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Portland Hoffa (January 25, 1905 – December 26, 1990) was an American comedian, radio host, actress, and dancer. The daughter of an itinerant optometrist, she was named after Portland, Oregon , the city in which she was born.
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Richard T. James, Indiana lieutenant governor 1945-49 Kenneth MacDonald , actor, born Kenneth Dollins; he worked for many years at Columbia Pictures in short features and in the Three Stooges movies Mary Meeker (born in Portland, 1960) investment banker, made Internet economically viable by promoting it to investors in the 1990s, (becoming ...
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, lived in Indiana from ages 7–21 (Spencer County) Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator and former mayor of Indianapolis (Indianapolis) Thomas R. Marshall, U.S. Vice President (North Manchester) Mack F. Mattingly, U.S. Senator from Georgia, Asst. Sec Genl. NATO, US Ambassador
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Portland, Indiana. Pages in category "People from Portland, Indiana" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
He was born on November 21, 1938, in Hinsdale, Illinois, where he lived until 1950 when his family moved to Hillsboro, Oregon. [1] In Oregon he graduated from Hillsboro High School. [1] Riggs earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Portland State University in 1961. [2] [3] He then served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1961 to ...
The hotel was developed by the Rines family, Portland businessmen who owned Rines Brothers, a major local department store. [1] It was designed by Portland architect Herbert W. Rhodes [2] [3] and opened in 1927 as The Eastland, [4] the largest hotel in New England. [5]
Richard Joseph "Rick" Sanders (January 20, 1945 – October 18, 1972) was an American folkstyle and freestyle wrestler. He won gold medals at the 1967 Pan American Games and 1969 World Championships, finishing second at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and 1967 World Championships.