# List of people from Oregon

This is a list of notable people associated with the U.S. state of Oregon through birth or residence.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* Bruce Abbott (born 1954) – relitivity
* Kenneth Acker (born 1992) – cornerback for the JellyBalls 53ers
* Duane Ackerson (1942–2020) – poet
* Brock Adams (1927–2004) – U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington
* Alvin P. Adams Jr. (1942–2015) – diplomat
* Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847-1919) – writer, teacher, social reformer
* Obo Addy (1936–2012) – worldbeat musician
* Brad Adkins (born 1973) – artist
* Robert H. Adleman (1919–1995) – novelist, historian and restaurateur
* Danny Ainge (born 1959) – former National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball player, NBA executive
* Erik Ainge (born 1986) – New York Jets quarterback, and nephew of Danny Ainge
* Jerome Alden (1921–1997) – playwright and screenwriter
* Art Alexakis (born 1962) – member of Everclear
* James H. Allen (1928–2015) – class clown, author
* Laura Allen (born 1974) – actress
* Ryan Allen (born 1990) – punter for the New England Patriots
* Goli Ameri (born 1956) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
* Rachel Ames (born 1929) – actress
* Aminé (born 1994) – hip hop musician and rapper
* Bob Amsberry (1928–1957) – actor
* David Anders (born 1981) – actor
* Larry Andersen (born 1962) – former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Bruce Anderson (born 1944) – former National Football League linebacker
* Derek Anderson (born 1983) – quarterback for the Carolina Panthers
* Scott Anderson (born 1962) – former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Andy Andrist (born 1965) – stand-up comedian
* Oliver Cromwell Applegate (1845–1938) – politician
* James E. Atwater (born 1946) – scientist; 2006 Wright Brothers medalist
* Montgomery Atwater (1904–1976) – author, skier, avalanche control expert
* Les AuCoin (born 1942) — retired US Congressman, 1st Dist., 1974–1992, Oregon State House Majority Leader, 1973—74
* Jean M. Auel (born 1936) – author
* Thomas J. Autzen (1888–1958) – namesake of University of Oregon's stadium, contributing engineer to plywood manufacturing technologies

## B

* Charlie Babb (1873–1954) – Major League Baseball shortstop
* Wally Backman (born 1959) – Major League Baseball second baseman, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee
* Preston Bailey (born 2000) – actor
* Rex T. Barber (1917–2001) – World War II fighter pilot; known for shooting down Isoroku Yamamoto
* Carl Barks (1901–2001) – comic book writer and artist
* Sandy Barr (1938-2007) - professional wrestler, referee, promoter
* Jeffrey Barry (born 1969) – former Major League Baseball outfielder
* Blanche Bates (1873–1941) – stage and film actress
* Scott Beach (1931–1996) – actor
* Terry Bean – co-founder of the Human Rights Campaign and Democratic National Committee member
* James Beard (1903–1985) – chef and food journalist
* Austin Bibens-Dirkx (born 1985) – relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers
* Josh Bidwell (born 1976) – former NFL punter
* Mel Blanc (1908–1989) – voice actor
* Sheila Bleck (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Lynette Boggs (born 1963) – politician, attorney, author, Miss Oregon 1989
* Harry D. Boivin (1904–1999) – lawyer and legislative leader
* Tracy Bonham (born 1967) – alternative rock musician
* William H. Boring (1841–1932) – Civil War veteran, pioneer
* Kevin Boss (born 1984) – tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs
* Chris Botti (born 1962) – trumpeter, recording artist
* Grayson Boucher (born 1984) – basketball player in the Streetball Mix Tape Tour
* Bill Bowerman (1911–1999) – track coach at University of Oregon, Nike co-founder
* Matt Braunger (born 1974) – actor and stand-up comedian
* Ronnie Brewer (born 1985) – player for the Chicago Bulls
* Greg Brock (born 1957) – former Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers
* Meredith Brooks (born 1958) – musician
* Scott Brosius (born 1966) – former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland A's and New York Yankees
* Jasmin Savoy Brown (born 1994) – actress
* Bill Brown (1855–1941) – pioneer horse and sheep rancher
* Kate Brown (born 1960) – Spanish-born politician, 38th Governor of Oregon
* Brian Bruney (born 1982) – former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
* Louise Bryant (1885–1936) – journalist and writer
* Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979) – actor
* Peter Buck (born 1956) – musician, lead guitarist of R.E.M.
* Jamie Burke (born 1971) – former Major League Baseball catcher
* Ty Burrell (born 1967) – actor
* Brian Burres (born 1981) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates

## C

* Bruce Campbell (born 1958) – actor
* Marion Eugene Carl (1915–1998) – United States Marine Corps fighter ace and record-setting test pilot
* Jean Carmen (1913–1993) – actress, pin-up model
* Margaret Carter (born 1935) – politician
* Raymond Carver (1938–1988) – author
* Anthony W. Case (born 1980) – astrophysicist
* Erin Chambers (born 1979) – actress
* Jeff Charleston (born 1983) – former National Football League defensive end
* Daveigh Chase (born 1990) – actress
* Arthur Chin (1913–1997) – World War II flying ace
* Janet Chvatal (born 1964) – classical soprano, author and director of musicals
* Adam Cimber (born 1990) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
* Beverly Cleary (1916–2021) – author
* Kellen Clemens (born 1983) – National Football League quarterback for the San Diego Chargers
* Michelle Clunie (born 1969) – actress
* Pinto Colvig (1892–1967) – actor, voice actor
* Thomas Condon (1822–1907) – minister, geologist, and paleontologist
* Donald Cook (1901–1961) – actor
* Gretchen Corbett (born 1947) – actress
* Henry L. Corbett (1881–1957) – businessman, civic leader, and politician
* Henry W. Corbett (1827–1903) – Oregon pioneer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist
* Robert O. Cornthwaite (1917–2006) – character actor, Picket Fences
* Chad Cota (born 1971) – former National Football League player and co-owner of InfoStructure
* Colby Covington (born 1988) – mixed martial artist
* Trevor Crowe (born 1983) – former Major League Baseball outfielder
* Ann Curry (born 1956) – television journalist

## D

* Bernard Daly (1858–1920) – pioneer doctor, businessman, rancher, and politician
* George Dantzig (1914–2005) – mathematical scientist
* Ray (1900–1983) and Hugh DeAutremont (1900–1984) – criminals
* David DeCoteau (born 1962) – film director and producer
* Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) – artist
* Marie Aioe Dorion (ca. 1786–1850) – member of Pacific Fur Company expedition
* Sarah Dougher (born 1967) – musician
* Sho Dozono (born 1944) – businessman, candidate in 2008 Portland mayoral race
* Brandon Drury (born 1992) – second baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks
* Patrick Duffy (born 1949) – actor
* Mindy Duncan – beauty queen
* Mike Dunleavy Jr. (born 1980) – basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
* Katherine Dunn (1945–2016) – writer
* James Dutton (born 1968) – astronaut

## E

* Robert Eakin (1848–1917) – Oregon Supreme Court chief justice
* Randall Edwards (born 1961) – Oregon State Treasurer
* Chandler Egan (1884–1936) – golf course designer
* Mike Ekstrom (born 1983) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
* Sam Elliott (born 1944) – actor
* LeRoy Ellis (1940–2012) – NBA basketball player
* Jacoby Ellsbury (born 1983) – Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees
* Harris Ellsworth (1899–1986) – member of U.S. Congress from Oregon
* Jeri Ellsworth (born 1974) – entrepreneur and autodidact computer chip designer
* Jack Ely (1943–2015) – musician of The Kingsmen
* Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013) – inventor and early computer pioneer
* Siegfried Engelmann (1931–2019) – educator
* Marie Equi (1872–1952) – physician and anarchist
* John R. Everett (1918–1992) – President of Hollins College, first Chancellor of the Municipal College System of the City of New York, and President of the New School for Social Research
* Neil Everett (born 1962) – ESPN sportscaster
* Tom Everett (born 1948) – actor
* Chris Eyre (born 1968) – film director and producer

## F

* Tami Farrell (born 1984) – Miss Teen USA 2003
* Rich Fellers (born 1959) – Olympic equestrian
* Mark Few (born 1962) – head men's basketball coach at Gonzaga University
* Todd Field (born 1964) – screenwriter, film director, actor
* David Fincher (born 1962) – film director
* Francis Fletcher (1814–1871) – British Oregon pioneer
* George Buck Flower (1937–2004) – actor
* Sally Flynn (born 1946) – singer
* Peter Foley (born 1965 or 1966) – former snowboarding coach; suspended for 10 years for sexual misconduct
* Dick Fosbury (1947–2023) – track and field athlete; invented the "Fosbury Flop"
* Howie Fox (1921–1955) – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Harriet Frank Jr. (1923–2020) – screenwriter
* Nell Franzen (1889–1973) – actress
* Alex Frost (born 1987) – actor

## G

* Clark Gable (1901–1960) – actor
* Maggie Gallagher (born 1960) – social conservative writer and commentator
* Richard Garfield (born 1963) – mathematician, inventor, and game designer
* Dan Gauthier (born 1963) – actor
* Laura Gibson (born 1979) – singer-songwriter, musician
* Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961) – athlete, toy-maker and businessman; inventor of the Erector Set
* Karl Glusman (born 1988) – actor
* Neil Goldschmidt (born 1940) – influential and controversial Governor, Mayor of Portland, lobbyist
* Brandon Gonzáles (born 1984) – professional boxer
* Avel Gordly (born 1947) – first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate
* A.C. Green (born 1963) – NBA player
* Alex Green (born 1988) – National Football League running back for the Green Bay Packers
* Edith Green (1910–1987) – Oregon congresswoman and educator
* Scott Gragg (born 1972) – National Football League offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets
* Kevin Gregg (born 1978) – relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
* Matt Groening (born 1954) – creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
* Les Gutches (born 1973) – two-time world medalist and world champion in freestyle wrestling
* Jeremy Guthrie (born 1979) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

## H

* Kevin Hagen (1928–2005) – actor
* Page Hamilton (born 1960) – musician
* Bill Hanley (rancher) (1910–1935) – pioneer rancher and wildlife conservation advocate
* Kathleen Hanna (born 1968) – singer, songwriter
* Tonya Harding (born 1970) – ice skater, boxer
* Katie Harman (born 1980) – Miss America 2002
* Gregory Harrison (born 1950) – actor, Trapper John, M.D.
* Oscar Harstad (1892–1985) – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Taylor Hart (born 1991) – defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles
* Mark Hatfield (1922–2011) – Oregon legislator, secretary of state, governor and U.S. senator
* Scott Hatteberg (born 1969) – former MLB first baseman and catcher
* John Haughm (born 1975) – vocalist and guitarist for folk metal band Agalloch
* Carey Hayes (born 1961) – screenwriter
* Chad Hayes (born 1961) – screenwriter
* Todd Haynes (born 1961) – director
* Hazel P. Heath (1909–1998) – mayor, Homer, Alaska
* Jon Heder (born 1977) – actor
* Margaux Hemingway (1955–1996) – fashion model, actress and granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway
* Bobby Henderson – Pastafarian and prophet of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
* Justin Herbert (born 1998) – National Football League quarterback
* Howard Hesseman (born 1940) – actor, played disc jockey "Johnny Fever" on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati
* Leah Hing (1907–2001) – pilot
* D.K. Holm (born 1953) – movie reviewer, Internet columnist, radio broadcaster, and author
* Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) – moved to Oregon at the age of eleven; 31st President of the United States (1929–1933)
* Nick Hundley (born 1983) – catcher for the Baltimore Orioles

## I

* Terri Irwin (born 1964) – naturalist and conservationist (with husband Steve Irwin)
* Lucie Fulton Isaacs (1841-1916) — writer, philanthropist, suffragist; member, Oregon Pioneer Association

## J

* Clifton James (1920–2017) – actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in two James Bond films
* Larry Jansen (1920–2009) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
* Margo Jennings (born 1945) – athletic coach
* Ethel Jewett (1877–1944) – actress
* Bill Johnson (1960–2016) – World Cup alpine ski racer
* June Jones (born 1953) – head football coach for Southern Methodist University
* Terrence Jones (born 1992) – basketball player for the Houston Rockets
* Chief Joseph (1840–1904) – chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Native Americans

## K

* Mat Kearney (born 1978) – musician
* Barnaby Keeney (1914–1980) – president of Brown University
* Scott Kelly (born 1967) – musician Neurosis
* Shell Kepler (1958–2008) – actress
* Maude Kerns (1876–1965) – avant-garde visual artist
* Ken Kesey (1935–2001) – author
* Zach King (born 1990) - youtube in fluencer
* Justin Kirk (born 1969) – actor
* John Kitzhaber (born 1947) – Oregon Governor (1995–2003, 2011–2015)
* Phil Knight (born 1938) – founder of Nike
* Tonya Knight (born 1966) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Travis Knight (born 1973) – director and producer, son of Phil Knight
* A. Thomas Kraabel (1934–2016) – classics scholar
* Jon Krakauer (born 1954) – author and mountaineer
* Nicholas Kristof (born 1959) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* Taya Kyle (born 1974) – author, wife of Chris Kyle

## L

* Winona LaDuke (born 1959) – Native American activist
* Alicia Lagano (born 1979) – actress
* Ben Hur Lampman (1886–1954) – journalist, essayist, Poet Laureate
* Frances Moore Lappé (born 1944) – author and activist
* Lars Larson (born 1959) – radio talk show host
* Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) – author
* Barbara Coombs Lee (born 1947) – president of Compassion & Choices
* Hazel Ying Lee (1912–1944) – military pilot
* Marc Alan Lee (1978–2006) – first Navy SEAL to lose his life in Operation Iraqi Freedom
* Leonard Levy (1923–2006) – Pulitzer Prize winner
* Rian Lindell (born 1977) – NFL placekicker for the Buffalo Bills
* Matt Lindland (born 1970) – former MMA fighter, Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling
* Jon Lindstrom (born 1957) – actor, General Hospital, Port Charles
* Neil Lomax (born 1959) – NFL quarterback for St. Louis / Phoenix Cardinals
* Gary Loudermilk (born 1952) – radio personality, known as "Gary the Retard" in Howard Stern's Wack Pack
* Courtney Love (born 1964) – musician, actress
* Kevin Love (born 1987) – NBA basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
* Jed Lowrie (born 1984) – infielder for the Houston Astros

## M

* Ranald MacDonald (1824–1894) – first man to teach the English language in Japan
* Holly Madison (born 1979) – former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, model, television personality
* Dick Magruder (1946–1978) – rancher, lawyer, and politician
* Larry Mahan (born 1943) – six-time World All-Around Rodeo Champion cowboy
* Donald Malarkey (1921–2017) – World War II soldier
* Bridget Marquardt (born 1973) – former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, model, actress, television personality
* Richard Laurence Marquette (born 1934) – serial killer
* Jeron Mastrud (born 1987) – American football player
* David Mayo (born 1991) – American football player
* Lewis A. McArthur (1883–1951) – author of Oregon Geographic Names
* Tom McCall (1913–1983) – 30th Governor of Oregon
* David McCord (1897–1997) – poet
* Rose McGowan (born 1973) – actress
* Dallas McKennon (1919–2009) – voice actor; voice of Gumby, Pokey, Archie Andrews, and Tony the Tiger
* Charles McNary (1874–1944) – U.S. senator, and 1940 republican U.S. vice presidential nominee
* Pat McQuistan (born 1983) – former NFL player (Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, and Tennessee Titans)
* Paul McQuistan (born 1983) – former NFL player; 2013 Super Bowl winner with the Seattle Seahawks (also played with Oakland Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Cleveland Browns)
* Mayo Methot (1904–1951) – actress; third wife of Humphrey Bogart
* Charis Michelsen (born 1974) – actress and former model
* Quintin Mikell (born 1980) – safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
* Jourdan Miller (born 1993) – fashion model, America's Next Top Model winner
* Bob Mionske (born 1962) – attorney and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer
* Geoffrey Moore (born 1946) – high-technology consultant and author
* Joel Moore (born 1977) – actor
* Walt Morey (1907–1992) – author
* Lee Morse (1897–1954) – jazz and blues singer/songwriter, Broadway actress, and guitar player
* Macy Morse (1921–2019) – peace activist
* Ona Munson (1903–1955) – actress
* Dale Murphy (born 1956) – former Major League Baseball player
* Brent Musburger (born 1939) – CBS, ABC, ESPN sportscaster

## N

* Legedu Naanee (born 1983) – National Football League wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
* James Nesmith (1820–1885) – pioneer, lawyer, and politician
* John Strong Newberry (1822–1892) – geologist, physician, explorer, and author
* Mickey Newbury (1973-2002) – songwriter
* Chester Newton (1903–1966) – Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling
* William A. Niskanen (1933–2011) – economist
* Kim Novak (born 1933) – actress

## O

* Austin O'Brien (born 1981) – actor
* Owamagbe Odighizuwa (born 1992) – defensive end for the New York Giants
* Jack Ohman (born 1960) – editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian
* Musse Olol – social activist
* Eric Christian Olsen (born 1977) – actor
* George Olsen (1893–1971) – drummer and prolific bandleader.
* Kaitlin Olson (born 1975) – actress
* Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair (1840–1926) – activist, physician

## P

* Bob Packwood (born 1932) – former United States Senate and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
* Bettie Page (1923–2008) – pin-up model
* Chuck Palahniuk (born 1961) – journalist, author
* Mark Parent (born 1961) – former Major League Baseball catcher
* Tom Parrott (1868-1932) - former professional Baseball player
* Ken Patera (born 1943) – professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor
* Chief Paulina (died 1867) – leader of the Hunipuitöka band of Northern Paiute Native Americans
* Linus Pauling (1901–1994) – chemist and activist; only person to win two Nobel Prizes outright
* Bill Pearl (born 1930) – world champion bodybuilder
* Alfred Peet (1920–2007) – founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea
* Kari Ann Peniche (born 1984) – actress
* Jack Pennick (1895–1964) – actor
* Tom Peterson (1930–2016) – home appliance retailer and television pitchman
* Kim M. Peyton-McDonald (1957–1986) – gold medalist from 1976 Summer Olympics; Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee
* Julianne Phillips (born 1960) – actress; ex-wife of Bruce Springsteen
* River Phoenix (1970–1993) – actor, musician, and activist
* Mitch Pileggi (born 1952) – actor
* Henry Pittock (1835–1919) – pioneer; founder and publisher of The Oregonian
* Bill Plympton (born 1946) – animator, graphic designer, and cartoonist
* Troy Polamalu (born 1981) – strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
* Elias Porter (1914–1987) – psychologist
* Norris Poulson (1895–1982) – 36th mayor of Los Angeles
* Jane Powell (born 1929) – actress
* Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) – track athlete
* Megan Prelinger (born 1967) – cultural historian, archivist
* Maudie Prickett (1914–1976) – actress

## R

* Ruth Radelet (born 1982) – musician, lead singer of Chromatics
* Ahmad Rashad (born 1949) – college and National Football League player and sportscaster
* Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) – singer, songwriter
* Susan Raye (born 1944) – country singer
* John Reed (1887–1920) – journalist and Bolshevik activist
* Robin Reed (1899–1978) – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
* Holiday Reinhorn (born 1967) – fiction writer; married to actor Rainn Wilson
* Mike Remmers (born 1989) – offensive tackle for the New York Giants
* Harold Reynolds (born 1960) – Major League Baseball player; television analyst
* Kim Rhodes (born 1969) – actress and singer
* Mike Rich (born 1959) – screenwriter
* Anna Rankin Riggs (1835-1908) – social reformer
* Jenelle Riley (born 1972) – journalist, screenwriter
* Mike Riley (born 1953) – football player for Alabama Crimson Tide and Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach
* Lisa Rinna (born 1963) – actress
* Terry Robb (born 1956) – fingerstyle guitarist
* Cathy McMorris Rodgers (born 1969) – U.S. Representative, Chair of the House Republican Conference
* Dante Rosario (born 1984) – tight end for the Chicago Bears
* Terrence Ross (born 1991) – NBA player for the Toronto Raptors
* Zac Rosscup (born 1988) – pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
* Mark Rothko (1903–1970) – Latvian expressionist artist
* Aaron Rowand (born 1977) – MLB player for San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox
* Burt Rutan (born 1943) – aerospace engineer
* Ad Rutschman (born 1931) – football and baseball coach at Linfield College
* Susan Ruttan (born 1948) – actress

## S

* Domantas Sabonis (born 1996) – basketball player for the NBA Sacramento Kings
* Mendel Sachs (1927–2012) – theoretical physicist
* Katee Sackhoff (born 1980) – actress
* Curtis Salgado (born 1954) – blues, rhythm and blues, and soul singer and harmonica player
* Rick Sanders (1945–1972) – two-time Olympic silver medalist and world champion in freestyle wrestling
* Rebecca Schaeffer (1967–1989) – actress
* Shoni Schimmel (born 1992) – WNBA player with the Atlanta Dream
* Les Schwab (1917–2007) – businessman
* Dale Scott (born 1959) – Major League Baseball umpire
* Daniel Seavey (born 1999) – musician, singer-songwriter, and contestant on American Idol season 14
* Doc Severinsen (born 1927) – trumpeter, bandleader on The Tonight Show
* Kyle Singler (born 1988) – small forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder
* Sonny Sixkiller – former Washington Huskies quarterback; actor
* Alek Skarlatos (born 1992) – Oregon Army National Guardsman specialist known for stopping a gunman in a Paris-bound train from Amsterdam via Brussels; contestant on Dancing with the Stars season 21
* Matt Slauson (born 1986) – guard for the Chicago Bears
* Bill Smith (1928–2018) – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
* Dean Smith (1899–1987) – pioneer pilot
* Elliott Smith (1969–2003) – musician
* Chael Sonnen (born 1977) – mixed martial artist, competed in the UFC
* Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) – jazz musician
* Erik Spoelstra (born 1970) – head coach for the Miami Heat
* Mary Jane Spurlin (1883–1970) – Oregon's first woman judge
* Ralph Stackpole (1885–1973) – visual artist
* Colleen Stan (born 1956) – kidnapping victim, activist
* William Gladstone Steel (1883–1934) – conservationist, known as the "father of Crater Lake"
* Dorothy Hester Stenzel (1910–1991) – record-breaking stunt pilot
* Ryan Stevenson (born 1979) – musician
* David Ogden Stiers (1942–2018) – actor
* Eric A. Stillwell (born 1962) – screenwriter and producer
* Kimberley Strassel (born 1972) – author, member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board
* Robert W. Straub (1920–2002) – Governor of Oregon
* Brenda Strong (born 1960) – actress
* Sally Struthers (born 1948) – actress
* Drew Struzan (born 1947) – artist
* Ndamukong Suh (born 1987) – defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams
* William L. Sullivan (born 1953) – author of outdoor guide books

## T

* Jack Tafari (1946–2016) – housing-rights activist
* Ruth Taylor (1905–1984) – actress
* Maria Thayer (born 1975) – actress
* Tommy Thayer (born 1960) – musician, lead guitarist of Kiss
* Inga Thompson (born 1968) – professional bicycle racer
* Andy Tillman (born 1952) – llama rancher, businessman, and author
* Barrett Tillman (born 1948) – novelist and military historian
* Kevin Towers (1961–2018) – general manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks
* April Genevieve Tucholke – young adult novelist
* Corin Tucker (born 1972) – musician, guitarist

## U

* Ime Udoka (born 1977) – small forward for the San Antonio Spurs
* Sara Jean Underwood (born 1984) – Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, model, actress

## V

* Richard VanGrunsven (born 1939) – homebuilt aircraft designer
* Gus Van Sant (born 1952) – director
* Paige VanZant (born 1994) – mixed martial artist
* Laura Veirs (born 1973) – folk singer-songwriter
* Will Vinton (1947–2018) – director and producer

## W

* Lindsay Wagner (born 1949) – actress
* Madge Morris Wagner (1862–1924), poet and journalist
* Don Wakamatsu (born 1963) – bench coach for the Kansas City Royals
* Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943) – author
* Don Walsh (born 1931) – oceanographer, explorer
* Bill Warren (1943–2016) – film historian
* Craig Wasson (born 1954) – actor
* Michael Waterman (born 1942) – scientist
* Dominic Waters (born 1986) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
* Connor Weil (born 1994) – actor
* Bob Welch – author and columnist
* John West (1809–1888) – Scottish captain and inventor
* Oswald West (1873–1960) – 14th Governor of Oregon
* Opal Whiteley (1897–1992) – nature writer and diarist
* Dave Wiegand – winner of 2005 and 2009 National Scrabble championship
* Carl Wieman (born 1951) – physicist, winner of 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
* Dave Wilcox (born 1942) – Hall of Fame linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers
* Edy Williams (born 1942) – film and television actress
* Mitch Williams (born 1964) – Major League Baseball relief pitcher, studio analyst for MLB Network
* Bridgette Wilson (born 1973) – actress, singer and model
* Nancy Wilson (born 1954) – musician, Heart
* Kyle Wiltjer (born 1992) – player for the Houston Rockets
* Henry Hope Wong (1900–?) – pioneer pilot
* Basil Wolverton (1909–1978) – cartoonist, writer
* Renn Woods (born 1958) – actress
* Anthony Wynn (born 1962) – author

## Y

* Minoru Yasui (1916–1986) – lawyer and civil rights activist
* Yeat (born 2000) – rapper

## Z

* John Zerzan (born 1943) – anthropologist and anarchist writer