List of Famous people born in Oregon, United States of America
Neil Heddings
Mike Richardson
Mike Richardson is an American publisher, writer, and Emmy-winning producer. In 1986, he founded Dark Horse Comics, an award-winning international publishing house located in Milwaukie, Oregon. Richardson is also the founder and President of the Things From Another World retail chain and president of Dark Horse Entertainment, which has developed and produced numerous projects for film and television based on Dark Horse properties or licensed properties.
Robert Cornthwaite
Robert Rae Cornthwaite was an American film and television character actor.
Hugo Napoleão do Rego Neto
Connie McCready
Constance "Connie" McCready, was a journalist and politician from Portland, Oregon, in the United States. She held several elected offices in Oregon during her career, including the Oregon House of Representatives, the Portland City Council, and culminating with a partial term as Portland's mayor. To date, McCready remains the last Republican to serve as mayor of the city.
Booth Colman
Booth Colman was an American film, television and stage actor. In his later years he played older authority figures, such as doctors and lawyers. Colman appeared in films since 1952, when he debuted (uncredited) in The Big Sky directed by Howard Hawks.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur and the former chief executive officer and co-founder of Myspace. During DeWolfe's tenure, MySpace grew over 135 million worldwide unique visitors a month. DeWolfe is credited with challenging and reinventing the music label industry with the MySpace Music section, which allowed unsigned artists to post their music for free and launched the careers of several famous musicians, among them Lily Allen and Sean Kingston. Currently, DeWolfe is the chief executive officer of Jam City.
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Courtney A. Taylor, known as Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. Taylor-Taylor has written the majority of the band's songs.
Barry Carl
Barry Strauss Carl is an American voice-over actor and musician best known as the bass of the a cappella vocal band Rockapella while the group was house band on the PBS children's geography game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. He was a member of Rockapella from 1988 until he left the group in 2002. Carl is known for his signature deep voice, which he used during his years with the band to create an almost instrumental sounding bass.
Aaron Olsen
Aaron Olson is an American professional road bicycle racer. Olson was raised in Eugene, Oregon. Olson owns and operates Handlebar Coffee Roasters with two locations based in Santa Barbara, CA.