Tulip fields in Mount Vernon
This section lists miscellaneous Celebrities too few to list in separate ones.
You will also find a list of people who became famous for the wrong reasons.
Natives
Michael Anderson: Spokane - late Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut.
He also was a 1981 graduate of the U. of Washington.
Dave Beck: Seattle (born in the Midwest) - late Teamsters Union President
Hank Ketchum: Seattle - late Cartoonist ("Dennis the Menace")
Gary Larson: Seattle - Cartoonist ("The Far Side")
Marcus Whitman: Walla Walla - late Pioneer that founded Whitman College in Walla Walla
Hazel Wolf: Seattle - late Social Activist
Minoru Yamasaki: Seattle - Architect
Non-Native Residents
Berkeley Breathed: Cartoonist ("Bloom County") - Vashon Island
Dr. Lee Hartwell: Nobel Prize winner - Seattle (grew up in Los Angeles)
Bill Nye: Comedian who became known as 'Bill Nye the Science Guy' - Seattle area (native of Washington D.C.)
Shane Osborne: Navy Pilot (flew the plane that had to make an emergency landing in China) - Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Pepper Schwartz: relationship Guru - Seattle?
Gen. (ret.) John Shalikashvili: former chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff - Fort Lewis area
Non-Natives That Passed Away
William McCool: Anacortes - late Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut who trained at Whidbey NAS and lived in Anacortes during that time.
He considered Anacortes his 2nd home.
The Infamous
Ted Bundy: Tacoma (born in one of the New England states) - late Serial Killer
Gary Ridgeway: Kent - Prime Suspect in the Green River Serial-Killer case. (Do they finally have their man?)
Robert Stroud: Seattle - late criminal who became known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz"
Robert Yates: Oak Harbor - Spokane Serial Killer
"I wonder if the coast is clear for me to escape". Hehe. LOL.
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