former NFL wide receiver Bob Arbogast – radio-television host and voice actor Jon Auer – vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the Posies Steve Baker – professional motorcycle racer and member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Carlos Becerra – Carlos from Carspotting on Discovery Billy Burke – television and film actor, Twilight, Zoo Misha Collins – actor, Supernatural Ramsey Denison – documentary filmmaker, editor J. J. Donovan – Washington state businessman and politician Ben Gibbard – lead singer for Death Cab for Cutie Ryan Hietala – professional golfer Yolanda Hughes-Heying – IFBB professional bodybuilder Paul Jessup – world record holder for discus; competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics Oscar Jimenez – soccer player for Louisville City FC Anna Leader – poet and novelist Jake Locker – (born in Bellingham), quarterback for University of Washington and NFL's Tennessee Titans Dana Lyons – folk and alternative rock musician, author, environmentalist Cuddles Marshall – major league baseball player for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns Philip McCracken – artist, sculptor, activist Jason McGerr – drummer for Death Cab for Cutie Finn McKenty - (born in Bellingham) American Internet Personality, Music & Entertainment Journalist, Host of the Punk Rock MBA Tommy Noonan – Actor. He played a wealthy fiancé of Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Doug Pederson – head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League Alfred Pettibone (1835–1914) – Washington state pioneer, one of the first residents of Bellingham Jeff Ragsdale – author, activist, national game show champion Taylor Rapp – NFL safety for the Los Angeles Rams Roger Repoz – major league baseball player Charles Roehl (1857–1927) – Bellingham pioneer and businessman William Roehl (1890–1968) – Bellingham pioneer and businessman Jim Sterk - former athletic director for Missouri Ryan Stiles – comedian on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, actor on The Drew Carey Show and Two and a Half Men Ken Stringfellow – vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the Posies Hilary Swank – actress Al Swift, former member of the United States House of Representatives who resided in Bellingham. Ben Weber – film and television actor Christopher Wise – author Sister cities Bellingham maintains sister city relationships with five Pacific Rim port cities and Vaasa, Finland. Tateyama and Port Stephens are also sister cities with each other. Bellingham Sister Cities Association promotes Bellingham's sister city relationships. The relationship with Tateyama is