The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or have lived in the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon.
A person who lives in or comes from Portland, Oregon is called a Portlander. A separate list of people from Oregon is also available.
A
- Bruce Abbott (1954â€"), actor (B)
- Alvin P. Adams, Jr. (1942â€"2015), diplomat
- Arthur Adams (1963â€"), comic book artist
- Sam Adams (1963â€"), former mayor of Portland
- Obo Addy (1936â€"2012), worldbeat musician
- Brad Adkins (1973â€"), artist
- Art Alexakis (1962â€"), member of Everclear
- Jerome Alden (1921â€"1997), playwright and screenwriter (B)
- James H. Allen (1928â€"2015), clown, author (B)
- Laura Allen (1974â€"), actress (B)
- Goli Ameri (1956â€"), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Rachel Ames (1929â€"), actress (B)
- Aminé (1994â€"), hip hop musician and rapper (B)
- Bob Amsberry (1928â€"1957), actor
- Larry Andersen (1953â€"), Major League Baseball relief pitcher (B)
- Signe Toly Anderson (1941â€"2016), singer
- Debra Arlyn (1986â€"), singer-songwriter
- Garner Ted Armstrong (1930â€"2003), televangelist (B)
- Zeb Atlas (1970â€"), pornographic film actor (B)
- Ray Atkeson (1907â€"1990), wilderness photographer (B)
- George Henry Atkinson (1819â€"1889), missionary
- Jean M. Auel (1936â€"), author
- Thomas J. Autzen (1888â€"1958), plywood manufacturing innovator, Autzen Stadium benefactor
B
- Preston Bailey (2000â€"), actor (B)
- Terry Baker (1941â€"), athlete, 1962 Heisman Trophy winner, attorney
- Lance Bangs (1972â€"), artist, filmmaker
- Art Barr (1966â€"1994), wrestler (B)
- Willie Barrow (1924â€"2015), civil rights activist
- Blanche Bates (1873â€"1941), stage and film actress (B)
- Scott Beach (1931â€"1996), actor (B)
- James Beard (1903â€"1985), food expert (B)
- Jona Bechtolt (1980â€"), musician
- Larry Beil (1923â€"1986), American football player (B)
- Pietro Belluschi (1899â€"1944), architect
- Brian Michael Bendis (1967â€"), comic book writer
- John Virginius Bennes (1867â€"1943), architect
- Simon Benson (1852â€"1942), philanthropist, logging innovator
- Becca Bernstein (1977â€"), artist
- Mel Blanc (1908â€"1989), voice actor best known as voice of Bugs Bunny
- Lance Blankenship (1963â€"), Major League Baseball player and World Series champion (B)
- Sheila Bleck (1974â€"), IFBB professional bodybuilder (B)
- Rachel Blumberg (1969â€"), drummer (B)
- Earl Blumenauer (1948â€"), Democratic U.S. Representative (B)
- Wally Boag (1920â€"2011), actor (B)
- William H. Boring (1841â€"1932), Union soldier and founder of nearby town of Boring
- Chris Botti (1962â€"), trumpeter and composer (B)
- Chuck Bown (1954â€"), NASCAR driver (B)
- Jim Bown (1960â€"), NASCAR driver (B)
- Terrell Brandon (1970â€"), NBA all-star (B)
- Matt Braunger (1974â€"), standup comedian
- Thom Bray (1954â€"), actor
- Isaac Brock (1975â€"), co-founder and frontman of Modest Mouse
- Mel Brown (1944â€"), R&B and jazz drummer (B)
- Tiffany Lee Brown, writer, artist, Plazm editor
- Carrie Brownstein (1974â€"), musician, actor, writer
- Louise Bryant (1885â€"1936), journalist and writer
- Peter Buck (1956â€"), musician, lead guitarist of R.E.M.
- Jack Buetel (1915â€"1989), actor
- Barbara Buono (1953â€"), politician
- Geraldine Bureker (1924â€"2009), All-American girls professional baseball league player (B)
- Helen Burgess (1916â€"1937), actress (B)
- Doris Burn (1923â€"2011), children's author and illustrator (B)
- Mabel Byrd (1895â€"1988), civil rights activist, first African American to attend University of Oregon
C
- John Callahan (1951â€"2010), cartoonist (B)
- Cathy Camper, artist and author
- Cletis Carr (1959â€"), musician (B)
- Margaret Carter (1935â€"), politician
- Sandra Cassel (1952â€"), actress and acting coach
- Michael Cassidy (1983â€"), actor (B)
- Mark Chamberlin (1955â€"2011), actor (B)
- William W. Chapman (1808â€"1892), U.S. politician, U.S. attorney, lawyer (B)
- Clive Charles (1951â€"2003), British soccer player and coach
- Janet Chvatal (1964â€"), classical soprano, director and author (B)
- Bernice Claire (1906â€"2003), actress and singer
- Jillian Clare (1992â€"), actress (B)
- Beverly Cleary (1916â€"), author of children's books
- Brad Cloepfil (1956â€"), architect (B)
- Michelle Clunie (1969â€"), actress (B)
- Henry Waldo Coe (1857â€"1927), frontier physician and politician
- Scott Coffey (1967â€"), filmmaker, writer, and actor
- Stephen Coffin (1807â€"1882), investor and militia officer
- Booth Colman (1923â€"2014), film and stage actor (B)
- Donald Cook (1901â€"1961), actor (B)
- Barbara Coombs Lee (1947â€"), president of Compassion & Choices (B)
- Colleen Coover (1969â€"), comic book artist (B)
- Alfred H. Corbett (1915â€"2000), attorney and politician (B)
- John H. Couch (1811â€"1870), sea captain, founder of Portland
- Joseph Buford Cox (1905â€"2002), entrepreneur, inventor of chainsaw chain (B)
- Tom Cramer, artist
- Larry Crane, publisher of Tape Op
- Dan Cunneen (1963â€"), musician (B)
- Ward Cunningham (1949â€"), inventor of wiki
- Chuck Currie (1969â€"), United Church of Christ clergy and homelessness advocate
- Ann Curry (1956â€"), journalist
- Michael Curry, costume designer for The Lion King, designer of 2002 and 1996 Olympics opening ceremonies
- Walt Curtis (1941â€"), poet and novelist (B)
D
- Arthur Dake (1910â€"2000), chess Grandmaster (B)
- Farel Dalrymple, comic book artist
- Britt Daniel, musician, lead singer of Spoon
- Darcelle XV (1930â€"), drag queen and performer
- Walt Dawson (1982â€"), political lobbyist (B)
- Valerie Day (1959â€"), singer, member of Nu Shooz (B)
- Kelly Sue DeConnick (1970â€"), comic book writer
- Kate Deines (1982â€"), professional soccer player (B)
- Paul deLay (1952â€"2007), blues harmonica player (B)
- Al Densmore (1946â€"), businessman and state representative (B)
- Matthew Dickman (1975â€"), poet and poetry advocate (B)
- Richard Diebenkorn (1922â€"1993), painter (B)
- Aaron Director (1901â€"2004), law professor, University of Chicago
- Beth Ditto (1981â€"), singer-songwriter for the indie rock band Gossip
- Michael Doleac (1977â€"), NBA player (B)
- Lee Dorsey (1924â€"1986), R&B singer
- Sarah Dougher (1967â€"), singer-songwriter
- Abigail Scott Duniway (1834â€"1915), radical, suffragist, and publisher/editor of Portland newspaper The New Northwest
- Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (1980â€"), Jesuit H.S. and NBA player for Chicago Bulls
- Katherine Dunn (1945â€"2016), author
E
- Ashton Eaton (1988â€"), decathlete (B)
- Jonah Edelman (1970â€"), activist, CEO of Stand for Children
- Dick Egan (1884â€"1947), baseball player (B)
- Jim Elkins (1901â€"1968), crime boss
- Sam Elliott (1944â€"), actor
- Carson Ellis (1975â€"), illustrator and wife of Colin Meloy
- Jack Ely (1943â€"2015), musician, The Kingsmen (B)
- Rick Emerson (1973â€") (formerly Rick Taylor), radio personality
- Douglas Engelbart (1925â€"2013), inventor of the computer mouse (B)
- Marie Equi (1872â€"1952), physician and anarchist
- Winfield Ervin, Jr. (1902â€"1985), politician, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska (B)
- Chris Evans (1847â€"1917), imprisoned train robber in California; paroled to Portland
- Sarah A. Evans (1854-1940), Oregon suffragist and clubwoman, based in Portland
- Neil Everett (c. 1962â€"), ESPN sportscaster (B)
F
- Amparito Farrar (1893-1989), concert singer, went to France during World War I (B)
- Jack Faust (1932â€"), attorney and host of KATU's Town Hall (B)
- David Feldberg, world champion disc golfer (B)
- Shirley Adele Field (1923â€"1995), Oregon legislator and judge
- Todd Field (1964â€"), actor and filmmaker
- Brad Fitzpatrick (1980â€"), creator of LiveJournal
- Harrell Fletcher (1967â€"), artist
- Lisa Foiles (1986â€"), actress (B)
- Dick Fosbury (1947â€"), high jumper, inventor of the Fosbury Flop (B)
- William Trufant Foster (1879â€"1950), economist, first president of Reed College
- Matt Fraction (1975â€"), comic book writer (B)
- Boaz Frankel (1982â€"), host and creator of Clips & Quips (B)
- Nell Franzen (1889â€"1973), theatre and silent film actress (B)
- Amy Freeze (1974â€"), meteorologist, WABC-TV New York
- Laura Fritz, artist
- Alex Frost (1987â€"), actor (B)
- C. Gordon Fullerton (1936â€"2013), astronaut, member of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (B)
- Elizabeth Furse (1936â€"), U.S. Congresswoman
G
- Clark Gable (1901â€"1960), film actor
- Robert L. Ghormley (1883â€"1958), World War II naval officer (B)
- Paul Gilbert (1966â€"), musician
- Gary Gilmore (1940â€"1977), first person executed in U.S. when capital punishment was reinstated in 1976 (B)
- Madeline Gleason (1903â€"1979), poet and dramatist, founder of the San Francisco Poetry Guild
- Russell Gleason (1907â€"1945), actor (B)
- Rodney Glisan (1827â€"1890), U.S. Army surgeon on Oregon frontier (B)
- Molly Gloss (1944â€"), author (B)
- Karl Glusman (1988â€"), actor
- Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (1905â€"1988), artist and inspiration for documentary I Remember Better When I Paint and the Hilgos Foundation
- Jacob Golden, musician
- Louis S. Goodman (1906â€"2000), pharmacologist, chemotherapy pioneer (B)
- Aaron Goodwin (1976â€"), photographer, artist, Ghost Adventures (B)
- A.C. Green (1963â€"), retired NBA champion (B)
- Harrison Greene (1884â€"1945), pre-code Hollywood actor (B)
- Matt Groening (1954â€"), creator of The Simpsons, Futurama and Life In Hell (B)
H
- Kevin Hagen (1928â€"2005), actor
- Sally Haley (1908â€"2007), artist and painter
- Creed C. Hammond (1874â€"1940), Major General and Chief of the National Guard Bureau (B)
- Kathleen Hanna (1968â€"), singer and songwriter of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre (B)
- Max Handelman (1973â€"), sportswriter and film producer (B)
- Tonya Harding (1970â€"), figure skater, U.S. national champion and Olympian (B)
- Katie Harman (1980â€"), Miss America 2002 (B)
- Joey Harrington (1978â€"), NFL quarterback(B)
- Nate Harris (2004â€"), rapper, actor
- Bret Harrison (1982â€"), actor (B)
- Lou Harrison (1917â€"2003), composer (B)
- Michael Allen Harrison, musician (B)
- Byron Haskin (1899â€"1984), filmmaker (B)
- Steve Havelka, creator of Pokey the Penguin (B)
- Ernest Haycox (1899â€"1950), writer (B)
- Carey Hayes (1961â€"), screenwriter (B)
- Chad Hayes (1961â€"), screenwriter (B)
- Todd Haynes (1961â€"), filmmaker
- Sean Healy, multimedia artist
- Dana Heitman (1966â€"), musician (B)
- Susan Helms (1958â€"), astronaut
- Margaux Hemingway (1954â€"1996), model and granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway (B)
- Christina Hendricks (1975â€"), actress
- Joe Hill (1879â€"1915), radical labor activist
- Jan Hoag (1948â€"), actress (B)
- Judi Hofer (1940â€"2013), businessperson (B)
- Stewart Holbrook (1893â€"1964), lumberjack, author, and artist (B)
- Ben Holladay (1819â€"1887), transportation mogul (B)
- Matt Hollywood (1973â€"), indie rock musician
- Peter Holmström, musician (B)
- Michael Hornburg (1960â€"), author
- Mike Horner (1955â€"), pornographic film actor (B)
- Bill Hudson (1949â€"), musician, singer/songwriter, producer; father of Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson (B)
- Brett Hudson (1953â€"), musician, singer/songwriter, television producer (B)
- Mark Hudson (1951â€"), musician, singer/songwriter, record producer (B)
- Charlie Huhn (1951â€"), musician (B)
- William Hurt (1950â€"), actor
I
- Illmaculate (1986â€"), hip hop musician, youngest winner of Scribble Jam freestyle rap (B)
- Mary Frances Isom (1865â€"1920), librarian, founder of the Oregon Library Association
J
- Peter Jacobsen (1954â€"), pro golfer (B)
- Clayton Jacobson II (1933â€"), entrepreneur, creator of the jet ski (B)
- Evan Jager (1989â€"), distance runner
- Jeff Jahn (1970â€"), curator, art critic, artist, historian, composer (B)
- Gary Jarman (1980â€"), musician, singer/songwriter (B)
- Ethel Jewett (1877â€"1944), silent film actress (B)
- Steve Jobs (1955â€"2011), creator, founder of Apple
- Chris Johanson (1968â€"), painter, artist (B)
- Fred Jones (1979â€"), basketball player, 2004 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Champion (B)
- Scott Jones (1966â€"), NFL offensive guard (1989â€"1991) (B)
- Terrence Jones (1992â€"), professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets (B)
- Miranda July (1974â€"), performance artist, filmmaker
K
- Ian Karmel, comedian (B)
- Louis Kaufman (1905â€"1994), violinist (B)
- Lisa Kennedy (1972â€"), political commentator
- Robert E. Kennedy (1914â€"2010), professor, president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obipso (B)
- Maude Kerns (1876â€"1965), avant-garde artist (B)
- Albertina Kerr (1890â€"1911), heiress to the Kerr Glass Company (B)
- Donald M. Kerr (1946â€"2015), wildlife biologist and conservationist (B)
- James Kilgore (1947â€"), activist and author (B)
- Wright King (1923â€"), film and television actor
- Zach King (1990â€"), YouTube personality
- Phil Knight (1938â€"), business magnate, co-founder of Nike, Inc. (B)
- Terence Knox (1946â€"), actor (B)
- A. Thomas Kraabel (1934â€"2016), classics and Jewish history scholar (B)
- Jane Kurtz (1952â€"), author (B)
- Taya Kyle (1974â€"), author and activist, wife of Chris Kyle (B)
L
- Barbara La Marr (1896â€"1926), actress
- Mary Catherine Lamb (1949â€"2009), textile artist
- Ray Lampkin (1948â€"), retired professional boxer (B)
- Ben Hur Lampman (1886â€"1954), writer, editor at The Oregonian, Oregon poet laureate (B)
- k.d. lang (1961â€"), singer-songwriter
- Storm Large (1969â€"), singer, songwriter, author
- Matt Lattanzi (1959â€"), actor; ex-husband of Olivia Newton-John (B)
- Thomas Lauderdale (1970â€"), musician, Pink Martini
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929â€"), science fiction and fantasy author
- Norman Leyden (1917â€"2014), arranger, conductor, clarinetist (B)
- Brian Lindstrom (1961â€"), documentary filmmaker (B)
- Albert Littlefield, the first professional abortion provider in Portland
- Mickey Lolich (1940â€"), MLB pitcher (B)
- Courtney Love (1964â€"), musician and actress, frontwoman of Hole
- George A. Lovejoy (1931â€"2015), New Hampshire State Senator and businessman (B)
- Richard A. Lovett (1953â€"), science fiction author
- Logan Lynn (1979â€"), musician, writer, composer, singer, producer and LGBT activist
M
- Shannon MacMillan (1974â€"), U.S. soccer player
- Sharon Maeda (1945â€"), Asian American activist
- Holly Madison (1979â€"), Playboy Playmate, actress
- Cleo Maletis (1925â€"2009), Mrs. America 1957 winner
- Stephen Malkmus (1966â€"), band member of Pavement
- Robert Mann (1920â€"), violinist, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet (B)
- Thomas Mann (1991â€"), actor (B)
- Phillip Margolin (1944â€"), writer and lawyer (B)
- Richard Laurence Marquette, (1934â€"), serial killer (B)
- Johnny Marr (1963â€"), guitarist, The Smiths
- Chan Marshall (1972â€"), musician, Cat Power
- Leanne Marshall (1980â€"), winner of TV series Project Runway Season 5
- Emily Winfield Martin, visual artist and author of children's books (B)
- Marguerite Martyn (c. 1880â€"1948), reporter and artist
- Blair Mastbaum (1975â€"), novelist, Clay's Way and Us Ones In Between
- Ana Matronic (1974â€"), singer (B)
- Les McClaine (1977â€"), comic artist, comic writer/artist of Eisner-nominated Jonny Crossbones
- Doyle McCormack (1943â€"), railroad preservationist, president of the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (B)
- Rose McGowan (1973â€"), actress
- Dallas McKennon (1919â€"2009), voice actor
- Mike and Brian McMenamin, brewpub owners (B)
- Carlton Mellick III (1977â€"), bizarro fiction author
- Colin Meloy (1974â€"), musician, singer/songwriter, leader of The Decemberists
- James Mercer (1970â€"), musician, singer/songwriter, leader of The Shins
- Judi Meredith (1936â€"2014), actress, figure skater
- Jeff Merkley (1956â€"), junior U.S. Senator from Oregon
- Mayo Methot (1904â€"1951), film and Broadway actress (B)
- Noah Mickens, producer, director, actor, ringmaster of Wanderlust Circus (B)
- Tiffeny Milbrett (1972â€"), soccer player, Olympic and World Cup champion (B)
- Colleen Miller (1932â€"), actress
- Don Miller (1971â€"), author
- Bob Mionske (1962â€"), attorney, Olympic and professional bicycle racer
- Mirah (1974â€"), musician
- Rhea Mitchell (1890â€"1957), silent film actress (B)
- Erika Moen (1983â€"), comic book artist
- Jinkx Monsoon (1987â€"), drag queen, singer, actor (B)
- Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (1972â€"), MTV VJ, 1992â€"1996
- Al Moore (1908â€"1991), American football player (B)
- Glen Moore (1941â€"), jazz bassist (B)
- Joel David Moore (1977â€"), actor (B)
- Lee Morse (1897â€"1954), jazz and blues singer/songwriter, Broadway actress
- Cris Moss, curator and artist
- George Harry Mullin (1892â€"1963), decorated World War I veteran and Victoria Cross winner (B)
- Ona Munson (1903â€"1955), actress (B)
- Francis J. Murnane (1914â€"1968), longshore worker, preservationist
- Dale Murphy (1956â€"), Atlanta Braves baseball player (B)
- Brent Musburger (1939â€"), ESPN and ABC newscaster (B)
- Isaiah Mustafa (1974â€"), actor and athlete (B)
N
- Bill Naito (1925â€"1996), businessman (B)
- Ted Newsom (1952â€"), filmmaker (B)
- Rob Neyer (1966â€"), sportswriter and author
- Scout Niblett (1973â€"), musician
- Stella Nickell (1943â€"), criminal, responsible for Chicago Tylenol murders
- Nitin Khanna (1975-), Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO of MergerTech.
- Barbara Niven (1953â€"), television actress (B)
- Jeni and Kyndi Niquette (born 1988â€"), members of the pop rock duo Jen and Kat, lifestyle models, TV/film actresses
O
- Bill O'Reilly (1949â€"), political commentator, former news anchor
- Bill Oakley (1966â€"), writer
- Jack Ohman (1960â€"), editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian (B)
- Steve Olin (1965â€"1993), Cleveland Indians pitcher (B)
- George Olsen (1893â€"1971), bandleader in the 1920s (B)
- Kaitlin Olson (1975â€"), actress (B)
- William Olvis (1958â€"2014), composer (B)
- Mark Orton, film score composer
- William Overton, Portland founder, businessman (B)
P
- Keith Packard (1963â€"), software developer
- Bettie Page (1923â€"2008), pin-up model and actress
- Chuck Palahniuk (1962â€"), writer, author of Fight Club
- Dennis Patera (1945â€"), American football player (B)
- Virginia Patton (1926â€"), actress, It's a Wonderful Life (B)
- Linus Pauling (1901â€"1994), double Nobel Prize-winning chemist (B)
- Jack Pennick (1895â€"1964), actor (B)
- Edward J. Perkins (1928â€"), diplomat
- Johnny Pesky (1919â€"2012), Boston Red Sox baseball player (B)
- Susan Peters (1921â€"1952), actress
- Tom Peterson (1930â€"2016), retailer and television personality
- Henry F. Phillips (1890â€"1958), inventor of the Phillips-head screw (B)
- Mitch Pileggi (1952â€"), actor, played FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on TV series The X-Files (B)
- Roddy Piper (1954â€"2015), professional wrestler
- Orlando Plummer (1836â€"1913), physician and politician (B)
- Paul Popham (1947â€"1985), World War II veteran and gay rights activist
- Tom Potter (1940â€"), police chief and mayor (2005â€"2008)
- Jane Powell (1929â€"), actress and singer (B)
- Maudie Prickett (1914â€"1976), actress (B)
R
- Ruth Radelet (1982â€"), musician, lead singer of Chromatics (B)
- Ahmad RashÄd (1949â€"), NFL player, television personality (B)
- Justin Rattner, Intel executive (B)
- Johnnie Ray (1927â€"1990), singer
- Max Records (1997â€"), actor (B)
- John Reed (1887â€"1920), journalist (B)
- Holiday Reinhorn (1964â€"), writer (B)
- Mel Renfro (1941â€"), defensive back for Dallas Cowboys
- Rozz Rezabek (1960â€"), punk pioneer and vocalist for early Negative Trend and Theatre of Sheep (B)
- Kim Rhodes (1969â€"), actress (B)
- Jeff Richards (1924â€"1989), baseball player-turned-actor (B)
- Burton Richardson (1949â€"), television announcer (B)
- Mike Richardson (1950â€"), publisher and founder of Dark Horse Comics (B)
- Terry Robb (1956- ) fingerstyle guitarist
- Clete Roberts (1912â€"1984), radio and TV journalist (B)
- Robert Robideau (1946â€"2009), Native American rights activist (B)
- John Robinson (1985â€"), actor (B)
- Cleveland S. Rockwell (1837â€"1907), cartographer and artist
- Raina Rose (1982â€"), folk singer
- Keri Rosebraugh, artist (B)
- Louis Conrad Rosenberg (1890â€"1983), printmaker (B)
- Alex Ross (1970â€"), comic book artist (B)
- Marv Ross, guitarist of Quarterflash (B)
- Rindy Ross, singer and saxophonist of Quarterflash (B)
- Mark Rothko (1903â€"1970), artist
- Aaron Rowand (1970â€"), San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox outfielder (B)
- Greg Rucka, novelist and comic book writer (B)
- Galen Rupp (1986â€"), Olympic distance runner (B)
- Pat Russell (1923â€") Los Angeles City Council member, 1969â€"87 (B)
- Rick Rydell (1963â€"), outdoors writer, novelist, radio talk show host
- Nancy Ryles (1937â€"1990), politician (B)
S
- Joe Sacco (1960â€"), graphic novel journalist
- Katee Sackhoff (1980â€"), actress (B)
- Greg Sage (1952â€"), punk musician (B)
- Alberto Salazar (1958â€"), Olympic track athlete, marathoner, coach
- Curtis Salgado (1954â€"), soul singer
- Rick Sanders (1945â€"1972), world champion Greco-Roman wrestler, 2-time Olympic silver medalist (1968-1972) (B)
- Rebecca Schaeffer (1967â€"1989), actress, whose murder in 1989 led to anti-stalking laws
- Anne Schedeen (1949â€"), actress, ALF, aka Luanne Ruth Schedeen (B)
- Monte Scheinblum (1967â€"), 1992 U.S. and world long-driving golf champion (B)
- Dan Schmid (1962â€"), musician (B)
- Gerald Schwartz (1946â€"), mathematician (B)
- Randal L. Schwartz (1961â€"), author of Perl programming books and magazine articles, controversially convicted computer criminal (B)
- Gordon Scott (1926â€"2007), actor (B)
- Daniel Seavey (1999â€"), musician, singer-songwriter, and contestant from American Idol season 14 (B)
- Gwenn Seemel (1981â€"), artist (B)
- Richie Sexson (1974â€"), MLB baseman (B)
- Floyd Simmons (1925â€"1996), American football player (B)
- Danny Simon (1918â€"2005), television writer
- Ernst Skarstedt (1857â€"1929), author
- Elliott Smith (1969â€"2003), musician
- Harry Everett Smith (1923â€"1991), archivist, ethnomusicologist (B)
- Lawrence Leighton Smith (1936â€"2013), conductor (B)
- Esperanza Spalding (1984â€"), musician (B)
- Tom Spanbauer (1946â€"), author
- Eric Spoelstra (1970â€"), NBA coach
- Matthew Stadler, author
- William Stafford (1914â€"1993), poet
- Bob Steele (1907â€"1988), actor, The Big Sleep (B)
- Dan Steffan, cartoonist
- Dave Stevens (1955â€"2008), illustrator and comic artist
- Damon Stoudamire (1973â€"), NBA player and coach (B)
- Salim Stoudamire (1982â€"), NBA player (B)
- Cheryl Strayed (1968â€"), author, memoirist, novelist, columnist, and essayist (B)
- Brenda Strong (1960â€"), actress (B)
- Sally Struthers (1947â€"), actress (B)
- Ndamukong Suh (1987â€"), defensive tackle for Miami Dolphins (B)
- Jon Micah Sumrall (1980â€"), lead singer of Christian rock band Kutless
T
- Deb Talan (1968â€"), singer-songwriter, member of The Weepies
- Simon Tam (1981â€"), musician, author, and founder of The Slants
- Ruth Taylor (1905â€"1984), silent film actress
- Thelma Taylor (1933â€"1949), murder victim (B)
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor (1967â€"), musician (B)
- Maria Thayer (1975â€"), actress (B)
- Tommy Thayer (1960â€"), musician, guitarist for KISS (B)
- Twinka Thiebaud (1945â€"), model
- Craig Thompson (1975â€"), graphic novelist
- Kirk Thornton (1956â€"), voice actor (B)
- Tori (born 1964), ring name of American bodybuilder and professional wrestler Terri Poch (B)
- Linus Torvalds (1969â€"), organizer of Linux operating system kernel.
- Michael Totten, writer, foreign correspondent
- Vecepia Towery (1965â€"), winner of Survivor: Marquesas (B)
- Pennie Lane Trumbull (1954â€"), socialite, basis of "Penny Lane" in Almost Famous (B)
- Corin Tucker (1972â€"), musician, guitarist of Sleater-Kinney
- Richmond K. Turner (1885â€"1961), U.S. Navy Admiral (B)
U
- Sara Jean Underwood (1984â€"), Playboy Playmate of the year 2007, model, actress (B)
- Andrea U'Ren (1968â€"), children's author and illustrator
V
- Gus Van Sant (1952â€"), filmmaker
- Laura Veirs (1973â€"), folk singer-songwriter
- Will Vinton (1947â€"), claymation animator
- Nicole Vogel, publisher and author (B)
- Howard Vollum (1913â€"1986), engineer, founder of Tektronix Corporation (B)
- Robert Vosper (1913â€"1994), librarian, UCLA, University of Kansas (B)
W
- Abby Wambach (1980â€"), soccer player
- Lindsay Wagner (1949â€"), actress
- Chris Walla (1975â€"), musician, guitarist of Death Cab for Cutie
- M. Ward (1973â€"), musician
- Michaela Watkins (1971â€"), comedian, actress
- Marie Watt (1967â€"), contemporary sculptor (B)
- Danny Way (1974â€"), professional skateboarder (B)
- Connor Weil (1994â€"), actor (B)
- Janet Weiss (1965â€"), musician, drummer of Sleater-Kinney
- E. Henry Wemme (1861â€"1914), businessman
- Paul Wexler (1929â€"1979), actor
- Philip Whalen (1923â€"2002), Zen Buddhist poet (B)
- Minor White (1908â€"1976), influential photographer
- Morris H. Whitehouse (1878â€"1944), architect (B)
- Brad Wilk (1968â€"), drummer of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave (B)
- Nancy Wilson (1954â€"), musician, Heart
- David Wolman, author and journalist
- Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852â€"1944), author and civil liberties advocate (B)
- Randall Woodfield (1950â€"), serial killer known as The I-5 Killer
- Renn Woods (1958â€"), actress, Roots (B)
- Martin Wong (1946â€"1999), painter (B)
- Anthony Wynn (1962â€"), author, playwright
Y
- Lidia Yuknavitch (1963â€"), writer
Z
- Mariel Zagunis (1985â€"), two-time Olympic gold medalist in fencing (B)