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Discover the notable alumni of University Of Oregon. The list includes people like Kaitlin Olson, Chuck Palahniuk, Bill Bowerman, Steve Prefontaine & Ben Hogan. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, scientists, media personalities, sportspersons and film & theater personalities etc.
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 1 
Sam Elliott
(Actor)
Sam Elliott
19
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 9, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 2 
John Madden
(Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders)
John Madden
40
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 10, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Austin, Minnesota, United States
Died: December 28, 2021
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 3 
Chael Sonnen
(Retired Mixed Martial Artist and One of the Biggest Trash Talkers in MMA History)
Chael Sonnen
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 3, 1977
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: West Linn, Oregon, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 4 
Ty Burrell
(Actor)
Ty Burrell
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 22, 1967
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 5 
Kaitlin Olson
(Actress)
Kaitlin Olson
27
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 18, 1975
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, USA
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 6 
Bol Bol
(Basketball Player)
Bol Bol
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 16, 1999
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Khartoum, Sudan
Height: 7'2" (218 cm)
 7 
Phil Knight
(Co-founder of Nike, Inc.)
Phil Knight
55
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 24, 1938
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 8 
David Ogden Stiers
(Actor)
David Ogden Stiers
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 31, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USA
Died: March 3, 2018
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 9 
Marcus Mariota
(American Football Player Who Plays as a Quarterback)
Marcus Mariota
15
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 30, 1993
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
 10 
Lindsay Wagner
(American Actress and Acting Coach Best Known for Her Role in the TV Series ‘The Bionic Woman)
Lindsay Wagner
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 22, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 11 
Justin Herbert
(American football player)
Justin Herbert
13
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 10, 1998
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon, United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 12 
Chuck Palahniuk
(Journalist and Novelist Best Known for His Books: ‘Fight Club’, ‘Choke’, ‘Rant’ and ‘Invisible Monsters’)
Chuck Palahniuk
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 21, 1962
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pasco, Washington, United States
 13 
Steve Prefontaine
(American Long-Distance Runner)
Steve Prefontaine
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 25, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
Died: May 30, 1975
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 14 
Ann Curry
(Journalist)
Ann Curry
5
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 19, 1956
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hagåtña, Guam
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 15 
Ahmad Rashād
(Sportscaster)
Ahmad Rashād
5
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 19, 1949
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 16 
Daniel Wu
(Flexible and distinctive leading actor in the Chinese language film industry)
Daniel Wu
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 30, 1974
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 17 
Howard Hesseman
(Actor, Television actor)
Howard Hesseman
4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 27, 1940
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lebanon
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 18 
Bill Bowerman
(Co-founder of Nike, Inc.)
Bill Bowerman
11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 19, 1911
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died: December 24, 1999
 19 
Ken Kesey
(Novelist & Essayist Known for His Novels: ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ & ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’)
Ken Kesey
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 17, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: La Junta, Colorado, United States
Died: November 10, 2001
 20 
Ashton Eaton
(Retired American Decathlete and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist)
Ashton Eaton
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 21, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 21 
Christopher Judge
(Actor)
Christopher Judge
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 13, 1964
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 22 
Kyle Long
(American football player)
Kyle Long
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 5, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ivy, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 23 
Edgar Buchanan
(Actor)
Edgar Buchanan
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 20, 1903
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Humansville, Missouri, United States
Died: April 4, 1979
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 24 
Jordan Bell
(Basketball player)
Jordan Bell
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 7, 1995
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 25 
Donald Malarkey
(Sergeant)
Donald Malarkey
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Astoria, Oregon, USA
Died: September 30, 2017
 26 
Spencer Paysinger
(Former American Football Linebacker)
Spencer Paysinger
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 26, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 27 
Alberto Salazar
(American Former Track Coach and Long-Distance Runner)
Alberto Salazar
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 7, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 28 
Sabrina Ionescu
(Basketball player)
Sabrina Ionescu
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 6, 1997
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Walnut Creek, California, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 29 
Stephen J. Cannell
(Television producer)
Stephen J. Cannell
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: September 30, 2010
 30 
Patrick Chung
(Jamaican-American Former Football Safety Who Played in the National Football League (NFL))
Patrick Chung
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 19, 1987
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingston, Jamaica
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 31 
DeForest Buckner
(American football player)
DeForest Buckner
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 17, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Waianae, Hawaii, United States
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 32 
Payton Pritchard
(Basketball player)
Payton Pritchard
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 28, 1998
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tualatin, Oregon, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 33 
Don Simpson
(Producer)
Don Simpson
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 29, 1943
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: January 19, 1996
 34 
Galen Rupp
(American Long-Distance Runner)
Galen Rupp
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 8, 1986
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 35 
Kiko Alonso
(American football player)
Kiko Alonso
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 14, 1990
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 36 
Tinker Hatfield
(Designer)
Tinker Hatfield
0
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: April 30, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hillsboro
 37 
Richie Incognito
(American Football Player)
Richie Incognito
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 5, 1983
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 38 
Joey Harrington
(American Football Player)
Joey Harrington
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 21, 1978
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 39 
Miguel McKelvey
(Basketball player)
Miguel McKelvey
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1974 AD
Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon, United States
 40 
Norv Turner
(American football coach)
Norv Turner
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 17, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA
 41 
Douglas Hofstadter
(Philosopher, Writer, University teacher, Computer scientist)
Douglas Hofstadter
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 15, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
 42 
James Read
(Actor)
James Read
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 31, 1953
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 43 
Haloti Ngata
(American Football Player)
Haloti Ngata
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 21, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 44 
De'Anthony Thomas
(American Football Player)
De'Anthony Thomas
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 5, 1993
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 45 
Ryan Zinke
(Politician)
Ryan Zinke
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 1, 1961
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bozeman, Montana Bozeman, Montana, U.S.
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 46 
Dan Fouts
(American Football Players)
Dan Fouts
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 10, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 47 
Jonathan Stewart
(American football player)
Jonathan Stewart
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 21, 1987
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fort Lewis, Washington, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 48 
Norm Van Brocklin
(American football player)
Norm Van Brocklin
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Parade, South Dakota, United States
Died: May 2, 1983
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 49 
Aaron Brooks
(Basketball player - Point guard)
Aaron Brooks
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 14, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 50 
Gordon Scott
(Actor)
Gordon Scott
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Died: April 30, 2007
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
To graduate from the ‘University of Oregon’ is the dream of every other child in world who wants to make it big in life. The foundation for this beautiful institution was laid in 1876 in Eugene, Oregon over a huge 295-acre of land. With over 316 graduate and undergraduate programs to offer the ‘University of Oregon’ is by far one of the most sought after institutions of the world. Apart from plain education, this university also has a fantastic athletic team who are fondly addressed as the, ‘Oregon Ducks’. With over 18 teams, this lot is the best known for football and the track sport events. This institution is a perfect mix between offering exceptionally excellent form of education along with lots of sports. With just 155 students and 5 faculties this institution has grown by leaps and bounds, to becoming a place that every student aspires to graduate from. This institution has actually had a slow climb from just 5 students graduating in the first year of its inception to thousands in today’s day and age. There are some really notable alumnus of this institution some of them being, businessman Phil Knight, the legendary runner, Steve Prefontaine and the famous television personality, Ann Curry among the many others. These personalities have made sure that they have upheld the name of the institution they have passed out from and make a name for themselves too.
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