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 – actress
• Daniel Bigelow – pioneer legislator and abolitionist
• Tori Black – porn star
• Josh Blue – comedian
• Carrie Brownstein – guitarist, singer (Sleater-Kinney)
• Mark Bruener – tight end, Houston Texans
• Charles Burns – cartoonist
• George Washington Bush – early settler of Bush Prairie
• Robert Eugene Bush – Medal of Honor awardee
• Dylan Carlson – guitarist and lead vocalist of Earth
• Shin-Soo Choo – MLB outfielder
• Bruce P. Crandall – Medal of Honor winner
• Gretchen Christopher – singer for The Fleetwoods
• Kurt Cobain – guitarist and 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
• Menace Demarco – rapper and tattoo artist
• Beth Ditto – vocalist (The Gossip)
• Ryann Donnelly – vocalist (Schoolyard Heroes)
• Don Eldridge – businessman and politician
• Willard R. Espy – author and poet
• Dana Eveland – MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics
• Adam Fletcher – director, Freechild Project
• Matt Groening – creator of The Simpsons and Life in Hell
• Noah Gundersen – singer-songwriter
• Kathleen Hanna – musician, vocalist, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
• Mark Hosler – musician (Negativland)
• Rebecca G. Howard – pioneer black businesswoman
• Geoff Jenkins – MLB outfielder for Milwaukee Brewers
• Calvin Johnson – founder of K Records, singer in Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System
• Rickie 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, actress; widow of Nirvana member and Olympia resident Kurt Cobain
• Jim Lynch – author of The Highest Tide
• Macklemore – hip hop musician (graduated from The Evergreen State College)
• 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
• Inga Muscio – author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
• Krist Novoselic – bass player for Nirvana
• Wendy C. Ortiz – writer (graduated from The Evergreen State College
• Joy Osmanski – actress, The Loop
• Bruce Pavitt – founder of Sub Pop Records
• Myron H. Ranney – Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
• Michael Richards – played Kramer on Seinfeld
• Jared Sandberg – third baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Chief Seattle – chief of the Suquamish
• Mike Sellers – football player, Washington Redskins
• Travis Shook – jazz pianist
• Isaac Stevens – first Governor of Washington Territory, American Civil War general
• Jerramy Stevens – football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Jonathan Stewart – running back, Carolina Panthers
• Cappy Thompson – glass artist and painter
• Corin Tucker – guitarist, singer for Sleater-Kinney
• Tobi Vail – musician for Bikini Kill and The Frumpies
• Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold
• 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 it as "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
• James Yee – Army Muslim chaplain stationed at Ft. Lewis assigned to Guantanamo Bay, later detained by U.S. military for 76 days on suspicion for espionage