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| Fred Machetanz | 1908 | 2002 | Palmer, Unalakleet | painter |
| Dick Mackey | living | Coldfoot | sled dog racer, early winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | |
| Lance Mackey | 1970 | living | Fairbanks, Fox | sled dog racer, four time Yukon Quest and four time Iditarod winner |
| Holly Madison | 1979 | living | Prince of Wales Island | model, television personality |
| Ray Mala | 1906 | 1952 | Candle | actor, cinematographer |
| Andre Marrou | 1938 | living | Anchorage, Homer | the third Libertarian to be elected to a U.S. state legislature (all from Alaska to that point), later became the party's vice presidential and presidential nominee |
| Robert Marshall | 1901 | 1939 | Wiseman | wilderness activist, writer; wrote Arctic Village about his experiences in Wiseman |
| Jesse Marunde | 1979 | 2007 | Glennallen | strongman competitor |
| Carl McCunn | 1946 | 1981 | Anchorage | photographer, adventurer; committed suicide when stranded in the wilderness in northern Alaska |
| Mel McDaniel | 1942 | 2011 | Anchorage | country music singer-songwriter |
| Linious "Mac" McGee | 1897 | 1988 | Anchorage, Seward | pioneering aviator |
| Drew Meekins | 1985 | living | Juneau | pairs figure skater |
| Russel Merrill | 1894 | 1929 | Anchorage, Ketchikan | pioneering aviator |
| Tommy Moe | 1970 | living | Girdwood, Palmer, Wasilla | skier, gold medal winner at the 1994 Winter Olympics |
| Patricia Monaghan | 1946 | 2012 | poet, writer | |
| Kelly Moneymaker | 1970 | living | Fairbanks | singer, most notably with Exposé |
| Shannyn Moore | 1970 | living | Homer | blogger, political activist |
| James Morrison | 1954 | living | Anchorage | actor, 24 |
| Joshua Morrow | 1974 | living | Juneau | actor, singer |
| Margaret Murie | 1902 | 2003 | Fairbanks | "grandmother of the conservation movement" |
| Lisa Murkowski | 1957 | living | Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Wrangell | U.S. Senator who was reelected as a write-in candidate in 2010 |
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