List of people from Washington
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of famous people strongly associated with the state of Washington.
- Paul Allen (born 1953), co-founder of Microsoft, owner of NFL's Seattle Seahawks and NBA's Portland Trailblazers
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966), author
- Earl Averill (1902-1983) Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
- Greg Biffle(born 1969),NASCAR Driver
- Drew Bledsoe (born 1972), quarterback for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys
- Linda B. Buck (born 1947), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Jerry Cantrell (born 1966), guitarist for Alice in Chains
- Maria Cantwell (born 1958), United States Senator, former VP of RealNetworks
- James Caviezel (born 1968), actor
- Ron Cey (born 1948), former All-Star Major League Baseball player
- Dale Chihuly (born 1941), glass artist
- Jori Chisholm (born 1975), Champion bagpiper
- Chuck Close (born 1940), artist
- Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), Nirvana vocalist and guitarist
- Jeff Conine (born 1966), All-Star Major League Baseball player
- Chris Cornell (born 1964), Vocalist for Soundgarden and Audioslave
- Bing Crosby (1903-1977), singer and actor
- Merce Cunningham (born 1919), dancer and choreographer
- Corey Dillon (born 1974), running back for the NFL's New England Patriots
- Anna Faris (born 1976), star of Scary Movie trilogy
- Frances Farmer (1914-1970), actress
- Kenny G (born 1956), musician
- Bill Gates (born 1955), co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, world's richest man
- Roman Heart (born 1986), Porn Star
- Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), guitarist
- Frank Herbert (1920-1986), author of the Dune series of science fiction books
- Kasey Kahne (born 1980), Nascar driver
- Ed Kirkpatrick (born 1944) former Major League Baseball player
- Kasey Keller, (born 1969), goalkeeper for Team USA
- Rick Larsen, (born 1965), member of the United States House of Representatives
- Gary Larson (born 1950), cartoonist and creator of The Far Side
- Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970), entertainer
- Mike McCready (born 1966), Pearl Jam guitarist
- Darren McGavin (1922-2006), actor
- Jeff Monson Mixed Martial Artist, UFC fighter
- Mark Morris (born 1956), dancer and choreographer
- Adam Morrison (born 1984), current Charlotte Bobcats basketball player
- Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), American Abstract Expressionist painter
- Patty Murray (born 1950), United States Senator
- Billy North (born 1948), former Major League Baseball player
- Krist Novoselic (born 1965), Nirvana Bassist
- Bill Nye (born 1955), scientist and host of the Emmy Award-winning show Bill Nye the Science Guy
- John Olerud (born 1968), former Major League Baseball first baseman
- Robert Osborne, (born 1932) film historian
- Tom Robbins (born 1936), author
- Ryne Sandberg (born 1959), former Major League Baseball second baseman, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Ron Santo (born 1940), former Major League Baseball third baseman, radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs
- Dan Savage (born 1964), writer of the internationally syndicated advice column Savage Love and editor of Seattle weekly newspaper The Stranger
- Layne Staley (1967-2002), vocalist for Alice in Chains
- John Stockton (born 1962), former star with the NBA's Utah Jazz and a likely future member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Mel Stottlemyre (born 1941), former Major League Baseball pitcher, former pitching coach for the New York Yankees
- Earl Torgeson (1924-1990), former Major League Baseball player
- Eddie Vedder (born 1964), vocalist for Pearl Jam
- Lee Walker (born 1984), a random member of the USAF
- Sammy White (1928-1991), former Major League Baseball player
- Ann (born 1950) and Nancy Wilson (born 1954), the principal members of Heart
- Adam West (born 1928), actor who played Batman on the TV show (1966 - 1968)
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.