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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.

Contents

Born in Seattle

Living

Dead

Moved to Seattle

Living

Dead

Musical groups

Fictional Seattleites

Born in Seattle

Living

★ Paul Allen – co-founder of Microsoft

★ Bob Bingham - Jesus Christ Superstar actor

★ William Bolcom – composer

★ Carrie Brownstein – musician, member of Sleater-Kinney

★ Linda B. Buck – scientist

★ Kyle Cease - Comedian

★ Carol Channing – actress

★ Art Chantry – graphic designer

★ Erika Christensen – actress

★ Judy Collins – folk singer

★ Chris Cornell- Musician - Soundgarden, Audioslave

★ Jamal Crawford - athlete basketball player

★ Gail Devers – athlete

★ Jennifer Dunn – politician

★ WiL Francis – lead singer of the band, Aiden

★ Kenny G – musician

★ 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

★ Spencer Hawes – basketball player at the University of Washington

★ 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

★ Frank Murkowski- Polish-American politician, raised in Ketchikan, Alaska, 10th Governor of Alaska

★ Mark O'Connor – country violinist (also performs in other musical genres)

★ Apolo Anton Ohno – Olympic speed skating competitor

★ John Olerud – professional baseball player

★ Stacie Orrico – pop singer

★ Stephen S. Oswald – astronaut

★ John Requa - screenwriter

★ Nate Robinson - athlete basketball player

★ Brandon Roy - athlete basketball player

★ Ron Santo – former professional baseball player

★ Shad B.- underground rap artist

★ Jean Smart - actress

★ Tom Sprague - WHL hockey player

★ Peter Steinbrueck – politician

★ Ryan Stiles - Comedian

★ Jen Taylor - video game voice actress

★ Jason Terry – NBA point guard

★ 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

★ Frances Farmer – actress

★ Pete Fleming - missionary to Ecuador

★ Keith Godchaux – musician

★ Jimi Hendrix – rock musician

★ Art Hupy - photographer

★ Gypsy Rose Lee – actress and burlesque star

★ Mary McCarthy - author, critic and social activist

★ Margaret Murie – environmentalist

Moved to Seattle

Living

★ Whit Alexander - co-founder of Cranium, Inc.

★ Sherman Alexie – author

★ Jeff Ament – bassist of Pearl Jam

★ Fred Beckey – mountaineer

★ Josie Bissett – actress, wife of Rob Estes

★ 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

★ Neile Graham – poet

★ Nicola Griffith – author

★ Dave Grohl – drummer of Nirvana

★ Leland H. Hartwell – Nobel Prize winner

★ David Horsey - cartoonist

★ Tom Hulce – actor in 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

★ Paul B. Lowney - author

★ 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

★ J. P. Patches – TV star clown

★ Samuel Gamboa Potter – actor tv producer Action Outdoors TV

★ Jeff Probst - host of tv show Survivor

★ Jonathan Raban – author

★ Gary Ridgway -- serial killer

★ Tom Robbins – author

★ Ann Rule – true crime author

★ Dan Savage – advice columnist

★ Howard Schultz - chairman of Starbucks

★ Tom Skerritt – actor

★ Alex Steffen - award-winning author and editor

★ Neal Stephenson – science-fiction author

★ Lauren Tewes – actress

★ Earnest James Ujaama – community activist and indicted associate of al-Qaeda

★ Eddie Vedder – lead singer of Pearl Jam

★ Edith Derby Williams - historian, granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt

★ Ann Wilson - lead singer and flute player of Heart

★ Jim Woodring – comic book author and artist

★ Don Roff - writer and filmmaker

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 – pres
★ ident of the University of Washington (1915-1926)

★ August Wilson – playwright

★ Mia Zapata – musician

Musical groups

★ Alice in Chains, rock band (Grunge)

★ Aiden, rock band

★ 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

★ Mofos of Euphoria, alternative rock band (Grunge)

★ 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

★ 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

★ ''Gordon Freeman'', Half Life game series for the PC xbox

★ 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'', 1995 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