thumb|Portland skyline at twilight
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.
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.
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thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Rachel Ames, actress]]
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| 2001-
| Baseball player
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| 1954–
| Actor
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| 1942–2015
| Diplomat
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| 1963–
| Comic book artist
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| 1963–
| Former mayor of Portland
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|1936–2012
|Musician
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! scope="row" |
| 1973–
| Artist
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! scope="row" |
| 1921–1997
| Playwright, screenwriter
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! scope="row"|
| 1893–1983
| Musicologist, composer
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! scope="row" |
| 1962–
| Musician
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1928–2015
| Clown, author
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1974–
| Actress
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! scope="row" |
| 1929–
| Actress
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! scope="row" |
| 1928–1957
| Actor
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! scope="row" |
| 1953–
| Major League Baseball player
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| 1897–1993
| Singer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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|
| Musician
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1941–2016
| Singer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1986–
| Singer-songwriter
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! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Cinematographer
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! scope="row" |
| 1930–2003
| Televangelist
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! scope="row"|
| 1929–1988
| Film director and editor
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! scope="row" |
| 1923–2014
| 32nd governor of Oregon
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| 1907–1990
| Photographer
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| 1819–1889
| Missionary
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! scope="row" |
| 1936–
| Author
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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! scope="row" |
| 1888–1958
| Plywood manufacturing innovator
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| style="text-align:center;"|
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thumb|right|upright=.8|[[James Beard, food expert]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Mel Blanc, voice actor]]
thumb|upright=.8|[[Peter Buck, lead guitarist of R.E.M.]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Louise Bryant, journalist]]
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! scope="row" |
| 2000–
| Actor
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|-
! scope="row" |
| 1941–
| Attorney, athlete
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1963–
| Actress
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1995–
| Model
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1860–1957
| One of first policewomen in the United States
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1972–
| Filmmaker
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |Daniel E. Barbey
|1989-1969
|U.S. Navy admiral
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1966–1994
| Professional wrestler
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924–2015
| Civil rights activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1873–1941
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1990–
| Lacrosse player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1931–1996
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1903–1985
| Food expert
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1980–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1923–1986
| Football player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1899–1994
| Architect
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
|1966–
|Soccer player
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1867–1943
| Architect
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1852–1942
| Philanthropist, logger
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1977–
| Artist
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 2005–
| Soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
|1939–2025
|Entrepreneur and tennis professional
|No
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
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| 1908–1989
| Voice actor
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1963–
| Major League Baseball player, World Series champion
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| style="text-align:center;" |
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! scope="row" |
| 1978–
| Filmmaker
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1974–
| Bodybuilder
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1969–
| Drummer
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1948–
| Democratic U.S. representative
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1920–2011
| Actor
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1841–1932
| Union soldier, founder of Boring, Oregon
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1962–
| Composer, trumpeter
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1970–
| NBA all-star
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1974–
| Standup comedian
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1954–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1975–
| Singer, frontman of Modest Mouse
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915–1999
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1954–
| NASCAR racer
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1960–
| NASCAR racer
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|1977–
|Soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1965–
| Professional basketball player
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Writer, editor
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1974–
| Musician, actor
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1985–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1977–
| Retired fencer
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1885–1936
| Journalist, writer
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| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1910–1995
| Politician, lawyer
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1956–
| Guitarist of R.E.M.
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1915–1989
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1953–
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1924–2009
| All-American girls professional baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1916–1937
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1913–1964
| Actress, art collector
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1950–
|Musician, master Irish fiddler
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1923–2011
| Children's author, illustrator
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1895–1988
| Civil rights activist; first African-American to attend the University of Oregon
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|}
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thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Jean Carmen, actress]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Margaret Carter, politician]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Clive Charles, English-born soccer player and coach]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Gretchen Corbett, actress]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Ann Curry, journalist]]
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1951–2010
| Cartoonist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Artist, author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1998–
| Soccer player; represented Luxembourg
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1913–1993
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1897–1984
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1858–1917
| Publisher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1935–
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952–
| Actress, acting coach
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1983–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1979–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1808–1892
| Politician, lawyer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–2000
| Photographer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1951–2003
| British soccer player, coach
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1972-
| Pop artist
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1964–
| Classical soprano, director
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1906–2003
| Actress, singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1992–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1916–2021
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1956–
| Architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1969–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1857–1927
| Physician, politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–
| Filmmaker, actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1807–1882
| Investor, militia officer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1987–
|WNBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925-1957
| Serial killer
|
| style=“text-align:center;”|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1898–1951
| Actor, director
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–2014
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1995–
| Olympic swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970–
| Soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1901–1961
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1972–
| Rapper, entertainer and radio personality
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1947–
| President of Compassion & Choices
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1969–
| Comic artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1915–2000
| Attorney, politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1947–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1827–1903
| Industrialist, U.S. senator
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1933–2021
| Olympic swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1811–1870
| Sea captain, co-founder of Portland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1910–1982
| Political activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–
| Sports media host
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1905–2002
| Entrepreneur, inventor of chainsaw chain
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1960–
| Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Publisher of Tape Op
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1992–
| Olympic shot putter and discus thrower
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1883–1976
| Photographer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Inventor of wiki
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1892–1967
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1956–
| Journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–
| Costume and puppet designer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1941–
| Poet, novelist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
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thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Aminé (rapper)|Aminé Daniel, rapper]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Beth Ditto, singer]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Abigail Scott Duniway, suffragist]]
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! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1895–1986
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1910–2000
| Chess Grandmaster
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1994–
| Rapper, musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1971–
| Musician, vocalist of Spoon
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1914—2005
|Mathematical scientist
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1930–2023
| Drag performer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1982–
| Political lobbyist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–
| Singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1877–1937
| Academic
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970–
| Comic writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1962–
| Filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1982–
| Professional soccer players
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952–2007
| Blues harmonica player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1946–
| Businessman, state representative
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1936–2013
| Director emeritus of orchestral studies at Juilliard School; director of Oregon Symphony
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Olympic rower
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1978–
| Ultrarunner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1975–
| Poet
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1922–1993
| Painter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1901–2004
| Law professor at University of Chicago
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1981–
| Singer-songwriter of Gossip
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1978–
| Basketball player, Portland Trail Blazers
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1979–
| Reality TV personality
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1977–
| NBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1924–1986
| R&B singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–
| Singer-songwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1928–2017
| Actress, wife of Hank Greenberg
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|1872–1968
|Painter, sculptor, and teacher; wife of Frank DuMond
|
|tyle="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1834–1915
| Suffragist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| NBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1945–2016
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}
E
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Ashton Eaton, decathlete]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Marie Equi, physician]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
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! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1943–
| NFL player, coach
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1988–
| Decathlete
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970–
| CEO of Stand for Children
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1884–1947
| Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1901–1968
| Crime boss
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1944–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1973–
| Radio personality
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–2013
| Inventor of computer mouse
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1872–1952
| Physician, anarchist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1902–1985
| Politician, mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1978–
| Olympic silver medalist in water polo
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1962–
| Sportscaster
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1948–
| Actor
|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
F
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Amparito Farrar, soprano concert singer]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Todd Field, actor and filmmaker]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1834–1898
| Banker, politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1893–1989
| Soprano concert singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1932–
| Attorney, broadcaster
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| World champion disc golfer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–1995
| Legislator, judge
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1964–
| Actor, filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1980–
| Creator of LiveJournal
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1967–
| Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1986–
| Actress
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1947–2023
| High jumper
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1879–1950
| Economist, first president of Reed College
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1975–
| Comic writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1890–1968
| Actress, singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| –1931
| Civic worker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1982–
| Host of Clips & Quips
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1889–1973
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1974–
| Meteorologist, WABC-TV New York
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1987–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1936–2013
| Astronaut, member of Astronaut Hall of Fame
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1983–
| Standup comedian
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1936–2021
| U.S. congresswoman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
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thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Clark Gable, actor]]
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Geretta Geretta, actress]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Gloria Grey, actress]]
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Woody Guthrie, singer-songwriter]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1901–1960
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1988–
| Major League Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1990–
|NFL player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1982–
| National Hockey League player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1958–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1896–1964
|Landscape architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1883–1958
|Naval officer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1966–
|Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1984–
| Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1940–1977
| First person executed in U.S. after reinstatement of capital punishment
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1903–1979
|Poet, dramatist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1908–1945
|Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1924-2020
| Founder of the Portland Trail Blazers
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1827–1890
| U.S. Army surgeon
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1944–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1988–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970s–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1905–1988
|Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1984–
| Professional boxer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1906–2000
|Pharmacologist, pioneer of chemotherapy
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1976–
|Photographer, cameraman of Ghost Adventures
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1947–
| First African-American woman elected to Oregon State Senate
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1915–1978
|Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1978–
|Olympic long-distance runner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1886–1953
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1938–2006
| Cinematographer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!Betty Evans Grayson
|(1925–1979)
|Softball pitcher
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–
| Retired NBA champion
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1910–1987
|Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1884–1945
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1936–2020
| Olympic middle-distance runner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1909–1947
|Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1954–
|Animator, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1912–1955
| Folk singer-songwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
H
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Creed C. Hammond, U.S. Army major general]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Kathleen Hanna, musician and feminist]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Margaux Hemingway, model and actress]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Christina Hendricks, actress]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1928–2005
|Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1944–
|U.S. federal judge
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1941–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1933–1988
|NBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1908–2007
|Painter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1874–1940
|Major general and chief of the National Guard Bureau
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1973–
|Sportswriter, film producer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Singer-songwriter (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1907–1988
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970–
| U.S. national champion and Olympic figure skater
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| Miss America 2002
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1978–
|NFL quarterback
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1983–
|NFL linebacker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1982–
|Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1887–1953
|Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1899–1984
|Filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1848–1935
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Creator of Pokey the Penguin
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1819–1881
| Physician, co-founder of Oregon Hospital for the Insane
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1899–1950
|Writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1961–
|Screenwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1961–
|Screenwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1961–
|Filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1966–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1958–
| Astronaut
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1954–1996
| Model, actress; granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1975–
|Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1920–1986
| Writer, journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1879–1915
| Labor activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1948–
|Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1940–2013
| Businessperson
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1905–1990
| Radio host, actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1893–1964
| Author, artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1819–1897
| Transportation mogul
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1973–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1852–1927
| Lawyer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 2002–
| Missing person
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1960–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1892–1934
| Journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Musician, father of Oliver and Kate Hudson
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1953–
| Musician, television producer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1951–
| Musician, record producer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1994–
| Major League Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1950–2022
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
I
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1986–
| Hip hop musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1989–
| Hip hop musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–2016
| Filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1865–1920
| Librarian, founder of Oregon Library Association
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| born ?
| Inventor, writer, producer, media executive, investor and financier
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
J
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1954–
| Pro-golfer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1933–2022
| Creator of jet ski
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1989–
| Distance runner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970–
| Art critic, historian, and curator
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1950–
| Olympic swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1909–1991
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1877–1944
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1955–2011
| Creator, founder of Apple
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Painter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1900–1985
| Major League Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1979–
| NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Champion
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1966–
| NFL offensive guard
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1992–
| NBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1956–
| High jumper
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1974–
| Filmmaker, performance artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
K
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[A. Thomas Kraabel, classics and Jewish history scholar]]
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Franklin F. Korell, U.S. congressman]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1905–1944
| Violinist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1977–
| Architect, artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1990–
| Chef, entrepreneur
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1972–
| Political commentator
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1914–2010
| Professor, president of California Polytechnic State University
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1958–2008
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1883–1928
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1876–1965
| Avant-garde artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1890–1911
| Heiress to Kerr Glass Company
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1946–2015
| Wildlife biologist, conservationist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1863–1947
| Academic, first chancellor of Oregon University System
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1975–
| Founder and CEO of MergerTech
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1983–
| Unicyclist known as the Unipiper
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1947–
| Activist, author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–2018
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1990–
| YouTube personality
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1938–
| Co-founder of Nike, Inc.
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1909–1981
| Publisher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1946–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1889–1965
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1934–2016
| Classics and Jewish history scholar
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1924–1987
| Printmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1974–
| Author, activist; wife of Chris Kyle
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
L
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Barbara La Marr, actress]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Ray Lampkin, boxer]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Hazel Ying Lee, pilot]]
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Courtney Love, musician and actress]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1896–1926
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1826–1893
| Businessman, industrialist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–2009
| Textile artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1948–
| Retired professional boxer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1896–1954
| Editor, Oregon poet laureate
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1950–2007
| Midget professional wrestler
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1961–
| Singer-songwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1855–1917
| Politician, physician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1969–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1899–1947
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–
| Conservative talk radio host
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–
| Actor; ex-husband of Olivia Newton-John
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1868–1939
| Architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1929–2018
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1893–1943
| Screenwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1886–1993
| First Chinese American woman registered to vote
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1912–1944
| First Chinese-American female military pilot
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1978–2006
| United States Navy SEAL
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! ! scope="row"|
|1925–2018
|Artist, sculptor
|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1853–1923
| Architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1964–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1917–2014
| Conductor, clarinetist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1864–1945
| German American architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–1987
| Engineer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1961–
| Documentarian
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| First professional abortion provider in Portland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1871–1958
| Journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1906–1942
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1940–
| Major League Baseball pitcher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–
| Football player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1987-
|Sex worker, author and freelance writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1839–1893
| Physician, co-founder of Oregon Hospital for the Insane
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1964–
| Actress, musician (Hole)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1931–2015
| New Hampshire State Senator, businessman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1953–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1855–1904
| Journalist, historian
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1979–
| Musician, writer, activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
M
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Richard Laurence Marquette, serial killer]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Rose McGowan, actress, director]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Mayo Methot, actress]]
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Isaiah Mustafa, actor and athlete]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1882–1935
| Songwriter and lyricist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1990–
|Rapper
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1974–
| U.S. soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1973–
| Composer, musician, producer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–2010
| Writer of young adult fiction
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1979–
| Playboy Playmate, actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1945–
| Activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Professor, sociologist, writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–2009
| Mrs. America 1957
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1966–
| Musician (Pavement)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1902–1993
| Stuntman, producer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1920–2018
| Violinist, founder of Juilliard String Quartet
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1991–
| Actor
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1946-
|Politician and businessman
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|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1944–
| Writer, lawyer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1934–
| Serial killer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| Winner of Project Runway, season 5
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1888–1969
| Actress, stuntwoman
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Artist, children's author
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1956–
|Fencer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1975–
|Author
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1974–
|Singer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"|
|1977–
|Comic artist
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1828–1891
|Publisher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1973–
|Actress, director
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1893–1959
|Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1915–1996
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1919–2009
|Voice actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1957–
| Brewpub owner, businessman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Brewpub owner, businessman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1988–
| Musician (Weyes Blood)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1926–2014
|Olympic swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
|Ringmaster of Wanderlust Circus
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1972–
|Soccer player, Olympic and World Cup champion
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1932–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1971–
|Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1954–
|Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1962–
|Attorney, Olympic bicycle racer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1974–
|Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1890–1957
|Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1983–
|Comic artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|1873–1942
|Writer
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1987–
|Drag queen, singer, actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1972–
| MTV VJ
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1908–1991
| Football player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1941–
|Jazz bassist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Wikipedia editor and organizer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1977–
| Actor, director
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1911–1991
| Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|1983–
|Artist
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1897–1954
|Singer-songwriter, actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Artist, curator
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1892–1963
| World War I veteran, Victoria Cross winner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1903–1955
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1914–1968
|Longshore worker, preservationist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1956–
|Major League Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1939–
|ESPN and ABC newscaster
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1974–
| Actor, athlete
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1991–
| Soccer player
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|}
N
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Bill Naito, businessman]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1983–
| NFL player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1898–1998
| Restaurateur
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–1996
| Businessman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–2006
| Composer, musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1966–
| Sportswriter, author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1973–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1943–
| Convicted criminal
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1988–
| Singers (Jen and Kat), lifestyle models
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
O
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Kaitlin Olson, actress]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1985–
| Endurance athlete
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1966–
| Olympic gold medalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Political commentator, former news anchor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1882–1955
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1956–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1960–
| Editorial cartoonist of The Oregonian
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1965–1993
| Major League Baseball pitcher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1893–1971
| Bandleader
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1975–
| Actress, comedian
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1958–2014
| Composer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Film score composer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Co-founder of Portland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
P
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Linus Pauling, chemist and peace activist]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Orlando Plummer, physician and politician]]
upright=.8|thumb|right|[[Jane Powell, actress and singer]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–
| Software developer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–2008
| Pin-up model
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1962–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1911–2009
| Businessman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1871–1891
| Major League Baseball infielder
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1868–1932
| Major League Baseball pitcher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1945–
| NFL player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1942–
| Olympic weightlifter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–2022
| Actress, businesswoman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1901–1994
| Double Nobel Prize-winning chemist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1830–1919
| Steamboat captain
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1869–1963
| Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1895–1964
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1928–2020
| Diplomat
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1919–2012
| Major League Baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1921–1952
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–2007
| Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1930–2016
| Television personality
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1892–1974
| Football player, coach
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1890–1958
| Inventor of the Phillips-head screw
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1928–2018
| Judge
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Rock drummer, percussionist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1836–1913
| Physician, politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1946–
| Animator, illustrator
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1903–1987
| First female judge in New York
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1884–1968
| Clergyman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
|Entrepreneur and activist
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1941–1987
| War veteran, gay rights activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1940–
| Former police chief and mayor of Portland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1898–1989
| Professional football player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1929–2021
| Actress, singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1880–1932
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1914–1976
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
Q
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%" | Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1999–
| Soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
R
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Ruth Radelet, musician and singer, Chromatics]]
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed, journalist]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Mark Rothko, expressionist painter]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1982–
| Musician (Chromatics)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| NFL player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1997–
|Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1941–
| NFL defensive back
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1960–
|Punk singer (Negative Trend, Theatre of Sheep)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1969–
|Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Television announcer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1950–
| Publisher, founder of Dark Horse Comics
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1962–
| Film composer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1956–
| Guitarist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1912–1984
| Newscaster, actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1946–2009
| Native American rights activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1985–
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–2016
| Physician, radiologist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1982–
| Folk singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1890–1983
| Printmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1970–
| Comic artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1951–
| Musician (Quarterflash)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1903–1970
| Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1969–
| Novelist, comic writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1986–
| Olympic distance runner
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–2021
| Los Angeles City Council member
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–
| Writer, talk show host
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1937–1990
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
S
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Alexandra Savior, singer-songwriter]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Norton Simon, billionaire industrialist]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Elliott Smith, musician]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Esperanza Spalding, multi-Grammy winning musician]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Mary Jane Spurlin, first female judge in Oregon]]
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! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1996-
| Professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1960–
| Graphic novel journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952–
| Musician, singer (Wipers)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1958–
| Olympic track athlete, coach until he was banned for life
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1954–
| Singer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1954–
|Businesswoman, former CEO of Rite Aid and Fred Meyer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1945–1972
| Freestyle wrestler, World Champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1995–
| Singer-songwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–1989
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–
| Long-driving golf champion
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1962–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1941–
| Mathematician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1961–
| Author, convicted computer criminal
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1926–2007
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1838–1910
| Publisher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1878–1968
| Politician, historian
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1907–1973
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1999–
| Musician, contestant of American Idol
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1981–
| Artist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1927–2001
| Olympic swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1974–
| Major League Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1942–2018
| Filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1978–
| Journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1963–
| Journalist, editor of Bloomberg View, formerly The New York Times
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1925–1996
| Football player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1918–2005
| Television writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1907–1993
| Billionaire industrialist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1983-
| Canadian soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1910–1980
| Violinist, conductor of the Oregon Symphony (1962–1972)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1957–
| Actress, cellist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1857–1929
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1841–1911
| Union Army recipient of the Medal of Honor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1969–2003
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1923–1991
| Archivist, ethnomusicologist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1936–2013
| Conductor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|1898–1991
|Activist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–2025
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1984–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1959–
| Author
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1914–1993
| Poet
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–
| Basketball player, head coach at Boston University
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1921–2003
| United States Navy shipfitter
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1928–2021
| Burlesque dancer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1973–
| NBA player, coach
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1982–
| NBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Author and lawyer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Author, essayist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1960–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1894–1983
| United States admiral
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1947–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1987–
| NFL player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| Singer, musician (Kutless)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
T
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Tommy Thayer, lead guitarist of Kiss]]
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! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Singer-songwriter (The Weepies)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1981–
| Musician (The Slants)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1935–2018
| Politician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1905–1984
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1933–1949
| Murder victim
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1967–
| Musician
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1809–1892
| Pioneer, namesake of Terwilliger Boulevard
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1975–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1960–
| Musician (Kiss)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1945–
| Model
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1939–
| Soul music singer
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1975–
| Graphic novelist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1924–2012
| Japanese-American activist
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1909–1985
| Soprano
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1956–
| Voice actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1964–
| Bodybuilder
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1969–
| Organizer of Linux operating system kernel
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1970-
| Foreign correspondent, writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1965–
| Winner of Survivor: Marquesas
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1954–
| Socialite
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1972–
| Musician (Sleater-Kinney)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1885–1961
| U.S. Navy admiral
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1948–2010
| Major League Baseball player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
U
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! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1977–
| NBA player, coach
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1976–
| WNBA player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Children's author, illustrator
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
V
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Gus Van Sant, filmmaker]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952–
| Filmmaker
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1952-
| Singer-songwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row" |
| 1973–
|Singer-songwriter
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Publisher, author
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|1946–
|Olympic discus thrower
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|1913–1986
| Engineer, founder of Tektronix
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|1913–1994
| Librarian (UCLA, University of Kansas)
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|}
W
thumb|upright=.8|right|[[Lindsay Wagner, actress]]
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Nancy Wilson (rock musician)|Nancy Wilson, singer and guitarist of Heart]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1975–
|Musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1949–
| Film director
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1980–
| Soccer player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1967–
|Sculptor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1974–
| Professional skateboarder
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1830–1904
| Brewer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1965–
|Drummer (Sleater-Kinney)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1947–
| NFL player
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1861–1914
| Businessman
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1929–1979
| Actor
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1923–2012
|Poet
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1977–
| Musician (LCD Soundsystem)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1962–
| Mayor of Portland
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1908–1976
| Photographer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1878–1944
|Architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1966–
|Entrepreneur
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1992–
|alpine skier
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1968–
| Drummer (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1827–1905
| Businessman, Freemason
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1954–
| Musician (Heart)
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Author, journalist
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1945–
| Olympic swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1950–
| Serial killer known as the I-5 Killer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1949–1999
|Painter
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1958–
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1873–1928
| Electrician, teacher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1949-
|U.S. senator; former U.S. congressman
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
! scope="row"|
|1962–
| Playwright
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}
Y
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
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! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1910–1994
| Architect
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1897–1970
| Film and theater director
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1937–1985
| Actress
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1963–
|Writer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| Yeat
|2000–
|Rapper
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}
Z
thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Suzanne Zimmerman, Olympic swimmer]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:70%;"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%"| Person
! scope="col" width="6%" | Lifespan
! scope="col" | Notability
! scope="col" width="5%"| Born
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="3%"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1985–
| Two-time Olympic gold medalist in fencing
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1971–2002
| Murder victim
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
|1925–2021
|Olympic silver medalist swimmer
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"|
| 1954–
| Publisher
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|}