From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
NFL quarterback
Justin Herbert
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
Brian Conklin , professional basketball player for
Limoges CSP of the LNB
Pro A
Mary Decker , middle-distance runner, two-time world champion, member of
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
Bill Dellinger , middle-distance runner and University of Oregon coach, Olympic bronze medalist
Ashton Eaton , decathlete, five-time world champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist
[2]
Tim Euhus ,
Churchill High School , NFL tight end
Dan Fouts ,
University of Oregon (1970–72),
San Diego Chargers (NFL) quarterback,
Pro Football Hall of Famer , TV commentator
Joey Harrington ,
University of Oregon (1998–2001), NFL quarterback
Jamey Harris , 1998 national champion, 1,500 meters
Justin Herbert ,
Sheldon High School (Oregon) ,
University of Oregon (2016–19),
Los Angeles Chargers (NFL) quarterback,
Rose Bowl MVP
Cyrus Hostetler , javelin thrower, Pan American Games silver medalist
[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 three-sport star, son of UO coach
Ernie Kent , wide receiver
Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
Matt LaBounty ,
Oregon ,
49ers ,
Packers , and
Seahawks
NFL
defensive end
Keith Lewis , University of Oregon, San Francisco 49ers free safety
Marcus Mariota , University of Oregon (2012–14), Heisman Trophy Winner, Tennessee Titans quarterback (2015–19), Las Vegas Raiders quarterback (2020–present)
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 ,
Detroit Lions (NFL) defensive tackle
Aaron Olson , professional cyclist
Steve Prefontaine , University of Oregon (1973), Olympic runner
Jeff Quinney , 2000 U.S. amateur golf champion, PGA player
Ahmad Rashad (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, five-time Paralympic Games gold medalist
Alberto Salazar , distance runner, marathoner, coach until he was banned for life
Onterrio Smith ,
University of Oregon , NFL running back
David Vobora , Churchill High School, NFL linebacker
Josh Wilcox , University of Oregon, NFL tight end
Kailee Wong , North Eugene High School, NFL linebacker
David Bischoff , science fiction author
Richard Brautigan , author
George Hitchcock (1914–2010), poet and publisher of the literary journal Kayak
[4]
Nina Kiriki Hoffman , author
Ken Kesey , author
Damon Knight , author
Grace Llewellyn , author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook
Laurie Notaro , author
Jerry Oltion , author, astronomer, and inventor
Chuck Palahniuk , author
Casey Plett , writer
Bruce Holland Rogers , author
William L. Sullivan , author of outdoor guide books
John Varley , science fiction author
Ray Vukcevich , fantasy and literary author
Bob Welch , author, columnist for
The Register-Guard
Leslie What , author
Kate Wilhelm , author
Anthony Wynn , author
Andy Andrist , comedian
Brandon Beemer , actor
Dan Carlin , podcaster and author
Esther K. Chae , actress
William De Los Santos , screenwriter for 2002 Eugene-based film
Spun
Demetri Goritsas , actor
Howard Hesseman , actor
Christopher Judge , actor (Stargate SG-1 ), as Doug Judge; football star at the University of Oregon in the mid-1980s
Rose McGowan , actress, grew up in Eugene
[5]
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
Rebecca Schaeffer , actress in
My Sister Sam
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
Caitlin Wachs , actress
Jenny Wade , actress,
Churchill High School alumnus
Craig Wasson , actor
Puddles the Duck , mascot, dancer
Bryce Zabel , Hollywood writer and producer; chairman Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Singer
Courtney Love
Frank Black , musician,
Pixies singer and guitarist
Tracy Bonham , musician
Isaac Brock , musician,
Modest Mouse ,
Ugly Casanova
Andie Case , musician
Robert Cray , musician
Anna Gilbert , musician
Tim Hardin , musician
Megan Marie Hart , operatic soprano
Evynne Hollens , musician
Peter Hollens , musician
Kelly Keagy , musician (drummer for
Night Ranger )
Mat Kearney , musician
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
Frank Navetta (1962–2008), original bassist for punk band
Descendents ; born in California, moved to Eugene in 1985 and lived there until his death
Steve Perry , musician, lead singer, songwriter
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
RJD2 , music producer, singer and musician
Rock and Roll Soldiers , band
Curtis Salgado , Willamette High School alumnus (1971), blues musician
Dan Schmid , musician,
Cherry Poppin' Daddies /Frank Black bassist
Corin Tucker , musician,
Sleater-Kinney
Theresa Becker Wayman , musician; singer-songwriter; actor; guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock band Warpaint
Mason Williams , musician, writer
Paul Wright , musician
Michelle Zauner , musician, lead vocalist and songwriter for
Japanese Breakfast ; author of her memoir,
Crying in H Mart
Astronaut
Stanley G. Love
Garner Ted Armstrong , radio and television evangelist
Herbert W. Armstrong , evangelist and author
John Brombaugh , pipe organ builder
Edgar Buchanan , dentist, actor
Robert Lee Burns , reformed convict
James Dutton , U.S. Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut
Neil Goldschmidt , politician, Mayor of Portland, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
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]
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]
Rich McKay , president and CEO of the
Atlanta Falcons
Wayne Morse , U.S. Senator
Paul Pierson , political scientist
Marty Ravellette , armless hero
Paul Martin Simon , U.S. Senator from Illinois
Wendell Wood , conservationist
[12]
Don Z. Zimmerman , Brigadier General, first Dean of Faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy
John Zerzan ,
anarcho-primitivist writer, philosopher, activist
^ Owen, Judy (3 August 2012).
"Winnipeg's Brink brings a confident vibe" .
The Globe and Mail . Winnipeg.
Canadian Press . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^
"USA Track & Field – Ashton Eaton" . usatf.org . Retrieved 2 August 2012 .
^
"USA Track & Field – Cyrus Hostetler" . usatf.org . Retrieved 2 August 2012 .
^ Grimes, William.
"George Hitchcock, Kayak Magazine Founder, Dies at 96" ,
The New York Times , September 4, 2010. Accessed September 5, 2010.
^ Gurley, George (2007-12-02).
"Rose McGowan: From 'Charmed' Life to 'Grindhouse' Deity" . Blackbook . Retrieved 2015-08-04 .
^ New York Times,
Maj. Gen. Hammond, Ex-Head of Militia , April 2, 1940
^ Saker, Anne (2010-04-15).
"Jack Herer, father of marijuana legalization movement, dies at age 70 in Eugene" .
The Oregonian . Retrieved 16 April 2010 . Herer had been recuperating since March in Eugene. His wife, Jeannie, was at his side at the house the couple had rented when he died.
^
Fake Epidemic Saves a Village from Nazis
^
Chicago's 'Schindler' who saved 8,000 Jews from Nazis dies
Archived 2007-10-30 at the
Wayback Machine
^
"NASA Astronaut Bio: Stanley G. Love" .
^
"Georgia Mason Herbarium Fund" . Oregon State University. Archived from
the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2013 .
^ Richard, Terry (2015-08-14).
"Wendell Wood, 65, remembered as protector of environment" .
The Oregonian . Retrieved 2015-09-03 .