List of Latter Day Saints
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 Former Latter-day Saints for a list of persons who ended their affiliation with LDS movement religions.
Artists
- Gutzon Borglum, sculptor most noted for the heads of U.S. presidents on Mt. Rushmore
- Charles Roscoe Savage, 19th-century photographer
- LeConte Stewart, artist and former head of the art department at the University of Utah
Sports figures
American football
- Erik Ainge, quarterback
- John Beck, quarterback
- Darrell Bevell, quarterback
- Jason Buck, defensive lineman
- Ben Cahoon, wide receiver
- Dave Campo, coach
- Kirk Chambers, offensive lineman
- Norm Chow, coach
- Todd Christensen, tight end
- Gary Crowton, coach
- Kevin Curtis, wide receiver
- Ty Detmer, quarterback
- LaVell Edwards, coach
- Joe Germaine, quarterback
- Travis Hall, defensive lineman
- Todd Heap, tight end
- Merril Hoge, running back
- Tom Holmoe, defensive back
- Lee Johnson, punter
- Doug Jolley, tight end
- Rulon Jones, defensive lineman
- Mike Leach, coach
- Chad Lewis, tight end
- Nate Longshore, quarterback
- Reno Mahe, return specialist
- Brandon Manumaleuna, tight end
- Bronco Mendenhall, coach
- Itula Mili, tight end
- Garrett Mills, tight end
- Scott Mitchell, quarterback
- Rob Morris, linebacker
- Haloti Ngata, defensive lineman
- Gifford Nielsen, quarterback
- Bart Oates, offensive lineman
- Merlin Olsen, defensive lineman
- Ben Olson, quarterback
- Burgess Owens, defensive back
- Marvin Philip, offensive line
- Alfred Pupunu, tight end
- Andy Reid, coach[1]
- Sean Salisbury, quarterback
- Vai Sikahema, return specialist
- Luke Staley, running back
- John Tait, offensive lineman
- Kyle Turley, offensive lineman
- Danny White, quarterback
- Kyle Whittingham, linebacker
- Marc Wilson, quarterback
- Steve Young, quarterback [2]
Auto racing
- David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (1883-1956)[3]
Baseball
- Wally Joyner, Anaheim Angels[4]
- Vern Law, Pittsburgh Pirates (1960 Cy Young Award winner)[5]
- Jack Morris
- Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves[6]
- Chris Shelton
Basketball
- Danny Ainge[7]
- Thurl Bailey[8]
- Shawn Bradley[9]
- Jaycee Carroll
- Steve Cleveland, coach
- Kresimir Cosic
- Travis Hansen
- Jeff Judkins
- Greg Kite
- Travis Knight
- Mark Madsen
- Pace Mannion
- Stew Morrill, coach
- Mark Pope
- Roger Reid, coach
- Fred Roberts
- Dave Rose, coach
- Michael Smith
- Andy Toolson[10]
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
- B. J. Flores,[12] United States amateur heavyweight champion, 2001 and 2002.
Snowboarding
- Torah Bright, 2007 X Games gold medalist[13]
Surfing
- Bob Cooper, surfing pioneer in the 1950s[14]
Business
- Nolan D. Archibald, CEO of Black & Decker[15]
- Alan Ashton, co-founder and former CEO of WordPerfect Corporation[16]
- Sheri Dew, CEO of Deseret Book, the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher[17]
- David Eccles (businessman)[citation needed]
- William Gould, chairman and CEO of Southern California Edison (1979-1984)[18]
- Jon Huntsman, Sr.[19]
- J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO, Marriott International[20]
- J. Willard Marriott[21]
- David Neeleman, chairman of JetBlue Airways[22]
- Kevin B. Rollins, former CEO of Dell, Inc.[23]
- George W. Romney, former chairman and president of American Motors Company[24]
- Mitt Romney, former CEO of Bain Capital
Controversial figures and alleged criminals
- Arthur Gary Bishop, convicted child molester and serial killer[25]
- Butch Cassidy, a notorious train and bank robber[26][27]
- Mark Hoffman, a double murderer and an expert forger -- "considered by forensic experts to be the best forger yet caught."[28]
Educators and scholars
- David A. Bednar, president of Brigham Young University-Idaho (1997-2005)
- Rick Chaney, dean of the Madrid, Spain campus of Saint Louis University and head of the Mormon church in Madrid since the mid 1990's
- 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 [29]
- Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University[30]
- 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)
- Neal A. Maxwell, commissioner of church education, executive vice president of the University of Utah
- Rodney J. McGuire constitutional scholar[31]
- Dallin H. Oaks, Brigham Young University president (1971-1980); justice of Utah Supreme Court (1980-1984)
- 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
- Clayton Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik professor of business administration at Harvard Business School[32]
Church leaders
Presidents of the LDS Church (Chronological)
- Joseph Smith, Jr., church founder, also mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois
- Brigham Young, also Utah 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 lLegislature
- 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
Presidents of the Community of Christ (formerly RLDS)
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 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)
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- James Jesse Strang, also a member of the Michigan State legislature
Leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (formerly Short Creek Community)
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- J. Leslie Broadbent
- John Y. Barlow
- Joseph White Musser
- Charles Zitting
- Leroy S. Johnson
- Rulon Jeffs
- Warren Jeffs
- Walther Jones
Leaders of the Rigdonites
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Leaders of the Church of Christ (Whitmerite)
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Leader of the Church of Christ (Williamite)
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- William B. Smith, also a member of the Illinois state legislature
Leader of the Church of the Lamb of God
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Leader of the True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Self Realization Fellowship
Daya Mata (Faye Wright), President
Media and entertainment figures
Authors and journalists
- Antonio Maravi, author of GrupoSUD.com, the largest Spanish-language discussion group for LDS Church members[33]
- Randy Jernigan, author of This Thing Called Love: Love Stories to Gladden the Heart and Warm the Soul, freelance celebrity journalist, features and food writer, founder of The Writer's Studio of Utah
- Darrell Spencer, author of short stories, professor[34]
- 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
- Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse
Film, television and stage personalities
- Corbin Allred, actor, former child star[35]
- Billy Barty, actor[36]
- Glenn Beck, politically-conservative talk-radio and television host [37]
- Aaron Eckhart, actor
- Jon Enos[38]
- Mireille Enos, Tony award-nominated actress[39]
- Veronique Enos[40]
- Jon Heder, film actor known for playing title role in Napoleon Dynamite[41]
- Katherine Heigl[42]
- Bob Hilton, television game show announcer[43]
- Pat Priest, actress, most well known for portraying Marilyn Munster in The Munsters[44]
Singers and musicians
- Randy Bachman,[45] of Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who
- Eric Herman[46]
- Arthur Kane, of The New York Dolls[47]
- Phillip Linford, of It is This Big[48]
- Gladys Knight[49]
- Brandon Flowers, of The Killers[50]
- Donny Osmond, singer, star of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Christian Jacobs, lead singer of The Aquabats under the pseudonym "The MC Bat Commander"
- Cove Reber, lead singer of the band Saosin
- Andrew de Torres, vocalist and guitar player for the band The Scene Aesthetic
Scientists and inventors
- Robert B. Ingebretsen developer of the first practical digital audio recording system with Thomas Stockham; received an Academy award in 1999[51]
- Yukihiro Matsumoto, a Japanese computer scientist and software programmer best known as the chief designer of the Ruby programming language
- Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the television[52]
- Henry Eyring, former professor of chemistry at Princeton University and the University of Utah[citation needed]
Military
Commanders
- John R. Lasater, USAF brigidier general (retired) and LDS general authority[53][54]
- Paul A. Yost, Jr., Four-star USCG admiral (retired)[55][56]
- Robert C. Oaks, Four-star USAF general (retired) and LDS general authority[57][58][59]
- Bruce Carlson, Four-star USAF general (active)[60]
Medal of Honor recipients
- George Wahlen, USN (WW2)[61]
- Bernard F. Fisher, USAF (Vietnam war).[62]
Politics
US politicians
Currently in office
- Bob Bennett, Senator (R-Utah), Chief Deputy Whip[63]
- Orrin Hatch, senator (R-Utah)[64]
- Buck McKeon, representative (R-California)[65]
- Harry Reid, senate majority leader, (D-Nevada)[66]
Past politicians
- J. Reuben Clark, undersecretary of state, U.S. ambassador to Mexico[67]
- Paula Hawkins, U.S. senator (R) Florida (first woman senator from that state)[68]
- Wayne Owens, representative (D) Utah (1973-75, 1987-93)[69]
Political candidates
- Mitt Romney, Republican presidental candidate, 2008[70]. Governor of Massachusetts, (2003-2007)
Mayors of major cities
Justices
- Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court (since 1982)[72]
- Justice Dallin H. Oaks, Utah Supreme Court justice, U.S. Supreme Court short list, LDS apostle[73]
- Justice Charles Jones, retired Arizona State Supreme Court Justice[74]
Politicians outside the United States
- Nathan Eldon Tanner, member of the legislative assembly of Alberta (1935-1952); speaker of the legislature (1936-1937) and minister of lands and mines[75]
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