University of Washington alumni

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought. With a career spanning Hong Kong and the United States, Lee is regarded as the first global Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history of cinema. Known for his roles in five feature-length martial arts films, he is credited with helping to popularize martial arts films in the 1970s and promoting Hong Kong action cinema.

American writer (1920–1986)

James Patrick Caviezel Jr. is an American actor. He played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004), Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom (2023), and starred as John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). He also played Slov in G.I. Jane (1997), Private Witt in The Thin Red Line (1998), Detective John Sullivan in Frequency (2000), Catch in Angel Eyes (2001), and Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).

American economist (1911–1991)

American geneticist and chronobiologist

American congresswoman for Montana (1880-1973)

Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and composer (1951–2024)

American novelist and essayist (born 1943)

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer

American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942–1994)

American actress (1913–1970)

American artist (1940–2021)

Indian-American economist

American actress (1909–2001)

American astronaut

American writer (1877-1967)

Scottish American mathematician and science fiction author (1883-1960)

American actor (1922-2016)

American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama (1942–1995)

American novelist (1931–2009)

American philosopher (born 1960)

American statistician and econometrician (1895-1973)

American science fiction writer (1948-2019)

American architect (born 1947)

American actress (1919-2016)

Amanda Marie Knox is an American author. She came to international prominence after being convicted for the November 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy, a trial that was highly publicized between Knox's conviction in 2009 and her acquittal two years later.

Guamanian politician

American true crime writer (1931–2015)

American molecular biologist, biochemist and chairman of Apple Inc. (born 1950)

American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer (1951–2025)

Governor of Washington since 2025

American politician (1925–2024)

Governor of Oregon since 2021

American video game developer

Irish geographer (1938-2017)

American film director (1898–1964)

Turkish historian (1923–2019)

Filipino chemist (1893-1945)

American sculptor (1925–1996)

American volcanologist (1949–1980)

American computer programmer

Nigerien architect

American rower

Moroccan politician

American racing cyclist

American lawyer, politician (1927-2004)

American business executive (born 1968)

actor

American astronomer (1927-2015)

American game show contestant, host, and writer

American comic artist (1956–2022)

Governor of Alaska (1925-2019)

American anthropologist, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

American mountain climber

American tibetologist (1927–1984)

American poet (1925–2014)

American Coast Guard admiral

US Buddhist monk

Romanian computer scientist and author

American basketball player