Editing Oregon City, Oregon (section)

==Notable people==
In addition to [[John McLoughlin]], the "Father of Oregon" and chief factor of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], and Vietnam-era [[Medal of Honor]] recipient [[Larry G. Dahl]], Oregon City has been home to the following: <!--alphabetized by last name; limited to those notable enough to have their own article -->

;Oregon pioneers
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*[[John C. Ainsworth]] (1822–1893), pioneer, businessman, steamship captain
*[[John T. Apperson|J. T. Apperson]], steamboat captain, politician
*[[George H. Atkinson]] (1819–1889), pioneer, missionary, co-founder of Pacific University
*[[Asahel Bush]] (1824–1913), pioneer, printer, founder of the Salem ''Statesman Journal''
*[[Tabitha Moffatt Brown]] (1780–1858), pioneer, co-founder of Pacific University
*[[John H. Couch]] (1811–1870), sea captain and trader
*[[Philip Foster]] (1805–1884), settler and businessman
*[[Amory Holbrook]] (1820–1866), mayor, attorney
*[[Robert Newell (politician)|Robert Newell]] (1807-1869), fur trapper, mountain man, frontier doctor, newspaper editor, politician, Indian agent
*[[Peter Skene Ogden]] (1790–1854), explorer and fur trader
*[[Samuel Parker (Oregon politician)|Samuel Parker]] (1806–1886), politician, pioneer
*[[Peter G. Stewart]] (1809–1900), pioneer, politician, watchmaker
*[[William G. T'Vault]] (1806–1869), pioneer, postmaster, publisher
*[[Aaron E. Waite]] (1813–1898), pioneer, first chief justice of the state of Oregon
*[[Alvin F. Waller]] (1808–1872), pioneer, missionary
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;Political activists
*[[William Simon U'Ren]] (1859-1949), lawyer, known as the Father of the Oregon System of government.

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;Writers
* [[Jeffrey St. Clair]] (born 1959), journalist and author
* [[M. K. Hobson]] (born 1969), science fiction writer
* [[Kenneth Scott Latourette]] (1884–1968), historian
* [[Edwin Markham]] (1852–1940), American Poet Laureate

;Performing artists
* [[Ron Saltmarsh]] (born 1962) Music composer
* [[Meredith Brooks]] (born 1958), singer/songwriter
* [[Louis Conrad Rosenberg]] (1890–1983), artist and architect
* [[Susan Ruttan]] (born 1948), actress
* [[Jack Taylor (actor)|Jack Taylor]] (born 1936), actor

;Businesspeople
*[[Melville Eastham]] (1885–1964), businessman (founded [[General Radio Company]]), engineer, radio pioneer
*[[David Eccles (businessman)|David Eccles]] (1849–1912), railroadman and businessman
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;Athletes
* [[Brian Burres]] (born 1981), major league baseball pitcher
* [[Jeff Charleston]] (born 1983), professional football player
* [[Ed Coleman (baseball)|Ed Coleman]] (1901–1964), major league baseball player
*[[Rich Fellers]] (born 1959), Olympic equestrian<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150416121547/http://www.teamusa.org/us-equestrian/athletes/Rich-Fellers Rich Fellers],</ref>
* [[Jeff Lahti]] (born 1956), major league baseball pitcher
* [[Matt Lindland]] (born 1970), Olympic silver medalist in wrestling, mixed martial artist
* [[Dan Monson]] (born 1961), basketball coach
* [[Jonah Nickerson]] (born 1985), pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers voted Most Outstanding Player of 2006 College World Series
* [[Dean Peters]] (1958–1998), professional wrestler, alias "Brady Boone"
* [[Brad Tinsley]] (1989–), basketball player
* [[Trevor Wilson (baseball)|Trevor Wilson]] (born 1966), former major-league pitcher for the San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angels
* [[Lindsey Yamasaki]] (born 1980), professional women's basketball player
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