Portland, Oregon ranks 140th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Asunción, Saitama (city), and Osaka. Memorable people born in Portland, Oregon include Linus Pauling, D. B. Cooper, and Douglas Engelbart. Memorable people who died in Portland, Oregon include Ursula K. Le Guin, William Hurt, and Ernest Bloch. Portland, Oregon has been the birth place of many actors and basketball players and the death place of many writers and composers. Portland, Oregon is located in United States.
Portland is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. As of 2020, Portland's population was 652,503, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical area, making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1883 and 1997, Portland, Oregon was the birth place of 70 globally memorable people, including Linus Pauling, D. B. Cooper, and Douglas Engelbart. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in Portland, Oregon including Ursula K. Le Guin, William Hurt, and Ernest Bloch.
1901 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 2
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 3
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 5
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 6
1947 - 2023
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 7
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 8
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 11
1929 - 2021
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 12
1899 - 1984
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 22
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 23
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.50
Rank: 47
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.44
Rank: 54
1948 - Present
HPI: 27.71
Rank: 61
1970 - Present
HPI: 25.97
Rank: 62
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 1
1950 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 2
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 3
1947 - 2008
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 4
1897 - 1993
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 5
1887 - 1982
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 6
1943 - 2014
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 7
1923 - 1981
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 8
1914 - 1983
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 9
1823 - 1910
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 10
1922 - 2011
HPI: 32.54
Rank: 11
1966 - 2020
HPI: 31.02
Rank: 12
1887 - 1982
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 6
1823 - 1910
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 10
1966 - 2020
HPI: 31.02
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Portland, Oregon were actors (25), basketball players (9), athletes (7), musicians (5), and inventors (2), while most who died were writers (3), composers (2), actors (1), musicians (1), and singers (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Portland, Oregon, including Gordon Scott, Anne Schedeen, and Jane Powell. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Portland, Oregon, including Gordon Scott, Anne Schedeen, and Jane Powell.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 20 globally memorable people born in Portland, Oregon since 1700.