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SALT LAKE CITY

Most Famous People Born in Salt Lake City, United States

Notable people
739
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1940
Most distinctive
Church 26.0×

Salt Lake City has the most denominationally distinctive profile in the country: a Church count better than twenty-five times the global baseline, a Missionary bench not far behind, and a Religious cluster reinforcing them — essentially the LDS hierarchy and its worldwide mission system rendered as a statistic. Outside the temple, the Skier roster runs through Alta and Deer Valley, and a quieter Novelist vein catches the Mormon-letters generation out of the Utah publishing scene.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Salt Lake City during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Salt Lake City Is Known For

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Actor is Salt Lake City's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (79).

Salt Lake City over-indexes on church26.0× the global rate.

Salt Lake City under-produces painter — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Actor79
  2. Politician66
  3. Football55
  4. Lawyer27
  5. Writer26
  6. Basket25
  7. Baseball21
  8. Sport17
  1. Church1026.0×
  2. Missionary1418.9×
  3. Religious1116.4×
  4. Skier84.2×
  5. Novelist82.7×
  6. Basket252.7×
  7. Baseball212.5×
  8. Screenwriter82.5×
  1. Painter130.7×
  2. Football550.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Salt Lake City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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739 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Loretta Young

1913 - 2000

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0002 ACTOR

Roseanne Barr

Born 1952

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0003 AUTHOR

Stephen Covey

1932 - 2012

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0004 BIOCHEMIST

Craig Venter

Born 1946

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0005 ACTOR

Matthew Davis

Born 1978

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0006 WRITER

Neal Cassady

1926 - 1968

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0007 ACTOR

Wilford Brimley

1934 - 2020

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0008 SINGER

Derek Hough

Born 1985

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0009 PRIEST

Thomas S. Monson

1927 - 2018

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0010 RELIGIOUS

Gordon B. Hinckley

1910 - 2008

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0011 ACTOR

Frank Borzage

1894 - 1962

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0012 ACTOR

Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)

1918 - 1951

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0013 FOOTBALL

Steve Young

Born 1961

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0014 ACTOR

Patrick Fugit

Born 1982

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0015 ACTOR

Natacha Rambova

1897 - 1966

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0016 WRITER

Tracy Hickman

Born 1955

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0017 KILLER

Gary Ridgway

Born 1949

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0018 TRADE UNION

Bill Haywood

1869 - 1928

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0019 ARTIST

Paul McCarthy

Born 1945

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0020 ACTOR

Maude Adams

1872 - 1953

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0021 COMPOSER

Leigh Harline

1907 - 1969

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0022 ACTOR

Jaime Bergman

Born 1975

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0023 PROPHET

Spencer W. Kimball

1895 - 1985

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0024 ENTREPRENEUR

John Warnock

Born 1940

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0025 ACTOR

Mack Swain

1876 - 1935

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0026 SKIER

Ted Ligety

Born 1984

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0027 BUSINESS

Jerry Buss

1933 - 2013

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0028 PHYSICIST

Simon Ramo

1913 - 2016

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0029 ACTOR

Parley Baer

1914 - 2002

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0030 ACTOR

Tony Anselmo

Born 1960

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0031 SKIER

Kikkan Randall

Born 1982

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0032 POLITICIAN

Paula Hawkins

1927 - 2009

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0033 ACTOR

Sally Blane

1910 - 1997

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0034 FILM

Kim Peek

1951 - 2009

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0035 ACTOR

Cytherea (actress)

Born 1981

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0036 ACTIVIST

Elizabeth Smart

Born 1987

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0037 ACTOR

Ryne Sanborn

Born 1989

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0038 ACTOR

Margaret Livingston

1895 - 1984

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0039 POLITICIAN

Bob Bennett (politician)

1933 - 2016

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0040 APOSTLE

Reed Smoot

1862 - 1941

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0041 SINGER

Kaycee Stroh

Born 1984

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0042 PROPHET

George Albert Smith

1870 - 1951

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0043 ACTOR

Richard Harrison (actor)

Born 1936

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0044 SPORT

David Zabriskie

Born 1979

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0045 MATHEMATICIAN

Cleve Moler

Born 1939

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0046 OFFICER

Gail Halvorsen

Born 1920

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0047 ACTOR

Lindsay Pulsipher

Born 1982

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0048 ACTOR

Krissy Lynn

Born 1984

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0049 FILM

Keith Larsen

1924 - 2006

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0050 SKI

Sarah Hendrickson

Born 1994

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0051 LIBRETTIST

Otto Harbach

1873 - 1963

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0052 PHYSICIAN

Russell M. Nelson

Born 1924

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0053 ACADEMIC

Clayton M. Christensen

1952 - 2020

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0054 POLITICIAN

Matt Salmon

Born 1958

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0055 SINGER

Joi Lansing

1928 - 1972

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0056 SKATER

Nathan Chen

Born 1999

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0057 ACTOR

Keene Curtis

1923 - 2002

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0058 ACTOR

Charlotte Stokely

Born 1986

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0059 BASKET

Lance Allred

Born 1981

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0060 ZOOLOGIST

Ralph Vary Chamberlin

1879 - 1967

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0061 WRITER

John Naisbitt

Born 1929

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0062 ACTOR

Bryan Dechart

Born 1987

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0063 ACTOR

Corbin Allred

Born 1979

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0064 RELIGIOUS

Joseph Fielding Smith

1876 - 1972

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0065 ACTOR

Arleen Whelan

1914 - 1993

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0066 RELIGIOUS

M. Russell Ballard

Born 1928

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0067 ACTOR

Madison Riley

Born 1990

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0068 SINGER

Sky Saxon

1937 - 2009

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0069 POLITICIAN

Frank Moss (politician)

1911 - 2003

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0070 PIANIST

Jon Schmidt

Born 1966

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0071 ACTOR

Paul Langton

1913 - 1980

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0072 NOVELIST

Wallace Thurman

1902 - 1934

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0073 HUMOURIST

Maddox (writer)

Born 1978

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0074 ACTOR

Joseph Kearns

1907 - 1962

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0075 ACTOR

Marguerite Snow

1889 - 1958

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0076 RELIGIOUS

Heber J. Grant

1856 - 1945

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0077 ACTOR

Jean Hale

Born 1938

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0078 ACTOR

Nick Whitaker

Born 1988

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0079 POLITICIAN

Jim Matheson

Born 1960

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0080 NOVELIST

Aprilynne Pike

Born 1981

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0081 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Grover Krantz

1931 - 2002

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0082 WRITER

Richard Paul Evans

Born 1962

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0083 WRESTLER

Cael Sanderson

Born 1979

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0084 ACTOR

T. J. Lowther

Born 1986

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0085 FILM

Boyd Kirkland

1950 - 2011

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0086 SINGER

Dante Thomas

Born 1978

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0087 NOVELIST

Raymond F. Jones

1915 - 1994

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0088 FILM

Joseph Santley

1889 - 1971

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0089 COMPOSER

Bruce Fowler

Born 1947

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0090 ACTOR

Earle Hodgins

1893 - 1964

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0091 POLITICIAN

James V. Hansen

1932 - 2018

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0092 CINEMA

Gordon Jennings

1896 - 1953

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0093 SINGER

Dallon Weekes

Born 1981

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0094 HOCKEY

Trevor Lewis

Born 1987

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0095 PAINTER

Pablo O'Higgins

1904 - 1983

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0096 MUSIC

Tom Fowler (musician)

Born 1951

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0097 PRIEST

Neal A. Maxwell

1926 - 2004

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0098 POLITICIAN

Chris Cannon

Born 1950

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0099 SCULPTOR

Mahonri Young

1877 - 1957

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0100 POLITICIAN

Frank J. Cannon

1859 - 1933

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0101 BIOLOGIST

Michael Ghiselin

Born 1939

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0102 POLITICIAN

Wallace F. Bennett

1898 - 1993

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0103 BASKET

Devin Brown

Born 1978

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0104 ENTREPRENEUR

Larry H. Miller

1944 - 2009

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0105 FREESTYLE

Joss Christensen

Born 1991

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0106 HOCKEY

Steve Konowalchuk

Born 1972

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0107 ACTOR

Mark Walton (story artist)

Born 1968

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0108 WRITER

Shannon Hale

Born 1974

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0109 INVENTOR

Robert W. Gore

1937 - 2020

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0110 BUSINESS

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Born 1989

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0111 POLITICIAN

Elbert D. Thomas

1883 - 1953

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0112 ACTOR

Andrea Ferrell

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0113 BASKET

Britton Johnsen

Born 1979

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0114 PHOTOGRAPHER

Margrethe Mather

1886 - 1952

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0115 ZOOLOGIST

Guy Musser

Born 1936

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0116 SNOWBOARD

Faye Gulini

Born 1992

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0117 ACTOR

Art Lund

1915 - 1990

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0118 FOOTBALL

Justin Braun (soccer)

Born 1987

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0119 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Carol Ohmart

1927 - 2002

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0120 KILLER

Mark Hofmann

Born 1954

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0121 POLITICIAN

Florence Prag Kahn

1866 - 1948

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0122 ATHLETIC

Lee Barnes

1906 - 1970

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0123 ACTOR

Ken Sansom

1927 - 2012

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0124 SCREENWRITER

George Jeske

1891 - 1951

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0125 HOCKEY

Richard Bachman (ice hockey)

Born 1987

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0126 BASEBALL

Brandon Lyon

Born 1979

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0127 DIPLOMAT

Tom C. Korologos

Born 1933

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0128 CINEMA

Devin Graham

Born 1983

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0129 BASKET

Arnie Ferrin

Born 1925

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0130 PHOTOGRAPHER

David Burnett (photojournalist)

Born 1946

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0131 BASKET

Josh Grant

Born 1967

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0132 HOCKEY

Dylan Olsen

Born 1991

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0133 ARTIST

Éric Baudelaire

Born 1973

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0134 ACTOR

Charles Halford

Born 1980

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0135 BASKET

Travis Knight (basketball)

Born 1974

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0136 LAWYER

Florence Ellinwood Allen

1884 - 1966

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0137 SCREENWRITER

Waldemar Young

1878 - 1938

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0138 ACTOR

Don Fellows

1922 - 2007

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0139 CELLIST

Steven Sharp Nelson

Born 1977

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0140 POLITICIAN

Heber Manning Wells

1859 - 1938

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0141 BASKET

Danny Vranes

Born 1958

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0142 EXPLORER

John Goddard (adventurer)

1924 - 2013

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0143 DIVER

Dorothy Poynton-Hill

1915 - 1995

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0144 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

David C. Evans

1924 - 1998

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0145 PAINTER

William Stout

Born 1949

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0146 MUSIC

Don Bagley

1927 - 2012

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0147 FOOTBALL

Carnell Lake

Born 1967

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0148 PROSTITUTE

Ronnie Lee Gardner

1961 - 2010

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0149 HISTORIAN

Richard Bushman

Born 1931

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0150 WRITER

Daya Mata

1914 - 2010

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0151 ACTOR

Ora Carew

1893 - 1955

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0152 POLITICIAN

John L. Harmer

1934 - 2019

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0153 BOTANIST

Paul Alan Cox

Born 1953

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0154 SCHOLAR

Kim B. Clark

Born 1949

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0155 AEROSPACE

Gary Flandro

Born 1934

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0156 CARTOONIST

John Held Jr.

1889 - 1958

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0157 ACTOR

Craig Richard Nelson

Born 1947

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0158 ACTOR

Jason Davis (actor, born 1984)

1984 - 2020

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0159 CINEMA

Barney McGill

1890 - 1942

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0160 RACER

Zach Lund

Born 1979

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0161 PHYSICIST

Thomas Ypsilantis

1928 - 2000

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0162 BASKET

Eric Mika

Born 1995

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0163 BASKET

Pace Mannion

Born 1960

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0164 SCENOGRAPHER

Lionel Banks

1901 - 1950

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0165 MUSIC

Grant Johannesen

1921 - 2005

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0166 HISTORIAN

Vern Bullough

1928 - 2006

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0167 OFFICER

Ben Moreell

1892 - 1978

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0168 RELIGIOUS

Mark E. Petersen

1900 - 1984

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0169 MODEL

Linda Bement

1941 - 2018

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0170 SCULPTOR

Helaman Ferguson

Born 1940

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0171 MODEL

Heidi Mount

Born 1987

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0172 BASKET

Jeff Judkins

Born 1956

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0173 MODEL

Ali Stephens

Born 1991

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0174 GOLF

Tony Finau

Born 1989

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0175 BOBSLED

Bill Schuffenhauer

Born 1973

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0176 DIPLOMAT

David S. King

1917 - 2009

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0177 SINGER

Kate Price (musician)

Born 1971

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0178 MISSIONARY

Alvin R. Dyer

1903 - 1977

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0179 FILM

Trent Harris

Born 1952

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0180 HOCKEY

Daniel Brickley

Born 1995

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0181 ACTOR

Lee Shumway

1884 - 1959

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0182 NOVELIST

Thomas Savage (novelist)

1915 - 2003

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0183 LUGER

Preston Griffall

Born 1984

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0184 ANTHROPOLOGIST

William Mulloy

1917 - 1978

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0185 SKATER

Angela Wang

Born 1996

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0186 PROPHET

Joseph White Musser

1872 - 1954

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0187 WRITER

Rebecca Winters

Born 1940

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0188 ATHLETIC

Blaine Lindgren

1939 - 2019

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0189 ARACHNOLOGIST

Joseph Conrad Chamberlin

1898 - 1962

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0190 ACTOR

Leonard Strong (actor)

1908 - 1980

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0191 ART DIRECTOR

Richard Irvine

1910 - 1976

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0192 ACTOR

Dorothy Gulliver

1908 - 1997

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0193 BASEBALL

Brandon Duckworth

Born 1976

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0194 SPORT

Jeff Louder

Born 1977

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0195 MATHEMATICIAN

Gerald Folland

Born 1947

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0196 SKIER

Brett Camerota

Born 1985

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0197 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Ann Weaver Hart

Born 1948

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0198 WRESTLER

Tom Howard (wrestler)

Born 1969

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0199 MISSIONARY

Lorin C. Woolley

1856 - 1934

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0200 RELIGIOUS

Rulon Jeffs

1909 - 2002

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0201 HISTORIAN

Susa Young Gates

1856 - 1933

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0202 ARCHITECT

Howard Robertson (architect)

1888 - 1963

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0203 SKIER

Rosie Brennan

Born 1988

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0204 FOOTBALL

Elli Reed

Born 1989

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0205 PHYSICIST

Hartland Snyder

1913 - 1962

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0206 SCIENTIST

Howard D. White

Born 1936

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0207 RESEARCH

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

Born 1956

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0208 OFFICER

John K. Cannon

1892 - 1955

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0209 CINEMA

Devereaux Jennings

1884 - 1952

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0210 SCREENWRITER

Rafe Judkins

Born 1983

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0211 MEDICAL

James O. Mason

1930 - 2019

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0212 ACTOR

Vera Sisson

1891 - 1954

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0213 SCREENWRITER

Elliott J. Clawson

1883 - 1942

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0214 FOOTBALL

Steve Sampson

Born 1957

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0215 SKI

Abby Ringquist

Born 1989

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0216 WRITER

Jim Forest

Born 1941

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0217 ACTOR

Mischa Brooks

Born 1990

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0218 MODEL

Colleen Kay Hutchins

1926 - 2010

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0219 JOURNALIST

Reed Irvine

1922 - 2004

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0220 RELIGIOUS

Sylvester Q. Cannon

1877 - 1943

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0221 PHILOLOGIST

Anne Pippin Burnett

Born 1925

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0222 GEOLOGIST

Joseph Pardee

1871 - 1960

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0223 MUSIC

Chris Wilson

Born 1981

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0224 ATHLETE

Denise Parker

Born 1973

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0225 FOOTBALL

Stanley Havili

Born 1987

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0226 FOOTBALL

Matt Asiata

Born 1987

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0227 ANIMATION

Ernie Nordli

1912 - 1968

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0228 POLITICIAN

Leslie Byrne

Born 1946

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0229 POLO

Jeffrey Campbell (water polo)

Born 1962

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0230 FOOTBALL

Scott Mitchell (quarterback)

Born 1968

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0231 MARTIAL ART

Josh Burkman

Born 1980

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0232 MUSIC

MickDeth

1978 - 2013

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0233 PAINTER

Mark Beard (artist)

Born 1956

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0234 ACTOR

Nicholas Kepros

Born 1932

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0235 BASEBALL

Brett Harper

Born 1981

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0236 PROFESSOR

Alice Louise Reynolds

1873 - 1938

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0237 ACTOR

Sarah Schaub

Born 1983

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0238 ACTOR

Edy Williams

Born 1942

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0239 PAINTER

Eliza Barchus

1857 - 1959

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0240 FILM

Todd Hughes

Born 1963

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0241 POLÍTICA

Lee Redmond

Born 1941

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0242 PAINTER

Robert H. Hudson

Born 1938

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0243 ENGINEER

Steve Nichols

Born 1947

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0244 FOOTBALL

Golden Richards

Born 1950

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0245 FOOTBALL

John Madsen (American football)

Born 1983

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0246 CINEMA

L. D. Clawson

1885 - 1937

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0247 MORMON

Heber Jentzsch

Born 1935

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0248 POLITICIAN

David Smith Monson

Born 1945

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0249 SWIMMER

Jack Horsley

Born 1951

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0250 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alan C. Ashton

Born 1942

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0251 BASEBALL

Jared Fernández

Born 1972

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0252 ACTOR

Kevin Brophy

Born 1953

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0253 FOOTBALL

Will Tukuafu

Born 1984

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0254 ACTOR

K. C. Clyde

Born 1980

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0255 FOOTBALL

Bill Nagy

Born 1987

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0256 PRIEST

Michael C. Barber

Born 1954

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0257 SCREENWRITER

Stacy Woodard

1902 - 1942

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0258 NOVELIST

Charlie N. Holmberg

Born 1988

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0259 WRITER

Richard L. Evans

1906 - 1971

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0260 NOVELIST

Peter Orullian

Born 1969

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0261 HISTORIAN

Will Bagley

Born 1950

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0262 BASKET

Ariel Maughan

1923 - 1997

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0263 SPORT

Robbie Squire

Born 1990

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0264 SPORT

Marty Jemison

Born 1965

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0265 PSYCHOLOGIST

James Deese

1921 - 1999

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0266 SKIER

Eric Camerota

Born 1985

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0267 FOOTBALL

Marcus Mailei

Born 1986

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0268 FOOTBALL

Mat Mendenhall

Born 1957

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0269 SKIER

Brennan Rubie

Born 1991

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0270 ACTOR

Ian Alexander (actor)

Born 2001

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0271 CHEMIST

Esmond Emerson Snell

1914 - 2003

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0272 WRITER

Bree Despain

Born 1979

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0273 BASKET

Dick Nemelka

1943 - 2020

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0274 ORNITHOLOGIST

William H. Behle

1909 - 2009

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0275 SKIER

Jack Reddish

1926 - 1992

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0276 PAINTER

Frederick Hammersley

1919 - 2009

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0277 SPORT

Sarah Scherer

Born 1991

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0278 BASEBALL

Bobby Mitchell (1980s outfielder)

Born 1955

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0279 MISSIONARY

Joseph Standing

1854 - 1879

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0280 MISSIONARY

J. Golden Kimball

1853 - 1938

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0281 ACTOR

Stefania Barr

Born 1994

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0282 POLO

Peter Campbell (water polo)

Born 1960

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0283 PHYSICIST

Paul K. Hansma

Born 1946

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0284 MODEL

Charlotte Sheffield

1937 - 2016

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0285 ACTOR

Caitlin EJ Meyer

Born 1992

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0286 SCREENWRITER

Horace Woodard

1904 - 1973

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0287 FOOTBALL

Tony Bergstrom

Born 1986

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0288 WRITER

Dale Morgan

1914 - 1971

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0289 TRUMPET

Walt Fowler

Born 1955

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0290 POLITICIAN

Jenny Wilson (politician)

Born 1965

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0291 MISSIONARY

Ronald A. Rasband

Born 1951

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0292 PHYSICIAN

Cecil Jacobson

Born 1936

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0293 ARTIST

Allen Hall (special effects artist)

Born 1946

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0294 PRIEST

John S. Tanner (Mormon)

Born 1950

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0295 ACADEMIC

George H. Brimhall

1852 - 1932

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0296 ATHLETE

Robin Beck (triathlete)

Born 1953

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0297 CHEMIST

Ralph A. James

1920 - 1973

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0298 PHILOSOPHER

Truman G. Madsen

1926 - 2009

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0299 PLAYER

Glenn Bassett

Died 2020

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0300 DIPLOMAT

Franklin S. Forsberg

1905 - 2002

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