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Famous people · Austin
30 famous people from Austin, many of them athletes
Articles in 23 languages make the American novelist Tim O'Brien the best known. The next two names are John Madden and Richard Eberhart. Between 1920 and 1969, 19 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1891, Craig Hutchinson is the first name on record, and Tim Kirby, born in 1988, the most recent.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Tim O'Brien
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Craig Hutchinson
Youngest
1988
Tim Kirby
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Austin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Austin is known for
Scientists and doctors stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Austin’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Austin
Ranked by languages covered: Tim O'Brien with 23, then John Madden with 21 and Richard Eberhart with 16.
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Everyone else born in Austin
The rest number 27, with 15 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Austin and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- John Madden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Eberhart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Burdette Haldorson: Phillips 66, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Lehman: Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Jahren: Jeff Troutman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Janzen: Flickr user Jim Epler [2], modified by me, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Maus: Julio Enriquez from Denver,CO, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hormel: Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco, CA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons