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.

Athletics

 * Josh Barnett – MMA fighter, former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion
 * Peter Baum – lacrosse player
 * Fred Couples – professional golfer
 * Jamal Crawford – professional basketball player
 * Gail Devers – track and field athlete, Olympic track-and-field gold medalist
 * Joan Dunlap-Seivold – former soccer player
 * Tom Gorman – tennis player
 * Marcus Hahnemann – professional soccer goalkeeper
 * Nevin Harrison - canoer, Olympic Canoe Sprint gold medalist
 * Ryder Jones – professional baseball player
 * B. J. Johnson – 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 – retired professional soccer player
 * JR Ritchie – professional baseball player
 * Nate Robinson – NBA player, known for winning three All-Star Dunk contests
 * Tim Sedlacek – retired soccer forward who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League, and American Indoor Soccer Association
 * Chester Simmons – professional basketball player
 * Maurice Smith – mixed martial artist
 * Jason Terry – professional basketball player
 * Greg Valentine – professional wrestler; inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (2004)
 * DeAndre Yedlin (born 1993) – professional soccer player for Newcastle United F.C. and the United States men's national soccer team
 * 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 guest 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

 * Jenny Durkan – Mayor of Seattle
 * Maria Cantwell - U.S. Senator
 * Steve Gunderson – politician in Montana.
 * Jay Inslee – 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Dan Savage – advice columnist
 * Howard Schultz – chairman of Starbucks
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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