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==Notable people== <!-- · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article should appear here. This establishes notability. Each entry should include an inline citation to a reliable source supporting the claims. · The biographical article should mention how the person is associated with Pendleton, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of the person's association should have a reliable source cited. · Alphabetical by last name, please. · All others will be deleted. --> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Tracy Baker]] – [[Major League Baseball]] player; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com:8080/players/b/bakertr01.shtml|title=Tracy Baker|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref> *[[Walter S. Bowman]], professional photographer; based in Pendleton from the late 1880s to mid-1930s<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/gh/bowman.html|title=Historical Photograph Collection: The Walter S. Bowman collection, 1890-1925|publisher=University of Oregon Libraries|access-date=September 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012034522/http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/gh/bowman.html|archive-date=October 12, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[John Bunnell]] – hosted ''[[World's Wildest Police Videos]]''; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120524/bio|title=John Bunnell Biography|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref> *[[Dave Cockrum]] – comic book artist; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Cockrum|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079211/bio|website=IMDb|access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> *[[Dave Kingman]] – [[Major League Baseball]] player, three-time All-Star; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Kingman|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=117092#gameType=%27R%27|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> *[[Michael J. Kopetski]] – former representative for [[Oregon's 5th congressional district]]; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Kopetski, Michael J.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000312|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=Office of the Historian|access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> *[[James Lavadour]] – painter; lifelong resident of Umatilla Reservation<ref>{{cite news|author=Farr, Sheila |date=September 16, 2005 |title=Desolation, Transformation: James Lavadour's Landscapes of the Mind |work=The Seattle Times |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2002497889_lavadour16.html |access-date=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021013618/http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2002497889_lavadour16.html |archive-date=October 21, 2012 }}</ref> *[[Bob Lilly]] – [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[defensive tackle]]; graduated from [[Pendleton High School (Oregon)|Pendleton High School]] in 1957<ref name=boblly>{{cite web |url=http://www.boblilly.com/biography/ |publisher=BobLilly.com |title=Biography |access-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308043818/http://www.boblilly.com/biography/ |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> *[[Donald McKay (scout)|Donald McKay]] – [[Reconnaissance|scout]] and leader of the Warm Springs Indians during the [[Modoc War]] *[[William Cameron McKay]], Oregon pioneer physician, scout *[[Elaine Miles]] – actress who played [[Marilyn Whirlwind]] on ''[[Northern Exposure]]''; early childhood on Umatilla Reservation<ref>{{cite journal|last=Taylor|first=Catherine|title=Marilyn Speaks!|url=http://www.radiancemagazine.com/issues/1993/elaine.html|journal=Radiance|publisher=Radiance: The Magazine for Large Women|issue=Fall 1993|access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> *[[Frances Moore Lappé]] – author and activist; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Frances Moore Lappé |url=http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/frances-moore-lappe|publisher=Americans Who Tell the Truth|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> *[[Lee Moorhouse]] - Indian agent in Pendleton and amateur photographer *[[Charles Sams]] - Director of the [[National Park Service]]; native of Pendleton<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles F. Sams III |url=https://news.va.gov/102438/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-charles-f-sams-iii/ |website=VA News |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref> *[[Roy Schuening]] – football player, [[Oregon State Beavers|Oregon State]] and NFL; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Roy Schuening|publisher=NFL Enterprises|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/royschuening/314/careerstats|year=2014|access-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref> *[[Gordon Smith (politician)|Gordon Smith]] – 1997–2009 [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] (R) from Oregon, born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Smith, Gordon Harold, (1952– )|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001142|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=U.S. Senate Historical Office|access-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref> *[[Milan Smith]] – judge on [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]; born in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Smith, Milan Dale Jr.|work= Biographical Directory of Federal Judges|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3113&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> *[[Kenneth Snelson]] – sculptor and photographer; childhood in Pendleton<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenneth Duane Snelson|url=http://www.blackmountaincollegeproject.org/Biographies/SNELSON%20KENNETH%20BIO/SNELSON%20KENNETH%20BIO.htm|publisher=Black Mountain College Project|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> *[[Dan Straily]] – Major League Baseball player; grew up in Pendleton<ref>{{cite news|last=Mazzolini|first=A. J.|title=Pitcher Straily Climbs Ladder Towards MLB|newspaper=East Oregonian|url=http://www.eastoregonian.com/sports/pro/pitcher-strailey-climbs-ladder-towards-mlb/article_d54ac168-7eea-11e1-a211-0019bb2963f4.html|date=April 4, 2012|access-date=September 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122231155/http://www.eastoregonian.com/sports/pro/pitcher-strailey-climbs-ladder-towards-mlb/article_d54ac168-7eea-11e1-a211-0019bb2963f4.html|archive-date=January 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[Archie R. Twitchell]] - test pilot and actor <ref>{{cite web |title=Archie Raymond Twitchell |url=https://www.b-westerns.com/villain44.htm |website=b-Westerns |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref> *[[Quade Winter]], opera singer {{div col end}}
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