Editing Whitehorse (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Byron Baltimore]], [[National Hockey League]] player
* [[Dahria Beatty]], Olympic cross-country skier
* [[Zachary Bell]], Whitehorse-born Olympic cyclist 
* [[Pierre Berton]], author and television host, born in Whitehorse
* [[Ivan E. Coyote]], spoken word performer and writer, born in Whitehorse in 1969
* [[Dylan Cozens]], professional hockey player for the [[Ottawa Senators]]
* [[Stéphanie Dixon]], para-athlete <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yukon-news.com/sports/stephanie-dixon-honoured-with-appointment-to-order-of-canada/|title=Stephanie Dixon honoured with appointment to Order of Canada – Yukon News|date=5 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Randy Hahn]], play-by-play commentator for the [[San Jose Sharks]]
* [[Stephen Kozmeniuk]], musician who created the band [[Boy (Canadian band)|Boy]], music producer/composer who has worked with [[Madonna]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], and others
* [[Archie Lang (politician)|Archie Lang]], represented the [[Electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] of [[Porter Creek Centre]] in the [[Yukon Legislative Assembly]] from 2002 to 2011
* [[Jeane Lassen]], Olympic weightlifter
*  [[Paul Lucier]], Yukon's first [[Senate of Canada|senator]]
* [[Sarah MacDougall]], Swedish/Canadian singer-songwriter, resides in Whitehorse
* [[Gavin McKenna]], Hockey player currently playing for the [[Medicine Hat Tigers]] of the WHL and is widely considered the number one prospect for the 2026 [[NHL entry draft]]
* [[Audrey McLaughlin]], the first woman to lead a represented political party ([[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]) in Canadian federal politics, who has resided in Whitehorse since 1979
* [[Scott Moffatt]], singer and guitarist
* [[Aaron Olson]], basketball player
* [[Gurdeep Pandher]], Bhangra dancer 
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]], actor whose credits include ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse]]''
* [[Tony Penikett]], mediator and negotiator who served as the third premier of Yukon from 1985 to 1992
* [[Jim Robb (painter)|Jim Robb]], watercolour painter
* [[Thomas Scoffin]], Youth Olympic bronze medalist in curling
* [[Robert W. Service]], known as The Bard of the Yukon for his poems [[The Shooting of Dan McGrew]], [[The Cremation of Sam McGee]] and many other depicting the [[Klondike Gold Rush|Gold Rush]] and the special atmosphere of the Klondike.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robertwservice.blogspot.fr/2013/03/robert-services-bust-in-whitehorse.html|title=Robert W. Service (1874–1958) Yukon Bard & Adventurer: Robert Service's Bust in Whitehorse|work=robertwservice.blogspot.fr|access-date=25 September 2015}}</ref> Whitehorse City Council which paid tribute to Robert Service with several monuments: Robert Service's Road, a Bust near where he lived, a Memorial Desk at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Main Street and various celebrations through the sister city relationship with the town of [[Lancieux]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robertwservice.blogspot.fr/2013/10/jumelage-whitehorse-lancieux-september_25.html|title=Robert W. Service (1874–1958) Yukon Bard & Adventurer: Jumelage Whitehorse-Lancieux, September 27th 2013|work=robertwservice.blogspot.fr|access-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[Amy Sloan]], television actress
* [[Peter Sturgeon]], National Hockey League player
* [[Frederick Trump]], cofounder of the Whitehorse Hotel and grandfather of [[Donald Trump]]
* [[Martyn S. Williams]], mountain and wilderness guide who is the first person in the world to lead expeditions to the three extremes, South Pole (1989) North Pole (1992) and Everest (1991)
* [[Greg Wiltjer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/birthplaces.cgi?id=2525 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/birthplaces.cgi?id=2525 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Sports-Reference |publisher=Sports-Reference |access-date=2011-03-02}}</ref> basketball player

Notable politicians include the first female mayor of Whitehorse, in 1975, [[Ione Christensen]], whose family had moved to Whitehorse in 1949.