Famous people · Oak Hills
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Oak Hills
Closest of all is Mary Morrissey, from Beaverton, 4 mi away. Linus Pauling is the most widely known, written about in 112 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Oak Hills yet. 137 towns in Oregon have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Linus Pauling
Best known
Linus Pauling
in 112 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Oak Hills’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Oak Hills
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Sophia Braun
born 2000American-Argentine association football player
Travis Knight
born 1973American animator, producer, director, and former rapper
Douglas Engelbart
1925–2013American engineer and inventor
Mary E. Brunkow
born 1961American molecular biologist and immunologist
John Reed
1887–1920American journalist, poet, and communist activist
Dick Fosbury
1947–2023American athletics competitor, high jumper
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak Hills and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (13)
- Linus Pauling: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Engelbart: Alex Handy from Oakland, Nmibia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Groening: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary E. Brunkow: US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Reed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Fosbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Chiles: Ocoudis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Payton Pritchard: Marc-Gregor Campredon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Knight: Thierry Sollerot from Vernon (Eure, Hte Normandie), FRANCE, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marissa Neitling: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rubio Rubin: Patrick Rouin from Salt Lake City, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Savannah Outen: Steven Kona Simao, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly AuCoin: Lesaucoin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons