#1Famous people · Fairbanks
More famous people were born in Fairbanks than in any other town in Alaska: 49
Articles in 25 languages make the American attorney and politician Bill Walker the best known. Musicians are unusually common here: 5, 1.9 times the usual share. The largest group, 25, was born between 1920 and 1969. 18 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
49
notable people
Best known
Bill Walker
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
John D. Clark
Youngest
1998
Alex Hall
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Fairbanks’ famous people
Still making names38 were born since 1950, the youngest in 1998.A town of musiciansAmong the 49 people born here, 5 are musicians: 1.9 times the usual share.A chosen home4 more notable people chose to live here, Lance Mackey among them.49 notable peopleMore than most towns: 49 notable people were born in Fairbanks.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fairbanks’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 14 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fairbanks is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as business people, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Fairbanks
Bill Walker has articles in 25 languages, Alex Hall in 20 and Vivica Genaux in 15.
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Everyone else born in Fairbanks
Another 46, the earliest born in 1907.
John Shoffner
born 1955American fiber-optic entrepreneur, commercial spaceflight participant
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Deltina Hay
born 1960American author, publisher, web developer and social media expert
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Fairbanks home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Fairbanks, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fairbanks and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Bill Walker: Senior Airman Valerie Halbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivica Genaux: Mrug, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brody Hutzler: jfer21 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jfer21/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Coghill: skew-t, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shoffner: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Stepovich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alma Katsu: Almakatsu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daryn Colledge: Mike Morbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Sullivan: U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) from Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Bailey: ウィ貴公子, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Moore: Danny Karwoski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Brewster: Luke Jones, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Mackey: Spc. Paizley Ramsey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quannah Chasinghorse: Jody Potts, CC0, Wikimedia Commons