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Man, woman and child in front of McGrath Post Office, McGrath, Alaska, September 1914Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
Famous people · McGrath

McGrath has no famous person on record yet

41 towns in Alaska have at least one famous person on record. No town in Alaska lists more than Fairbanks, with 49. Anchorage has the second-longest list in Alaska, after Fairbanks, with 46.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is McGrath), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in McGrath has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to McGrath

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McGrath 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.