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==Notable people== <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The biographical article must mention how they are associated with Astoria, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited, unless it is well-known. · alphabetical by last name please · All others will be deleted without further explanation --> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Bobby Anet]], college basketball guard who helped guide the University of Oregon to win the inaugural NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship in 1938–1939 attended Astoria High school<ref>[https://sites.google.com/a/astoriak12.org/ahs-hall-of-fame/bobby-anet] AHS Hall of Fame</ref> * [[Alexander G. Barry]], American attorney Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives * [[Jona Bechtolt]], Grammy nominated electronic musician and multimedia artist raised in Astoria * [[Del Bjork]], a professional American football [[Lineman (gridiron football)#Offensive line|offensive lineman]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played two seasons for the [[Chicago Bears]] (1937–1938) * [[Brian Bruney]], [[Major League Baseball]] [[relief pitcher]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=brunebr01|title=Brian Bruney Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Honey Lee Cottrell]], Photographer, filmmaker, LGBTQ activist born in Astoria<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.ebar.com/news///245679/photographer_honey_lee_cottrell_dies |title= Photographer Honey Lee Cottrell dies |last= Laird |first= Cynthia |date= October 1, 2015 |publisher= The Bay Area Reporter |access-date= August 5, 2018}}</ref> * [[Marie Aioe Dorion|Marie Dorion]], the only female member of an overland expedition sent by the Pacific Fur Company to Fort Astoria in 1810<ref name=SJ>{{cite news |url= http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS/504050337 |title= She Should Be As Famous As Sacagawea |date= April 5, 2005 |last= Lynn |first= Capi |work= [[Statesman Journal]] |location= Salem, Oregon |access-date= October 24, 2008 |archive-date= February 3, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130203075641/http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS/504050337 |url-status= dead }}</ref> * [[George Flavel]], maritime pilot and businessman * [[Charles William Fulton]], lawyer and Oregon senator * [[Grouper (musician)|Grouper]], American [[ambient music|ambient musician]] (Elizabeth Anne Harris) * [[Jerry Gustafson]], football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fanbase.com/Jerry-F-Gustafson |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812020744/http://www.fanbase.com/Jerry-F-Gustafson |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |title=Jerry F. Gustafson |publisher=fanbase.com |access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref> * [[Darrell Hanson]], American politician in the state of [[Iowa]] * [[Michael Hurley (musician)|Michael Hurley]], American singer/songwriter<ref>{{cite news|url=http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/05/11/wading-in-cerebrospinal-fluid-with-cass-mccombs-frank-fairfield-and-michael-hurley/ |title=Wading in cerebrospinal fluid with Cass McCombs, Frank Fairfield and Michael Hurley |author=Brinkman, Brian R. |date=May 11, 2011 |work=Oregon Music News |access-date=December 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193529/http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/05/11/wading-in-cerebrospinal-fluid-with-cass-mccombs-frank-fairfield-and-michael-hurley/ |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |df=mdy}}</ref> * [[Duane Jarvis]], American guitarist and singer/songwriter * [[Wally Johansen]], a college basketball guard who played for the [[University of Oregon]] when it won the inaugural [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] championship in [[1939 NCAA basketball tournament|1938–1939]] * [[Consuelo Kanaga]], a photographer and writer who became well known for her photographs of [[African-American]]s * [[Augustus C. Kinney]], a physician and scientist, was a leading expert on [[tuberculosis]] * [[Kenneth Koe]], chemist of Chinese descent, helped develop [[sertraline]], which was branded and sold as [[Zoloft]] * [[Carl W. Leick]], a German born architect who moved to Astoria. His Astoria designs include the [[Captain George Flavel House Museum|Captain George Flavel House]], the [[Clatsop County Courthouse]], and the [[Grace Episcopal Church (Astoria, Oregon)|Grace Episcopal Church]]<ref name=nomination>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77001360}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination and Registration Forms: Mukilteo Light Station |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 21, 1977 |access-date=June 8, 2015}}</ref> * [[Rosa Lemberg]], a Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, choral conductor and socialist<ref>{{cite book|last=Rosemont|first=Franklin|title=Joe Hill: The IWW & The Making of a Revolutionary Working Class Counterculture|year=2003|location=Chicago, Illinois|publisher=Charles H Kerr|isbn=978-088-28626-4-4}}</ref> * [[Armand Lohikoski]], American born – Finnish movie director and writer * [[Robert W. Lundeen|Robert Lundeen]], American businessperson, most notable for his association with the College of Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU) and Tektronix Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osufoundation.org/s/359/foundation/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=34&pgid=342&cid=8845&ecid=8845&crid=0&calpgid=4370&calcid=6941|title=Lundeen Made Lasting Impact at Oregon State|access-date=May 11, 2016}}</ref> * [[Ranald MacDonald]], first man to teach the English language in Japan and one of the interpreters between the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and [[Commodore Matthew Perry|Commodore Perry]] when the latter made his trips to Japan on behalf of the U.S. government in the early 1850s * [[Holly Madison]], [[Playboy]] model and one of [[Hugh Hefner]]'s ex-girlfriends,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/07/holly-to-hugh-hef-off/|title=Holly to Hugh: Hef Off|author=TMZ.com|access-date=October 7, 2008|date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> born in Astoria, but left before her second birthday * [[Donald Malarkey]], World War II U.S. Army soldier of the [[101st Airborne Division]] who was portrayed in the television series ''[[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oregoncatalyst.com/12667-veterans-day-tribute-oregon-hero-don-malarkey.html|title=Veterans Day tribute to an Oregon hero: Don Malarkey|author=NW Spotlight|date=November 11, 2011|publisher=OregonCatalyst|access-date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Petra Mathers]], a German-born American writer and illustrator of children's picture books * [[George H. Merryman]], a doctor who made house calls by horse and buggy then later built the first modern hospital in [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]]. Served in both the Oregon House of Representatives & Oregon Senate * [[Royal Nebeker]], American painter and print maker. Lived and worked in Astoria for 30 years * [[Gene Nelson]], American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director, starred as Will Parker in ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' (1955) * [[Albin W. Norblad]], Attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and a judge of the Oregon Circuit Court for the 3rd judicial district * [[Kerttu Nuorteva]], A Soviet intelligence agent during World War II. Daughter of [[Santeri Nuorteva]] * [[Santeri Nuorteva]], Finnish socialist politician and journalist, who edited ''Toveri'' ("The Comrade") in Astoria in 1912–1913<ref>Paul George Hummasti, ''Finnish Radicals in Astoria, Oregon, 1904–1940: A Study in Immigrant Socialism.'' New York: Arno Press, 1979; p. 44.</ref> Father of [[Kerttu Nuorteva]] * [[Maila Nurmi]], a.k.a. 1950s TV horror hostess [[The Vampira Show|Vampira]] and co-star of [[Ed Wood]]'s ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' attended Astoria High School in the late 1930s<ref>{{cite news|title=Vampira: The haunting of Astoria High School |work=The Daily Astorian |date=October 31, 2008 |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/vampira-the-haunting-of-astoria-high-school/article_145abfb6-0a12-5568-aae8-2e19568e3f33.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101042552/http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/vampira-the-haunting-of-astoria-high-school/article_145abfb6-0a12-5568-aae8-2e19568e3f33.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Mike Pecarovich]], American college football coach, lawyer, and actor * [[Allan Pomeroy]], mayor of Seattle from 1952 to 1956<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/seattle-facts/city-officials/mayors/mayors-1948-present|title=Mayors, 1948 – Present|publisher=Seattle Municipal Archives}}</ref> * [[Jordan Poyer]], NFL football player, raised in Astoria and played for Astoria teams<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/12/small-town_jordan_poyer_hopes.html|title=Small-town Jordan Poyer hopes to make it big time with the Cleveland Browns as a defensive back|date=December 13, 2013}}</ref> * [[Ken Raymond]], an expert in bioinorganic and coordination chemistry * [[Arnie Sundberg]], American weightlifter who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] * [[Wilbur Ternyik]], American civic leader who has been characterized as a founding father of coastal planning. Mayor of [[Florence, Oregon]] * [[Willis Van Dusen]], businessman and mayor of Astoria from 1991 through 2014 * [[Gary Wilhelms]], American politician who was a member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] * [[Stanley Paul Young]], American biologist<ref>{{cite web|url= http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217331|title=Biography|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution Archives]]|access-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref> * [[Eric Zener]], American [[photorealism|photorealist]] artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools }}
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