Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas ranks 275th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hampstead, Rostov-on-Don, and Kyoto Prefecture. Memorable people born in Austin, Texas include Ethan Hawke, Tom Ford, and Amber Heard. Memorable people who died in Austin, Texas include Steven Weinberg, Robert Noyce, and John B. Goodenough. Austin, Texas has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors and the death place of many physicists, and politicians. Austin, Texas is located in United States.
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the 11th-most populous city in the United States, the fourth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, the capital of Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately 80 miles (129 km) apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin has approximately 5 million people. Austin is the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States and is considered a Gamma + level global city as categorized by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1909 and 1996, Austin, Texas was the birth place of 46 globally memorable people, including Ethan Hawke, Tom Ford, and Amber Heard. Additionaly, 34 globally memorable people have passed away in Austin, Texas including Steven Weinberg, Robert Noyce, and John B. Goodenough.
People Born in Austin, Texas
Go to all RankingsEthan Hawke
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 1
Tom Ford
FASHION DESIGNER
1961 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 2
Amber Heard
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3
Tobe Hooper
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 4
Stone Cold Steve Austin
WRESTLER
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 5
Dusty Rhodes
WRESTLER
1945 - 2015
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 6
Dabney Coleman
ACTOR
1932 - 2024
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 7
Dakota Johnson
ACTOR
1989 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 8
Joe Johnston
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 9
Teddy Wilson
MUSICIAN
1912 - 1986
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 10
Ross Ulbricht
EXTREMIST
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 11
Eric Johnson
SINGER
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Austin, Texas
Go to all RankingsGertrude Abercrombie
PAINTER
1909 - 1977
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 26
Julie Powell
WRITER
1973 - 2022
HPI: 35.03
Rank: 36
Victoria Kaspi
PHYSICIST
1967 - Present
HPI: 33.01
Rank: 39
People Deceased in Austin, Texas
Go to all RankingsSteven Weinberg
PHYSICIST
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 1
Robert Noyce
INVENTOR
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 2
John B. Goodenough
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2023
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3
Pinetop Perkins
SINGER
1913 - 2011
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 4
Walt Whitman Rostow
ECONOMIST
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 5
Ralph Asher Alpher
PHYSICIST
1921 - 2007
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6
Charles Whitman
EXTREMIST
1941 - 1966
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 7
Allen J. Bard
CHEMIST
1933 - 2024
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 8
Bryce DeWitt
PHYSICIST
1923 - 2004
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 9
James A. Michener
WRITER
1907 - 1997
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 10
Gérard de Vaucouleurs
ASTRONOMER
1918 - 1995
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11
Wilmer Allison
TENNIS PLAYER
1904 - 1977
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Austin, Texas
Go to all RankingsRobert Herman
ASTRONOMER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 28
Billy Miller
ACTOR
1979 - 2023
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 31
Ralph Yarborough
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1996
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 32
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Austin, Texas were actors (18), film directors (4), wrestlers (3), musicians (3), and writers (3), while most who died were physicists (5), politicians (4), actors (4), musicians (3), and singers (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Austin, Texas, including Ethan Hawke, Amber Heard, and Dabney Coleman. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Austin, Texas, including Ethan Hawke, Amber Heard, and Dabney Coleman.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Austin, Texas since 1700.