Seattle people refers to all those who were born or are residents of Seattle Washington. Seattleite is a common term used to refer to people originally belonging to the city of Seattle. The city is a home to many famous personalities of the world. Famous people from Seattle have excelled in diverse fields like sports, art and entertainment, music and entrepreneurs.
Chief Sealth or Chief Seattle belonged to Seattle. The city was named after him. As a leader of the Duwamish tribe he helped the Europeans to procure land and settle in Seattle. He significantly contributed to the development of the city.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and its co founder Paul Allen are residents of Seattle. Bill Gates has become a legend. Gates has revolutionized the ways of personal computing by creating Microsoft Office. He is also a noted philanthropist and is related to many charitable organizations. Gates was also declared the world's richest man from 1995 to 2007. Paul Allen the co founder of Microsoft belongs to Seattle and ranks as the 5th richest man in the world. Paul Allen is also the owner of three sport teams . He is listed in the top 100
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most influential People in the World.
Music is the way of life of Seattle people. Seattle is the home to excellent musicians and songwriters. Courtney Love, widow of Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder the lead singer of the famous group Pearl Jam, Greg Rolie the fantastic key board player who once played for world famous bands like Santana and Journey, Jack Endino music producer and sound engineer are all renowned musicians from Seattle. Jimmy Hendrix was one of the greatest guitarist of all times. Eminent actresses like Frances Farmer, Kyle MaccLachlan and Bruce Lee were all from Seattle.
Jeff Bezos from Seattle set a new trend of on line shopping by setting up amazon.com. It was an instant success and is recognized as one the best on line stores. Famous sports personalities from Seattle include Patrick Allen, a footballer, Richard Carey, James Edward, basketball player and Tom Gorman a tennis player.
Seattle people have excelled in their individual fields and has carved a niche for themselves. The famous people of Seattle from diverse fields made their city proud and well known all over the world.
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