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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
The Alaska Natives Commission estimated there were about 86,000 Alaska Natives living in Alaska in 1990, with another 17,000 who lived outside Alaska. [4] A 2013 study by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development documented more than 120,000 Alaska Native people in Alaska. [ 5 ]
Mary Peltola (born 1973), Democratic politician and U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district; first Alaska Native and the first woman to represent Alaska in the House; Josh Phelps (born 1978), former MLB first baseman; Alissa Pili (born 2001), WNBA player for the Minnesota Lynx; Kathryn Poland (1919–2010), businesswoman
This category is for people from the United States state of Alaska Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Alaska Also: Countries : United States : States : Alaska : People
Lists of people from Alaska. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. Lists of Alaska politicians (1 C, ...
Alaska was officially made the 49th state in January 1959. Russia sold the territory known as Alaska to the US in 1687, but Indigenous people have been living on that land for thousands of years.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska's at-large congressional district, and thus the state of Alaska. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from ...
Cruise ports line the coast of Alaska, from Ketchikan in the south, dubbed "the salmon capital of the world," to more northern cities like Juneau, where glaciers and whale-watching abound.