List of people from Yukon
Appearance
This is a list of notable people who are from Yukon, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that territory.
A
[edit]- Jerry Alfred — musician
B
[edit]- Larry Bagnell — Member of the House of Commons
- Bryon Baltimore — ice hockey player
- Kim Barlow — musician
- Doug Bell — former commissioner of the Yukon
- Pierre Berton — writer
- George Black — former commissioner of the Yukon and former Speaker of the House of Commons
- Martha Black — former member of the House of Commons
- Charlotte Selina Bompas — missionary
- William Carpenter Bompas — bishop
- Bev Buckway — curler and politician
C
[edit]- Jack Cable — former commissioner of the Yukon
- George Carmaccg bv k — Klondike gold co-discoverer
- Kate Carmack — Klondike gold co-discoverer
- Dawson Charlie — Klondike gold co-discoverer
- Ione Christensen — former senator and former commissioner of the Yukon
- Dylan Cozens (ice hockey) - professional ice hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL
D
[edit]- Pat Duncan — former premier
E
[edit]- John Edzerza — politician
F
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[edit]- Louise Hardy — former member of the House of Commons
- Todd Hardy — Yukon New Democratic Party leader and former Yukon Leader of the Opposition
- Ted Harrison — artist
J
[edit]- Victor Jory — actor
L
[edit]- Joseph Ladue — founder of Dawson City
- Daniel Lang — Senator
M
[edit]- Skookum Jim Mason — Klondike gold co-discoverer
- Piers McDonald — former premier
- John Kenneth McKinnon — former commissioner of the Yukon
- Audrey McLaughlin — former member of the House of Commons and former leader of the New Democratic Party
- Arthur Mitchell — Yukon Leader of the Opposition
N
[edit]- Erik Nielsen — former member of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
O
[edit]- William Ogilvie — surveyor
- John Ostashek — former premier
P
[edit]- Chris Pearson — former Government Leader
- Edward Peghin — Emmy-nominated Producer/Director
- Tahmoh Penikett — actor
- Tony Penikett — former Government Leader/Premier
- Willard Phelps — former Government Leader
R
[edit]- Jim Robb (painter) — watercolour artist, photographer and author
S
[edit]- Sahneuti — Gwichʼin First Nation leader
- Robert W. Service — poet
- Sam Steele — Mountie
- Peter Sturgeon — ice hockey player
V
[edit]W
[edit]- James Morrow Walsh — former commissioner of the Yukon
- Shane Wilson — antler, horn, ivory and bronze sculptor
- Greg Wiltjer — basketball player