List of people from Oregon

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Bruce Abbott (born 1954) – actor

Kenneth Acker (born 1992) – cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers

Duane Ackerson (born 1942) – poet

Alvin P. Adams, Jr. (1942–2015) – diplomat

Obo Addy (1936–2012) – worldbeat musician

Brad Adkins (born 1973) – artist

Brock Adams (1927–2004) – U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington

Robert H. Adleman (1919–1995) – novelist, historian and restaurateur

Danny Ainge (born 1959) – former National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball player, NBA executive

Erik Ainge (born 1986) – New York Jets quarterback, and nephew of Danny Ainge

Art Alexakis (born 1962), member of Everclear

Jerome Alden (1921 –1997) – playwright and screenwriter

James H. Allen (1928–2015) – clown, author

Laura Allen (born 1974) – actress

Ryan Allen (born 1990) – punter for the New England Patriots

Goli Ameri (born 1956) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs

Rachel Ames (born 1929) – actress

Aminé (born 1994) – hip hop musician and rapper

Bob Amsberry (1928–1957) – actor

David Anders (born 1981) – actor

Derek Anderson (born 1983) – quarterback for the Carolina Panthers

Larry Andersen (born 1962) – former Major League Baseball pitcher

Bruce Anderson (born 1944) – former National Football League linebacker

Derek Anderson (born 1983) – National Football League quarterback

Scott Anderson (born 1962) – former Major League Baseball pitcher

Andy Andrist (born 1965) – stand-up comedian

Oliver Cromwell Applegate (1845–1938) – politician

James E. Atwater (born 1946) – scientist; 2006 Wright Brothers medalist

Montgomery Atwater (1904–1976) – author, skier, avalanche control expert

Jean M. Auel (born 1936) – author

Thomas J. Autzen (1888–1958) – namesake of University of Oregon's stadium, contributing engineer to plywood manufacturing technologies

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Charlie Babb (1873–1954) – Major League Baseball shortstop

Wally Backman (born 1959) – Major League Baseball second baseman, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee

Preston Bailey (born 2000) – actor

Brian Bain – rodeo cowboy

Carl Barks (1901–2001) – comic book writer and artist

Rex T. Barber (1917–2001) – World War II fighter pilot; known for shooting down Isoroku Yamamoto

Jeffrey Barry (born 1969) – former Major League Baseball outfielder

Blanche Bates (1873–1941) – stage and film actress

Scott Beach (1931–1996) – actor

Terry Bean – co-founder of the Human Rights Campaign and Democratic National Committee member

James Beard (1903–1985) – chef and food journalist

Josh Bidwell (born 1976) – former NFL punter

Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voice actor

Sheila Bleck (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Lynette Boggs (born 1963) – politician, attorney, author, Miss Oregon 1989

Harry D. Boivin (1904–1999) – lawyer and legislative leader

Tracy Bonham (born 1967) – alternative rock musician

William H. Boring (1841–1932) – Civil War veteran, pioneer

Kevin Boss (born 1984) – tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs

Chris Botti (born 1962) – trumpeter, recording artist

Grayson Boucher (born 1984) – basketball player in the Streetball Mix Tape Tour

Bill Bowerman (1911–1999) – track coach at University of Oregon, Nike co-founder

Jeanne Boylan (born 1953) – forensic composite artist

Matt Braunger (born 1974) – actor and stand-up comedian

Ronnie Brewer (born 1985) – player for the Chicago Bulls

Meredith Brooks (born 1958) – musician

Scott Brosius (born 1966) – former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland A's and New York Yankees

Jasmin Savoy Brown (born 1994) – actress

Kate Brown (born 1960) – Spanish-born politician, 38th and current Governor of Oregon

Brian Bruney (born 1982) – former Major League Baseball relief pitcher

Louise Bryant (1885–1936) – journalist and writer

Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979) – actor

Peter Buck (born 1956) – musician, lead guitarist of R.E.M.

Jamie Burke (born 1971) – former Major League Baseball catcher

Ty Burrell (1967–) – actor

Brian Burres (born 1981) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates

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Bruce Campbell (born 1958) – actor

Jean Carmen (1913–1993) – actress, pin-up model

Margaret Carter (born 1935) – politician

Raymond Carver (1938–1988) – author

Erin Chambers (born 1979) – actress

Jeff Charleston (born 1983) – former National Football League defensive end

Daveigh Chase (born 1990) – actress

Janet Chvatal (born 1964) – classical soprano, author and director of musicals

Beverly Cleary (born 1916) – author

Donald Cook (1901–1961) – actor

Kellen Clemens (born 1983) – National Football League quarterback for the San Diego Chargers

Michelle Clunie (born 1969) – actress

Chad Cota (born 1971) – former National Football League player and co-owner of InfoStructure

Pinto Colvig (1892–1967) – actor, voice actor

Thomas Condon (1822–1907) – minister, geologist, and paleontologist

Gretchen Corbett (born 1947) – actress

Henry W. Corbett (1827–1903) – Oregon pioneer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist

Henry L. Corbett (1881–1957) – businessman, civic leader, and politician

Robert O. Cornthwaite (1917–2006) – character actor, Picket Fences

Trevor Crowe (born 1983) – Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians

Ann Curry (born 1956) – television journalist

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Bernard Daly (1858–1920) – Pioneer doctor, businessman, rancher, and politician

George Dantzig (1914–2005) – mathematical scientist

Ray (1900–1983) and Hugh DeAutremont (1900–1984) – criminals

David DeCoteau (born 1962) – film director and producer

Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) – artist

Marie Aioe Dorion (ca. 1786–1850) – member of Pacific Fur Company expedition

Sarah Dougher (born 1967) – musician

Sho Dozono (born 1944) – businessman, candidate in 2008 Portland mayoral race

Mindy Duncan – beauty queen

Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (born 1980) – basketball player for the Chicago Bulls

Patrick Duffy (born 1949) – actor

Katherine Dunn (1945–2016) – writer

James Dutton (born 1968) – astronaut

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Robert Eakin (1848–1917) – Oregon Supreme Court chief justice

Randall Edwards (born 1961) – Oregon State Treasurer

Chandler Egan (1884–1936) – golf course designer

Mike Ekstrom (born 1983) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays

Sam Elliott (born 1944) – actor

LeRoy Ellis (1940–2012) – NBA basketball player

Jacoby Ellsbury (born 1983) – Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees

Harris Ellsworth (1899–1986) – member of U.S. Congress from Oregon

Jeri Ellsworth (born 1974) – entrepreneur and autodidact computer chip designer

Jack Ely (1943–2015) – musician of The Kingsmen

Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013) – inventor and early computer pioneer

Marie Equi (1872–1952) – physician and anarchist

Neil Everett (born 1962) – ESPN sportscaster

Tom Everett (born 1948) – actor

Chris Eyre (born 1968) – film director and producer

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Tami Farrell (born 1984) – Miss Teen USA 2003

Mark Few (born 1962) – head men's basketball coach at Gonzaga University

Todd Field (born 1964) – screenwriter, film director, actor

David Fincher (born 1962) – film director

Francis Fletcher (1814–1871) – British Oregon pioneer

George Buck Flower (1937–2004) – actor

Sally Flynn (born 1946) – singer

Dick Fosbury (born 1947) – track and field athlete; invented the "Fosbury Flop"

Howie Fox (1921–1955) – Major League Baseball pitcher

Harriet Frank, Jr. (born 1917) – screenwriter

Nell Franzen (1889–1973) – actress

Alex Frost (born 1987) – actor

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Clark Gable (1901–1960) – actor

Maggie Gallagher (born 1960) – social conservative writer and commentator

Dan Gauthier (born 1963) – actor

Laura Gibson (born 1979) – singer-songwriter, musician

Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961) – athlete, toy-maker and businessman; inventor of the Erector Set

Karl Glusman (born 1988) – actor

Neil Goldschmidt (born 1940) – influential and controversial Governor, Mayor of Portland, lobbyist

Alex Green (born 1988) – National Football League running back for the Green Bay Packers

Edith Green (1910–1987) – Oregon congresswoman and educator

Scott Gragg (born 1972) – National Football League offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets

Kevin Gregg (born 1978) – relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles

Matt Groening (born 1954) – the creator of The Simpsons

Jeremy Guthrie (born 1979) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

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Kevin Hagen (1928–2005) – actor

Page Hamilton (born 1960) – musician

William "Bill" Hanley (1910–1935) – pioneer rancher and wildlife conservation advocate

Kathleen Hanna (born 1968) – singer, songwriter

Tonya Harding (born 1970) – ice skater, boxer

Katie Harman (born 1980) – Miss America 2002

Gregory Harrison (born 1950) – actor, Trapper John, M.D.

Oscar Harstad (1892–1985) – Major League Baseball pitcher

Taylor Hart (born 1991) – defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles

Mark Hatfield (1922–2011) – Oregon legislator, secretary of state, governor and U.S. senator

Scott Hatteberg (born 1969) – former MLB first baseman and catcher

John Haughm (born 1975) – vocalist and guitarist for folk metal band Agalloch

Carey Hayes (born 1961) – screenwriter

Chad Hayes (born 1961) – screenwriter

Todd Haynes (born 1961) – director

Hazel P. Heath (1909–1998) – mayor, Homer, Alaska

Jon Heder (born 1977) – actor

Margaux Hemingway (1955–1996) – fashion model, actress and granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway

Bobby Henderson – Pastafarian and prophet of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Howard Hesseman (born 1940) – actor, played disc jockey "Johnny Fever" on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati

D.K. Holm (born 1953) – movie reviewer, Internet columnist, radio broadcaster, and author

Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) – moved to Oregon at the age of eleven; 31st President of the United States (1929–1933)

Nick Hundley (born 1983) – catcher for the Baltimore Orioles

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Terri Irwin (born 1964) – co-star (with husband Steve Irwin)

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Larry Jansen (1920–2009) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach

Margo Jennings (born 1945) – athletic coach

Ethel Jewett (1877–1944) – actress

Bill Johnson (1960–2016) – World Cup alpine ski racer

June Jones (born 1953) – head football coach for Southern Methodist University

Terrence Jones (born 1992) – basketball player for the Houston Rockets

Chief Joseph (1840–1904) – chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Native Americans

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Mat Kearney (born 1978) – musician

Barnaby Keeney (1914–1980) – president of Brown University

Scott Kelly (born 1967) – musician Neurosis

Shell Kepler (1958–2008) – actress

Maude Kerns (1876–1965) – avant-garde visual artist

Ken Kesey (1935–2001) – author

Kip Kinkel (born 1982) – school shooter

Justin Kirk (born 1969) – actor

John Kitzhaber (born 1947) – Oregon Governor (1995–2003, 2011–2015)

Phil Knight (born 1938) – founder of Nike

Tonya Knight (born 1966) – IFBB professional bodybuilder

A. Thomas Kraabel (1934–2016) – classics scholar

Jon Krakauer (born 1954) – author and mountaineer

Nicholas Kristof (born 1959) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

Taya Kyle (born 1974) – author, wife of Chris Kyle

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Winona LaDuke (born 1959) – Native American activist

Alicia Lagano (born 1979) – actress

Ben Hur Lampman (1886–1954) – journalist, essayist, Poet Laureate

Frances Moore Lappé (born 1944) – author and activist

Lars Larson (born 1959) – radio talk show host

Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) – author

Barbara Coombs Lee (born 1947) – president of Compassion & Choices

Leonard Levy (1923–2006) – Pulitzer Prize winner

Rian Lindell (born 1977) – NFL placekicker for the Buffalo Bills

Jon Lindstrom (born 1957) – actor, General Hospital, Port Charles

Gary Loudermilk (born 1952) – radio personality, known as "Gary the Retard" in Howard Stern's Wack Pack

Courtney Love (born 1964) – musician, actress

Kevin Love (born 1987) – NBA basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers

Jed Lowrie (born 1984) – infielder for the Houston Astros

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Ranald MacDonald (1824–1894) – first man to teach the English language in Japan

Holly Madison (born 1979) – former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, model, television personality

Dick Magruder (1946–1978) – rancher, lawyer, and politician

Larry Mahan (born 1943) – six-time World All-Around Rodeo Champion cowboy

Donald Malarkey (born 1921) – World War II soldier

Bridget Marquardt (born 1973) – former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, model, actress, television personality

Richard Laurence Marquette (born 1934) – serial killer

Jeron Mastrud (born 1987) – tight end for the Oakland Raiders

David Mayo (born 1991) – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers

Lewis A. McArthur (1883–1951) – author of Oregon Geographic Names

Tom McCall (1913–1983) – 30th Governor of Oregon

David McCord (1897–1997) – poet

Rose McGowan (1973–) – actress

Dallas McKennon (1919–2009), voice actor, voice of Gumby, Pokey, Archie Andrews, Tony the Tiger

Cathy McMorris Rodgers (born 1969) – U.S. Representative, Chair of the House Republican Conference

Charles McNary (1874–1944) – U.S. senator, and 1940 republican U.S. vice presidential nominee

Pat McQuistan (born 1983) – 2014 Super Bowl winner with the Seattle Seahawks

Mayo Methot (1904–1951) – actress; third wife of Humphrey Bogart

Charis Michelsen (born 1974) – actress and former model

Quintin Mikell (born 1980) – safety for the Philadelphia Eagles

Jourdan Miller (born 1993) – fashion model, America's Next Top Model winner

Bob Mionske (born 1962) – attorney and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer

Geoffrey Moore (born 1946) – high-technology consultant and author

Joel Moore (born 1977) – actor

Walt Morey (1907–1992) – author

Lee Morse (1897–1954) – jazz and blues singer/songwriter, Broadway actress

Macy Morse (born 1921) – peace activist

Ona Munson (1903–1955) – actress

Dale Murphy (born 1956) – former Major League Baseball player

Brent Musburger (born 1939) – CBS, ABC, ESPN sportscaster

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Legedu Naanee (born 1983) – National Football League wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers

John Strong Newberry (1822–1892) – geologist, physician, explorer, and author

James Nesmith (1820–1885) – Oregon pioneer, lawyer, and politician

William A. Niskanen (1933–2011) – economist

Kim Novak (born 1933) – actress

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Austin O'Brien (born 1981) – actor

Owamagbe Odighizuwa (born 1992) – defensive end for the New York Giants

Jack Ohman (born 1960) – editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian

Musse Olol - social activist

Eric Christian Olsen (born 1977) – actor

Kaitlin Olson (born 1975) – actress

Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair (1840–1926) – activist, physician

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Bob Packwood (born 1932) – former United States Senate and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

Bettie Page (1923–2008) – pin-up model

Chuck Palahniuk (born 1961) – journalist, author

Mark Parent (born 1961) – former Major League Baseball catcher

Ken Patera (born 1943) – professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor

Chief Paulina (unknown–1867) – leader of the Hunipuitöka band of Northern Paiute Native Americans

Linus Pauling (1901–1994) – chemist and activist; only person to win two Nobel Prizes outright

Bill Pearl – world champion bodybuilder

Alfred Peet (1920–2007) – founder, Peet's Coffee & Tea

Kari Ann Peniche (born 1984) – actress

Jack Pennick (1895–1964) – actor

Tom Peterson (born 1930) – home appliance retailer and television pitchman

Kim M. Peyton-McDonald (1957–1986) – gold medalist from 1976 Summer Olympics; Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee

Julianne Phillips (born 1960) – actress; ex-wife of Bruce Springsteen

River Phoenix (1970–1993) – actor, musician, and activist

Mitch Pileggi (born 1952) – actor

Henry Pittock (1835–1919) – Oregon pioneer; founder and publisher of The Oregonian

Troy Polamalu (born 1981) – strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Elias Porter (1914–1987) – psychologist

Norris Poulson (1895–1982) – 36th Mayor of Los Angeles

Jane Powell (born 1929) – actress

Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) – track athlete

Megan Prelinger (born 1967) – cultural historian, archivist

Maudie Prickett (1914–1976) – actress

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Ruth Radelet (born 1982) – musician, lead singer of Chromatics

Ahmad Rashād (born 1949) – college and National Football League player and sportscaster

Johnnie Ray (1927–1990) – singer, songwriter

Susan Raye (born 1944) – country singer

John Reed (1887–1920) – journalist and Bolshevik activist

Holiday Reinhorn (born 1967) – fiction writer; married to actor Rainn Wilson

Mike Remmers (born 1989) – offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers

Harold Reynolds (born 1960) – Major League Baseball player; television analyst

Kim Rhodes (born 1969) – actress and singer

Mike Rich (born 1959) – screenwriter

Jenelle Riley (born 1972) – journalist, screenwriter

Mike Riley (born 1953) – football player for Alabama Crimson Tide and Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach

Lisa Rinna (born 1963) – actress

Dante Rosario (born 1984) – tight end for the Chicago Bears

Terrence Ross (born 1991) – NBA player for the Toronto Raptors

Zac Rosscup (born 1988) – pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

Mark Rothko (1903–1970) – Latvian expressionist artist

Aaron Rowand (born 1977) – MLB player for San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox

Burt Rutan (born 1943) – aerospace engineer

Ad Rutschman (born 1931) – football and baseball coach at Linfield College

Susan Ruttan (born 1948) – actress

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Domantas Sabonis (born 1996) – player for the Oklahoma City Thunder

Mendel Sachs (1927–2012) – theoretical physicist

Katee Sackhoff (born 1980) – actress

Curtis Salgado (born 1954) – blues, rhythm and blues, and soul singer and harmonica player

Rebecca Schaeffer (1967–1989) – actress

Shoni Schimmel (born 1992) – WNBA player with the Atlanta Dream

Les Schwab (1917–2007) – businessman

Dale Scott (born 1959) – Major League Baseball umpire

Daniel Seavey (born 1999) - musician, singer-songwriter, and contestant from American Idol season 14

Doc Severinsen (born 1927) – trumpeter, bandleader on The Tonight Show

Kyle Singler (born 1988) – small forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder

Sonny Sixkiller – former Washington Huskies quarterback; actor

Alek Skarlatos (born 1992) - Oregon Army National Guardsman specialist known for stopping a gunman in a Paris-bound train from Amsterdam via Brussels; contestant from Dancing with the Stars season 21

Matt Slauson (born 1986) – guard for the Chicago Bears

Dean Smith (1899–1987) – pioneer pilot

Elliott Smith (1969–2003) – musician

Chael Sonnen (born 1977) – mixed martial artist

Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) – jazz musician

Erik Spoelstra (born 1970) – head coach for the Miami Heat

Mary Jane Spurlin (1883–1970) – Oregon's first woman judge

Ralph Stackpole (1885–1973) – visual artist

Colleen Stan (born 1956) – kidnapping victim, activist

William Gladstone Steel (1883–1934) – conservationist, known as "Father of Crater Lake"

Ryan Stevenson (born 1979) – musician

David Ogden Stiers (born 1942) – actor

Eric A. Stillwell (born 1962) – screenwriter and producer

Kimberley Strassel (born 1972) – author, member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board

Robert W. Straub (1920–2002) – Governor of Oregon

Brenda Strong (born 1960) – actress

Sally Struthers (born 1948) – actress

Drew Struzan (born 1947) – artist

Ndamukong Suh (born 1987) – defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins

William L. Sullivan (born 1953) – author of outdoor guide books

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Jack Tafari (born 1946) – housing-rights activist

Ruth Taylor (1905–1984) – actress

Maria Thayer (born 1975) – actress

Tommy Thayer (born 1960) – musician, lead guitarist of Kiss

Inga Thompson (born 1968) – professional bicycle racer

Andy Tillman (born 1952) – Llama rancher, businessman, and author

Kevin Towers (born 1961) – general manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks

Corin Tucker (born 1972) – musician, guitarist

April Genevieve Tucholke - young adult novelist

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Ime Udoka (born 1977) – small forward for the San Antonio Spurs

Sara Jean Underwood (born 1984) – Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, model, actress

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Richard VanGrunsven (born 1939) – homebuilt aircraft designer

Gus Van Sant (born 1952) – director

Paige VanZant (born 1994) – mixed martial artist

Laura Veirs (born 1973) – folk singer-songwriter

Will Vinton (born 1948) – director and producer

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Lindsay Wagner (born 1949) – actress

Don Wakamatsu (born 1963) – bench coach for the Kansas City Royals

Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943) – author

Don Walsh (born 1931) – oceanographer, explorer

Bill Warren (1943–2016) – film historian

Craig Wasson (born 1954) – actor

Michael Waterman (born 1942) – scientist

Connor Weil (born 1994) – actor

Bob Welch – author and columnist

John West (1809–1888) – Scottish captain and inventor

Oswald West (1873–1960) – 14th Governor of Oregon

Opal Whiteley (1897–1992) – nature writer and diarist

Dave Wiegand – winner of 2005 and 2009 National Scrabble championship

Carl Wieman (born 1951) – physicist, winner of 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Dave Wilcox (born 1942) – Hall of Fame linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers

Edy Williams (born 1942) – film and television actress

Mitch Williams (born 1964) – Major League Baseball relief pitcher, studio analyst for MLB Network

Bridgette Wilson (born 1973) – actress, singer and model

Nancy Wilson (born 1954), musician, Heart

Kyle Wiltjer (born 1992) – player for the Houston Rockets

Renn Woods (born 1958) – actress

Anthony Wynn (born 1962) – author

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John Zerzan (born 1943) – anthropologist and anarchist writer