John Luther Adams | 1953 | living | Fairbanks | classical music composer |
Syun-Ichi Akasofu | 1930 | living | Fairbanks | geophysicist, aurora researcher, recently a participant in climate change debate |
Baked Alaska | 1987 | living | Anchorage | white supremacist |
Christian Allen | 1976 | living | Eagle River | video game designer |
Alvin Eli Amason | 1948 | living | Fairbanks, Kodiak | painter, sculptor |
Artis the Spoonman | 1948 | living | Kodiak | street musician, subject of the song by Soundgarden |
Peter J. Aschenbrenner | 1948 | living | Fairbanks | author self-help legal books |
Lena Atti | 1926 | 2020 | Kwigillingok | artist expert at traditional grass weaving |
Tony Barnette | 1983 | living | Anchorage | MLB player for the Texas Rangers |
Laird Barron | 1970 | living | Palmer | sled dog racer, writer |
Rex 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 | writer |
Irene Bedard | 1967 | living | Anchorage | actress; voice actor for Pocahontas |
Mark Begich | 1962 | living | Anchorage | U.S. Senator from 2009 to 2015, Mayor from 2003 to 2009, father of Nick Begich and brother of Tom Begich |
Tom Begich | 1960 | living | Anchorage | Former Minority Leader of the Alaska Senate, father of Nick Begich and brother of Mark Begich |
Benny Benson | 1913 | 1972 | Chignik, Unalaska, Seward, Ugaiushak Island, Kodiak | designer of the Flag of Alaska |
Chad Bentz | 1980 | living | Juneau, Seward | major league baseball pitcher |
Bill Berry | 1926 | 1979 | Fairbanks | painter, cartoonist |
Lydia Black | 1925 | 2007 | Fairbanks, Kodiak | anthropologist, linguist |
Annalee Blysse | romance novelist | |||
Tom Bodett | 1955 | living | Homer | writer, commentator, voice actor |
Carlos Boozer | 1981 | living | Juneau | power forward for the Chicago Bulls who won an Olympic Bronze medal |
Lincoln Brewster | 1971 | living | Fairbanks, Homer | musician, singer-songwriter |
Justin Buchholz | 1983 | living | Fairbanks | mixed martial artist |
Kira Buckland | 1987 | living | Anchorage | animation voice actress |
David Bullock | 1993 | living | Anchorage | American tech entrepreneur and media executive |
Martin Buser | 1958 | living | Big Lake | sled dog racer |
Jon Butcher | 1950 | living | Clear | guitarist and songwriter best known for fronting 1980s band Jon Butcher Axis |
Susan Butcher | 1954 | 2006 | Fairbanks, Wrangell Mountains | sled dog racer, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
Marian Call | 1982 | living | Anchorage, Juneau | singer-songwriter |
Matt Carle | 1984 | living | Anchorage | NHL hockey player |
Chad Carpenter | living | Eagle River, Wasilla | cartoonist, creator of Tundra | |
William F. Cassidy | 1908 | 2002 | Nome | U.S. Army lieutenant general |
Shawn Chacón | 1977 | living | Anchorage | Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher |
Mario Chalmers | 1986 | living | Anchorage | Miami Heat point guard who won the 2011 3-point contest |
Valentina Chepiga | 1962 | living | Anchorage | IFBB professional bodybuilder |
Quinn Christopherson | living | Anchorage | singer-songwriter | |
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof | 1989 | living | Aleknagik, Girdwood | snowboarder, 2010 Olympics team member, Alaska Native activist |
Corey Cogdell | 1986 | living | Anchorage | trapshooter, two-time Olympic bronze medal winner in the Women's Trap |
Daryn Colledge | 1982 | living | North Pole | Miami Dolphins football player |
Ty Conklin | 1976 | living | Anchorage | former professional hockey player |
Robert Crawford | 1899 | 1961 | Fairbanks | early singer-songwriter, composer of "The U.S. Air Force" |
Aaron Cunningham | 1986 | living | Anchorage | San Diego Padres outfielder |
Nora Marks Dauenhauer | 1927 | 2017 | Juneau | writer |
T. Neil Davis | 1932 | 2016 | Fairbanks, North Pole | geophysicist, writer |
Dale DeArmond | 1914 | 2006 | Juneau, Ketchikan, Pelican, Sitka | printmaker |
R. N. DeArmond | 1911 | 2010 | Juneau, Ketchikan, Pelican, Sitka | historian, journalist, writer |
Mahala Ashley Dickerson | 1912 | 2007 | Anchorage, Wasilla | lawyer, civil rights activist, mother of bodybuilder Chris Dickerson |
Traci Dinwiddie | 1973 | living | Anchorage | actress |
Buckwheat Donahue | 1951 | 2019 | Nome | folklorist |
Jimmy Doolittle | 1896 | 1993 | Nome | World War II general and hero |
Brandon Dubinsky | 1986 | living | Anchorage | professional ice hockey player |
William Duncan | 1832 | 1918 | Metlakatla | Anglican lay missionary, brought a group of Tsimshian Indians from Canada to Annette Island, founding Metlakatla |
Kate Earl | 1981 | living | Anchorage, Chugiak | singer-songwriter |
Carl Ben Eielson | 1897 | 1929 | Fairbanks | pioneering aviator |
Dana Fabe | 1951 | living | Anchorage | first female associate justice of the Alaska Supreme Court |
Claire Fejes | 1920 | 1998 | Fairbanks | artist, writer |
Rosey Fletcher | 1975 | living | Anchorage | Olympic snowboarder |
Corey Flintoff | 1946 | living | Fairbanks | National Public Radio correspondent |
Vivica Genaux | 1969 | living | Fairbanks | opera singer |
Ray Genet | 1931 | 1979 | Talkeetna | mountaineer, guide |
Scott Gomez | 1979 | living | Anchorage | Florida Panthers hockey player |
Katherine Gottlieb | ca. 1952 | living | Anchorage, Old Harbor, Seldovia | president of Southcentral Foundation, MacArthur Fellow |
John Gourley | 1981 | living | Willow | musician, lead singer of Portugal. The Man |
Mike Gravel | 1930 | 2021 | Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula | U.S. Senator of Pentagon Papers fame |
Kelsey Griffin | 1987 | living | Eagle River | basketball player for multiple teams in both the WNBA and Australian WNBL; also played for the Australia national team |
Max Gruenberg | 1943 | 2016 | Juneau | member of the Alaska House of Representatives |
Ernest Gruening | 1887 | 1974 | Juneau | journalist, writer, territorial governor, U.S. Senator |
John Haines | 1924 | 2011 | Big Delta, Fairbanks | poet, former Alaska poet laureate |
Benjamin Haldane | 1874 | 1941 | Metlakatla | photographer |
Travis Hall | 1972 | living | Soldotna | San Francisco 49ers football player |
Walter Harper | 1892 | 1918 | Tanana | made the first recorded ascent of Denali |
Richard Harris | 1833 | 1907 | Juneau | gold prospector, co-founder of Juneau |
Ernestine Hayes | 1945 | living | Juneau | writer |
Ruthy Hebard | 1998 | living | Fairbanks | WNBA basketball player with the Chicago Sky |
Willie Hensley | 1941 | living | Kotzebue, Anchorage | advocate for Alaska Native rights |
Herman of Alaska | 1756 | 1837 | Kodiak Island | Orthodox saint |
C. "Rusty" Heurlin | 1895 | 1986 | Barrow, Ester, Valdez | painter |
Wally Hickel | 1919 | 2010 | Anchorage | industrialist, twice governor, U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
Robin Hobb | 1952 | living | Kodiak | fantasy fiction writer |
Sam Hoger | 1980 | living | Eagle River | mixed martial artist |
Anna Kathryn Holbrook | 1956 | living | Fairbanks | television actress |
Sven Holmberg | 1918 | 2003 | Fairbanks | film and television actor |
Rick Holmstrom | 1965 | living | Fairbanks | blues guitarist and singer-songwriter |
Steve Holt | living | Kenai | guitarist and backing vocalist for 36 Crazyfists |
Sheldon Jackson | 1834 | 1909 | Sitka | pioneering Presbyterian missionary, educator, reindeer herder |
Lydia Jacoby | 2004 | living | Anchorage, Seward[1] | swimmer, 2020 Summer Olympics team member[2][3] |
Kevin Johansen | 1964 | living | Fairbanks | Latin rock musician |
Michelle Johnson | 1965 | living | Anchorage | actress |
Levi Johnston | 1990 | living | Wasilla | former partner of Bristol Palin and celebrity news personality |
Jennifer Jolly | 1971 | living | Kenai | consumer technology journalist and TV broadcaster |
Marie Smith Jones | 1918 | 2008 | Anchorage, Cordova | last speaker of the Eyak language |
DeeDee Jonrowe | 1953 | living | Anchorage, Fairbanks, Willow | sled dog racer |
Joseph Juneau | 1836 | 1899 | Juneau | gold prospector, co-founder and namesake of Juneau |
Gunnar Kaasen | 1882 | 1960 | Nome | sled dog racer |
Peter Kalifornsky | 1911 | 1993 | Kenai Peninsula | ethnographer, writer |
Seth Kantner | living | Kobuk Valley, Kotzebue | writer | |
Joan Arend Kickbush | 1926 | 2006 | Anchorage | painter |
Jewel Kilcher | 1974 | living | Homer | singer-songwriter, actress |
Jeff King | 1956 | living | McKinley Park | sled dog racer |
Sara King | 1982 | living | Fairbanks | writer |
Tyler Kornfield | 1991 | living | Anchorage | Olympic cross-country skier |
Michael E. Krauss | 1934 | 2019 | Fairbanks | linguist |
Cy Kuckenbaker | living | filmmaker | ||
Chris Kuper | 1982 | living | Anchorage | Denver Broncos offensive guard |
Natalie Kusz | 1962 | living | memoirist | |
Randy Kutcher | 1960 | living | Anchorage | major league baseball outfielder |
Trajan Langdon | 1976 | living | Anchorage | retired basketball player, most notably the Cleveland Cavaliers and CSKA Moscow |
Austin E. Lathrop | 1865 | 1950 | Anchorage, Cordova, Fairbanks, Valdez | businessman, one of the strongest Alaskan opponents of statehood |
Sydney Laurence | 1865 | 1940 | Anchorage, Valdez, Talkeetna | landscape painter |
Ernest Leffingwell | 1875 | 1971 | Flaxman Island | explorer and geologist |
Hilary Lindh | 1969 | living | Juneau | alpine ski racer |
Segundo 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 Spain |
Fred Machetanz | 1908 | 2002 | Palmer, Unalakleet | painter |
Dick Mackey | living | Coldfoot | sled dog racer, early winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | |
Lance Mackey | 1970 | 2022[4] | Fairbanks, Fox | sled dog racer, four time Yukon Quest and four time Iditarod winner |
Edna Ahgeak MacLean | 1944 | living | Utqiaġvik, Sitka, Anchorage, Fairbanks | an Iñupiaq linguist, anthropologist and educator specializing in the preservation and revitalization of the Iñupiaq language. |
Holly Madison | 1979 | living | Craig | model, television personality |
Ray Mala | 1906 | 1952 | Candle | actor, cinematographer |
Andre 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 nominee |
Edward Marsden | 1869 | 1932 | Saxman, Metlakatla, Sitka | Tsimshian Presbyterian missionary and activist, first Alaska Native to be ordained |
Robert Marshall | 1901 | 1939 | Wiseman | wilderness activist, writer; wrote Arctic Village about his experiences in Wiseman |
Bristol Marunde | 1982 | living | Fairbanks | mixed martial artist |
Jesse Marunde | 1979 | 2007 | Glennallen | strongman competitor |
Carl McCunn | 1946 | 1981 | Anchorage | photographer, adventurer; committed suicide when stranded in the wilderness in northern Alaska |
Mel McDaniel | 1942 | 2011 | Anchorage | country music singer-songwriter |
Linious "Mac" McGee | 1897 | 1988 | Anchorage, Seward | pioneering aviator |
Drew Meekins | 1985 | living | Juneau | pairs figure skater |
Russel Merrill | 1894 | 1929 | Anchorage, Ketchikan | pioneering aviator |
Dan Mintz | 1981 | living | Anchorage | comedian, writer, and actor |
Tommy Moe | 1970 | living | Girdwood, Palmer, Wasilla | skier, gold medal winner at the 1994 Winter Olympics |
Patricia Monaghan | 1946 | 2012 | poet, writer | |
Kelly Moneymaker | 1970 | living | Fairbanks | singer, most notably with Exposé |
Shannyn Moore | 1970 | living | Homer | blogger, political activist |
James Morrison | 1954 | living | Anchorage | actor, 24 |
Joshua Morrow | 1974 | living | Juneau | actor, singer |
Margaret 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 Murkowski |
Lisa Murkowski | 1957 | living | Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Wrangell | U.S. Senator who was reelected as a write-in candidate in 2010, daughter of Frank Murkowski |
Jacob Netsvetov | 1802 | 1864 | Atka, Sitka | Orthodox saint |
William Oefelein | 1965 | living | Anchorage | astronaut |
Laurie Olin | 1938 | living | landscape architect | |
Norman Olson | 1946 | living | Nikiski | militia activist |
Dorothy Page | 1921 | 1989 | Wasilla | co-founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
Bristol Palin | 1990 | living | Wasilla | daughter of Sarah and Todd Palin, former contestant on Dancing with the Stars |
Sarah Palin | 1964 | living | Eagle River, Skagway, Wasilla | youngest and first female governor, 2008 Republican nominee for U.S. vice president |
Todd Palin | 1964 | living | Dillingham, Wasilla | ex-husband of Sarah Palin, champion snowmobile racer |
Rudy Pankow | 1998 | living | Ketchikan, Alaska | actor, most notably on the Netflix original, Outer Banks. |
Virgil Partch | 1916 | 1984 | St. Paul | cartoonist |
William Paul | 1885 | 1977 | Tongass Village, Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau | Native rights activist, first Alaska Native attorney |
Mary Peltola | 1973 | living | Anchorage | U.S. Representative, former Member of the Alaska House of Representatives |
Elizabeth Peratrovich | 1911 | 1958 | Juneau, Ketchikan, Klawock, Petersburg, Sitka | civil rights activist |
Peter the Aleut | ca. 1815 | Kodiak | Orthodox saint | |
Emmitt Peters | 1940 | 2020 | Ruby | sled dog racer, early winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
Pat Pitney | 1965 | living | Fairbanks, Juneau | president of the University of Alaska system, 1984 Olympic gold medalist |
Valerie Plame | 1963 | living | Anchorage | |
Kirsten Powers | 1969 | living | Fairbanks | blogger, political commentator |
Chanel Preston | 1985 | living | Fairbanks | pornographic actress |
Kikkan Randall | 1982 | living | Anchorage | Olympic gold medalist cross-country skier |
Sean Rash | 1982 | living | Anchorage | professional tenpin bowler |
Joe Redington | 1917 | 1999 | Knik | sled dog racer, co-founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
Robert Campbell Reeve | 1902 | 1980 | Anchorage, Valdez | pioneering aviator |
Wilds P. Richardson | 1861 | 1929 | Valdez | Army officer, headed Alaska Roads Commission |
Tex 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 council |
Libby Riddles | 1956 | living | Shaktoolik, Teller | sled dog racer, first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
Libby Roderick | ca. 1958 | living | Anchorage | journalist, singer-songwriter, writer |
Amerie Rogers | 1981 | living | Anchorage | pop singer |
Paul Rosenthal | 1942 | living | Juneau | violinist, founder of the Sitka Summer Music Festival |
Peter Trimble Rowe | 1856 | 1942 | Sitka | Episcopal bishop |
Jason Ryznar | 1983 | living | Anchorage | professional ice hockey player |
Larry Sanger | 1968 | living | Anchorage | co-founder of Wikipedia |
Curt Schilling | 1966 | living | Anchorage | professional baseball player |
Daniel Schlereth | 1986 | living | Anchorage | professional baseball player |
Mark Schlereth | 1966 | living | Anchorage | professional football player, analyst for ESPN |
Brian Schmidt | 1967 | living | Anchorage | astrophysicist, 2011 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics |
Mitch Seavey | 1959 | living | Seward, Sterling | sled dog racer |
Charles John Seghers | 1839 | 1886 | Juneau, Nulato, Sitka | pioneering Catholic missionary |
Ronald Senungetuk | 1933 | 2020 | Fairbanks, Homer, Wales | silversmith, sculptor |
Leonhard Seppala | 1877 | 1967 | Fairbanks, Nome | sled dog racer, key musher in the 1925 serum run to Nome |
Tom Sexton | 1940 | living | Anchorage, Fairbanks | Alaska poet laureate |
Don Simpson | 1943 | 1996 | Anchorage | film producer |
Peter Simpson | 1871 | 1947 | Metlakatla, Sitka | Native rights activist and boatbuilder |
Jamie Smith | ca. 1965 | living | Fairbanks | cartoonist, printmaker |
Molly Smith | living | Douglas | theater director | |
Soapy Smith | 1860 | 1898 | Skagway | con artist, gangster |
Steve Smith | 1985 | living | Anchorage | professional football player |
Dana Stabenow | 1952 | living | Anchorage, Seldovia | writer |
Darby Stanchfield | 1971 | living | Kodiak, Unalaska | television actress |
Ben Stevens | 1959 | living | Anchorage, Fairbanks, Girdwood | Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska, Alaskan State Senate President |
Ted 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 Conditions |
John F. A. Strong | 1856 | 1929 | Iditarod, Juneau, Katalla, Nome, Skagway | founder of what is now Juneau Empire, territorial governor |
Robert Stroud | 1890 | 1963 | Juneau | convicted killer known as "The Birdman of Alcatraz" |
Stephen Sundborg | 1943 | living | president of Seattle University | |
Jeremy Swayman | 1998 | living | Anchorage | ice hockey goaltender |
Rick Swenson | 1950 | living | Manley Hot Springs, Two Rivers | sled dog racer |
Jim Sykes | 1950 | living | Anchorage, Palmer, Talkeetna | Green Party politician |
Khleo Thomas | 1989 | living | Anchorage | actor, rapper |
Lowell Thomas Jr. | 1923 | 2016 | Anchorage, Talkeetna | son of and collaborator with Lowell Thomas; bush pilot, film maker, lecturer, politician, writer |
Morris Thompson | 1939 | 2000 | Fairbanks, Tanana | Alaska Native leader, business executive |
Nate Thompson | 1984 | living | Anchorage | professional ice hockey player |
Ray Troll | 1954 | living | Ketchikan | artist, musician |
Kelly Tshibaka | 1979 | living | Palmer | Attorney and politician |
Rachel Uchitel | 1975 | living | Anchorage | media personality; her father was an Anchorage business magnate of the 1970s and 1980s who founded Anchorage's cable television system |
Archie Van Winkle | 1925 | 1986 | Juneau, Ketchikan | Korean War hero |
Paul Varelans | 1969 | 2021 | Fairbanks | mixed martial artist |
Norman D. Vaughan | 1905 | 2005 | Eagle River, Trapper Creek | explorer, dog musher |
Joe Vogler | 1913 | 1993 | Fairbanks, Kodiak | gold miner and secessionist advocate, became folk hero following his murder |
Jujiro Wada | ca. 1872 | 1937 | Barrow, Fairbanks, Nome | adventurer |
Velma Wallis | 1960 | living | Fairbanks, Fort Yukon | writer |
Nathan West | 1978 | living | Anchorage | actor |
Mr. Whitekeys | 1947 | living | Fairbanks, Spenard | writer, musician, commentator, satirist |
James 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 Alaska |
Noel Wien | 1899 | 1977 | pioneering aviator | |
Lael Wilcox | living | Anchorage | ultra-endurance bicycle racer | |
Dave Williams | 1979 | living | Anchorage | professional baseball player |
Barrett Willoughby | 1901 | 1959 | writer | |
Charles Wood | 1916 | 1978 | Iditarod, Kodiak | singer and actor in Broadway musicals |
Roger L. Worsley | 1937 | living | Anchorage | educator; vice-chancellor University of Alaska Anchorage, 1978–1985 |
Hugh Wade | 1901 | 1995 | first secretary of state of Alaska |
S. Hall Young | 1847 | 1927 | Fairbanks, Fort Wrangel | Presbyterian missionary, wilderness companion of John Muir |