List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon

The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. A separate list of people from Oregon is available.

Mayors

Samuel Huston

• Harry T. Bagley[1]
• William N. Barrett[1]
• Steve Callaway[2]
• Benjamin P. Cornelius[1]
• Rodolph Crandall[1]
• Miller M. Duris[1]
• Gordon Faber[2]
• Joseph C. Hare[1]
• William D. Hare[1]
• Shirley Huffman[2]
• Tom Hughes[3]
• Samuel B. Huston[1]
• Thomas H. Tongue[1]
• Charles T. Tozier[1]

Athletes

Tiffeny Milbret

• Erik Ainge, football player[4]
• Wally Backman, World Series champion with the Mets, baseball player[5]
• Bob Beall, baseball player[6]
• Scott Brosius, baseball player[7]
• Scott Brow, baseball player who won the 1993 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays
• Jim Evenson, football player
• Thomas Garrigus, Olympic shooting athlete[8]
• Darrall Imhoff, basketball player[9]
• Josh Inman, Olympic rower[10]
• Scott Kozak, football player[11]
• Mitch Meeuwsen, football player[12]
• Tiffeny Milbrett, soccer player[13]
• Vern Olsen, baseball player[14]
• Ben Petrick, baseball player[15]
• Roddy Piper, professional wrestler[16]
• Clifford R. Robinson, basketball player[9]
• Scott Rueck, women's basketball coach[17]
• Ad Rutschman, Hall of Fame football coach[6]
• Wes Schulmerich, baseball player[18]

Politicians

James Withycombe

• George R. Bagley, lawyer and judge[19]
• Rick Dancer, politician and news anchor[20]
• Leon S. Davis, politician[21]
• George W. Ebbert, pioneer[22]
• David Edwards, politician who served in the Oregon House[23]
• Daniel Gault, educator, newspaperman, and state legislator[24]
• William G. Hare, politician[25]
• H. T. Hesse, politician[26]
• David Hill, pioneer and city namesake[27]
• Derrick Kitts, politician who served in the Oregon House[28]
• Shawn Lindsay, attorney and politician[29]
• George W. Patterson, politician[30]
• Paul L. Patterson, former Oregon governor[31]
• D. O. Quick, state legislator[32]
• Edward Schulmerich, banker and politician[33]
• Samuel Thurston, first Congressional delegate from Oregon[34]
• Thomas Tongue, former Oregon Supreme Court justice[35]
• William H. Wehrung, politician and businessman[36]
• James Withycombe, former Oregon governor[37]

Others

Savannah Outen

• Kelly AuCoin, actor[38]
• Cesar Barone, serial killer[39]
• Genevieve Bell, anthropologist for Intel[40]
• Cecilee Russell Essary, Residents' Interhall Congress advisor at the University of Arkansas[41]
• Peggy Y. Fowler, CEO of Portland General Electric[42]
• Judi Hofer, businessperson[43]
• David Larsen, actor[44]
• Savannah Outen, singer[45]
• Tommy Overstreet, country music singer[46]
• Norman Ralston, aviator[47]
• John W. Shute, banker[48]
• Albert E. Tozier, journalist[49]
• Mary Ramsey Wood, "Mother Queen of Oregon"[50]
• Bryce Zabel, writer/producer, former chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences[51]

See also

• Lists of Oregon-related topics

References

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