<P> Austin is an English given name and surname, an Old French language contraction of Agustin as Aostin, Austin (regular disappearing of intervocalic (g) from Late Latin to Old French, compare month August: Old French aüst / aoust, French août). Agustin is the popular form of Augustin, equivalent to Augustine . Variations of the name Austin include Austen and Auston . </P> <Ul> <Li> Albert Austin (1881--1953), British / American actor </Li> <Li> Alfred Austin (1835--1913), British poet </Li> <Li> Amanda Austin (1859--1917), American painter and sculptor </Li> <Li> Bernard Austin (Brooklyn) (c. 1896--1959), New York assemblyman </Li> <Li> Bernard L. Austin (1902 - 1979), American admiral </Li> <Li> Bill Austin (1928--2013), American football player and coach </Li> <Li> Blake Austin (born 1991), Australian Rugby League footballer </Li> <Li> Brett Austin (1959--1990), New Zealand swimmer </Li> <Li> Bunny Austin (1906--2000), British tennis player </Li> <Li> Charlie Austin (born 1989), English footballer </Li> <Li> Charles Austin (born 1967), American athlete </Li> <Li> Charles Austin (lawyer) (1799--1874), English lawyer </Li> <Li> Chase Austin (born 1989), American NASCAR racecar driver </Li> <Li> Colin François Lloyd Austin (1941--2010), scholar of Greek </Li> <Li> Dallas Austin (born 1970), American musician </Li> <Li> Darrell Austin (born 1951), American football offensive lineman </Li> <Li> Debi Austin (1950--2013), American anti-smoking advocate </Li> <Li> Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert </Li> <Li> Ennis Raymond Austin, American architect </Li> <Li> Florence Austin, American violinist </Li> <Li> Gene Austin (1900--1972), American singer </Li> <Li> Greg Austin (born 1963), Australian former rugby league, and rugby union footballer </Li> <Li> Greg Austin (actor) (born 1992), British actor </Li> <Li> Helen Cloud Austin, American social worker </Li> <Li> Helen Elsie Austin (1908--2004), American lawyer and diplomat </Li> <Li> Helen Vickroy Austin (1829--1921), American journalist and horticulturist </Li> <Li> Henry Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Herbert Austin (1866--1941), British founder of the Austin Motor Company </Li> <Li> Hubert Austin (1845--1915), British architect </Li> <Li> Isaiah Austin (born 1993), American basketball player </Li> <Li> J.L. Austin (John Langshaw Austin, 1911--1960), British philosopher </Li> <Li> Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor </Li> <Li> James Austin (photographer) (born 1940), Australian fine - art and architectural photographer </Li> <Li> John Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Johntá Austin (born 1980), American singer - songwriter </Li> <Li> Kate Austin (1864--1902), American writer, feminist and anarchist </Li> <Li> Ken Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Kent Austin (born 1963), American football player and coach </Li> <Li> Lawrence Austin (born 1956), Australian boxer of the 1970s and 1980s </Li> <Li> Lloyd Austin (born 1953), American general </Li> <Li> Lloyd James Austin (born 1915--94), Australian linguist and literary scholar </Li> <Li> Mary Hunter Austin (1868--1934), American writer </Li> <Li> Miles Austin (born 1984), American football player </Li> <Li> Mitch Austin (born 1991), Australian footballer </Li> <Li> Ned Austin (1925--2007), American actor </Li> <Li> Oliver L. Austin (1903--1988), American ornithologist </Li> <Li> Peter Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Phil Austin (1941--2015), American comedian and writer </Li> <Li> Richard Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Sarah Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Shane Austin (born 1989), Arena Football League quarterback </Li> <Li> Sherrié Austin (born 1970), Australian musician </Li> <Li> Staryl C. Austin (1920--2015), United States Air Force general </Li> <Li> Stephen F. Austin (1793--1836), American politician, founder of Texas </Li> <Li> Steve Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Tex Austin (1886--1938), American rodeo promoter </Li> <Li> Tracy Austin (born 1962), American tennis player </Li> <Li> Walter Austin (1936 - 2014), U.S. Navy Captain </Li> <Li> Warren Austin, American Ambassador to the United Nations </Li> <Li> William Austin (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Woody Austin (born 1964), American golfer </Li> </Ul>

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