Editing Coos Bay, Oregon (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Sheila Bleck]], IFBB professional bodybuilder
* [[Mel Counts]], professional basketball player, 1964 Olympic gold medalist, seventh pick of [[1964 NBA draft]]
* [[Claire Falkenstein]], sculptor renowned for large-scale abstract metal and glass public sculptures
* [[Rich Fellers]] (born 1959), Olympic equestrian
* [[Buddy Hayes (musician)|Buddy Hayes]], musician and member of the [[Lawrence Welk]] orchestra
* [[Mark Helfrich (American football)|Mark Helfrich]], University of Oregon football head coach from 2013 to 2016
* [[Larry Haun]], Carpenter and Author
* [[Aaron M. Johnson]], jazz saxophonist and bandleader
* [[Armin D. Lehmann]], survivor of the last days of Nazi Germany in Hitler's bunker
* [[Adelaide Hanscom Leeson]], early 20th-century artist and photographer
* [[Steve Neal (historian)|Steve Neal]], historian and journalist
* [[Steve Prefontaine]], Olympic distance runner; born in Coos Bay and attended Marshfield High School
* [[Gerald Strebendt]], mixed martial artist, former [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter
* [[George Whitty]], three-time Grammy Award-winning musician, brother of playwright Jeff Whitty
* [[Jeff Whitty]], Tony Award-winning playwright
* [[Michael McGriff]], Award-winning American poet, Lannan Literary Fellowship recipient