Seattle
Seattle ranks 90th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Japan, Tallinn, and San Diego. Memorable people born in Seattle include Bill Gates, Jimi Hendrix, and Jon Brower Minnoch. Memorable people who died in Seattle include Carl Sagan, Kurt Cobain, and Walter Houser Brattain. Seattle has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many athletes, and physicists. Seattle is located in United States.
Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 780,995 in 2024, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. Seattle's growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1890 and 2002, Seattle was the birth place of 120 globally memorable people, including Bill Gates, Jimi Hendrix, and Jon Brower Minnoch. Additionaly, 46 globally memorable people have passed away in Seattle including Carl Sagan, Kurt Cobain, and Walter Houser Brattain.
People Born in Seattle
Go to all RankingsBill Gates
BUSINESSPERSON
1955 - Present
HPI: 82.58
Rank: 51
Jimi Hendrix
MUSICIAN
1942 - 1970
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 109
Jon Brower Minnoch
CELEBRITY
1941 - 1983
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 96
Linda B. Buck
BIOLOGIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 9
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
ASTRONAUT
1929 - 2017
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 97
Frances Farmer
ACTOR
1913 - 1970
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 90
Duff McKagan
MUSICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 81
Paul Allen
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - 2018
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 106
George Stigler
ECONOMIST
1911 - 1991
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 91
Chris Cornell
SINGER
1964 - 2017
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 94
Minoru Yamasaki
ARCHITECT
1912 - 1986
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 95
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 50
People Deceased in Seattle
Go to all RankingsCarl Sagan
ASTRONOMER
1934 - 1996
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 36
Kurt Cobain
SINGER
1967 - 1994
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 31
Walter Houser Brattain
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 13
Hans Georg Dehmelt
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2017
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 28
Jon Brower Minnoch
CELEBRITY
1941 - 1983
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 21
Edmond H. Fischer
CHEMIST
1920 - 2021
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 8
Robert F. Furchgott
CHEMIST
1916 - 2009
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 7
Paul Allen
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - 2018
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 34
E. Donnall Thomas
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 38
Edwin G. Krebs
CHEMIST
1918 - 2009
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 9
Roy Chiao
ACTOR
1927 - 1999
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 20
Alice Ball
CHEMIST
1892 - 1916
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 39
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Seattle were actors (31), basketball players (15), singers (11), musicians (10), and athletes (10), while most who died were athletes (6), physicists (5), chemists (4), actors (4), and writers (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Seattle, including Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jean Smart, and Rainn Wilson. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Seattle, including Frances Farmer, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Jean Smart.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Seattle since 1700.