Notable Alumni of Portland State University [Sorted List]

1. Richard Devlin

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Richard Devlin is an American politician who served in the Oregon State Senate from 2003 to 2018, representing the 19th Senate district.

2. Seth McBride

1983-. (aged 43)

athlete wheelchair rugby player

Seth McBride is an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and five-time gold medalist from Seattle, Washington.

3. Tony Kuepfer

1947-. (aged 79)

glass artist museum professional

Tony Kuepfer is an American-New Zealand glass artist.

4. Brett Eichenberger

film director

Brett Eichenberger is an American director, producer, writer, and editor. He is known for independent features, documentaries, and short films. His work includes Light of Mine, Pretty Broken (2018), and the feature documentary A Flash of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed (2022) along with other documentaries and media productions through his company Resonance Productions.

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5. Franco Laguna Correa

1984-. (aged 42)

musician writer intellectual researcher activist

Franco Laguna Correa is an ethnographer and writer, also known for his heteronyms "Francisco Laguna-Correa," "Dr. Crank," "Crank," "Sardine," "f.l Crank," "Gaetano Fonseca" and "Mehmet Amazigh." He has been included by literary critics in the so-called "New Latino Boom," a literary movement that features 21st-century Latin American fiction authors writing in Spanish in the United States. He has contributed to...

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6. Albert Bauer

1928-2021 (aged 93)

teacher politician

Albert Bauer was an American politician in the American state of Washington.

7. James R. Floyd

businessperson

James R. Floyd was the chief executive of the Muscogee Nation located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Floyd won 2,964 votes constituting 62% of the votes in the 2015 general elections, which took place on November 2, 2015, to beat incumbent Chief George Tiger. On January 2, 2016, Floyd was sworn in as Muscogee (Creek) Nation principal chief by MCN Supreme Court...

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8. Joe Gallegos

1941-. (aged 85)

politician

Joseph Gallegos is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 30 from 2013 until 2017.

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9. Deborah Boone

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Deborah Boone is an American politician from the state of Oregon. She served as a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, where she represented District 32. Her time in office began with her appointment on August 4, 2004, to serve out the remaining term of Representative Elaine Hopson. Boone won election in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006,...

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10. Michael E. Stencel

1960-. (aged 66)

Michael E. Stencel was the 31st Adjutant General of the Oregon National Guard. As a Major General, he commanded over 8,100 soldiers and airmen. He is a command pilot with over 1,900 hours flying training and fighter aircraft.

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11. Joseph LeBaron

1947-. (aged 79)

diplomat

Joseph Evan LeBaron is the former United States ambassador to the State of Qatar (July 18, 2008 – July 29, 2011) and to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (September 1, 2003 – November 22, 2007).

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12. Jeff Barker

1943-. (aged 83)

politician

Jeff Barker is an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, for the 28th district from 2003 until his retirement in 2021.

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13. Rick Bauman

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Richard H. "Rick" Bauman is a former American Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in the 1980s. He was also the Democratic nominee for United States Senator from Oregon in 1986. After retiring from politics in 1992, Bauman began organizing bicycle tours...

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14. Chris Gorsek

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Christopher S. Gorsek is an American politician, educator, and former police officer currently serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate, representing District 25 since January 11, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he formerly served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021.

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15. Randy Leonard

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Charles Randall ‘Randy’ Leonard is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2002 and served as a city commissioner in Portland (a member of the Portland City Council) from 2002 through 2012.

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16. Chip Shields

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

William "Chip" Shields is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon State Senate from September 2009 until 2017. He had previously represented District 43 in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2004 until his appointment to replace Margaret Carter to represent Senate District 22.

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17. damali ayo

1972-. (aged 54)

journalist

damali ayo is an American conceptual artist, performance artist, and author. She created conceptual art from 1997 to 2017. She is of African-American, English, Italian, and Native American descent. She prefers her name in lower case. Her art used a range of mediums, including assemblage, collage, installation, audio, video, photography, new genres, writing, speaking, and performance.

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18. Eric Gunderson

1966-. (aged 60)

baseball player

Eric Andrew Gunderson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from 1990–1992 and 1994–2000. He attended college at Portland State University.

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19. Sho Dozono

1944-. (aged 82)

businessperson

Sho Dozono is a Japanese-American businessman and former political candidate from Portland, Oregon. He was a candidate in the 2008 Portland mayoral race. Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams was the front runner throughout the race. Dozono, who would have faced Adams again in November if neither candidate had cleared 50%, lost to him in the primary when Adams won 58%...

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20. Jill A. Mikucki

microbiologist

Jill Ann Mikucki is an American microbiologist, educator and Antarctic researcher, best known for her work at Blood Falls demonstrating that microbes can grow below ice in the absence of sunlight. She is a leader of international teams studying ecosystems under the ice.

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21. Musse Olol

engineer

Musse Olol, also known as Muse A. Olol Diinle, is a Somali-American engineer and social activist. He is the Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO).

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22. Nancy A. Norton

1964-. (aged 62)

military officer

Nancy Ann Norton is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who previously served as the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Prior to that, as a flag officer she served as vice director of the same agency.

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23. Ken Butler

1948-. (aged 78)

artist musical instrument maker

Kenneth Lee Butler is an American artist and musician, as well as an experimental musical instrument builder. His Hybrid musical instruments and other artworks explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, sounds and silence. The idea of bricolage, essentially using whatever is "at hand", is at the center of his art, encompassing a wide range...

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24. Khalil Bass

1990-. (aged 36)

Canadian football player

Khalil Bass is an American former professional football linebacker. He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he made his debut with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2015, and also played for the Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts where he won the 105th Grey Cup. He also played for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football (AAF).

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25. Avel Gordly

1947-2026 (aged 79)

civil servant writer politician

Avel Louise Gordly was an American activist, community organizer and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1996, she became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate, serving from 1997 to 2009.

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26. Jeb Ivey

1980-. (aged 46)

basketball player

Jeb Mikel Ivey is an American former professional basketball player. He won the Icelandic championship twice, with Njarðvík in 2006, and with Snæfell in 2010. He also won the Finnish championship twice with Nilan Bisons Loimaa in 2012 and 2013 where he was named the Korisliiga Finals MVP both times.

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27. Paul Schrieber

1966-2020 (aged 54)

baseball umpire

Paul Warren Schrieber was an American professional baseball umpire, who worked in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2015. His first game was on June 6, 1997. He wore uniform number 43. He umpired the MLB All-Star Game in 2000 and 2015 and the Division Series in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2014.

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28. Elizabeth LaPensée

1984-. (aged 42)

game designer visual artist comics writer

Elizabeth LaPensée is an Anishinaabe and Métis game designer and games researcher. She is currently the Narrative Director at Twin Suns Corp, a Seattle-based AAA studio. She has previously worked as an associate professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University. She studies and creates video games, interactive digital media, animation, visual art, and...

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29. Salauddin Ahmed

1967-. (aged 59)

architect

Salauddin Ahmed is a contemporary Bangladeshi architect. His projects included the Karim Residence in Bashundhara. He is the lead architect at Atelier Robin Architects that he founded in 2001.

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30. Bruce Starr

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 since 2025 and in September of that year he was elected Senate Minority Leader. A member of the Republican Party, he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002...

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31. David Lesperance

military officer

David A. Lesperance is a retired United States Army major general who last served as the director of operations of United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea from June 2023 to July 2024. He most recently served as commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division from May 18, 2021, to May 15, 2023. Prior to...

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32. Bree Schaaf

1980-. (aged 46)

bobsledder sports commentator skeleton racer sports journalist

Bree Schaaf is an American skeleton racer who competed from 2002 to 2007, then switched over to bobsled as a pilot from 2007 to 2014. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was sixth at Calgary in November 2006.

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33. Darren Kimura

1974-. (aged 52)

businessperson engineer

Darren T. Kimura is an American businessman, inventor, and investor. He is best known as the inventor of micro concentrated solar power (CSP) technology known as MicroCSP.

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34. Rebecca Anderson

1991-. (aged 35)

beauty pageant contestant

Rebecca Anderson is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Oregon City, Oregon. She won a series of local titles beginning in 2011 and was crowned Miss Oregon 2014.

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35. Vasilikí Katrivánou

1967-. (aged 59)

psychologist politician

Vasiliki Koutrivanou is a Greek psychotherapist, politician and former member of SYRIZA. She studied Psychology and Conflict Resolution at the University of Portland and Law at the University of Athens. She speaks English and French.

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36. Troy DeVries

1982-. (aged 44)

basketball player

Troy Anthony DeVries is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Portland State Vikings and New Mexico Lobos.

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37. Terry Robb

1956-. (aged 70)

guitarist

Terry Robb is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist, composer, arranger and record producer living in the United States. He plays electric and acoustic guitar, and is associated with the American Primitive Guitar genre through his collaboration with steel string guitarist John Fahey. He is a member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame, and...

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38. Rob Wagner

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Robert Arnold Wagner is an American Democratic politician currently serving as President of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 19th district, which includes the cities of Durham, Lake Oswego, Rivergrove, Tualatin, West Linn, parts of southwest Portland and Tigard, as well as unincorporated parts of southwestern Clackamas County, eastern Washington County, and southern Multnomah County.

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39. Makenzie Lystrup

astronomer

Makenzie Lystrup is an American planetary scientist and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of SPIE, best known as a prominent voice in civil space projects and science policy. Lystrup was the 14th the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center. She has previously served as the vice president and general manager for civil space...

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40. Thomas Talbott

philosopher

Thomas Talbott is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon. He is best known for his advocacy of trinitarian universalism.

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41. Anna J. Brown

1952-. (aged 74)

lawyer judge

Anna Jaeger Brown is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

42. Mel Brown

1944-. (aged 82)

business executive jazz musician performing artist committee member bookkeeper

Mel Brown is an American jazz drummer, and one of the most prominent jazz musicians in Portland, Oregon, United States.

43. Jack Ohman

1960-. (aged 66)

journalist editorial cartoonist

Jack Ohman is an American editorial cartoonist and educator. He is currently a contributing opinion columnist and cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He formerly worked for The Sacramento Bee and The Oregonian. His work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services. In 2016, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

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44. Aiden Thomas

writer

Aiden Thomas is an American author of young adult novels, best known for the book Cemetery Boys which was a New York Times bestseller and won numerous awards, including best of the year recognition from the American Library Association, Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble, NPR and School Library Journal.

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45. Walter Capps

1934-1997 (aged 63)

peace activist professor politician

Walter Holden Capps was an American academic and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 22nd congressional district from January 1997 until his death nine months later.

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46. Ron Packard

1931-. (aged 95)

dentist politician

Ronald C. Packard is an American retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.

47. Margaret Carter

1935-. (aged 91)

civil rights advocate teaching assistant mental health counselor salesperson women's rights activist

Margaret Louise Carter is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1999 and 2001 to 2009 and was the first black woman elected to the state's legislature. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives until 1999, and then in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2009. She served as...

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48. Isaiah Pineiro

1995-. (aged 31)

basketball player

Isaiah Piñeiro is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) and the Puerto Rican national team. Standing at a height of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and power forward positions.

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49. James Cassidy

musician

James Cassidy is an American musician and educator who is one of the founding members of the band Information Society. He played bass and keyboards with the band from its beginning in the early 1980s until 1992, when the group released its final album as a trio, Peace & Love, Inc.

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50. Tom Trebelhorn

1948-. (aged 78)

baseball manager

Thomas Lynn Trebelhorn is an American former manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB).

51. Mitchell S. Jackson

writer

Mitchell S. Jackson is an American writer. He is the author of the 2013 novel The Residue Years, as well as Oversoul, an ebook collection of essays and short stories. Jackson is a Whiting Award recipient and a former winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. In 2021, while an assistant professor of creative writing at the...

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52. Patrick Onwuasor

1992-. (aged 34)

American football player

Patrick Onwuasor, nicknamed "Peanut", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Portland State Vikings and signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2016.

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53. Richard Pimentel

1947-. (aged 79)

Richard Keith Pimentel is an American disability rights advocate, trainer, and speaker who was a strong advocate for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He developed training materials aimed to help employers integrate persons with disabilities into the workplace.

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54. Susan Eggman

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Susan Talamantes Eggman is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 5th Senate district, which encompasses western San Joaquin County; from January 19, 2022, she served as Assistant Majority Leader.

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55. Bobby Singh

1975-. (aged 51)

Canadian football player American football player

Bobby Singh is a retired professional American and Canadian football guard. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the first round of the 1999 CFL draft. Singh has the distinction of being the only player in football history to have won an XFL Championship, a Super Bowl, and a Grey Cup.

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56. Barbara Roberts

1936-. (aged 90)

politician

Barbara Kay Roberts is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, she served as the 34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995. She was the first woman elected to serve as Oregon governor, and the only woman elected to that office until 2016. A Democrat, Roberts was also the first woman to serve...

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57. Julienne Bušić

1948-. (aged 78)

translator writer

Julienne Bušić is an American writer, activist, and the widow and co-conspirator of Zvonko Bušić. She was arrested with Bušić in 1976 after hijacking TWA Flight 355 and sentenced to life in prison, with early parole.

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58. Freeman Williams

1956-2022 (aged 66)

basketball player

Freeman Williams Jr. was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Portland State Vikings, where he was a two-time All-American and twice led the nation in scoring. He began his NBA career playing 2+1⁄2 years with the San Diego Clippers, and also had stints with the Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz...

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59. Mike Richardson

1950-. (aged 76)

screenwriter writer basketball player publisher film producer

Mike Richardson is an American publisher, writer, and producer. In 1986, he founded Dark Horse Comics, an international publishing house located in Milwaukie, Oregon. Richardson is also the founder and President of the Things From Another World retail chain and president of Dark Horse Entertainment, which has developed and produced numerous projects for film and television based on Dark Horse...

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60. Charles Moose

1953-2021 (aged 68)

writer military officer

Charles Alexander Moose was an American author and police officer. He was the primary official in charge of efforts to apprehend the D.C. snipers in October 2002. During his law enforcement career, Moose served as the chief of police for Montgomery County, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon.

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61. Haley Heynderickx

1993-. (aged 33)

singer-songwriter guitarist

Haley Hannah Heynderickx is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. In 2016, she released her debut EP, Fish Eyes. Her first full-length album, I Need to Start a Garden, was released in March 2018 on Mama Bird Recording Co. Seed of a Seed, her second album, was released in November 2024 on the same label.

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62. Anas Khalid Al Saleh

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Anas Khalid Al Saleh is a Kuwaiti businessman and politician. He held the positions of deputy prime minister, minister of interior, and minister of cabinet affairs from 2019 to 2021. Prior to these roles, he served as minister of finance from January 2014 until December 2017 and as minister of commerce and industry from February 2012 to January 2014.

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63. Evan Jager

1989-. (aged 37)

athletics competitor long-distance runner steeplechase runner

Evan Reese Jager is an American middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his speciality event, he won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze at the 2017 World Championships. Jager is the current NACAC area record holder in the event with a time of 8:00.45. He is sponsored by Nike...

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64. Larry Harvey

1948-2018 (aged 70)

artist

Larry Harvey was an American artist, philanthropist and activist. He was the main co-founder of the Burning Man event, along with his friend Jerry James.

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65. Bill Plympton

1946-. (aged 80)

screenwriter animator film director

Bill Plympton is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Award–nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting with 2004's Guard Dog.

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66. Julius Thomas

1988-. (aged 38)

basketball player American football player

Julius Dewayne Thomas is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football and basketball at Portland State, and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL draft. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins.

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67. Aminé

1996-. (aged 30)

songwriter music video director rapper singer

Adam Aminé Daniel is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter, from Portland, Oregon. He first gained notability for his commercial debut single, "Caroline", which peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Aminé released his debut studio album Good for You, on July 28, 2017, and his second studio album, Limbo, on August 7, 2020.

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68. Bruce Abbott

1954-. (aged 72)

stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor

Bruce Paul Abbott is an American actor. Originally beginning his career in theater, Abbott later gained attention for his role as Dan Cain in the cult sci-fi horror films Re-Animator (1985) and Bride of Re-Animator (1990).

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69. Andy Ngo

1986-. (aged 40)

journalist writer

Andy Cuong Ngo is an American right-wing social media influencer, who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators. He is a journalist and editor-at-large for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news website, and a regular guest on Fox News. Ngo has published columns in the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal and authored a best-selling book on...

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70. June Jones

1953-. (aged 73)

American football player American football coach Canadian football player

June Sheldon Jones III is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the offensive coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons. Jones was the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1999 to 2007, and was the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2008 until he resigned on September 8,...

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71. Kari Ann Peniche

1984-. (aged 42)

model beauty pageant contestant

Kari Ann Peniche Williams is an American actress and entertainer from Fairview, Oregon. She has held the Miss Oregon Teen USA and Miss United States Teen titles. She was stripped of the latter title after appearing nude in the November 2004 issue of Playboy.

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72. Sara Jean Underwood

1984-. (aged 42)

actor television actor film actor model Playboy Playmate

Sara Jean Underwood is an American model, television host and actress who was chosen as the Playmate of the Month for the July 2006 issue of Playboy magazine and later became Playmate of the Year in 2007. She is a former host of Attack of the Show! on G4.

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73. Travis Knight

1973-. (aged 53)

film producer animator film director

Travis Andrew Knight is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper. The son of the Nike co-founder Phil Knight, he has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and the upcoming Wildwood (2026). He also directed the live-action films Bumblebee...

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74. Courtney Love

1964-. (aged 62)

actor composer recording artist film producer guitarist

Courtney Michelle Love is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress whose career has spanned four decades. She has had a significant impact on female-fronted alternative acts and performers, with NME naming her one of the most influential singers in alternative culture between 1990 and 2020.

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75. Mark Dacascos

1964-. (aged 62)

karateka actor television actor film actor film producer

Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor, martial artist and television personality. A 4th-degree black belt in Wun Hop Kuen Do, he is known for his roles in action films, including as Louis Stevens in Only the Strong (1993), the title role in Crying Freeman (1995), Mani in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), for which he was nominated for the...

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76. Holly Madison

1979-. (aged 47)

showgirl television personality reality television participant

Holly Madison is an American television personality, best known as a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and for her appearance in the reality television show The Girls Next Door. She also starred in her own reality series, Holly's World, which ran from 2009 to 2011. She has released two books, Down the Rabbit Hole in 2015, about her life in...

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77. Nick Kahl

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Nicholas Kahl is an attorney and Democratic politician from Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. He is a practicing lawyer in Portland, Oregon.

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78. Chet Bowers

1935-2017 (aged 82)

university teacher writer environmentalist

C. A. Bowers (June 4, 1935 – July 13, 2017) was an American educator, author, lecturer and environmental activist. He wrote 27 books that focus on the cultural, linguistic, and technological roots of the current ecological crisis as well as the educational reforms necessary to promote greater ecological awareness.

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79. Nancy Ryles

1937-1990 (aged 53)

politician

Nancy Ann Ryles was an American politician. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives, the Oregon Senate and as one of three members of the state's Public Utility Commission. She was known as an advocate for education and for equality for women and minorities. An elementary school in Beaverton is named after her.

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80. Paul De Muniz

1947-. (aged 79)

jurist lawyer judge university teacher

Paul J. De Muniz is a retired American judge in the state of Oregon. He is the first Hispanic Chief Justice in the history of the Oregon Supreme Court. He was elected to the court in 2000, and elected as chief justice in 2006. He won re-election in May 2006 for another six-year term on the state's highest court. De...

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81. Nancy Wilson

1954-. (aged 72)

singer guitarist singer-songwriter composer record producer

Nancy Lamoureux Wilson is an American musician. She rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann Wilson as guitarist and second vocalist in the rock band Heart.

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82. Teresa Alonso Leon

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Teresa Alonso Leon is an American Democratic politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for three terms from 2017 to 2023. She represented the 22nd district, which covers parts of Marion County along Interstate 5, from Woodburn down to northern Salem.

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83. Betty Roberts

1923-2011 (aged 88)

lawyer judge politician

Betty Cantrell Roberts was an American politician and judge from the U.S. state of Oregon. She was the 83rd justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. She was the first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court, and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals. Roberts served from 1982 to 1986 on the high court...

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84. Rod Monroe

1942-. (aged 84)

teacher politician

Rod Monroe is a Canadian-born American politician who served in the Oregon Senate, representing District 24 in the middle part of Multnomah County, which includes most of eastern Portland and the city of Happy Valley.

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85. Roberta Rudnick

1958-. (aged 68)

geologist

Roberta L. Rudnick is an American earth scientist and professor of geology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 and was awarded the Dana Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America. Rudnick is a world expert in the continental crust and lithosphere.

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86. Judy Shelton

1954-. (aged 72)

economist

Judy Lynn Shelton is a former American economic advisor to President Donald Trump in his first term. She is known for her advocacy for a return to the gold standard and for her criticisms of the Federal Reserve (which she has compared to the Soviet Union's economic planning). Trump announced on July 2, 2019, that he would nominate Shelton to...

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87. Ashley Gjøvik

1986-. (aged 40)

program manager

Ashley Gjøvik is an American program manager and activist who is known for her labor complaints against Apple Inc. Gjøvik was terminated in 2021 by Apple for leaking confidential intellectual property.

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88. Katie Harman

1980-. (aged 46)

opera singer model beauty pageant contestant actor singer

Katie Marie Harman Ebner is an American classical vocalist and actress who won the Miss America 2002 and Miss Oregon 2001 pageants. She is the first and only contestant from the Pacific Northwestern United States to hold the title of Miss America.

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89. Dennis Heck

1952-. (aged 74)

politician entrepreneur pundit businessperson author

Dennis Lynn Heck is an American politician serving as the 17th lieutenant governor of Washington, since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 10th congressional district from 2013 to 2021 and as a state representative from 1977 to 1985.

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90. Peter Boghossian

1966-. (aged 60)

philosopher pedagogue

Peter Gregory Boghossian is an American philosopher and college professor. He was an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University for ten years, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism, and the Socratic method. He is the author of A Manual for Creating Atheists, and (with James A. Lindsay) of How to Have...

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91. Tasneem Alsultan

1985-. (aged 41)

photographer

Tasneem Alsultan is a Saudi-American photographer, artist and speaker. Having covered stories primarily for The New York Times and National Geographic, she is known for her work on gender and social issues in Saudi Arabia and the region. Among other distinctions, Alsultan has been named Ambassador for the Canon imaging corporation as the first Arab woman photographer.

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92. Jamie Malonzo

1996-. (aged 30)

basketball player

Jamie James Malonzo Orme is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Kyoto Hannaryz of the B.League. He spent three seasons with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) before signing with the Hannaryz.

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93. Kambiz Hosseini

1975-. (aged 51)

podcaster journalist comedian playwright actor

Kambiz Hosseini is an Iranian political satirist, actor, television host, and radio host. He is the host of Paradox, a Podcast series that airs on Radio Farda. He was the host of Poletik, a satirical news program that airs on Radio Farda, as well as weekly podcast on human rights in Iran, Five in the Afternoon. He created and hosted...

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94. Lakshmi Pratury

businessperson

Lakshmi Pratury is an entrepreneur, curator, and speaker. She is the founder and CEO of INK. She also is the host and curator of live events and inktalks.com.

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95. Michael Moynihan

1969-. (aged 57)

writer journalist editor musician

Michael Moynihan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth since January 2025 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency since the 1997 general election.

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96. Cleopas Dlamini

1952-. (aged 74)

politician business executive

Cleopas Sipho Dlamini is a Liswati business executive who served as the prime minister of Eswatini from 2021 to 2023.

97. Scott Morrison

1986-. (aged 40)

basketball player

Scott John Morrison is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Cook from 2007 to 2024.

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