List of people from Oregon
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This is a list of some notable people strongly associated with the U.S. state of Oregon.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
A
- Bruce Abbott (born 1954) – actor[1]
- Kenneth Acker (born 1992) – cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Alvin P. Adams, Jr. (1942–2015) – diplomat
- Obo Addy (1936–2012) – worldbeat musician[2]
- Brad Adkins (born 1973) – artist[3]
- Brock Adams (1927–2004) – U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington
- Robert H. Adleman (1919–1995) – novelist, historian and restaurateur
- Danny Ainge (born 1959) – former National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball player, NBA executive
- Erik Ainge (born 1986) – New York Jets quarterback, and nephew of Danny Ainge
- Art Alexakis (born 1962), member of Everclear[4]
- Jerome Alden (1921 –1997) – playwright and screenwriter[5]
- James H. Allen (1928–2015) – clown, author[6]
- Laura Allen (born 1974) – actress, The 4400, Dirt, Awake
- Goli Ameri (born 1956) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
- David Anders (born 1981) – actor, most notably from Heroes and Alias.
- Derek Anderson (born 1983) – quarterback for the Carolina Panthers
- Larry Andersen (born 1962) – former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bruce Anderson (born 1944) – former National Football League linebacker
- Derek Anderson (born 1983) – National Football League quarterback
- Scott Anderson (born 1962) – former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Andy Andrist (born 1965) – stand-up comedian
- James E. Atwater (born 1946) – scientist; 2006 Wright Brothers medalist
- Montgomery Atwater (1904–1976) – author, skier, avalanche control expert
- Jean M. Auel (born 1936) – author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and other books in the Earth's Children series
- Thomas J. Autzen (1888–1958) – namesake of University of Oregon's stadium, contributing engineer to plywood manufacturing technologies
B
- Charlie Babb (1873–1954) – Major League Baseball shortstop
- Wally Backman (born 1959) – Major League Baseball second baseman, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee
- Preston Bailey (born 2000) – child actor
- Brian Bain – rodeo cowboy
- Carl Barks (1901–2001) – comic book writer and artist
- Rex T. Barber (1917–2001) – World War II fighter pilot; known for shooting down Isoroku Yamamoto
- Jeffrey Barry (born 1969) – former Major League Baseball outfielder
- Scott Beach (1931–1996) – actor
- Terry Bean – co-founder of the Human Rights Campaign and Democratic National Committee member
- James Beard (1903–1985) – chef and food journalist
- Josh Bidwell (born 1976) – former NFL punter
- Sheila Bleck (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Lynette Boggs (born 1963) – politician, attorney, author, Miss Oregon 1989
- Harry D. Boivin (1904–1999) – lawyer and legislative leader
- Tracy Bonham (born 1967) – alternative rock musician
- Kevin Boss (born 1984) – tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Chris Botti (born 1962) – trumpeter, recording artist
- Grayson Boucher (born 1984) – basketball player in the Streetball Mix Tape Tour
- Bill Bowerman (1911–1999) – track coach at University of Oregon, Nike co-founder
- Matt Braunger (born 1974) – actor and stand-up comedian, MADtv
- Ronnie Brewer (born 1985) – player for the Chicago Bulls
- Scott Brosius (born 1966) – former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland A's and New York Yankees
- Kate Brown (born 1960) – Spanish-born politician, 38th and current Governor of Oregon
- Brian Bruney (born 1982) – former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979) – actor, Petticoat Junction, Judge Roy Bean, Cade's County
- Jamie Burke (born 1971) – former Major League Baseball catcher
- Ty Burrell (born 1967) – actor, Modern Family, Out of Practice, Back to You
- Brian Burres (born 1981) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
C
- Bruce Campbell (born 1958) – actor, 'Evil Dead, Burn Notice
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988) – author
- Jeff Charleston (born 1983) – former National Football League defensive end
- Janet Chvatal (born 1964) – classical soprano, author and director of musicals
- Beverly Cleary (born 1916) – author
- Donald Cook (1901–1961) – actor[7]
- Kellen Clemens (born 1983) – National Football League quarterback for the San Diego Chargers
- Chad Cota (born 1971) – former National Football League player and co-owner of InfoStructure
- Pinto Colvig (1892–1967) – actor, voice actor, known as the voice of Disney's Goofy and portraying the original Bozo the Clown
- Thomas Condon (1822–1907) – minister, geologist, and paleontologist
- Henry W. Corbett (1827–1903) – Oregon pioneer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist
- Henry L. Corbett (1881–1957) – businessman, civic leader, and politician
- Robert O. Cornthwaite (1917–2006) – character actor, Picket Fences
- Trevor Crowe (born 1983) – Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians
- Ann Curry (born 1956) – television journalist
D
- Bernard Daly (1858–1920) – Pioneer doctor, businessman, rancher, and politician
- George Dantzig (1914–2005) – mathematical scientist
- David DeCoteau (born 1962) – film director and producer
- Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) – artist
- Sho Dozono (born 1944) – businessman, candidate in 2008 Portland mayoral race
- Mindy Duncan – beauty queen
- Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (born 1980) – basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
E
- Robert Eakin (1848–1917) – Oregon Supreme Court chief justice
- Randall Edwards (born 1961) – Oregon State Treasurer
- Chandler Egan (1884–1936) – golf course designer
- Mike Ekstrom (born 1983) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Sam Elliott (born 1944) – actor, The Big Lebowski, Road House, Tombstone, Hulk
- Jacoby Ellsbury (born 1983) – Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees
- Harris Ellsworth (1899–1986) – member of U.S. Congress from Oregon
- Jeri Ellsworth (born 1974) – entrepreneur and autodidact computer chip designer
- Jack Ely (1943–2015) – musician of The Kingsmen
- Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013) – inventor and early computer pioneer
- Marie Equi (1872–1952) – physician and anarchist
- Neil Everett (born 1962) – ESPN sportscaster
- Tom Everett (born 1948) – actor, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Transformers
- Chris Eyre (born 1968) – film director and producer
F
- Tami Farrell (born 1984) – Miss Teen USA 2003
- Mark Few (born 1962) – head men's basketball coach at Gonzaga University
- Todd Field (born 1964) – screenwriter, film director, actor, Eyes Wide Shut, In the Bedroom, Little Children
- David Fincher (born 1962) – film director, The Social Network, Fight Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- George Buck Flower (1937–2004) – actor
- Sally Flynn (born 1946) – singer, featured performer from The Lawrence Welk Show
- Dick Fosbury (born 1947) – track and field athlete; invented the "Fosbury Flop"
- Harriet Frank, Jr. (born 1917) – screenwriter
- Alex Frost (born 1987) – actor, from Elephant and Drillbit Taylor
G
- Maggie Gallagher (born 1960) – social conservative writer and commentator
- Dan Gauthier (born 1963) – actor, Tour of Duty, One Life to Live, Melrose Place
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961) – athlete, toy-maker and businessman; inventor of the Erector Set
- Neil Goldschmidt (born 1940) – influential and controversial Governor, Mayor of Portland, lobbyist
- Alex Green (born 1988) – National Football League running back for the Green Bay Packers
- Edith Green (1910–1987) – Oregon congresswoman and educator
- Scott Gragg (born 1972) – National Football League offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets
- Kevin Gregg (born 1978) – relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
- Matt Groening (born 1954) – the creator of The Simpsons
- Jeremy Guthrie (born 1979) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
H
- Page Hamilton (born 1960) – musician
- William "Bill" Hanley (1910–1935) – pioneer rancher and wildlife conservation advocate
- Kathleen Hanna (born 1968) – singer and songwriter of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
- Tonya Harding (born 1970) – ice skater, boxer
- Katie Harman (born 1980) – Miss America 2002
- Gregory Harrison (born 1950) – actor, Trapper John, M.D.
- Taylor Hart (born 1991) – defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Mark Hatfield (1922–2011) – Oregon legislator, secretary of state, governor and U.S. senator
- Scott Hatteberg (born 1969) – former MLB first baseman and catcher
- John Haughm (born 1975) – vocalist and guitarist for folk metal band Agalloch
- Carey Hayes (born 1961) – screenwriter
- Chad Hayes (born 1961) – screenwriter
- Hazel P. Heath ((1909–1998) – mayor, Homer, Alaska
- Jon Heder (born 1977) – actor, Napoleon Dynamite
- Margaux Hemingway (1955–1996) – fashion model, actress and granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway
- Bobby Henderson – Pastafarian and prophet of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Howard Hesseman (born 1940) – actor, played disc jockey "Johnny Fever" on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati
- D.K. Holm (born 1953) – movie reviewer, Internet columnist, radio broadcaster, and author
- Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) – moved to Oregon at the age of eleven; 31st President of the United States (1929–1933)
- Nick Hundley (born 1983) – catcher for the Baltimore Orioles
I
- Terri Irwin (born 1964) – co-star (with husband Steve Irwin) of The Crocodile Hunter
J
- June Jones (born 1953) – head football coach for Southern Methodist University
- Terrence Jones (born 1992) – basketball player for the Houston Rockets
- Chief Joseph (1840–1904) – chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Native Americans
K
- Mat Kearney (born 1978) – musician
- Scott Kelly – musician Neurosis
- Ken Kesey (1935–2001) – author
- Kip Kinkel (born 1982) – school shooter
- Justin Kirk (born 1969) – actor, Weeds, Jack & Jill
- John Kitzhaber (born 1947) – Oregon Governor (1995–2003, 2011–2015)
- Phil Knight (born 1938) – founder of Nike
- Tonya Knight (born 1966) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Jon Krakauer (born 1954) – author and mountaineer
L
- Winona LaDuke (born 1959) – Native American activist
- Alicia Lagano (born 1979) – actress, All About Us
- Frances Moore Lappé (born 1944) – author and activist
- Lars Larson (born 1959) – radio talk show host
- Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) – author
- Barbara Coombs Lee (born 1947) – president of Compassion & Choices
- Leonard Levy (1923–2006) – Pulitzer Prize winner
- Rian Lindell (born 1977) – NFL placekicker for the Buffalo Bills
- Jon Lindstrom (born 1957) – actor, General Hospital, Port Charles
- Gary Loudermilk (born 1952) – radio personality, known as "Gary the Retard" in Howard Stern's Wack Pack
- Courtney Love (born 1964) – musician, actress (born in San Francisco; lived in Oregon until age 15, then on and off until her early 20s)
- Kevin Love (born 1987) – NBA basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Jed Lowrie (born 1984) – infielder for the Houston Astros
M
- Ranald MacDonald (1824–1894) – first man to teach the English language in Japan
- Holly Madison (born 1979) – former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, model, television personality
- Dick Magruder (1946–1978) – rancher, lawyer, and politician
- Larry Mahan (born 1943) – six-time World All-Around Rodeo Champion cowboy
- Donald Malarkey (born 1921) – World War II soldier, portrayed in the Band of Brothers television miniseries
- Bridget Marquardt (born 1973) – former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, model, actress, television personality
- Richard Laurence Marquette (born 1934) – serial killer
- Jeron Mastrud (born 1987) – tight end for the Oakland Raiders
- David Mayo (born 1991) – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
- Lewis A. McArthur (1883–1951) – author of Oregon Geographic Names
- Tom McCall (1913–1983) – 30th Governor of Oregon
- David McCord (1897–1997) – poet
- Rose McGowan (1973–) – actress[8]
- Dallas McKennon (1919–2009), voice actor, voice of Gumby, Pokey, Archie Andrews, Tony the Tiger
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (born 1969) – U.S. Representative, Chair of the House Republican Conference
- Charles McNary (1874–1944) – U.S. senator, and 1940 republican U.S. vice presidential nominee
- Pat McQuistan (born 1983) – 2014 Super Bowl winner with the Seattle Seahawks
- Mayo Methot (1904–1951) – actress; third wife of Humphrey Bogart
- Charis Michelsen (born 1974) – actress and former model
- Quintin Mikell (born 1980) – safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Bob Mionske (born 1962) – attorney and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer
- Geoffrey Moore (born 1946) – high-technology consultant and author
- Joel Moore (born 1977) – actor, Avatar, DodgeBall
- Lee Morse (1897–1954) – jazz and blues singer/songwriter, Broadway actress[9]
- Macy Morse (born 1921) – peace activist
- Ona Munson (1903–1955) – actress, Gone with the Wind
- Dale Murphy (born 1956) – former Major League Baseball player
- Brent Musburger (born 1939) – CBS, ABC, ESPN sportscaster
N
- Legedu Naanee (born 1983) – National Football League wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
- John Strong Newberry (1822–1892) – geologist, physician, explorer, and author
- James Nesmith (1820–1885) – Oregon pioneer, lawyer, and politician
O
- Owamagbe Odighizuwa (born 1992) – defensive end for the New York Giants
- Jack Ohman (born 1960) – editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian
- Kaitlin Olson (born 1975) – actress, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
P
- Bob Packwood (born 1932) – former United States Senate and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1961) – journalist, author of Fight Club
- Mark Parent (born 1961) – former Major League Baseball catcher
- Ken Patera (born 1943) – professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor
- Chief Paulina (unknown–1867) – leader of the Hunipuitöka band of Northern Paiute Native Americans
- Linus Pauling (1901–1994) – chemist and activist; only person to win two Nobel Prizes outright
- Bill Pearl – world champion bodybuilder
- Alfred Peet (1920–2007) – founder, Peet's Coffee & Tea
- Jack Pennick (1895–1964) – actor
- Tom Peterson (born 1930) – home appliance retailer and television pitchman
- Kim M. Peyton-McDonald (1957–1986) – gold medalist from 1976 Summer Olympics; Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee
- Julianne Phillips (born 1960) – actress; ex-wife of Bruce Springsteen
- River Phoenix (1970–1993) – actor, musician, and activist; brother of Joaquin, Summer, and Rain
- Mitch Pileggi (born 1952) – actor, played FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on series The X-Files
- Henry Pittock (1835–1919) – Oregon pioneer; founder and publisher of The Oregonian
- Troy Polamalu (born 1981) – strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Elias Porter (1914–1987) – psychologist
- Jane Powell (born 1929) – actress
- Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) – track athlete, subject of films Prefontaine and Without Limits
R
- Ruth Radelet (born 1982) – musician, lead singer of Chromatics[10]
- Ahmad Rashād (born 1949) – college and National Football League player and sportscaster
- Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) – singer, songwriter
- Susan Raye (born 1944) – country singer
- John Reed (1887–1920) – journalist and Bolshevik activist, author of Ten Days that Shook the World
- Holiday Reinhorn (born 1967) – fiction writer; married to actor Rainn Wilson
- Mike Remmers (born 1989) – offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers
- Harold Reynolds (born 1960) – Major League Baseball player; television analyst
- Kim Rhodes (born 1969) – actress and singer known for The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Mike Rich (born 1959) – screenwriter (Finding Forester) and Portland radio commentator
- Mike Riley (born 1953) – football player for Alabama Crimson Tide and Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach
- Lisa Rinna (born 1963) – actress, Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives and Taylor McBride on Melrose Place
- Dante Rosario (born 1984) – tight end for the Chicago Bears
- Terrence Ross (born 1991) – NBA player for the Toronto Raptors
- Zac Rosscup (born 1988) – pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
- Mark Rothko (1903–1970) – Latvian expressionist artist
- Aaron Rowand (born 1977) – MLB player for San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox
- Burt Rutan (born 1943) – aerospace engineer
- Ad Rutschman (born 1931) – football and baseball coach at Linfield College
S
- Domantas Sabonis (born 1996) – player for the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Mendel Sachs (1927–2012) – theoretical physicist
- Katee Sackhoff (born 1980) – actress
- Curtis Salgado (born 1954) – blues, rhythm and blues, and soul singer and harmonica player
- Rebecca Schaeffer (1967–1989) – actress
- Shoni Schimmel (born 1992) – WNBA player with the Atlanta Dream
- Daniel Seavey (born 1999) - musician, singer-songwriter, and contestant from American Idol season 14
- Doc Severinsen (born 1927) – trumpeter, bandleader on The Tonight Show
- Kyle Singler (born 1988) – small forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Sonny Sixkiller – former Washington Huskies quarterback; actor
- Alek Skarlatos (born 1992) - Oregon Army National Guardsman specialist known for stopping a gunman in a Paris-bound train from Amsterdam via Brussels; contestant from Dancing with the Stars season 21
- Matt Slauson (born 1986) – guard for the Chicago Bears
- Elliott Smith (1969–2003) – musician
- Chael Sonnen (born 1977) – mixed martial artist
- Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) – jazz musician
- Erik Spoelstra (born 1970) – head coach for the Miami Heat
- Mary Jane Spurlin (1883–1970) – Oregon's first woman judge
- William Gladstone Steel (1883–1934) – conservationist, known as "Father of Crater Lake"
- David Ogden Stiers (born 1942) – actor
- Eric A. Stillwell (born 1962) – screenwriter and producer
- Kimberley Strassel (born 1972) – author, member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board
- Robert W. Straub (1920–2002) – Governor of Oregon
- Brenda Strong (born 1960) – film and television actress
- Sally Struthers (born 1948) – actress, All in the Family
- Drew Struzan (born 1947) – artist
- Ndamukong Suh (born 1987) – defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins
T
- Jack Tafari (born 1946) – housing-rights activist
- Maria Thayer (born 1975) – actress, Hitch, Strangers with Candy
- Tommy Thayer (born 1960) – musician, lead guitarist of Kiss
- Andy Tillman (born 1952) – Llama rancher, businessman, and author
- Kevin Towers (born 1961) – general manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Corin Tucker (born 1972) – musician, guitarist with Sleater-Kinney
- April Genevieve Tucholke - young adult novelist
U
- Ime Udoka (born 1977) – small forward for the San Antonio Spurs
- Sara Jean Underwood (born 1984) – Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, model, actress
V
- Paige VanZant (born 1994) – mixed martial artist
- Laura Veirs (born 1973) – folk singer-songwriter
- Will Vinton (born 1948) – director and producer; known for creating The California Raisins and other commercials
W
- Lindsay Wagner (born 1949) – actress, played Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman
- Don Wakamatsu (born 1963) – bench coach for the Kansas City Royals
- Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943) – author of the Conversations with God series
- Don Walsh (born 1931) – oceanographer, explorer; made the deepest ocean descent in Trieste in 1960
- Craig Wasson (born 1954) – actor, Body Double, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Four Friends
- Bob Welch – author and columnist
- Oswald West (1873–1960) – 14th Governor of Oregon
- Dave Wiegand – winner of 2005 and 2009 National Scrabble championship
- Carl Wieman (born 1951) – physicist, winner of 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
- Dave Wilcox (born 1942) – Hall of Fame linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers
- Edy Williams (born 1942) – film and television actress
- Mitch Williams (born 1964) – Major League Baseball relief pitcher, studio analyst for MLB Network
- Bridgette Wilson (born 1973) – actress, singer and model
- Kyle Wiltjer (born 1992) – player for the Houston Rockets
- Anthony Wynn (born 1962) – author
Z
- John Zerzan (born 1943) – anthropologist and anarchist writer
See also
- by public office
- by location
- by educational institution affiliation
References
- ↑ "Bruce Abbott Biography (1954–)". Film Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ↑ White, Ryan (September 13, 2012). "Master drummer Obo Addy has died". Oregon Live. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Brad Adkins". PDX Contemporary Art. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ↑ Caraeff, Ezra Ace (November 19, 2009). "The Most Hated Musician in Portland". Portland Mercury. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Jerome Alden, 76, Stage and TV Writer". The New York Times. May 9, 1997. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Beloved Portland entertainer 'Rusty Nails' dies at 87". KOIN news. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Veteran actor dies". Reading Eagle. New Haven, Connecticut. October 2, 1961. p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Staff (August 11, 2011). "Rose McGowan On Childhood As Runaway With Drag Queens, Not Being Bi-Sexual". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ Cullen, Frank (2006). Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America. Routledge. pp. 797–799. ISBN 978-0415938532.
- ↑ Grube, Janice. "Johnny Jewel & Ruth Radelet Interview". Revel In New York. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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