List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon

The following is a partial list of notable residents, past and present, from Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. A separate list of people from Oregon is available.

## Mayors

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Samuel Huston

* Harry T. Bagley[1]
* William N. Barrett[1]
* Steve Callaway[2]
* Benjamin P. Cornelius[1]
* Rodolph Crandall[1]
* Miller M. Duris[1]
* Gordon Faber[2]
* Joseph C. Hare[1]
* William D. Hare[1]
* Shirley Huffman[2]
* Tom Hughes[3]
* Samuel B. Huston[1]
* Thomas H. Tongue[1]
* Charles T. Tozier[1]

## Athletes

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Tiffeny Milbret

* Erik Ainge, football player[4]
* Wally Backman, World Series champion with the Mets, baseball player[5]
* Bob Beall, baseball player[6]
* Scott Brosius, baseball player[7]
* Scott Brow, baseball player who won the 1993 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays
* Jim Evenson, football player
* Thomas Garrigus, Olympic shooting athlete[8]
* Darrall Imhoff, basketball player[9]
* Josh Inman, Olympic rower[10]
* Scott Kozak, football player[11]
* Mitch Meeuwsen, football player[12]
* Tiffeny Milbrett, soccer player[13]
* Vern Olsen, baseball player[14]
* Ben Petrick, baseball player[15]
* Roddy Piper, professional wrestler[16]
* Clifford R. Robinson, basketball player[9]
* Scott Rueck, women's basketball coach[17]
* Ad Rutschman, Hall of Fame football coach[6]
* Wes Schulmerich, baseball player[18]

## Politicians

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James Withycombe

* George R. Bagley, lawyer and judge[19]
* Rick Dancer, politician and news anchor[20]
* Leon S. Davis, politician[21]
* George W. Ebbert, pioneer[22]
* David Edwards, politician who served in the Oregon House[23]
* Daniel Gault, educator, newspaperman, and state legislator[24]
* William G. Hare, politician[25]
* H. T. Hesse, politician[26]
* David Hill, pioneer and city namesake[27]
* Derrick Kitts, politician who served in the Oregon House[28]
* Shawn Lindsay, attorney and politician[29]
* George W. Patterson, politician[30]
* Paul L. Patterson, former Oregon governor[31]
* D. O. Quick, state legislator[32]
* Edward Schulmerich, banker and politician[33]
* Samuel Thurston, first Congressional delegate from Oregon[34]
* Thomas Tongue, former Oregon Supreme Court justice[35]
* William H. Wehrung, politician and businessman[36]
* James Withycombe, former Oregon governor[37]

## Others

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Savannah Outen

* Kelly AuCoin, actor[38]
* Cesar Barone, serial killer[39]
* Genevieve Bell, anthropologist for Intel[40]
* Cecilee Russell Essary, Residents' Interhall Congress advisor at the University of Arkansas[41]
* Peggy Y. Fowler, CEO of Portland General Electric[42]
* Judi Hofer, businessperson[43]
* David Larsen, actor[44]
* Savannah Outen, singer[45]
* Tommy Overstreet, country music singer[46]
* Norman Ralston, aviator[47]
* John W. Shute, banker[48]
* Albert E. Tozier, journalist[49]
* Mary Ramsey Wood, "Mother Queen of Oregon"[50]
* Bryce Zabel, writer/producer, former chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences[51]

## See also

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* Lists of Oregon-related topics

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mayors: City of Hillsboro", The Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976, The Hub, p. 6.
2. ^ a b c Mayors Archived 2016-02-02 at the Wayback Machine. City of Hillsboro. Retrieved on June 20, 2015.
3. ^ Anderson, David R. "How to Grow: The big question for Hillsboro", The Oregonian, October 19, 2000, West Zoner p. 19.
4. ^ Fentress, Aaron (April 28, 2008). "Oregon, state of the QB union". The Oregonian. pp. C1.
5. ^ Hunt, John (June 26, 2005). "Baseball in his blood". The Oregonian. pp. C1.
6. ^ a b Maves, Jr., Norm. "Hillsboro reunion showcases '60s greats", The Oregonian, August 17, 1988, p. D4.
7. ^ Syken, Bill (June 21, 2004). "Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary: Sports in America; Oregon: Numbers". Sports Illustrated: 45.
8. ^ "Garrigus wins silver in shooting at Olympics", The Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976.
9. ^ a b Eggers, Kerry (September 3, 2008). "After final buzzer, Oregon's still home". The Portland Tribune. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
10. ^ Binder, Doug (August 8, 2008). "A few medals, and plenty of dreams". The Oregonian. pp. D1.
11. ^ "Scott Kozak NFL Injuries: Signings, Trades & more". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
12. ^ Horowitz, Gary (December 27, 2004). "Meeuwsen's play anything but quiet". Statesman Journal. pp. 1B.
13. ^ Herzog, Boaz (July 12, 2007). "Lopez, Ellertson earn World Cup spots". The Oregonian. pp. D1.
14. ^ "Deaths: Ex-Cubs pitcher Vern Olsen dies". Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1989. p. 8.
15. ^ "Former Rockies catcher Ben Petrick thrilled to be back in baseball". The Denver Post. Associated Press. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
16. ^ Dundas, Zach. "Return of the Piper" Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, Willamette Week, May 16, 2001. Retrieved on November 24, 2008.
17. ^ Schnell, Lindsay (January 22, 2010). "George Fox's Scott Rueck carves path as one of Oregon's best young basketball coaches". The Oregonian. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
18. ^ "Wes Schulmerich Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
19. ^ Gaston, Joseph; George H. Himes (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. 2\. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. pp. 845–846.
20. ^ Sowell, John (June 5, 2008). "Dancing away from politics". The News-Review. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
21. ^ Newbry, Earl T. (May 21, 1954). "Leon S. Davis". Official Voters' Pamphlet for the Republican Party Primary Nominating Election (Washington County): 14.
22. ^ Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. p. 78.
23. ^ Parks, Casey (August 18, 2011). "Hillsboro legislator-turned-director David Edwards films his first movie: 'Nightscape'". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
24. ^ Gaston, Joseph; George H. Himes (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. 3\. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. pp. 288–289.
25. ^ Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. 1910. History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon. Portland, Or: Historical Pub. Co. p. 147-148.
26. ^ "Oregon: Washington County Breeders Meet". Guernsey Breeders Journal. 18: 297. 1920.
27. ^ "Final Edition: Hillsboro's Old Leaders". Oregon Journal. February 12, 1957. p. 1.
28. ^ "Derrick Kitts". Summary. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
29. ^ Giegerich, Andy (July 6, 2010). "Edwards drops out of House race, endorses Ainge". Portland Business Journal.
30. ^ State Central Committee, Republican League of Oregon, ed. (1896). Republican League register, a record of the Republican Party in the state of Oregon. Register Pub. Co. p. 258. "oregon republican league."
31. ^ "Paul Linton Patterson". Governors of Oregon. Oregon State Library. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
32. ^ Lang, Herbert O. (1885) History of the Willamette Valley, Being a Description of the Valley and Its Resources, with an Account of Its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and Its Subsequent History Together with Personal Reminiscences of Its Early Pioneers. G.H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, pp. 849-850.
33. ^ Carey, Charles Henry. History of Oregon. Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1922. Vol. 3. p. 153.
34. ^ Hines, H.K. (1893). An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon. The Lewis Publishing Co.: Chicago.
35. ^ "T.H. Tongue, ex-state high court Justice, dies". The Oregonian. June 1, 1994. p. B04.
36. ^ Gaston, Joseph; George H. Himes (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. 2\. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. p. 590.
37. ^ "County governors both die in office", Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976.
38. ^ Swisher, Larry (July 4, 2003). "After false starts, AuCoin carves out rich life after Congress". The Daily Astorian.
39. ^ "Adolph James Rode" (PDF). Department of Psychology. Radford University. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
40. ^ Rogoway, Mike (July 30, 2010). "More VC fuel for Oregon, Rainn Wilson shoots back: Silicon Forest week in review". The Oregonian. OregonLive.com. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
41. ^ "Advisors – RIC". ric.uark.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
42. ^ Zipkin, Amy. The Boss: Powered by Math. The New York Times, July 16, 2006.
43. ^ Friedman, Nicole; Gunderson, Laura; Schmidt, Brad (December 15, 2013). "Judi Hofer, former Meier & Frank executive, passes away at 73". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
44. ^ Mandel, Michelle (November 23, 2004). "Riding good vibrations from Hillsboro to Broadway". The Oregonian. pp. E1.
45. ^ "Artists Incubator: Savannah Outen", Radio Disney, Retrieved July 9, 2009.
46. ^ Tommy Overstreet's Official MySpace Page. Retrieved on November 24, 2008.
47. ^ McNichol, Bethanye (July 27, 1995). "West Zoner: Our Town: Hillsboro Community Close Up". The Oregonian. p. 1.
48. ^ Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity Oregon. Containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present. Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1903. p. 381-2.
49. ^ Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 246.
50. ^ Putnam, George (January 1908). "Oregon's oldest woman who passed away at age of 120". Capitol Journal.
51. ^ Carlin, Peter Ames (September 29, 2002). "The red carpet ride: It's a long stretch limo from Oregon to Hollywood, where Bryce Zabel ushers in the Emmys". The Oregonian. pp. D1.

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Government|

* Police
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* City Hall
* Library
* County Courthouse
* State Health & DEQ labs
* Clean Water Services

Transportation|

* Airport
* Cornelius Pass Road
* Cornell Road
* Hillsboro Central Transit Center
* Intermodal Transit Facility
* MAX Blue Line
* Main Street Bridge
* Oregon Route 219
* T.V. Highway
* Sunset Highway
* Willow Creek Transit Center

Education|

* Hillsboro SD
* Century High
* Glencoe High
* Hillsboro High
* Liberty High
* Miller Education Center
* Hare Field
* OGI School of Science and Engineering
* Pacific Health Professions Campus

Companies|

* Acumed
* Beyond Words
* Binford & Mort
* FEI
* Intel
* Laika, LLC
* Metro West Ambulance
* Parr Lumber
* Planar
* Qorvo
* RadiSys
* Rodgers Instruments
* SolarWorld
* Tuality Healthcare

Parks and
recreation|

* 53rd Avenue Park
* Aquatic & Recreation Center
* Bagley Park
* Bicentennial Park
* Cornell Creek Park
* Hamby Park
* Hillsboro Ballpark
* Hillsboro Stadium
* Hondo Dog Park
* Jackson Bottom
* Magnolia Park
* Noble Woods Park
* Orchard Park
* Oregon International Air Show
* Orenco Woods Nature Park
* Rood Bridge Park
* Reedville Creek Park
* Shute Park
* Turner Creek Park
* Walnut Street Park
* Walters Cultural Arts Center

Other|

* The Argus
* Chief Kno-Tah
* Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum
* H.A.R.T.
* David Hill
* Hops
* Hillsboro Medical Center
* Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra
* Kaiser hospital
* KUIK
* Old Scotch Church
* Oregon Chorale
* Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
* Orenco
* Orenco Station
* People
* Pioneer Cemetery
* Primate Research Center
* Rice Rock Museum
* Tanasbourne
* Tribune
* Washington County Museum

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