Notable People from Washington

Ron Rose

American poker player (1944-2019)

Don Rich

American country musician (1941–1974)

Robert D. Keppel

American criminologist (1944–2021)

Alan Bates

American politician (1945–2016)

James Acord

American artist

Bobby Jaggers

American professional wrestler

Thomas James Kinsman

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1945–2017)

Doug Hopkins

American musician (1961-1993)

Dennis Danell

American guitarist (1961–2000)

Johnny Bumphus

American boxer (1960–2020)

Eric Engstrom

American software engineer

Tamara Grigsby

American politician (1974-2016)

Kim Murphy

American actress (1974–2018)

Jak Knight

American actor (1993–2022)

Harry W. Crosby

American photographer and historian (1926–2024)

Adelle August

American actress (1934-2005)

Fay King

American cartoonist

Vincent Ostrom

American academic, educator and political scientist (1919–2012)

Norman Pfeiffer

American architect

Fred Forsberg

American football player

Joel Shatzky

American writer and literature professor (1943-2020)

L. J. Davis

American novelist, journalist (1940-2011)

George Tsutakawa

American artist (1910-1997)

Robert R. Beezer

Circuit Judge (1928–2012)

Brice Taylor

American football player and coach (1902-1974)

Robert C. Bruce

American voice actor (1914–2003)

Lou Whittaker

American mountaineer

Wayne D. Overholser

writer (1906–1996)

Mary Carolyn Davies

American writer (1888–1974)

Jay H. Upton

American lawyer

Roy Schwitters

American physicist

George J. Wimberly

American architect

Zoa Sherburne

American writer (1912-1995)

Roderick M. Hills

American lawyer; Securities and Exchange commissioner (1931-2014)

Reuben H. Fleet

American pilot and businessman (1887–1975)

Thomas Pelly

American politician (1902-1973)

Wildcat Wilson

American football player (1901-1963)

Cliff Garrett

American aerospace engineer (1908-1963)

Frances Yeend

American singer

Roberta Byrd Barr

African American educator, civil rights leader, actress, librarian, and television personality, first female high school principal in Seattle (1919-1993)

Al Ulbrickson Sr.

American rower and coach

Keith A. Wester

American sound engineer (1940-2002)

Allen C. Kelley

economist

Anthony C. E. Quainton

American diplomat

Earl Johnson

American baseball player

Jerry Grant

American racing driver (1935-2012)

Dick King

American politician

Chuck Alm

American rower

Margaret Benston

Canadian scientist and feminist

Chuck Allen

American football player (1939-2016)