Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith

male, deceased (2003)
Omaha, Portland, Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith, bass guitar, autopsy, Miss Misery…Oregon musician, FromPortland, Oregon, From Omaha, Nebraska
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an Academy Award-nominated American singer-songwriter and musician. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he...
Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

male, deceased (1989)
buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, tweety bird, daffy duck, Looney Tunes voices, voice actor, Jewish American…death from cardiovascular disease, FromPortland, Oregon, Lived in Portland, Oregon, from Los Angeles, From San Francisco
Melvin Jerome Blanc was a prolific American voice actor, performing on radio, in television commercials, and most famously, in hundreds of...
Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

male, 47 years old (Kennewick, Washington, United States)
fight club, Minimalist writer, postmodernist, Postmodern literature, ukrainian, journalist…Portland artist, FromPortland, Oregon, from the United States, Oregon writer, From Burbank
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (IPA: [EpE'lEnEk])[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist of...
China Forbes

China Forbes

female
Oregon musician, Forbes family, off-Broadway, FromPortland, Oregon, que sera sera, Pink Martini…From Boston
China Forbes is an American singer and songwriter, and the lead singer of Pink Martini. Born April 29, 1970 and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts,...
Matt Groening

Matt Groening

male, 55 years old (Portland, Oregon, United States)
The Simpsons, cartoonist, Simpsons, futurama, The Simpsons producer, satirist…FromPortland, Oregon, From Oregon, born in Portland, Oregon
Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not take a particular interest in school, which is what originaly turned him towards drawing. In...
James Beard

James Beard

male, deceased (1985)
chef, Reed College alumni, American, Food writer, FromPortland, Oregon, gastronomy
James Beard (May 5, 1903-January 21, 1985) was an American chef and food writer. James Beard is recognized by many as the father of American...

Steve Jones

male, 67 years old
NBATV, National Basketball Association, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, The NBA on Usa, tnt, The NBA on Tbs…FromPortland, Oregon, Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Ducks men's basketball player, Portland Trail Blazers player, University of Oregon
Stephen (Steve) Howard "Snapper" Jones (born October 17 1942, in Alexandria, Louisiana) is one of the most esteemed and watched National Basketball...
Thomas M. Lauderdale

Thomas M. Lauderdale

male, 39 years old
Oregon musician, came out, THE CLOSET, Harvard University, Pink Martini, Oregon Ballet…Oregon Symphony, From Oregon, FromPortland, Oregon, Portland millennial art renaissance
Thomas M. Lauderdale was born in 1970 and adopted into a family that included two black siblings and an Iranian brother. He is of "uncertain" Asian...
Todd Snider

Todd Snider

male, 43 years old
Memphis, New Connection, Music Corporation of America, No Depression, That Was Me The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998, Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues…FromPortland, Oregon
Todd Daniel Snider is a singer-songwriter born October 11, 1966 in Portland, Oregon. Best known for his wry humor, Snider has been a fixture on the...
John Reed

John Reed

male, deceased (1920)
poet, death by influenza, October Revolution, industrial worker of the world, Marxist journalist, Harvard University alumni…FromPortland, Oregon, Oregon writer
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 - October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand...