#1Famous people · Yakutat
4 famous people were born in Yakutat
Byron Mallott, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Debra Lekanoff and Elaine Abraham. Born in 1909, Elmer E. Rasmuson is the first name on record, and Debra Lekanoff, born in 1971, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 56 towns in Alaska with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Byron Mallott
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Elmer E. Rasmuson
Youngest
1971
Debra Lekanoff
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Yakutat
Two of the three are leaders.
#1DL#2
Politics & Law
Debra Lekanoff
born 1971American politician from Washington state
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
EA#3
Science & Medicine
Elaine Abraham
1929–2016Tlingit elder, registered nurse and educator
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Yakutat’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yakutat 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 (2)
- Byron Mallott: James Brooks from Kodiak, Alaska, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmer E. Rasmuson: Rasmuson for Senate '68, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons