List of people from Olympia, Washington

The following is a list of famous Olympians, those people of note who have lived in or around Olympia, Washington:

• Christopher Baldwin – cartoonist
• Laird Barron – author
• Lynda Barry – cartoonist (Ernie Pook's Comeek)
• Craig Bartlett – cartoonist, animator
• Shoshana Bean – actress
• Daniel Bigelow – pioneer legislator and abolitionist
• Tori Black – porn star
• Josh Blue – comedian
• Carrie Brownstein – guitarist, singer (Sleater-Kinney)
• Mark Bruener – tight end, Houston Texans
• Charles Burns – cartoonist
• George Washington Bush - early settler of Bush Prairie
• Robert Eugene Bush – Medal of Honor awardee
• Dylan Carlson – guitarist and lead vocalist of Earth
• Shin-Soo Choo – MLB outfielder
• Bruce P. Crandall – Medal of Honor winner
• Gretchen Christopher – singer for The Fleetwoods
• Kurt Cobain – guitarist and singer, Nirvana
• Stephanie Coontz – writer, academic and professor at Evergreen State College
• Derrike Cope – NASCAR driver
• Rachel Corrie – Palestinian solidarity activist
• Kimya Dawson – singer-songwriter
• Beth Ditto – vocalist (The Gossip)
• Ryann Donnelly – vocalist (Schoolyard Heroes)
• Don Eldridge, businessman and politician
• Barbara Ellis – singer for The Fleetwoods
• Willard R. Espy – author and poet
• Dana Eveland – MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics
• Adam Fletcher – director, Freechild Project
• Matt Groening – creator of The Simpsons and Life in Hell
• Kathleen Hanna – musician, vocalist, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
• Mark Hosler – musician (Negativland)
• Rebecca G. Howard - pioneer black businesswoman
• Dustin Hunter – artist, musician, internet personality
• Geoff Jenkins – MLB outfielder for Milwaukee Brewers
• Calvin Johnson – founder of K Records, singer in Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System
• Rickie Lee Jones – singer-songwriter
• Phoebe Judson – founder of Lynden, Washington
• Kasey Kahne – NASCAR driver
• Conrad Keely – vocalist, guitarist (…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
• Kasey Keller – soccer goal keeper
• Brian Kendrick – SmackDown! wrestler
• Peter Kennedy - figure skater
• Travis Lee – first baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Justin Leone – third baseman, San Diego Padres
• Gary Locke – former Governor of the State of Washington
• Courtney Love – singer, writer, guitarist, actress; widow of Nirvana member and Olympia resident Kurt Cobain
• Jim Lynch – author of The Highest Tide
• Macklemore - hip hop musician (graduated from The Evergreen State College)
• Nellie McKay – actress, singer-songwriter
• Mirah – singer-songwriter, released on K Records
• Jeff Monson – mixed martial arts fighter and anarchist
• Slim Moon – founder of Kill Rock Stars record label
• Inga Muscio – author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
• Krist Novoselic – bass player for Nirvana
• Joy Osmanski – actress, The Loop
• Bruce Pavitt – founder of Sub Pop Records
• Myron H. Ranney - Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War^[1]
• Michael Richards – played Kramer on Seinfeld
• Jared Sandberg – third baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Chief Seattle – chief of the Suquamish
• Mike Sellers – football player, Washington Redskins
• Travis Shook – jazz pianist
• Isaac Stevens – first Governor of Washington Territory, American Civil War general
• Jerramy Stevens – football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Jonathan Stewart – running back, Carolina Panthers
• Cappy Thompson – glass artist and painter
• Corin Tucker – guitarist, singer for Sleater-Kinney
• Tobi Vail – musician for Bikini Kill and The Frumpies
• Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold
• J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner – forensic psychologist, TV personality
• Jared Warren – bassist, singer Big Business, The Melvins, formerly of Karp
• Lt. Ehren Watada – Army officer who disobeyed orders to be deployed to Iraq after protesting it as "an illegal war"
• Janet Weiss – drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
• Kathi Wilcox – musician (Bikini Kill, The Casual Dots)
• Allison Wolfe – lead singer for Bratmobile and Partyline
• James Yee – Army Muslim chaplain stationed at Ft. Lewis assigned to Guantanamo Bay, later detained by U.S. military for 76 days on suspicion for espionage

References

1. "Myron H. Ranney". Retrieved July 19, 2014.