List of people from Yukon
# List of people from Yukon

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

* Jerry Alfred — musician

## B

* 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

* 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

* Pat Duncan — former Premier

## E

* John Edzerza — politician

## F

* Dennis Fentie — Premier

## G

* Judy Gingell— former Commissioner of the Yukon

## H

* 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

* Victor Jory — actor

## L

* Joseph Ladue — founder of Dawson City
* Daniel Lang — Senator

## M

* 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

* Erik Nielsen — former Member of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

## O

* William Ogilvie — surveyor
* John Ostashek — former Premier

## P

* 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

* Jim Robb (painter) — watercolour artist, photographer and author

## S

* Sahneuti — Gwichʼin First Nation leader
* Robert W. Service — poet
* Sam Steele — Mountie
* Peter Sturgeon — ice hockey player

## V

* Geraldine Van Bibber — former Commissioner of the Yukon

## W

* James Morrow Walsh — former Commissioner of the Yukon
* Shane Wilson — antler, horn, ivory and bronze sculptor
* Greg Wiltjer — basketball player
