List of The Evergreen State College people

This is a list of notable students and staff of The Evergreen State College (Evergreen), an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Evergreen is located in Olympia, Washington, United States.

Academia

 * Thomas Herndon, economist
 * Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor
 * Douglas Kahn, historian of sound, media arts, and science and technology studies
 * Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies
 * Joyce McConnell, first female president of Colorado State University
 * Russell Potter, novelist and college professor
 * David Price, anthropologist
 * Douglas Robinson, professor of English, dean, best known as a translation scholar
 * Roger Stritmatter, professor of humanities and one of the leading modern-day advocates of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
 * Philip S. Thurtle, historian, biologist and academic.
 * Philip S. Thurtle, historian, biologist and academic.

Activists

 * Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement political activist, killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces
 * Saab Lofton, author, activist

Business

 * Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records
 * Bre Pettis, entrepreneur; co-founder of MakerBot Industries, NYC Resistor

Criminals

 * Mechele Linehan, convicted murderer
 * Andrew Mickel, activist sentenced to death for murder of a California police officer
 * Scott Scurlock (1955–1996), robbed 17 banks in the Northwest
 * Justin Solondz, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident
 * Briana Waters, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident

Entertainment, visual arts and media

 * Tom Anderson, artist
 * Katie Baldwin, artist
 * Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author
 * Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator for Rugrats and Hey Arnold!; married to Lisa Groening, Matt Groening's sister
 * Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of US Men's Paralympic Soccer Team
 * Violetta Blue, adult film star
 * Robert Meyer Burnett, filmmaker; writer-director of Free Enterprise; producer of The Hills Run Red, Agent Cody Banks
 * Charles Burns, cartoonist
 * Tammy Rae Carland, artist
 * Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000
 * Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama
 * Byron Howard, director and story artist at Walt Disney Feature Animation; lead character animator on Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear; director of Bolt and Tangled
 * Clayton Kauzlaric, artist, animator, game designer noted for work on Total Annihilation, Voodoo Vince and DeathSpank
 * Megan Kelso, cartoonist
 * Michael Leavitt (artist), fine art sculptor and toy maker
 * Audrey Marrs, Academy Award-winning film producer and Sundance Film Festival award winner
 * Nikki McClure, illustrator of New York Times best-selling children's book All in a Day
 * Sam Miller, comedian
 * Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist
 * Heather Rae, filmmaker
 * Michael Richards, actor, known as the popular character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld
 * Don Roff, writer and filmmaker
 * Liz Sales, artist
 * Dana Simpson, cartoonist, creator of Phoebe and her Unicorn, and Ozy and Millie
 * Margaret Stratton, photographer and video artist
 * John Taylor, reality television star of Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back
 * Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House
 * Cappy Thompson, artist
 * Jennifer West, artist and filmmaker
 * Tay Zonday, internet personality, musician, voice actor
 * Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, artist

Government

 * Jessica Bateman, member of the Washington House of Representatives
 * Elizabeth Furse, former United States congresswoman
 * Dennis Heck, Lieutenant Governor of Washington (since 2021)
 * Maia Bellon, former Washington Secretary of Ecology
 * Yuh-Line Niou, 2002–present; New York State Assembly member whose district includes Chinatown
 * Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration's chief technology innovation officer
 * Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals judge
 * Kevin Ranker, Washington state senator, 40th district
 * Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington state representative, 37th district

Literature

 * Maile Chapman, author
 * John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review
 * Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author
 * Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh
 * Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award recipient
 * Tom Maddox, science fiction writer
 * Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review
 * Judith Moore, author of the novel Fat Girl: A True Story
 * Inga Muscio, author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
 * Leslie Rule, non-fiction author, novelist, paranormal writer
 * Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist

Music

 * Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney and co-star in the television series Portlandia
 * Martin Courtney, musician in the band Real Estate
 * Kimya Dawson, musician
 * Heather Duby, musician
 * Timo Ellis, musician
 * Phil Elverum, musician
 * Steve Fisk, musician, audio engineer, and producer
 * Ely Guerra, singer-songwriter
 * Kathleen Hanna, musician in Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin
 * Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records
 * Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
 * Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordionist
 * Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, rapper
 * Lois Maffeo, musician
 * Mirah, born Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist
 * Molly Neuman, musician in band Bratmobile, recording artist
 * Casey Neill, musician, singer, songwriter, leader of the band Casey Neill & the Norway Rats
 * David Rovics, musician, political folk
 * Jeff Sherman, musician in band Glass
 * Justin Trosper, musician in band Unwound
 * Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney
 * Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill
 * Kathi Wilcox, musician in band Bikini Kill
 * John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer

Science

 * Holly Hagen (epidemiologist). professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University, and director of the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
 * Paul Stamets, mycologist

Sports

 * Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer

Faculty and staff

 * Stephanie Coontz, historian
 * Daniel J. Evans, former governor of Washington
 * Elizabeth Kutter, biologist
 * Bill Ransom, science fiction author
 * Gail Tremblay, poet and artist
 * Willi Unsoeld, mountaineer (deceased)
 * Sean Williams, ethnomusicologist
 * Miranda Mellis, author