This is a list of notable people from Alaska. This list includes individuals who were born in Alaska, grew up there, retired there, or in any other fashion lived there, even if for only a brief period of time.
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Jesuit priest, elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1960, becoming the first Catholic priest to serve in a U.S. state legislature; also a widely published writer on Alaska in his native Spain
the third Libertarian to be elected to a U.S. state legislature (all from Alaska to that point), later became the party's vice presidential and presidential nominee
judge and congressional delegate in the district and territory, made an early recorded ascent of Mount McKinley, compiled an important early bibliography of Alaska
Henry Tureman Allen (1859–1930), U.S. Army officer who conducted a famous expedition of Alaska's interior in 1885, largely through the Copper and Tanana River drainages
Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), frequently passed through Alaska in his travels
Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), whose 19th-century published history of Alaska, part of a larger series, formed an important foundation for later study of Alaskan history
Vitus Bering (1681–1741), made the first recorded European sighting of Alaska
Hale Boggs (1914–1972), member of the U.S. House from Louisiana, who disappeared on a flight in Alaska along with freshman colleague Nick Begich while helping Begich campaign for reelection
Jackson Browne (born 1948), stated in a 1980s interview that he was conceived in Alaska, while his father was stationed there in the U.S. military
Sydney Chapman (1888–1970), mathematician and geophysicist; Advisory Scientific Director of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska from 1951 until his death, where he was largely responsible for building the programs and reputation of the Institute in its early years
James Cook (1728–1779), British explorer whose voyages included several trips along Alaska's coastline
William Healey Dall (1845–1927), biologist, hydrographer; explored interior Alaska, charted the Aleutians; America's pre-eminent authority on Alaska 1866–1900
Edna Ferber (1885–1968), friend of Ernest Gruening; following the success of Giant, was convinced by Gruening to write Ice Palace as a tool to promote Alaskan statehood
Eric Holmback (1924–1965), professional wrestler of the 1950s and 1960s known as "Yukon Eric," was billed (declared by the promoter and/or ring announcer as hailing) from Fairbanks. Other wrestlers, such as Jay York (who was also briefly a member of the rock group Delaney & Bonnie) and King Kong Bundy (while wrestling in Texas during the early 1980s), also portrayed wrestling personas associated with Alaska.
Will Rogers (1879–1935), actor and humorist, died in a plane crash in Alaska along with Wiley Post while making a flight through the territory
Robert W. Service (1874–1958), due to influence from Gold Rush migration across the North Country, Service became Alaskans' most well–loved poet, despite actually living in the Yukon Territory.
Cal Worthington (1920–2013), purchased Anchorage dealership Friendly Ford in 1976 and renamed it Cal Worthington Ford, which his company still owns and operates along with other Anchorage dealerships. He has been a ubiquitous figure on Anchorage television for decades, as well as the subject of parodies and other cultural depictions originating from Alaska.
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This is a list of notable people from Alaska This list includes individuals who were born in Alaska grew up there retired there or in any other fashion lived there even if for only a brief period of time Flag of AlaskaLocation of Alaska in the United StatesArtis the SpoonmanRex BeachCarlos BoozerSusan ButcherCallan Chythlook SifsofMario ChalmersRobert CrawfordJimmy DoolittleWilliam DuncanWyatt EarpMike GravelErnest GrueningWally HickelRobin HobbSheldon JacksonKevin JohansenLevi JohnstonJoseph JuneauGunnar KaasenJewel KilcherSydney LaurenceLance MackeyHolly MadisonRay MalaAndre MarrouDrew MeekinsTommy MoeLisa MurkowskiWilliam OefeleinBristol PalinSarah PalinPeter the AleutValerie PlameAmerie RogersLarry SangerCurt SchillingMark SchlerethMolly SmithSoapy SmithSteve SmithTed StevensRobert StroudNate ThompsonArchie Van Winkle This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents Top 0 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Key to table entries Name Year born Year died Communities lived in in Alaska Noted forA editJohn Luther Adams 1953 living Fairbanks classical music composerSyun Ichi Akasofu 1930 living Fairbanks geophysicist aurora researcher recently a participant in climate change debateBaked Alaska 1987 living Anchorage white supremacistChristian Allen 1976 living Eagle River video game designerAlvin Eli Amason 1948 living Fairbanks Kodiak painter sculptorArtis the Spoonman 1948 living Kodiak street musician subject of the song by SoundgardenPeter J Aschenbrenner 1948 living Fairbanks author self help legal booksLena Atti 1926 2020 Kwigillingok artist expert at traditional grass weavingB editTony Barnette 1983 living Anchorage MLB player for the Texas RangersLaird Barron 1970 living Palmer sled dog racer writerRex Beach 1877 1949 Nome Rampart writer one of many participants in the Nome Gold Rush and related events who became famous elsewhere see below for other examples Marty Beckerman 1983 living Anchorage writerIrene Bedard 1967 living Anchorage actress voice actor for PocahontasBenny Benson 1913 1972 Chignik Unalaska Seward Ugaiushak Island Kodiak designer of the Flag of AlaskaChad Bentz 1980 living Juneau Seward major league baseball pitcherBill Berry 1926 1979 Fairbanks painter cartoonistLydia Black 1925 2007 Fairbanks Kodiak anthropologist linguistAnnalee Blysse romance novelistTom Bodett 1955 living Homer writer commentator voice actorCarlos Boozer 1981 living Juneau power forward for the Chicago Bulls who won an Olympic Bronze medalLincoln Brewster 1971 living Fairbanks Homer musician singer songwriterJustin Buchholz 1983 living Fairbanks mixed martial artistKira Buckland 1987 living Anchorage animation voice actressDavid Bullock 1993 living Anchorage American tech entrepreneur and media executiveMartin Buser 1958 living Big Lake sled dog racerJon Butcher 1950 living Clear guitarist and songwriter best known for fronting 1980s band Jon Butcher AxisSusan Butcher 1954 2006 Fairbanks Wrangell Mountains sled dog racer four time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RaceC editMarian Call 1982 living Anchorage Juneau singer songwriterMatt Carle 1984 living Anchorage NHL hockey playerChad Carpenter living Eagle River Wasilla cartoonist creator of TundraWilliam F Cassidy 1908 2002 Nome U S Army lieutenant generalShawn Chacon 1977 living Anchorage Pittsburgh Pirates pitcherMario Chalmers 1986 living Anchorage Miami Heat point guard who won the 2011 3 point contestValentina Chepiga 1962 living Anchorage IFBB professional bodybuilderQuinn Christopherson living Anchorage singer songwriterCallan Chythlook Sifsof 1989 living Aleknagik Girdwood snowboarder 2010 Olympics team member Alaska Native activistCorey Cogdell 1986 living Anchorage trapshooter two time Olympic bronze medal winner in the Women s TrapDaryn Colledge 1982 living North Pole Miami Dolphins football playerTy Conklin 1976 living Anchorage former professional hockey playerRobert Crawford 1899 1961 Fairbanks early singer songwriter composer of The U S Air Force Aaron Cunningham 1986 living Anchorage San Diego Padres outfielderD editNora Marks Dauenhauer 1927 2017 Juneau writerT Neil Davis 1932 2016 Fairbanks North Pole geophysicist writerDale DeArmond 1914 2006 Juneau Ketchikan Pelican Sitka printmakerR N DeArmond 1911 2010 Juneau Ketchikan Pelican Sitka historian journalist writerMahala Ashley Dickerson 1912 2007 Anchorage Wasilla lawyer civil rights activist mother of bodybuilder Chris DickersonTraci Dinwiddie 1973 living Anchorage actressBuckwheat Donahue 1951 2019 Nome folkloristJimmy Doolittle 1896 1993 Nome World War II general and heroBrandon Dubinsky 1986 living Anchorage professional ice hockey playerWilliam Duncan 1832 1918 Metlakatla Anglican lay missionary brought a group of Tsimshian Indians from Canada to Annette Island founding MetlakatlaE editKate Earl 1981 living Anchorage Chugiak singer songwriterCarl Ben Eielson 1897 1929 Fairbanks pioneering aviatorF editDana Fabe 1951 living Anchorage first female associate justice of the Alaska Supreme CourtClaire Fejes 1920 1998 Fairbanks artist writerCorey Flintoff 1946 living Fairbanks National Public Radio correspondentRosey Fletcher born 1975 Olympic snowboarderG editVivica Genaux 1969 living Fairbanks opera singerRay Genet 1931 1979 Talkeetna mountaineer guideScott Gomez 1979 living Anchorage Florida Panthers hockey playerKatherine Gottlieb ca 1952 living Anchorage Old Harbor Seldovia president of Southcentral Foundation MacArthur FellowJohn Gourley 1981 living Willow musician lead singer of Portugal The ManMike Gravel 1930 2021 Anchorage Kenai Peninsula U S Senator of Pentagon Papers fameKelsey Griffin 1987 living Eagle River basketball player for multiple teams in both the WNBA and Australian WNBL also played for the Australia national teamMax Gruenberg 1943 2016 Juneau member of the Alaska House of RepresentativesErnest Gruening 1887 1974 Juneau journalist writer territorial governor U S SenatorH editJohn Haines 1924 2011 Big Delta Fairbanks poet former Alaska poet laureateBenjamin Haldane 1874 1941 Metlakatla photographerTravis Hall 1972 living Soldotna San Francisco 49ers football playerWalter Harper 1892 1918 Tanana made the first recorded ascent of DenaliRichard Harris 1833 1907 Juneau gold prospector co founder of JuneauErnestine Hayes 1945 living Juneau writerRuthy Hebard 1998 living Fairbanks WNBA basketball player with the Chicago SkyWillie Hensley 1941 living Kotzebue Anchorage advocate for Alaska Native rightsHerman of Alaska 1756 1837 Kodiak Island Orthodox saintC Rusty Heurlin 1895 1986 Barrow Ester Valdez painterWally Hickel 1919 2010 Anchorage industrialist twice governor U S Secretary of the InteriorRobin Hobb 1952 living Kodiak fantasy fiction writerSam Hoger 1980 living Eagle River mixed martial artistAnna Kathryn Holbrook 1956 living Fairbanks television actressSven Holmberg 1918 2003 Fairbanks film and television actorRick Holmstrom 1965 living Fairbanks blues guitarist and singer songwriterSteve Holt living Kenai guitarist and backing vocalist for 36 CrazyfistsI editJ editSheldon Jackson 1834 1909 Sitka pioneering Presbyterian missionary educator reindeer herderLydia Jacoby 2004 living Anchorage Seward 1 swimmer 2020 Summer Olympics team member 2 3 Kevin Johansen 1964 living Fairbanks Latin rock musicianMichelle Johnson 1965 living Anchorage actressLevi Johnston 1990 living Wasilla former partner of Bristol Palin and celebrity news personalityJennifer Jolly 1971 living Kenai consumer technology journalist and TV broadcasterMarie Smith Jones 1918 2008 Anchorage Cordova last speaker of the Eyak languageDeeDee Jonrowe 1953 living Anchorage Fairbanks Willow sled dog racerJoseph Juneau 1836 1899 Juneau gold prospector co founder and namesake of JuneauK editGunnar Kaasen 1882 1960 Nome sled dog racerPeter Kalifornsky 1911 1993 Kenai Peninsula ethnographer writerSeth Kantner living Kobuk Valley Kotzebue writerJoan Arend Kickbush 1926 2006 Anchorage painterJewel Kilcher 1974 living Homer singer songwriter actressJeff King 1956 living McKinley Park sled dog racerSara King 1982 living Fairbanks writerTyler Kornfield 1991 living Anchorage Olympic cross country skierMichael E Krauss 1934 2019 Fairbanks linguistCy Kuckenbaker living filmmakerChris Kuper 1982 living Anchorage Denver Broncos offensive guardNatalie Kusz 1962 living memoiristRandy Kutcher 1960 living Anchorage major league baseball outfielderL editTrajan Langdon 1976 living Anchorage retired basketball player most notably the Cleveland Cavaliers and CSKA MoscowAustin E Lathrop 1865 1950 Anchorage Cordova Fairbanks Valdez businessman one of the strongest Alaskan opponents of statehoodSydney Laurence 1865 1940 Anchorage Valdez Talkeetna landscape painterErnest Leffingwell 1875 1971 Flaxman Island explorer and geologistHilary Lindh 1969 living Juneau alpine ski racerSegundo Llorente 1906 1989 Alakanuk Anchorage Bethel Cordova Fairbanks Kotzebue Sheldon Point Jesuit priest elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1960 becoming the first Catholic priest to serve in a U S state legislature also a widely published writer on Alaska in his native SpainM editFred Machetanz 1908 2002 Palmer Unalakleet painterDick Mackey living Coldfoot sled dog racer early winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RaceLance Mackey 1970 2022 4 Fairbanks Fox sled dog racer four time Yukon Quest and four time Iditarod winnerEdna Ahgeak MacLean 1944 living Utqiaġvik Sitka Anchorage Fairbanks an Inupiaq linguist anthropologist and educator specializing in the preservation and revitalization of the Inupiaq language Holly Madison 1979 living Craig model television personalityRay Mala 1906 1952 Candle actor cinematographerAndre Marrou 1938 living Anchorage Homer the third Libertarian to be elected to a U S state legislature all from Alaska to that point later became the party s vice presidential and presidential nomineeEdward Marsden 1869 1932 Saxman Metlakatla Sitka Tsimshian Presbyterian missionary and activist first Alaska Native to be ordainedRobert Marshall 1901 1939 Wiseman wilderness activist writer wrote Arctic Village about his experiences in WisemanBristol Marunde 1982 living Fairbanks mixed martial artistJesse Marunde 1979 2007 Glennallen strongman competitorCarl McCunn 1946 1981 Anchorage photographer adventurer committed suicide when stranded in the wilderness in northern AlaskaMel McDaniel 1942 2011 Anchorage country music singer songwriterLinious Mac McGee 1897 1988 Anchorage Seward pioneering aviatorDrew Meekins 1985 living Juneau pairs figure skaterRussel Merrill 1894 1929 Anchorage Ketchikan pioneering aviatorDan Mintz 1981 living Anchorage comedian writer and actorTommy Moe 1970 living Girdwood Palmer Wasilla skier gold medal winner at the 1994 Winter OlympicsPatricia Monaghan 1946 2012 poet writerKelly Moneymaker 1970 living Fairbanks singer most notably with ExposeShannyn Moore 1970 living Homer blogger political activistJames Morrison 1954 living Anchorage actor 24Joshua Morrow 1974 living Juneau actor singerMargaret Murie 1902 2003 Fairbanks grandmother of the conservation movement Frank Murkowski 1933 living Anchorage Fairbanks Ketchikan Wrangell U S Senator from 1981 to 2002 Governor from 2002 to 2006 father of Lisa MurkowskiLisa Murkowski 1957 living Anchorage Fairbanks Ketchikan Wrangell U S Senator who was reelected as a write in candidate in 2010 daughter of Frank MurkowskiN editJacob Netsvetov 1802 1864 Atka Sitka Orthodox saintO editWilliam Oefelein 1965 living Anchorage astronautLaurie Olin 1938 living landscape architectNorman Olson 1946 living Nikiski militia activistRashard Odomes born 1996 basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueP editDorothy Page 1921 1989 Wasilla co founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RaceBristol Palin 1990 living Wasilla daughter of Sarah and Todd Palin former contestant on Dancing with the StarsSarah Palin 1964 living Eagle River Skagway Wasilla youngest and first female governor 2008 Republican nominee for U S vice presidentTodd Palin 1964 living Dillingham Wasilla ex husband of Sarah Palin champion snowmobile racerRudy Pankow 1998 living Ketchikan Alaska actor most notably on the Netflix original Outer Banks Virgil Partch 1916 1984 St Paul cartoonistWilliam Paul 1885 1977 Tongass Village Ketchikan Sitka Juneau Native rights activist first Alaska Native attorneyElizabeth Peratrovich 1911 1958 Juneau Ketchikan Klawock Petersburg Sitka civil rights activistPeter the Aleut ca 1815 Kodiak Orthodox saintEmmitt Peters 1940 2020 Ruby sled dog racer early winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RacePat Pitney 1965 living Fairbanks Juneau president of the University of Alaska system 1984 Olympic gold medalistValerie Plame 1963 living AnchorageKirsten Powers 1969 living Fairbanks blogger political commentatorChanel Preston 1985 living Fairbanks pornographic actressQ editR editKikkan Randall 1982 living Anchorage Olympic gold medalist cross country skierSean Rash 1982 living Anchorage professional tenpin bowlerJoe Redington 1917 1999 Knik sled dog racer co founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RaceRobert Campbell Reeve 1902 1980 Anchorage Valdez pioneering aviatorWilds P Richardson 1861 1929 Valdez Army officer headed Alaska Roads CommissionTex Rickard 1870 1929 Juneau Nome Old West figure boxing promoter lived in Nome during the height of its gold rush served on the first city councilLibby Riddles 1956 living Shaktoolik Teller sled dog racer first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog RaceLibby Roderick ca 1958 living Anchorage journalist singer songwriter writerAmerie Rogers 1981 living Anchorage pop singerPaul Rosenthal 1942 living Juneau violinist founder of the Sitka Summer Music FestivalPeter Trimble Rowe 1856 1942 Sitka Episcopal bishopJason Ryznar 1983 living Anchorage professional ice hockey playerS editLarry Sanger 1968 living Anchorage co founder of WikipediaCurt Schilling 1966 living Anchorage professional baseball playerDaniel Schlereth 1986 living Anchorage professional baseball playerMark Schlereth 1966 living Anchorage professional football player analyst for ESPNBrian Schmidt 1967 living Anchorage astrophysicist 2011 Nobel Prize laureate in PhysicsMitch Seavey 1959 living Seward Sterling sled dog racerCharles John Seghers 1839 1886 Juneau Nulato Sitka pioneering Catholic missionaryRonald Senungetuk 1933 2020 Fairbanks Homer Wales silversmith sculptorLeonhard Seppala 1877 1967 Fairbanks Nome sled dog racer key musher in the 1925 serum run to NomeTom Sexton 1940 living Anchorage Fairbanks Alaska poet laureateDon Simpson 1943 1996 Anchorage film producerPeter Simpson 1871 1947 Metlakatla Sitka Native rights activist and boatbuilderJamie Smith ca 1965 living Fairbanks cartoonist printmakerMolly Smith living Douglas theater directorSoapy Smith 1860 1898 Skagway con artist gangsterSteve Smith 1985 living Anchorage professional football playerDana Stabenow 1952 living Anchorage Seldovia writerDarby Stanchfield 1971 living Kodiak Unalaska television actressBen Stevens 1959 living Anchorage Fairbanks Girdwood Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska Alaskan State Senate PresidentTed Stevens 1923 2010 Anchorage Fairbanks Girdwood longest serving U S Senator from Alaska Pres pro tempore of U S Senate father of Ben Stevens John Strohmeyer 1924 2010 Anchorage Pulitzer Prize winning journalist professor at University of Alaska Anchorage author of Extreme ConditionsJohn F A Strong 1856 1929 Iditarod Juneau Katalla Nome Skagway founder of what is now Juneau Empire territorial governorRobert Stroud 1890 1963 Juneau convicted killer known as The Birdman of Alcatraz Stephen Sundborg 1943 living president of Seattle UniversityJeremy Swayman 1998 living Anchorage ice hockey goaltenderRick Swenson 1950 living Manley Hot Springs Two Rivers sled dog racerJim Sykes 1950 living Anchorage Palmer Talkeetna Green Party politicianT editKhleo Thomas 1989 living Anchorage actor rapperLowell Thomas Jr 1923 2016 Anchorage Talkeetna son of and collaborator with Lowell Thomas bush pilot film maker lecturer politician writerMorris Thompson 1939 2000 Fairbanks Tanana Alaska Native leader business executiveNate Thompson 1984 living Anchorage professional ice hockey playerRay Troll 1954 living Ketchikan artist musicianKelly Tshibaka 1979 living Palmer Attorney and politicianU editRachel Uchitel 1975 living Anchorage media personality her father was an Anchorage business magnate of the 1970s and 1980s who founded Anchorage s cable television systemV editArchie Van Winkle 1925 1986 Juneau Ketchikan Korean War heroPaul Varelans 1969 2021 Fairbanks mixed martial artistNorman D Vaughan 1905 2005 Eagle River Trapper Creek explorer dog musherJoe Vogler 1913 1993 Fairbanks Kodiak gold miner and secessionist advocate became folk hero following his murderW editJujiro Wada ca 1872 1937 Barrow Fairbanks Nome adventurerVelma Wallis 1960 living Fairbanks Fort Yukon writerNathan West 1978 living Anchorage actorMr Whitekeys 1947 living Fairbanks Spenard writer musician commentator satiristJames Wickersham 1857 1939 Eagle Fairbanks Juneau judge and congressional delegate in the district and territory made an early recorded ascent of Mount McKinley compiled an important early bibliography of AlaskaNoel Wien 1899 1977 pioneering aviatorLael Wilcox living Anchorage ultra endurance bicycle racerDave Williams 1979 living Anchorage professional baseball playerBarrett Willoughby 1901 1959 writerCharles Wood 1916 1978 Iditarod Kodiak singer and actor in Broadway musicalsRoger L Worsley 1937 living Anchorage educator vice chancellor University of Alaska Anchorage 1978 1985Hugh Wade 1901 1995 first secretary of state of Alaska width 160pt Malakai West width 60pt 2012 width 60pt 2077 random kid who did thisX editY editS Hall Young 1847 1927 Fairbanks Fort Wrangel Presbyterian missionary wilderness companion of John MuirZ editPeople associated with Alaska editEdward Albee 1928 2016 main person responsible for building the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez to the status it has currently achieved Henry Tureman Allen 1859 1930 U S Army officer who conducted a famous expedition of Alaska s interior in 1885 largely through the Copper and Tanana River drainages Roald Amundsen 1872 1928 frequently passed through Alaska in his travels Hubert Howe Bancroft 1832 1918 whose 19th century published history of Alaska part of a larger series formed an important foundation for later study of Alaskan history Alexander Baranof 1746 1819 Vitus Bering 1681 1741 made the first recorded European sighting of Alaska Hale Boggs 1914 1972 member of the U S House from Louisiana who disappeared on a flight in Alaska along with freshman colleague Nick Begich while helping Begich campaign for reelection Jackson Browne born 1948 stated in a 1980s interview that he was conceived in Alaska while his father was stationed there in the U S military Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr 1886 1945 military commander of Alaska early in World War II Sydney Chapman 1888 1970 mathematician and geophysicist Advisory Scientific Director of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska from 1951 until his death where he was largely responsible for building the programs and reputation of the Institute in its early years James Cook 1728 1779 British explorer whose voyages included several trips along Alaska s coastline William Healey Dall 1845 1927 biologist hydrographer explored interior Alaska charted the Aleutians America s pre eminent authority on Alaska 1866 1900 Brad Davis born 1955 played briefly for the Anchorage Northern Knights before going on to a long career with the Dallas Mavericks both as a player and in other capacities Edna Ferber 1885 1968 friend of Ernest Gruening following the success of Giant was convinced by Gruening to write Ice Palace as a tool to promote Alaskan statehood Joseph Hazelwood born 1946 captain of the Exxon Valdez when it ran aground and spilled oil in 1989 Michael A Healy 1839 1904 captain of the USRC Corwin and USRC Bear when they were the only law enforcement presence north of Sitka Eric Holmback 1924 1965 professional wrestler of the 1950s and 1960s known as Yukon Eric was billed declared by the promoter and or ring announcer as hailing from Fairbanks Other wrestlers such as Jay York who was also briefly a member of the rock group Delaney amp Bonnie and King Kong Bundy while wrestling in Texas during the early 1980s also portrayed wrestling personas associated with Alaska Michio Hoshino 1952 1996 photographer Jack London 1876 1916 writer Christopher McCandless 1968 1992 hiker ad hoc adventurer John Muir 1838 1914 writer explorer naturalist made and wrote about several trips to Alaska explored Glacier Bay Wiley Post 1898 1935 aviator who died in a plane crash in Alaska along with Will Rogers see below while making a flight through the territory Ralph Regula 1924 2017 longtime member of the U S House representing Canton Ohio the hometown of William McKinley Regula devoted much of his career to preserving McKinley s legacy and maintained a decades long effort in Congress to prevent the renaming of Mount McKinley to its native name Denali Will Rogers 1879 1935 actor and humorist died in a plane crash in Alaska along with Wiley Post while making a flight through the territory Robert W Service 1874 1958 due to influence from Gold Rush migration across the North Country Service became Alaskans most well loved poet despite actually living in the Yukon Territory Vilhjalmur Stefansson 1879 1962 frequently passed through Alaska in his travels Timothy Treadwell 1957 2003 bear enthusiast Naomi Uemura 1941 1984 adventurer mountain climber died while attempting a solo ascent of Mount McKinley Bradford Washburn 1910 2007 mountaineer geographer Cal Worthington 1920 2013 purchased Anchorage dealership Friendly Ford in 1976 and renamed it Cal Worthington Ford which his company still owns and operates along with other Anchorage dealerships He has been a ubiquitous figure on Anchorage television for decades as well as the subject of parodies and other cultural depictions originating from Alaska See also edit nbsp Alaska portal nbsp United States portal nbsp Biography portal nbsp Lists portalElected officials edit List of governors of Alaska List of lieutenant governors of Alaska List of mayors of Anchorage Alaska List of mayors of Cordova Alaska List of mayors of Fairbanks Alaska List of mayors of Juneau Alaska List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives List of United States senators from Alaska United States congressional delegations from AlaskaOthers edit List of Alaskan aviators List of Alaska suffragists List of Alaskan Hall of Fame pilots List of athletes from Alaska List of justices of the Alaska Supreme CourtReferences edit Helminiak Jeff November 22 2020 Improving through challenging times Seward junior swimmer Jacoby wins national title at U S Open Peninsula Clarion Retrieved July 19 2021 OlympicTalk June 15 2021 For the first time an Alaskan is in line to swim at the Olympics NBC Sports Retrieved July 19 2021 Crouse Karen June 21 2021 U S Swim Team Will Take 11 Teenagers to Tokyo Games The New York Times Retrieved July 19 2021 Hollander Zaz Hughes Zachariah Bieri Chris September 11 2022 Alaska mushing legend Lance Mackey 4 time Iditarod champ dies at age 52 Anchorage Daily News Retrieved January 2 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Alaska amp oldid 1182334487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
