Famous Washingtonians
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Washington or spent some important time in Washington.
Shawn Alexander, football player
Paul Allen, Microsoft founder and sports team owner
Jordan Babineaux, football player
Mario Batali, chef and cookbook author
Adrián Béltre, baseball player
Rocky Bernard, football player
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com
Bret Boone, baseball player
Michael Boulware, football player
Josh Brown, football player
Linda Buck, Nobel prize winner in physiology
Jim Caviezel, actor
Chuck Close, artist
Bing Crosby, singer and actor
Andre Dyson, football player
Bobby Engram, football player
Bryce Fisher, football player
Ryan Franklin, baseball player
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and
philanthropist
Melinda Gates, philanthropist
Kenny G., aka Kenny Gorelick, musician
Gerald Grinstein, CEO, Delta Air Lines
Eddie Guardado, baseball player
Ken Hamlin, football player
Matt Hasselback, football player
Kelly Herndon, football player
LeRoy Hill, football player
Mike Holmgren, football coach
Steve Hutchinson, football player
Raúl Ibañez, baseball player
Darrell Jackson, football player
Walt Jones, football player
Joe Jurevicius, football player
Debbie Macomber, romance novelist
Marquand Manuel, football player
Craig McCaw, cellular phone magnate
Gil Meche, baseball player
Jamie Moyer, baseball player
Miguel Ojeda, baseball player
Buck Owens, country music singer
Patricia Proctor, author
Koren Robinson, football player
Terry Schmidt, author
Aaron Sele, baseball player
Richie Sexson, baseball player
Jamie Sharper, football player
Jerramy Stevens, football player
Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
Lofa Tatupu, football player
Ravinder Taylor, author
Marcus Trufant, football player
Marcus Tubbs, football player
Donald Eugene Ulrich, aka Don Rich,
country music guitarist
Ed Viesturs, mountain climber, the first
American to climb the world's 14 peaks over 8,000 meters without bottled oxygen
Lila Acheson Wallace, co-founder of Reader's Digest and philanthropist
Seneca Wallace, football player
Peter Warrick, football player
August Wilson, playwright
Randi Winn, baseball player
Grant Winstrom, football player
Chief Yowlachie, actor
