List of people from Oregon

This is a list of notable people associated with the U.S. state of Oregon through birth or residence.

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
 * Kip Kinkel (born 1982) – school shooter
 * 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
 * Nico Rudu (born 1998) – singer-songwriter, musician, rapper
 * 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
 * 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