List of people from Seattle, Washington
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A person who lives in or comes from Seattle, Washington, USA is called a Seattleite. This is a list of well-known people who were born or lived in the city of Seattle.
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[edit] Born in Seattle
[edit] Living
- Paul Allen – co-founder of Microsoft
- Bob Bingham - Jesus Christ Superstar actor
- Josie Bissett – actress, wife of Rob Estes
- William Bolcom – composer
- Carrie Brownstein – musician, member of Sleater-Kinney
- Linda B. Buck – scientist
- Raegan Butcher- poet
- Kyle Cease - Comedian
- Carol Channing – actress
- Art Chantry – graphic designer
- Erika Christensen – actress
- Judy Collins – folk singer
- Chris Cornell - Musician - Soundgarden, Audioslave
- Gail Devers – athlete
- WiL Francis – lead singer of the band, Aiden
- Bill Gates – co-founder of Microsoft
- Richard F. Gordon, Jr. – astronaut
- Tom Gorman - tennis player
- Stone Gossard – rhythm guitarist of Pearl Jam
- David Guterson – author
- Ed Guthman – journalist
- Marcus Hahnemann - professional soccer goalkeeper
- Brian Herbert – author
- Jay Inslee – politician
- Richard Karn – television actor
- Thomas Kohnstamm - author
- Jerry Lewis – politician
- Kevin McCarthy – actor
- Duff McKagan – bassist with Guns N' Roses
- Brian Stokes Mitchell - Broadway actor and baritone singer
- Sir Mix-a-Lot – rap musician
- Mark Morris – director, choreographer, dancer
- Frank Murkowski - Polish-American politician, raised in Ketchikan, Alaska, 10th Governor of Alaska
- Gabe Newell - CEO and Founder of Valve Corporation
- Mark O'Connor – country violinist (also performs in other musical genres)
- John Olerud – professional baseball player
- Stacie Orrico – pop singer
- Stephen S. Oswald – astronaut
- John Requa - screenwriter Cats and Dogs and Bad Santa
- Ron Santo – former professional baseball player
- Jean Smart - actress
- Peter Steinbrueck – politician
- Ryan Stiles - Comedian
- Jen Taylor – video game voice actress
- Rachel Trachtenburg – drummer, member of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Jennifer Warnes – singer and songwriter
- Lou Whittaker - mountaineer, founded Mt. Rainier guide service
- Jim Whittaker - first American to climb Mt. Everest
- Rainn Wilson - actor, most notably The Office (US TV Series)
- Lynn Woolsey – politician
[edit] Dead
- Paul Jacob Alexander – newspaper publisher and Seattle City Councilman
- Richard Lee Armstrong - professor and geochemist
- Bob Bartlett – politician
- Barbara Berjer – television actress
- Max Brand – author (pen name)
- Chester Carlson – physicist and inventor
- Jennifer Dunn – politician
- Frances Farmer – actress
- Pete Fleming - missionary to Ecuador
- Keith Godchaux – musician
- Jimi Hendrix – rock musician
- Fred Hutchinson - Baseball Player and Manager
- Art Hupy - photographer
- Gypsy Rose Lee – actress and burlesque star
- Mary McCarthy - author, critic and social activist
- Margaret Murie – environmentalist
[edit] Moved to Seattle
[edit] Living
- Sherman Alexie – author
- Jeff Ament – bassist of Pearl Jam
- Harry Anderson - actor
- Brian Atwater - geologist
- Fred Beckey – mountaineer
- Jeff Borowiak - tennis player
- Terry Brooks – author
- Peter Buck – musician in R.E.M.
- Charles Burns - cartoonist
- Dyan Cannon – actress
- Neko Case – musician
- Dale Chihuly – artist
- Matt Cameron – drummer of Pearl Jam
- Kathryn Cramer - science fiction editor (lived in Seattle 1964-1985)
- Cameron Crowe – writer and director
- Rob Estes – actor
- Anna Faris – actress
- Brendan Fraser - actor
- Kenny G – musician
- Neile Graham – poet
- Nicola Griffith – author
- Dave Grohl – drummer of Nirvana and lead singer/guitarist of Foo Fighters
- Leland H. Hartwell – Nobel Prize winner
- David Horsey - cartoonist
- Tom Hulce – actor in National Lampoon's Animal House and Amadeus
- Joshua Jackson - actor (lived in Seattle briefly)
- Jane Jensen – game designer and author
- Russell Johnson– actor
- Quincy Jones – musician
- S. T. Joshi – literary critic and editor
- Michael Kinsley – journalist
- Sascha Konietzko - founder and frontman of KMFDM
- Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins – creators of Penny Arcade
- Jayne Ann Krentz – romance novelist
- Jon Krakauer - author
- Leah LaBelle – singer
- Gary Larson - comic strip artist (the Far Side)
- Paul B. Lowney - author
- Jason Lutes - cartoonist
- Kyle MacLachlan – actor
- Dave Matthews – musician
- Mike McCready – lead guitarist of Pearl Jam
- Jim McDermott – congressman
- Rose McGowan – actress
- Joel McHale - host The Soup on E!
- Marni Nixon – musician
- Krist Novoselic – bassist of Nirvana
- Bill Nye – science guy
- Jeff Probst - host of TV show Survivor
- Jonathan Raban – author
- John Ratzenberger - actor 'Cheers'
- Gary Ridgway - serial killer
- Tom Robbins – author
- Don Roff - writer and filmmaker
- Ann Rule – true crime author
- Dan Savage – advice columnist
- Howard Schultz - chairman of Starbucks
- Ross Shafer – comedian and television host
- Tom Skerritt – actor
- Alex Steffen - award-winning author and editor
- Neal Stephenson – science-fiction author
- Mack Strong - Retired Seattle Seahawks Fullback 1993-2007
- Lauren Tewes – actress
- Earnest James Ujaama – community activist and indicted associate of al-Qaeda
- Eddie Vedder – lead singer of Pearl Jam
- Ann Wilson - lead singer and flute player of Heart
- Jim Woodring – comic book author and artist
[edit] Dead
- Bill Boeing - aviation pioneer, industrialist
- Ted Bundy – serial killer
- Octavia Butler – author
- James E. Casey – United Parcel Service founder
- Ray Charles – musician
- Charlie Chong - political activist
- Kurt Cobain – musician
- James Doohan – actor; Mr. Scott on Star Trek
- Kate Fleming – audio book narrator (voice-over actor) and producer
- Carl F. Gould - architect, educator
- Alex Haley - African American writer
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted - journalist, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Mitch Hedberg – comedian
- Frank Herbert – author
- George H. Hitchings – scientist
- Edward Sturgis Ingraham – first superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools and mountaineer
- Jacob Lawrence – painter
- Brandon Lee – actor
- Bruce Lee – actor
- Betty MacDonald – author
- Helene Madison - 3 gold medals at 1932 Olympic games
- Asa Shinn Mercer – the man behind the Mercer Girls, a model for the TV series Here Come the Brides
- Robert Moran - shipbuilder
- Alexander Pantages – theatrical entrepreneur
- Lionel Pries - architect, educator
- Theodore Roethke – poet
- James Willis Sayre – theatre critic, journalist, arts promoter, and historian
- Jeff Smith – TV chef and author
- Layne Staley – musician
- Henry Suzzallo – president of the University of Washington (1915-1926)
- August Wilson – playwright
- Mia Zapata – musician
[edit] Native Athletes
- Aaron Brooks - NBA PG Franklin High School
- Shaun Bodiford - NFL WR Federal Way High School
- Nate Burleson - NFL WR O'Dea High School
- Kevin Burleson - NBA PG O'Dea High School
- Jesse Chatman - NFL RB Franklin High School
- Doug Christie - NBA SG Rainier Beach High School
- Will Conroy - NBA PG Garfield (Seattle)
- Jamal Crawford - NBA SG Rainier Beach High School
- Michael Dickerson - NBA SF Federal Way High School
- Corey Dillon - NFL RB Franklin High School
- James Edwards - NBA PF Roosevelt High School
- Spencer Hawes – NBA C Seattle Prep
- Taylor Mays – USC Safety O'Dea High School
- Nate Robinson - NBA PG Rainier Beach High School
- Brandon Roy - NBA SF Garfield (Seattle)
- Isaiah Stanback - NFL WR Garfield (Seattle)
- Jason Terry – NBA PG Franklin High School
- Martell Webster - NBA SG Seattle Prep
- Marcus Williams - NBA SF Roosevelt High School
[edit] Musical groups
- Alice in Chains, rock band (Grunge)
- Aiden, rock band (Emo)
- Dave Matthews Band (originated in Charlottesville, Virginia)
- The Brothers Four, folksingers
- Foo Fighters, rock band
- The Gits, rock band
- Green River, rock band (Grunge)
- Death Cab for Cutie, alternative band
- Harvey Danger, alternative band
- Heart, rock band
- Himsa, Metalcore band
- KMFDM, industrial band
- Minus the Bear, alternative rock band
- Modest Mouse, indie rock band
- Mother Love Bone, rock band (Grunge)
- Mudhoney, rock band (Grunge)
- Nevermore, metal band
- Nirvana, rock band (Grunge)
- Pearl Jam, rock band (Grunge)
- Pedro the Lion, indie rock band
- Queensrÿche, metal band (from nearby Bellevue)
- The Postal Service, indietronic band
- Presidents of the United States of America, rock band
- Sinai 48, rock band that includes the former members of Buckingham Nicks
- Soundgarden, rock band (Grunge)
- Smoosh, alternative pop band
- Vendetta Red rock band
- The Ventures, surf band
[edit] Fictional Seattleites
- Frasier (1993-2004), Emmy award-winning US television sitcom featuring Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane and David Hyde Pierce as his brother, Dr. Niles Crane
- Doonesbury, widely syndicated cartoon strip featuring numerous characters of which many live in Seattle, including Mike Doonesbury, Alex Doonesbury, Daisy 'The Widow' Doonesbury, Kim Rosenthal, J.J., Zeke Brenner, and Bernie
- Gordon Freeman, Half Life game series for the PC, xbox
- Carl Kolchak in the 1973 TV movie The Night Stalker
- Harry and the Hendersons (1987), movie comedy featuring John Lithgow and Don Ameche
- John Doe (2002-2003), television sci-fi featuring Dominic Purcell
- Grey's Anatomy (2004-), television drama, featuring Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh
- Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 movie featuring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks
- Dead Like Me, (2003-2004) Showtime comedy, featuring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin
- The Ring, 2002 movie, featuring Naomi Watts
- The 4400, (2004-), television sci-fi
- The Fabulous Baker Boys, 1989 movie
- Here Come the Brides (1968-1970) television series
- McQ, 1974 movie, featuring John Wayne
- Say Anything..., 1989 movie
- 10 Things I Hate about You, movie, featuring Julia Stiles
- Scorchy, 1976 movie, featuring Connie Stevens
- Shadowrun, 1993 video game for Super NES
- Millennium (1996-1999) television series, featuring Lance Henriksen and Megan Gallagher
- Mad Love, 1995 movie, featuring Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell
- Singles, 1992 movie, directed by Cameron Crowe
- Double Jeopardy, 1999 movie, featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd
- Kyle XY, (2006-), television abc family
- Dark Angel (2000 – 2002) cyberpunk, science fiction television series, created by James Cameron and starring Jessica Alba
- WarGames, 1983 movie, starring Matthew Broderick
- iCarly, (2007-), television series, Nickelodeon, created by Dan Schneider and starring Miranda Cosgrove
