List of people from Seattle

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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.

Lived in Seattle

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Athletics

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  • Seyi Adekoya – soccer player[1]
  • Reed Baker-Whiting – soccer player[2]
  • Josh Barnett – MMA fighter, former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion
  • Peter Baum – lacrosse player
  • Carl Bennett – soccer player[3]
  • Samad Bounthong – soccer player[4]
  • Jim Brazeau – soccer player and coach[5]
  • Leo Burney – soccer player[6]
  • Jerry Cameron – soccer player[7]
  • Fred Couples – golfer
  • Jamal Crawford – basketball player
  • 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]
  • Maria Cantwell – U.S. senator
  • Jenny Durkan – mayor of Seattle
  • Bob Ferguson – governor of Washington
  • Steve Gunderson – politician in Montana[9]
  • Jay Inslee – former governor of Washington
  • Jerry Lewis – California politician
  • Gary Locke – U.S. Ambassador to China, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, former governor of Washington
  • Patty Murray – U.S. senator, former state senator[10]
  • Frank Murkowski – Polish-American politician, tenth governor of Alaska
  • Lonnie Nelson – civil rights, Indigenous peoples, labor, peace, and social justice activist[11][12]
  • Marjorie Pitter King – first African-American woman to serve in the Washington State Legislature
  • William Farrand Prosser – U.S. congressman from Tennessee, Seattle city treasurer, Yakima mayor[13]
  • Angela Rye – CNN political commentator
  • Peter Steinbrueck – politician
  • Lynn Woolsey – politician

Miscellaneous

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  • Marc D. Angel – rabbi
  • Mario Batali – chef, writer, restaurateur and media personality
  • Linda B. Buck – scientist
  • Art Chantry – graphic design
  • Greg Colson – artist
  • Stephen Funk – former United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who refused to deploy to Iraq
  • Emerald Ignacio (aka "DriftGirl") – actor and model; builds and races cars
  • Irene the Alien – drag performer
  • Amanda Knox – tried and convicted in Italy for murder of Meredith Kercher but subsequently acquitted on appeal
  • Paul Kuniholm – artist
  • Michael Leavitt – sculptor and toy maker
  • Melissa Miranda – chef and restaurateur
  • Stephen S. Oswald – astronaut
  • Catherine Eaton Skinner – multimedia artist
  • Casey Treat – pastor, televangelist
  • Paula Mary Turnbull – artist, nun
  • Jim Whittaker – first American to climb Mount Everest
  • Lou Whittaker – mountaineer, founded Mount Rainier guide service
  • Colleen Willoughby – philanthropist

Deceased

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  • Ann Reinking – actress, dancer, choreographer, All That Jazz, Micki + Maude, Annie
  • Paul Jacob Alexander – newspaper publisher and Seattle City Councilman
  • Paul Allen – co-founder of Microsoft
  • Signe Toly Anderson – original lead singer of The Jefferson Airplane
  • Richard Lee Armstrong – professor and geochemist
  • Jo Baer – painter
  • Bob Bartlett – politician
  • Lawrence James Beck – sculptor
  • Frank T. Bell – United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries (1933–1939)
  • Barbara Berjer – television actress
  • Max Brand – author (pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust)
  • Gerald Brashear – musician, played with Wyatt Ruther, Ray Charles, Della Reese, Cecil Young Quartet
  • Chester Carlson – physicist and inventor
  • Carol Channing – actress, Hello, Dolly!, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Thoroughly Modern Millie
  • Irma Schoennauer Cole – swimmer, civil servant
  • Chris Cornell – musician, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog
  • Don Coryell – NFL coach
  • Marian Cummings (c. 1892–1984) – first woman in the US to gain a commercial pilot's license
  • Warrel Dane – musician, singer for Sanctuary, Nevermore
  • Jennifer Dunn – politician
  • Frances Farmer – actress
  • Pete Fleming – missionary to Ecuador
  • Keith Godchaux – musician
  • Kathi Goertzen – longtime news anchor for KOMO 4
  • Richard F. Gordon Jr. – astronaut
  • Bonnie Guitar – singer
  • Ed Guthman – journalist
  • Ivar Haglund – folksinger and restaurateur
  • Jimi Hendrix – rock guitarist and singer
  • Steven Hill – actor, portrayed Adam Schiff in the TV series Law & Order
  • Eldon Hoke (aka El Duce) – drummer and singer of rock band The Mentors
  • Art Hupy – photographer
  • Fred Hutchinson – baseball player and manager
  • Ruth Jessen – golfer
  • Gary Kildall – scientist, inventor and founder of Digital Research
  • Ed Lee – first Asian American mayor of San Francisco
  • Gypsy Rose Lee – actress and burlesque star
  • Mary Livingstone – comedian and wife of Jack Benny
  • Kevin McCarthy – actor
  • Mary McCarthy – author, critic and social activist
  • Rob Roy McGregor – U.S. Navy rear admiral and decorated submariner
  • Alfred M. Moen – inventor and founder of Moen Incorporated
  • Margaret Murie – environmentalist
  • Mako Nakagawa – Japanese American advocate, educator, and activist
  • Harley D. Nygren – admiral and engineer, first Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
  • Adella M. Parker – suffragist, politician, lawyer, and high school teacher
  • Walt Partymiller – cartoonist
  • Tuulikki Pietilä – graphic artist and professor
  • Guy Bates Post – stage and film actor
  • Hal Riney – advertising executive
  • Ron Santo – Hall of Fame baseball player
  • Bell M. Shimada – fisheries scientist who pioneered the study of the tuna fishery in the tropical Pacific Ocean
  • Robert Stroud – convicted felon, "Birdman of Alcatraz"
  • George Tsutakawa – painter, sculptor and professor
  • Emmett Watson – journalist

Moved to Seattle

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Living

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  • Zaid Abdul-Aziz – former Seattle SuperSonics power forward
  • Dustin Ackley – former Seattle Mariners outfielder
  • Sherman Alexie – author
  • Kimball Allen – writer, playwright, performer, gay activist, author of Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon and Be Happy Be Mormon
  • Jeff Ament – bassist of Pearl Jam
  • Brian Atwater – geologist
  • Anomie Belle – musician
  • BenDeLaCreme – actor, drag queen, 5th place and Miss Congeniality of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6
  • Jeff Bezos – former CEO and founder of Amazon.com
  • Christopher Boffoli – photographer
  • Jeff Borowiak – tennis player
  • Bosco – drag queen; contestant and finalist on Rupaul's Drag Race Season 14
  • David Brewster – publisher and journalist
  • Terry Brooks – author
  • Robert Brown – musician, lead singer of Abney Park
  • Ed Brubaker – comics writer and artist
  • Peter Buck – musician in R.E.M.
  • Charles Burns – cartoonist
  • Matt Cameron – drummer of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
  • Dyan Cannon – actress
  • Roberto Carcelen – Olympian
  • Neko Case – musician
  • J.R. Celski – Olympic speed skater
  • Michael Chang – tennis player, French Open champion
  • Valentina Chepiga – IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Dale Chihuly – glass blowing artist
  • Nick Collison – Oklahoma City Thunder forward[14]
  • 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
  • Caren Gussoff – author
  • Gary Hall Jr. – 10-time Olympic medalist[15]
  • Leland H. Hartwell – Nobel Prize winner
  • Matt Hasselbeck – quarterback, Seattle Seahawks player
  • Jenni Hogan – KIRO-TV traffic anchor
  • Jerry Holkins – co-creator of Penny Arcade
  • David Horsey – cartoonist
  • Tom Hulce – actor in National Lampoon's Animal House and Amadeus
  • Jane Jensen – game designer and author
  • Phoenix Jones – superhero, vigilante
  • Quincy Jones – musician
  • S. T. Joshi – literary critic and editor
  • Michael Kinsley – journalist
  • Sascha Konietzko – founder and frontman of KMFDM
  • Mike Krahulik – co-creator of Penny Arcade
  • Jon Krakauer – author
  • Jayne Ann Krentz – romance novelist
  • Gary Larson – comic strip artist (The Far Side)
  • Lusine – IDM musician
  • Kyle MacLachlan – actor
  • Dave Matthews – musician
  • Taylor Mays – football player
  • Jim McDermott – Congressman
  • Rose McGowan – actress, Charmed, Jawbreaker
  • Joel McHale – actor, host of The Soup on E! and star of NBC television series Community
  • Mike McCready – lead guitarist of Pearl Jam (considered local, went to grade school – college in Seattle)
  • Carol Milne – Canadian American sculptor
  • Patrick Monahan – lead singer of the band Train
  • Jinkx Monsoon – actor, drag queen, winner of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 5
  • Gabe Newell – CEO and founder of Valve
  • Krist Novoselic – bassist of Nirvana
  • Bill Nye – "Science Guy", actor, comedian
  • Yuji Okumoto – actor, The Karate Kid, Part II and Real Genius; owner of Kona Kitchen
  • Trey Parker – co-creator of South Park
  • Susan Powter – motivational speaker, dietitian, personal trainer and author
  • Karen Prell – puppeteer
  • Jeff Probst – host of TV show Survivor
  • Julia Quinn – author
  • John Ratzenberger – actor, played Cliff Clavin on TV series Cheers
  • Richard Read – journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, 1999, 2001
  • Ron Reagan – radio talk host, son of Ronald Reagan
  • Gary Ridgway – serial killer
  • Tom Robbins – author
  • Don Roff – writer and filmmaker
  • Ryan Rowland-Smith – Seattle Mariners pitcher[16]
  • Dan Savage – advice columnist
  • Howard Schultz – chairman of Starbucks
  • Becky Selengut – chef and cookbook author
  • Ross Shafer – comedian and television host
  • Richard Silverstein – blogger
  • Tom Skerritt – actor
  • Quest Skinner – mixed media artist
  • Alex Steffen – award-winning author and editor
  • Neal Stephenson – science-fiction author
  • Adam Stern – symphony conductor
  • Mack Strong – retired Seattle Seahawks fullback 1993–2007
  • Ichiro Suzuki – baseball player, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Miami Marlins
  • Robert Swift – former Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City Thunder center
  • Geoff Tate – lead singer of Queensrÿche
  • Lauren Tewes – actress
  • Jason Thornberry – writer, musician
  • Earnest James Ujaama – community activist and indicted associate of al-Qaeda
  • Eddie Vedder – lead singer of Pearl Jam
  • Guy Williams – basketball player, Washington Bullets and Golden State Warriors
  • Ann Wilson – lead singer and flute player of Heart
  • Mark Wirth – "fashion notable", local character
  • Al Young – dragster driver

Deceased

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  • Harry Anderson – actor
  • Frank Barsotti – professional photographer
  • Jack Bechdolt – journalist for Seattle Post Intelligencer, illustrator/artist, author of thousands of short stories
  • Fred Beckey – mountaineer
  • Bill Boeing – aviation pioneer, industrialist
  • Robert Bray – actor
  • Edwin Frederick Brotze – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times
  • Libbie Beach Brown – president, Seattle City Federation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
  • Francis H. Brownell – businessman, president of the Seattle First National Bank
  • Octavia Butler – author
  • Frank Calvert – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times
  • James E. Casey – United Parcel Service founder
  • Ray Charles – musician
  • Charlie Chong – political activist
  • Kurt Cobain – Nirvana frontman, awesome
  • Frantz Hunt Coe – educator
  • Alexander DeSoto – physician and philanthropist, founder of Seattle's first hospital
  • James S. Ditty – photoengraver, Seattle Star
  • James Doohan – actor; Montgomery Scott on Star Trek
  • Ford Quint Elvidge – governor of Guam
  • Frances Farmer – actress
  • Kate Fleming – audio book narrator (voice-over actor) and producer
  • George Frederick Frye – Seattle pioneer and politician
  • Edgar Gott – aviation pioneer, first president of Boeing
  • Carl F. Gould – architect, educator
  • George Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • John "DOK" Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times
  • Alex Haley – writer, author of Roots
  • Anna Roosevelt Halsted – journalist, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Victor Hanzeli – linguist, former Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literature at UW
  • George H. Hitchings – scientist
  • Alan Hovhaness – composer
  • Edward Sturgis Ingraham – first superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools; mountaineer
  • Don James – American football coach
  • Ernest C. Jenner – illustrator for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • Russell Johnson – actor; Professor Roy Hinkley on Gilligan's Island
  • Jacob Lawrence – painter
  • Brandon Lee – actor
  • Bruce Lee – actor
  • Denise Levertov – poet
  • J. P. D. Lloyd – Episcopal cleric, the president of the Seattle Public Library
  • Keye Luke – actor[17]
  • Betty MacDonald – author
  • Helene Madison – three gold medals at 1932 Summer Olympics
  • Benjamin Brown Martin – illustrator for the Seattle Daily Times
  • Rick May – voice actor, theatrical performer, director, and teacher
  • William Charles McNulty – illustrator for Seattle Star; teacher at Art Students League
  • Asa Mercer – man behind the Mercer Girls, a model for the TV series Here Come the Brides
  • Robert Moran – shipbuilder
  • Marni Nixon – musician
  • Henry O'Malley – United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
  • Alexander Pantages – theatrical entrepreneur
  • Robert W. Patten – veteran, storyteller, inspiration for cartoon series
  • Lionel Pries – architect, educator
  • Henry Prusoff – tennis player
  • Jonathan Raban – author
  • Alfred T. Renfro – cartoonist, Seattle Star
  • Theodore Roethke – poet
  • Zola Helen Ross – author
  • Ann Rule – true crime author
  • Bill Russell – retired Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
  • James Willis Sayre – theatre critic, journalist, arts promoter, and historian
  • Jeff Smith – TV chef and author
  • Layne Staley – musician, singer of grunge band Alice In Chains
  • Henry Suzzallo – president of the University of Washington (1915–1926)
  • Sarah Truax – stage actor
  • August Wilson – playwright
  • Andrew Wood – singer of grunge band Mother Love Bone
  • Lillian Yarbo – actress, comedienne, dancer, and singer
  • Mia Zapata – musician

Athletes from Seattle

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  • Aaron Brooks – NBA PG; Franklin High School
  • Bobby Brown – MLB infielder and executive, played in four World Series
  • Kevin Burleson – NBA PG; O'Dea High School
  • Nate Burleson – NFL WR; O'Dea High School
  • Jesse Chatman – NFL RB; Franklin High School
  • Doug Christie – NBA SG; Rainier Beach High School
  • Josh Conerly Jr. – NFL OT; Rainier Beach High School[18]
  • Will Conroy – NBA PG; Garfield (Seattle)
  • Fred Couples – PGA; O'Dea High School
  • 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
  • C. J. Giles – NBA PF; Rainier Beach High School
  • Charlie Greene – USATF Olympian; Track & Field Hall of Fame; O'Dea High School[19]
  • Spencer Hawes – NBA C; Seattle Prep
  • Phil Heath – second world ranked IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Jeff Jaeger – NFL K; University of Washington
  • Ruth Jessen – professional golfer, Seattle University
  • Earl Johnson – Major League Baseball P; Ballard High School
  • Taylor Mays – NFL S; O'Dea High School
  • Reese McGuire – MLB catcher; Kentwood High School
  • Jack Medica – Olympic swimmer; University of Washington[20][21]
  • Hugh Millen – NFL QB; Roosevelt High School
  • Nate Robinson – NBA PG; Rainier Beach High School
  • Brandon Roy – NBA SF; Garfield (Seattle)
  • Chester Simmons – NBA PG; Garfield (Seattle)
  • Peyton Siva – NBA PG; Franklin High School (Seattle)
  • Isaiah Stanback – NFL WR; Garfield (Seattle)
  • Rodney Stuckey – NBA SG; Kentwood High School
  • Jason Terry – NBA PG; Franklin High School
  • Martell Webster – NBA SG; Seattle Prep
  • Marcus Williams – NBA SF; Roosevelt High School
  • Terrence Williams – NBA SF; Rainier Beach High School
  • Sheila Lambert – WNBA PG; Chief Sealth High School

Musical groups

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  • Abney Park – steampunk band, formerly goth
  • Aiden – rock band (emo)
  • Alice in Chains – rock band (grunge/metal)
  • Amber Pacific – pop punk band
  • Band of Horses – previously known as Horses, indie rock band
  • The Blood Brothers – post-hardcore band
  • Blue Scholars – hip hop
  • Brite Futures – indie pop
  • The Brothers Four – folksingers
  • Candlebox – alternative band
  • The Classic Crime – alternative band
  • Common Market – hip hop
  • Dave Matthews Band – originated in Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Death Cab for Cutie – alternative band
  • Demon Hunter – metal band
  • Earth – drone/doom band
  • The Fall of Troy – post-hardcore band (originally from Mukilteo, Washington)
  • Fleet Foxes – indie rock band
  • Foo Fighters – rock band
  • The Gits – rock band
  • Grand Archives – alternative rock band
  • Green River – rock band (grunge)
  • Gruntruck - rock band (grunge)
  • Harvey Danger – alternative band
  • He Is We – indie pop
  • The Head and the Heart – indie rock band
  • Heart – rock band
  • Hey Marseilles – alternative band
  • Himsa – Metalcore band
  • I Declare War – deathcore band
  • Ivan & Alyosha – pop rock band
  • Jake One – hip hop producer
  • Jerry Cantrell - lead guitarist from Alice in Chains' solo career
  • Quincy Jones – jazz musician
  • KMFDM – industrial band
  • Love Battery - rock band - grunge and psychedelic
  • Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – hip hop/rap duo
  • Mad Season - rock super group (grunge)
  • Melvins – sludge metal band (originally from Montesano, Washington)
  • Metal Church – metal band
  • Minus the Bear – alternative rock band
  • Modest Mouse – indie rock band (from nearby Issaquah, Washington)
  • Mother Love Bone – rock band (grunge)
  • Mudhoney – rock band (grunge)
  • Murder City Devils – rock band (garage rock)
  • MxPx – rock band (punk rock)
  • Nevermore – metal band
  • Nirvana – rock band (grunge) (originally from Aberdeen, Washington)
  • Odesza – electronic/experimental
  • Pearl Jam – rock band (grunge)
  • Pedro the Lion – indie rock band
  • Pickwick – indie rock band
  • Tad - rock band (grunge)
  • Temple of the Dog (grunge)
  • The Postal Service – indietronica band
  • Presidents of the United States of America – rock band
  • Queensrÿche – metal band (from nearby Bellevue)
  • Thee Satisfaction – hip hop/rap duo
  • Schoolyard Heroes – horror punk/post hardcore (originally from Tacoma, Washington)
  • The Scene Aesthetic – acoustic/indie pop band
  • Screaming Trees - rock band (grunge) - originally formed in Ellensburg
  • Shabazz Palaces – hip hop/rap duo
  • Sinai 48 – a rock band that includes the former members of Buckingham Nicks
  • Skin Yard - rock band (grunge)
  • Smoosh – alternative pop band
  • Soundgarden – rock band (grunge)
  • Sunn O))) – doom metal band
  • Kyle Townsend – record producer, musician
  • Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players – indie rock/pop band
  • Trial – political straightedge band
  • Ugly Casanova – indie rock band featuring the main member Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse (from nearby Issaquah, Washington)
  • Vendetta Red – rock band
  • The Ventures – surf band

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