List of personalities of the city of Portland

The list of personalities of the city of Portland includes people who were born in Portland , Oregon , as well as those who worked in Portland without being born here. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Portland Born Personalities

To 1900

Julius Meier (1874–1937), politician
Frederick W. Mulkey (1874-1924), politician
Rufus C. Holman (1877-1959), politician
John Kenneth Turner (1879–1948), publicist, journalist and author
Lindon Bates (1883–1915), local politician, engineer and author
Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), photographer
Robert L. Ghormley (1883–1958), Vice Admiral in the US Navy in World War II
Robert Sears (1884–1979), fencer
Forrest Smithson (1884–1962), track and field athlete
Richmond K. Turner (1885–1961), US Navy Admiral
John Reed (1887-1920), journalist
Franklin F. Korell (1889–1965), politician
Douglas McKay (1893-1959), politician
George Olsen (1893–1971), drummer
Mary Jane Carr (1895–1988), journalist and writer
Jack Pennick (1895–1964), film actor
Norman Ross (1896–1953), swimmer
John Hubert Hall (1899–1970), politician
Byron Haskin (1899–1984), film and television director, cameraman and producer
Paul Hugh Emmett (1900–1985), physical chemist

1901 to 1920

Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), chemist
James Beard (1903–1985), cook
Ona Munson (1903–1955), actress
Kressmann Taylor (1903-1996), writer
Mayo Methot (1904–1951), actress
Glen H. Taylor (1904–1984), politician and entrepreneur
Julia Butler Hansen (1907–1988), politician
Norton Winfred Simon (1907–1993), art collector
Bob Steele (1907–1988), actor
Russell Gleason (1907-1945), actor
Arthur Dake (1910-2000), chess player
Bill Bowerman (1911–1999), athletics coach and entrepreneur
Walter H. Barkas (1912–1969), Professor of Physics at the University of California, Riverside
Moulton Taylor (1912–1995), aircraft engineer
George Dantzig (1914-2005), mathematician
Wilfrid Dixon (1915-2008), statistician
Kenneth May (1915–1977), mathematician
Midge Williams (1915-1952), jazz singer
Lou Harrison (1917-2003), composer
Frank Armi (1918–1992), racing car driver
Phil Moore (1918–1987), jazz pianist, composer, arranger and orchestra leader
Johnny Pesky (1919–2012), baseball player
Bob Johnson (1920-1993), voice actor
Robert Mann (1920–2018), violinist, conductor, composer and music teacher
John Henry Merryman (1920–2015), lawyer

1921 to 1940

Jeanne M. Holm (1921-2010), Major General
Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), painter
Victor G. Atiyeh (1923–2014), politician
Harriet Frank Jr. (1923-2020), screenwriter
David L. Hoggan (1923–1988), historian
Dika Newlin (1923–2006), composer, musicologist and teacher
Gordon Reid (1923–1952), racing driver
Lee Dorsey (1924-1986), singer
Hugh Gallen (1924–1982), politician
Derroll Adams (1925-2000), folk singer
Robert L. Benson (1925–1996), historian
Douglas C. Engelbart (1925–2013), computer technician and inventor
Allen Forte (1926–2014), musicologist and theorist
Brockman Adams (1927-2004), politician
Jim Elliot (1927-1956), missionary
Dell Hymes (1927–2009), linguist and anthropologist
Don Manning (1927–2014), jazz musician and radio presenter
Gordon Scott (1927-2007), actor
Lorraine Geller (1928–1958), jazz pianist
William Smith (1928-2018), wrestler
Rachel Ames (born 1929), actress
Rod Levitt (1929–2007), jazz trombonist and composer
Jane Powell (born 1929), actress
Robert Freeman Smith (born 1931), politician
Bob Packwood (born 1932), politician
Ray Dolby (1933–2013), engineer and inventor
David E. Jeremiah (1934-2013), Admiral
Kenny Hing (1935–2019), jazz musician
Donald P. Hodel (* 1935), politician
Al Hood (≈1936–2003), jazz pianist and composer
Daniel S. Kemp (1936–2020), chemist and professor at MIT
Warren M. Washington (born 1936), meteorologist
Ernie Carson (1937–2012), jazz musician
Virginia Euwer Wolff (* 1937), writer
Philip Knight (* 1938), entrepreneur
Douglas Leedy (1938–2015), composer, conductor, horn player, harpsichordist, singer and music teacher
Stanley David Griggs (1939-1989), astronaut
Patricia Schroeder (* 1940), politician

1941 to 1960

Glen Moore (* 1941), jazz musician
Paul Staiger (* 1941), painter
Les AuCoin (* 1942), politician
Kim Lundgren (* 1942), founder of Air Berlin
Kenneth Patera (born 1942), weightlifter and wrestler
John L. Casti (* 1943), mathematician
Burt Rutan (* 1943), aerospace engineer
Richard Greenblatt (* 1944), computer scientist
Tom Grant (* 1946), jazz musician
Kathy Kriger (1946–2018), diplomat and restaurant owner in Casablanca
Bill Plympton (born 1946), animator and director
Martin Wong (1946–1999), painter
Dick Fosbury (born 1947), track and field athlete
Drew Struzan (* 1947), artist and illustrator
Claxton Welch (born 1947), American football player
Earl Blumenauer (* 1948), politician
Sally Struthers (born 1948), actress
Anne Schedeen (born 1949), actress
John Callahan (1951-2010), cartoonist and musician
Mark Weber (* 1951), history revisionist
Carter F. Ham (* 1952), General in the US Army
Paul deLay (1952–2007), singer and harmonica player
Mitch Pileggi (born 1952), actor
Barbara Niven (* 1953), actress
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (* 1953), management consultant
Bruce Abbott (born 1954), actor
Matt Groening (born 1954), inventor of the cartoon series The Simpsons and Futurama
Margaux Hemingway (1954–1996), actress and model
Marco Eneidi (1956-2016), alto saxophonist
Greg Joy (* 1956), Canadian high jumper
Kevin O'Rourke (born 1956), actor
Page Hamilton (* 1960), musician and guitarist
Tommy Thayer (* 1960), musician and guitarist

1961 to 1980

Chris Botti (* 1962), jazz trumpeter
David DeCoteau (* 1962), film director and film producer
Kory Tarpenning (* 1962), pole vaulter
AC Green (born 1963), basketball player
Dan Reed (* 1963), musician and actor
Richard Zander (* 1964), figure skater
Jill Walsh (1965–2012), singer and songwriter
Art Barr (1966-1994), wrestler
Dan O'Brien (born 1966), decathlete
Rebecca Schaeffer (1967–1989), film actress and photo model
Kathleen Hanna (* 1968), musician, feminist activist and author
Brad Wilk (born 1968), drummer
Michelle Clunie (born 1969), actress
Kim Rhodes (born 1969), actress
Zeb Atlas (* 1970), porn actor, bodybuilder and model
Tonya Harding (* 1970), figure skater
John McEntire (* 1970), drummer, multi-instrumentalist and producer
Alex Ross (* 1970), comic artist
Tiffeny Milbrett (* 1972), soccer player
Damon Stoudamire (born 1973), basketball player
Laura Allen (* 1974), actress
Danny Way (* 1974), skateboarder
Kaitlin Olson (born 1975), actress
Ben Crane (born 1976), professional golfer
Jill Bakken (* 1977), bobsleigh athlete
Cade McNown (born 1977), American football player
Joel David Moore (born 1977), actor
Ime Udoka (born 1977), basketball player
K'Zell Wesson (born 1977), basketball player
Erin Chambers (* 1979), actress
Doug Ollerenshaw (* 1979), cyclist
Justin Spinelli (* 1979), racing cyclist
Chris Leben (* 1980), mixed martial arts fighter
Travis Parrott (born 1980), tennis player
Katee Sackhoff (born 1980), actress

From 1981

Bret Harrison (born 1982), actor
Michael Cassidy (born 1983), actor
Esperanza Spalding (* 1984), jazz musician
Ronnie Brewer (born 1985), basketball player
John Robinson (born 1985), actor
Jack Hillen (* 1986), ice hockey player
Galen Rupp (* 1986), long-distance runner
Marissa Coleman (born 1987), basketball player
Alex Frost (born 1987), actor
Ndamukong Suh (born 1987), American football player
Ashton Eaton (* 1988), decathlete
Ryan Bailey (born 1989), sprinter
Kimberly Hill (* 1989), volleyball player
Sho Yano (* 1990), child prodigy
Nicole Glover (1991), jazz musician
Terrence Ross (born 1991), basketball player
Terrence Jones (born 1992), basketball player
Jessa Rhodes (* 1993), porn actress
Abby Smith (born 1993), soccer player
Katerina Tannenbaum (* 1993), actress and model
Martenne Bettendorf (* 1994), volleyball player
Domantas Sabonis (* 1996), Lithuanian basketball player

Known Portland residents

Charles Martin (1863–1946), governor
Robert B. Duncan (1920–2011), politician
George Herman (* 1928), writer, director and playwright
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), writer
Dave Frishberg (* 1933), journalist and jazz musician
Kwon Jae-hwa (* 1937), Taekwondo Grand Master
Arnold Mindell (* 1940), psychotherapist and writer
Jim Pepper (1941-1992), jazz musician
John Gross (* 1944), jazz musician
Larry Norman (1947–2008), singer and composer
Ron Wyden (* 1949), politician
Gus Van Sant (* 1952), film director, producer, photographer and musician
David Wu (* 1955), politician
Joe Sacco (* 1960), Maltese-American comic artist
Paul Gilbert (* 1966), rock musician
Stephen Malkmus (born 1966), singer
Laura Veirs (* 1973), singer
Ehren McGhehey (born 1976), stunt man and actor
Paul Gaustad (* 1982), ice hockey player
Matthew Tegenkamp (* 1982), long-distance runner

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