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List of people from Oregon

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

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Location of Oregon in the United States
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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Obo Addy, musician

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Blanche Bates, actress
 
Ty Burrell, actor

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Beverly Cleary, author

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James Dutton, astronaut

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Jacoby Ellsbury, MLB center fielder

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Nell Franzen, actress

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A.C. Green, NBA player
 
Matt Groening, cartoonist

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Justin Herbert, NFL quarterback
 
Herbert Hoover, 34th President of the United States

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Chief Joseph, leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce

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Winona LaDuke, Native American rights activist

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Rose McGowan, actress
 
Lee Morse, jazz singer and guitarist

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Chuck Palahniuk, author

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John Reed, journalist

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Dean Smith, pilot
 
Chael Sonnen, MMA fighter, promoter, and analyst
 
Brenda Strong, actress

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Maria Thayer, actress

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Lindsay Wagner, actress

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  • John Zerzan (born 1943) – anthropologist and anarchist writer

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