Randy Couture (1963 - ) Is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, and actor. During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Couture became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, an Interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and was the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Winner. Couture is the first fighter to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions (heavyweight and light heavyweight). Born in Everett, WA (1688)

Darren McGavin (1922 - 2006) Actor with the title role in the television horror series Kolchak. Born in Spokane, WA (1051)

Paul Gardner Allen (1953 - ) Is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world. Born in Seattle, WA (1014)

Herman Carl Andersen (1897 - 1978) Was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; Born in Newcastle, WA (1237)

Bob Barker (1923 - ) Former host of the popular television show The Price is Right. Born in Darrington, WA (623)

E. L. "Bob" Bartlett (1904 - 1968) Congressman for Alaska that fought for Alaskan statehood; grew up in Fairbanks. Born in Seattle, WA (16)

Glen Beck (1964 - ) Is an American conservative radio and television host, political commentator, author, and entrepreneur Born in Everett, WA (1015)

Bruce Bennett (1906 - 2007) Was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. Born in Tacoma, WA (1016)

Barbara Berjer (1920 - 2002) Was a well-known American television actress. Born in Seattle, WA (1017)

Josie Bissett (1970 - ) Is an American actress best known for her role as Jane Mancini on FOX-TV's Melrose Place. Born in Seattle, WA (1018)

Linda B. Buck (1947 - ) Is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors. Born in Seattle, WA (1019)

Dyan Cannon (1937 - ) Is an American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. Born in Tacoma, WA (1020)

Jerry Fulton Cantrell (1966 - ) Is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the grunge band Alice in Chains, as lead guitarist, backing and co-lead vocalist, and co-lyricist. Born in Tacoma, WA (1021)

James Patrick Caviezel, Jr. (1968 - ) Is an American film actor, sometimes credited as Jim Caviezel. Born in Mount Vernon, WA (1022)

Carol Channing (1921 - ) is an American singer and actress. Born in Seattle, WA (1023)

Dale Chihuly (1941 - ) Is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. Born in Tacoma, WA (1024)

Louis Chirillo (1961 - ) Is an American actor and voice actor. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He is famous for voicing Keefe in Zoids: Fuzors. He has also voiced Shaman in Pucca. His most famous role is in Johnny Test, where he voices Dukey the Talking Dog. Born in Seattle, WA (1025)

Erika Jane Christensen (1982 - ) Is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000), Swimfan (2002) and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC. Born in Seattle, WA (1026)

Chuck Thomas Close (1940 - ) Is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors. Born in Monroe, WA (1027)

Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994) Grunge rock icon, guitarist/vocalists/song writer of Nirvana. Born in Aberdeen, WA (624)

Judy Collins (1939 - ) Is an American folk and standards singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, and rock and roll); and for her social activism. Born in Seattle, WA (1028)

Chris Cornell (1964 - ) Born Christopher Boyle, is an American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist for Soundgarden. Born in Seattle, WA (1029)

Fred Couples (1959 - ) Professional golfer on the PGA tour; Also known as "Boom Boom" for his long drives when he golfs. Born in Seattle, WA (620)

Bing Crosby (1903 - 1977) Singer and actor who became one of the first multi-media stars. Born in Tacoma, WA (615)

Howard Green Duff (1913 - 1990) Was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio. Born in Charleston, WA (1030)

John Elway (1960 - ) Famous Denver Broncos quarterback. Born in Port Angeles, WA (57)

Frances Elena Farmer (1913 - 1970) Was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles. Born in Seattle, WA (1031)

Kenny G (1956 - ) Born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick better known by his stage name Kenny G, is a Grammy winning American, smooth jazz, saxophonist. Born in Seattle, WA (1032)

Nathan Gamble (1998 - ) Is an American child actor who made his feature film debut in Babel (2006), for which he was nominated for a 2007 Young Artist Award. Born in Tacoma, WA (1033)

Bill Gates (1955 - ) Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation; Ranked as the richest person in the world. Born in Seattle, WA (617)

Cameron Joslin Gigandet (1982 - ) Is an American actor, perhaps best known for portraying the character of Kevin Volchok on the FOX television series The O.C., and Ryan McCarthy in the film Never Back Down. In 2008, Gigandet starred as James in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel, Twilight. Born in Tacoma, WA (1034)

Vernon Van Atta Greene (1908 - 1965) Was a prolific cartoonist and illustrator who worked on several comic strips and was best known for his artwork on Bringing Up Father. Born in Battle Ground, WA (1035)

Ivar Haglund (1905 - 1985) Was a Seattle folk singer and the "flounder" of Ivar's. Born in Seattle, WA (1036)

Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) Rock & roll guitarist who is considered one of the greatest guitarist in rock music history. Born in Seattle,, WA (616)

Frank Herbert, Jr. (1920 - 1986) Was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. Although a short story author, he is best known for his novels, most notably Dune and its five sequels. Born in Tacoma, WA (1037)

Steven Hill (1922 - ) Is an American film and television actor. Born in Seattle, WA (1038)

Peter Horton (1953 - ) Is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his role as Prof. Gary Shepherd on the popular television series Thirtysomething. He left the series in 1991 to pursue an interest in directing. Born in Bellevue, WA (1039)

Frederick Charles Hutchinson (1919 - 1964) Was an American professional baseball player, a major league pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He also was a manager for three major league teams. Born in Seattle, WA (1040)

Charles Martin Jones (1912 - 2002) Was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. Born in Spokane, WA (1043)

Henry King "Hank" Ketcham (1920 - 2001) Was an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily page and took up painting full time in his studio at his home. He received the Reuben Award for the strip in 1953. The strip continues today in the hands of other artists. Born in Seattle, WA (1045)

Gary Larson (1950 - ) Is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel comic strip which appeared in many newspapers for fifteen years until Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. Born in Tacoma, WA (1046)

Gypsy Rose Lee (1911 - 1970) Was an American burlesque entertainer, famous for her striptease act. She was also an actress, author and playwright, whose 1957 memoir was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy. Born in Seattle, WA (1047)

Kenny Loggins (1948 - ) Singer, songwriter; Known for his soft rock and adult contemporary music. Born in Everett, WA (618)

Phil Mahre (1957 - ) Skier, 3-time World Cup overall champ (1981-83); finished 1-2 with twin brother Steve in 1984 Olympic slalom. Born in Yakima, WA (625)

Kerwin Mathews (1926 - 2007) Was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jack the Giant Killer (1962). Born in Seattle, WA (1291)

Kevin McCarthy (1914 - 2010) Was an American actor. Born in Seattle, WA (1048)

Mary Therese McCarthy (1912 - 1989) Was an American author, critic, and political activist. Born in Seattle, WA (1049)

Apolo Anton Ohno (1982 - ) Is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist (two gold, two silver, four bronze) in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time. Born in Federal Way, WA (1052)

Janis Paige (1922 - ) Born as Donna Mae Tjaden, is an American film, musical theatre and television actress. She began singing in public from the age of five in local amateur shows. She then moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school and then got a job as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II. Born in Tacoma, WA (1053)

Pamela Reed (1949 - ) Is an American actress. Born in Tacoma, WA (1055)

Jimmie Rodgers (1933 - ) Is an American singer. Born in Camas, WA (1056)

Francis R. (Dick) Scobee (1939 - 1984) Astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger crash; Enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and received a purple heart after his death. Born in Cle Elum, WA (626)

Dick Scobee (1939 - 1986) Was an American astronaut who was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. Born in Cle Elum, WA (1057)

Kyle Ivan Secor (1957 - ) Is an American television and movie actor, best known for his role as Detective Tim Bayliss on the crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street. Born in Tacoma, WA (1058)

Quintin Sondergaard (1925 - 1984) Was an American actor principally active on television westerns from 1957-1970. Born in , WA (1059)

John Stockton (1962 - ) Is a retired American professional basketball player (NBA) who spent his entire career (1984-2003) as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA records for most career assists and steals by considerable margins. Born in Spokane, WA (1060)

Julia Anne Sweeney (1959 - ) Is an American actress, comedian and author best known for her Saturday Night Live career and autobiographical solo shows. Born in Spokane, WA (1061)

Brian Thompson (1959 - ) Is an American actor. Born in Ellensburg, WA (1062)

Blair Underwood (1964 - ) Is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known as headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins from the NBC legal drama L.A. Law, a role he portrayed for seven years. Born in Tacoma, WA (1063)

Adam West (1928 - ) Is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1960s TV series Batman and the film of the same name. He is currently known for portraying eccentric versions of himself, as well as his voice work on animated series such as The Fairly OddParents and Family Guy. Born in Seattle, WA (1064)

Sammy Charles White (1928 - 1991) Was a Major League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox (1951-59), Milwaukee Braves (1961) and Philadelphia Phillies (1962) Born in Wenatchee, WA (1065)

Bernie Whitebear (1937 - 2000) Birth name Bernard Reyes was an American Indian activist, a co-founder of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB), the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, and the Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Born in Nespelem, WA (1066)

Richard Karn Wilson (1956 - ) Is an American actor and game show host. He is probably best known for his role as Al Borland, the sidekick of Tim Allen's character, on the sitcom Home Improvement (1991-1999) and also known as the host on Family Feud (2002-2006). Born in Seattle, WA (1044)