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NOTABLE PEOPLE
IN EUGENE, OREGON
44.057663° -123.110345°
Athletes
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Danny Ainge,
North Eugene High School
(1977),
NBA player, coach
and team executive,
Major League Baseball
player
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Jon Anderson,
Olympian, 1973
Boston Marathon
winner
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Gregory Byrne
Athletics Director at
Mississippi State University.
Grew up in Eugene.[citation
needed]
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Chickssixty6,
Model, dancer, graphic designer, artist,
book cover designer, editor, photographer,
vidographer, and writer.
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Todd Christensen,
Sheldon High School
(1974), Los Angeles Raiders
NFL tight end
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Daniel Collins
- Mandolin,
songwriter and singer
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Mary Decker,
Olympian
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Bill Dellinger,
Springfield High School, Olympian
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Tim Euhus,
Churchill High School,
NFL tight end
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Vincent D. Faini, Author,
athlete, strength enthusiast, social
activist, political pundit,
philanthropist, entertainer, adventurer,
philosopher, mystic and weight training
expert.
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Dan Fouts,
University of Oregon
(1970-72),
San Diego Chargers
(NFL) quarterback. Later inducted into the
NFL Hall of Fame.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Calif.
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Barbara Guardino
- Author and storyteller, Sister
of author John Guardino
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Harriet Guardino
- Author of
"Dear John, with Love"
and the mother of two local authors, Barbara
and John Guardino.
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John Guardino
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Author of Children's
books, mathematics and children stories.
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Joey Harrington,
University of Oregon
(1998-2001), NFL quarterback. Central
Catholic High School graduate, born and
raised in
Portland, Oregon.
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Luke Jackson,
Creswell High School,
University of Oregon, NBA player
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Nate Jaqua,
South Eugene High School
(2000), striker for Austrian soccer team
SCR Altach.
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Jordan Kent,
Churchill High School, University of Oregon
football, basketball and track star; son of
UO coach
Ernie Kent; wide
receiver for the
Seattle Seahawks
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Matt LaBounty -
Oregon
(NCAA),
49ers,
Packers,
and
Seahawks
(NFL
DE)
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Casey Martin,
professional golfer, University of Oregon
golf coach
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Quintin Mikell,
Willamette High School,
Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) defensive back
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Chris Miller,
Sheldon High School (1983), University of
Oregon (1983-86), NFL quarterback
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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"). Also
appeared in track movie "Personal
Best," filmed in
Eugene in 1980.
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Haloti Ngata,
University of Oregon (2006),
Baltimore Ravens
(NFL) defensive tackle. Born and raised in
Inglewood, California
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Steve Prefontaine,
University of Oregon (1973), Olympic runner,
born in Coos Bay
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Jeff Quinney 2000
United States amateur golf champion, now
active PGA player
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Ahmad Rashad
(formerly Bobby Moore), University of Oregon
football player (1969-71) and NBC
sportscaster. Born in Portland; raised in
Tacoma, Washington
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Raven
Littlemaker,
Artist, Sculptor, Painter, Knife Maker,
Jeweler, Ivory and Bone Carver,
Firefighter, Naturalist, Philanthropist ,
Student of Emergency Medicine
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Dathan Ritzenhein,
distance runner; 2008 USA men's Olympic
Marathon Team
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Marla Runyan,
distance runner
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Kailee Wong, North
Eugene High School, NFL linebacker
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Herbert W. Armstrong,
evangelist and author, moved to Pasadena,
California in 1946
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Brandon Beemer,
actor
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Frank Black,
musician,
Pixies
frontman,
currently residing in Eugene
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John Brombaugh,
pipe organ builder
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Richard Brautigan,
author
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Isaac Brock,
musician,
Modest Mouse,
Ugly Casanova
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Edgar Buchanan,
dentist, actor
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Vincent D. Faini,
Author,
athlete, strength enthusiast, social
activists, political pundit,
philanthropist, entertainer, adventurer,
philosopher, mystic and weight training
expert.
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Brent Fletcher, Author, activist,
philanthropist, entrepreneur, vineyard owner,
author of
- 'TOUCH OF THE
BEAST' &
LAJLEO'S GATE.
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Barbara Guardino
- Author and storyteller, Sister
of author John Guardino
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Harriet Guardino
- Author of
"Dear John, with Love"
and the mother of two local authors, Barbara
and John Guardino.
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John Guardino
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Author of Children's
books, mathematics and children stories.
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Amit Goswami,
physicist, author
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Tim Hardin,
musician
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Howard Hesseman,
actor
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Nina Kiriki Hoffman,
author
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Terri Irwin,
American naturalist and wife of Crocodile
Hunter, Steve Irwin.
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Christopher Judge,
actor ("Stargate
SG-1"). As Doug Judge, he was a football
star at the University of Oregon in the
mid-1980s.
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Kelly Keagy,
musician (drummer for
Night Ranger)
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Mat Kearney,
musician
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Maude Kerns,
artist
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Ken Kesey, author
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Damon Knight,
author
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Phil Knight,
co-founder of
Nike, Inc.
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Eugene Lazowski,
Polish physician, saved 8,000 people by
creating a fake typhus epidemic in World War
II
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Grace Llewellyn,
author The Teenage Liberation Handbook
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Mickey Loomis,
general manager,
New Orleans Saints,
National Football League
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Stanley G. Love,
astronaut
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Shawn McDonald,
musician
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Rose McGowan,
actress and model
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Phoenix Michaels, Musician,
composer, photographer, author, entrepreneur, poet,
Author of the popular underground hit -
'REQUIEM FOR A MIDLIFE CRISES & the much
acclaimed short story 'JUNKIE
BELLS' & he is
The Host of
Altar
of Amps, recluse.
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Wayne Morse, U.S.
Senator
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Austin O'Brien,
actor, costarred with Arnold Schwarzenegger
in "Last Action Hero" as well as appearing
in many other films and TV shows
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Jerry Oltion,
author, astronomer, and inventor
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Steve Perry,
Songwriter, Cherry Poppin' Daddies frontman,
currently residing in Eugene
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Curtis Salgado,
Willamette High School (1971), blues
musician
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Rebecca Schaeffer,actress,
My Sister Sam,
killed by a stalker
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David Ogden Stiers,
actor on the television series
M*A*S*H was in the
first graduating class of North Eugene High
School (1960)
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Eric A. Stillwell,
screenwriter and producer
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Corin Tucker,
musician,
Sleater-Kinney
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John Varley,
science fiction author
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Ray Vukcevich,
fantasy and literary author
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Caitlin Wachs,
actress
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Kate Wilhelm,
author
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Mason Williams,
musician, writer
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Paul Wright,
musician
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Anthony Wynn,
author
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Bryce Zabel,
Hollywood writer/producer, recent chairman
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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John Zerzan,
anarcho-primitivist
writer, philosopher, activist
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