List of people from Olympia, Washington
The following is a list of famous Olympians, those people of note who have lived in or around Olympia, Washington:
- Christopher Baldwin – cartoonist
- Laird Barron – author
- Lynda Barry – cartoonist (Ernie Pook's Comeek)
- Craig Bartlett – cartoonist, animator
- Shoshana Bean – actress
- Daniel Bigelow – pioneer legislator and abolitionist
- Tori Black – porn star[citation needed]
- Josh Blue – comedian
- Carrie Brownstein – guitarist, singer (Sleater-Kinney)
- Mark Bruener – tight end, Houston Texans
- Charles Burns – cartoonist
- George Washington Bush – early settler of Bush Prairie
- Robert Eugene Bush – Medal of Honor awardee
- Dylan Carlson – guitarist and lead vocalist of Earth
- Shin-Soo Choo – MLB outfielder
- Bruce P. Crandall – Medal of Honor winner
- Gretchen Christopher – singer for The Fleetwoods
- Kurt Cobain – guitarist and singer, Nirvana
- Stephanie Coontz – writer, academic and professor at Evergreen State College
- Derrike Cope – NASCAR driver
- Rachel Corrie – Palestinian solidarity activist
- Kimya Dawson – singer-songwriter
- Menace Demarco – rapper and tattoo artist
- Beth Ditto – vocalist (The Gossip)
- Ryann Donnelly – vocalist (Schoolyard Heroes)
- Don Eldridge – businessman and politician
- Willard R. Espy – author and poet
- Dana Eveland – MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics
- Adam Fletcher – director, Freechild Project
- Matt Groening – creator of The Simpsons and Life in Hell
- Noah Gundersen – singer-songwriter
- Kathleen Hanna – musician, vocalist, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
- Mark Hosler – musician (Negativland)
- Rebecca G. Howard – pioneer black businesswoman
- Geoff Jenkins – MLB outfielder for Milwaukee Brewers
- Calvin Johnson – founder of K Records, singer in Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System
- Rickie Lee Jones – singer-songwriter
- Phoebe Judson – founder of Lynden, Washington
- Kasey Kahne – NASCAR driver
- Conrad Keely – vocalist, guitarist (…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
- Kasey Keller – soccer goal keeper
- Brian Kendrick – SmackDown! wrestler
- Peter Kennedy – figure skater
- Travis Lee – first baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Justin Leone – third baseman, San Diego Padres
- Gary Locke – former Governor of the State of Washington
- Courtney Love – singer, writer, guitarist, actress; widow of Nirvana member and Olympia resident Kurt Cobain
- Jim Lynch – author of The Highest Tide
- Macklemore – hip hop musician (graduated from The Evergreen State College)
- Nellie McKay – actress, singer-songwriter
- Mirah – singer-songwriter, released on K Records
- Jeff Monson – mixed martial arts fighter and anarchist
- Slim Moon – founder of Kill Rock Stars record label
- Inga Muscio – author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
- Krist Novoselic – bass player for Nirvana
- Wendy C. Ortiz – writer (graduated from The Evergreen State College
- Joy Osmanski – actress, The Loop
- Bruce Pavitt – founder of Sub Pop Records
- Myron H. Ranney – Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War[1]
- Michael Richards – played Kramer on Seinfeld
- Jared Sandberg – third baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Chief Seattle – chief of the Suquamish
- Mike Sellers – football player, Washington Redskins
- Travis Shook – jazz pianist
- Isaac Stevens – first Governor of Washington Territory, American Civil War general
- Jerramy Stevens – football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Jonathan Stewart – running back, Carolina Panthers
- Cappy Thompson – glass artist and painter
- Corin Tucker – guitarist, singer for Sleater-Kinney
- Tobi Vail – musician for Bikini Kill and The Frumpies
- Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold
- J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner – forensic psychologist, TV personality
- Jared Warren – bassist, singer Big Business, The Melvins, formerly of Karp
- Lt. Ehren Watada – Army officer who disobeyed orders to be deployed to Iraq after protesting it as "an illegal war"
- Janet Weiss – drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- Kathi Wilcox – musician (Bikini Kill, The Casual Dots)
- Allison Wolfe – lead singer for Bratmobile and Partyline
- James Yee – Army Muslim chaplain stationed at Ft. Lewis assigned to Guantanamo Bay, later detained by U.S. military for 76 days on suspicion for espionage
References[]
- ^ "Myron H. Ranney". Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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