Tonya Maxine Harding (born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater. Despite a tough childhood in an unstable family, as well as being plagued by asthma (aggravated by smoking), she became an elite figure skater. She won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and placed second in the 1991 World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition.

Robert William "Bob" Packwood (born September 11, 1932) was an American politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He was forced to resign from the United States Senate in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault from dozens of women emerged.

Philip H. Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the co-founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc. and the owner of Laika Entertainment House (formerly Will Vinton Studios). Knight is also known for his monetary support of the University of Oregon, where he received his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1959. Knight received his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1962.

Mary Manin Morrissey (born 1949) is a New Thought minister from Oregon, U.S.A. She has served as president of the Association for Global New Thought. and in 1995, she hosted an annual congress for the International New Thought Alliance. In 1998, she spoke before the United Nations with Arun Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) regarding the Season for Nonviolence. She has also participated in interfaith dialogues with the Dalai Lama.

Nigel Jaquiss (born 1962) is a journalist who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, for his work exposing former Governor of Oregon Neil Goldschmidt's alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl while he was mayor of Portland, Oregon. His story was published in "Willamette Week" in May 2004. Jaquiss graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984; he spent eleven years as a Wall Street and Singapore-based crude oil trader, working for Cargill, …

Maher Mofeid "Mike" Hawash is a Palestinian-born American engineer now serving a 7-year prison sentence for conspiring to aid the Taliban in fighting against U.S. forces and their allies in Afghanistan. Six weeks after 9/11, Hawash had secretly traveled to China with a group of Portland-area Muslims, dubbed the Portland Seven, with the intent of entering Afghanistan to aid the Taliban. Hawash and his co-conspirators were unable to reach Afghanistan due to visa problems, …

Jeff Gillooly (now Jeff Stone) is the ex-husband of former ice skating star Tonya Harding. He is best known for being found guilty of conspiring with Shawn Eckhardt in hiring Shane Stant to attack rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly and Harding married in 1990 and divorced in 1993. On July 14, 1994, he was sentenced to two years in prison. After his release, he and the two other conspirators publicly severed all ties with Harding.

Will Vinton (born 1948) is a director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for his work, and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for the work of his studio.

Tre Arrow, (born Michael James Scarpitti in 1974), a Florida native, is an environmental activist and politician who gained prominence in the U.S. state of Oregon in the late 1990s. Arrow is currently imprisoned in Canada, pending extradition by the United States Government to face charges of arson and conspiracy.

John Hicklin Hall (July 17, 1854 - July 27, 1937) was an American politician, and father of Oregon governor John H. Hall.

Shawn Eric Eckhardt is an American criminal. While employed as skater Tonya Harding's bodyguard in the early 1990s, he conspired with Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and Shane Stant in the planning and execution of the assault on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan on January 6, 1994. Kerrigan was forced to withdraw from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships as a result of the damage done to her knee, but went on to win the silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.