# List of people from Alaska
## 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 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 |

## 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 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 |

## 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 |
| 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, Seward | swimmer, 2020 Summer Olympics team member |
| 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 | 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 |

## 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 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 |

## 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

## P

| 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 |

## R

| 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 |

## S

| 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 |

## T

| Khleo Thomas | 1989 | living | Anchorage | actor, rapper |
| Phoebe Thomas | 2004 | living | Kenai | Former child |
| 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 |

## U

| 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 |

## V

| 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 |

## W

| 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 |

## Y

| S. Hall Young | 1847 | 1927 | Fairbanks, Fort Wrangel | Presbyterian missionary, wilderness companion of John Muir |

## People associated with Alaska

* Edward 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 & 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.