List of people from Portland, Oregon
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The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Portland, Oregon. A separate list of people from Oregon is available.
- Obo Addy, worldbeat musician
- Brad Adkins, artist
- Art Alexakis, member of Everclear
- Goli Ameri, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Debra Arlyn, singer-songwriter
- Garner Ted Armstrong, televangelist
- Ray Atkeson (1907 – 1990), wilderness photographer
- Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear
- Thomas J. Autzen, plywood manufacturing innovator, Autzen Stadium benefactor
- Lance Bangs, artist, filmmaker
- Terry Baker, athlete, 1962 Heisman trophy winner, attorney
- James Beard, food expert
- Jona Bechtolt, musician
- Pietro Belluschi, architect
- Brian Michael Bendis, comic book writer
- Simon Benson, philanthropist, logging innovator
- Becca Bernstein, artist
- Mel Blanc, voice actor best known as voice of Bugs Bunny
- Lance Blankenship, retired Major League Baseball player and World Series Champion
- Earl Blumenauer, Democratic U.S. representative
- Bosko
- Chuck Bown and Jim Bown, NASCAR drivers
- Chris Botti, internationally renowned trumpeter and composer
- Terrell Brandon, NBA all star
- Matt Braunger, Standup comedian
- Thom Bray, Riptide actor
- Isaac Brock, co-founder and frontman of Modest Mouse
- Mel Brown, R&B and jazz drummer
- Carrie Brownstein, musician, guitarist with Sleater-Kinney
- Louise Bryant, journalist and writer
- John Callahan, cartoonist
- William W. Chapman, U.S. politician
- Clive Charles, soccer coach
- Beverly Cleary, children's stories author
- Brad Cloepfil, architect
- Henry Waldo Coe, frontier physician and politician
- Scott Coffey, filmmaker, writer, and actor
- Colleen Coover, comic book artist
- John H. Couch, sea captain and early merchant who platted the Portland's NW alphabet district
- Joseph Buford Cox, chainsaw chain inventor
- Tom Cramer, artist
- Larry Crane, publisher of Tape Op
- Dan Cunneen, musician
- Ward Cunningham, inventor of wiki
- Walt Curtis, poet and novelist
- Chuck Currie, United Church of Christ clergy and long-time homeless advocate
- Michael Curry, costume designer for The Lion King, and designer of the 2002 and 1996 Olympics opening ceremonies
- Farel Dalrymple, comic book artist
- Britt Daniel, musician best known as the lead singer of Spoon
- Valerie Day, member of Nu Shooz
- Walter "Walt" Dawson, political lobbyist
- Kate Deines, professional soccer player for the Atlanta Beat
- Paul deLay, blues harmonica player
- Richard Diebenkorn, painter
- Michael Doleac, former NBA player
- Abigail Scott Duniway, radical, suffragist, and publisher/editor of Portland newspaper The New Northwest
- Katherine Dunn, author, Geek Love
- Mike Dunleavy, Jr., Jesuit H.S. and NBA Indiana Pacers player
- Dick Egan, baseball player
- Sam Elliott, actor
- Carson Ellis, illustrator and wife of Colin Meloy
- Rick Emerson, radio personality
- Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse
- Marie Equi, physician and anarchist
- Jack Faust, attorney and host of KATU's Town Hall
- Shirley Adele Field, Oregon legislator and judge
- Harrell Fletcher, artist
- Brad Fitzpatrick, creator of LiveJournal
- Dick Fosbury, high jumper, inventor of the Fosbury Flop
- Black Francis, musician, and founder of Pixies
- Boaz Frankel, host and creator of Clips & Quips
- Alex Frost, actor
- C. Gordon Fullerton, astronaut and member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Elizabeth Furse, U.S. Congresswoman
- Clark Gable, film actor, best known for Gone with the Wind
- Robert Lee Ghormley, World War II naval officer
- James Gleason,[citation needed] Hollywood character actor and writer
- Rodney Glisan, U.S. Army surgeon on the Oregon frontier
- Molly Gloss, author
- Jeremiah Godby, ultramarathon runner
- Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos), artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint[1]
- Jacob Golden, musician
- A. C. Green, former NBA player
- Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, Futurama and Life In Hell
- Sean Healy, artist multimedia
- Sally Haley, artist and painter
- Tonya Harding, controversial figure skater and boxer
- Katie Harman, Miss America 2002
- Joey Harrington, NFL quarterback
- Lou Harrison, composer
- Michael Allen Harrison, musician
- Steve Havelka, creator of Pokey the Penguin
- Ernest Haycox, writer
- Todd Haynes, filmmaker
- Dana Heitman, musician
- Susan Helms, astronaut (actually born in North Carolina, but spent most of her childhood in Portland, and considers it her hometown)
- Joe Hill, radical labor activist
- Stewart Holbrook, author and artist
- Matt Hollywood, musician
- Peter Holmstrom, musician
- Bill Hudson, musician, singer/songwriter, producer
- Brett Hudson, musician, singer/songwriter, producer
- Mark Hudson, musician, singer/songwriter, producer
- William Hurt, Academy Award winning actor
- ILLmacuLate, musician
- Peter Jacobsen, golfer
- Gary Jarman, musician, singer/songwriter
- Jeff Jahn, curator, critic and artist
- Chris Johanson, artist
- Fred Jones, former Portland Trail Blazers player, 2004 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Champion
- Scott Jones, NFL offensive guard
- Miranda July, performance artist, filmmaker
- Louis Kaufman, violinist
- The Kingsmen, musicians, best known for "Louie Louie"
- Phil Knight, entrepreneur, co-founder of Nike, Inc.
- Ben Hur Lampman, writer, editor at The Oregonian, Oregon poet laureate
- Storm Large, singer, fronts the band Storm and the Balls, contestant on Rock Star: Supernova
- Thomas M. Lauderdale, musician, Pink Martini
- Ursula K. Le Guin, science fiction/fantasy author
- Norman Leyden, arranger, conductor, clarinetist
- Mickey Lolich, major league baseball pitcher
- Courtney Love, musician and actress
- Richard A. Lovett, science fiction author
- Shannon MacMillan, U.S. soccer player
- Stephen Malkmus, band member of Pavement
- Robert Mann, violinist, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet
- Phillip Margolin, writer and lawyer
- Leanne Marshall, winner of the 5th season of the television series Project Runway.
- Blair Mastbaum, novelist of Clay's Way and Us Ones In Between.
- Ana Matronic, singer
- Les McClaine, comic artist (The Middleman, The Tick The New Series), comic writer/artist of Eisner Nominated Jonny Crossbones
- Dallas McKennon, voice actor best known as voices of Gumby, Pokey, Archie Andrews, Tony the Tiger
- Mike and Brian McMenamin, brewpub owners
- Carlton Mellick III, bizarro fiction author
- Colin Meloy, musician, singer/songwriter, leader of The Decemberists
- James Mercer, musician, singer/songwriter, leader of The Shins
- Noah Mickens, producer, director, actor; ringmaster of Wanderlust Circus
- Tiffeny Milbrett, U.S. soccer player
- Don Miller, author
- Bob Mionske, attorney and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer
- Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, former MTV VJ 1992–1996
- Lee Morse, Jazz/blues singer/songwriter, Broadway actress of the 1920s–1940s.
- Cris Moss, curator and artist
- George Harry Mullin, PPCLI VC MM, World War l veteran and Victoria Cross winner
- Ona Munson, actress in Gone with the Wind
- Dale Murphy, former Atlanta Braves star
- Bill Naito, businessman
- Scout Niblett, musician
- Bill Oakley, writer
- Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian.
- Michael Paul Oman-Reagan, artist
- Chuck Palahniuk, writer, author of Fight Club, and idiosyncratic guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
- Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize-winning chemist
- Johnny Pesky, iconic Boston Red Sox baseball player
- Henry F. Phillips, inventor of the Phillips-head screw
- Mitch Pileggi, actor, best known for playing FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on the TV series The X-Files
- Roddy Piper, professional wrestler
- Orlando Plummer, physician and politician
- Tom Potter, former police chief and mayor (2005–2008)
- Jane Powell, actress/singer
- Ahmad Rashad, former NFL player, television personality
- Justin Rattner, Intel Executive
- Johnnie Ray, musician
- Max Records, actor
- John Reed, journalist
- Mel Renfro, defensive back for Dallas Cowboys
- Rozz Rezabek, punk pioneer and vocalist for early Negative Trend and Theatre of Sheep
- Kim Rhodes, actress, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, As the World Turns, Another World
- Raina Rose, folksinger
- Alex Ross, comic book artist
- Mark Rothko, artist
- Aaron Rowand, professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
- Greg Rucka, novelist and comic book writer
- Galen Rupp, Olympic distance runner
- Pat Russell (born 1923) Los Angeles City Council member, 1969–87
- Rick Rydell, outdoors writer, novelist, and radio talk show host
- Joe Sacco, graphic novel journalist
- Katee Sackhoff, actress, Battlestar Galactica (2003) and Bionic Woman (2007)
- Greg Sage, punk musician
- Alberto Salazar, Olympic athlete, marathoner, coach
- Curtis Salgado, soul singer
- Rebecca Schaeffer, actress, whose murder in 1989 led to anti-stalking laws
- Anne Schedeen, actress, ALF
- Monte Scheinblum, 1992 U.S. and world long driving golf champion[2]
- Dan Schmid, musician
- Randal L. Schwartz, author of Perl programming books and magazine articles, and controversially convicted computer criminal
- Danny Simon, television writer
- Ernst Skarstedt, Swedish born author
- Elliott Smith, musician
- Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor
- Harry Everett Smith, archivist, ethnomusicologist
- Tom Spanbauer, author
- Matthew Stadler, author
- William Stafford, poet
- Dan Steffan, cartoonist
- Damon Stoudamire, former Portland Trail Blazer, assistant coach for Memphis Grizzlies
- Salim Stoudamire, Atlanta Hawks NBA player
- Sally Struthers, actress
- Ndamukong Suh, American football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
- Jon Micah Sumrall, lead singer of the Christian rock band Kutless
- Deb Talan, singer-songwriter, member of The Weepies
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor, musician
- Tommy Thayer, musician, guitarist for KISS
- Craig Thompson, graphic novelist
- Kirk Thornton, notable voice actor
- Linus Torvalds, organizer of the Linux operating system kernel
- Michael Totten, writer, foreign correspondent
- Corin Tucker, musician, guitarist with Sleater-Kinney
- Gus Van Sant, filmmaker
- Laura Veirs, folk singer-songwriter
- Angela Via, singer-songwriter
- Will Vinton, claymation animator
- Lindsay Wagner, actress best known for The Bionic Woman
- Chris Walla, musician, guitarist of Death Cab for Cutie
- Marie Watt, contemporary sculptor
- Janet Weiss, musician, drummer with Sleater-Kinney
- E. Henry Wemme, businessman
- Minor White, influential photographer
- Brad Wilk, Portland-born drummer of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
- Martin Wong, Portland-born painter
- Anthony Wynn, author
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