- Scott Gomez
Scott Gomez (born December 23, 1979, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional ice hockey player of both Mexican and Colombian descent. He plays the position of center for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. - Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens (born November 18 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. As the longest serving Republican in the Senate, Stevens served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2007. Stevens has had a six-decade career of government service, beginning with his service in World War II. In the 1950s, he held senior positions in the Eisenhower Interior department. - Matt Carle
Matthew Carle (born September 25, 1984 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays defense for the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks and was voted to the 2006-2007 NHL all-Rookie team. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He was chosen 47th overall in the 2nd round. An all-American star player at the University of Denver, … - Sydney Laurence
Sydney Mortimer Laurence was a Romantic landscape painter and is widely considered one of Alaska's most important historical artists. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Art Students League of New York. He married Alexandrina Fredricka Dupre in 1889, and they traveled to England, where they lived in an art colony in St. Ives in Cornwall from 1889 to 1898. Laurence came to Alaska in 1903 or 1904. - Mark Begich
Mark Begich served as a University of Alaska regent from 2001-2002. The following is his biography from the Office of the Mayor Web site. Since his election on April 1, 2003, Mayor Mark Begich has focused on the three priorities Anchorage residents tell him are most important: improving public safety, creating jobs and economic opportunities, and relieving traffic congestion. - Brandon Dubinsky
Brandon Dubinsky (born April 29, 1986 is an ice hockey player drafted by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. He currently plays for the Rangers, having played for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL for most of the 2006-2007 season. Brandon Dubinsky played his junior career with Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League for four years. Dubinsky was a two time western conference second team all star. Brandon Dubinsky scored 2 goals on March 3rd. - Ben Stevens
Ben Stevens (born 1959) is an American politician and former President of the Alaska State Senate. He is a Republican and the son of United States Senator Ted Stevens. - Josh Phelps
Joshua Lee Phelps (born May 12, 1978, in Anchorage, Alaska) is a first baseman, designated hitter, and emergency catcher. He bats and throws right handed. A .268 career hitter through 2006 with a .466 slugging percentage, he has hit .300/.496 with runners in scoring position. - Trajan Langdon
Trajan Shaka Langdon (born May 13, 1976, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional basketball player. A 6' 3" shooting guard, he gained fame in the U. S. while playing college basketball at Duke University. He currently plays in Russia with CSKA Moscow, the reigning Russian league champions. He was nicknamed "The Alaskan Assassin" in college because of his shooting ability, particularly beyond the 3-point line. - Ty Conklin
Ty Conklin (born March 30, 1976, Anchorage, Alaska) is a goaltender with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He went undrafted, despite repeated honours in the United States Hockey League and the NCAA, while playing for the University of New Hampshire. He was signed by the Oilers in the summer of 2001 to challenge for the backup role. He spent the bulk of his time with the Hamilton Bulldogs, … - Larry Sanger
Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger has been involved with various online encyclopedia projects. He is the former editor-in-chief of Nupedia, co-founder and chief organizer (2001-2002) of its successor, Wikipedia, and the founder of Citizendium. In the interim, he was also an early strategist for the expert-authored and edited Encyclopedia of Earth. He proposed Citizendium on September 15, 2006, originally designed as a fork of Wikipedia. It was launched on March 25, 2007. - Dave Williams
David Aaron Williams (born March 12, 1979 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a left-handed pitcher for the New York Mets in Major League Baseball. Williams graduated in 1997 from Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates the following year. He made his major league debut on June 6, 2001. He played 4 seasons in Pittsburgh, as both a starter and reliever. - George Wuerch
George P. Wuerch (born ca. 1936 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 2000 to 2003. In the 2003 mayor election, he was defeated for reelection by former city assemblyman Mark Begich. Before this, Wuerch was chair of the Anchorage Assembly and chair of the board of directors for the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. - Marie Smith
Marie Smith Jones (born May 14, 1918 in Cordova, Alaska) is the last surviving speaker of the Eyak language of southcentral Alaska. She is also the chief of the Eyak Nation and the last remaining full-blooded Eyak. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska. - William Oefelein
William Anthony "Bill" Oefelein (born March 29, 1965 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut. He flew as pilot of the STS-116 space shuttle mission. - Eric Croft
Eric Croft (born November 6, 1964) was a Democratic State Representative from Anchorage, Alaska and was a candidate in the August 2006 gubernatorial election. He received 23.1% of the vote, losing to 68.6% achieved by former governor Tony Knowles (D). - Andrew Halcro
Andrew Halcro (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska Legislature, he ran for Governor of Alaska as an Independent candidate in the 2006 election, running third with 10% of the vote. Halcro was born in San Francisco, California to the owners of a car rental agency in Anchorage, Alaska. - Rick Rydell
Rick Rydell (born Rick Green, September 29, 1963 in Seattle, Washington) is an American radio talk show host. Rydell claims an ideology steeped in Liberty, secured by a Revolution, refined by Reagan, and perfected by Rydell. - Robert Atwood
Robert Bruce Atwood (1907-1997) was the long-time editor and publisher of the "Anchorage Times", and a proponent of Alaska statehood. - Jeff Pain
Jeff Pain (born on December 14, 1970 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a Canadian male skeleton racer. He is regarded as the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program. Pain has had an 11-year career with 15 World Cup podium finishes, 3 World Championship medals, and an Olympic silver medal. In the 2004-05 season he finished 1st overall in the world cup. - Anastasia Blue
Anastasia Blue (born November 6, 1975 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former American pornographic actress. An avid performer with few, if any, inhibitions during her explosive porn career, Anastasia was an immediate favourite among porn fans when she made her hardcore debut in 1999. Her natural, youthful 'girl-next-door' appeal belied a scathing on-screen persona which frequently made use of her famous penchant for aggressive, over-the-top oral sex performances, … - Tom Fink
Tom Fink (born 1928) is a "semi-retired" Republican politician in Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1987-1994. - Barrett Heisten
Barrett Heisten (Born March 19, 1980 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional ice hockey player. - Dana Stabenow
Dana Stabenow (born March 27 1952) is an American author who has produced science fiction, mystery and most recently a novel based on modern piracy and international terrorism. Many of Stabenow's books are set in her home state of Alaska, where she was raised by her single mother who lived and worked on a fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. Stabenow received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alaska in 1973 and, after deciding to try her hand as an author, … - Nate Thompson
Nate Thompson (born October 5, 1984) is an American ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. - Rick Mystrom
Rick Mystrom is a Republican politician and businessman in Anchorage, Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1994-2000. Mystrom was born in Minnesota and came to Alaska in 1972. In 1975, he established Mystrom/Beck advertising. In 1982, he received the Small Business Person of the Year Award from President Ronald Reagan. In 1990, he sold his advertising business, which was later merged into the Nerland Agency. Mystrom was elected to the Anchorage Assembly in 1979, … - Jason Ryznar
Jason Ryznar (born February 19, 1983, in Anchorage, Alaska, United States) is a professional ice hockey player. - Libby Roderick
Libby Roderick is an American singer/songwriter, poet, activist, and teacher. She was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska where she still lives part of the time. She graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in American Studies, and has worked as a TV and print news reporter, radio consultant, nuclear weapons educator and writer on Alaska Native issues. - Vincent Keith Brooks
Vincent Keith Brooks is an American brigadier general, who was the United States Army's Deputy Director of Operations during the War in Iraq. This position again made him visible in the media. He also served as the Chief of Army Public Affairs in the Pentagon. As of June 8, 2006, BG Brooks is the 1st Cavalry Division Deputy Commanding General garrisoned at Fort Hood, Texas. - Leo A. Brooks Sr.
Major General Leo A. Brooks, Sr. served in the United States Army. He has two sons that also have reached the rank of General in the United States Army, Vincent K. Brooks and Leo A. Brooks Jr.. - Leo A. Brooks Jr.
Major General Leo A. Brooks, Jr. served in the United States Army. His brother is fellow General Vincent K. Brooks and their father Leo A. Brooks, Sr. was a Major General in the United States Army. - Mark Schlereth
Mark Schlereth (born January 25, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. Schlereth played guard for the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a football analyst for ESPN on "NFL Live", "Sportscenter", and other programs. He is a frequent guest and occasional fill-in host on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning". - B. J. Young
Jerry Franklin "B.J." Young (born July 23, 1977, in Anchorage, Alaska, USA; died November 30, 2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was a professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the sixth round, 157th overall, of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. After playing five seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans and Red Deer Rebels, … - Michelle Johnson
Michelle Johnson (born September 8, 1965 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American actress. Johnson attended high school in Phoenix, Arizona, and after graduating at the age of 17 she was preparing to move to New York to pursue a modeling career. Director Stanley Donen saw her photo in a magazine and signed her to appear as Michael Caine's love interest in the romantic comedy film "Blame It on Rio". - Annie Parisse
Anne Marie Cancelmi (born July 31, 1976), known as Annie Parisse, is an American television and theater actress best known for playing Alexandra Borgia on the television drama "Law & Order", a role she played from 2005 until 2006 in 34 episodes as well as Julia Lindsey Snyder from the daytime soap opera As The World Turns. Before taking the role, Parisse guest-starred on shows such as "Big Apple", "Third Watch", and "Friends". - Chancy Croft
Chancy Croft is an attorney and politician from Anchorage, Alaska. Croft was born in Odessa, Texas and graduated at the University of Texas School of Law. Croft was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1969 till 1971 and of the Alaska State Senate from 1971 till 1978. He was a member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents from 1995 till 2003, which he chaired from 2001 to 2002. He also is a former Democratic candidate for governor of Alaska. - Susan Lindauer
Susan P. Lindauer aka Symbol Susan (born 17 July 1963) is an American journalist accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in prohibited financial transactions involving the government of Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The prosecution claims that she accepted $10,000 for the work. The exact charge was that she acted as an unregistered agent of Iraq, something akin to an unregistered lobbyist, … - Jeffrey S. Medkeff
Jeffrey S. Medkeff (usually known as Jeff Medkeff) is a prominent science writer and educator. He is also a designer of robotic telescopes, a minor philanthropist, and an advocate of personal and sexual freedom. - Joan Arend Kickbush
Joan Arend Kickbush, born March 23, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died June 16, 2006 in Delafield, Wisconsin, was a popular Alaska artist focusing on Alaska Native children, Arctic wildlife, and Yupik villagers. - John E. Manders
John E. Manders (1895-1973) was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1945-1946 and a leading voice among opponents of Alaskan statehood. John Edgar Manders was born February 3, 1895 in Denver, Colorado to Robert Francis Manders and Letha Clementine Barnes Manders. In 1914, he married Henrietta Bertolas. He attended the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Law School, and was admitted to the California Bar in 1918. He practiced law in San Francisco until 1941, …
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