Biographical Records

Notable People from Washington

908 notable figures born in Washington, showing page 18 of 19, ranked by historical prominence.

Chad Kellogg
American mountaineer (1971-2014)
1971 – 2014
mountaineer
Homaro Cantu
Homaro Cantu
American chef (1976-2015)
1976 – 2015
chefinventor
Lee Zavitz
Special effects person (1904–1977)
1904 – 1977
special effects artist
Hawthorne C. Gray
Hawthorne C. Gray
U.S. Army Air Corps captain and balloonist (1889-1927)
1889 – 1927
balloonist
W. Merle Connell
American film director (1905–1963)
1905 – 1963
directorcinematographer
Joseph Sladen Bradley
Joseph Sladen Bradley
American military officer (1900–1961)
1900 – 1961
military officer
Demetrius DuBose
American football player (1971-1999)
1971 – 1999
American football player
Marian H. Pettibone
Marian H. Pettibone
American zoologist and curator (1908–2003)
1908 – 2003
scientific collectorcuratorzoologist
Hazel Gaudet-Erskine
American social and communications scientist (1908-1975)
1908 – 1975
communication scholarpolitician
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American StarCraft player and commentator (1985–2019)
1985 – 2019
esports coachesports commentatorprofessional gamer
Donald Leslie Frizzell
American paleontologist (1906-1972)
1906 – 1972
scientific collectorpaleontologistgeologist
Margaret Peterson
American painter and illustrator (1902-1997)
1902 – 1997
university teacherillustratorpainter
Ted F. Schroeder
Ted F. Schroeder
American politician
1902 – 1979
politician
Nancy Wilson Ross
American writer (1901-1986)
1901 – 1986
novelist
David Ireland
American conceptual artist (1930–2009)
1930 – 2009
conceptual artistinstallation artistperformance artist
Don Steinbrunner
American football player (1932–1967)
1932 – 1967
American football playeraircraft pilotbasketball player
Martha Wright
Martha Wright
American actress and singer
1923 – 2016
singer
Lyle J. Burbridge
sound engineer (1922-2006)
1922 – 2006
audio engineer
Ellen Craswell
Ellen Craswell
American politician
1932 – 2008
politician
Lyle Franklin Lane
American diplomat
1926 – 2013
diplomat
Lon Simmons
Lon Simmons
American sports broadcaster (1923-2015)
1923 – 2015
baseball player
Gail M. Kelly
American anthropologist (1933-2005)
1933 – 2005
anthropologistuniversity teacher
Jerry Houghton
American football player (1926-2002)
1926 – 2002
American football player
Gordon Walgren
Gordon Walgren
American politician (1933–2018)
1933 – 2018
politician
James Ronald Warren
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1925–2012)
1925 – 2012
historian
James E. Swett
James E. Swett
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1920–2009)
1920 – 2009
military officer
James A. Gibbs
Author, lighthouse keeper (1922–2010)
1922 – 2010
historian
Harvey Manning
Harvey Manning
American walker (1925-2006)
1925 – 2006
diaristauthorwriter
Frederick Denman
modern pentathlete
1929 – 2022
pentathletemodern pentathlete
A. A. Adams
A. A. Adams
American politician
1900 – 1985
politician
Fred Eckhardt
Fred Eckhardt
American beer writer (1926-2015)
1926 – 2015
brewerbusinesspersonwriter
Fred Crisman
American conspiracy theorist
1920 – 1975
writer
Frank William Erickson
American composer
1923 – 1996
trumpeterconductorcomposer
Bonnie Wetzel
American jazz musician (1926-1965)
1926 – 1965
jazz musician
Donald L. Turcotte
American geophysicist
1932 – 2025
aerospace engineergeophysicistuniversity teacher
Dorothy Wise
pool player from the United States
1914 – 1995
pool player
Paul Fung, Jr.
cartoonist (1923–2016)
1923 – 2016
comics artist
Einar Enevoldson
Einar Enevoldson
American test pilot (1932–2021)
1932 – 2021
military officer
Richard McLean
American contemporary painter, printmaker, and photorealist (1934-2014)
1934 – 2014
printmakerpainter
Pat Silver-Lasky
Pat Silver-Lasky
American screenwriter
1925 – 2025
television writerfilm screenwritertelevision actor
Hal Riney
American actor and businessman (1932-2008)
1932 – 2008
film producerfilm directorvoice actor
Owen W. Siler
Owen W. Siler
Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (1922–2007)
1922 – 2007
military officer
Otto Larsen
American sociologist (1922–2007)
1922 – 2007
sociologist
Llyn Foulkes
Llyn Foulkes
American artist (1934-2025)
1934 – 2025
jazz musicianpainterartist
Jim Dixon
American football player, wrestler and coach (1904-1966)
1904 – 1966
American football player
C. Vernon Cole
C. Vernon Cole
American soil scientist
1922 – 2013
soil scientist
K. O. Rosenberg
K. O. Rosenberg
American politician
1920 – 2016
politician
Fred H. Dore
Fred H. Dore
American politician
1925 – 1996
politicianjudge
Dick Bond
Dick Bond
American politician (1921-2015)
1921 – 2015
politician
Hugh C. Brooks
Hugh C. Brooks
American historian
1922 – 2008
geographerhistorian
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