List of people from Eugene, Oregon
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The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Eugene, Oregon, United States. A separate list of people from Oregon is available.
Athletes
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Soccer player Nate Jaqua
- Danny Ainge, North Eugene High School (1977), NBA player, coach and team executive
- Jon Anderson, Olympian, 1973 Boston Marathon winner
- Alex Brink, Canadian Football League quarterback[1]
- Gregory Byrne, Athletics Director at Mississippi State University
- Todd Christensen, Sheldon High School (1974), Los Angeles Raiders NFL tight end
- Mary Decker, Olympian
- Bill Dellinger, Olympian
- Ashton Eaton, Olympian[2]
- Tim Euhus, Churchill High School, NFL tight end
- Dan Fouts, University of Oregon (1970-72), San Diego Chargers (NFL) quarterback, inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame
- Joey Harrington, University of Oregon (1998-2001), NFL quarterback
- Cyrus Hostetler, Olympian[3]
- Luke Jackson, University of Oregon, NBA player, basketball coach at Northwest Christian University.
- Nate Jaqua, South Eugene High School (2000), Seattle Sounders striker
- Jordan Kent, Churchill High School, University of Oregon football, basketball and track star, son of UO coach Ernie Kent, wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
- Matt LaBounty, Oregon, 49ers, Packers, and Seahawks NFL Defensive End
- Keith Lewis, University of Oregon, 49ers Free Safety
- Casey Martin, professional golfer, University of Oregon golf coach
- Bill McChesney, University of Oregon distance runner, 1980 Olympic team member
- Quintin Mikell, Willamette High School, Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) defensive back
- Chris Miller, Sheldon High School (1983), University of Oregon (1983-86), NFL quarterback
- Kenny Moore, North Eugene High School (1962), University of Oregon (1963-66), runner, Olympic marathoner, sportswriter (Sports Illustrated), screenwriter (Without Limits), author (Bowerman and the Men of Oregon), actor in track movie Personal Best
- Haloti Ngata, University of Oregon (2006), Baltimore Ravens (NFL) defensive tackle
- Aaron Olsen, professional cyclist
- Steve Prefontaine, University of Oregon (1973), Olympic runner
- Jeff Quinney, 2000 United States amateur golf champion, now active PGA player
- Ahmad Rashād (formerly Bobby Moore), University of Oregon football player (1969-71), NFL receiver, NBC sportscaster
- Dathan Ritzenhein, distance runner, 2008 USA men's Olympic Marathon Team
- Marla Runyan, distance runner
- Alberto Salazar, distance runner, marathoner
- Onterrio Smith, University of Oregon, NFL runningback
- David Vobora, Churchill High School, NFL linebacker
- Josh Wilcox, University of Oregon, NFL tight end
- Kailee Wong, North Eugene High School, NFL linebacker
Entertainment
- Brandon Beemer, actor
- Frank Black, musician, Pixies singer and guitarist
- Tracy Bonham, musician
- Richard Brautigan, author
- Isaac Brock, musician, Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova
- Esther K. Chae, actress
- Robert Cray, musician
- William De Los Santos, writer for 2002 Eugene-based film Spun
- Anna Gilbert, musician
- Tim Hardin, musician
- Howard Hesseman, actor
- George Hitchcock (1914-2010), poet and publisher of the literary journal Kayak[4]
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman, author
- Christopher Judge, actor (Stargate SG-1), as Doug Judge; football star at the University of Oregon in the mid-1980s
- Kelly Keagy, musician (drummer for Night Ranger)[citation needed]
- Mat Kearney, musician
- Maude Kerns, artist
- Ken Kesey, author
- Damon Knight, author
- Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist, author, musician, attended University of Oregon 1992-1996.
- Mark Lindsay, musician, lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders
- Halie Loren, singer/songwriter
- Courtney Love, frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole, lived in Eugene as a child with her mother
- Shawn McDonald, musician
- Rose McGowan, actress, grew up in Eugene[5]
- Frank Navetta (1962-2008), original bassist for punk band Descendents; born in California, moved to Eugene in 1985 and lived there until his death
- Laurie Notaro, author
- Austin O'Brien, actor, costarred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero as well as appearing in many other films and TV shows
- Eric Christian Olsen, actor
- Steve Perry, songwriter, Cherry Poppin' Daddies singer/guitarist
- RJD2, music producer, singer and musician
- Rock and Roll Soldiers, band
- Bruce Holland Rogers, author
- Curtis Salgado, Willamette High School alumnus (1971), blues musician
- Rebecca Schaeffer, actress in My Sister Sam
- Dan Schmid, musician, Cherry Poppin' Daddies/Frank Black bassist
- David Ogden Stiers, actor on the television series M*A*S*H; was in the first graduating class of North Eugene High School (1960)
- Eric A. Stillwell, screenwriter and producer
- Corin Tucker, musician, Sleater-Kinney
- John Varley, science fiction author
- Olga Volchkova, cast-glass sculptor
- Ray Vukcevich, fantasy and literary author
- Caitlin Wachs, actress
- Jenny Wade, actress, Churchill High School alumnus
- Bob Welch, author, columnist for The Register-Guard
- Leslie What, author
- Kate Wilhelm, author
- Mason Williams, musician, writer
- Paul Wright, musician
- Anthony Wynn, author
- Bryce Zabel, Hollywood writer and producer; chairman Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Others
Astronaut Stanley G. Love
- Herbert W. Armstrong, evangelist and author
- David Bischoff, science fiction author
- John Brombaugh, pipe organ builder
- Edgar Buchanan, dentist, actor
- Preston Callison, South Carolina lawyer and politician; retired to Eugene in 2011
- James Dutton, US Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut
- Jacob Hacker, political scientist
- Creed C. Hammond, Major General and Chief of the National Guard Bureau[6]
- Jack Herer, cannabis activist, author[7]
- Terri Irwin, naturalist, wife of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
- Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, Inc.
- Eugene Lazowski, Polish physician, saved 8,000 people by creating a fake typhus epidemic in World War II[8][9]
- Grace Llewellyn, author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook
- Mickey Loomis, Willamette High School alumnus; general manager, New Orleans Saints, National Football League
- Stanley G. Love, astronaut[10]
- Georgia Mason, botanist and herbarium curator [11]
- Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator
- Jerry Oltion, author, astronomer, and inventor
- Paul Pierson, political scientist.
- Marty Ravellette, armless hero
- Paul Martin Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois
- Wendell Wood, conservationist[12]
- John Zerzan, anarcho-primitivist writer, philosopher, activist
See also
References
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- ↑ Fake Epidemic Saves a Village from Nazis
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