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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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Showing 39 of 739 notable people

0011 ACTOR

Frank Borzage

1894 - 1962

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0015 ACTOR

Natacha Rambova

1897 - 1966

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0023 PROPHET

Spencer W. Kimball

1895 - 1985

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0038 ACTOR

Margaret Livingston

1895 - 1984

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0090 ACTOR

Earle Hodgins

1893 - 1964

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0092 CINEMA

Gordon Jennings

1896 - 1953

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0102 POLITICIAN

Wallace F. Bennett

1898 - 1993

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0124 SCREENWRITER

George Jeske

1891 - 1951

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0151 ACTOR

Ora Carew

1893 - 1955

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0159 CINEMA

Barney McGill

1890 - 1942

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0167 OFFICER

Ben Moreell

1892 - 1978

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0189 ARACHNOLOGIST

Joseph Conrad Chamberlin

1898 - 1962

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0208 OFFICER

John K. Cannon

1892 - 1955

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0212 ACTOR

Vera Sisson

1891 - 1954

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0309 RELIGIOUS

Belle S. Spafford

1895 - 1982

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0310 BASEBALL

Dick Romney

1895 - 1969

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0327 LAWYER

Willis William Ritter

1899 - 1978

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0348 LIEUTENANT

Wilhelm D. Styer

1893 - 1975

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0356 BASKET

Milton Romney

1899 - 1975

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0361 WRITER

S. Dilworth Young

1897 - 1981

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0362 COACH

G. Ott Romney

1892 - 1973

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0370 CHURCH

Joseph Fielding Smith (presiding patriarch)

1899 - 1964

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0378 HYMNWRITER

Frank W. Asper

1892 - 1973

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0390 PAINTER

Victor Matson

1895 - 1972

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0403 CHURCH

Sidney B. Sperry

1895 - 1977

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0407 DIPLOMAT

Cavendish W. Cannon

1895 - 1962

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0424 ARCHITECT

Thomas Chalmers Vint

1894 - 1967

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0437 FILM

Grant Whytock

1894 - 1981

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0462 ARTIST

Donald Jahraus

1892 - 1963

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0521 SCREENWRITER

Sherman L. Lowe

1894 - 1968

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0610 FILM

Sid Marcus

1897 - 1979

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0616 BUSINESS

Lawrence Clayton

1891 - 1949

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0640 PRIEST

Joseph L. Wirthlin

1893 - 1963

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0662 PAINTER

Florence E. Ware

1891 - 1972

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0674 LAWYER

Joe Conway

1898 - 1945

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0696 MILITAR

Morton T. Seligman

1895 - 1967

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0718 FOOTBALL

Carl Peterson (American football)

1897 - 1964

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0723 POLITICIAN

John M. Wallace

1893 - 1989

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0727 POLITICIAN

Adiel F. Stewart

1897 - 1960

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