List of people from Seattle

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
• 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

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

Moved to Seattle

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

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

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

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

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