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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.

Born in Seattle

Living

• Paul Allen – Co-founder of Microsoft^[1]
• Bob Bingham - Jesus Christ Superstar actor
• Josie Bissett – Actress, ex-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
• Greg Colson – Artist
• Erika Christensen – Actress
• Judy Collins – Folk singer
• Chris Cornell - Musician - Soundgarden, Audioslave
• Warrel Dane - Musician, singer for Sanctuary, Nevermore
• Gail Devers – athlete
• WiL Francis – Lead singer of the band, Aiden
• Bill Gates – Co-founder of Microsoft
• Isis Gee - American singer in Poland and Eurovision Song Contest entrant
• Richard F. Gordon, Jr. – Astronaut
• Tom Gorman - Tennis player
• Stone Gossard – Rhythm guitarist of Pearl Jam
• Natalie Grant - Christian music singer/songwriter
• David Guterson – Author
• Marcus Hahnemann - Professional soccer goalkeeper
• Brian Herbert – Author
• Jay Inslee – Politician
• Bianca Kajlich - Actress who plays Jennifer on Rules of Engagement.
• Richard Karn – Television actor who is famous for playing Al Borland on Home Improvement and hosting Family Feud from 2002-2006.
• Amanda Knox - Convicted of Murder of Meredith Kercher
• Thomas Kohnstamm - Author
• Blake Lewis - Singer, best known for finishing runner-up on American Idol (season 6).
• Jerry Lewis – Politician
• Kevin McCarthy – Actor
• Duff McKagan – Bassist formerly of Guns N' Roses, now with Velvet Revolver.
• Gianna Michaels - Porn Star
• Brian Stokes Mitchell - Broadway actor and baritone singer
• Sir Mix-a-Lot – rap musician
• Mark Morris – Director, choreographer, dancer
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Actor
• 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 – former Professional baseball player
• Stacie Orrico – pop singer
• Stephen S. Oswald – Astronaut
• Megyn Price - Actress who plays Claudia Finnerty on Grounded for Life and Audrey Bingham on Rules of Engagement.
• Ann Reinking - Actress, dancer, choreographer
• John Requa - Screenwriter Cats and Dogs and Bad Santa
• Scott Rockenfield - Drummer with Queensrÿche
• Ron Santo – Former professional baseball player
• Jim Sheppard - Bassist with Nevermore
• Jean Smart - Actress who famous for playing Charlene Frazier Stillfield on Designing Women and Dr. Ann Possible on Kim Possible.
• Peter Steinbrueck – Politician
• Ryan Stiles - Comedian, who is best known for playing on Whose Line Is It Anyway, Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show, and Herb Melnick on Two and a Half Men
• Jen Taylor – Video game voice actress
• Rachel Trachtenburg – drummer, member of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
• Jennifer Warnes – singer and songwriter
• Adam West – Actor, known for lead role in TV series Batman
• 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

Deceased

• 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
• Irma Schoennauer Cole - Swimmer, civil servant
• Jennifer Dunn – politician
• Frances Farmer – actress
• Pete Fleming - missionary to Ecuador
• Keith Godchaux – musician
• Ed Guthman – Journalist
• Ivar Haglund - folksinger and restaurateur
• Jimi Hendrix – rock guitarist/singer
• Fred Hutchinson - Baseball Player and Manager
• Art Hupy - photographer
• Gypsy Rose Lee – actress and burlesque star
• Mary Livingstone - comedienne and wife of Jack Benny
• Mary McCarthy - author, critic and social activist
• Alfred M. Moen - inventor and founder of Moen, Inc.
• Margaret Murie – environmentalist
• Robert Stroud - The Birdman of Alcatraz
• Emmett Watson - journalist
• Charles Wood - singer and actor. Introduced Cole Porter's "Tom, Dick or Harry" on Broadway (as Hortensio), with Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang and Edwin Clay, in Porter's long-running 1948 musical, Kiss Me, Kate

Moved to Seattle

Living

• Sherman Alexie – author
• Jeff Ament – bassist of Pearl Jam
• Harry Anderson - actor
• Brian Atwater - geologist
• Fred Beckey – mountaineer
• David Brewster (journalist) - publisher and journalist
• Jeff Borowiak - tennis player
• Terry Brooks – author
• Robert Brown - Musician, lead singer of Abney Park
• Ed Brubaker - comics writer and artist ^[2]
• 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
• Caren Gussoff – author
• Leland H. Hartwell – Nobel Prize winner
• David Horsey - cartoonist
• Tom Hulce – actor in National Lampoon's Animal House and Amadeus
• 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
• 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", actor, comedian
• Apolo Ohno - World champion and Olympic short track speedskater
• Jeff Probst - host of TV show Survivor
• Jonathan Raban – author
• John Ratzenberger - actor 'Cheers'
• Ron Reagan - radio talk host
• Gary Ridgway - serial killer
• John Linton Roberson - cartoonist & illustrator
• Tom Robbins – author
• Don Roff - writer and filmmaker
• Ann Rule – true crime author
• Bill Russell - retired Hall of Fame basketball player
• 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
• Ichiro Suzuki - baseball player
• Geoff Tate - lead singer of Queensrÿche
• 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

Deceased

• 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
• Ford Quint Elvidge - governor of Guam
• 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

Native Athletes

• Shaun Bodiford - NFL WR Federal Way High School
• Aaron Brooks - NBA PG Franklin 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)
• Chester Simmons - 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
• C. J. Giles - NBA PF Rainier Beach High School
• Charlie Greene – USATF Olympian/Track & Field Hall of Fame O'Dea High School^[3]
• Spencer Hawes – NBA C Seattle Prep
• Taylor Mays – USC Safety O'Dea High School
• Hugh Millen - NFL QB Roosevelt High School
• Nate Robinson - NBA PG Rainier Beach High School
• Brandon Roy - NBA SF Garfield (Seattle)
• Brian Scalabrine - NBA C Enumclaw High School
• 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

Musical groups

• Abney Park, steampunk band: formerly goth.
• Aiden, rock band (Emo)
• Alice in Chains, rock band (Grunge)
• Anomie Belle, electronic
• Band of Horses, previously known as Horses, indie rock band
• The Blood Brothers, (Emo)
• Blue Scholars, hip-hop
• The Brothers Four, folksingers
• The Classic Crime, alternative band
• Dave Matthews Band (originated in Charlottesville, Virginia)
• Death Cab for Cutie, alternative band
• Fleet Foxes, indie rock band
• Foo Fighters, rock band
• The Gits, rock band
• Green River, rock band (Grunge)
• Harvey Danger, alternative band
• Heart, rock band
• Himsa, Metalcore band
• Jimi Hendrix, guitarist
• KMFDM, industrial band
• Minus the Bear, alternative rock band
• Modest Mouse, indie rock band
• Mother Love Bone, rock band (Grunge)
• Mudhoney, rock band (Grunge)
• Murder City Devils, rock band (Garage Rock)
• Nevermore, metal band
• Nirvana, rock band (Grunge)
• Pearl Jam, rock band (Grunge)
• Pedro the Lion, indie rock band
• The Postal Service, indietronic band
• Presidents of the United States of America, rock band
• Queensrÿche, metal band (from nearby Bellevue)
• Quincy Jones, jazz musician
• Sinai 48, rock band that includes the former members of Buckingham Nicks
• Sir Mix-a-Lot, hip-hop
• Slicing Grandpa, experimental rock
• Soundgarden, rock band (Grunge)
• Smoosh, alternative pop band
• Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, indie rock/pop band
• Ugly Casanova, indie rock band featuring the members of Modest Mouse
• Vendetta Red rock band
• The Ventures, surf band

Seattle in fiction

• 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
• Here Come the Brides (1968-1970) television series
• Carl Kolchak in the 1973 TV movie The Night Stalker
• McQ, 1974 movie, featuring John Wayne
• Scorchy, 1976 movie, featuring Connie Stevens
• WarGames, 1983 movie, starring Matthew Broderick
• Harry and the Hendersons (1987), movie comedy featuring John Lithgow and Don Ameche
• The Fabulous Baker Boys, 1989 movie
• Say Anything..., 1989 movie
• The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, 1992 movie, starring Rebecca De Mornay
• Singles, 1992 movie, directed by Cameron Crowe
• Shadowrun, 1993 video game for Super NES
• 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
• Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 movie featuring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks
• Mad Love, 1995 movie, featuring Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell
• Millennium (1996-1999) television series, featuring Lance Henriksen and Megan Gallagher
• 10 Things I Hate about You, 1999 movie, featuring Julia Stiles
• Double Jeopardy, 1999 movie, featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd
• Dark Angel (2000 – 2002) cyberpunk, science fiction television series, created by James Cameron and starring Jessica Alba
• The Ring, 2002 movie, featuring Naomi Watts
• John Doe (2002-2003), television sci-fi featuring Dominic Purcell
• A Guy Thing, 2003 movie, starring Julia Stiles,Jason Lee, Selma Blair
• Agent Cody Banks, 2003 movie, featuring Frankie Muniz and Hilary Duff
• Dead Like Me, (2003-2004) Showtime comedy, featuring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin
• Grey's Anatomy (2004-), television drama, featuring Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh
• The 4400, (2004-), television sci-fi
• Firewall, 2006 movie, starring Harrison Ford
• Kyle XY, (2006-), television abc family
• iCarly, (2007-), television series, Nickelodeon, created by Dan Schneider and starring Miranda Cosgrove
• The Last Mimzy, 2007 movie
• Reaper (TV series) (2007-), comedy
• World's Greatest Dad, 2009 movie, starring Robin Williams

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