List of people from Olympia, Washington

The following is a list of famous Olympians, those people of note who have lived in or around Olympia, Washington:

• Christopher Baldwin – cartoonist
• Laird Barron - author
• Lynda Barry – cartoonist (Ernie Pook's Comeek)
• Craig Bartlett – cartoonist/animator
• Shoshana Bean – Broadway actress
• Daniel Bigelow - Pioneer legislator and abolitionist.
• Josh Blue – comedian
• Carrie Brownstein – guitarist/singer (Sleater-Kinney)
• Mark Bruener – tight end, Houston Texans
• Charles Burns – cartoonist
• Robert Eugene Bush – Medal of Honor awardee
• Dylan Carlson – guitarist and lead vocalist of Earth
• Shin-Soo Choo – professional baseball outfielder currently playing for the Cleveland Indians
• Bruce P. Crandall - Medal of Honor winner
• Gretchen Christopher – singer for The Fleetwoods
• Kurt Cobain – guitarist/singer, Nirvana
• Stephanie Coontz – writer, academic and professor at Evergreen State College
• Derrike Cope – Nascar driver
• Rachel Corrie – Palestinian solidarity activist
• Kimya Dawson – singer/songwriter
• Beth Ditto – vocalist (The Gossip)
• Ryann Donnelly – vocalist (Schoolyard Heroes)
• Barbara Ellis – singer for The Fleetwoods
• Dana Eveland - MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Oakland Athletics
• Adam Fletcher – director, Freechild Project
• Matt Groening – creator of The Simpsons and Life in Hell
• Kathleen Hanna – musician (vocalist), Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
• Dustin Hunter - artist, musician, internet personality
• Mark Hosler – musician (Negativland)
• Geoff Jenkins – outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
• Calvin Johnson – founder of K Records, singer in Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System
• Ricky Lee Jones – singer-songwriter
• Phoebe Judson – founder of Lynden, Washington
• Kasey Kahne – NASCAR driver
• Conrad Keely – vocalist/guitarist (…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
• Kasey Keller – Soccer goal keeper
• Brian Kendrick – SmackDown! wrestler
• Peter Kennedy - figure skater
• Travis Lee – first baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Justin Leone – third baseman, San Diego Padres
• Gary Locke – former Governor of the State of Washington
• Courtney Love – singer/writer/guitarist; widow of Nirvana member/former Olympia resident Kurt Cobain.
• Jim Lynch – author of The Highest Tide
• Nellie McKay – actress, singer/songwriter
• Mirah – singer/songwriter, released on K Records
• Jeff Monson – mixed martial arts fighter and anarchist
• Slim Moon – founder of Kill Rock Stars record label
• Krist Novoselic – bass player for Nirvana
• Joy Osmanski - Actress who co-starred on The Loop
• Bruce Pavitt – founder of Sub Pop Records
• Michael Richards – played Kramer on Seinfeld
• Travis Shook – jazz pianist
• Jared Sandberg – third baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Chief Seattle – chief of the Suquamish
• Mike Sellers – Washington Redskins
• Isaac Stevens – first Governor of Washington Territory, American Civil War general
• Jerramy Stevens – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Jonathan Stewart – running back for the Carolina Panthers
• Cappy Thompson – glass artist/painter
• Corin Tucker – guitarist/singer for Sleater-Kinney
• Tobi Vail – musician for Bikini Kill and The Frumpies
• James Yee - Army Muslim chaplain stationed at Ft. Lewis assigned to Guantanamo Bay who would later be detained by the U.S. military for 76 days on suspicion for espionage.
• J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner – forensic psychologist/TV personality
• Jared Warren – bassist, singer Big Business, The Melvins, formerly of Karp
• Lt. Ehren Watada-Army officer who disobeyed orders to be deployed to Iraq after protesting that it was "an illegal war".
• Janet Weiss – drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
• Kathi Wilcox – musician (Bikini Kill, The Casual Dots)
• Allison Wolfe – lead singer for Bratmobile and Partyline
• Tori Black – pornstar
• Sky Cosby - Bookseller, founder of Last Word Books, founder of Last Earth Distro, IT Director of Earthlight Books

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