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Eugene, OR
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/
Population:
137893 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1862 County:
Lane County County seat of Lane County, founded 1862 by Eugene Franklin Skinner.
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Brandon Beemer |
Actor |
27-Feb-1980 |
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Days of Our Lives |
| Kai Bird |
Historian |
2-Sep-1951 |
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American Prometheus |
| Neil Goldschmidt |
Government |
16-Jun-1940 |
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Governor of Oregon, 1987-91 |
| Tim Hardin |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Dec-1941 |
29-Dec-1980 |
If I Were a Carpenter |
| Eric Christian Olsen |
Actor |
31-May-1977 |
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Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd |
| RJD2 |
Disc Jockey |
27-May-1976 |
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Dead Ringer |
| Rebecca Schaeffer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1967 |
18-Jul-1989 |
Actress murdered by stalker |
| Paul Simon |
Politician |
29-Nov-1928 |
9-Dec-2003 |
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate |
| Caitlin Wachs |
Actor |
15-Mar-1989 |
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Chloe Waters on Profiler |
| Craig Wasson |
Actor |
15-Mar-1954 |
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Body Double |
| Wendell Wyatt |
Politician |
15-Jun-1917 |
28-Jan-2009 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75 |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| David B. Frohnmayer |
Politician |
9-Jul-1940 |
9-Mar-2015 |
President, University of Oregon, 1994-2009 |
| Jack Herer |
Activist |
18-Jun-1939 |
15-Apr-2010 |
Cannabis evangelist |
| Ken Kesey |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1935 |
10-Nov-2001 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Charles O. Porter |
Politician |
4-Apr-1919 |
1-Jan-2006 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61 |
| Steve Prefontaine |
Track and Field |
25-Jan-1951 |
30-May-1975 |
Long distance runner |
| Theodore Sturgeon |
Author |
26-Feb-1918 |
8-May-1985 |
More Than Human |
| Roger Y. Tsien |
Scientist |
1-Feb-1952 |
24-Aug-2016 |
Green Fluorescent Protein |
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