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
See also
Web links
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