A 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 Alaska1987livingAnchoragewhite 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
B 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, son of Nick Begich Sr. and brother of Tom Begich Tom Begich 1960 living Anchorage Former Minority Leader of the Alaska Senate, son of Nick Begich Sr. 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
C 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 bodybuilderQuinn ChristophersonlivingAnchoragesinger-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
D 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
E Kate Earl 1981 living Anchorage, Chugiak singer-songwriter Carl Ben Eielson 1897 1929 Fairbanks pioneering aviator
F 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
G 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
H 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, professor 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
J Sheldon Jackson 1834 1909 Sitka pioneering Presbyterian missionary, educator, reindeer herder Lydia Jacoby 2004 living Anchorage, SewardHelminiak, 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. swimmer, 2020 Summer Olympics team memberOlympicTalk (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. 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
K 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 linguistCy Kuckenbakerlivingfilmmaker Chris Kuper 1982 living Anchorage Denver Broncos offensive guard Natalie Kusz 1962 living memoirist Randy Kutcher 1960 living Anchorage major league baseball outfielder
L 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
M 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 Fairbanks, Fox sled dog racer, four time Yukon Quest and four time Iditarod winnerEdna Ahgeak MacLean1944livingUtqiaġvik, Sitka, Anchorage, Fairbanksan 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
N Jacob Netsvetov 1802 1864 Atka, Sitka Orthodox saint
O William Oefelein 1965 living Anchorage astronaut Laurie Olin 1938 living landscape architect Norman Olson 1946 living Nikiski militia activist
Rashard Odomes (born 1996), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
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