
- Russell Lee — photographer
- Richard Linklater — film director
- Paul London — professional wrestler
- John Mackey — CEO of Whole Foods
- Terrence Malick — film director
- Julian Mandrake — musician
- Terry McBride — musician, former member of McBride & the Ride
- Tim McCanlies — film director
- Matthew McConaughey — actor
- Ben McKenzie - actor
- James McMurtry — musician
- Monte Montgomery — guitarist
- Nelly - rap artist
- Spencer Redford - actor
- Willie Nelson — musician
- Elisabet Ney — artist
- Matt Noveskey — musician
- Michael O'Brien — photographer
- Chad Oliver — author
- O. Henry — author
- Dennis Quaid - actor
- Dan Rather — journalist
- Bob Ray - filmmaker
- Governor Ann Richards — politician, teacher
- Andy Roddick — tennis player
- Robert Rodriguez — film director
- Darrell Royal — former UT football coach
- Virgil Runnels (Goldust) — professional wrestler
Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Town Lake. - Jay O. Sanders - actor
- Ben Sargent - editorial cartoonist
- Gilbert Shelton — comic book artist
- Warren Spector — game designer
- Tommy Shane Steiner — musician
- Bruce Sterling — author
- Carole Strayhorn - politician
- Charles Umlauf — artist
- The Undertaker - professional wrestler
- Townes Van Zandt — musician
- Stevie Ray Vaughan — musician
- Howard Waldrop — author
- Andrew Walker — musician
- Don Webb — author
- Walter Prescott Webb — author
- Steve Weinberg - Nobel laureate
- Charles S. West - jurist, politician
- Mack White — comic book artist
- Kelly Willis — musician
- Owen Wilson — actor
- Phil Wilson - Texas Secretary of State
- Lawrence Wright — author
- Renée Zellweger — actress
- Ashley Massaro - professional wrestler
