List of people from Bend, Oregon

The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Bend, Oregon, a city in Central Oregon in the western part of the United States of America. A separate list of people from Oregon is available.


 * Broda Otto Barnes, physician, hypothyroidism researcher
 * Shannon Bex, member of the musical group Danity Kane
 * Mohini Bhardwaj, Olympic gymnast
 * Drew Bledsoe, former NFL quarterback
 * Luke Musgrave, tight end for the Green Bay Packers
 * Ian Boswell, racing cyclist for
 * Allie Brosh, author, Hyperbole and a Half
 * Pat Cashman, comedian, television and radio personality
 * John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Corporation; part-time resident
 * John Clem Clarke, painter and college football player for the Oregon State Beavers football team
 * Ray W. Clough, professor emeritus at UC-Berkeley, founder of the finite element method
 * Kent Couch, lawn-chair balloonist
 * Adam Craig, professional mountain bike racer and Olympian
 * Kiki Cutter, Olympic and World Cup ski champion
 * Thomas Del Ruth, cinematographer
 * Nate Doss, professional disc golfer and brewer; three-time PDGA World Champion
 * Brian Dunning, science author and film producer; runs Skeptoid Inc
 * Ashton Eaton, 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, world record holder in both the decathlon and heptathlon
 * Alan Embree, former Major League Baseball player
 * Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist
 * Ben Ferguson, professional snowboarder
 * Jon Fogarty, professional race car driver currently with GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
 * Tommy Ford, professional ski racer and Olympian
 * Matthew Fox, television actor on the series Lost
 * Michael Garrison, electronic musician
 * Jere Gillis, former NHL player
 * Scott Goldblatt, 2000 Olympic silver medalist, 2004 Olympic gold medalist in swimming
 * Paul Hait, Olympic gold medalist
 * Ray Hatton, college professor, author, and long-distance runner
 * Chris Horner, pro road racing cyclist, winner of the 2013 Vuelta a España
 * Steve House, mountain climber, first non-European winner of Piolet d'Or Award
 * Stan Humphries, former NFL quarterback
 * Dave Hunt, founder of the Berean Call ministry
 * Sara Jackson-Holman, singer-songwriter
 * Valarie Jenkins, professional disc golfer and brewer; four-time PDGA World Champion
 * Jason Keep, basketball player
 * Donald M. Kerr, conservationist and founder of the High Desert Museum
 * Rustin R. Kimsey, Episcopalian bishop
 * Gary Lewis, outdoor writer for ESPN, author and TV host
 * Ryan Longwell, NFL place kicker
 * Gerry Lopez, Hawaiian surfing legend and film actor ("Conan the Barbarian")
 * Robert D. Maxwell, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Donald L. McFaul, U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Panama in 1989
 * J. Patrick Metke, politician and businessman
 * Jourdan Miller, fashion model and winner of America's Next Top Model, cycle 20
 * Chino Moreno, musician and lead singer of Deftones
 * William A. Niskanen, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Reagan administration; former chairman of the Cato Institute
 * Paul Phillips, professional poker player
 * George P. Putnam, publisher; husband of Amelia Earhart
 * Jeremy Roloff, TV personality, Little People Big World
 * Grant Rosenberg, TV writer-producer and author
 * Laurenne Ross, Olympic alpine ski racer
 * Beckie Scott, 2002 Olympic gold medalist in cross country skiing
 * Derek Sitter, founder/former owner of Volcanic Theatre Pub and actor/filmmaker
 * John Spence, first American combat frogman
 * David Stoliar, sole survivor of the Struma disaster
 * Conrad Stoltz, three-time XTERRA off-road triathlon champion
 * Byron A. Stover, businessman and state legislator
 * Mickey Tettleton, former Major League Baseball player
 * Andy Tillman, llama rancher, businessman, and author
 * Ryan Trebon, professional mountain bike and cyclocross racer
 * April Genevieve Tucholke, novelist
 * Andreas Wecker, Olympic horizontal bar gold medalist in 1996
 * Gary Zimmerman, NFL player, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008