List of Famous people born in Washington, United States of America
Danny Shelton
Daniel Saileupumoni Shelton is an American football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington.
Patricia McPherson
Patricia McPherson is a former American actress and activist best known for her role in the 1980s TV series Knight Rider as Bonnie Barstow.
Marvin Williams
Marvin Gaye Williams Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for North Carolina before being drafted second overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2005 NBA draft. After seven seasons with the Hawks, he was traded to the Utah Jazz. He spent two seasons with the Jazz before joining the Hornets in 2014. In February 2020 he joined the Bucks after spending 5½ seasons with the Hornets. He retired following the end of the 2019–20 NBA season.
Davey Detail
CYRCLE (CYRCLE.) is a two-man collective made up of American artists David Leavitt and David Torres (Rabi), born in Los Angeles, California in 2010. Their artwork focuses on life, duality, and the human condition combined with the aesthetic consideration of form, typeface, color, and balance which is what creates their "signature" style. Their works can be seen all over the world and are in public and private collections including that of Shepard Fairey, Ari Emanuel, Sean Combs, and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Rick Story
Rick Thomas Story is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 2007-2018, he last competed for the Professional Fighters League, but is better known for his 19-fight tenure with the UFC.
Zephyr Teachout
Zephyr Rain Teachout is an American attorney, author, political candidate, and associate professor of law at Fordham University.
Luke Heimlich
Luke Andrew Heimlich is an American baseball pitcher for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League. He attended Oregon State University and played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers. He was named the Collegiate Pitcher of the Year in 2018. In 2012, Heimlich pleaded guilty to a count of child molestation against his six-year-old niece; the crime occurred when he was 15.
Michael Conforto
Michael Thomas Conforto, nicknamed "Scooter", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). After he played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers, the Mets selected him in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft with the 10th overall pick. He made his MLB debut in 2015.
Ed Murray
Edward Bernard Patrick Murray is an American politician from the state of Washington who most recently served as the 53rd mayor of Seattle from 2014 to 2017. A Democrat, he was previously a state legislator, first with the Washington State House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, then the Washington State Senate from 2007 to 2013.
Cam Gigandet
Cameron "Cam" Joslin Gigandet is an American actor whose credits include a recurring role on The O.C. and appearances in feature films Twilight, Pandorum, Never Back Down, Burlesque, Easy A, Priest and The Magnificent Seven. He also starred in the CBS legal drama series Reckless. From 2016 to 2018, Gigandet starred in the Audience Network drama series Ice.