Notable People from Washington

Taky Kimura

Martial Arts Instructor

Harvey Bernhard

American film producer (1924-2014)

Walter James Fitzgerald

Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (1883–1947)

Rog Phillips

American writer (1909–1965)

Greg Bahnsen

American theologian and philosopher (1948-1995)

Tad Horino

American actor (1921-2002)

G. C. Edmondson

American writer (1922–1995)

Diana Miller

American actress (1902 – 1927)

Fred Hutchinson

American Major League Baseball player, Major League Baseball manager

Nick Ramus

American actor (1929-2007)

Laird Koenig

American writer

Pat Paulsen

American actor (1927-1997)

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)

Louis Trimble

American writer (1917-1988)

Roy Huggins

American writer (1914–2002)

Patti McGee

American skateboarder

Alfred M. Moen

American inventor (1916–2001)

Elisabeth Waldo

American violinist

Cleo Baldon

American landscape architect

Carole Nelson Douglas

American writer (1944–2021)

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)

Sophia Hutchins

American socialite (1996–2025)

Elwood Zimmerman

American entomologist (1912-2004)

Bryan Braman

American football player (1987-2025)

True Eames Boardman

American actor and writer (1909-2003)

Jimmy Rowles

(1918–1996) American jazz pianist

Al Swift

American politician (1935-2018)

Audrey Wurdemann

American poet

Evelyn Young

actress

Joe S. Bain

American economist (1912–1991)

Mathew Harris Ellsworth

American politician (1899-1986)

Eleanor Hadley

academic, economist

Shawn Smith

American musician and singer (1965–2019)

Bert Hadley

American actor (1882-1968)

Sam B. Williams

American inventor

Mary Barnard

American poet and translator (1909-2001)

Larry Hovis

American actor (1936–2003)

Greg Haugen

American boxer

James Luther Adams

American theologian (1901–1994)

Jack Metcalf

American politician (1927-2007)

Don Wilson

American guitarist (1933–2022)

Ken Steadman

American actor (1969-1996)

Billy Frank, Jr.

Nisqually environmental leader and treaty rights activist

Lorraine Huling

American actress and author (1897-1971)