List of people from Seattle

A person who lives in or comes from Seattle, Washington , is called a Seattleite. This is a list of well known people who were born, lived, or grew up in the city of Seattle.

Born in Seattle

Athletics

• Seyi Adekoya – soccer player ^[1]
• Reed Baker-Whiting – soccer player ^[2]
• Josh Barnett – MMA fighter, former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion
• Peter Baum – lacrosse player
• Carl Bennett – soccer player ^[3]
• Samad Bounthong – soccer player ^[4]
• Jim Brazeau – soccer player and coach ^[5]
• Leo Burney – soccer player ^[6]
• Jerry Cameron – soccer player ^[7]
• Fred Couples – professional golfer
• Jamal Crawford – professional basketball player
• Gail Devers – track and field athlete, Olympic track-and-field gold medalist
• Joan Dunlap-Seivold – soccer player
• Tom Gorman – tennis player
• Marcus Hahnemann – soccer player
• Nevin Harrison – canoer, Olympic Canoe Sprint gold medalist
• Ryder Jones – professional baseball player
• B. J. Johnson – swimmer
• Matthew King – Olympic swimmer
• Kimber Lee – professional wrestler
• Dejounte Murray – professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
• Apolo Ohno – world champion and Olympic gold-medalist short track speed skater
• John Olerud – professional baseball player who played at Washington State University
• Lora Ottenad - professional bodybuilder
• Paul Renkert – soccer player
• JR Ritchie – professional baseball player
• Nate Robinson – NBA player, known for winning three All-Star Dunk contests
• Ron Santo – 9-time All-Star and 5-time Gold Glove third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012
• Tim Sedlacek – soccer player
• Chester Simmons – professional basketball player
• Maurice Smith – mixed martial artist
• Jason Terry – professional basketball player
• Jack Thompson – All-American quarterback at Washington State University and No. 3 overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft
• Greg Valentine – professional wrestler; inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (2004)
• DeAndre Yedlin – soccer player
• Katelyn Ohashi – professional gymnast for UCLA, multi time awardee for the US
• Jaden McDaniels – NBA player

Business

• Bill Gates – co-founder of Microsoft
• Edward Giddings - architect and painter
• Ethan Stowell, chef and restaurateur

Literature

• Matt Briggs – writer
• Raegan Butcher – poet
• Mary Matsuda Gruenewald – memoirist
• David Guterson – author
• Brian Herbert – author
• Tan Lin – writer
• Leslie Rule – author, novelist, paranormal writer

Movies, television, and media

• Ken Jennings – Jeopardy! contestant and host, author, podcaster
• Jon Jon Augustavo – director
• John Aylward – actor ( ER , Mad Men , House of Lies , Gangster Squad )
• David Michael Barrett – screenwriter and film producer
• Craig Bartlett – Hey Arnold! creator
• Bob Bingham – Jesus Christ Superstar actor
• Josie Bissett – actress ( Melrose Place ); ex-wife of Rob Estes
• Tori Black – porn star
• Dove Cameron – actress, singer
• Erika Christensen – actress
• Bobby Clark – actor
• Brett Davern – actor, podcaster Awkward (TV series)
• Graham Elliot – chef, restaurateur
• Fantasy A - actor (Fantasy A Gets a Mattress); rapper
• India Gants – model, winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 23
• Tom Gorai – film producer
• Brian Haley – actor, comedian
• Bianca Kajlich – television actress noted for role of Jennifer on Rules of Engagement
• Richard Karn – television actor, game show host
• Mike Luckovich – editorial cartoonist
• Dave Losso – stand-up comedian
• Beau Mirchoff – actor known for television series Awkward
• Brian Stokes Mitchell – Broadway actor and baritone singer
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan – actor, known for Grey's Anatomy , Watchmen , Magic City , The Walking Dead
• Mark Morris – director, choreographer, dancer
• Janice Pennington – The Price Is Right model
• Megyn Price – actress known for roles on Grounded for Life and Rules of Engagement
• Nick Robinson – actor known for portraying Ryder Scanlon on ABC Family sitcom Melissa & Joey
• Omari Salisbury – journalist, videographer, media company owner
• Derek Sheen – stand-up comedian
• Jean Smart – actress, known for Designing Women , Kim Possible , Frasier , 24
• Ryan Stiles – comedian, known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? (both U.S. and U.K. versions), and playing Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show , and Herb Melnick on Two and a Half Men
• Alison Sudol – actress, singer, songwriter
• Jen Taylor – video game voice actress
• Maiara Walsh – actress, Cory in the House , Desperate Housewives , Switched at Birth
• Zoe Weizenbaum – actress, 12 and Holding , Memoirs of a Geisha
• Rainn Wilson – actor, The Office

Music

• Nissim Black – rapper
• William Bolcom – composer
• Carrie Brownstein – musician, member of Sleater-Kinney
• Judy Collins – folk singer
• Kenny G – musician
• Isis Gee – American singer in Poland and Eurovision Song Contest entrant
• Stone Gossard – rhythm guitarist of Pearl Jam
• Natalie Grant – Christian music singer/songwriter
• Mary Lambert – singer
• Lil Mosey – rapper
• Macklemore – hip-hop artist, born Ben Haggerty
• Duff McKagan – bassist of Guns N' Roses
• Sir Mix-a-Lot – rap musician
• Mark O'Connor – country violinist (also performs in other genres)
• Stephen O'Malley – member of doom metal band Sunn O)))
• Jake One – hip-hop music producer
• Stacie Orrico – pop singer
• Jay Park – Korean-American singer
• Jay - Korean-American singer, member of Enhypen
• Robin Pecknold – musician, lead singer in the folk-rock band Fleet Foxes
• Scott Rockenfield – drummer with Queensrÿche
• John Roderick – musician (The Long Winters), writer, and podcaster
• Jim Sheppard – bassist with Nevermore
• Kim Thayil – lead guitarist of the grunge band Soundgarden
• Janet Thurlow – jazz singer
• Rachel Trachtenburg – drummer, member of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
• Jennifer Warnes – singer and songwriter
• Mary Youngblood – Native American flutist
• Max Zorn – musician

Politics

• Maria Cantwell - U.S. Senator
• Jenny Durkan – Mayor of Seattle
• Bob Ferguson - Governor of Washington
• Steve Gunderson – politician in Montana. ^[8]
• Jay Inslee – former Governor of Washington
• Jerry Lewis – California politician
• Gary Locke – U.S. Ambassador to China, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, former Governor of Washington
• Frank Murkowski – Polish-American politician, tenth Governor of Alaska
• Lonnie Nelson – Civil rights, Indigenous peoples, labor, peace, and social justice activist ^{[9] [10]}
• Marjorie Pitter King – first African-American woman to serve in the Washington State Legislature
• William Farrand Prosser, U.S. congressman from Tennessee, Seattle city treasurer, Yakima mayor ^[11]
• Angela Rye – CNN political commentator
• Peter Steinbrueck – politician
• Lynn Woolsey – politician

Miscellaneous

• Marc D. Angel – rabbi
• Mario Batali – chef, writer, restaurateur and media personality
• Linda B. Buck – scientist
• Art Chantry – graphic design
• Greg Colson – artist
• Stephen Funk – former United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who refused to deploy to Iraq
• Emerald Ignacio (aka "DriftGirl") – actor and model; builds and races cars
• Irene Dubois – drag performer
• Amanda Knox – tried and convicted in Italy for murder of Meredith Kercher but subsequently acquitted on appeal
• Paul Kuniholm – artist
• Michael Leavitt (artist) – sculptor and toy maker
• Melissa Miranda – chef and restaurateur
• Stephen S. Oswald – astronaut
• Casey Treat – pastor, televangelist
• Paula Mary Turnbull – artist, nun
• Jim Whittaker – first American to climb Mount Everest
• Lou Whittaker – mountaineer, founded Mount Rainier guide service
• Colleen Willoughby – philanthropist

Deceased

• Ann Reinking – actress, dancer, choreographer, All That Jazz , Micki + Maude , Annie
• Paul Jacob Alexander – newspaper publisher and Seattle City Councilman
• Paul Allen – co-founder of Microsoft
• Signe Toly Anderson – original lead singer of The Jefferson Airplane
• Richard Lee Armstrong – professor and geochemist
• Jo Baer – painter
• Bob Bartlett – politician
• Lawrence James Beck – sculptor
• Frank T. Bell – United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries (1933–1939)
• Barbara Berjer – television actress
• Max Brand – author (pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust)
• Gerald Brashear – musician, played with Wyatt Ruther, Ray Charles, Della Reese, Cecil Young Quartet
• Chester Carlson – physicist and inventor
• Carol Channing – actress, Hello, Dolly! , Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , Thoroughly Modern Millie
• Irma Schoennauer Cole – swimmer, civil servant
• Chris Cornell – musician, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog
• Don Coryell – NFL coach
• Marian Cummings (c. 1892–1984) – first woman in the US to gain a commercial pilot's license
• Warrel Dane – musician, singer for Sanctuary, Nevermore
• Jennifer Dunn – politician
• Frances Farmer – actress
• Pete Fleming – missionary to Ecuador
• Keith Godchaux – musician
• Kathi Goertzen – longtime news anchor for KOMO 4
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. – astronaut
• Bonnie Guitar – singer
• Ed Guthman – journalist
• Ivar Haglund – folksinger and restaurateur
• Jimi Hendrix – rock guitarist and singer
• Steven Hill – actor, portrayed Adam Schiff in the TV series Law & Order
• Eldon Hoke (aka El Duce) – drummer and singer of rock band The Mentors
• Art Hupy – photographer
• Fred Hutchinson – baseball player and manager
• Ruth Jessen – golfer
• Gary Kildall – scientist, inventor and founder of Digital Research
• Ed Lee – first Asian American mayor of San Francisco
• Gypsy Rose Lee – actress and burlesque star
• Mary Livingstone – comedian and wife of Jack Benny
• Kevin McCarthy – actor
• Mary McCarthy – author, critic and social activist
• Rob Roy McGregor (admiral) - U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and decorated submariner
• Alfred M. Moen – inventor and founder of Moen Incorporated
• Margaret Murie – environmentalist
• Mako Nakagawa - Japanese American advocate, educator, and activist
• Harley D. Nygren – admiral and engineer, first Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
• Adella M. Parker – suffragist, politician, lawyer, and high school teacher
• Walt Partymiller – cartoonist
• Tuulikki Pietilä – graphic artist and professor
• Guy Bates Post – stage and film actor
• Hal Riney – advertising executive
• Ron Santo – Hall of Fame baseball player
• Bell M. Shimada – fisheries scientist who pioneered the study of the tuna fishery in the tropical Pacific Ocean
• Robert Stroud – convicted felon, "Birdman of Alcatraz"
• Emmett Watson – journalist

Moved to Seattle

Living

• Zaid Abdul-Aziz – former Seattle SuperSonics power forward
• Dustin Ackley – former Seattle Mariners outfielder
• Sherman Alexie – author
• Kimball Allen – writer, playwright, performer, gay activist, author of Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon and Be Happy Be Mormon
• Jeff Ament – bassist of Pearl Jam
• Brian Atwater – geologist
• Anomie Belle – musician
• BenDeLaCreme – actor, drag queen, 5th place and Miss Congeniality of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6
• Jeff Bezos – former CEO and founder of Amazon.com
• Christopher Boffoli – photographer
• Jeff Borowiak – tennis player
• Bosco (drag queen)-contestant and finalist on Rupaul's Drag Race Season 14
• David Brewster – publisher and journalist
• Terry Brooks – author
• Robert Brown – musician, lead singer of Abney Park
• Ed Brubaker – comics writer and artist
• Peter Buck – musician in R.E.M.
• Charles Burns – cartoonist
• Matt Cameron – drummer of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
• Dyan Cannon – actress
• Roberto Carcelen – Olympian
• Neko Case – musician
• J.R. Celski – Olympic speed skater
• Michael Chang – tennis player, French Open champion
• Valentina Chepiga – IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Dale Chihuly – glass blowing artist
• Nick Collison – Oklahoma City Thunder forward ^[12]
• Emily Compagno – former federal attorney, Oakland Raiderettes cheerleader, sports reporter, and analyst; current litigator, legal analyst, and Fox News contributor
• Dan Corson – artist
• Kathryn Cramer – science fiction editor (lived in Seattle 1964–1985)
• Cameron Crowe – writer and director
• Chris DeWolfe – founder of MySpace
• Jim Donald – former CEO of Starbucks Coffee
• Mark Driscoll – co-founder and preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church
• C. J. Elleby (born 2000) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Rob Estes – actor
• Anna Faris – actress
• Brendan Fraser – actor
• Charlie Furbush - Former Seattle Mariners Pitcher
• Ari Glass – painter, designer and musician
• Jorge Enrique González Pacheco – Cuban poet
• Neile Graham – poet
• Nicola Griffith – author
• Dave Grohl – drummer of Nirvana; lead singer, guitarist of Foo Fighters
• Caren Gussoff – author
• Gary Hall Jr. – 10-time Olympic medalist ^[13]
• Leland H. Hartwell – Nobel Prize winner
• Matt Hasselbeck – quarterback, Seattle Seahawks player
• Jenni Hogan – KIRO-TV traffic anchor
• Jerry Holkins – co-creator of Penny Arcade
• David Horsey – cartoonist
• Tom Hulce – actor in National Lampoon's Animal House and Amadeus
• Jane Jensen – game designer and author
• Phoenix Jones – superhero, vigilante
• Quincy Jones – musician
• S. T. Joshi – literary critic and editor
• Michael Kinsley – journalist
• Sascha Konietzko – founder and frontman of KMFDM
• Mike Krahulik – co-creator of Penny Arcade
• Jon Krakauer – author
• Jayne Ann Krentz – romance novelist
• Gary Larson – comic strip artist ( The Far Side )
• Lusine – IDM musician
• Kyle MacLachlan – actor
• Dave Matthews – musician
• Taylor Mays – football player
• Jim McDermott – Congressman
• Rose McGowan – actress, Charmed , Jawbreaker
• Joel McHale – actor, host of The Soup on E! and star of NBC television series Community
• Mike McCready – lead guitarist of Pearl Jam (considered local, went to grade school – college in Seattle)
• Carol Milne – Canadian American sculptor
• Patrick Monahan – lead singer of the band Train
• Jinkx Monsoon – actor, drag queen, winner of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 5
• Gabe Newell – CEO and founder of Valve
• Krist Novoselic – bassist of Nirvana
• Bill Nye – "Science Guy", actor, comedian
• Yuji Okumoto – actor, The Karate Kid, Part II and Real Genius ; owner of Kona Kitchen
• Trey Parker – co-creator of South Park
• Susan Powter – motivational speaker, dietitian, personal trainer and author
• Karen Prell – puppeteer
• Jeff Probst – host of TV show Survivor
• Julia Quinn - author
• John Ratzenberger – actor, played Cliff Clavin on TV series Cheers
• Richard Read – journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, 1999, 2001
• Ron Reagan – radio talk host, son of Ronald Reagan
• Gary Ridgway – serial killer
• Tom Robbins – author
• Don Roff – writer and filmmaker
• Ryan Rowland-Smith – Seattle Mariners pitcher ^[14]
• Dan Savage – advice columnist
• Howard Schultz – chairman of Starbucks
• Becky Selengut - chef and cookbook author
• Ross Shafer – comedian and television host
• Richard Silverstein – blogger
• Tom Skerritt – actor
• Alex Steffen – award-winning author and editor
• Neal Stephenson – science-fiction author
• Adam Stern – symphony conductor
• Mack Strong – retired Seattle Seahawks fullback 1993–2007
• Ichiro Suzuki – baseball player, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Miami Marlins
• Robert Swift – former Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City Thunder center
• Geoff Tate – lead singer of Queensrÿche
• Lauren Tewes – actress
• Jason Thornberry - writer, musician
• Earnest James Ujaama – community activist and indicted associate of al-Qaeda
• Eddie Vedder – lead singer of Pearl Jam
• Guy Williams – basketball player, Washington Bullets and Golden State Warriors
• Ann Wilson – lead singer and flute player of Heart
• Mark Wirth – "fashion notable", local character
• Al Young – dragster driver

Deceased

• Harry Anderson – actor
• Frank Barsotti – professional photographer
• Jack Bechdolt – journalist for Seattle Post Intelligencer, illustrator/artist, author of thousands of short stories
• Fred Beckey – mountaineer
• Bill Boeing – aviation pioneer, industrialist
• Robert Bray – actor
• Edwin Frederick Brotze – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times
• Libbie Beach Brown - president, Seattle City Federation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
• Francis H. Brownell – businessman, president of the Seattle First National Bank
• Octavia Butler – author
• Frank Calvert – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times
• James E. Casey – United Parcel Service founder
• Ray Charles – musician
• Charlie Chong – political activist
• Kurt Cobain – Nirvana frontman, awesome
• Frantz Hunt Coe – educator
• Alexander DeSoto – physician and philanthropist, founder of Seattle's first hospital
• James S. Ditty – photoengraver, Seattle Star
• James Doohan – actor; Montgomery Scott on Star Trek
• Ford Quint Elvidge – governor of Guam
• Frances Farmer – actress
• Kate Fleming – audio book narrator (voice-over actor) and producer
• George Frederick Frye – Seattle pioneer and politician
• Edgar Gott – aviation pioneer, first president of Boeing
• Carl F. Gould – architect, educator
• George Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• John "DOK" Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times
• Alex Haley – writer, author of Roots
• Anna Roosevelt Halsted – journalist, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Victor Hanzeli – linguist, former Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literature at UW
• George H. Hitchings – scientist
• Alan Hovhaness – composer
• Edward Sturgis Ingraham – first superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools; mountaineer
• Don James - American football coach
• Ernest C. Jenner – illustrator for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Russell Johnson – actor; Professor Roy Hinkley on Gilligan's Island
• Jacob Lawrence – painter
• Brandon Lee – actor
• Bruce Lee – actor
• Denise Levertov – poet
• J. P. D. Lloyd – Episcopal cleric, the president of the Seattle Public Library
• Keye Luke – actor ^[15]
• Betty MacDonald – author
• Helene Madison – three gold medals at 1932 Summer Olympics
• Benjamin Brown Martin – illustrator for the Seattle Daily Times
• Rick May – voice actor, theatrical performer, director, and teacher
• William Charles McNulty – illustrator for Seattle Star; teacher at Art Students League
• Asa Mercer – man behind the Mercer Girls, a model for the TV series Here Come the Brides
• Robert Moran – shipbuilder
• Marni Nixon – musician
• Henry O'Malley – United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
• Alexander Pantages – theatrical entrepreneur
• Robert W. Patten – veteran, storyteller, inspiration for cartoon series
• Lionel Pries – architect, educator
• Henry Prusoff – tennis player
• Jonathan Raban – author
• Alfred T. Renfro – cartoonist, Seattle Star
• Theodore Roethke – poet
• Zola Helen Ross – author
• Ann Rule – true crime author
• Bill Russell – retired Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
• James Willis Sayre – theatre critic, journalist, arts promoter, and historian
• Jeff Smith – TV chef and author
• Layne Staley – musician, singer of grunge band Alice In Chains
• Henry Suzzallo – president of the University of Washington (1915–1926)
• Sarah Truax – stage actor
• August Wilson – playwright
• Andrew Wood – singer of grunge band Mother Love Bone
• Lillian Yarbo – actress, comedienne, dancer, and singer
• Mia Zapata – musician

Athletes from Seattle

• Aaron Brooks – NBA PG; Franklin High School
• Bobby Brown – MLB infielder and executive, played in four World Series
• Kevin Burleson – NBA PG; O'Dea High School
• Nate Burleson – NFL WR; O'Dea High School
• Jesse Chatman – NFL RB; Franklin High School
• Doug Christie – NBA SG; Rainier Beach High School
• Will Conroy – NBA PG; Garfield (Seattle)
• Fred Couples – PGA; O'Dea High School
• Jamal Crawford – NBA SG; Rainier Beach High School
• Michael Dickerson – NBA SF; Federal Way High School
• Corey Dillon – NFL RB; Franklin High School
• James Edwards – NBA PF; Roosevelt High School
• C. J. Giles – NBA PF; Rainier Beach High School
• Charlie Greene – USATF Olympian; Track & Field Hall of Fame; O'Dea High School ^[16]
• Spencer Hawes – NBA C; Seattle Prep
• Phil Heath – second world ranked IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Jeff Jaeger – NFL K; University of Washington
• Ruth Jessen – professional golfer, Seattle University
• Earl Johnson – Major League Baseball P; Ballard High School
• Taylor Mays – NFL S; O'Dea High School
• Reese McGuire – MLB catcher; Kentwood High School
• Jack Medica – Olympic swimmer; University of Washington ^{[17] [18]}
• Hugh Millen – NFL QB; Roosevelt High School
• Nate Robinson – NBA PG; Rainier Beach High School
• Brandon Roy – NBA SF; Garfield (Seattle)
• Chester Simmons – NBA PG; Garfield (Seattle)
• Peyton Siva – NBA PG; Franklin High School (Seattle)
• Isaiah Stanback – NFL WR; Garfield (Seattle)
• Rodney Stuckey – NBA SG; Kentwood High School
• Jason Terry – NBA PG; Franklin High School
• Martell Webster – NBA SG; Seattle Prep
• Marcus Williams – NBA SF; Roosevelt High School
• Terrence Williams – NBA SF; Rainier Beach High School
• Sheila Lambert – WNBA PG; Chief Sealth High School
• Regina Rogers-Wright – College basketball All American C; Chief Sealth High School, UCLA and University of Washington.

Musical groups

• Abney Park – steampunk band, formerly goth
• Aiden – rock band (emo)
• Alice in Chains – rock band (grunge/metal)
• Amber Pacific – pop punk band
• Band of Horses – previously known as Horses, indie rock band
• The Blood Brothers – post-hardcore band
• Blue Scholars – hip hop
• Brite Futures – indie pop
• The Brothers Four – folksingers
• Candlebox – alternative band
• The Classic Crime – alternative band
• Common Market – hip hop
• Dave Matthews Band – originated in Charlottesville, Virginia
• Death Cab for Cutie – alternative band
• Demon Hunter – metal band
• Earth – drone/doom band
• The Fall of Troy – post-hardcore band (originally from Mukilteo, Washington)
• Fleet Foxes – indie rock band
• Foo Fighters – rock band
• The Gits – rock band
• Grand Archives – alternative rock band
• Green River – rock band (grunge)
• Harvey Danger – alternative band
• He Is We – indie pop
• The Head and the Heart – indie rock band
• Heart – rock band
• Hey Marseilles – alternative band
• Himsa – Metalcore band
• I Declare War – deathcore band
• Ivan & Alyosha – pop rock band
• Jake One – hip hop producer
• Quincy Jones – jazz musician
• KMFDM – industrial band
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – hip hop/rap duo
• Melvins - sludge metal band (originally from Montesano, Washington)
• Metal Church – metal band
• Minus the Bear – alternative rock band
• Modest Mouse – indie rock band (from nearby Issaquah, Washington)
• Mother Love Bone – rock band (grunge)
• Mudhoney – rock band (grunge)
• Murder City Devils – rock band (garage rock)
• MxPx – rock band (punk rock)
• Nevermore – metal band
• Nirvana – rock band (grunge) (originally from Aberdeen, Washington)
• Odesza – electronic/experimental
• Pearl Jam – rock band (grunge)
• Pedro the Lion – indie rock band
• Pickwick – indie rock band
• The Postal Service – indietronica band
• Presidents of the United States of America – rock band
• Queensrÿche – metal band (from nearby Bellevue)
• Thee Satisfaction – hip hop/rap duo
• Schoolyard Heroes – horror punk/post hardcore (originally from Tacoma, Washington)
• The Scene Aesthetic – acoustic/indie pop band
• Shabazz Palaces – hip hop/rap duo
• Sinai 48 – a rock band that includes the former members of Buckingham Nicks
• Smoosh – alternative pop band
• Soundgarden – rock band (grunge)
• Sunn O))) – doom metal band
• Kyle Townsend – record producer, musician
• Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players – indie rock/pop band
• Trial – political straightedge band
• Ugly Casanova – indie rock band featuring the main member Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse (from nearby Issaquah, Washington)
• Vendetta Red – rock band
• The Ventures – surf band

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