Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranov, fur trader from Russia who became the 1st governor of Russian America, founded present-day Sitka.
Vitus Jonassen Bering, navigator that explored Alaska for Russia and discovered that Siberia and North America were separate continents.
Carl Ben Eielson pilot, made the first Alaska airmail flight in 1924.
Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich, Tlingit native leader who fought for equal rights for natives in Alaska.
Joe Redington, Sr. was the Father of The Last Great Race on Earth, the Iditarod.
Libby Riddle, first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1985.
Sarah Palin
John Griffith (Jack) London
Benny Benson designed state flag at age 13.
Michael James Heney built two railroads, the White Pass and Yukon Route and the Copper River and Northwestern.