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George W. Bush: aka Dubya, President of the United States, dumbass
Owen Wilson: aka The Butterscotch Stallion, screenwriter, asslicker, and Movie Star
Wes Anderson: writer/director of the best films ever(Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, etc), wears cool glasses
Sandra Bullock: aka Mrs. Jesse James, producer, movie star, nice gal
Matthew McConaughey: bongo player, weed smoker, movie star, hunk
Marcia Gay Harden: character actress, Oscar winner
Benjamin McKenzie: stud, lead actor of the O.C.
Molly Ivins: whip-smart and sassy political columnist
Stevie Ray Vaughan: beloved dead musician, legendary guitar player, also wore ugly hats
Andy Roddick: aka A-Rod, Mandy Moore's Ex, Wimbledon Loser
Richard Linklater: made Austin famous with his film Slacker, made Jack Black a bonafide movie star with School of Rock
Mike Judge: and he did give unto us Beevis and Butthead and the world was forever funnier, also gave us one of the most oft quoted films, Office Space.
Michael Dell: extremely rich computer nerd
Ann Richards: savvy and sassy former gov of Texas, can often be seen eating at Whole Foods.
John Pierson: indie film producer and former New Yorker. Got suckered into appearing on The Real World Austin.
Stephen Harrigan: Balding writer/professor who penned Gates of the Alamo.
Neal Pollack: once was the greatest living American writer. Known for his satire and his belly laugh inspiring columns in all the cool online mags.
Harry Knowles: big, red-headed guy who became famous for loving every movie that ever was, no matter how bad, and especially if super heroes were involved. The dude beind ain't it cool news, duh.
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"Stevie Ray Vaughan: dead musician who played a lot of guitar and wore ugly hats"
Ugh...
I know, I'm mean.
Um, hello? Lance Armstrong - a fairly well-known cyclist who rides in France and wears a yellow jersey (for SEVEN years in a row!)
Billy Lee Bramer, author of "The Gay Place," widely regarded as one of the best political novels ever written
Also Jim Moore, author of "Bush's Brain," a NYT bestseller, and Glenn Smith, author of "The Politics of Deceit" and "Unfit for Command."
Earl Cambell, Ricky Williams, and Cedric Bernson are pretty famous. And as long as we're going in that direction, so is Willie Nelson.
LBJ slept here.
And I'm no fan, but the President did live here for a bit.
speaking of owen wilson...http://www.randyandmoss.com/CDA5240F87574D8387EBDE8FEC733210/store/store.asp?nProductID=12015
what will those crazy randy&moss kids think of next?
So many missed.....
Janis Joplin
Renee Zellwegger
Lukas Haas
Shawn Colvin
Billy Joe Shaver
Robert Rodriguez
Johnny Depp
Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines (2/3rds of the Dixie Chicks)
Pinetop Perkins
Ethan Hawke
Nelly
Michelle Forbes
I'm sure there's plenty more.
Nelly lived here?
Bob Mould of Husker Du.
what about Al "Jesus Built My Hotrod" Jorgensen of Ministry fame?
"connect the goddamn dots!"
Doesn't Patty Griffin live here?
Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke used to live on Lake Austin.
A few more:
Walter Cronkite
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Joel Coen
LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson
Bill Moyers
Dan Rather
Jason Patric
Dabney Coleman
J. Frank Dobie
James Michener
Charlie Sexton
Oh, and "Roe" from the infamous Roe v. Wade was from Austin. So was her laywer, Sarah Weddington, the youngest person ever to win a case in the Supreme Court (she was just 26).
O. Henry
Madelyn Murry O'Hare
Allen Ludden (host of the original "Password"; taught high school there, I believe)
Mean?
okay.
I heard that Ben Brown is a blogebrity. Does that count?
Ah, so many forgotten! I meant for Lance to be on the list, I really did. Of course, the Dixie Chicks! Janis Joplin. Lots more good ones.
Okay, Miggo, for you I have revised Stevie. I don't want to be callous. But he did, in my opinion, wear ugly hats.
Who fucking cares? Do you need this to try and make yourself feel cool by association?
Ack! Right when I was finally feeling cool knowing that Dan Rathers lived here, you go and piss in my coffee.
Holy matzo ball! Allen Ludden lived here. Cool. Bill Callahan. Jimmy Buffett. Richard Buckner. Dennis Quaid.
dear god how could nobody have mentioned Bill Hicks yet?
Nobody's mentioned Terence Malik, director of Days of Heaven and Thin Red Line.
Bill and Hillary Clinton lived here, (in the 70's, off of Barton Springs)Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith (daughter was born here)
Ever heard of Willie Nelson? :)
wow.. all of you forgot TOMMY LEE JONES!!