#1Famous people · Federal Way
18 famous people were born in Federal Way, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Jaden McDaniels, the American basketball player, with articles in 17 languages. Behind the leader come Kelyn Rowe and Ariana Kukors. More than half were born since 1970, 17 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 210 towns in Washington with famous people list more.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Jaden McDaniels
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1960
Michael McGrady
Youngest
2000
C. J. Elleby
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Federal Way’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Federal Way’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 9.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Federal Way is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Federal Way
Jaden McDaniels leads with articles in 17 languages, ahead of Kelyn Rowe (15) and Ariana Kukors (14).
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Sports
Ariana Kukors
born 1989American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, world record-holder
14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Federal Way
A further 15 follow, born between 1960 and 2000.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Federal Way and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (9)
- Jaden McDaniels: Ron Sellers from Alameda, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelyn Rowe: Achowat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Elleby: Ron Sellers from Alameda, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hank Conger: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciaran O'Brien: Wilson Wise, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janson Junk: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Brigham: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Bodiford: Yunggunn2k3, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bing Crosby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons