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A List of Famous People Who Have Held Residence in Austin

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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.

Who are we missing, Austin?

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  • The Dude Will Win
    BTW nice comment about SRV you hipster d-bag
  • The Dude Will Win
    Robert fucking Plant you nerds
  • TamerAnimals
    woody harrelson
  • BTW... <beavis> ... Not that I'm checking your spelling.</beavis>
  • Ann Richards has been dead for 5 years. If you see someone who looks like her eating at Whole Foods, it's probably Elvis in disguise.
  • Lindsy

    wow.. all of you forgot TOMMY LEE JONES!!

  • Kate

    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? :)

  • Nobody's mentioned Terence Malik, director of Days of Heaven and Thin Red Line.

  • melvin

    dear god how could nobody have mentioned Bill Hicks yet?

  • omit

    Holy matzo ball! Allen Ludden lived here. Cool. Bill Callahan. Jimmy Buffett. Richard Buckner. Dennis Quaid.

  • Jeanjanejohn

    Ack! Right when I was finally feeling cool knowing that Dan Rathers lived here, you go and piss in my coffee.

  • John Shaft

    Who fucking cares? Do you need this to try and make yourself feel cool by association?

  • Alison

    Okay, Miggo, for you I have revised Stevie. I don't want to be callous. But he did, in my opinion, wear ugly hats.

  • Alison

    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.

  • MB

    I heard that Ben Brown is a blogebrity. Does that count?

  • Miggo

    Mean?



    okay.

  • Allen Ludden (host of the original "Password"; taught high school there, I believe)

  • S

    O. Henry

    Madelyn Murry O'Hare

  • S

    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).

  • hc

    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

  • S

    Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke used to live on Lake Austin.

  • Eric

    Doesn't Patty Griffin live here?

  • Rod

    what about Al "Jesus Built My Hotrod" Jorgensen of Ministry fame?



    "connect the goddamn dots!"

  • E

    Nelly lived here?



    Bob Mould of Husker Du.

  • hc

    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.

  • em

    speaking of owen wilson...http://www.randyandmoss.com/CDA5240F87574D8387EBDE8FEC733210/store/store.asp?nProductID=12015



    what will those crazy randy&moss kids think of next?

  • Jason Stanford

    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.

  • A

    Um, hello? Lance Armstrong - a fairly well-known cyclist who rides in France and wears a yellow jersey (for SEVEN years in a row!)

  • Alison

    I know, I'm mean.

  • Miggo

    "Stevie Ray Vaughan: dead musician who played a lot of guitar and wore ugly hats"



    Ugh...

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