Seattle
- Names
Seattle
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located between Elliot Bay and Lake Washington; was a sawmill settlement; was named for Native American chief who befriended settlers; site of anti-Chinese riots in 1880s; WW II stimulated industrial and commercial growth.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Abe Blashko (American, born 1920)
Ivarosa Bovingdon (American, active ca. 1950s)
Joseph Goldberg (American, born 1947)
George Johanson (American, 1928-2022)
John Franklin Koenig (American, 1924-2008)
Glenn LaFontaine (American and Cree, born 1947)
Munio Takahashi Makuuchi (American, 1934-2000)
Jack McLarty (American, 1919-2011)
Frank Okada (American, 1931-2000)
Alton Pickens (American, 1917-1991)
Mary Randlett (American, 1924-2019)
Ebba Rapp (American, 1909-1986)
Jim Riswold (American, born 1957)
Roger Shimomura (American, born 1939)
Ann Shiogi (American, active 20th century)
- Active
Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (American, 1917-2010)
Juan Alonso (American, born Cuba, born 1956)
Ross Palmer Beecher (American, born 1957)
Max Benjamin (American, born 1928)
Paul Berger (American, born 1948)
Cris Bruch (American, born 1957)
Dawn Cerny (American, born 1979)
Adrain Chesser (American, born 1965)
Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941)
Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976)
Paul Dahlquist (American, 1929-2019)
Chris Engman (American, born 1978)
Ann Gale (American, born 1966)
Gregory Gorfkle (American, born 1951)
Art Hansen (American, 1929-2017)
Mary Henry (American, 1913-2009)
Paul Horiuchi (American, born Japan, 1906-1999)
Fay Jones (American, born 1936)
Chris Jordan (American, born 1963)
Ken Kelly (American, born 1955)
Alan Lau (American, born 1948)
Sydney Laurence (American, 1865-1940)
Isaac Layman (American, born 1977)
Norman Lundin (American, born 1938)
Nancy Mee (American, born 1951)
Betty Merken (American, born 1947)
Patricia K. Nicholson (American, 1894-1978)
Marvin Oliver (American and Quinault, 1946-2019)
Tivon Rice (American, active 20th century)
Tim Roda (American, born 1977)
Glenn Rudolph (American, born 1946)
Akiva Kenny Segan (American, born 1950)
Anne Siems (German, born 1965)
Michael C. Spafford (American, 1935-2022)
Akio Takamori (Japanese and American, 1950–2017)
Whiting Tennis (American, born 1959)
Judy Vogland (American, born 1945)
Patti Warashina (American, born 1940)
Dan Webb (American, born 1965)
Wesley Wehr (American, 1929-2004)
Kevin Wildermuth (American, born 1956)
- Died
Wendell Phillips Brazeau (American, 1910-1974)
Kenneth L. Callahan (American, 1905-1986)
Francis Celentano (American, 1928-2016)
Drake Deknatel (American, 1943-2005)
Dorothy Dolph Jensen (American, 1895-1977)
Leo Kenney (American, 1925-2001)
Howard Kottler (American, 1930-1989)
Alden Mason (American, 1919-2013)
