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Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich
(1911
- 1958) A Native Alaskan who fought for Native rights in
Alaska. She gave a speech in 1945 to the state legislature
that led to a law banning discrimination against Natives; born
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Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranov
(1746 - 1819) A fur trader from Russia who became the first
governor of Russian America and founded present-day Sitka.
E. L. “Bob” Bartlett (1904 -
1968) Congressman for Alaska that fought for Alaskan
statehood; grew up in Fairbanks.
Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681 -
1741) Navigator that explored Alaska for Russia and
discovered that Siberia and North America were separate
continents.
William Allen Egan (1914 -
1984) He was the first governor of Alaska; born in Valdez.
Jewel
(1974 - ) Singer and musician. |
Carl Ben Eielson (1897 - 1929)
This pilot made the first Alaska airmail flight in 1924.
Libby Riddles (1956 - ) The
first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in
1985.
Leonhard Seppala (1877 - 1966)
Dogsled racer who rushed medicine to Nome in 1925 and
helped to prevent a diphtheria epidemic.
Susan Butcher (1956 - )
4-time winner of Iditarod Trail race (1986-88,90); lives
near Eureka.
Benny Benson, designed state flag
at age 13. |
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More Famous Alaskans:
Margaret Elizabeth Bell author
Charles E. Bunnell educator
Henry E. Gruennig political leader
B. Frank Heintzleman territorial governor
Walter J. Hickel former governor
Sheldon Jackson educator and missionary, Minaville, NY
Joe Juneau prospector
Austin Lathrop industrialist
Sydney Lawrence painter
John Griffith (Jack) London author, San Francisco, CA
Ray Mala actor
John Muir naturalist, explorer, Scotland
Virgil F. Partch cartoonist
Joe Redington, Sr. sled-dog musher and promoter |
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