When Clifford Sanguk Topkok was born on 2 August 1938, in Alaska, United States, his father, Fredrick Topkok, was 42 and his mother, Gussie Ahnakosok Ablowaluk, was 35. He married Aileen Rose Tweet in 1961, in Alaska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 18 July 1992, in Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.