List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon
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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.
Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that compose what has become known as the...
, United States. A separate list of people from Oregon is available.
Mayors
- Harry T. BagleyHarry T. BagleyHarry Taylor Bagley was an American attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he was raised in Washington County, Oregon, where he practiced law and was a local official...
- William N. BarrettWilliam N. BarrettWilliam Nathan Barrett was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. A native of Washington County, he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, including three different times in the Oregon House...
- Rodolph CrandallRodolph CrandallRodolph Crandall was an American politician and soldier. A native of New York, he served in the American Civil War before settling in the state of Oregon...
- Benjamin P. CorneliusBenjamin P. CorneliusBenjamin Peyton Cornelius was an American politician and judge in Oregon. A Republican, he served in the Oregon House of Representatives and as the mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. The son of Thomas R...
- Gordon FaberGordon FaberGordon Faber is a former politician and business owner in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he served on the city’s budget committee and city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1993 to 2001. He served in the military and was a...
- Joseph C. HareJoseph C. HareJoseph Coulson Hare was an American politician and lumberman in Oregon. A native of Hillsboro, he was the son of William D. Hare, both of whom served as mayors of Hillsboro. Hares Canyon in Washington County is named in his honor....
- William D. HareWilliam D. HareWilliam Davenport Hare was an American politician in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature and the 8th mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. His other duties included those of customs collector and presidential elector...
- Shirley HuffmanShirley HuffmanShirley Todd Huffman is a former politician and legal secretary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Raised in Dayton, Oregon, she settled in Hillsboro, Oregon, where she served on the city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1985 to 1993...
- Tom HughesTom Hughes (Oregon politician)Tom Hughes is a politician and former educator in the U.S. state of Oregon. He is the president of Metro, a regional government in the Portland metropolitan area. A native of Hillsboro, he served as on that city's planning commission and city council before serving two terms as mayor from 2001 to...
- Samuel B. HustonSamuel B. HustonSamuel Bruce Huston was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. Originally a Democrat and later a Republican, he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was twice the mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon...
- Thomas H. TongueThomas H. TongueThomas H. Tongue was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. Born in England, his family immigrated to Washington County, Oregon, in 1859. In Oregon, he would serve in the State Senate from 1889 to 1893 and was the seventh mayor of Hillsboro...
- Charles T. TozierCharles T. TozierCharles True Tozier was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he moved to Oregon in 1863 and served as the second mayor of the city of Hillsboro and in the Oregon House of Representatives....
Athletics
- Erik AingeErik AingeErik Douglas Ainge is a retired American football quarterback formerly of the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jets in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
, football player - Wally BackmanWally BackmanWalter Wayne Backman is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is best known for his time with the New York Mets from - and was a member of their 1986 World Series-winning team...
, baseball player - Bob BeallBob BeallRobert Brooks Beall is a former professional American baseball player who played Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates in...
, baseball player - Scott BrosiusScott BrosiusScott David Brosius is a former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees . Brosius is currently the head baseball coach at Linfield College, his alma mater....
, baseball player - Jim EvensonJim EvensonJim Evenson was a running back who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League for the British Columbia Lions and the Ottawa Rough Riders. Evenson won the Eddie James Memorial Trophy in 1971. He was a part of the Rough Riders 1973 Grey Cup winning team. Evenson played college football at...
, football player - Thomas GarrigusThomas GarrigusThomas Irvin Garrigus was an American Olympic athlete who competed in shooting sports. A native of Oregon, he competed at the 1968 Summer Games where he won a silver medal, and later served as a coach.-Early life:...
, Olympic shooting athlete - Darrall ImhoffDarrall ImhoffDarrall Tucker Imhoff is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons in the NBA , playing for half a dozen teams...
, basketball player - Josh InmanJosh InmanJosh Inman is an American rower. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Inman was raised in Oregon where he graduated from Hillsboro High School and Oregon State University...
, Olympic rower - Mitch MeeuwsenMitch MeeuwsenMitch Meeuwsen is an American football player who played cornerback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.-Early years:Meeuwsen attended Forest Grove High School in Forest Grove, Oregon...
, football player - Tiffeny Milbrett, soccer player
- Vern OlsenVern OlsenVern Jarl Olsen , was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from to . He would play for the Chicago Cubs. From 1943 to 1945 Olsen served in the military during World War II....
, baseball player - Roddy PiperRoddy PiperRoderick George Toombs , better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his work with WWE...
, professional wrestler - Clifford R. RobinsonClifford R. RobinsonClifford "Cliff" Ralph Robinson is a former American professional basketball player, formerly of the National Basketball Association.-Highlights:...
, basketball player - Scott RueckScott RueckScott Rueck is the head coach of the Oregon State University women's basketball team.-Early life:Rueck grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he graduated from Glencoe High School. His father had been the first boy's basketball coach at Glencoe and had also been a coach at Hillsboro High School...
, women's basketball coach - Ad RutschmanAd RutschmanAd Rutschman is an American coach of football and baseball in the state of Oregon. He was a head football coach for 24 seasons, head baseball coach for 13 seasons, and served as athletic director for 25 years at Linfield College. He is the first athletic director emeritus in the history of the...
, hall of fame football coach - Wes SchulmerichWes SchulmerichEdward Wesley Schulmerich was an American Major League Baseball player from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he played baseball and football at what is now Oregon State University where he participated in three sports. On the football team, he played three positions and earned the...
, baseball player
Others
- Kelly AuCoinKelly AuCoinKelly AuCoin is an American actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He has appeared in episodes of several American television series, including Gossip Girl and The Good Wife, and has had supporting roles in the films The Kingdom and Julie & Julia.-Early life:AuCoin was born in the...
, actor - George R. BagleyGeorge R. BagleyGeorge Robert Bagley was an American attorney and jurist in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he was raised in Washington County, Oregon, where he practiced law and served as a circuit court judge for nearly 25 years...
, lawyer and judge - Genevieve BellGenevieve BellGenevieve Bell is an Australian born anthropologist and researcher. Born in Sydney, she is the director of Intel Corporation's Interaction and Experience Research and was the 15th Thinker in Residence in South Australia...
, anthropologist for Intel - Rick DancerRick DancerRick Dancer is an American journalist and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Hillsboro, he was a longtime anchor for KEZI television in Eugene. Among his other activities as anchor, he covered the Thurston High School shooting...
, politician and news anchor - George W. EbbertGeorge W. EbbertGeorge Wood “Squire” Ebbert was a mountain man and early settler in the Oregon Country. Born in Kentucky, he settled on the Tualatin Plains in what would become Oregon and participated in the Champoeg Meetings that created a government prior to the formation of the Oregon Territory...
, pioneer - Peggy Y. Fowler, CEO of Portland General ElectricPortland General ElectricPortland General Electric is an electrical utility based in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - half of the inhabitants of Oregon...
- Daniel GaultDaniel GaultDaniel M. C. Gault was a newspaperman, educator and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Iowa, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his family as a child where he became a teacher in several locales. A Republican, he served three terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly over a...
, educator, newspaperman, and state legislator - William G. HareWilliam G. HareWilliam G. Hare was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, he grew up in the Hillsboro area where he later practiced law. A Republican, he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislature, as had his father William D. Hare...
, politician - David HillDavid Hill (Oregon politician)David Hill , was an American pioneer and settler of what became Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. He served in the Provisional Government of Oregon in both the executive and legislative branches, and later as a legislator in the first Oregon Territorial Legislature...
, pioneer and city namesake - David LarsenDavid LarsenDavid Larsen is an American stage actor from Portland, Oregon. A 1998 graduate of Hillsboro High School, Larsen starred in many productions, including the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat....
, actor - Savannah OutenSavannah OutenSavannah Outen is an American singer who gained popularity on YouTube. Outen began posting videos of herself singing on YouTube in March 2007 along with Angelika Vee and Esmee Denters. In 2010 she collaborated with Boyce Avenue on their sixth acoustic album, New Acoustic Sessions...
, singer - Tommy OverstreetTommy OverstreetTommy Overstreet is an American country singer. Often known simply as "T.O." by fans and radio disc jockeys, Overstreet has five top five hit singles in the Billboard country charts and 11 top 10 singles. His popularity peaked in the 1970s.-Early life:Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Overstreet...
, country music singer - George W. PattersonGeorge W. Patterson (Oregon politician)George W. Patterson was an American businessman and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he was a Republican member of the Oregon State Senate in the 1890s.-Early life:...
, politician - Paul L. PattersonPaul L. PattersonPaul Linton Patterson was an American Republican politician. He served as President of the Oregon State Senate and the 26th Governor of Oregon .-Early life:...
, former Oregon governor - D. O. QuickD. O. QuickDavid O. Quick was an American educator and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana and a trained lawyer, he crossed the Oregon Trail where he was a school teacher and later farmer...
, state legislator - Norman RalstonNorman RalstonNorman William Ralston was an American pilot.-Biography:During World War II, Ralston, known as "Swede", trained hundreds of Army pilots at the Rankin Air Academy in Tulare, California...
, aviator - Edward SchulmerichEdward SchulmerichEdward C. Schulmerich was a businessman and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of California, his German family moved to Oregon when he was a boy, settling near Hillsboro. There he worked in the banking industry and other professional pursuits...
, banker and politician - John W. ShuteJohn W. ShuteJohn Wright Shute was an American banker in the state of Oregon. He was the founder of the first bank in Washington County, Oregon, and both Shute Park and Shute Road in Hillsboro, Oregon, are his namesakes.-Early life:...
, banker - Samuel Thurston, first Congressional delegate from Oregon
- Thomas TongueThomas TongueThomas H. Tongue III was an American jurist in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he served as the 75th associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving 13 years on the state's highest court. Tongue is the grandson of U.S. Representative Thomas H...
, former Oregon Supreme CourtOregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol...
justice - Albert E. Tozier, journalist
- William H. WehrungWilliam H. WehrungWilliam Henry Wehrung was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, he was a cabinetmaker, banker, and merchant in Hillsboro, Oregon...
, politician and businessman - James WithycombeJames WithycombeJames Withycombe was a British-born American politician, a Republican, and the 15th Governor of Oregon. Prior to entering politics he was farmer and sheep rancher in the Tualatin Valley, leading to appointment as the state's veterinarian and then as head of what became the Oregon State University...
, former Oregon governor - Mary Ramsey WoodMary Ramsey WoodMary Ramsey Wood was an American pioneer known as the "Mother Queen of Oregon." She was reported to be the oldest living person in the United States when she died at the supposed age of 120, and it is said she traveled to the Oregon Territory across the Oregon Trail at the age of 66...
, "Mother Queen of Oregon" - Bryce ZabelBryce ZabelBryce H. Zabel is an American television producer, director, writer, and occasional actor. He is known as the chairman/CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences who was forced to twice postpone the Emmy Awards following the September 11 attacks...
, writer/producer, former chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences