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Graham, John Sr. (1873-1955)

Architect John Graham Sr. designed many of Seattle’s most significant commercial buildings during the first half of the twentieth century. Many, including the former Frederick & Nelson build...

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Graham, Robert W. (1915-1990)

A lawyer noted primarily for his antitrust work, Robert W. Graham lent his talents to a variety of issues in and around Seattle, usually on matters pertaining to health care, education, and the arts. ...

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Graves, Jay P. (1859-1948)

Few entrepreneurs have been more important to the development of Spokane and the Inland Northwest or involved in a broader range of endeavors than Jay P. Graves. Arriving in Spokane from Illinois in ...

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Graves, Morris (1910-2001)

The painter Morris Graves was certainly the most eccentric of the "Northwest Mystics" -- artists of the Northwest School that also included Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson. Graves was a...

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Gray, Maxine Cushing (1909-1987)

Maxine Cushing Gray was a Seattle writer, critic, editor, and arts advocate. Over the course of her long career, she served as an arts critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, covered the arts for t...

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Green, Joshua (1869-1975)

Joshua Green was an innovator and leader in Seattle’s nascent shipping and ferry industries for 40 years before launching a second career – banking – where he remained for the next 4...

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Gregoire, Christine (b. 1947)

Christine Gregoire (b. 1947) served two terms as Washington's 22nd governor between 2005 and 2013. She was the state's second woman to be elected governor, and the 2004 election to her first term rema...

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Greive, R. R. "Bob" (1919-2004)

R. R. "Bob" Greive was a political force in Washington state for more than 40 years, first as a state senator and then as a member of the King County Council. He was a tireless fundraiser, an astute t...

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Griffin, Rob (b. 1953)

Rob Griffin (b. 1953) has been a winemaker in Washington since 1977. He arrived at age 23 from his native California to be the winemaker at Preston Wine Cellars near Pasco. He had a degree f...

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Grose, William (1835-1898)

William Grose, a Black pioneer, came to Seattle around 1860 and became a successful businessman. He acquired one of the largest land holdings in the city and paid among the most in taxes.

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Gruhn, Robert (1920-2008)

Robert Gruhn was a Seattle-based attorney who was involved in many Northwest non-profit organizations as both volunteer and legal counsel. Gruhn drafted and shepherded to passage landmark legislation ...

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Guitar, Bonnie (1923-2019)

Musician, songwriter, singer, and hit-maker, Seattle's Bonnie "Guitar" Buckingham was one of the biggest stars to emerge from the Pacific Northwest's music scene. Her path to fame was one that saw her...

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Gunn, George E. Jr. (1891-1975)

George E. Gunn Jr. was a Seattle business and political leader from the 1920s through the 1960s. In 1949, he became the first president of Greater Seattle, Inc., which launched Seafair in 1950, and he...

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Guyle Fielder, the Totems, and the 'Golden' Age of Seattle Hockey

Guyle Fielder (b. 1930), Seattle's greatest hockey player, was a high-scoring center from small-town Saskatchewan. A mighty mite at 5 feet 9 inches and 160 pounds, Fielder was a dazzling skater, a mae...

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Haas, Saul (1896-1972)

Saul Haas left the New York ghetto for the Pacific Northwest with ambitious dreams that he realized more than most in a full, occasionally controversial life as a journalist, political activist, and p...

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Haddon, Lulu (1881-1964)

Lulu Haddon served in the Washington State House of Representatives during the 1933 and 1935 sessions representing the 23rd Legislative District of Kitsap County. She was elected to the Washington Sta...

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Hadley, Homer More (1885-1967)

Engineer Homer M. Hadley designed several unique concrete bridges throughout the state of Washington during his lifetime, including many early American applications of the European innovation of concr...

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Haffer, Paul (1894-1949)

Paul Haffer's role in an odd Tacoma libel case -- he was convicted of libeling the long-dead George Washington (1732-1799) -- brought him national recognition at age 21. He gained further notoriety, a...

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Haggin, Morey (1906-1995) and Bart (b. 1936)

Morey Haggin was a Spokane-area environmentalist and political activist, one of the first champions of conserving and protecting Spokane's natural habitat. His son, Bart Haggin, went on to take up his...

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Haglund, Ivar (1905-1985)

Ivar Haglund, Seattle character, folksinger, and restaurateur was known as "King of the Waterfront," and also "Mayor" and "Patriarch" of the waterfront. He began as a folksinger, and in 1938 establish...

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Haines, Walter (1904-1987)

Walter R. Haines was, by all accounts, quite a character. He arrived in Seattle as a teenager in 1923 and quickly scored his first musical gig playing tuba and string-bass with the house orchestr...

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Haller, Grant (1944-2017)

Grant Haller (1944-2017) worked for 40 years as a newspaper photographer in Everett and Seattle, his career starting with Vietnam War protests and ending only when the Seattle Post-Intellige...

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Handy, Robert John (1901-1984)

Beginning in 1936, Robert J. Handy laid the foundation of Seattle-based PEMCO Financial Services, which does more than $1 billion in business annually. Born in Minnesota in 1901, Handy traveled to Pug...

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Hanford, Edward (1807-1884)

Seattle pioneer Edward Hanford, logger, orchardist, farmer, and a founder of South Seattle, was the brother-in-law of one of the first white men to visit the future King County, John C. Holgate (1828-...

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