List of Famous people born in Oregon, United States of America
Dallen Bounds
Dallen Forrest Bounds was an American serial killer. After killing two acquaintances, he barricaded himself with two women and ultimately committed suicide. Law enforcement officers have closed four murders in the Greenville and Pickens counties of South Carolina, and officials in the state of Washington suspect he was involved in several other murders.
Arthur Dewey Struble
Arthur Dewey Struble was a United States admiral who served in World War II and the Korean War.
Neil Goldschmidt
Neil Edward Goldschmidt is an American businessman and Democratic politician from the state of Oregon who held local, state and federal offices over three decades. After serving as the governor of Oregon, Goldschmidt was once considered the most influential and powerful figure in Oregon's politics. His career and legacy were severely damaged by revelations that he had raped a young teenage girl in 1973, during his first term as mayor of Portland.
Pat Healy
Patrick "Pat" Healy is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Lightweight division of ACB. A professional competitor since 2001, Healy has also formerly competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, the WEC, the IFL, the MFC, King of the Cage, Titan FC and Shark Fights. His twin brother, Ryan, is also a professional mixed martial artist.
Ralph Wright
Ralph Waldo Wright was a Disney animator and story/storyboard writer who provided the gloomy, sullen voice of Eeyore from the popular Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Bobby Henderson
Bobby Henderson is an American physics graduate, known for being the founder of Pastafarianism.
Maurine Brown Neuberger
Maurine Brown Neuberger-Solomon, best known as Maurine Neuberger was an American politician who served as a United States senator for the State of Oregon from November 1960 to January 1967. She was the fourth woman elected to the United States Senate and the tenth woman to serve in the body. She and her husband, Richard L. Neuberger, are regarded as the Senate's first husband-and-wife legislative team. To date, she is the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Oregon.
Elias McConnell
Elias Comfort McConnell is an American former actor and model from Portland, Oregon, known for appearing in the 2003 film, Elephant.
Donald Cook
Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor who had a prolific career in pre-Code Hollywood films and on Broadway. Cook is perhaps best known for his film roles in The Public Enemy (1931), Safe in Hell (1931), Baby Face (1933), and Viva Villa! (1934), as well as for his stage role as David Naughton in Claudia, which ran for a total of 722 performances on Broadway between 1941 and 1943. He was the first actor to play Ellery Queen.
Nicole Fugere
Nicole Fugere is an American actress, former photographer, and former model.