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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 81 notable births.

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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0002 ACTOR

Roseanne Barr

Born 1952

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0016 WRITER

Tracy Hickman

Born 1955

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0034 FILM

Kim Peek

1951 - 2009

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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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0085 FILM

Boyd Kirkland

1950 - 2011

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0096 MUSIC

Tom Fowler (musician)

Born 1951

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0098 POLITICIAN

Chris Cannon

Born 1950

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0120 KILLER

Mark Hofmann

Born 1954

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0141 BASKET

Danny Vranes

Born 1958

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0153 BOTANIST

Paul Alan Cox

Born 1953

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0172 BASKET

Jeff Judkins

Born 1956

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0179 FILM

Trent Harris

Born 1952

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0207 RESEARCH

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

Born 1956

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0214 FOOTBALL

Steve Sampson

Born 1957

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0233 PAINTER

Mark Beard (artist)

Born 1956

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0244 FOOTBALL

Golden Richards

Born 1950

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0249 SWIMMER

Jack Horsley

Born 1951

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0252 ACTOR

Kevin Brophy

Born 1953

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0256 PRIEST

Michael C. Barber

Born 1954

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0261 HISTORIAN

Will Bagley

Born 1950

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0268 FOOTBALL

Mat Mendenhall

Born 1957

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0278 BASEBALL

Bobby Mitchell (1980s outfielder)

Born 1955

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0289 TRUMPET

Walt Fowler

Born 1955

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0291 MISSIONARY

Ronald A. Rasband

Born 1951

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0294 PRIEST

John S. Tanner (Mormon)

Born 1950

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0296 ATHLETE

Robin Beck (triathlete)

Born 1953

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0302 COLLECTOR

Kermit Weeks

Born 1954

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0315 COMPOSER

Jeff Manookian

Born 1953

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0331 ANTHROPOLOGIST

David Tab Rasmussen

1958 - 2014

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0332 FOOTBALL

Rulon Jones

Born 1958

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0338 WRITER

David A. Carter

Born 1957

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0341 LUTENIST

Paul Beier

Born 1954

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0363 LAWYER

Scott Matheson Jr.

Born 1953

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0367 PLAYWRIGHT

Brenda Wong Aoki

Born 1953

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0368 JUDGE

David G. Campbell

Born 1952

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0382 SINGER

Sterling Saint Jacques

1957 - 1984

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0385 SCULPTOR

Anthony Howe (sculptor)

Born 1954

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0391 FREESTYLE

Jan Bucher

Born 1957

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0411 CARTOONIST

Robert Triptow

Born 1952

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0419 LAWYER

Rosanna M. Peterson

Born 1951

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0421 ATTORNEY

Mark Shurtleff

Born 1957

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0428 EDITOR

Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans

Born 1951

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0430 MISSIONARY

Stephen B. Allen

Born 1950

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0433 WRESTLER

Ferrin Barr Jr.

Born 1959

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0448 POLITICIAN

Berta Gardner

Born 1954

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0453 FOOTBALL

Marv Bateman

Born 1950

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0454 BOOKSELLER

Ken Sanders (book dealer)

Born 1951

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0470 POLITICIAN

James Dunnigan (politician)

Born 1953

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0472 POLITICIAN

V. Lowry Snow

Born 1950

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0500 PRIEST

Dale G. Renlund

Born 1952

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0512 POLITICIAN

Earl Tanner

Born 1950

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0542 CHEMIST

Alec Wodtke

Born 1959

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0544 BASEBALL

Scott Nielsen

Born 1958

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0548 POLITICIAN

Carl W. Duckworth

1955 - 2018

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0559 RACING

Mike Nish

Born 1959

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0566 CHURCH

Linda K. Burton

Born 1952

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0570 POLITICIAN

Cary Smith (politician)

Born 1950

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0581 LAWYER

Paul M. Smith

Born 1955

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0592 FOOTBALL

Pete Van Valkenburg

Born 1950

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0615 WRITER

Kevin Avery

Born 1957

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0621 GAME

Marcia Bales

Born 1953

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0628 MISSING

Mickey Ibarra

Born 1951

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0634 POLITICIAN

Jay Seegmiller (politician)

Born 1958

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0645 COMPOSER

Charles Norman Mason

Born 1955

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0656 OFFICER

Trulan A. Eyre

Born 1957

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0687 WRITER

Karl Hansen (Schriftsteller)

Born 1950

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0692 POLITICIAN

Dennis P. Hession

Born 1950

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0724 POLITICIAN

Richard Snelgrove

Born 1955

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0736 POLITICIAN

Mike Kroger

Born 1951

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