Famous Alaskans
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Alaska or spent some important time in Alaska.
Aleksandr Baranov, fur trader, Russian governor
Irene Bedard, actress and singer
Charles Brower, King of the Arctic
E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, U.S. congressman
Irene Bedard, actress
Nick Begich, U.S. congressman
Margaret Elizabeth Bell, author
Benny Benson, 13-year-old flag designer
Vitus Bering, explorer
Scott Bone, Alaska governor
Carlos Boozer, basketball player
Norman Brown, editor and publisher
Charles Bunnell, educator, first president of the University of Alaska
Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race
Chad Carpenter, cartoonist
Alexi Chirikov, explorer
Walter Clark, territorial governor
James Cook, explorer
Wyatt Earp, sheriff, barkeep, and miner
William Egan, Alaska governor
Carl Ben Eielson, pioneer pilot, made first Alaskan airmail flight
Peter French, customs collector
Scott Gomez, hockey player
Roz Goodman, creater of the Battle of the Books
Mike Gravel, U.S. senator and
presidential candidate
Ernest Gruening, territorial governor and U.S. senator
Jay Hammond, Alaska governor
B. Frank Heintzleman, territorial governor
Big Mike Henry, railroad builder
Walter Hickel, Alaska governor and U.S. secretary of interior
Molly Hootch, Native student involved in Tibeluk V. Lind
Sheldon Jackson, missionary and educator
Jewel, singer and songwriter
Charles Jones, politician
Joe Juneau, pioneer prospector
Robert Kennicott, explorer
John Kinkead, territorial governor
Trajan Langdon, basketball player
Austin Lathrop, businessman
Sydney Lawrence, painter
Hilary Lindh, Olympic skier
Jack London, novelist
Ray Mala, actor
J. V. Martin, aviator, made first airplane flight in Alaska
Tommy Moe, Olympic skier
John Muir, naturalist
Frank Murkowski, Alaska governor
Joann Osterud, first woman pilot for Alaska Airlines
George Parks, territorial governor
Virgil Partch, cartoonist
Felix Pedro, gold discover
Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich, native rights activist
Joe Redington Sr., sled-dog promoter
Libby Riddles, first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race
Thomas Riggs, territorial governor
Howard Rock, political and environmental activist
Peter Trimble Rowe, first Alaskan Episcopal bishop (1895)
Frederick Schwatka, explorer
Nell Scott, first woman in Alaska legislature
John Charles Sehgers, bishop of Vancouver Island
Leonhard Seppala, dog sled racer who rushed medicine to Nome in 1925 to prevent an epidemic
Jefferson “Soapy” Smith, criminal
Mike Stepovich, territorial governor
Ted Stevens, U.S. senator
John Strong, territorial governor
Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz
Hudson Stuck, author
Charles August Sulzer, politician
Alfred Swineford, territorial governor
Vern Tejas, mountain climber, first solo ascent of Mount McKinley
Anna Tibeluk, Native student involved in Tibeluk V. Lind
John Troy, territorial governor
Josiah Turner, politician
Ivan Veniaminov, missionary
Frank Waskey, first delegate in U.S. congress
James Wickersham, delegate in U.S. congress
Eugene Willard, missionary
Ferdinand von Wrangle, explorer
Don Young, U.S. congressman
Samuel Hall Young, founder of first American church in Alaska
