Editing Hillsboro, Oregon (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon}}

For more than 150 years, the city has had residents as varied as [[David Hill (Oregon politician)|David Hill]], the city's founder, to [[Tiffeny Milbrett]], an Olympic and World Cup champion soccer player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soccer notebook OSU to play 'exciting' Pilots, 'always ready' Vikings |last=Haight |first=Abby |date=September 29, 2005 |work=The Oregonian |page=D3}}</ref> [[Sydney Collins]] is a player for the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada national soccer team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada - S. Collins - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sydney-collins/899524/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> Two governors of Oregon, [[James Withycombe]] and [[Paul L. Patterson]], have called the city home.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic Potpourri: County governors both die in office |date=October 19, 1976 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |page=4}}</ref> Other politicians included Congressmen [[Thomas H. Tongue]] and [[Samuel Thurston]]; mayors [[William N. Barrett]], [[Benjamin P. Cornelius]], and [[William D. Hare]], patriarch of the Hare political family.<ref name=hpc/> Athletes include [[Erik Ainge]], [[Scott Brosius]], [[Colt Lyerla]], [[Ad Rutschman]], [[Wes Schulmerich]], [[Wally Backman]], and Olympic medalists [[Josh Inman]], [[Thomas Garrigus]], and [[Jean Saubert]]. Hillsboro has also been home to [[Peggy Y. Fowler]], the former chief executive officer of Portland General Electric, producer [[Bryce Zabel]], the "Mother Queen of Oregon" [[Mary Ramsey Wood]], [[Tommy Overstreet]], musician [[Esperanza Spalding]] and professional wrestler [[Roddy Piper]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wweek.com/editorial/2728/1664/ |title=Return of the Piper |last=Dundas |first=Zach |date=May 16, 2001 |work=Willamette Week |access-date=November 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519212653/http://www.wweek.com/editorial/2728/1664 |archive-date=May 19, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>