List of people from Portland, Oregon

Portland is a port city in the U.S. state of Oregon located at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. Established in the 1830s as a camp along the Oregon Trail, Portland evolved into a major West Coast industrial city during the twentieth century. Contemporarily, it is the most populous city in Oregon, and the second-largest city in the Pacific Northwest.^[1]

Portland skyline at twilight

This list of notable people includes persons who were either born in, are current residents of, or have lived in Portland. A person who lives in or comes from Portland, Oregon is called a Portlander.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

Rachel Ames, actress

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Bruce Abbott	1954–	Actor	Yes
Alvin P. Adams, Jr.	1942–2015	Diplomat	Yes	[2]
Arthur Adams	1963–	Comic book artist	No	[3]
Sam Adams	1963–	Former mayor of Portland	No	[4]
Obo Addy	1936–2012	Musician	No	[5]
Brad Adkins	1973–	Artist	No	[6]
Jerome Alden	1921–1997	Playwright, screenwriter	Yes	[7]
Pauline Alderman	1893–1983	Musicologist, composer	No	[8]
Art Alexakis	1962–	Musician	No	[9]
James H. Allen	1928–2015	Clown, author	Yes	[10]
Laura Allen	1974–	Actress	Yes	[11]
Goli Ameri	1956–	Diplomat, businesswoman	No	[12]
Rachel Ames	1929–	Actress	Yes	[13]
Bob Amsberry	1928–1957	Actor	Yes	[14]
Larry Andersen	1953–	Major League Baseball player	Yes	[15]
Marian Anderson	1897–1993	Singer	No	[16]
Marisa Anderson		Musician	No	[17]
Signe Toly Anderson	1941–2016	Singer	No	[18]
Debra Arlyn	1986–	Singer-songwriter	No	[19]
Arledge Armenaki	1949–	Cinematographer	Yes	[20]
Garner Ted Armstrong	1930–2003	Televangelist	Yes	[21]
Hal Ashby	1929–1988	Film director and editor	No	[22]
Victor G. Atiyeh	1923–2014	32nd governor of Oregon	Yes	[23]
Ray Atkeson	1907–1990	Photographer	No	[24]
George H. Atkinson	1819–1889	Missionary	No	[25]
Jean M. Auel	1936–	Author	No	[26]
Thomas J. Autzen	1888–1958	Plywood manufacturing innovator	No	[27]

B

James Beard, food expert

Mel Blanc, voice actor

Peter Buck, lead guitarist of R.E.M.

Louise Bryant, journalist

	Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
	Preston Bailey	2000–	Actor	Yes	[28]
	Terry Baker	1941–	Attorney, athlete	No	[29]
	Brenda Bakke	1963–	Actress	No	[30]
	Ireland Baldwin	1995–	Model	No	[31]
	Lola Baldwin	1860–1957	One of first policewomen in the United States	No	[32]
	Lance Bangs	1972–	Filmmaker	No
	Daniel E. Barbey	1989-1969	U.S. Navy admiral	Yes	[33]
	Art Barr	1966–1994	Professional wrestler	Yes	[34]
	Willie Barrow	1924–2015	Civil rights activist	No	[35]
	Blanche Bates	1873–1941	Actress	Yes	[36]
	Peter Baum	1990–	Lacrosse player	No	[37]
	Scott Beach	1931–1996	Actor	Yes	[38]
	James Beard	1903–1985	Food expert	Yes
	Jona Bechtolt	1980–	Musician	No	[39]
	Larry Bell	1923–1986	Football player	Yes
	Pietro Belluschi	1899–1994	Architect	No	[40]
	Scott Benedetti	1966–	Soccer player	Yes	[41]
	John Virginius Bennes	1867–1943	Architect	No	[42]
	Simon Benson	1852–1942	Philanthropist, logger	No	[43]
	Becca Bernstein	1977–	Artist	No
	Boston Billups	2005–	Soccer player	Yes	[44]
	Marion Blackburn	1939–2025	Entrepreneur and tennis professional	No	[45]
	Mel Blanc	1908–1989	Voice actor	No
	Lance Blankenship	1963–	Major League Baseball player, World Series champion	Yes
	M. Blash	1978–	Filmmaker	No	[46]
	Sheila Bleck	1974–	Bodybuilder	Yes
	Rachel Blumberg	1969–	Drummer	Yes	[47]
	Earl Blumenauer	1948–	Democratic U.S. representative	Yes
	Wally Boag	1920–2011	Actor	Yes
	William H. Boring	1841–1932	Union soldier, founder of Boring, Oregon	No	[48]
	Chris Botti	1962–	Composer, trumpeter	Yes
	Terrell Brandon	1970–	NBA all-star	Yes
	Matt Braunger	1974–	Standup comedian	No	[49]
	Thom Bray	1954–	Actor	No
	Isaac Brock	1975–	Singer, frontman of Modest Mouse	No
	David Brooks	1915–1999	Actor	Yes	[50]
	Chuck Bown	1954–	NASCAR racer	Yes
	Jim Bown	1960–	NASCAR racer	Yes
	Chris Brown	1977–	Soccer player	Yes	[51]
	Cindy Brown	1965–	Professional basketball player	Yes	[52]
	Mel Brown	1944–	Jazz drummer	Yes
	Melville W. Brown	1887–1938	Silent film director	Yes	[53]
	Tiffany Lee Brown		Writer, editor	No
	Carrie Brownstein	1974–	Musician, actor	No	[54]
	Agnes Bruckner	1985–	Actress	No	[55]
	Monique de Bruin	1977–	Retired fencer	Yes	[56]
	Louise Bryant	1885–1936	Journalist, writer	No
	Dean F. Bryson	1910–1995	Politician, lawyer	Yes	[57]
	Peter Buck	1956–	Guitarist of R.E.M.	No	[58]
	Jack Buetel	1915–1989	Actor	No	[59]
	Barbara Buono	1953–	Politician	No	[60]
	Geraldine Bureker	1924–2009	All-American girls professional baseball player	Yes
	Helen Burgess	1916–1937	Actress	Yes	[61]
	Kevin Burke	1950-	Musician, master Irish fiddler	No
	Doris Burn	1923–2011	Children's author, illustrator	Yes	[62]
	Mabel Byrd	1895–1988	Civil rights activist; first African-American to attend the University of Oregon	No	[63]

C

Jean Carmen, actress

Margaret Carter, politician

Clive Charles, English-born soccer player and coach

Gretchen Corbett, actress

Ann Curry, journalist

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
John Callahan	1951–2010	Cartoonist	Yes
Cathy Camper		Artist, author	No
Dirk Carlson	1998–	Soccer player; represented Luxembourg	Yes	[64]
Jean Carmen	1913–1993	Actress	Yes	[65]
Jewel Carmen	1897–1984	Actress	Yes	[66]
Cletis Carr	1959–	Musician	Yes
John Francis Carroll	1858–1917	Publisher	No	[67]
Margaret Carter	1935–	Politician	No	[68]
Sandra Cassel	1952–	Actress, acting coach	No	[69]
Michael Cassidy	1983–	Actor	Yes	[11]
Mark Chamberlin	1955–2011	Actor	Yes	[70]
Erin Chambers	1979–	Actress	Yes
William W. Chapman	1808–1892	Politician, lawyer	No	[71]
Walter Chappell	1925–2000	Photographer	Yes	[72]
Clive Charles	1951–2003	British soccer player, coach	No	[73]
Trevor Chowning	1972-	Pop artist	No
Janet Chvatal	1964–	Classical soprano, director	Yes
Bernice Claire	1906–2003	Actress, singer	No	[74]
Jillian Clare	1992–	Actress	Yes	[75]
Beverly Cleary	1916–2021	Author	No
Brad Cloepfil	1956–	Architect	Yes
Michelle Clunie	1969–	Actress	Yes	[11]
Ryan Cochrane	1983–	Soccer player	Yes	[76]
Henry Waldo Coe	1857–1927	Physician, politician	No
Scott Coffey	1967–	Filmmaker, actor	No	[77]
Stephen Coffin	1807–1882	Investor, militia officer	No	[78]
Marissa Coleman	1987–	WNBA player	Yes	[79]
Harvey Collins	1925-1957	Serial killer	Yes
Monte Collins	1898–1951	Actor, director	No	[80]
Booth Colman	1923–2014	Actor	Yes	[81]
Santo Condorelli	1995–	Olympic swimmer	No	[82]
Paul Conway	1970–	Soccer player	Yes	[83]
Donald Cook	1901–1961	Actor	Yes	[84]
Cool Nutz	1972–	Rapper, entertainer and radio personality	Yes
Barbara Coombs	1947–	President of Compassion & Choices	No
Colleen Coover	1969–	Comic artist	Yes
Alfred H. Corbett	1915–2000	Attorney, politician	Yes	[85]
Gretchen Corbett	1947–	Actress	Yes	[86]
Henry W. Corbett	1827–1903	Industrialist, U.S. senator	No
Judy Cornell	1933–2021	Olympic swimmer	Yes	[52]
Robert Cornthwaite	1917–2006	Actor	No	[87]
John H. Couch	1811–1870	Sea captain, co-founder of Portland	No	[88]
Lucy Covington	1910–1982	Political activist	No	[89]
Colin Cowherd	1963–	Sports media host	No	[90]
Joseph Buford Cox	1905–2002	Entrepreneur, inventor of chainsaw chain	Yes	[91]
Tom Cramer	1960–	Artist	Yes	[92]
Larry Crane		Publisher of Tape Op	No
Ryan Crouser	1992–	Olympic shot putter and discus thrower	Yes	[93]
Dan Cunneen	1963–	Musician	Yes
Imogen Cunningham	1883–1976	Photographer	Yes	[94]
Ward Cunningham	1949–	Inventor of wiki	No
Zamah Cunningham	1892–1967	Actress	Yes	[95]
Ann Curry	1956–	Journalist	No	[96]
Michael Curry	1967–	Costume and puppet designer	No	[97]
Walt Curtis	1941–	Poet, novelist	Yes

D

Aminé Daniel, rapper

Beth Ditto, singer

Abigail Scott Duniway, suffragist

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Florence Dagmar	1895–1986	Actress	Yes
Arthur Dake	1910–2000	Chess Grandmaster	Yes	[98]
Adam Aminé Daniel	1994–	Rapper, musician	Yes	[99]
Britt Daniel	1971–	Musician, vocalist of Spoon	No
George Dantzig	1914—2005	Mathematical scientist	Yes	[100]
Darcelle XV	1930–2023	Drag performer	No	[101]
Walt Dawson	1982–	Political lobbyist	Yes
Valerie Day	1959–	Singer	Yes
Burchard DeBusk	1877–1937	Academic	No	[102]
Kelly Sue DeConnick	1970–	Comic writer	No
David DeCoteau	1962–	Filmmaker	Yes	[103]
Kate Deines	1982–	Professional soccer players	Yes	[104]
Paul deLay	1952–2007	Blues harmonica player	Yes
Albert H. Densmore	1946–	Businessman, state representative	Yes
James DePriest	1936–2013	Director emeritus of orchestral studies at Juilliard School; director of Oregon Symphony	No	[105]
Jennifer Devine	1968–	Olympic rower	Yes	[52]
Yassine Diboun	1978–	Ultrarunner	No
Matthew Dickman	1975–	Poet	Yes
Richard Diebenkorn	1922–1993	Painter	Yes
Aaron Director	1901–2004	Law professor at University of Chicago	No	[106]
Beth Ditto	1981–	Singer-songwriter of Gossip	No
Juan Dixon	1978–	Basketball player, Portland Trail Blazers	No
Robyn Dixon	1979–	Reality TV personality	No
Michael Doleac	1977–	NBA player	No
Lee Dorsey	1924–1986	R&B singer	No	[107]
Sarah Dougher	1967–	Singer-songwriter	No	[108]
Linda Douglas	1928–2017	Actress, wife of Hank Greenberg	Yes	[109]
Helen Savier DuMond	1872–1968	Painter, sculptor, and teacher; wife of Frank DuMond	Yes	[110]
Abigail Scott Duniway	1834–1915	Suffragist	No	[111]
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	1980–	NBA player	No	[112]
Katherine Dunn	1945–2016	Author	No	[113]

E

Ashton Eaton, decathlete

Marie Equi, physician

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Ron East	1943–	NFL player, coach	Yes
Ashton Eaton	1988–	Decathlete	Yes
Jonah Edelman	1970–	CEO of Stand for Children	No
Dick Egan	1884–1947	Baseball player	Yes
Jim Elkins	1901–1968	Crime boss	No	[114]
Sam Elliott	1944–	Actor	No	[112]
Carson Ellis	1975–	Illustrator	No
Jack Ely	1943–2015	Musician of The Kingsmen	Yes	[115]
Rick Emerson	1973–	Radio personality	No
Douglas Engelbart	1925–2013	Inventor of computer mouse	Yes	[116]
Marie Equi	1872–1952	Physician, anarchist	No	[117]
Winfield Ervin, Jr.	1902–1985	Politician, mayor of Anchorage, Alaska	Yes	[118]
Ellen Estes	1978–	Olympic silver medalist in water polo	Yes	[52]
Christopher Evans	1847–1917	Train robber	No
Sarah A. Evans	1854–1940	Suffragist	No
Steven Evans	1991–	Soccer player	Yes
John R. Everett	1918–1992	First chancellor of City University of New York; president of the New School for Social Research	Yes	[119]
Neil Everett	1962–	Sportscaster	Yes	[120]
Tom Everett	1948–	Actor	Yes	[121]

F

Amparito Farrar, soprano concert singer

Todd Field, actor and filmmaker

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Henry Failing	1834–1898	Banker, politician	No	[122]
Amparito Farrar	1893–1989	Soprano concert singer	Yes	[123]
Jack Faust	1932–	Attorney, broadcaster	Yes
David Feldberg		World champion disc golfer	Yes
Shirley Adele Field	1923–1995	Legislator, judge	No	[124]
Todd Field	1964–	Actor, filmmaker	No	[125]
Brad Fitzpatrick	1980–	Creator of LiveJournal	No
Harrell Fletcher	1967–	Artist	No
Lisa Foiles	1986–	Actress	Yes	[126]
Dick Fosbury	1947–2023	High jumper	Yes	[127]
William Trufant Foster	1879–1950	Economist, first president of Reed College	No	[128]
Matt Fraction	1975–	Comic writer	No	[129]
Alma Francis	1890–1968	Actress, singer	Yes	[130]
Abigail Keasey Frankel	–1931	Civic worker	No	[131]
Boaz Frankel	1982–	Host of Clips & Quips	Yes
Nell Franzen	1889–1973	Actress	Yes
Amy Freeze	1974–	Meteorologist, WABC-TV New York	No	[132]
Alex Frost	1987–	Actor	Yes
C. Gordon Fullerton	1936–2013	Astronaut, member of Astronaut Hall of Fame	Yes
Ron Funches	1983–	Standup comedian	No	[133]
Elizabeth Furse	1936–2021	U.S. congresswoman	No

G

Clark Gable, actor

Geretta Geretta, actress

Gloria Grey, actress

Woody Guthrie, singer-songwriter

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Clark Gable	1901–1960	Actor	No	[134]
Rocky Gale	1988–	Major League Baseball player	Yes	[135]
Ben Gardner	1990–	NFL player	Yes	[136]
Paul Gaustad	1982–	National Hockey League player	No	[137]
Geretta Geretta	1958–	Actress	Yes	[138]
Florence Holmes Gerke	1896–1964	Landscape architect	Yes	[139]
Robert L. Ghormley	1883–1958	Naval officer	Yes	[140]
Paul Gilbert	1966–	Musician	No	[141]
Cole Gillespie	1984–	Baseball player	Yes	[142]
Gary Gilmore	1940–1977	First person executed in U.S. after reinstatement of capital punishment	No	[143]
Madeline Gleason	1903–1979	Poet, dramatist	No	[144]
Russell Gleason	1908–1945	Actor	Yes	[145]
Harry Glickman	1924-2020	Founder of the Portland Trail Blazers	Yes	[146]
Rodney Glisan	1827–1890	U.S. Army surgeon	No	[147]
Molly Gloss	1944–	Author	Yes	[148]
Karl Glusman	1988–	Actor	No	[149]
Jacob Golden	1970s–	Musician	No	[150]
Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein	1905–1988	Artist	No	[151]
Brandon Gonzáles	1984–	Professional boxer	Yes	[152]
Louis S. Goodman	1906–2000	Pharmacologist, pioneer of chemotherapy	Yes	[153]
Aaron Goodwin	1976–	Photographer, cameraman of Ghost Adventures	Yes	[154]
Avel Gordly	1947–	First African-American woman elected to Oregon State Senate	Yes	[155]
Joe Gordon	1915–1978	Baseball player	No
Kara Goucher	1978–	Olympic long-distance runner	No	[156]
Jessie Coles Grayson	1886–1953	Actress	No	[157]
Gary Graver	1938–2006	Cinematographer	Yes	[158]
A.C. Green	1963–	Retired NBA champion	Yes	[159]
Edith Green	1910–1987	Politician	No	[160]
Harrison Greene	1884–1945	Actor	Yes	[161]
Jim Grelle	1936–2020	Olympic middle-distance runner	Yes	[162]
Gloria Grey	1909–1947	Actress	Yes	[163]
Matt Groening	1954–	Animator, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama	Yes	[164]
Woody Guthrie	1912–1955	Folk singer-songwriter	No	[165]

H

Creed C. Hammond, U.S. Army major general

Kathleen Hanna, musician and feminist

Margaux Hemingway, model and actress

Christina Hendricks, actress

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Kevin Hagen	1928–2005	Actor	No	[166]
Ancer L. Haggerty	1944–	U.S. federal judge	Yes	[167]
Swede Halbrook	1933–1988	NBA player	Yes	[168]
Sally Haley	1908–2007	Painter	No	[169]
Creed C. Hammond	1874–1940	Major general and chief of the National Guard Bureau	No
Max Handelman	1973–	Sportswriter, film producer	Yes	[170]
Kathleen Hanna	1968–	Singer-songwriter (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre)	Yes	[171]
Julia Butler Hansen	1907–1988	Politician	Yes	[172]
Tonya Harding	1970–	U.S. national champion and Olympic figure skater	Yes	[173]
Katie Harman	1980–	Miss America 2002	Yes	[174]
Joey Harrington	1978–	NFL quarterback	Yes
Nate Harris	1983–	NFL linebacker	No
Bret Harrison	1982–	Actor	Yes	[11]
Lou Harrison	1917–2003	Composer	Yes
Michael Allen Harrison		Musician	Yes
Larry Harvey	1948–2018	Artist, founder of Burning Man	No	[175]
Lew Harvey	1887–1953	Actor	No	[176]
Byron Haskin	1899–1984	Filmmaker	Yes
F. W. Hastings	1848–1935	Politician	Yes	[177]
Steve Havelka		Creator of Pokey the Penguin	Yes
James C. Hawthorne	1819–1881	Physician, co-founder of Oregon Hospital for the Insane	No	[178]
Ernest Haycox	1899–1950	Writer	Yes	[179]
Carey Hayes	1961–	Screenwriter	Yes
Chad Hayes	1961–	Screenwriter	Yes
Todd Haynes	1961–	Filmmaker	No	[180]
Dana Heitman	1966–	Musician	Yes
Susan Helms	1958–	Astronaut	No
Margaux Hemingway	1954–1996	Model, actress; granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway	Yes	[181]
Christina Hendricks	1975–	Actress	No	[182]
Frank Herbert	1920–1986	Writer, journalist	No	[183]
Joe Hill	1879–1915	Labor activist	No
Jan Hoag	1948–	Actress	Yes	[184]
Judi Hofer	1940–2013	Businessperson	Yes
Portland Hoffa	1905–1990	Radio host, actress	Yes	[185]
Stewart Holbrook	1893–1964	Author, artist	No	[186]
Ben Holladay	1819–1897	Transportation mogul	No	[187]
Matt Hollywood	1973–	Musician	No
Frederick Holman	1852–1927	Lawyer	No	[188]
Peter Holmström		Musician	Yes	[189]
Kyron Horman	2002–	Missing person	Yes	[190]
Michael Hornburg	1960–	Author	No	[191]
Hal E. Hoss	1892–1934	Journalist	Yes	[192]
Bill Hudson	1949–	Musician, father of Oliver and Kate Hudson	Yes	[193]
Brett Hudson	1953–	Musician, television producer	Yes	[194]
Mark Hudson	1951–	Musician, record producer	Yes	[194]
Charlie Huhn	1951–	Musician	Yes	[195]
Cooper Hummel	1994–	Major League Baseball player	Yes
William Hurt	1950–2022	Actor	No	[196]

I

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Illmaculate	1986–	Hip hop musician	Yes
ILoveMakonnen	1989–	Hip hop musician	No
Dan Ireland	1949–2016	Filmmaker	Yes	[197]
Mary Frances Isom	1865–1920	Librarian, founder of Oregon Library Association	No	[198]
Kirk Vernström Iverson	born ?	Inventor, writer, producer, media executive, investor and financier	Yes	[199]

J

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Peter Jacobsen	1954–	Pro-golfer	Yes
Clayton Jacobson II	1933–2022	Creator of jet ski	Yes
Evan Jager	1989–	Distance runner	No	[200]
Jeff Jahn	1970–	Art critic, historian, and curator	No	[201]
Cathy Jamison	1950–	Olympic swimmer	Yes	[52]
Gary Jarman	1980–	Musician	No
Maxine Jennings	1909–1991	Actress	Yes	[202]
Ethel Jewett	1877–1944	Actress	Yes	[203]
Steve Jobs	1955–2011	Creator, founder of Apple	No	[204]
Chris Johanson	1968–	Painter	No	[205]
Syl Johnson	1900–1985	Major League Baseball player	Yes
Fred Jones	1979–	NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Champion	Yes
Scott Jones	1966–	NFL offensive guard	Yes
Terrence Jones	1992–	NBA player	Yes
Greg Joy	1956–	High jumper	Yes
Miranda July	1974–	Filmmaker, performance artist	No	[206]

K

A. Thomas Kraabel, classics and Jewish history scholar

Franklin F. Korell, U.S. congressman

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Louis Kaufman	1905–1944	Violinist	Yes	[207]
Daniel Kaven	1977–	Architect, artist	No	[208]
Gabe Kennedy	1990–	Chef, entrepreneur	Yes	[209]
Lisa Kennedy	1972–	Political commentator	No	[210]
Robert E. Kennedy	1914–2010	Professor, president of California Polytechnic State University	Yes	[211]
Shell Kepler	1958–2008	Actress	No	[212]
Cecil Kern	1883–1928	Actress	Yes	[213]
Maude Kerns	1876–1965	Avant-garde artist	Yes	[214]
Albertina Kerr	1890–1911	Heiress to Kerr Glass Company	Yes	[215]
Donald M. Kerr	1946–2015	Wildlife biologist, conservationist	Yes	[216]
William Jasper Kerr	1863–1947	Academic, first chancellor of Oregon University System	No	[217]
Nitin Khanna	1975–	Founder and CEO of MergerTech	No
Brian Kidd	1983–	Unicyclist known as the Unipiper	No	[218]
James Kilgore	1947–	Activist, author	Yes
Wright King	1923–2018	Actor	No
Zach King	1990–	YouTube personality	Yes	[219]
Phil Knight	1938–	Co-founder of Nike, Inc.	Yes	[220]
William W. Knight	1909–1981	Publisher	No	[221]
Terence Knox	1946–	Actor	Yes	[222]
Franklin F. Korell	1889–1965	Politician	Yes	[223]
A. Thomas Kraabel	1934–2016	Classics and Jewish history scholar	Yes	[224]
LaVerne Krause	1924–1987	Printmaker	Yes	[225]
Jane Kurtz	1952–	Author	Yes
Taya Kyle	1974–	Author, activist; wife of Chris Kyle	Yes	[226]

L

Barbara La Marr, actress

Ray Lampkin, boxer

Hazel Ying Lee, pilot

Courtney Love, musician and actress

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Barbara La Marr	1896–1926	Actress	No	[227]
William S. Ladd	1826–1893	Businessman, industrialist	No
Mary Catherine Lamb	1949–2009	Textile artist	No
Ray Lampkin	1948–	Retired professional boxer	Yes
Ben Hur Lampman	1896–1954	Editor, Oregon poet laureate	Yes
Cowboy Lang	1950–2007	Midget professional wrestler	No
k.d. lang	1961–	Singer-songwriter	No	[228]
Harry Lane	1855–1917	Politician, physician	No	[229]
Storm Large	1969–	Musician	No	[230]
Earle Larrimore	1899–1947	Actor	Yes	[231]
Lars Larson	1959–	Conservative talk radio host	No
Matt Lattanzi	1959–	Actor; ex-husband of Olivia Newton-John	Yes	[11]
Thomas Lauderdale	1970–	Musician (Pink Martini)	No
Preacher Lawson	1991–	Comedian	Yes	[232]
Edgar M. Lazarus	1868–1939	Architect	No	[233]
Ursula K. Le Guin	1929–2018	Author	No
Agnes Brand Leahy	1893–1943	Screenwriter	Yes	[234]
Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee	1886–1993	First Chinese American woman registered to vote	Yes	[235]
Hazel Ying Lee	1912–1944	First Chinese-American female military pilot	Yes	[236]
Marc Alan Lee	1978–2006	United States Navy SEAL	Yes	[237]
Barbara Lekberg	1925–2018	Artist, sculptor	Yes	[238]
Ion Lewis	1853–1923	Architect	No	[239]
Jack Lewis	1964–	Author	Yes	[240]
Norman Leyden	1917–2014	Conductor, clarinetist	No	[241]
Carl L. Linde	1864–1945	German American architect	No	[242]
Ben Linder	1959–1987	Engineer	No	[243]
Brian Lindstrom	1961–	Documentarian	Yes	[244]
Albert Littlefield		First professional abortion provider in Portland	No
Fred Lockley	1871–1958	Journalist	No	[245]
Jeanette Loff	1906–1942	Actress	No	[246]
Mickey Lolich	1940–	Major League Baseball pitcher	Yes
Neil Lomax	1959–	Football player	Yes	[247]
Ashly Lorenzana	1987-	Sex worker, author and freelance writer	Yes	[248]
A. M. Loryea	1839–1893	Physician, co-founder of Oregon Hospital for the Insane	No	[249]
Courtney Love	1964–	Actress, musician (Hole)	No	[250]
George A. Lovejoy	1931–2015	New Hampshire State Senator, businessman	Yes
Richard A. Lovett	1953–	Author	No
Horace Sumner Lyman	1855–1904	Journalist, historian	No	[251]
Logan Lynn	1979–	Musician, writer, activist	No

M

Richard Laurence Marquette, serial killer

Rose McGowan, actress, director

Mayo Methot, actress

Isaiah Mustafa, actor and athlete

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Ballard MacDonald	1882–1935	Songwriter and lyricist	Yes	[252]
Harry Mack	1990–	Rapper	No	[253]
Shannon MacMillan	1974–	U.S. soccer player	No
Vivek Maddala	1973–	Composer, musician, producer	No
L. K. Madigan	1963–2010	Writer of young adult fiction	Yes	[254]
Holly Madison	1979–	Playboy Playmate, actress	No	[255]
Sharon Maeda	1945–	Activist	No	[256]
Neda Maghbouleh		Professor, sociologist, writer	No	[257]
Cleo Maletis	1925–2009	Mrs. America 1957	No	[258]
Stephen Malkmus	1966–	Musician (Pavement)	No	[259]
Paul Malvern	1902–1993	Stuntman, producer	Yes	[260]
Robert Mann	1920–2018	Violinist, founder of Juilliard String Quartet	Yes	[261]
Thomas Mann	1991–	Actor	Yes	[11]
Steve March	1946-	Politician and businessman	No	[262]
Phillip Margolin	1944–	Writer, lawyer	Yes
Richard Marquette	1934–	Serial killer	Yes	[112]
Chan Marshall	1972–	Musician (Cat Power)	No	[263]
Leanne Marshall	1980–	Winner of Project Runway, season 5	No
Vivian Marshall	1888–1969	Actress, stuntwoman	No	[264]
Emily Winfield Martin		Artist, children's author	Yes
Robert Marx	1956–	Fencer	Yes	[265]
Blair Mastbaum	1975–	Author	No
Ana Matronic	1974–	Singer	Yes
Les McClaine	1977–	Comic artist	No
S. J. McCormick	1828–1891	Publisher	No	[266]
Rose McGowan	1973–	Actress, director	No	[267]
Douglas McKay	1893–1959	Politician	Yes	[268]
Wanda McKay	1915–1996	Actress	Yes	[269]
Dallas McKennon	1919–2009	Voice actor	No	[270]
Brian McMenamin	1957–	Brewpub owner, businessman	Yes	[271]
Mike McMenamin		Brewpub owner, businessman	Yes	[271]
Carlton Mellick III	1977–	Author	No
Colin Meloy	1974–	Musician (The Decemberists)	No
James Mercer	1970–	Musician (The Shins)	No
Judi Meredith	1936–2014	Actress, figure skater	Yes	[272]
Natalie Mering	1988–	Musician (Weyes Blood)	No	[273]
Nancy Merki	1926–2014	Olympic swimmer	Yes	[52]
Jeff Merkley	1956–	U.S. senator	No
Mayo Methot	1904–1951	Actress	No	[274]
Noah Mickens		Ringmaster of Wanderlust Circus	Yes
Tiffeny Milbrett	1972–	Soccer player, Olympic and World Cup champion	Yes
Colleen Miller	1932–	Actress	No	[275]
Donald Miller	1971–	Author	No
Karen Minnis	1954–	Politician	Yes	[276]
Bob Mionske	1962–	Attorney, Olympic bicycle racer	No
Mirah	1974–	Musician	No	[277]
Rhea Mitchell	1890–1957	Actress	Yes	[278]
Erika Moen	1983–	Comic artist	No	[279]
Anne Shannon Monroe	1873–1942	Writer	No
Jinkx Monsoon	1987–	Drag queen, singer, actor	Yes	[280]
Lisa Montgomery	1972–	MTV VJ	No
Al Moore	1908–1991	Football player	Yes
Glen Moore	1941–	Jazz bassist	Yes	[281]
Jason Moore		Wikipedia editor and organizer	No
Joel David Moore	1977–	Actor, director	Yes
Hilda Grossman Morris	1911–1991	Artist	No	[282]
Sienna Morris	1983–	Artist	No	[283]
Lee Morse	1897–1954	Singer-songwriter, actress	No	[284]
Cris Moss		Artist, curator	No
George Mullin	1892–1963	World War I veteran, Victoria Cross winner	Yes
Ona Munson	1903–1955	Actress	Yes	[285]
Francis J. Murnane	1914–1968	Longshore worker, preservationist	No	[286]
Dale Murphy	1956–	Major League Baseball player	Yes
Brent Musburger	1939–	ESPN and ABC newscaster	Yes	[287]
Isaiah Mustafa	1974–	Actor, athlete	Yes	[288]
Danny Mwanga	1991–	Soccer player	No	[289]

N

Bill Naito, businessman

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Legedu Naanee	1983–	NFL player	Yes	[290]
Rose Naftalin	1898–1998	Restaurateur	No	[291]
Bill Naito	1925–1996	Businessman	Yes
Dika Newlin	1923–2006	Composer, musician	Yes	[292]
Rob Neyer	1966–	Sportswriter, author	No
Scout Niblett	1973–	Musician	No	[293]
Stella Nickell	1943–	Convicted criminal	No	[294]
Jen and Kyndi Niquette	1988–	Singers (Jen and Kat), lifestyle models	No	[295]

O

Kaitlin Olson, actress

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Colin O'Brady	1985–	Endurance athlete	No	[296]
Dan O'Brien	1966–	Olympic gold medalist	Yes	[297]
Bill O'Reilly	1949–	Political commentator, former news anchor	No	[298]
Broderick O'Farrell	1882–1955	Actor	Yes	[299]
Kevin O'Rourke	1956–	Actor	Yes	[11]
Bill Oakley	1966–	Writer	No	[300]
Jack Ohman	1960–	Editorial cartoonist of The Oregonian	No	[301]
Steve Olin	1965–1993	Major League Baseball pitcher	Yes	[302]
George Olsen	1893–1971	Bandleader	Yes	[303]
Kaitlin Olson	1975–	Actress, comedian	Yes	[304]
William Olvis	1958–2014	Composer	Yes
Mark Orton		Film score composer	No
William Overton		Co-founder of Portland	Yes	[305]

P

Linus Pauling, chemist and peace activist

Orlando Plummer, physician and politician

Jane Powell, actress and singer

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Keith Packard	1963–	Software developer	No
Bettie Page	1923–2008	Pin-up model	No	[306]
Chuck Palahniuk	1962–	Author	No	[307]
Robert B. Pamplin	1911–2009	Businessman	No	[308]
Jiggs Parrott	1871–1891	Major League Baseball infielder	Yes	[309]
Tom Parrott	1868–1932	Major League Baseball pitcher	Yes	[310]
Dennis Patera	1945–	NFL player	Yes	[311]
Ken Patera	1942–	Olympic weightlifter	Yes	[312]
Virginia Patton	1925–2022	Actress, businesswoman	No	[313]
Linus Pauling	1901–1994	Double Nobel Prize-winning chemist	Yes	[314]
George Anson Pease	1830–1919	Steamboat captain	No	[315]
Lute Pease	1869–1963	Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist	No	[316]
Jack Pennick	1895–1964	Actor	Yes	[317]
Edward J. Perkins	1928–2020	Diplomat	No	[318]
Johnny Pesky	1919–2012	Major League Baseball player (Boston Red Sox)	Yes	[319]
Susan Peters	1921–1952	Actress	No	[320]
Buddy Peterson	1925–2007	Baseball player	Yes	[321]
Tom Peterson	1930–2016	Television personality	No	[112]
Samuel B. Pettengill	1886–1974	Politician	Yes	[322]
James Phelan	1892–1974	Football player, coach	No	[323]
Henry F. Phillips	1890–1958	Inventor of the Phillips-head screw	Yes	[324]
Hollie Pihl	1928–2018	Judge	Yes	[325]
Mitch Pileggi	1952–	Actor	Yes	[11]
Roddy Piper	1954–2015	Wrestler	No	[326]
Joe Plummer		Rock drummer, percussionist	No	[327]
Orlando Plummer	1836–1913	Physician, politician	No	[328]
Bill Plympton	1946–	Animator, illustrator	Yes	[329]
Justine W. Polier	1903–1987	First female judge in New York	Yes	[330]
Daniel A. Poling	1884–1968	Clergyman	Yes	[331]
Erika Polmar		Entrepreneur and activist		[332]
Paul Popham	1941–1987	War veteran, gay rights activist	No	[333]
Tom Potter	1940–	Former police chief and mayor of Portland	No	[334]
Gap Powell	1898–1989	Professional football player	Yes	[335]
Jane Powell	1929–2021	Actress, singer	Yes	[336]
Maudie Prickett	1914–1976	Actress	Yes	[337]

R

Ruth Radelet, musician and singer, Chromatics

John Reed, journalist

Mark Rothko, expressionist painter

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Ruth Radelet	1982–	Musician (Chromatics)	Yes	[338]
Ahmad Rashad	1949–	NFL player	Yes	[112]
Justin Rattner		Intel executive	No
Johnnie Ray	1927–1990	Singer	No	[339]
Max Records	1997–	Actor	Yes	[11]
John Reed	1887–1920	Journalist	Yes	[287]
Holiday Reinhorn	1964–	Writer	Yes	[340]
Mel Renfro	1941–	NFL defensive back	No	[341]
Rozz Rezabek	1960–	Punk singer (Negative Trend, Theatre of Sheep)	Yes	[342]
Kim Rhodes	1969–	Actress	Yes	[11]
Frank Rice	1892–1936	Actor	No	[343]
Jeff Richards	1924–1989	Actor, baseball player	Yes	[344]
Burton Richardson	1949–	Television announcer	Yes
Mike Richardson	1950–	Publisher, founder of Dark Horse Comics	Yes	[345]
Lolita Ritmanis	1962–	Film composer	Yes	[346]
Terry Robb	1956–	Guitarist	No	[347]
Clete Roberts	1912–1984	Newscaster, actor	Yes	[348]
Robert Robideau	1946–2009	Native American rights activist	Yes	[349]
John Robison	1985–	Actor	Yes	[11]
Cleveland S. Rockwell	1837–1907	Cartographer, artist	No	[350]
Josef Rösch	1925–2016	Physician, radiologist	No	[351]
Raina Rose	1982–	Folk singer	No	[352]
Keri Rosebraugh		Artist	Yes	[353]
Louis Conrad Rosenberg	1890–1983	Printmaker	Yes	[354]
Alex Ross	1970–	Comic artist	Yes	[355]
Marv Ross	1951–	Musician (Quarterflash)	Yes	[356]
Rindy Ross	1951–	Singer, musician (Quarterflash)	Yes	[356]
Mark Rothko	1903–1970	Artist	No	[54]
Aaron Rowand	1970–	NFL player	Yes	[357]
Greg Rucka	1969–	Novelist, comic writer	No	[358]
Galen Rupp	1986–	Olympic distance runner	Yes	[359]
Pat Russell	1923–2021	Los Angeles City Council member	Yes
Rick Rydell	1963–	Writer, talk show host	No	[360]
Nancy Ryles	1937–1990	Politician	Yes	[361]

S

Alexandra Savior, singer-songwriter

Norton Simon, billionaire industrialist

Elliott Smith, musician

Esperanza Spalding, multi-Grammy winning musician

Mary Jane Spurlin, first female judge in Oregon

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Domantas Sabonis	1996-	Professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings	Yes
Joe Sacco	1960–	Graphic novel journalist	No
Katee Sackhoff	1980–	Actress	Yes	[362]
Greg Sage	1952–	Musician, singer (Wipers)	No	[363]
Alberto Salazar	1958–	Olympic track athlete, coach until he was banned for life	No
Curtis Salgado	1954–	Singer	No
Mary F. Sammons	1954–	Businesswoman, former CEO of Rite Aid and Fred Meyer	Yes	[364]
Rick Sanders	1945–1972	Freestyle wrestler, World Champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist	Yes
Alexandra Savior	1995–	Singer-songwriter	Yes	[365]
Rebecca Schaeffer	1967–1989	Actress	No	[366]
Anne Schedeen	1949–	Actress	Yes	[367]
Monte Scheinblum	1967–	Long-driving golf champion	Yes	[368]
Dan Schmid	1962–	Musician	Yes
Gerald Schwartz	1941–	Mathematician	Yes
Randal L. Schwartz	1961–	Author, convicted computer criminal	Yes
Gordon Scott	1926–2007	Actor	Yes	[369]
Harvey W. Scott	1838–1910	Publisher	No	[370]
Leslie M. Scott	1878–1968	Politician, historian	Yes	[371]
Ynez Seabury	1907–1973	Actress	Yes	[372]
Daniel Seavey	1999–	Musician, contestant of American Idol	Yes
Gwenn Seemel	1981–	Artist	No	[373]
Della Sehorn	1927–2001	Olympic swimmer	Yes	[374]
Richie Sexson	1974–	Major League Baseball player	Yes
Susan Shadburne	1942–2018	Filmmaker	Yes	[375]
Ari Shapiro	1978–	Journalist	No	[376]
David Shipley	1963–	Journalist, editor of Bloomberg View, formerly The New York Times	Yes	[377]
Floyd Simmons	1925–1996	Football player	Yes
Danny Simon	1918–2005	Television writer	No	[378]
Norton Simon	1907–1993	Billionaire industrialist	Yes	[379]
Christine Sinclair	1983-	Canadian soccer player	No
Jacques Singer	1910–1980	Violinist, conductor of the Oregon Symphony (1962–1972)	No
Lori Singer	1957–	Actress, cellist	No	[380]
Ernst Skarstedt	1857–1929	Author	No
Joseph A. Sladen	1841–1911	Union Army recipient of the Medal of Honor	No	[381]
Elliott Smith	1969–2003	Musician	No	[382]
Harry Everett Smith	1923–1991	Archivist, ethnomusicologist	Yes	[383]
Lawrence Leighton Smith	1936–2013	Conductor	Yes	[384]
Marie Smith	1898–1991	Activist	No	[385]
Esperanza Spalding	1984–	Musician	Yes	[287]
Tom Spanbauer	1946–	Author	No
Erik Spoelstra	1970–	NBA coach	No	[287]
Mary Jane Spurlin	1883–1970	First female judge in Oregon	No	[386]
Matthew Stadler	1959–	Author	No
William Stafford	1914–1993	Poet	No
Katy Steding	1967–	Basketball player, head coach at Boston University	Yes	[52]
Bob Steele	1907–1988	Actor	Yes	[387]
Dave Stevens	1955–2008	Illustrator, comic artist	No	[388]
Melvin Storer	1921–2003	United States Navy shipfitter	Yes	[389]
Tempest Storm	1928–2021	Burlesque dancer	No
Damon Stoudamire	1973–	NBA player, coach	Yes	[390]
Salim Stoudamire	1982–	NBA player	Yes
Steven Strauss		Author and lawyer	No	[391]
Cheryl Strayed	1968–	Author, essayist	No	[392]
Brenda Strong	1960–	Actress	Yes	[393]
Arthur Dewey Struble	1894–1983	United States admiral	Yes	[394]
Sally Struthers	1947–	Actress	Yes	[395]
Ndamukong Suh	1987–	NFL player	Yes
Jon Micah Sumrall	1980–	Singer, musician (Kutless)	No

T

Tommy Thayer, lead guitarist of KISS

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Deb Talan	1968–	Singer-songwriter (The Weepies)	No
Simon Tam	1981–	Musician (The Slants)	No
Jason Tanamor	1975–	Author	No	[396]
Ruth Taylor	1905–1984	Actress	No	[397]
Thelma Taylor	1933–1949	Murder victim	Yes	[398]
Courtney Taylor-Taylor	1967–	Musician	Yes
James Terwilliger	1809–1892	Pioneer, namesake of Terwilliger Boulevard	No	[399]
Maria Thayer	1975–	Actress	Yes	[400]
Tommy Thayer	1960–	Musician (Kiss)	Yes	[401]
Twinka Thiebaud	1945–	Model	No	[402]
Craig Thompson	1975–	Graphic novelist	No
Chiye Tomihiro	1924–2012	Japanese-American activist	Yes
Barbara Thorne Stevenson	1909–1985	Soprano	Yes
Kirk Thornton	1956–	Voice actor	Yes
Tori	1964–	Bodybuilder	Yes
Linus Torvalds	1969–	Organizer of Linux operating system kernel	No
Michael Totten	1970-	Foreign correspondent, writer	No
Vecepia Towery	1965–	Winner of Survivor: Marquesas	Yes	[403]
Pennie Lane Trumbull	1954–	Socialite	Yes	[404]
Corin Tucker	1972–	Musician (Sleater-Kinney)	No
Richmond K. Turner	1885–1961	U.S. Navy admiral	Yes	[405]
Wayne Twitchell	1948–2010	Major League Baseball player	Yes

U

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Ime Udoka	1977–	NBA player, coach	Yes	[406]
Mfon Udoka	1976–	WNBA player	Yes	[52]
Sara Jean Underwood	1984–	Playboy Playmate, model	Yes	[407]
Andrea U'Ren	1968–	Children's author, illustrator	No

V

Gus Van Sant, filmmaker

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Gus Van Sant	1952–	Filmmaker	No	[408]
Gino Vannelli	1952-	Singer-songwriter	No	[409]
Laura Veirs	1973–	Singer-songwriter	No	[287]
Will Vinton	1947–2018	Claymation animator	No	[410]
Nicole Vogel		Publisher, author	No	[411]
Tim Vollmer	1946–	Olympic discus thrower	Yes	[412]
Howard Vollum	1913–1986	Engineer, founder of Tektronix	Yes	[413]
Robert Vosper	1913–1994	Librarian (UCLA, University of Kansas)	Yes	[414]

W

Lindsay Wagner, actress

Nancy Wilson, singer and guitarist of Heart

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Lindsay Wagner	1949–	Actress	No	[415]
Chris Walla	1975–	Musician (Death Cab for Cutie)	No	[416]
Fred Walton	1949–	Film director	No	[417]
Abby Wambach	1980–	Soccer player	No	[210]
M. Ward	1973–	Musician	No	[210]
Dominic Waters	1986–	Basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League	Yes
Michaela Watkins	1971–	Comedian, actress	No	[418]
Marie Watt	1967–	Sculptor	No
Danny Way	1974–	Professional skateboarder	Yes	[419]
Henry Weinhard	1830–1904	Brewer	No	[420]
Janet Weiss	1965–	Drummer (Sleater-Kinney)	No	[421]
Claxton Welch	1947–	NFL player	Yes	[422]
E. Henry Wemme	1861–1914	Businessman	No	[423]
Paul Wexler	1929–1979	Actor	Yes
Philip Whalen	1923–2012	Poet	Yes	[424]
Nancy Whang	1977–	Musician (LCD Soundsystem)	Yes	[425]
Ted Wheeler	1962–	Mayor of Portland	Yes
Minor White	1908–1976	Photographer	No
Morris H. Whitehouse	1878–1944	Architect	Yes	[426]
Andrew Wiederhorn	1966–	Entrepreneur	Yes	[427]
Brad Wilk	1968–	Drummer (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)	Yes	[428]
Nancy Wilson	1954–	Musician (Heart)	No	[429]
David Wolman		Author, journalist	No	[430]
Carolyn Wood	1945–	Olympic swimmer	Yes	[52]
Charles Erskine Scott Wood	1852–1944	Author, civil liberties advocate	No	[431]
Randall Woodfield	1950–	Serial killer known as the I-5 Killer	No	[432]
Martin Wong	1949–1999	Painter	Yes	[433]
Renn Woods	1958–	Actress	No	[434]
Thomas H. Wright	1873–1928	Electrician, teacher	No	[435]
Ron Wyden	1949-	U.S. senator; former U.S. congressman	Yes	[436]
Anthony Wynn	1962–	Playwright	No

Y

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
John Yeon	1910–1994	Architect	Yes	[437]
Harold Young	1897–1970	Film and theater director	Yes	[438]
Joan Young	1937–1985	Actress	Yes	[439]
Lidia Yuknavitch	1963–	Writer	No	[440]
Yeat	2000–	Rapper	No	[441]

Z

Suzanne Zimmerman, Olympic swimmer

Person	Lifespan	Notability	Born	Ref.
Mariel Zagunis	1985–	Two-time Olympic gold medalist in fencing	Yes	[52]
Richard Zander	1964–	Figure skater	Yes	[442]
Alexandra Zapp	1971–2002	Murder victim	Yes	[443]
Suzanne Zimmerman	1925–2021	Olympic silver medalist swimmer	Yes	[52]
Peter Zuckerman	1979–	Journalist	No	[444]
Mark Zusman	1954–	Publisher	No	[445]