Editing Cheney, Washington (section)

==Notable people==
* Lt. Col. [[Michael P. Anderson]] (born December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) astronaut who died as a member of the crew of [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] during its disastrous re-entry in February 2003 (see [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]]). 
* [[Steve Emtman]] (born April 16, 1970) is a former defensive end/defensive tackle for the [[National Football League]]'s [[Washington Redskins]], [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Miami Dolphins]], and [[Chicago Bears]]. 
* [[Linda Johns]] (born 1960) is the author of the Hannah West series of children's mysteries set in Seattle, Washington. 
* [[Clarence D. Martin]] (June 29, 1886 – August 11, 1955) served two terms as the [[List of Governors of Washington|governor of the state of Washington]] from 1933 to 1940 as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. 
* [[Launi Meili]] (born June 4, 1963) represented the [[United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics]] and won the gold medal in women's three-position small-bore rifle shooting at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain. There are signs on entryways to the city that honor her contribution to American women's marksmanship.
* [[Dallas Lynn Peck|Dallas Peck]] (1929–2005), a noted [[geologist]] and [[vulcanologist]], was a native of Cheney. Peck was the Director of the [[U.S. Geological Survey]] from 1981–1993. 
* Comic book artist and writer [[Todd McFarlane]] (born March 16, 1961) lived here for a time before achieving fame at Marvel Comics with his works on comic books such as ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (comic)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' before going off to form [[Image Comics]].
* [[Lucy Robbins Messer Switzer]] (1844-1922), temperance activist.