Portland has a rich and colorful history. Many of the biographies will reflect that. (History of Portland, Oregon)
- Alisky, Charles Adolph
- Bellinger Charles B.
- Brandt, John
- Bronaugh, Earl C.
- Chapman, W. W., Col.
- Corbett, Henry W.
- Coulter, Samuel
- Deady, Matthew P.
- Dekum, Frank
- Delashmutt, Van B.
- Dodd, Charles H.
- Dolph, Cyrus A.
- Dudley, William Lincoln
- Durand, Ezra
- Earhart, Rockey P.
- Failing, Henry
- Fleischner, Lewis
- Gill, Joseph K.
- Glisan, Rodney, M.D.
- Green, Henry D.
- Hawthorne, Dr. J. C.
- Henrichsen, Lars C.
- Hirsch, Solomon
- Holman, James Duval
- Holmes, Thomas J.
- Jeffery, Edward James
- Johnson, A. H.
- Jones, Henry E., M. D.
- Kamm, Jacob
- Kelly, James K.
- Killin, Benton
- Klosterman, John
- Ladd, W. S.
- Lotan, James
- Lownsdale, Daniel H.
- Lownsdale, J. P. O.
- Mackenzie, Kenneth A. J., Dr.
- MacLeay, Donald
- Mallory, Rufus
- Markle, George B.
- Marquam, P. A., Hon.
- Mitchell, John H.
- Montgomery, J. B.
- Moreland, J. C.
- Morey, Parker Farnsworth
- Mulkey, Marion Francis
- Noon, William C.
- Northrup, Edward James
- Northup, Henry H.
- Oatman, Harrison B.
- Reed, S. G.
- Reid, William
- Saylor, William H., M. D.
- Shattuck, Erasmus D.
- Smith, Charles J.
- Smith, Joseph Schoewaiter
- Spaulding, William Wallace
- Staver, George W.
- Steel, George A.
- Steel, James
- Strong, William
- Strowbridge, Joseph Alfred
- Thayer, William Wallace
- Therkelsen, Laurits Walse
- Thompson, H. Y.
- Weinhard, Henry
- Whalley, John William
- Wiberg, Charles M.
- Williams, George H.
- Woodward, John Henry
- Woodward, Tyler
- Zan, Frank