A List of Famous People Who Have Held Residence in Austin

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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By Alison Coffey in Other on August 2, 2005 8:05 AM 0 Comments

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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

glenK

BTW... <beavis> ... Not that I'm checking your spelling.</beavis>

glenK

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? :)

ttrentham

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.

Greg

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.