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==Notable people== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Oleta Adams]], singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Oleta Adams Biography |url=http://oletaadams.com/biography.html |access-date=July 19, 2012 |archive-date=July 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703222606/http://oletaadams.com/biography.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Jamie Allen (baseball)|Jamie Allen]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Allen Stats |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=allenja02 |work=Baseball Almanac |access-date=July 19, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821201820/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=allenja02 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Colleen Atwood]], [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning costume designer * [[Mario Batali]], celebrity chef<ref name=claim-to-fame-2006>{{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Sarah |title=Their claim is fame - and a link to the Valley |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:YHRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=110C51AE00870A50&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FB3382EE6AD1E46 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |newspaper=Yakima Herald-Republic |date=April 2, 2006 |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113220603/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/110C51AE00870A50&f=basic |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[MarJon Beauchamp]], professional basketball player for the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] * [[Wanda E. Brunstetter]], author * [[Bryan Caraway]], mixed martial artist * [[Raymond Carver]], author, poet and screenwriter * [[Tree Top, Inc.|William Charbonneau]], founder of Tree Top Apple Juice * [[Beverly Cleary]], author * [[Harlond Clift]], Major League Baseball player * [[Cary Conklin]], [[NFL]] football player * [[Alex Deccio]], politician. Former member of [[Washington House of Representatives]] and [[Washington State Senate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-state-sen-alex-deccio-dies-at-89/ |title=Former state Sen. Alex Deccio dies at 89 |website=seattletimes.com |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919215501/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-state-sen-alex-deccio-dies-at-89/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/mourners-honor-alex-deccio/article_67f8ab47-4dce-59bf-a161-e34cb638a23f.html |title=Mourners honor Alex Deccio |website=nbcrightnow.com |date=November 3, 2011 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919220640/https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/mourners-honor-alex-deccio/article_67f8ab47-4dce-59bf-a161-e34cb638a23f.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}()</ref> * [[Garret Dillahunt]], actor<ref>{{cite news |last=Muir |first=Pat |title=Outtakes from the Garret Dillahunt interview |url=http://yakima-herald.com/blogs/on-blog/posts/outtakes-from-the-garret-dillahunt-interview |access-date=July 19, 2012 |newspaper=Yakima Herald Republic |date=September 17, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Dan Doornink]], NFL football player * [[William O. Douglas]], U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice<ref name=claim-to-fame-2006 /> * [[Dave Edler]], Major League Baseball player, Yakima Mayor * [[Mary Jo Estep]], teacher, last survivor of the [[Battle of Kelley Creek]] * [[Gabriel E. Gomez]], politician and former Navy SEAL * [[Kathryn Gustafson]], artist * [[Gordon Haines]], NASCAR driver * [[Scott Hatteberg]], Major League Baseball player * [[Joe Hipp]], professional boxer * [[Al Hoptowit]], NFL football player * [[Myke Horton]], professional football player and cast member of ''[[American Gladiators (1989 TV series)|American Gladiators]]'' * [[Damon Huard]], NFL football player * [[Robert Ivers]], actor * [[Harry Jefferson (racing driver)|Harry Jefferson]], NASCAR driver * [[Marshall Kent (bowler)|Marshall Kent]], professional ten-pin bowler * [[Sam Kinison]], actor and comedian * [[Larry Knechtel]], Grammy Award-winning musician<ref>{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Leah |title=Larry Knechtel, a music legend, dies at 69 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2009716533_knechtelobit23.html |access-date=July 19, 2012 |newspaper=Yakima Herald Republic |date=August 23, 2009 |archive-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504082844/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2009716533_knechtelobit23.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Cooper Kupp]], NFL football player * [[Craig Kupp]], NFL football player * [[Jake Kupp]], NFL football player * [[Mark Labberton]], seminary president * [[Donald A. Larson]], World War II [[flying ace]] * [[Robert Lucas Jr.]], [[Nobel Prize]]-winning economist * [[Paige Mackenzie]], professional golfer * [[Josh Pearce]], Major League Baseball Player * [[Kyle MacLachlan]], film and television actor * [[Debbie Macomber]], author * [[Phil Mahre]], Olympic gold medalist and world champion skier * [[Steve Mahre]], Olympic silver medalist and world champion skier * [[Barbara La Marr]], actress and writer * [[Mitch Meluskey]], Major League Baseball player * [[Colleen Miller]], actress * [[Don Mosebar]], NFL football player * [[James Nolan Jr.|James "Jimmy" Nolan Jr.]], former host of ''Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse''<ref>{{cite news |title=James Walter Nolan, Jr. (Obituary) |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=1018BE93219D4927&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=1 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |newspaper=Yakima Herald-Republic |date=March 24, 2004}}</ref> * [[Arvo Ojala]], actor and artist * [[Joe Parsons]], snowmobiler * [[Floyd Paxton]], inventor of the Kwik Lok bread clip * [[Gary Peacock]], Jazz double bassist * [[Steve Pelluer]], NFL football player * [[Jim Pomeroy (motocross)|Jim Pomeroy]], professional [[motocross]] racer and member of the [[American Motorcyclist Association|AMA]] [[Motorcycle Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=85&lpos=-1025px&letter=P&txtFname=&rblFname=S&txtLname=&rblLname=S&discipline=0 |title=Jim Pomeroy at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame |publisher=motorcyclemuseum.org |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192633/http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=85&lpos=-1025px&letter=P&txtFname=&rblFname=S&txtLname=&rblLname=S&discipline=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[William Farrand Prosser]], U.S. Congressman and mayor of Yakima<ref>{{cite web |title=Bioguide Search |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000550 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (United States Congress) |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> * [[Gary Puckett]], singer, 1960s pop artist of [[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap]] * [[Pete Rademacher]], Olympic and professional boxer * [[Monte Rawlins]], actor * [[Jim Rohn]], entrepreneur * [[Will Sampson]], actor and artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Creek actor Will Sampson honored with spot on Oklahoma Walk of Fame |url=http://themuscogeecreeknation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=8 |work=Muscogee (Creek) Nation |access-date=July 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301221859/http://themuscogeecreeknation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=8 |archive-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> * [[Kurt Schulz]], NFL football player * [[Mel Stottlemyre]], Major League Baseball player and coach * [[Mel Stottlemyre Jr.]], Major League Baseball player * [[Todd Stottlemyre]], Major League Baseball player * [[Thelma Johnson Streat]], artist * [[Taylor Stubblefield]], football player * [[Miesha Tate]], mixed martial artist * [[Willie Turner (sprinter)|Willie Turner]], sprinter * [[Janet Waldo]], actress * [[Bob Wells (baseball)|Bob Wells]], baseball player * [[Christopher Wiehl]], actor * [[Lis Wiehl]], author and legal analyst * [[Jon Westling]], 8th president of [[Boston University]] * [[Chief Yowlachie]], Native American actor {{div col end}}
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