Carl Wieman
born 1951 Nobel prize winning US physicist
Meredith Brooks
born 1958 American singer, songwriter, musician and producer
Barbara Roberts
born 1936 1936- American politician (1985-1991 Oregon Secretary of State, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 1991-1995 Governor of Oregon)
JR Reed
born 1967 American actor
Jacob Pebley
born 1993 American swimmer
Ben Masters
1947–2023 American actor
Harry Lane
1855–1917 American politician
Elizabeth Hoffman
1926–2023 American actress
Amar Alibegović
born 1995 Bosnian basketball player with Italian citizenship
Harley Jessup
born 1954 American production designer and visual effects artist
Carl Swenson
born 1970 American cross-country skier
Kevin Boss
born 1984 American football player
Maddie Thompson
born 1990 American soccer player
Sanjay Krishnamurthi
born 1989 American cricketer
Scott Anderson
born 1962 American baseball player
Bill Beach
born 1953 American musician
David Metzger
born 1960 American composer
Erica Bartolina
born 1980 American pole vaulter
Jim Wilson
born 1960 American baseball player
L. J. Shelton
born 1976 Player of American football
Ray Strong
1905–2006 American artist
Russell Schuh
1941–2016 American linguist
Stephen Scott
1944–2021 American composer
Bob Gilder
born 1950 Professional golfer
Brad Badger
born 1975 Player of American Football
Curtis McKenzie
born 1969 American politician
Jon Francis
born 1964 Player of American football
Alice Elinor Lambert
1886–1981 American writer
Anna Peterson
born 1947 American politician
Charlie Conrad
born 1969 American politician
Grace DeMoss
1927–2024 Amateur golfer
Jami Tobey
born 1974 American artist
Jason W. Moore
born 1971 American environmental historian, sociologist, and political economist
Kris Ellis
born 1963 American politician and businessman from Idaho
Maiya Williams
born 1962 Screenwriter, television producer, author
Mike Thurman
born 1973 American baseball player
Mike Zandofsky
born 1965 American football player
Mirza Alibegović
born 1992 American basketball player
Timothy J. Richmond
born 1948 American molecular biologist
Webley Edwards
1902–1977 American radio personality
Adam Newport-Berra
American cinematographer
Charlie Ringo
born 1958 American politician from Oregon
Chuck Elliott
1921–1980 American football player
Hector Macpherson, Jr.
1918–2015 American politician
Hyland Mather
born 1971 American assemblage artist and painter
Janna Malamud Smith
born 1952 American writer
Karen Carson
born 1943 American painter
Arthur Harris
1898–1982 American politician in Alaska
Celia Belle Steward
1897–1991 American botanical collector
Claudia Lewis
1907–2001 American writer and poet
Colin Landforce
born 1986 Entrepreneur
Jasper Randall
born 1974 American score vocalist
Lije Sarki
born 1977 American film producer
Zlatomir Fung
American cellist
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Linus Pauling
1901–1994 American scientist
Brad Bird
born 1957 American film director, animator, screenwriter and producer
Linda Carroll
born 1944 American writer
R. Bruce Bury
born 1942 Herpetologist
Robert T. Lackey
born 1944 Canadian fisheries scientist
Tony Van Vliet
born 1930 American politician
Andrew Miller
born 1995 American ultramarathon runner
Grace E. Hall
1875–1939 American poet
Rome Cooney
born 1993 American reality television participant
Tanya Chaplin
born 1968 American gymnast
Chris Anderson
born 1955 Poet
George Estreich
American writer and instructor
Jasper Smith
American poet
Karen E. Holmberg
born 1966 American writer, poet and art critic
Lenora Bond
1921–2019 American biologist and high school teacher
Linda Varsell Smith
born 1940 American poet
Mary Lee Horch
born 1985 Miss Oregon USA 2008
Michael Ingram
American abstract artist and author
Nic Nigro
born 1932 American poet
Robert D. Brown
born 1924 College teacher, editor
Robert Steven Roberts
1944–1993 American computing, math, & science teacher
S. R. Jones
American poet