Notable People from Washington

Taky Kimura

Martial Arts Instructor

Esther Pohl Lovejoy

American physician and international relief worker (1869–1967)

Pat Paulsen

American actor (1927-1997)

Rog Phillips

American writer (1909–1965)

Harvey Bernhard

American film producer (1924-2014)

Walter James Fitzgerald

Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (1883–1947)

Nick Ramus

American actor (1929-2007)

Diana Miller

American actress (1902 – 1927)

Laird Koenig

American writer

Fred Hutchinson

American Major League Baseball player, Major League Baseball manager

Homer Brightman

American screenwriter (1901-1988)

Jimmy Needles

American basketball player and coach (1900–1969)

Chief Yowlachie

Native American actor from Yakima tribe in Washington state, known for playing supporting roles and bit parts in numerous films (1891-1966)

Alfred M. Moen

American inventor (1916–2001)

Louis Trimble

American writer (1917-1988)

Cleo Baldon

American landscape architect

Roy Huggins

American writer (1914–2002)

Elwood Zimmerman

American entomologist (1912-2004)

Elisabeth Waldo

American violinist

Carole Nelson Douglas

American writer (1944–2021)

Joe S. Bain

American economist (1912–1991)

Hazel Sampson

American linguist (1910-2014)

Alice Gentle

American opera singer

John Maxwell

American film and television actor (1918-1982)

Howard Bretherton

American film director (1890–1969)

Gene Savoy

American explorer and theologian (1927–2007)

Bryan Braman

American football player (1987-2025)

Sophia Hutchins

American socialite (1996–2025)

Audrey Wurdemann

American poet

True Eames Boardman

American actor and writer (1909-2003)

Al Swift

American politician (1935-2018)

Jimmy Rowles

(1918–1996) American jazz pianist

Tad Horino

American actor (1921-2002)

Patti Bown

American musician (1931–2008)

Evelyn Young

actress

Karl-Erivan Haub

German-American businessman

Eleanor Hadley

academic, economist

Bert Hadley

American actor (1882-1968)

Greg Haugen

American boxer

Mary Barnard

American poet and translator (1909-2001)

Don Wilson

American guitarist (1933–2022)

Jack Metcalf

American politician (1927-2007)

James Luther Adams

American theologian (1901–1994)

Ken Steadman

American actor (1969-1996)

Billy Frank, Jr.

Nisqually environmental leader and treaty rights activist

George Irvine

American basketball player and coach (1948-2017)

Lorraine Huling

American actress and author (1897-1971)

Dale Schlueter

American basketball player (1945-2014)

Dodie Heath

American actress (1926–2023)

Arthur K. Barnes

American science fiction author (1909-1969)