List of personalities of the city of Washington
The list of personalities in the City of Washington includes people who were born in Washington, DC , the capital of the United States , as well as those who worked in Washington without being born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Washington-born personalities
1801 to 1900
- Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1802–1855), Spanish diplomat, politician and Prime Minister of Spain
- EDEN Southworth (1819–1899), writer
- William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891), politician
- Alpheus Hyatt (1838–1902), zoologist and paleontologist
- William Wallace Wotherspoon (1850-1921), Major General
- John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), conductor and composer
- Linnaeus Edford La Fetra (1868–1965), pediatrician
- Will Marion Cook (1869–1944), composer
- Albert Fish (1870-1936), serial killer
- Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870-1935), librarian and medical historian
- Ynes Mexia (1870–1938), Mexican-American botanist and explorer
- Marie Manning (1872–1945), writer
- Francis Newton (1874-1946), golfer
- Sherman Miles (1882–1966), general and politician
- Herbert E. Winlock (1884–1950), archaeologist and Egyptologist
- John J. Speight (≈ 1885–1954), lawyer
- John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), politician
- William H. Rupertus (1889–1945), Major General in the US Marine Corps
- Lillian Evanti (1890–1967), opera singer
- Euphemia Haynes (1890–1980), mathematician and university professor
- Walter Maximilian Bastian (1891–1975), lawyer
- Monta Bell (1891–1958), producer, director and screenwriter
- Herbert Covington Bonner (1891–1965), politician
- Alan Hale Sr. (1892–1950), actor
- Esther Cleveland Bosanquet (1893–1980), daughter of US President Grover Cleveland
- Ina Claire (1893–1985), film and stage actress
- Ted Koehler (1894–1973), pianist and songwriter
- Jean Toomer (1894–1967), writer
- Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian (1895–1960), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Baltimore
- J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Andy Razaf (1895–1973), songwriter
- Joseph L. Walsh (1895–1973), mathematician
- Florence Mills (1896–1927), singer and dancer
- Anthony McAuliffe (1898-1975), General
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974), jazz musician
- Helen Hayes (1900–1993), actress
- Robert Nicholas Young (1900–1964), Lieutenant General
1901 to 1920
- Julian Steward (1902–1972), anthropologist
- Robert Bassler (1903–1975), film editor and film producer
- Albert Francis Birch (1903–1992), geophysicist
- Alonzo Church (1903–1995), mathematician, logician and philosopher
- Mercer Cook (1903–1987), Romance scholar, translator and diplomat
- Weldon Heyburn (1903–1951), actor
- Charles R. Drew (1904-1950), transfusion medicine specialist
- Vinton Hayworth (1906-1970), actor
- Richard Bruce Nugent (1906–1987), painter, writer and actor
- Billy Taylor (1906-1986), bassist
- Robert C. Weaver (1907–1997), university professor and politician
- Warren Magee (1908-2000), attorney
- Earle Wheeler (1908-1975), General
- Bill France Sr. (1909–1992), co-founder, chairman and president of NASCAR
- Don Raye (1909–1985), songwriter
- Emerson Meyers (1910–1990), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Joe Rosenthal (1911-2006), photographer
- Ricardo Manuel Arias Espinoza (1912–1993), 29th President of Panama
- Gardnar Mulloy (1913-2016), tennis player
- Raymond Davis Jr. (1914-2006), chemist
- Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), American-Mexican artist
- Elwood Henneman (1915-1996), neurophysiologist
- Norman Ramsey (1915-2011), physicist
- Louise Behrend (1916–2011), violinist and music teacher
- Marshall Clagett (1916-2005), historian of science
- Harold B. Cousins (1916-1992), sculptor
- Garnet Clark (1917-1938), jazz pianist
- Leonard Rose (1918-1984), cellist
- Elfriede Abbe (1919–2012), sculptor, wood engraver and illustrator
- Jean Craighead George (1919–2012), writer
- Mercer Ellington (1919–1996), jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger
- Charles Kaman (1919–2011), engineer
- George S. Blanchard (1920-2006), General
1921 to 1930
- Ralph Alpher (1921–2007), physicist and cosmologist
- Edwin Spanier (1921–1996), mathematician
- Charles James (* 1922), lawyer and diplomat
- George Walker (1922–2018), composer and music teacher
- Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), object artist, painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Osie Johnson (1923-1966), jazz drummer
- Thomas William Lyons (1923–1988), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Washington
- Marky Markowitz (1923–1986), jazz trumpeter
- Bill Reichenbach senior (1923–2008), jazz drummer and percussionist
- Carson Davidson (1924–2016), film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Jane Greer (1924-2001), actress
- Charlie Rouse (1924–1988), tenor saxophonist
- Leo Parker (1925–1962), jazz saxophonist
- Buck Hill (1927-2017), jazz tenor saxophonist
- Holly Mims (1927-1970), boxer
- Andy Stanfield (1927–1985), track and field athlete
- John Warner (born 1927), politician
- Edward Albee (1928-2016), writer
- James Bradford (1928-2013), weightlifter
- John Francis Donoghue (1928–2011), Roman Catholic bishop
- Jimmy Cobb (1929-2020), drummer
- Frank J. Frost (* 1929), ancient historian, archaeologist, politician and writer
- Michael Harner (1929–2018), anthropologist and shaman
- John Cephas (1930–2009), blues guitarist and singer
- Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), jazz baritone saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
- Frances Sternhagen (* 1930), film and theater actress
1931 to 1940
- Larry Eanet (1931-2008), jazz musician
- Ira Sullivan (* 1931), jazz musician
- Rip Taylor (1931–2019), actor and entertainer
- Irvin D. Yalom (* 1931), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and writer
- Jerrold Katz (1932–2002), philosopher and linguist
- Teddy Smith (1932-1979), jazz bassist
- Anna Diggs Taylor (1932-2017), lawyer
- Jean Carnahan (* 1933), politician and writer
- Bill France Jr. (1933–2007), longtime chairman and president of NASCAR
- Chita Rivera (* 1933), actress and dancer
- Elgin Baylor (born 1934), basketball player
- John Eaton (born 1934), jazz pianist
- Paul Ekman (* 1934), anthropologist and psychologist
- Shirley Horn (1934–2005), jazz pianist and singer
- Philip Leder (1934-2020), geneticist
- Carrington Visor (born 1934), saxophonist
- Madlyn Rhue (1935–2003), actress
- John Andrew Burroughs Jr. (1936–2014), United States Ambassador
- Diane Rehm (* 1936), radio presenter
- John Terborgh (* 1936), conservation biologist, ecologist, ornithologist and botanist
- Willie Wood (1936-2020), American football player and coach
- Joseph G. Anastasi (1937–2005), Secretary of State for Economic Development for Maryland and Campaign Manager
- Richard Bryan (* 1937), politician
- Robert Hooks (born 1937), actor
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (* 1937), politician
- Robert C. Richardson (1937-2013), physicist
- Billy Stewart (1937–1970), singer and keyboardist
- Pat Buchanan (* 1938), politician, journalist and TV commentator
- Eugene James Martin (1938-2005), artist
- Thomas McIntosh (* 1938), conductor and pianist
- Mark Sheridan (* 1938), Benedictine
- David Birney (born 1939), actor
- Reuben Brown (1939-2018), jazz pianist
- Darius W. Gaskins Jr. (born 1939), manager and government official
- Franklyn Jenifer (* 1939), biologist, university professor, rector of universities and business manager
- Marvin Gaye (1939–1984), soul and R&B singer
- Jimmy Hopps (* 1939), R&B and jazz musician
- Maury Povich (* 1939), talk show host
- ED Denson (* 1940), music group manager, record producer, record label owner and lawyer
- Billy Hart (born 1940), drummer
- Ambrose Jackson (1940–2009), jazz trumpeter and composer
- Stephen Edward Kesler (* 1940), geologist, geochemist and university professor
- Van McCoy (1940–1979), record producer, songwriter and musician
- Jorma Kaukonen (* 1940), blues, folk and rock guitarist
- Tim Rose (1940–2002), folk rock singer and songwriter
1941 to 1950
- Samuel Bogley (* 1941), politician
- David L. Boren (* 1941), politician
- James Bregman (born 1941), judoka
- Ron Brown (1941–1996), politician
- Michael Burlingame (* 1941), historian
- Lee Dresser (1941–2014), singer, composer and musician
- David Evans (born 1941), chemist
- Frederick D. Gregory (* 1941), astronaut
- David Gross (* 1941), physicist
- Rosalind Krauss (* 1941), art critic and theorist, professor and curator
- Martin Puryear (* 1941), sculptor
- James Ray (1941–1964), rhythm and blues singer
- Jay Rubin (* 1941), Japanologist
- Cliff Stearns (born 1941), politician
- John Edgar Wideman (* 1941), writer
- Richard Boyd (* 1942), philosopher and science theorist
- Morgan Fisher (born 1942), filmmaker and artist
- Vincent C. Gray (born 1942), politician
- Stephen Greenleaf (born 1942), writer
- David J. Griffiths (* 1942), theoretical physicist
- Country Joe McDonald (* 1942), folk and rock singer, guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Robert J. McEliece (1942–2019), mathematician and electrical engineer
- Christopher F. McKee (* 1942), astrophysicist
- Eli Noyes (* 1942), animator and director
- Richard P. Rumelt (* 1942), university professor and strategy theorist
- Christopher Sims (* 1942), economist
- Robert L. Stewart (born 1942), astronaut
- Audrey Terras (* 1942), mathematician
- Peter Tork (1942–2019), musician and actor
- Andrew White (* 1942), jazz and R&B musician
- Bob Avakian (born 1943), politician
- Michael D. Barnes (* 1943), politician
- Dave Bing (born 1943), basketball player
- Gwenda Blair (* 1943), journalist, university lecturer and non-fiction author
- Winston Groom (born 1943), author
- John F. Gunion (* 1943), physicist
- Edward Herrmann (1943-2014), actor
- Butler Lampson (* 1943), computer scientist
- David Nolan (1943-2010), politician
- Maynard V. Olson (born 1943), geneticist
- William Ruddiman (* 1943), paleoclimatologist and marine geologist
- Frank Tate (* 1943), mainstream jazz bassist
- Robert Trivers (* 1943), sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist
- Kenneth Ascher (* 1944), pianist
- Carl Bernstein (* 1944), journalist
- John L. Bullion (born 1944), historian
- Jack Casady (* 1944), blues and rock musician
- John F. Crosby (* 1944), philosopher
- Charles Derber (* 1944), sociologist
- Whitfield Diffie (* 1944), expert in cryptography
- Jonathan P. Heritage (* 1944), physicist and electrical engineer
- Janet Howell (born 1944), politician
- Dan Ingalls (* 1944), computer scientist
- Anatole Katok (1944–2018), mathematician
- Sharon Pratt Kelly (born 1944), politician
- Suzanne Kosmas (* 1944), politician
- Tobin Marks (* 1944), chemist
- Armistead Maupin (born 1944), writer
- Taffy Nivert (* 1944), songwriter and singer
- Merritt Ruhlen (* 1944), linguist
- Tucker Smallwood (born 1944), actor and author
- Ben Stein (* 1944), actor, author and lawyer
- Cecil Turner (born 1944), football player
- Paul Wellstone (1944–2002), politician
- Kitty Winn (born 1944), actress
- Patch Adams (* 1945), doctor
- Mel Boozer (1945–1987), sociologist
- Jim Chapman (* 1945), politician
- Fred Donner (* 1945), historian
- Jim Doyle (* 1945), politician
- Richard Farber (* 1945), Israeli composer
- Danny Gatton (1945-1994), guitarist
- Goldie Hawn (* 1945), film actress and film producer
- Marta Heflin (1945–2013), cabaret artist and actress
- Carter Jefferson (1945-1993), jazz saxophonist
- David Stifler Johnson (1945–2016), computer scientist
- Paul Miller (* 1945), racing car driver and racing team owner
- Charles S. Moffett (1945–2015), art historian
- Michael Nouri (* 1945), actor
- John Roemer (* 1945), economist and political scientist
- Jim Sanborn (* 1945), sculptor
- Scott Spencer (born 1945), writer
- Leigh Taylor-Young (born 1945), actress
- Jerry Tersoff (* 1945), physicist
- Jonathan Wahl (* 1945), mathematician
- Nancy Wexler (* 1945), psychologist
- John Wilkinson (1945-2013), guitarist
- Sucharit Bhakdi (* 1946), Thai medic
- Blair Brown (born 1946), actress
- John Heard (1946-2017), actor
- Eric Heller (* 1946), chemist and physicist
- Shirley Ann Jackson (* 1946), physicist
- Peter Kogge (* 1946), computer architect
- Lester L. Lyles (born 1946), General in the United States Air Force
- Walter A. McDougall (* 1946), historian
- Kenper Miller (* 1946), car racing driver and racing team owner
- Steven Shavell (* 1946), economist and lawyer
- George Sterman (* 1946), theoretical elementary particle physicist
- William Thurston (1946–2012), mathematician
- Jonathan Banks (born 1947), actor
- Ann Beattie (* 1947), author
- Ursaline Bryant (born 1947), actress
- Tim Buckley (1947–1975), singer-songwriter
- Eugenia Butler (1947–2008), avant-garde concept and performance artist
- Chris Cutler (born 1947), British drummer
- William DeVaughn (born 1947), singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Robert Gordon (* 1947), singer and songwriter
- Larry Kaufman (* 1947), chess and shogi player
- Amory Lovins (* 1947), physicist and environmental activist
- William Meeks (* 1947), mathematician
- Kathleen Norris (* 1947), author and poet
- George Pennington (* 1947), psychological researcher, book author and television psychologist
- Bill Posey (born 1947), politician
- Bobby Scott (born 1947), politician
- Catherine G. Wolf (1947–2018), psychologist and computer scientist
- Ron Asheton (1948–2009), guitarist
- Jeff Baxter (* 1948), rock guitarist and dobro player
- Bay Buchanan (born 1948), government official
- David A. Cox (* 1948), mathematician
- Sandra Dickinson (born 1948), actress
- Georgia Engel (1948–2019), actress
- Al Gore (* 1948), politician, entrepreneur, environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Gregory Itzin (born 1948), actor
- Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948), actor
- Gregory Petsko (* 1948), biochemist and neuroscientist
- Veronica Redd (born 1948), actress
- Daniel Reeves (* 1948), cameraman and video artist
- Paula Scher (* 1948), graphic designer, painter and art teacher
- Michael Sorkin (1948-2020), architect
- Bob Wise (born 1948), politician
- Duck Baker (born 1949), fingerstyle guitarist
- William Belden (born 1949), rower
- Alan Brinkley (1949-2019), historian
- Roger Aaron Brown (born 1949), actor
- Charles Fefferman (* 1949), mathematician
- Alfredo Rugeles (* 1949), Venezuelan composer and conductor
- Cotter Smith (born 1949), actor
- Ronnie Dyson (1950–1990), pop singer
- Nicholas Hammond (born 1950), actor and screenwriter
- William Hurt (born 1950), actor
- Edward P. Jones (born 1950), writer
1951 to 1960
- David Bischoff (1951-2018), science fiction writer
- Nelson Cowan (* 1951), psychologist
- Daniel J. Ehrlich (* 1951), engineer for optics, biomedicine and microelectronics
- Stephen L. Johnson (* 1951), university professor
- Carole Ann Klonarides (* 1951), curator, professor and video artist
- Elliot Meyerowitz (* 1951), developmental biologist and geneticist
- Charles Mooney (born 1951), boxer
- Nūr of Jordan (* 1951), fourth wife of King Hussein I.
- Michael C. Ruppert (1951–2014), author and journalist
- Harley Orrin Staggers junior (born 1951), politician
- Kermit Washington (born 1951), basketball player
- John Bruce Yeh (* 1951), clarinetist
- Ralph Becker (* 1952), lawyer and politician
- Donald Sewell Lopez Jr. (* 1952), university professor
- Bill Sherwood (1952–1990), film director and screenwriter
- Harold Solomon (* 1952), tennis player
- Whit Stillman (* 1952), film director, writer and film producer
- Timothy Carhart (born 1953), actor
- Richard Cashin (born 1953), rower
- Nan Goldin (* 1953), photographer
- Tim Gunn (* 1953), fashion designer
- Jerome Powell (born 1953), lawyer and tax officer
- Jeannetta Arnette (* 1954), actress
- Stephen L. Carter (* 1954), lawyer and writer
- Ned Lamont (* 1954), politician
- Steve McCraven (* 1954), jazz musician
- Stephanie Nakasian (* 1954), jazz singer
- Enrique Peñalosa (* 1954), Colombian economist and politician
- Jack Stamp (* 1954), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Phil Wiggins (* 1954), harmonica player
- Bernadette Allen (* 1955), diplomat
- Charles Burns (* 1955), artist, comic book artist and author
- David A. Kennedy (1955–1984), fourth of the eleven children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel
- Jeffrey Mumford (* 1955), composer and music teacher
- Eric Schmidt (* 1955), computer scientist and manager
- Cynthia Hollandsworth Batty (* 1956), type designer
- Melissa Belote (* 1956), swimmer
- Adrian Dantley (born 1956), basketball player
- Lawrence J. Hogan (* 1956), politician and entrepreneur
- Robert F. Newmyer (1956-2005), film producer
- Tim Russ (born 1956), actor
- Caroline Thompson (* 1956), screenwriter and film director
- David S. Addington (* 1957), lawyer
- Leslie Bevis (born 1957), actress
- Norman Chad (born 1958), television commentator and poker player
- William H. Chapman Nyaho (* 1958), pianist and music teacher
- Matt Frewer (born 1958), actor
- Jeffrey Gedmin (* 1958), political scientist and managing director
- Leslie Malton (born 1958), actress
- Brenda Shannon Greene (born 1958), singer
- Tony Horwitz (1958–2019), journalist and author of non-fiction books
- Bill Watterson (* 1958), comic artist
- Olin Browne (born 1959), professional golfer
- DJ Kool (* 1959), DJ and rapper
- Kate Cooper (* 1960), ancient historian
- Michael Hardt (* 1960), literary theorist
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999), lawyer and publisher
- Michael Manring (* 1960), musician
- Bernard Shlesinger (* 1960), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Atlanta
1961 to 1970
- AM Homes (* 1961), author
- Christopher Meloni (born 1961), actor
- Henry Rollins (* 1961), musician, writer and actor
- Benjamin Alvin Drew (* 1962), astronaut
- Marty Friedman (* 1962), guitarist
- Ian MacKaye (* 1962), musician and label founder
- Eva Cassidy (1963-1996), singer
- Michael Chabon (* 1963), writer and screenwriter
- Joanna Going (* 1963), actress
- Lisa Nowak (* 1963), astronaut
- Martin O'Malley (born 1963), politician
- Anne Applebaum (* 1964), journalist
- Desmond Armstrong (born 1964), football player
- Madeleine Potter (born 1964), actress
- Brett Kavanaugh (* 1965), lawyer
- Yōsuke Kondō (* 1965), Japanese politician
- Yukiko Miyake (1965–2020), Japanese politician
- Burr Steers (* 1965), screenwriter, film director and actor
- Pavel Telička (* 1965), Czech politician
- Jeffrey Wright (* 1965), film and stage actor
- Wolfgang Bodison (* 1966), actor
- Reuben Radding (* 1966), jazz bassist
- Johnny Gill (born 1966), R&B singer
- Rodney Smith (born 1966), wrestler
- Dudley Taft (* 1966), guitarist, bassist and singer
- Max Casella (born 1967), actor
- Ana Gasteyer (* 1967), actress and comedian
- Kristen Johnston (born 1967), actress
- Ben Mankiewicz (* 1967), journalist, presenter and film critic
- John Dickerson (* 1968), journalist
- Rory Kennedy (* 1968), documentary film director and producer
- Scott Krinsky (* 1968), actor and comedian
- Lee Jae-yong (* 1968), Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Samsung
- Jennifer Wexton (* 1968), politician
- DaVarryl Williamson (born 1968), boxer
- Keith Holmes (born 1969), boxer
- C. Michelle Olmstead (* 1969), astronomer
- Sheryl Sandberg (* 1969), CEO of Facebook and formerly Vice President of Online Sales for Google
- Adrian Fenty (* 1970), politician
- Regina Hall (* 1970), actress
- William Joppy (* 1970), professional boxer
- Dwayne Kirkley (born 1970), basketball player
- DJ Spooky (* 1970), Illbient and trip-hop musician, DJ and producer
1971 to 1980
- Ali Hasan Abunimah (* 1971), Palestinian-American journalist
- Dorian Gregory (born 1971), actor
- Allen Johnson (born 1971), track and field athlete
- Marc Johnson (born 1971), boxer
- Pete Sampras (* 1971), tennis player
- Theodore Shapiro (* 1971), film composer
- Ronald Wright (born 1971), boxer
- Rick Yune (born 1971), actor
- Chris Adler (* 1972), drummer
- Muriel Bowser (* 1972), politician; Mayoress of Washington, DC
- Derek Mills (born 1972), track and field athlete
- Matthew Okoh (born 1972), football player
- Tim Wu (* 1972), legal scholar
- Dave Chappelle (* 1973), comedian and actor
- Christopher J. Parks (* 1973), wrestler and professional footballer
- Kevyn W. Adams (born 1974), ice hockey player
- Laz Alonso (born 1974), actor
- Nona Gaye (* 1974), singer, actress and photo model
- Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress
- Jonathan Ogden (born 1974), American football player
- Anwan Glover (* 1975), musician and actor
- Rich Harrison (* 1975), R'n'B / soul producer and musician
- Karl Yune (* 1975), actor
- Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor
- Louis Bullock (born 1976), basketball player
- JC Chasez (* 1976), pop musician, composer, presenter and actor
- Paul Goldstein (* 1976), tennis player
- Ian Caldwell (born 1976), author
- Jason Stein (* 1976), jazz musician
- Michael Weiss (* 1976), figure skater
- Kellie Shanygne Williams (born 1976), actress
- Jonathan AC Brown (* 1977), Islamic scholar
- Jonathan Safran Foer (* 1977), writer
- Tomeka Reid (* 1977), jazz musician
- Katherine Heigl (* 1978), actress
- William Avery (born 1979), basketball player
- Sara Downing (born 1979), actress
- Mýa (* 1979), singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
- Ameen Saleem (* 1979), jazz musician
- Brian Westbrook (born 1979), American football player
- Chris Carmack (* 1980), actor and photo model
- DerMarr Johnson (born 1980), basketball player
- Arthur Gregg Sulzberger (* 1980), journalist, editor of the New York Times
- Eric Wheeler (* ≈1980), jazz musician
1981 to 2000
- John Walker Lindh (* 1981), Taliban fighter
- Cullen Loeffler (born 1981), football player
- Eden Riegel (born 1981), actress
- Lacey Duvalle (* 1982), porn actress
- Sharrod Ford (born 1982), basketball player
- John Lucas III (born 1982), basketball player
- Oguchi Onyewu (* 1982), football player
- Kelela (* 1983), singer and songwriter
- Delonte West (born 1983), basketball player
- Damu the Fudgemunk (* 1984), producer and DJ
- Conor Lamb (* 1984), politician
- Dustin Moskovitz (* 1984), co-founder of the social network Facebook
- Shenay Perry (* 1984), tennis player
- Lamont Peterson (born 1984), boxer
- Alex Hoffman (* ≈1985), jazz musician
- Jamie Gray Hyder (born 1985), actress
- Tommy Milner (* 1986), racing car driver
- Jeff Ward (born 1986), actor
- Andrew Bayer (* 1987), DJ and music producer
- Greg Merson ( b.1987 ), poker player
- Natascha Born (* 1988), actress
- Kevin Durant (born 1988), basketball player
- Ed Davis (born 1989), basketball player
- Mattie Stepanek (1990-2004), poet
- Bridgit Mendler (* 1992), actress and singer
- Ethan Slater (* 1992), actor, singer, writer and composer
- Haley Skarupa (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Bella Hadid (* 1996), model
- Isabelle Fuhrman (* 1997), actress and voice actress
- Katie Ledecky (born 1997), swimmer
Famous Washington residents
- Paul Arlt (1914–2005), cartoonist and painter
- Günther Gumpert (1919–2019), painter
- Anne Truitt (1921–2004), minimalist sculptor
- Guenter Lewy (* 1923), professor at the University of Massachusetts
- Meryle Secrest (* 1930), author and journalist
- Jesco von Puttkamer (1933–2012), space engineer and publicist
- Ivars Peterson (born 1948), journalist
- Dee Dee Myers (born 1961), White House press secretary under Bill Clinton
- Michael Rogers (born 1964), activist
- Candace Gingrich (born 1966), activist
- Qubad Talabani (* 1977), son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
- Jim Wallis (born 1948), left evangelical author, preacher and thought leader, Harvard lecturer in politics and religion and advisor to Clinton and Obama
See also
Web links
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