# 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.

## Born in Seattle
### Athletics

* Seyi Adekoya – soccer player
* Reed Baker-Whiting – soccer player
* Josh Barnett – MMA fighter, former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion
* Peter Baum – lacrosse player
* Carl Bennett – soccer player
* Samad Bounthong – soccer player
* Jim Brazeau – soccer player and coach
* Leo Burney – soccer player
* Jerry Cameron – soccer 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 – soccer player
* Tom Gorman – tennis player
* Marcus Hahnemann – soccer player
* Nevin Harrison – canoer, Olympic Canoe Sprint gold medalist
* Ryder Jones – professional baseball player
* B. J. Johnson – swimmer
* Matthew King – Olympic 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 – soccer player
* JR Ritchie – professional baseball player
* Nate Robinson – NBA player, known for winning three All-Star Dunk contests
* Ron Santo – 9-time All-Star and 5-time Gold Glove third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012
* Tim Sedlacek – soccer player
* Chester Simmons – professional basketball player
* Maurice Smith – mixed martial artist
* Jason Terry – professional basketball player
* Jack Thompson – All-American quarterback at Washington State University and No. 3 overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft
* Greg Valentine – professional wrestler; inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (2004)
* DeAndre Yedlin – soccer player
* 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 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

* Maria Cantwell - U.S. Senator
* Jenny Durkan – Mayor of Seattle
* Bob Ferguson - Governor of Washington
* Steve Gunderson – politician in Montana.
* Jay Inslee – former 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
* Jo Baer – painter
* 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

## Moved to Seattle
### 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
* Charlie Furbush - Former Seattle Mariners Pitcher
* 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
* Becky Selengut - chef and cookbook author
* 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
* Don James - American football coach
* 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