List of people from Portland, Oregon

Portland is a port city in the U.S. state of Oregon located at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.

Established in the 1830s as a camp along the Oregon Trail, Portland evolved into a major West Coast industrial city during the twentieth century.

Contemporarily, it is the most populous city in Oregon, and the second-largest city in the Pacific Northwest.

[1] This list of notable people includes persons who were either born in, are current residents of, or have lived in Portland.

A person who lives in or comes from Portland, Oregon is called a Portlander.

Portland skyline at twilight
Rachel Ames , actress
James Beard , food expert
Mel Blanc , voice actor
Peter Buck , lead guitarist of R.E.M.
Louise Bryant , journalist
Jean Carmen , actress
Margaret Carter , politician
Clive Charles , English-born soccer player and coach
Ann Curry , journalist
Beth Ditto , singer
Ashton Eaton , decathlete
Marie Equi , physician
Amparito Farrar , soprano concert singer
Todd Field , actor and filmmaker
Gloria Grey , actress
Woody Guthrie , singer-songwriter
Kathleen Hanna , musician and feminist
Margaux Hemingway , model and actress
A. Thomas Kraabel , classics and Jewish history scholar
Franklin F. Korell , U.S. congressman
Courtney Love , musician and actress
Rose McGowan , actress, director
Mayo Methot , actress
Isaiah Mustafa , actor and athlete
Bill Naito , businessman
Kaitlin Olson , actress
Linus Pauling , chemist and peace activist
Orlando Plummer , physician and politician
Jane Powell , actress and singer
Ruth Radelet , musician and singer, Chromatics
John Reed , journalist
Mark Rothko , expressionist painter
Alexandra Savior , singer-songwriter
Norton Simon , billionaire industrialist
Elliott Smith , musician
Esperanza Spalding , multi- Grammy winning musician
Mary Jane Spurlin , first female judge in Oregon
Tommy Thayer , lead guitarist of KISS
Gus Van Sant , filmmaker
Nancy Wilson , singer and guitarist of Heart
Suzanne Zimmerman , Olympic swimmer