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Famous people · Issaquah
10 famous people were born in Issaquah, most of them since 1970
Articles in 15 languages make the American actor David Call the best known. Fewer than a quarter of the 208 towns in Washington with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.5, while at least half the towns in Washington list nobody born there. Born in 1939, Denis Arndt is the first name on record, and Cody Baker, born in 2004, the most recent.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
David Call
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1939
Denis Arndt
Youngest
2004
Cody Baker
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Issaquah’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Issaquah’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Issaquah
David Call leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of SYML (8) and Cody Baker (6).
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Known for
What Issaquah is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Issaquah
Still to come: 7 more, from 1939 to 1998.
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A chosen home
Also called Issaquah home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Julie Richardson the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bellevue: 52.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Issaquah 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 (4)
- SYML: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Pirillo: Kris Krug at https://www.flickr.com/photos/kk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Sanger: Larry Sanger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Browne: Tim Hipps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons