Notable Alumni of University of Washington – Seattle [Sorted List]

1. Steve Penny

1964-. (aged 62)

businessperson

Stephen D. Penny Jr. is an American businessman and sports administrator. He was president and CEO of USA Gymnastics (USAG) from 2005 until 2017, and is a key figure in the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal.

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2. Jenny Durkan

1958-. (aged 68)

lawyer politician

Jenny Anne Durkan is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor, and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of Martin Durkan. Durkan is a member of the Democratic Party. After earning her Juris Doctor from University of Washington School of Law in 1985, Durkan began practicing law as a criminal defense lawyer and...

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3. Henry M. Jackson

1912-1983 (aged 71)

lawyer politician

Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti-Communist member of the Democratic Party, Jackson supported higher military spending and a hard line against the Soviet Union, while also supporting social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor...

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4. Mark Deklin

1967-. (aged 59)

actor television actor stunt performer film actor voice actor

Mark Deklin is an American actor and fight coordinator. He starred in the Fox primetime drama Lone Star, the ABC comedy-drama GCB, the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids, and in 2017 joined the ABC political drama Designated Survivor as Senator Jack Bowman. He voiced Deimos in the video game God of War: Ghost of Sparta. He also was the voice of...

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5. Janet Waldo

1919-2016 (aged 97)

film actor television actor voice actor

Janet Waldo was an American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy Jetson in various Hanna-Barbera media, Nancy in Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop, Princess from Battle of the Planets, and Josie in Josie and the Pussycats. On radio, she was the title character in Meet Corliss Archer.

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6. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2025 as the United States representative for Washington's 5th congressional district, which encompasses the eastern third of the state and includes Spokane, the state's second-largest city. A Republican, McMorris Rodgers previously served in the Washington House of Representatives. From 2013 to 2019, she chaired the House Republican...

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7. Michael Forest

1929-. (aged 97)

actor television actor film actor stage actor voice actor

Gerald Michael Charlebois, better known as Michael Forest, is an American actor who provides the voices for many animated titles, and played the god Apollo on Star Trek.

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8. Richelle Mead

1976-. (aged 50)

children's writer novelist writer

Richelle Mead is an American fantasy author who is known for the Georgina Kincaid series, Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and the Dark Swan series.

9. Tom Lantos

1928-2008 (aged 80)

teacher politician journalist human rights defender economist

Thomas Peter Lantos was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993. After redistricting, he served from the 12th congressional district, which included both the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion...

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10. Mariana Klaveno

1979-. (aged 47)

film actor actor television actor

Mariana Klaveno is an American actress best known for her television roles as Lorena Ball (Krasiki) in the HBO series True Blood, as the psychopath Abby in the Lifetime movie While the Children Sleep, and as movie actress Peri Westmore in the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids. In 2014, she starred as Detective Janice Lawrence in the CBS crime drama series...

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11. Mikhail Naimy

1889-1988 (aged 99)

actor poet literary critic writer philosopher

Mikha'il Nu'ayma, better known in English by his pen name Mikhail Naimy (October 17, 1889 – February 28, 1988), was a Lebanese poet, novelist, and philosopher, famous for his spiritual writings, notably The Book of Mirdad. He is widely recognized as one of the most important figures in modern Arabic literature and one of the most important spiritual writers of...

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12. Tina Kotek

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Christine Kotek is an American politician who has served since 2023 as the 39th governor of Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, Kotek served from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 44th district and from 2013 to 2022 as speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.

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13. David Bonderman

1942-2024 (aged 82)

lawyer financier

David Bonderman was an American billionaire businessman. He was the founding partner of TPG Inc. (formerly Texas Pacific Group), and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital. He was also one of the minority owners of the NBA's Boston Celtics as well as the co-founder and co-majority owner (along with Jerry Bruckheimer) of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League. At...

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14. Hussain Sajwani

1953-. (aged 73)

businessperson

Hussain Sajwani is an Emirati billionaire businessman and the founder of the property development company, DAMAC Properties, and his private investment company, DAMAC Group.

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15. Marilynne Robinson

1943-. (aged 83)

writer science fiction writer novelist essayist

Marilynne Summers Robinson is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the...

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16. Isaiah Stewart

2001-. (aged 25)

basketball player

Isaiah Stewart II, nicknamed Beef Stew, is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. Listed at 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) and 250 pounds (113 kg), he plays the center and power forward positions.

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17. Budda Baker

1996-. (aged 30)

American football player

Bishard "Budda" Baker is an American professional football safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, and was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft. Baker is an eight-time Pro Bowler and a four-time All-Pro member.

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18. Ella Raines

1920-1988 (aged 68)

film actor actor television actor

Ella Wallace Raines was an American film and television actress active from the early 1940s through the mid-1950s. Described as "sultry" and "mysterious", the green-eyed star appeared frequently in crime pictures and film noir, but also in drama, comedy, Westerns, thrillers, and romance.

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19. Michael P. Anderson

1959-2003 (aged 44)

astronaut physicist military officer aircraft pilot

Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Anderson served as the payload commander and lieutenant colonel in charge of science experiments on the Columbia. He was posthumously awarded...

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20. Tom McGrath

1964-. (aged 62)

film actor film director animator actor television producer

Thomas McGrath is an American voice actor, animator and filmmaker. He is known for the DreamWorks animated film Madagascar, which he co-wrote and directed with Eric Darnell while voicing the character of Skipper the Penguin. The film spawned two direct sequels, along with a spin-off animated series and film based on the penguins, with McGrath reprising his role as Skipper...

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21. Mark Brunell

1970-. (aged 56)

American football coach American football player

Mark Allen Brunell is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played in the NFL for 19 seasons, most notably with the Jacksonville Jaguars. For his accomplishments in Jacksonville, he was inducted to the Pride of the Jaguars in 2013.

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22. Linda Emond

1959-. (aged 67)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Linda Marie Emond is an American stage, film, and television actress. She has received three Tony Award nominations for her performances in Life (x) 3 (2003), Death of a Salesman (2012), and Cabaret (2014).

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23. Mark Pope

1972-. (aged 54)

basketball player basketball coach

Mark Edward Pope is an American collegiate basketball coach and former player who is head men's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, his alma mater.

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24. Jaden McDaniels

2000-. (aged 26)

basketball player

Jaden McDaniels is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. He attended Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington, where he was named a McDonald's All-American and Washington Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. McDaniels was a five-star recruit and one...

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25. Phil Spencer

1968-. (aged 58)

business executive

Phil Spencer is an American business executive and the CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Starting his career at Microsoft as an intern in 1988, Spencer has worked in various sectors within the company, including developing Microsoft's first CD-ROM-based titles. He joined the Xbox team in 2001.

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26. Dorothy Provine

1935-2010 (aged 75)

singer television actor film actor actor musician

Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer and actress. Born in 1935 in Deadwood, South Dakota, she grew up in Seattle, Washington, and was hired in 1958 by Warner Bros., after which she first starred in The Bonnie Parker Story and played many roles in TV series. During the 1960s, Provine starred in series such as The Alaskans and...

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27. Alice B. Toklas

1877-1967 (aged 90)

memoirist autobiographer writer

Alice Babette Toklas was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein.

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28. Marquese Chriss

1997-. (aged 29)

basketball player

Marquese De'Shawn Chriss is an American professional basketball player for the Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies and was selected in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft with the eighth overall pick by the Sacramento Kings. He eventually was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team as...

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29. Mary Mapes

1956-. (aged 70)

journalist television producer

Mary Alice Mapes is an American journalist, former television news producer, and author. She was a principal producer for CBS News, primarily the CBS Evening News and primetime television program 60 Minutes Wednesday. She is known for the story of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal, which won a Peabody Award, and the story of Senator Strom Thurmond's...

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30. Dennis Muilenburg

1964-. (aged 62)

businessperson chief executive officer

Dennis A. Muilenburg is an American engineer, business executive and a former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Boeing, a multinational aerospace and defense company. He was CEO from 2015 to 2019, when he was fired in the aftermath of two crashes of the 737 MAX and its subsequent groundings.

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31. Jacob Eason

1997-. (aged 29)

American football player

Jacob Henry Eason is an American professional football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Washington Huskies and Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft.

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32. Patrick M. Shanahan

1962-. (aged 64)

business executive engineer politician

Patrick Michael Shanahan is an American businessman and the president and chief executive officer of Spirit AeroSystems. He is a former United States federal government official who served as the acting United States secretary of defense in 2019. President Donald Trump appointed Shanahan to the role after the resignation of Jim Mattis. Prior to that, Shanahan served as Deputy Secretary...

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33. Dylan Bruce

1980-. (aged 46)

model television actor actor film actor

Dylan Bruce is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Chris Hughes on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns and Paul Dierden on BBC America and Space's Orphan Black.

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34. Alice Augusta Ball

1892-1916 (aged 24)

pharmacist chemist

Alice Augusta Ball was an African-American chemist whose groundbreaking work produced the first effective treatment for Hansen’s disease, better known as Leprosy. She was born in Seattle, Washington, to James Presley Ball Jr. and Laura Louise Ball. Her father was a photographer, journalist, and lawyer, while her mother left a photography career to raise the family. Ball excelled academically, graduating...

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35. Tom Robbins

1932-2025 (aged 93)

biographer autobiographer novelist writer journalist

Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins had lived in La Conner, Washington, since 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014, was...

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36. Vita Vea

1995-. (aged 31)

American football player

Tevita Tuliʻakiʻono Tuipulotu Mosese Vaʻhae Fehoko Faletau "Vita" Vea is an American professional football nose tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies and was selected by the Buccaneers in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Vea won Super Bowl LV with the team over the...

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37. Gordon Sondland

1957-. (aged 69)

diplomat businessperson

Gordon David Sondland is an American businessman and former diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the European Union from 2018 to 2020, and was a central figure in the 2019 Trump–Ukraine scandal; leading to the first impeachment of Donald Trump. In November 2019, he testified as a witness at the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. After refusing...

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38. Terrence Ross

1991-. (aged 35)

basketball player

Terrence James Elijah Ross is an American former professional basketball player. A shooting guard/small forward, he played college basketball for the Washington Huskies, where he was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection before being drafted eighth overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors.

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39. Robert Osborne

1932-2017 (aged 85)

film producer film actor television actor magazine writer film historian

Robert Jolin Osborne was an American film historian, author, actor and the primary television host for the premium cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for over twenty years. Prior to hosting at TCM, Osborne had been a host on The Movie Channel. He had also worked as a news columnist for The Hollywood Reporter. Osborne wrote the official history of...

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40. David A. Johnston

1949-1980 (aged 31)

volcanologist geologist

David Alexander Johnston was an American United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist who was killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. A principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team, Johnston was killed in the eruption while manning an observation post six miles (10 km) away on the morning of May 18, 1980....

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41. Ann Sothern

1909-2001 (aged 92)

singer stage actor television actor actor film actor

Ann Sothern was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier,...

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42. Jeannette Rankin

1880-1973 (aged 93)

peace activist women's rights activist suffragist pacifist social worker

Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.

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43. Ryan Lewis

1988-. (aged 38)

record producer disc jockey composer

Ryan Scott Lewis is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington. Along with producing his own album, Instrumentals, Lewis produced the recordings The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012), and This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016) as part of the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He also directed 12 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis videos.

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44. Kim Thayil

1960-. (aged 66)

guitarist songwriter

Kim Anand Thayil is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Cornell and Thayil remained as the original members of the band until Cornell's death in 2017, and the band's subsequent split in 2018. Thayil was named the 100th...

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45. Robin DiAngelo

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher pedagogue

Robin Jeanne DiAngelo is an American author working in the fields of critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies. She formerly served as a tenured professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University and is currently an affiliate associate professor of education at the University of Washington. She is known for her work pertaining to "white fragility", an expression she coined...

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46. Edgar Martínez

1963-. (aged 63)

baseball player baseball coach

Edgar Martínez, nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi", is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player who is currently the senior director of hitting strategy coach for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB as a designated hitter and third baseman for Seattle from 1987 to 2004. He served as the Mariners' hitting coach from 2015 to...

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47. Chuck Close

1940-2021 (aged 81)

printmaker painter collagist draftsperson photographer

Charles Thomas Close was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera. He adapted his painting style and working methods in 1988, after being paralyzed by an occlusion of the anterior spinal artery.

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48. Justin Holiday

1989-. (aged 37)

basketball player

Justin Alaric Holiday is an American professional basketball player for the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. He went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, but would sign with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2013. He won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015. His brothers Jrue...

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49. Sandy Wu

1990-. (aged 36)

television presenter

Sandy Wu is a Taiwanese television host, writer, entrepreneur and former junior high school English teacher. A graduate of the University of Washington Bothell華盛頓州立博塞頓大學, Wu debuted her hosting career with a Yahoo! entertainment news webshow in 2013 and is a three-time Golden Bell Award winner. She is the eldest daughter of host and singer Jacky Wu.

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50. Matisse Thybulle

1997-. (aged 29)

basketball player

Matisse Vincent Thybulle is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers the following day. Thybulle was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team as a member of the...

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51. Julia Sweeney

1959-. (aged 67)

stage actor film director actor blogger voice actor

Julia Anne Sweeney is an American actress and comedian. She gained fame as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1994. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film Stuart Little and voiced Brittany in Father of the Pride. She appeared in the Hulu series Shrill, the Showtime series Work in Progress, and...

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52. Lynn Shelton

1965-2020 (aged 55)

television actor film director actor film screenwriter film producer

Lynn Shelton was an American filmmaker, known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister. She was associated with the mumblecore genre.

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53. Beverly Cleary

1916-2021 (aged 105)

novelist writer autobiographer librarian children's writer

Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse.

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54. Pappy Boyington

1912-1988 (aged 76)

autobiographer military officer aircraft pilot

Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) of the Republic of China Air Force and saw combat in...

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55. Minoru Yamasaki

1912-1986 (aged 74)

architect

Minoru Yamasaki was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "New Formalism".

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56. Pamela Reed

1949-. (aged 77)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's police partner Phoebe O'Hara in the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop and portraying the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho. She appeared as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, as well as the exasperated wife Alison Langley in Bean.

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57. Jay Inslee

1951-. (aged 75)

prosecutor lawyer politician

Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician and attorney who served as the 23rd Governor of Washington from 2013 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and from 1999 to 2012. Inslee was also a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

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58. Michael Penix Jr

2000-. (aged 26)

American football player

Michael Tarrence Penix Jr. is an American professional football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). After three seasons of college football with the Indiana Hoosiers that were limited by injury, Penix had a breakout year with the Washington Huskies in 2022 when he led the FBS in yards per game and set the school season...

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59. Detlef Schrempf

1963-. (aged 63)

basketball player basketball coach

Detlef Schrempf is a German-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick. He was an All-NBA Third Team member in 1995, a three-time NBA...

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60. Lois Smith

1930-. (aged 96)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Lois Arlene Smith is an American actress whose career spans eight decades. She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film East of Eden, and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including Five Easy Pieces (1970), Resurrection (1980), Fatal Attraction (1987), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Falling Down (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead...

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61. Gita Gopinath

1971-. (aged 55)

economist

Gita Gopinath is an Indian-American economist who is currently serving as the Gregory and Ania Coffey professor of Economics at Harvard University and previously served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), from 21 January 2022 to 31 August 2025. Before that she also served as chief economist of the IMF between 2019 and 2022.

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62. Jeffrey Combs

1954-. (aged 72)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

Jeffrey Alan Combs is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Herbert West in the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator (1985) and portraying a number of characters in the Star Trek universe, most notably Brunt and the various Weyouns on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994–1999), and Shran on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005).

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63. Brandon Roy

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player basketball coach

Brandon Dawayne Roy Sr. is an American basketball coach and former player. He recently served as the head coach of the boys' basketball team at Garfield High School in Seattle. Roy played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves. His nickname was "B-Roy", but he was also referred to as "the...

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64. Dejounte Murray

1996-. (aged 30)

basketball player

Dejounte Dashaun Murray is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Washington Huskies, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a freshman in 2015–16. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2016...

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65. Zakir Hussain

1951-2024 (aged 73)

percussionist actor composer DJ producer record producer

Ustad Zakir Hussain Qureshi was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor who was based for much of his career in the San Francisco Bay Area. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He...

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66. Richard Karn

1956-. (aged 70)

actor presenter

Richard Karn is an American actor, author and former game show host. He starred as Al Borland in the ABC series Home Improvement and as Fred Peters in the Hulu series Pen15. Karn was also the fourth host of Family Feud from 2002 to 2006.

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67. Bill Gates Sr

1925-2020 (aged 95)

philanthropist lawyer businessperson

William Henry Gates II, better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates), and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington State Bar associations. He was the father of Bill Gates, co-founder of...

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68. Warren Moon

1956-. (aged 70)

actor American football player Canadian football player

Harold Warren Moon is an American former professional football quarterback who played for 23 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Moon also played for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, and Kansas City Chiefs. He is considered one...

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69. Puka Nacua

2001-. (aged 25)

American football player

Makea "Puka" Nacua is an American professional football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies and BYU Cougars and was selected by the Rams in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL draft. Nacua exceeded expectations in his first year, setting the NFL rookie record for...

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70. Tim Lincecum

1984-. (aged 42)

baseball player

Timothy Leroy Lincecum, nicknamed "the Freak", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the San Francisco Giants. A two-time Cy Young Award winner, Lincecum won World Series championships in 2010, 2012, and 2014 as a member of the Giants.

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71. Kelsey Plum

1994-. (aged 32)

basketball player

Kelsey Christine Plum is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Phantom of Unrivaled. Nicknamed "Plum Dawg", she is a four-time WNBA All-Star and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2022. Plum won gold medals with the United States in 3x3 basketball...

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72. Leslie Groves

1896-1970 (aged 74)

army officer military engineer

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II, leading to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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73. Frances Farmer

1913-1970 (aged 57)

film actor television actor stage actor

Frances Elena Farmer was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films and three significant Broadway plays over the course of her career. Farmer gained greater notoriety posthumously for having had a nervous breakdown and undergone a five-year involuntary commitment in a state-run mental institution. She was said to have suffered abusive conditions, which have remained the...

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74. Kenny G

1956-. (aged 70)

saxophonist composer jazz musician

Kenneth Bruce Gorelick is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. His 1986 album Duotones brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records, making him also the best-selling instrumentalist in history.

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75. Hope Solo

1981-. (aged 45)

model association football player

Hope Amelia Stevens is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, and is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. After playing at the collegiate level for the University of Washington, she played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge in the Women's United Soccer Association...

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76. Garret Dillahunt

1964-. (aged 62)

actor television actor character actor television director film actor

Garret Lee Dillahunt is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott in Deadwood, and John Dorie in Fear the Walking Dead....

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77. Dawn Wells

1938-2020 (aged 82)

television actor stage actor beauty pageant contestant film actor

Dawn Elberta Wells was an American actress. She was best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers in the sitcom Gilligan's Island.

78. Markelle Fultz

1998-. (aged 28)

basketball player

Markelle N'Gai Fultz is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies before being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft.

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79. Nate Robinson

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player restaurateur businessperson American football player

Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson is an American former professional basketball player. Robinson played college basketball for the Washington Huskies and was the 21st overall pick of the 2005 NBA draft. The 5-foot-6-inch (1.68 m) point guard played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Denver...

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80. Bob Sapp

1973-. (aged 53)

film actor American football player actor kickboxer professional wrestler

Robert Malcolm Sapp is an American former mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler, actor, and football player. Sapp has a combined fight record of 24–39–1, mostly fighting in Japan. He is well known in Japan, where he has appeared in numerous commercials, television programs, and various other media, and has released a music CD, Sapp Time. He is known there...

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81. Patrick Duffy

1949-. (aged 77)

actor television actor television director film actor voice actor

Patrick Duffy is an American television actor and director widely known for his role as Bobby Ewing on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas (1978–1991). Duffy returned to reprise his role as Bobby in a continuation of Dallas, which aired on TNT from 2012 to 2014. He is also well known for his role on the ABC sitcom Step by...

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82. Dyan Cannon

1937-. (aged 89)

voice actor model film editor television actor film actor

Dyan Cannon is an American actress, filmmaker, and editor. Her accolades include a Saturn Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Award nominations, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was named Female Star of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners in 1973 and the Hollywood Women's Press Club in 1979.

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83. Linda Lee Cadwell

1945-. (aged 81)

biographer teacher television director writer film actor

Linda Claire Emery Lee Cadwell is a retired American teacher and writer, the widow of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee (1940–1973), and the mother of actor Brandon Lee (1965–1993) and actress Shannon Lee (born 1969). She is the author of the Bruce Lee biography Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew, upon which the film Dragon: The Bruce Lee...

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84. Joel McHale

1971-. (aged 55)

television actor actor television producer writer voice actor

Joel Edward McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television presenter. He is best known for hosting The Soup (2004–2015) and his role as Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He has performed in the films Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011), Ted (2012), and The Happytime Murders (2018).

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85. Stanley Ann Dunham

1942-1995 (aged 53)

anthropologist

Stanley Ann Dunham was an American anthropologist who specialized in the economic anthropology and rural development of Indonesia. Born in Wichita, Kansas, she studied at the East–West Center and at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts (1967), a Master of Arts (1974), and a PhD (1992) in anthropology.

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86. Frank Herbert

1920-1986 (aged 66)

science fiction writer writer prose writer novelist photographer

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.

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87. Jim Caviezel

1968-. (aged 58)

film actor actor television actor

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),...

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88. Isaiah Thomas

1989-. (aged 37)

basketball player

Isaiah Jamar Thomas is an American professional basketball player for the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He most notably played with the Boston Celtics from 2015 through 2017, when he was a two-time NBA All-Star and named second-team All-NBA.

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89. Kyle MacLachlan

1959-. (aged 67)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Kyle MacLachlan is an American actor. He is best known for his collaborations with David Lynch, having portrayed his role as Dale Cooper thrice in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017), which won him a Golden Globe and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), as well as playing Paul Atreides in...

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90. Rainn Wilson

1966-. (aged 60)

film director writer comedian actor film actor

Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of The Office from 2005 to 2013, and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.

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91. Anna Faris

1976-. (aged 50)

television actor podcaster voice actor actor film actor

Anna Kay Faris is an American actress and comedian. She rose to prominence for her comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films (2000–2006, 2026). Her films as a leading actress have grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide.

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92. Ed Viesturs

1959-. (aged 67)

mountaineer

Edmund "Ed" Viesturs is an American high-altitude mountaineer, corporate speaker, and well known author in the mountain climbing community. He was the first American to climb all 14 of the eight-thousander mountains, and the 5th person to do so without supplemental oxygen. In 2023, Guinness World Records reclassified the first person to summit the true summits of all 8000ers and...

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93. Angela Rye

1979-. (aged 47)

political pundit lawyer

Angela Rye is a former executive director and general counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus for the entirety of the 112th Congress. Rye served on the boards of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, Seattle University School of Law Alumni, and Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network.

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94. Rick Steves

1955-. (aged 71)

travel blogger writer businessperson travel writer radio personality

Richard John Steves Jr. is an American travel writer, activist, and television personality. His travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-frequented areas of destinations and to become immersed in the local people's way of life. Starting in 2000, he hosted Rick Steves' Europe, a travel series on public television. Steves also has a public radio travel show called Travel with...

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95. Tom Foley

1929-2013 (aged 84)

diplomat lawyer politician

Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since Galusha Grow in 1862...

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96. Jaime Herrera Beutler

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2023. The district is in southwestern Washington, lying across the Columbia River from Oregon's Portland metropolitan area. A Republican, Herrera Beutler previously served in the Washington House of Representatives.

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97. Bruce Lee

1940-1973 (aged 33)

film director director television actor martial artist stunt coordinator

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 British Hong Kong and...

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98. Dale Chihuly

1941-. (aged 85)

photographer glassblower installation artist sculptor university teacher

Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".

99. Shen Fu-hsiung

1939-. (aged 87)

politician physician

Shen Fu-hsiung is a Taiwanese physician, nephrologist, and politician.

100. Bennet Omalu

1968-. (aged 58)

physician pathologist medical examiner neuropathologist

Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu is a Nigerian and American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh. He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University...

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