Austen

Austen is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Abigail Austen (born 1964), British Army officer
• Alice Austen (1866–1952), American photographer
• Augusta Amherst Austen (1827–1877), British composer
• Bob Austen (1914–1999), Australian rules footballer
• Carrie Austen, American author
• Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), elder sister of Jane Austen
• Cecil Austen (born 1918), Australian sportsman
• Charles Austen (1779–1852), Royal Navy officer and Admiral
• Chuck Austen, American comic book writer
• Col Austen (1920–1995), Australian rules footballer and coach
• David Austen, English cricketer
• Don Austen, English puppeteer
• Edward Austen (1820–1908), English cricketer
• Edward Austen Knight (1768-1852), elder brother of Jane Austen
• Eric Austen (1922–1999), English designer and teacher
• Ernest Austen (1900–1983), Australian cricketer
• Ernest Edward Austen (1867–1938), English entomologist
• Francis Austen (1774–1865), Royal Navy officer and Admiral of the Fleet
• Geoff Austen (born 1953), Australian rules footballer
• George Austen (1548–1621), MP
• Henry Austen (disambiguation), several people
• Howard Austen (1929–2003), companion of Gore Vidal
• Jane Austen (1775–1817), English novelist
• Joe Austen, British artist
• John Austen (disambiguation), several people
• Katherine Austen (1629 – c. 1683), British diarist and poet
• Kate Austen, fictional character in the television series, Lost
• Louie Austen (born 1946), Austrian musician
• Michael Austen (born 1964), South African cricketer
• Ralph Austen (1612–1676), English gardening author
• Robert Austen (disambiguation), several people
• Stephen Austen, Australian Paralympic archer
• Thomas Austen (1775–1859), British soldier and politician
• Tom Austen, English actor
• William Henry Austen (1878–1956), British railway engineer
• Winifred Austen (1876–1964), English illustrator

Given name:

• Austen Albu (1903–1994), British Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Economic Affairs (1965–1967)
• Austen Angell (born 1933), Australian chemist
• Austen Campbell (1901–1981), English footballer
• Austen Cargill (1887–1957), American businessman
• Austen S. Cargill II (born 1951), American businessman
• Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937), British statesman
• Austen Cowper (1885–1960), cricketer
• Austen Crehore, World War I pilot
• Austen Gittos (1923–1986), New Zealand fencer
• Austen Harrison (1891–1976), British architect
• Austen Hudson (1894–1970), British politician
• Austen Ivereigh (born 1966), British author
• Austen Kark (1926–2002), a managing director of the BBC World Service
• Austen King (born 1990), American soccer player
• Austen Lane (born 1987), American football player
• Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894), English art historian
• Austen Fox Riggs (1876–1940), American psychiatrist
• Austen Schauer, North Dakota politician
• Austen Tayshus (born 1954), Australian comedian known for Australiana
• Mayank Austen Soofi, Indian writer

Other uses

• Austen, West Virginia

See also

• Austen baronets
• Austen submachine gun, Australian submachine gun
• Austin (disambiguation)
• Austenasia
• Austen-Leigh