Notable People from Oregon

Kenneth Hedberg

American chemist

Mary Jane Carr

American writer (1895–1988)

George Christensen

Player of American football (1909-1968)

James Beggs

American rower (1924-2011)

Slim Wintermute

American basketball player

Jerald Ericksen

American mathematician specializing in continuum mechanics

Bert E. Haney

American judge

Charlie Babb

American baseball player (1873-1954)

Bob Amsberry

American actor (1928-1957)

John W. Daly

American biochemist and chemist (1933-2008)

William Duncan Strong

American archaeologist

Caesar E. Farah

Arab scholar

Douglas Coe

American evangelical (1928–2017)

Stuart S. Stryker

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1924-1945)

Ernie Carson

American musician (1937-2012)

Howie Fox

American baseball player (1921-1955)

Willy Ferrero

Italian conductor (1906-1954)

Wally Borrevik

American professional basketball player (1921-1988)

James Martin Fitzgerald

American lawyer and judge (1920–2011)

Ken Carpenter

American football player (1926-2011)

Dick Baldwin

American actor (1911-1996)

Midge Williams

African American swing and jazz singer (1915–1952)

Leslie M. Scott

American politician, historian, newspaper publisher

Nancy Bayley

American developmental psychologist (1899–1994)

Jack Ely

American guitarist and singer

Malcolm A. Moody

American politician (1854-1925)

Sereno E. Brett

United States Army general

John Kenneth Turner

American author, journalist and publisher (1879–1948)

Susan Shadburne

American film director (1942–2018)

Lee Johnson

American politician

Jim Grelle

Olympic middle distance runner (1936-2020)

Thomas G. Hailey

American judge (1865-1908)

Jim McGregor

American basketball coach

William Olvis

American composer for TV and movies (1958-2014)

Walter Henry Barkas

American physicist

Stu Rasmussen

American politician (1948–2021)

Larry Jansen

American baseball player

Rex Applegate

American martial artist (1914–1998)

George M. Brown

American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon (1864-1934)

Avel Gordly

American politician (1947–2026)

Del Baker

American baseball player and coach (1892-1973)

Carson Bigbee

American baseball player

Kerttu Nuorteva

Soviet spy

Harry Stone Mosher

American chemist (1915-2002)

Margaret Fristch

American architect

Broderick O'Farrell

American actor

Great Togo

Japanese-American wrestler (1911-1973)

Morris H. Whitehouse

American architect

Yellow Wolf

Nez Perce warrior, born 1855, died 1935, fought in Nez Perce War with Chief Joseph, subject of book "Yellow Wolf: My Life"

Joseph Nathan Teal

rancher and attorney from Oregon; specialized in railroad rate matters, waterways development; served as U.S. Shipping Commissioner.