List of Austinites
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Famous current and former Austin, Texas residents include:
- 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
- Terry Bozzio — musician
- Drew Brees - NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints
- Berkeley Breathed — cartoonist
- Maya Bond - singer-songwriter
- Sandra Bullock — actress
- 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
- John Henry Faulk — radio personality
- Farrah Fawcett - actress
- Tom Ford — fashion designer
- Jim Franklin — artist
- Kinky Friedman - musician, writer
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore — musician
- Andrew Dale Gibbons - TV chef
- Alberto Gonzales — U.S. Attorney General
- Nanci Griffith — musician
- Marc Gunn — musician, podcaster
- Ethan Hawke — actor
- Sara Hickman — musician
- Tobe Hooper — film director
- Jaxon — comic book artist, historian
- Eric Johnson — guitarist
- Lyndon B. Johnson — U.S. President
- Lady Bird Johnson - First Lady
- Daniel Johnston - musician
- Alex Jones — conspiracy radio host
- Janis Joplin — musician
- Barbara Jordan — U.S. Congressman, professor
- Mike Judge — cartoonist, filmmaker
- Guy Juke — artist
- Harry Knowles — film critic
- Russell Lee — photographer
- Richard Linklater — film director
- Paul London — professional wrestler
- Terrence Malick — film director
- Julian Mandrake — musician
- Tim McCanlies — film director
- Matthew McConaughey — actor
- Ben McKenzie - actor
- James McMurtry — musician
- 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
- Parker Posey - actress
- Dan Rather — journalist
- Governor Ann Richards — politician, teacher
- Oscar Riquelme — artist
- Andy Roddick — tennis player
- Robert Rodriguez — film director
- Virgil Runnels (Goldust) — professional wrestler
- Jay O. Sanders - actor
- Ben Sargent - editorial cartoonist
- Gilbert Shelton — comic book artist
- Bruce Sterling — author
- Charles Umlauf — artist
- Townes Van Zandt — musician
- Stevie Ray Vaughan — musician
- Howard Waldrop — author
- Andrew Walker — musician
- Don Webb — author
- Walter Prescott Webb — author
- Charles S. West - jurist, politician
- Mack White — comic book artist
- Kelly Willis — musician
- Owen Wilson — actor
- Renée Zellweger — actress
- Richard Garriott - developer of the Ultima of PC games
[edit] See also
Alamo Drafthouse • Armadillo World Headquarters • Austin-Bergstrom International Airport • Austin Community College • Austinites • Barton Springs Pool • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Deep Eddy Pool • Dell • Dell Diamond • Driskill Hotel • Four Seasons Hotel Austin • Frank Erwin Center • Freescale Semiconductor • Huston-Tillotson University • Independence Brewing Company • Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum • MCC • Mount Bonnell • Music of Austin • National Instruments • SEMATECH • Sixth Street • St. Edward's University • Texas Governor's Mansion • Texas State Capitol • Town Lake • UFCU Disch-Falk Field • University of Texas at Austin • Zilker Park