40.7500° N, 111.8833° W
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.
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 church — 26.0× the global rate.
Salt Lake City under-produces painter — only 0.7× the global rate.
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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Joseph Fielding Smith (presiding patriarch)
1899 - 1964
Julina Lambson Smith
1849 - 1936
Sidney B. Sperry
1895 - 1977
Annie Taylor Hyde
1849 - 1909
William W. Parmley
1936 - 2003
B. Morris Young
1854 - 1931
John H. Taylor (Mormon)
1875 - 1946
Linda K. Burton
Born 1952
Martha H. Tingey
1857 - 1938
Lillie T. Freeze
1855 - 1937