Austen (surname)

Austen is a surname deriving from the Latin Augustine, and was first used around the 13thcentury.

Notable people with the surname

• Abigail Austen (born 1964), British Army officer
• Alice Austen (1866–1952), American photographer
• Anna Austen Lefroy (1793–1872), writer
• Arthur Austen-Leigh
• Augusta Amherst Austen (1827–1877), British composer
• Bob Austen (1914–1999), Australian rules footballer
• Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), English painter
• Cecil Austen (1918–2017), Australian cricketer
• Charles Austen (1779–1852), English admiral
• Charles Austen Angell, chemist
• Charles Austen-Leigh, English cricketer and painter
• Chuck Austen, American writer
• Col Austen (1920–1995), Australian rules footballer and coach
• Dale Austen (1910–?), New Zealand actress
• David Austen, English cricketer
• Don Austen (born 1958), English puppeteer
• Edmund Godwin Austen (1854–1932), English cricketer
• Edward Austen (1820–1908), English cricketer
• Eric Austen (1922–1999), English designer
• Ernest Austen (cricketer) (1900–1983), Australian cricketer
• Ernest Edward Austen (1867–1938), English entomologist
• Ernie Austen (1891–1985), Australian racewalker
• Francis Austen (1774–1865), English admiral
• Geoff Austen (born 1953), Australian rules footballer
• George Austen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Henry Austen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Howard Austen (1929–2003), American social figure
• James Austen (1765–1819), English clergyman
• Jane Austen (1775–1817), English novelist
• Joe Austen, British artist
• John Austen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Katherine Austen (1629–1683), British poet
• Louie Austen (born 1946), Austrian musician
• Margaret Austen (born 1947), English diver
• Michael Austen (born 1964), South African cricketer
• Patrick Austen (1933–2013), British field hockey player
• Ralph Austen (1612–1676), English author
• Robert Austen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Siobhan Austen, Australian economist
• Stephen Austen, Australian archer
• Thomas Austen (1775–1859), British soldier and politician
• Tom Austen (born 1988), English actor
• W. H. Austen (1878–1956), British railway engineer
• Winifred Austen (1876–1964), English illustrator

Fictional characters

• Kate Austen, in the television series Lost

Technology

• Austen submachine gun, an Australian submachine gun

References