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==Notable people== {{See also|Category: People from Clackamas County, Oregon}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Bob Amsberry]] (1928β1957), original member of ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Mouse Club Cast: Bob Amsberry |work=Original Mickey Mouse Club |url=http://www.originalmmc.com/bob.html |access-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417221723/http://www.originalmmc.com/bob.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Rebecca Anderson]] (born 1991), beauty pageant titleholder<ref name="pltr130624">{{cite news |first=Ellen |last=Spitaleri |newspaper=[[Portland Tribune]] |publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]] |location=[[Portland, OR]] |title=OCHS graduate sisters compete for state pageant crown |url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/155225-ochs-graduate-sisters-compete-for-state-pageant-crown |date=June 24, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701004611/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/155225-ochs-graduate-sisters-compete-for-state-pageant-crown |archive-date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> * [[Debby Applegate]] (born 1968), biographer and historian<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=EOOR&p_multi=EORB&p_theme=eoor&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1190AFB46F552830&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Pulitzer-prize winning author has Eastern Oregon ties], ''[[East Oregonian]]'', May 9, 2007.{{subscription required}}</ref> *[[Jay Baller]] (born 1960), baseball player *[[Howard C. Belton]] (1893β1988), Oregon State Treasurer *[[William H. Boring]] (1841β1932), Union soldier; founder of [[Boring, Oregon|Boring]] *[[Nan Britton]] (1896β1991), secretary and [[mistress (lover)|mistress]] of President [[Warren G. Harding]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Aimee|title=Woman who loved Harding finally vindicated |date=August 16, 2015|page=A2|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|location=Portland, Oregon|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/08/dna_tests_confirm_portland_man.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326221601/http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/08/dna_tests_confirm_portland_man.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> *[[George Bruns]] (1914β1984), [[Walt Disney Pictures]] film composer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/george-bruns/1124400/filmography/|work=[[Moviefone]]|title=George Bruns|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201105055619/https://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/george-bruns/1124400/filmography/|archive-date=November 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Ed Coleman (baseball)|Ed Coleman]] (1901β1964), baseball player *[[Ralph Coleman (baseball)|Ralph Coleman]] (1895β1990), baseball coach<ref name="osubb">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.library.oregonstate.edu/baseball/story/231|title=Oregon State Baseball|publisher=[[Oregon State University]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601182859/http://blogs.library.oregonstate.edu/baseball/story/231|archive-date=June 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Ryan Crouser]] (born 1992), shot putter, discus thrower, Olympic Gold Medalist<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Willamette Week]]|title=Here's How Far Oregon Olympian Ryan Crouser Threw a Shot Put|date=August 23, 2016|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/08/24/heres-how-far-oregon-olympian-ryan-crouser-threw-a-shot-put/|author=Mesh, Aaron|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190102224146/https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/08/24/heres-how-far-oregon-olympian-ryan-crouser-threw-a-shot-put/|archive-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> * [[Carson Ellis]] (born 1975), artist and illustrator * [[Philip Foster]] (1805β1884), pioneer * [[Alma Francis]] (1890β1968), stage actress and singer<ref name=or>{{cite news|work=[[The Oregonian]]|location=Portland, Oregon|page=1|title=Obituary: Alma Francis Fields|date=August 23, 1968}}</ref> *[[Tom Gorman (1980s pitcher)|Tom Gorman]] (born 1957), baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Mark |title=Remembering the wackiest game ever |url=http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/5978/remembering-the-wackiest-game-ever |website=ESPN.com |date=July 2, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * [[Tonya Harding]] (born 1970), Olympic figure skater<ref>{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Christine|title=Rival Skater's Ex-Husband Charged in Attack|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_012094.htm|access-date=August 14, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 20, 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102205347/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_012094.htm|archive-date=January 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Joni Harms]] (born 1959), musician *[[Bill Johnson (skier)|Bill Johnson]] (1960β2016), Olympic skier<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Ski|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKkFQVm0mekC&q=Sandy+union+High+School+oregon&pg=PA52|title=Being Bill|page=52|date=November 1984|volume=49|issn=0037-6159|author=Miller, Peter}}</ref> *[[Edwin Markham]] (1852β1940), [[Oregon Poet Laureate|Poet Laureate of Oregon]] * [[Colin Meloy]] (born 1974), musician * [[Charis Michelsen]] (born 1974), actress, model, and makeup artist *[[Bill Morgan (American football)|Bill Morgan]] (1910β1985), football player * [[Ben Musa]] (1905β1974), Oregon state legislator *[[Alan Olsen]] (born 1948), Oregon State Senator * [[Ralph Patt]] (1929β2010),<ref name="DR" >{{cite web|url=http://www.death-record.com/l/127167975/Ralph-Oliver-Patt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121103709/http://www.death-record.com/l/127167975/Ralph-Oliver-Patt|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2013|title=Ralph Oliver Patt: Canby, Oregon|publisher=[[Death-Record]]|access-date=August 15, 2012}}</ref> jazz-guitarist who invented major-thirds tuning;<ref name="Griewank1" >{{harvtxt|Griewank|2010|p=1}}: {{citation|last=Griewank|first=Andreas|author-link=Andreas Griewank|title=Tuning guitars and reading music in major thirds|date=January 1, 2010|url=http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/frontdoor/index/index/docId/675%7curn=urn:nbn:de:0296-matheon-6755 |id=MSC-Classification 97M80 Arts. Music. Language. Architecture|series=Matheon preprints|volume=695|publisher=DFG research center "MATHEON, Mathematics for key technologies" Berlin|location=Rosestr. 3a, 12524 Berlin, Germany}} ([http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/files/675/7047_mathtune.ps Postscript file] and [http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/files/675/7046_mathtune.pdf PDF file])</ref> geological expert on groundwater contamination from the Hanford Site.<ref>{{cite news|title=DOE (Department of Energy) says report on accidents at Hanford to be released soon|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Yakima|date=August 7, 1991|last=Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rH9fAAAAIBAJ&pg=2837,1619777&dq=ralph+patt&hl=en|access-date=August 17, 2012}}{{cite news|title=DOE accused of concealing report: Document may detail 125 Hanford accidents|first=Nicholas K.|last=Geronios|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xxIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6029,4575606&dq=ralph+patt&hl=en|date=August 7, 1991|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cracks in Hanford's clean bill of health: Congressional watchdogs want to make sure nuclear facility plugs leaks|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)|date=July 13, 1997|first=Karen|last=Dorn Steele|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27232026.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611063504/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27232026.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[Burt Rutan]] (born 1943), aerospace engineer *[[Kurt Schrader]] (born 1951), U.S. Representative from Oregon *[[Martha Schrader]] (born 1953), Oregon State Senator * [[Chael Sonnen]] (born 1977), wrestler *[[Brenda Strong]] (born 1960), film and television actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2014/04/17_actors_you_maybe_didn.html|work=[[The Oregonian]]|location=Portland, Oregon|title=17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon|author=Baker, Jeff|date=April 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223134923/http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2014/04/17_actors_you_maybe_didn.html|archive-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> * [[Maria Thayer]] (born 1975), actress and comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2016/02/maria_thayer_explains_how_to_g.html|work=The Oregonian|title=TV's Maria Thayer: From a bee farm in Boring to the new sitcom, 'Those Who Can't'|author=Turnquist, Kristi|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> *[[Mark Thorson]] (born 1983), football player<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Portland Tribune]]|publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]]|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=104369|title=Sibling rivalry? Nope|author=Cade, Michael|date=October 23, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230010533/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=104369|archive-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> *[[Aaron E. Waite]] (1813β1898), Oregon Supreme Court justice *[[Brian Wilbur]] (born 1986), [[Granada Lions]] quarterback {{Div col end}}
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