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