GH#1
Famous people · Portland
Portland’s famous people span 158 years: 8 births from 1801 to 1959
Guy Hedlund, the actor, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The next two names are Myron Cady Cramer and Nancy McKinstry. 4 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Guy Hedlund, dates from 1884.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Guy Hedlund
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
Joseph Hungerford Brainerd
Youngest
1959
Nancy McKinstry
Most common field
Business
2 people
The best known
Born in Portland
Languages with an article: 10 for Guy Hedlund, 5 for Myron Cady Cramer, 5 for Nancy McKinstry.
#2Politics & Law
Myron Cady Cramer
1881–1966Judge Advocate General of the United States Army
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Business
Nancy McKinstry
born 1959American businessperson and board member, director at Accenture and Abbott Laboratories
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Portland’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
BusinessSportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Portland is known for
2 of them work in Business, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Portland
Of the other 5, 2 are athletes.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Middletown: 47.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Portland and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Myron Cady Cramer: United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Corps., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy McKinstry: Dennis912, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Perry Hale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg: Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin Brady: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Pratt: J.H. Beers & Co. (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons