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Seattleites are people who are from or are residents of the city of Seattle. This is a list of well-known people who lived and currently live in the city of Seattle.
Gail Devers – track and field athlete, Olympic track-and-field gold medalist
Joan Dunlap-Seivold – soccer player
Tom Gorman – tennis player
Marcus Hahnemann – soccer player
Nevin Harrison – canoer, Olympic Canoe Sprint gold medalist
Ryder Jones – baseball player
B. J. Johnson – swimmer
Matthew King – Olympic swimmer
Kimber Lee – wrestler
Dejounte Murray – basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
Apolo Ohno – world champion and Olympic gold-medalist short track speed skater
John Olerud – baseball player who played at Washington State University
Lora Ottenad – bodybuilder
Paul Renkert – soccer player
JR Ritchie – baseball player
Nate Robinson – NBA player, known for winning three All-Star Dunk contests
Ron Santo – 9-time All-Star and 5-time Gold Glove third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012
Tim Sedlacek – soccer player
Chester Simmons – basketball player
Maurice Smith – mixed martial artist
Jason Terry – basketball player
Jack Thompson – All-American quarterback at Washington State University and No. 3 overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft
Greg Valentine – wrestler; inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (2004)
DeAndre Yedlin – soccer player
Katelyn Ohashi – gymnast for UCLA, multi time awardee for the US
Jaden McDaniels – NBA player
Business
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Bill Gates – co-founder of Microsoft
Edward Giddings – architect and painter
Ethan Stowell – chef and restaurateur
Literature
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Matt Briggs – writer
Raegan Butcher – poet
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald – memoirist
David Guterson – author
Brian Herbert – author
Tan Lin – writer
Leslie Rule – author, novelist, paranormal writer
Movies, television, and media
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Ken Jennings – Jeopardy! contestant and host, author, podcaster
Jon Jon Augustavo – director
John Aylward – actor (ER, Mad Men, House of Lies, Gangster Squad)
David Michael Barrett – screenwriter and film producer
Craig Bartlett – Hey Arnold! creator
Bob Bingham – Jesus Christ Superstar actor
Josie Bissett – actress (Melrose Place); ex-wife of Rob Estes
Tori Black – porn star
Dove Cameron – actress, singer
Erika Christensen – actress
Bobby Clark – actor
Brett Davern – actor, podcaster, Awkward
Graham Elliot – chef, restaurateur
Fantasy A – actor (Fantasy A Gets a Mattress); rapper
India Gants – model, winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 23
Tom Gorai – film producer
Brian Haley – actor, comedian
Sig Hansen – the TV series Deadliest Catch
Bianca Kajlich – television actress noted for role of Jennifer on Rules of Engagement
Richard Karn – television actor, game show host
Mike Luckovich – editorial cartoonist
Dave Losso – stand-up comedian
Beau Mirchoff – actor known for television series Awkward
Brian Stokes Mitchell – Broadway actor and baritone singer
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – actor, known for Grey's Anatomy, Watchmen, Magic City, The Walking Dead, Rampage
Mark Morris – director, choreographer, dancer
Janice Pennington – The Price Is Right model
Megyn Price – actress known for roles on Grounded for Life and Rules of Engagement
Nick Robinson – actor known for portraying Ryder Scanlon on ABC Family sitcom Melissa & Joey
Omari Salisbury – journalist, videographer, media company owner
Derek Sheen – stand-up comedian
Jean Smart – actress, known for Designing Women, Kim Possible, Frasier, 24, Hacks
Ryan Stiles – comedian, known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? (both U.S. and U.K. versions), and playing Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show, and Herb Melnick on Two and a Half Men
Alison Sudol – actress, singer, songwriter
Jen Taylor – video game voice actress
Maiara Walsh – actress, Cory in the House, Desperate Housewives, Switched at Birth
Zoe Weizenbaum – actress, 12 and Holding, Memoirs of a Geisha
Rainn Wilson – actor, The Office
Music
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Nissim Black – rapper
William Bolcom – composer
Carrie Brownstein – musician, member of Sleater-Kinney
Judy Collins – folk singer
Kenny G – musician
Isis Gee – American singer in Poland and Eurovision Song Contest entrant
Stone Gossard – rhythm guitarist of Pearl Jam
Natalie Grant – Christian music singer/songwriter
Mary Lambert – singer
Lil Mosey – rapper
Macklemore – hip-hop artist, born Ben Haggerty
Duff McKagan – bassist of Guns N' Roses
Sir Mix-a-Lot – rap musician
Mark O'Connor – country violinist (also performs in other genres)
Stephen O'Malley – member of doom metal band Sunn O)))
Jake One – hip-hop music producer
Stacie Orrico – pop singer
Jay Park – Korean-American singer
Robin Pecknold – musician, lead singer in the folk-rock band Fleet Foxes
Scott Rockenfield – drummer with Queensrÿche
John Roderick – musician (The Long Winters), writer, and podcaster
Jim Sheppard – bassist with Nevermore
Kim Thayil – lead guitarist of the grunge band Soundgarden
Janet Thurlow – jazz singer
Rachel Trachtenburg – drummer, member of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Jennifer Warnes – singer and songwriter
Mary Youngblood – Native American flutist
Politics
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Yassamin Ansari – U.S. representative for Arizona[8]
Emily Compagno – former federal attorney, Oakland Raiderettes cheerleader, sports reporter, and analyst; current litigator, legal analyst, and Fox News contributor
Dan Corson – artist
Kathryn Cramer – science fiction editor (lived in Seattle 1964–1985)
Cameron Crowe – writer and director
Chris DeWolfe – founder of MySpace
Jim Donald – former CEO of Starbucks Coffee
Mark Driscoll – co-founder and preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church
C. J. Elleby (born 2000) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Rob Estes – actor
Anna Faris – actress
Brendan Fraser – actor
Charlie Furbush – former Seattle Mariners pitcher
Ari Glass – painter, designer and musician
Jorge Enrique González Pacheco – Cuban poet
Neile Graham – poet
Nicola Griffith – author
Dave Grohl – drummer of Nirvana; lead singer, guitarist of Foo Fighters
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^Landis, Paul. "A Partial Revival: the 1960s," in "Communism in Washington State: History and Memory Project." Seattle, Washington: Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, retrieved online July 27, 2023.
^"Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (United States Congress). Retrieved September 22, 2022.