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The list History of Seattle, Washington includes Lou Graham (Seattle madame), Boeing, Reginald H. Thomson, Henry Yesler and Naveed Afzal Haq. The list consists of 82 members and 11 sublists.

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Seattle
Largest city in Washington, United States
  • 1.

    Lou Graham (Seattle madame)
    American brothel owner
    Lou Graham (Seattle madame)
    Overview: Lou Graham (February 9, 1857 – March 11, 1903), born Dorothea Georgine Emile Ohben, was a German-born woman who became famous as the madame of a brothel in what is now the Pioneer Square district of S ...
    Date of birth: 9 February 1857
    Date of death: 11 March 1903
    Age: 46 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Female
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    19th-century American businesspeople 3,666T
    American brothel owners 68T
    1903 deaths 1,917T
  • 2.

    Skid row
    impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America
    Skid row
    Overview: A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to people ...
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    Vagrancy 5T
    Skid rows 8T
    Economy of Seattle, Washington 6T
  • 3.

    Boeing
    Aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
    Boeing
    Overview: The Boeing Company, or simply Boeing, is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also ...
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    Manufacturing companies based in Chicago 128T
    American companies established in 1916 33T
    Technology companies established in 1916 3T
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    David Denny
    American businessman
    David Denny
    Overview: David Thomas Denny (March 17, 1832 – November 25, 1903) was a member of the Denny Party, who are generally collectively credited as the founders of Seattle, Washington, USA. Though he ultimately ...
    Date of birth: 17 March 1832
    Date of death: 25 November 1903
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Judge
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    School board members in Washington (state) 6T
    19th-century American judges 2,494T
    Washington pioneers 33T
  • 5.

    Reginald H. Thomson
    Civil engineer, responsible for "virtually all of Seattle’s infrastructure"
    Reginald H. Thomson
    Overview: Reginald Heber Thomson (usually R.H. Thomson; 1856 – January 7, 1949) was a self-taught American civil engineer. He worked in Washington state, mainly in Seattle, where he became city engineer in 1892 ...
    Date of birth: 1856
    Date of death: 7 January 1949
    Age: 92 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Engineer
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    People from Healdsburg, California 22T
    Engineers from New Jersey 131T
    History of transportation in Washington (state) 6T
  • 6.
    Overview: Naveed Afzal Haq (born September 23, 1975) is a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent who was convicted of aggravated murder in the shooting death of Pamela Waechter, Federal Campaign Director.
    Date of birth: 23 September 1975
    Age: 49
    Nationality: American
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    Jews and Judaism in Seattle 12T
    Jewish-American history 125T
    American former Christians 127T
  • 7.

    Princess Angeline
    Native American basket weaver
    Princess Angeline
    Overview: Princess Angeline (c. 1820 – May 31, 1896), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle.
    Date of birth: 1820
    Date of death: 1896
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Artist
    Gender: Female
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    Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions 54T
    Catholics from Washington (state) 37T
    Women basketweavers 43T
  • 8.

    Mary Thompson
    American businesswoman
    Overview: Mary Thompson (died 1893) was one of the richest early African Americans in Seattle, Washington.
    Date of death: 1893
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Business
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    19th-century American businesswomen 117T
    Business people from Seattle 145T
    African-American women 413T
  • 9.

    David Swinson Maynard
    American lawyer
    David Swinson Maynard
    Overview: David Swinson "Doc" Maynard (March 22, 1808 – March 13, 1873) was an American pioneer, doctor, and businessman. He was one of Seattle's primary founders. He was an effective civic booster and, c ...
    Date of birth: 22 March 1808
    Date of death: 13 March 1873
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Occupation: Doctor
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    Physicians from Seattle 21T
    Lawyers from Seattle 81T
    19th-century American lawyers 4,099T
  • 10.

    Chief Seattle
    Duwamish chief
    Chief Seattle
    Overview: Chief Seattle (c. 1786 – June 7, 1866) was a Dkhw'Duw'Absh (Duwamish) chief. A prominent figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship ...
    Date of birth: 1780
    Date of death: 1866
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions 54T
    American slave owners 730T
    Native American environmentalists 17T
  • 11.

    George Frederick Frye
    One of Seattle's first developers and businessmen
    George Frederick Frye
    Overview: George Frederick Frye (June 15, 1833 – May 2, 1912) was one of Seattle's first developers and businessmen and an active City Council member. He played a significant role in Seattle's conversion from a ...
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    Seattle Mardi Gras riot
    Overview: The Seattle Mardi Gras riot occurred on February 27, 2001, when disturbances broke out in the Pioneer Square neighborhood during Mardi Gras celebrations in Seattle, Washington. There were numerous random ...
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  • 13.

    Frank B. Cooper
    American education administrator
    Frank B. Cooper
    Overview: Jere Frank Bower Cooper (September 17, 1855 – November 23, 1930) was an American education administrator. He served as the superintendent of Seattle Public Schools from 1901 until 1922, where he was known ...
    Date of birth: 17 September 1855
    Date of death: 23 November 1930
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Occupation: Educator
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    Educators from Illinois 235T
    People from Mount Morris, Illinois 10T
    Progressive education 36T
  • 14.

    The Bon Marché
    Defunct department store chain based in Seattle
    The Bon Marché
    Overview: The Bon Marché, whose French name translates to "the good market" or "the good deal", was a department store chain launched in Seattle, Washington, United States, in 1890 by Josephine and Edward Nordhoff ...
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    John Leary (politician)
    American politician
    John Leary (politician)
    Overview: John Leary (November 3, 1837 – February 8, 1905) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Seattle from 1884 to 1885.
    Date of birth: 3 November 1837
    Date of death: 8 February 1905
    Age: 67 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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  • 16.
    Daniel Bagley
    Overview: Daniel Bagley (September 7, 1818 – April 26, 1905) was a pioneer preacher, educational booster, and industrialist in Seattle, Washington. Arriving in Seattle in 1860, he was instrumental in the ...
    Date of birth: 7 September 1818
    Date of death: 26 April 1905
    Age: 86 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Business
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    American businesspeople in the coal industry 40T
    19th-century Methodists 180T
    American Methodist clergy 248T
  • 17.

    Edmund Creffield
    German-American cult leader
    Edmund Creffield
    Overview: Franz Edmund Creffield, commonly known as Edmund Creffield and by the pseudonym Joshua (c. 1870–1906), was a German-American religious leader who founded a movement in Corvallis, Oregon, which became known ...
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  • 18.

    Emily Inez Denny
    American painter
    Emily Inez Denny
    Overview: Emily Inez Denny (December 23, 1853 - August 23, 1918) was a painter who drew scenes from Seattle's early history, along with landscapes of the Puget Sound region. Her parents were Seattle pioneers David ...
    Date of birth: 23 December 1853
    Date of death: 23 August 1918
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Painter
    Gender: Female
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  • 19.

    Daniel Hunt Gilman
    American businessman
    Daniel Hunt Gilman
    Overview: Daniel Hunt Gilman (February 8, 1845 – April 27, 1913) was an American attorney and railroad builder who made his career in Seattle.
    Date of birth: 8 February 1845
    Date of death: 27 April 1913
    Age: 68 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Attorney
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    People from Levant, Maine 4T
    Lawyers from Seattle 81T
    19th-century American lawyers 4,099T
  • 20.

    Walter Edward Kittel
    American aviator
    Overview: Walter Edward Kittel, often known as Walter Edwards, (1880–1922) was an early pioneer in American aviation in the Pacific Northwest.
    Date of birth: 1880
    Date of death: 1922
    Age: 41 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Aviator
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    Airmail 10T
    History of Portland, Oregon 61T
    History of Washington (state) 95T
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