Photo: Joseph · CC BY-SA 2.0Hoonah has no famous person on record yet
46 towns across Alaska can name a famous person born there. Fairbanks’ 49 names make the longest list in Alaska. After Fairbanks, the next longest list in Alaska is Anchorage’s, with 46.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Hoonah), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Hoonah has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hoonah 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.