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Washington in Seattle , and is currently pursuing a master's degree in - Greg Nickels
Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels (born August 7, 1955) became the 51st and current mayor of Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2002. He was elected to a second term November 8, 2005. Prior to becoming mayor, Nickels was legislative assistant to Seattle City Council member and future mayor Norm Rice from 1979 to 1987. Nickels was elected to the King County Council in 1987 (defeating longtime incumbent Bob Grieve), and reelected in 1991, 1995 and 1999. - Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Hendrix is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. After initial success in England, he achieved worldwide fame following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. A self-taught guitarist, … - Chris Pirillo
Chris Pirillo (born July 26, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. He spent two years hosting the TechTV (now known as G4) television program "Call for Help" before parting ways with the company. He also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon on TechTV. - Jim McDermott
James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott (born December 28 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is the current U.S. Representative for. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island and portions of Shoreline, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien. McDermott is a member of the Democratic Party. He serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and is a member of the House Progressive Caucus. McDermott was born in Chicago, Illinois. - Detlef Schrempf
Detlef Schrempf (born January 21 1963, in Leverkusen, West Germany is a former NBA basketball player. - Brad Fitzpatrick
Bradley Joseph "Brad" Fitzpatrick (born February 5, 1980 in Iowa), often seen on the Internet under the nickname bradfitz, is an American programmer. He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of many popular free software projects. Born in Iowa, Fitzpatrick grew up in Beaverton, Oregon and majored in computer science and minored in German at the University of Washington in Seattle. - Ted Robert Bundy
Theodore Robert 'Ted' Bundy (November 24, 1946 - January 24, 1989) was one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history. Bundy raped and murdered scores of young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. After more than a decade of vigorous denials, Bundy eventually confessed to thirty murders, although the actual total of victims remains unknown. Typically, Bundy would rape then murder his victims by bludgeoning, and sometimes by strangulation. - Joshua Plague
Joshua Plague (real name Joshua Ploeg) is an influential American musician and zine editor. Joshua was the singer for the queercore/hardcore bands Mukilteo Fairies; Behead the Prophet, No Lord Shall Live; Lords of Lightspeed; and The Special Friend, spanning a period from 1993-2001, Since then he has played drums for the band Kiss Me Kill Me and engaged in spoken word and various noise and vocal projects. - Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the Seattle-based rock band Nirvana. Cobain was born in Aberdeen, Washington and grew up with a troubled childhood, which he frequently addressed in his songs and interviews. Known for his abrasive and often disturbing songwriting as well as his distinctive vocal style, Cobain is often cited among the most influential musicians of his time. Cobain formed Nirvana in 1986 with Krist Novoselic. - Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. "Forbes" magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, … - William H. Gates Sr.
William Henry Gates, Sr. (born William Henry Gates III on November 30, 1925) is a retired American attorney and philanthropist who is the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. - Bill Nye
William Sanford Nye (b. November 27, 1955), also known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy," is an American television program host, scientist, and mechanical engineer. - Anna Kay Faris
Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American actress, best known for her leading roles in the "Scary Movie" films as Cindy Campbell. - Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Lee is best remembered for the presentation of Chinese martial arts to the non-Chinese world. - Meg Greenfield
Meg Greenfield was a "Washington Post" and "Newsweek" editorial writer and a Washington, D.C. insider known for her wit and for being reclusive. She was influential in a male-dominated world and a close confidante of "Post" publisher Katharine Graham. She was awarded journalism's highest honor, a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, in 1978. Greenfield was born in Seattle, where she attended The Bush School. She graduated from Smith College in 1952. - Sherman Alexie
Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966 in Spokane, Washington) is an award-winning and prolific author and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a modern Native American. He lives in Seattle, Washington. - Greg Bear
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is a science fiction author and more recently an author of mainstream novels. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict ("Forge of God" books), artificial universes ("Eon" series), consciousness and cultural practices ("Queen of Angels"), and accelerated evolution ("Blood Music", "Darwin's Radio", and "Darwin's Children"). - Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck (born February 10 1964) is a conservative talk-radio and television host. His radio show, "The Glenn Beck Program", is syndicated by over 230 radio stations and on XM Satellite Radio channel 165 talk radio, which airs from 9 AM - 12 PM (ET). The Glenn Beck Program is the 3<sup>rd</sup> highest-ranked national radio talk show among adults ages 25 to 54, according to Premiere Research/Arbitron. He is sixth for overall listeners with 3.75 million a week. - David Quinn
David Quinn is an American actor, entrepreneur and teacher. Quinn began acting at the age of four and appeared in numerous commercials and several educational television programs before embarking on simultaneous careers in business and education. Quinn started out as a regular on the enduring children's program Sesame Street. Between 1986-1988, he was the host of 3-2-1 Contact, the educational science series produced for PBS. - Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known primarily for his science fiction works in the postcyberpunk genre with a penchant for explorations of society, mathematics, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as "Wired Magazine", and has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (funded by Jeff Bezos) developing a manned sub-orbital launch system. - Lofa Tatupu
Mosiula Mea'alofa Tatupu (born November 15, 1982 in Plainville, Massachusetts) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks. He was selected in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the University of Southern California. As a rookie in 2005, he was named to the Pro Bowl, while leading the NFC Champion Seahawks in tackles, with 104. He also had four sacks and three interceptions, … - Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor. Morgan became well known in 2006 for playing three high-profile recurring roles simultaneously: patient Denny Duquette on "Grey's Anatomy", patriarch John Winchester on "Supernatural", and Judah Botwin, the deceased husband of show protagonist Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) on the Showtime series "Weeds". - Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned more than 70 Grammy Award nominations, more than 25 Grammy Awards, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of two of the top-selling records of all time: the album "Thriller", by pop icon Michael Jackson, … - Corey Dillon
Corey Dillon (born October 24, 1974 in Seattle, Washington) is a American football running back who recently asked to be released by the New England Patriots making him a free agent. Dillon attended the University of Washington and wears the number 28. - Milt Palacio
Milton S. Palacio (born February 7 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He was born to Belizean parents and is a Belizean citizen. Palacio attended Gardena High School, located near Los Angeles, CA, and Compton, CA. He played college basketball at Colorado State University and went undrafted. He has played for the Vancouver Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics, the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors, … - Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. - Wally Szczerbiak
Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak (born March 5 1977, in Madrid, Spain) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. He was born in Spain while his father Walter (a former ABA player) was playing for Real Madrid, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career. When Walter retired, he moved his family back to his native Long Island, New York, where Wally attended high school in Cold Spring Harbor. - Calbert Cheaney
Calbert Nathaniel Cheaney (born July 17 1971 in Evansville, Indiana) is a veteran basketball player in the NBA currently a free agent. He was selected 6th overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1993 NBA Draft. His last team was the Golden State Warriors in the 2005-06 season. He played high school ball at William Henry Harrison High School in Evansville and was selected to the 1989 Indiana All-Star team. - Sinitta Malone
Sinitta Renet Malone (b. October 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an African-American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer Miquel Brown and the niece of Amii Stewart. - A. Quincy Jones
Archibald Quincy Jones, FAIA, (1913 - 1979) was a prolific Los Angeles-based architect and educator known for innovative buildings in the modernist style and for urban planning that pioneered the use of greenbelts and green design. Jones was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1913. He was raised in the city of Gardena in Southern California, but finished high school in Seattle. - Richard Karn Karn
Richard Karn Wilson is an American television actor. Karn is best known for his role as Al Borland, the sidekick of Tim Allen's character, on the sitcom "Home Improvement" (1991–1999). In 2002, Karn replaced Louie Anderson as host of the game show "Family Feud". In 2002, Karn also made an appearance in The Strokes' music video for "Someday", … - Jean Smart
Jean E. Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress. - Grady Sizemore
Grady Sizemore III is a Major League Baseball center fielder who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians. A fan favorite in Cleveland, Sizemore was acquired from the Montreal Expos in 2002 along with Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Lee Stevens in exchange for Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew. Grady is of mixed heritage, his father being black while his mother is white. - Brian Scalabrine
Brian David Scalabrine (born March 18 1978 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Boston Celtics of the NBA. A 6'9", 235 lbs. power forward from USC, Scalabrine was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. Nicknamed "Veal", he languished on the Nets bench for his first few years as the team's twelfth man and only logged in minimal minutes during the season. - Dave Ross
Dave Ross (born April 5 1952 in Yorktown, New York) is a popular liberal talk show host on Seattle's KIRO-AM 710 radio station, with whom he had been a news anchor since 1978, his show starting nine years later in 1987. He has sometimes broadcast his show while on assignment in other locations, including overseas, such as Baghdad in April 2004. Ross is also heard on a national daily commentary for the CBS Radio Network. - Aaron Sprinkle
Aaron Sprinkle, aka "Wild Boar", is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Seattle, Washington. - Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden (1984-1997) and later Audioslave (2001-2007). He was also the founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to Andrew Wood, Cornell's former roommate. He began his musical career as a drummer, … - Daniel J. Evans
Daniel Jackson Evans (born October 16 1925) served three terms as governor of the state of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989. As a young man, Evans was an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He also served as a staff member at Camp Parsons, a well known Boy Scout camp in Washington State. Gov. - Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (born July 29, 1941), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing the Eighth Congressional District of Washington. Born in Seattle, Washington, Dunn grew up in the suburb of Bellevue. She attended the University of Washington and Stanford University, earning business degress. After graduation, she worked as a systems engineer.
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