This is a list of
Latter Day
Saints who have attained at least some level of fame
and/or success. This list includes adherents of
The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), as well as adherents
of related denominations (as labeled). It lists those who are
current adherents of a Latter Day Saint Church and those who were
adherents at the time of their death.
See
List of former
Latter Day Saints for a list of persons who ended their
affiliation with
LDS
movement religions.
Artists
- Arnold Friberg is an American
illustrator and painter noted for his religious and patriotic
works. He is perhaps best known for his 1975 painting The Prayer at
Valley Forge, a depiction of George Washington praying at Valley
Forge. He is also well known for his 15 paintings for the Cecil B.
DeMille film The Ten Commandments — used for costume design and to
promote the film worldwide -for which he received an Academy Award
nomination. He has been admitted as a lifetime member of the Royal
Society of Arts. He also did a series of paintings depicting scenes
from the Book of Mormon for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
- Truman O. Angell, architect and designer of the Salt
Lake Temple
- Gutzon Borglum,
sculptor most noted for the heads of U.S. presidents on Mount Rushmore
- James C. Christensen fantasy painter and retired
Brigham Young
University
professor
- Rei Hamon, landscape artist of New
Zealand.
- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, artist, car
customizer, creator of Rat Fink
character
- Charles Roscoe Savage,
19th-century photographer
- LeConte
Stewart, artist and former head of the art department at the
University of
Utah
- Avard
Fairbanks Noted American sculptor, works include three of the
statues in the National Statuary
Hall in the United States Capitol
Sports figures
American football
- John Beck,
Quarterback
- Darrell Bevell, current offensive
coordinator for the Minnesota
Vikings
- Ben Cahoon, Slotback, Montreal Alouettes
- Todd Christensen, Tight End,
Los Angeles Raiders
- Ty Detmer, Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback
- LaVell Edwards,
Head Coach, Brigham Young University
- Todd Heap, Tight End, Baltimore Ravens
- Glen Kozlowski,WR Chicago Bears
- Deuce Lutui, Guard, Arizona Cardinals
- Reno Mahe, Running Back, Philadelphia Eagles
- Brandon Manumaleuna, Tight
End, San Diego Chargers
- Itula Mili, Tight End, Seattle Seahawks
- Rob Morris,
Middle Linebacker, Indianapolis
Colts
- Edwin Mulitalo, Guard, Detroit Lions
- Haloti Ngata, Defensive Tackle,
Baltimore Ravens
- Ken
Niumatalolo, Head Coach, U.S.
Naval Academy
- Phil Olsen, center and defensive
tackle, Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos.
- Merlin Olsen, Hall of Fame,
Defensive tackle, Los Angeles Rams.
- Brady Poppinga, Linebacker,
Green Bay Packers
- Sione Pouha, Defensive Tackle,
New York Jets
- Andy Reid, Head Coach, Philadelphia Eagles
- Sean Salisbury, Quarterback,
Minnesota Vikings and others
- Vai Sikahema, Special Teams,
Philadelphia Eagles
- John Tait,
Offensive Tackle, Chicago Bears
- Manti Teʻo, Linebacker, Notre Dame
- Eric Weddle, Safety, San Diego Chargers
- Steve Young,
Quarterback, San Francisco
49ers
- Fahu Tahi, Fullback, Minnesota Vikings
Auto racing
Baseball
- Alan Ashby, catcher
- Bobby Crosby, shortstop Oakland Athletics
- Roy Castleton was the first Mormon
to ever play professional baseball. He threw perfect game in the Ohio-Pennsylvania League. New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds in the Pacific Coast League.
- Jeremy Guthrie, pitcher
- Roy Halladay, pitcher Toronto Blue Jays
- Cale Iorg, minor league baseball
player in the Detroit Tigers organization.
- Garth Iorg, a former Major League
Baseball player who played his entire career (1978-1987) for the
Toronto Blue Jays.
- Wally Joyner, first baseman former
California Angels player
- Jeff Kent, second basemen Los Angeles Dodgers
- Harmon Killebrew, first baseman
Hall of Famer for the Minnesota
Twins
- Vance Law, former
third basemen and current Brigham Young University head coach. son of Vern
Law
- Vern Law, pitcher Cy Young Award winner with the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Matt Lindstrom, pitcher Florida Marlins
- Dale Murphy, outfielder Atlanta Braves
- Clyde Wright, Pitcher California Angels
- Jaret Wright, Pitcher New York Yankees
Basketball
- Danny Ainge, guard, Boston Celtics/Phoenix Suns
- Thurl Bailey, forward, Utah Jazz
- Shawn Bradley, center, Philadelphia 76ers/New Jersey Nets/Dallas Mavericks
- Kresimir Cosic,
center, Croatia
- Eric Fernsten, played for
Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, and New York
Knicks.
- Travis Hansen, guard/small
forward, Atlanta Hawks, Tau Ceramica, MBC
Dynamo Moscow
- Mark Madsen, power forward/center,
Los Angeles Lakers/Minnesota Timberwolves
- Dave Rose, coach at
BYU
- Erin Thorn, guard, WNBA Chicago Sky
- Mel Hutchins, Fort Wayne Pistons/New York Knicks, 1952 NBA Rookie of the Year
and 5 time NBA All-Star
Beach volleyball
Bodybuilding
Boxing
Golf
Gymnastics
Rodeo
- Earl W. Bascom, Hall of Fame rodeo cowboy, "Father of
Modern Rodeo"
- Raymond Knight,
Hall of Fame rodeo cowboy, "Father of Canadian Stampedes"
Rugby league
Snowboarding
Swimming
- Hayley Palmer, New Zealand swimmer
and holder of 3 New Zealand swimming records.
Track & Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
Martial Arts
- Ed Parker, born Edmund Kealoha Parker
(March 19, 1931–December 15, 1990) was an American martial artist,
promoter, teacher, and author. The Father of American Kenpo.
Business
- Nolan D. Archibald, CEO of
Black & Decker
- Alan Ashton, co-founder
and former CEO of WordPerfect
Corporation
- Sheri Dew, CEO of Deseret Book, the largest Latter-day Saint book
publisher
- David Eccles
- Jon Huntsman, Sr.
- J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO,
Marriott International
- J. Willard Marriott
- Larry H. Miller, businessman and owner of the
Utah Jazz
- David Neeleman, founder of
JetBlue Airways
- Kevin Rollins, former CEO of
Dell, Inc.
- George W. Romney, former chairman and president of
American Motors Company
Controversial figures and criminals
Educators and scholars
- David A. Bednar, president of Brigham Young
University-Idaho
(1997-2005)
- Richard Bushman, professor of
history emeritus at Columbia
University
- Stanford
Cazier, president of California
State University, Chico
(1971–1979) and Utah State University
(1979–1992)
- Clayton
Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik professor of business
administration at Harvard Business School
- Kim B. Clark, Brigham Young
University-Idaho president, 2005-present; dean of Harvard
Business School (1995-2005); professor
- Henry B. Eyring, president of Ricks College
(1972-77), associate professor of business at
Stanford
University
, Sloan visiting faculty fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
- Harvey
Fletcher, head of physical research at Bell
Laboratories
, developed modern science of acoustics. He was the first to demonstrate
stereophonic
transmission and stereophonic recording.
In 1939
while working with Leopold
Stokowski, he presented a concert featuring stereophonic
recording to a capacity crowd in Carnegie Hall
in New York. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was heard
singing in three dimension[s] to this vast audience
- Gordon Gee,
president of Ohio State University
- Jeffrey R. Holland, commissioner of church
education; Brigham Young University president (1980-1989)
- Rex E. Lee, Brigham Young University president
(1989-1995); inaugural J.
Reuben Clark Law School dean; U.S. Solicitor General
- Karl G. Maeser, Brigham Young University president
(1876-1892)
- Robert J. Matthews, scriptural scholar and Brigham
Young University dean (1926-2009)
- Neal A. Maxwell, commissioner of church education,
executive vice president of the University of Utah
- Dallin H. Oaks, Brigham Young University president
(1971-1980); justice of Utah Supreme Court
(1980-1984)
- V. Lane Rawlins, Washington State University
president (2000-2007)
- Cecil O. Samuelson, Brigham Young University
president (2003-present)
- Eric B. Shumway, Brigham
Young University-Hawaii
president (1994-2007)
- Steven C. Wheelwright, Brigham Young
University-Hawaii president
Church leaders
- Joseph Smith, Jr., church
founder, also mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois.
- Brigham Young, also Utah
territorial governor
- John Taylor, also member
of Utah territorial legislature
- Wilford Woodruff, also member
of Utah territorial legislature
- Lorenzo Snow, also member of Utah
territorial legislature
- Joseph F. Smith, also member of Utah territorial
legislature
- Heber J. Grant, also member of Utah territorial
legislature
- George Albert Smith
- David O. McKay
- Joseph Fielding Smith
- Harold B. Lee
- Spencer W. Kimball
- Ezra Taft Benson, also U.S.
secretary of agriculture
- Howard W. Hunter
- Gordon B. Hinckley, also Presidential Medal of Freedom
recipient
- Thomas S. Monson
Presidents of the Community of Christ (formerly RLDS)
- Joseph Smith III
- Frederick M. Smith
- Israel A. Smith
- W. Wallace Smith
- Wallace B. Smith
- W. Grant McMurray
- Stephen M. Veazey
Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
(Strangite)
Leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints (formerly Short Creek Community)
- J. Leslie Broadbent
- John Y. Barlow
- Joseph White Musser
- Charles Zitting
- Leroy S. Johnson
- Rulon Jeffs
- Warren Jeffs
- William E. Jessop (appointed successor): Merril Jessop (de facto leader)
Leaders of the Rigdonites
Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ
Leaders of the Church of Christ (Whitmerite)
Leader of the Church of Christ (Williamite)
Leader of the Church of the Lamb of God
Leader of the True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints
Leaders of The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ
Media and entertainment figures
Authors and journalists
- Orson Scott Card, author
working in several genres, but primarily known for his science
fiction work. Hugo Award and the Nebula Award winner for Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead
- Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People
- Betty Eadie, author of the popular
1992 book on near-death experiences, "Embraced by the Light"
- Betsy Brannon Green is a
Latter Day Saint mystery/suspense novelist.
- Shannon Hale, Newbery Honor recipient for her book
Princess Academy.
- Tracy Hickman, Co-author of the
popular fantasy series Dragonlance.
- Ken Jennings, Author of Brainiac and Ken Jenning's Trivia Almanac
and winner of 74 straight Jeopardy
matches.
- Janet Kay Jensen, Utah
novelist; author of the award winning novel Don't You Marry the
Mormon Boys and co-author of The Book Lover's
Cookbook.
- Glen A. Larson, television writer and producer,
creator of Battlestar
Galactica and Knight Rider
- Stephenie Meyer, author of
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse,
Breaking Dawn, and The Host
- Brandon Mull, author of the
"Fablehaven" series and the "Candy Shop War"
- Carol Lynn Pearson, poet,
author and playwright
- Anne Perry, British historical
novelist; author of both the William
Monk and Thomas
Pitt series, among many other books.
- Brandon Sanderson, author of
Elantris, Mistborn and Alcatraz Versus the Evil
Librarians, and designated author to complete The Wheel of Time series.
- Kerry Patterson, co-author of Crucial Conversations a New York Times
best seller
Film, television and stage personalities
- Corbin Allred, actor, former child
star
- Larry Bagby, star of Walk The Line, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, and Hocus
Pocus
- Billy Barty, actor
- Glenn Beck, politically-conservative
talk-radio and television host
- Don Bluth, Animator, creator of
The Land Before Time, The Secret of NIMH, and An American Tale.
- Wilford Brimley, actor
- A.J. Cook, actor
- Aaron Eckhart, actor
- Mireille Enos, Tony award-nominated actress
- Jon Heder, film actor known for
playing title role in Napoleon
Dynamite
- Katherine Heigl, from Grey's Anatomy, Knocked
Up, and The Ringer,
- Kirby Heyborne, actor in "The
Last Chapter" and TV shows "Team" and "Free Ride."
- Bob Hilton, television game show
announcer
- Dean Jagger, Oscar-winning actor.
- Gordon Jump, actor
- Jared Murillo, dancer in
High School Musical, backup
dancer and ex-boyfriend of Ashley
Tisdale, member of boy band VFactory
- Pat Priest, actress, most
well known for portraying Marilyn Munster in The
Munsters
- Kevin Rahm, star of Jesse, Judging Amy and
Desperate Housewives
- Ricky Schroder, actor
- Kaycee Stroh, actress/dancer in
High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and High School Musical 3: Senior
Year
- Will Swenson, actor in The Singles Ward, Sons of Provo, and The Singles 2nd Ward
- Ellen Wheeler, actress and
executive producer of the soap opera Guiding Light.
- Johnny Whitaker, actor
- Grant Wilson, one half of the
Ghost Hunters team of paranormal
investigators.
- Amy Adams
Singers and musicians
- David Archuleta, runner-up in
American Idol
- The 5 Browns, Sibling concert
pianists (Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody & Ryan)
- Liriel Domiciano, Brazilian pop
star icon and classical singer and .
- Brandon Flowers,
Frontman of The Killers
- Eric Herman
- Kirby Heyborne,
folk/alternative/rock singer, albums include "Inside," "Braver
Days," and "Merry White Tree in the Night".
- Gregg Hale, Guitar player
of Spiritualized, Engineer and
producer, owner of Lincoln Street Sound Studio.
- Christian Jacobs, lead singer
of The Aquabats under the pseudonym
"The MC Bat Commander"
- Arthur Kane, of The New York Dolls
- Gladys Knight
- Maren Ord
- Donny Osmond, singer, star of
Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Marie Osmond, singer,
businesswoman
- Alan Osmond, of The Osmonds
- Wayne Osmond, of The Osmonds
- Merrill Osmond, of The Osmonds
- Jimmy Osmond, of The Osmonds
- Leroy Robertson, composer
- James Valentine, guitarist for
Maroon 5
- Brooke White, top 5 contestant in
American Idol
- Ryan Shupe & the
RubberBand bluegrass/country musician, author of "dream
big".
Scientists and inventors
- John Browning was a notable gun
designer. Many of his designs are still in production today.
- William Clayton,
inventor of the "roadometer", an early version of the modern
odometer
- Henry Eyring,
former professor of chemistry at Princeton University
and the University of Utah
- Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the Cathode Ray television
- H. Tracy
Hall, invented synthetic diamonds
- Robert B. Ingebretsen developer of the first
practical digital audio recording system with Thomas Stockham; received an Academy award in 1999
- Don Leslie Lind, astronaut
- Yukihiro
Matsumoto, a Japanese
computer scientist and software programmer best known as the
chief designer of the Ruby programming language
- Alvino Rey, inventor of the pedal
steel guitar
- James LeVoy Sorenson,
co-inventor of real-time computerized heart monitor and 40 other
medical patents
- James E. Talmage, scholar, scientist, and elected to
life membership in several learned societies.
- David H. Bailey co-author of a noted algorithm about
pi.
Military
Commanders
Politics
US politicians
Currently in office
- Bob Bennett, senator
(R-Utah), Chief Deputy
Whip
- Rob Bishop, representative
(R-Utah)
- Leonard Boswell, representative
(D-Iowa), Community of
Christ
- Jason Chaffetz, representative
(R-Utah)
- Mike Crapo, senator (R-Idaho)
- Eni Faleomavaega, nonvoting
representative (American Samoa)
- Jeff Flake, representative
(R-Arizona)
- Jim Gibbons, governor
of Nevada
- Orrin Hatch, senator (R-Utah)
- Dean Heller, representative
(R-Nevada)
- Gary Herbert,
governor of Utah
- Wally Herger, representative
(R-California)
- Jim Matheson, representative
(D-Utah)
- Buck McKeon, representative
(R-California)
- Harry Reid,
senate majority leader,
(D-Nevada)
- Mike Simpson, representative
(R-Idaho)
- Tom Udall, senator (D-New Mexico)
Past politicians
- Terrel Bell, secretary of education
(1981-85)
- John Milton Bernhisel,
U.S. Representative from the Territory of Utah.
- Angela Buchanan, treasurer of the United
States (1981-83)
- Berkeley Bunker, senator (D)
Nevada (1940-42)
- Howard Cannon, senator (D) Nevada
(1959-83)
- J. Reuben Clark, undersecretary of state, U.S.
ambassador to Mexico
- John Doolittle, representative
(R-California)
- Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of Federal Reserve Board
(1934-48)
- Jake Garn, senator (R) Utah
(1974-93)
- Ralph Harding, representative
(D) Idaho (1961-65))
- Paula Hawkins, senator (R) Florida
(first woman senator from that state))
- Ernest Istook, representative (R)
Oklahoma (1993–2007)
- David M. Kennedy, secretary of treasury
(1969-71); ambassador to
NATO (1972-73)
- David S. King, representative (D) Utah (1959-1963,
1965-67)
- William H. King, senator (D) Utah (1917-1941))
- Mike Leavitt, governor (R) Utah;
secretary of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and former
administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Rex Lee, U.S. Solicitor General
(1981-85)
- Frank E. Moss, senator (D) Utah (1959-77)
- Howard Nielson, representative
(R) Utah (1983-91)
- Wayne Owens, representative (D) Utah
(1973-75, 1987-93)
- Ivy Baker Priest, treasurer of the United
States (1953-61)
- George Romney, governor (R)
Michigan (1963-69); secretary
of housing and urban development (1969-73), presidential
candidate (R) (1968)
- Mitt Romney, presidential candidate
(R) (2008). Governor of Massachusetts, (2003-2007)
- Gordon Smith, senator
(R) Oregon (1997-2009)
- Reed Smoot, senator (R) Utah
(1903-1933)
- Richard Swett, representative (D)
New Hampshire (1991-95); U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1998-99)
- Elbert Duncan Thomas,
senator (D) Utah (1933-51)
- Morris King Udall,
representative (D) Arizona (1961-91); Presidential Candidate (D)
(1976))
- Stewart Udall, secretary of interior (1961-69);
representative (D) Arizona (1955-61)
Mayors of major cities
Justices
Politicians outside the United States
- Grant Hill, member of
Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada
- Keiko Itokazu,
Member of the Japanese Diet
representing Okinawa
, Japan
- Jeffrey Max Jones, Senator of
Chihuahua, Mexico
- Terry Rooney,
member of British House of Commons
- Nathan Eldon Tanner, member
of the legislative assembly of Alberta, Canada (1935-1952); speaker
of the legislature (1936-1937) and minister of lands and mines
- Moroni Bing Torgan,
Congressman for the state of Ceará, Brazil
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