Notable People from Washington

Harvey Bernhard

American film producer (1924-2014)

Raymond Watson

president of the Irvine Company (1926-2012)

Rog Phillips

American writer (1909–1965)

Walter James Fitzgerald

Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (1883–1947)

Laird Koenig

American writer

Diana Miller

American actress (1902 – 1927)

Nick Ramus

American actor (1929-2007)

Greg Bahnsen

American theologian and philosopher (1948-1995)

Cleo Baldon

American landscape architect

Alfred M. Moen

American inventor (1916–2001)

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)

Roy Huggins

American writer (1914–2002)

Carole Nelson Douglas

American writer (1944–2021)

Elwood Zimmerman

American entomologist (1912-2004)

Elisabeth Waldo

American violinist

Joe S. Bain

American economist (1912–1991)

Louis Trimble

American writer (1917-1988)

Hazel Sampson

American linguist (1910-2014)

Gene Savoy

American explorer and theologian (1927–2007)

Alice Gentle

American opera singer

John Maxwell

American film and television actor (1918-1982)

Sophia Hutchins

American socialite (1996–2025)

Howard Bretherton

American film director (1890–1969)

Al Swift

American politician (1935-2018)

Bryan Braman

American football player (1987-2025)

Audrey Wurdemann

American poet

Karl-Erivan Haub

German-American businessman

True Eames Boardman

American actor and writer (1909-2003)

Jimmy Rowles

(1918–1996) American jazz pianist

Patti Bown

American musician (1931–2008)

Rick Parashar

American musician and record producer (1963–2014)

Fred Hutchinson

American Major League Baseball player, Major League Baseball manager

Evelyn Young

actress

Tad Horino

American actor (1921-2002)

Mary Barnard

American poet and translator (1909-2001)

Bert Hadley

American actor (1882-1968)

Jack Metcalf

American politician (1927-2007)

Ken Steadman

American actor (1969-1996)

Billy Frank, Jr.

Nisqually environmental leader and treaty rights activist

Earl Anthony

American ten-pin bowler

James Luther Adams

American theologian (1901–1994)

Dodie Heath

American actress (1926–2023)

George Irvine

American basketball player and coach (1948-2017)

Don Wilson

American guitarist (1933–2022)

Dale Schlueter

American basketball player (1945-2014)

Lorraine Huling

American actress and author (1897-1971)

Arthur K. Barnes

American science fiction author (1909-1969)

Louis Hermann Pammel

American botanist (1862-1931)