Editing Whidbey Island (section)

==Notable people<!-- There are also a bunch of people that we would call "Weekenders," who are people that have houses on the island and only stay in them on the weekends. There are a lot of these famous people - one of the former CEOs of United Airlines, and a former board member at DHL, and so on - do they count??? -->==
*[[Jeff Alexander]], conductor and arranger. Lived on the island at the end of his life.<ref name=bc>{{cite news|title=Jeff Alexander |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-01-22-OCR-Page-0080.pdf |access-date=26 July 2015 |agency=Broadcasting |date=January 22, 1990 |page=78 }}</ref>
*[[Shayla Beesley]], actress, grew up in Oak Harbor<ref name="Shayla Beesley">{{cite news |title=Oak Harbor actress makes scary movie |url=https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/oak-harbor-actress-makes-scary-movie/ |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=Whidbey News-Times |publisher=Sound Publishing Inc |date=23 January 2009}}</ref>
*[[Bruce Bochte]], American baseball player. Bochte lived on Whidbey Island for over three years after his baseball playing days were over.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/allstar/30690_bochte09.shtml|title=Bochte has moved a long way from baseball|website=seattlepi.com|date=July 10, 2001}}</ref>
*[[Aleah Chapin]], painter, grew up on Whidbey Island<ref name="Seattle Whidbey">{{cite news|last=Ayers |first=Robert |title=Aleah Chapin: The Whidbey-born artist is one to watch |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2020898148_aleahchapinxml.html |date=May 5, 2013 |access-date=December 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824032340/http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2020898148_aleahchapinxml.html |archive-date=August 24, 2014 }}</ref>
*[[Drew Christie]], animator and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.knkx.org/post/curious-world-whidbey-island-animator-drew-christie|title=The Curious World Of Whidbey Island Animator Drew Christie|last=Wing|first=Jennifer|website=www.knkx.org|date=September 29, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>
*[[Lana Condor]], known for her role in ''To All The Boys I've Loved Before''<ref name="Lana Condor">{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Qina |title=Seattle Kraken fan Lana Condor talks about playing 'Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/seattle-kraken-fan-lana-condor-talks-about-playing-ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken/ |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Pete Dexter]], writer<ref name="Pete Dexter">{{cite news |last1=Conklin |first1=Ellis |title=Pete Dexter Lets It Bleed |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/pete-dexter-lets-it-bleed/ |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=Seattle Weekly |agency=NewzBoost |publisher=Sound Publishing Inc |date=25 October 2011}}</ref>
*[[Elizabeth George]], author<ref>{{cite magazine |last=MacLeod |first=Dianna |date=11 March 2014 |title=Elizabeth George Reflects on the "Sounds and Sweet Airs" of the Isle of Whidbey |url=https://www.whidbeylifemagazine.org/elizabeth-george-reflects-on-the-sounds-and-sweet-airs-of-the-isle-of-whidbey/ |magazine=Whidbey Life Magazine |location=Langley, WA |publisher=Whidbey Life Magazine |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828134318/https://www.whidbeylifemagazine.org/elizabeth-george-reflects-on-the-sounds-and-sweet-airs-of-the-isle-of-whidbey/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Brent Friedman, writer at [[343 industries]] who worked on [[Halo 4]] and [[Spartan Ops]], also contributed to [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]] and [[Star Wars Rebels]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-09-22 |title=Ether to Langley: New media is the gateway to the future |url=https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/ether-to-langley-new-media-is-the-gateway-to-the-future/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=South Whidbey Record |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brent Friedman, What Does Star Wars Mean To You? - What Does Star Wars Mean To You? |url=https://what-does-star-wars-mean-to-you.captivate.fm/episode/brent-friedman-what-does-star-wars-mean-to-you |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=what-does-star-wars-mean-to-you.captivate.fm |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Anne Gittinger]], majority shareholder of [[Nordstrom]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Whidbey Camano Land Trust - 2014 Supporters |url=https://www.wclt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WCLT-Donor-List-6-15-High_FINAL.pdf |website=Whidbey Camano Land Trust}}</ref>
*Ben Haggerty, known as [[Macklemore]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-08-01 |title=Macklemore walks away from head-on collision on Whidbey |url=https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/famous-musician-survives-langley-head-on-collision-with-suspected-drunk-driver/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Whidbey News-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*The Haggerty family, parents of [[Macklemore]]<ref name=":2" />
*[[Nancy Horan]], author<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-21 |title=Loving writing: Whidbey author finds her place with historical fiction on Frank Lloyd Wright |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/loving-writing-whidbey-author-finds-her-place-with-historical-fiction-on-frank-lloyd-wright/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=HeraldNet.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Marti Malloy]], Judo practitioner and Olympian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marti Malloy {{!}} United States Judo Federation |url=https://www.usjf.com/marti-malloy/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Travis Furlanic, amateur [[Mycology|mycologist]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABOUT US |url=https://www.whidbeymushroomtours.com/about_us |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=wwmt |language=en}}</ref> and competitor on [[American Ninja Warrior]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beingbrettisfun |date=2016-12-07 |title=Top 5 American Ninja Warrior comebacks we all want to see |url=https://www.americanninjawarriornation.com/2016/12/7/13879582/top-5-ninja-comebacks-we-all-want-to-see |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=American Ninja Warrior Nation |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Robert Jay Mathews]], American neo-Nazi terrorist and leader of [[The Order (white supremacist group)]], an American white supremacist militant group, died on Whidbey Island during a shoot-out with federal law enforcement agents<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Jay Mathews, founder of the white-supremacist group The Order, |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/7921 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>
*[[Jack Metcalf (politician)|Jack Metcalf]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003620723_metcalf16m.html Jack Metcalf obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319204602/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003620723_metcalf16m.html |date=March 19, 2007 }}, ''Seattle Times'', March 16, 2007</ref>
*[[Patty Murray]], [[United States Senator]], lives on Whidbey Island<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.murray.senate.gov/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Senator Patty Murray |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-03 |title=Starting sixth term, Murray ascends to third in line for presidency |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/northwest/starting-sixth-term-murray-ascends-to-third-in-line-for-presidency/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=HeraldNet.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Buell Neidlinger]], jazz musician<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-23 |title=Neidlinger remembered as world-class musician |url=https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/neidlinger-remembered-as-world-class-musician/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Whidbey News-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[David Ossman]], founder of [[Firesign Theater]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Ossman |url=https://www.islandshakespearefest.org/OurWork/PlaygroundBios/David-Ossman.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=islandshakespearefest.org |language=en}}</ref>
*Orson Ossman, son of David Ossman and director of [[The Phoenix Project (film)]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-19 |title=Whidbey Island native presents film “The Phoenix Project” |url=https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/whidbey-island-native-presents-film-the-phoenix-project/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=South Whidbey Record |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Aaron Parks]], jazz pianist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-14 |title=Renowned jazz pianist returns ‘home’ to Whidbey |url=https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/life/renowned-jazz-pianist-returns-home-to-whidbey/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=South Whidbey Record |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Frank Robinson, founder of the [[Robinson Helicopter Company]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-18 |title=Frank Robinson: January 14, 1930 - November 12, 2022 |url=https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/obituaries/frank-robinson-january-14-1930-november-12-2022/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=South Whidbey Record |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Mark Sargent (flat Earth proponent)|Mark Sargent]], conspiracy theorist<ref name=EH>{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Andrea|date=January 15, 2019|title=He's semi-famous for being flat-out wrong about Earth|work=Everett Herald|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/hes-semi-famous-for-being-flat-out-wrong-about-earth/|access-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235327/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/hes-semi-famous-for-being-flat-out-wrong-about-earth/|archive-date=November 7, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Paul Schell]], former [[Mayor of Seattle]] (founder of the Inn at Langley)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schell, Paul (1937-2014) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/21001 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>
*[[Carl Weathers]], actor and NFL player<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Residents remember Carl Weathers, actor and Whidbey cattle rancher |url=https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/residents-remember-carl-weathers-actor-and-whidbey-cattle-rancher/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=South Whidbey Record |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[David Whyte (poet)|David Whyte]], poet<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://whidbeyinstitute.org/faculty/77/david-whyte/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Whidbey Institute |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Juliet Winters Carpenter]], translator of Japanese literature and author<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juliet Winters Carpenter {{!}} Center for the Art of Translation {{!}} Two Lines Press |url=https://www.catranslation.org/person/juliet-winters-carpenter/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>