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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

0301 HOCKEY

Mac Carruth

Born 1992

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0302 COLLECTOR

Kermit Weeks

Born 1954

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0303 POLITICIAN

David Nelson (Utah activist)

Born 1962

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0304 BASKET

Rick Stafford

Born 1972

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0305 LAWYER

Richard Paez

Born 1947

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0306 FOOTBALL

Stewart Bradley

Born 1983

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0307 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Telle Whitney

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0308 SINGER

Viola Gillette

1871 - 1956

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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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0311 ACTOR

Emily Dunn (actress)

Born 1982

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0312 BASKET

Gary Wilkinson (basketball)

Born 1982

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0313 SCREENWRITER

David Hempstead

1909 - 1983

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0314 FOOTBALL

Fred Gehrke

1918 - 2002

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0315 COMPOSER

Jeff Manookian

Born 1953

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0316 PROFESSOR

Steven C. Wheelwright

Born 1943

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0317 ACTOR

Frank Jonasson

1878 - 1942

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0318 LAWYER

Nephi Jensen

1876 - 1955

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0319 ARCHITECT

Don Carlos Young

1855 - 1938

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0320 ACTOR

Ricki Noel Lander

Born 1979

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0321 MISSING

Michael T. Benson

Born 1965

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0322 POLITICIAN

Ted Wilson (mayor)

Born 1939

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0323 FOOTBALL

Stephanie Verdoia

Born 1993

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0324 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Philip J. Purcell

Born 1943

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0325 WRESTLER

Eric Guerrero

Born 1977

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0326 SKATER

Charles Butler (figure skater)

Born 1979

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0327 LAWYER

Willis William Ritter

1899 - 1978

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0328 MISSIONARY

Abraham O. Woodruff

1872 - 1904

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0329 POLITICAL

Richard Wirthlin

1931 - 2011

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0330 WIDOW

Irene Spencer

1937 - 2017

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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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0333 PSYCHOLOGIST

Brad Bushman

Born 1960

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0334 NOVELIST

Page Stegner

1937 - 2017

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0335 PRIEST

Robert Joseph Dwyer

1908 - 1976

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0336 POLITICIAN

Michael K. Winder

Born 1976

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0337 LINGUIST

J Milton Cowan

1907 - 1993

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0338 WRITER

David A. Carter

Born 1957

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0339 ACTOR

Shep Houghton

1914 - 2016

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0340 SOCIOLOGIST

Armand Mauss

1928 - 2020

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0341 LUTENIST

Paul Beier

Born 1954

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0342 ACTOR

Hubbel Palmer

Born 1977

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0343 GEOGRAPHER

Jeffrey T. Bury

Born 1970

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0344 ENGINEER

Willard Young

1852 - 1936

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0345 POLITICIAN

Marian Bergeson

1925 - 2016

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0346 BASKET

Kevin Young (basketball, born 1981)

Born 1981

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0347 ACTOR

Eden Hartford

1930 - 1983

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0348 LIEUTENANT

Wilhelm D. Styer

1893 - 1975

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0349 ARTIST

Larry Ivie

1936 - 2014

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0350 RACER

Dick Mann

Born 1934

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0351 ACTOR

Jeff Olson

Born 1945

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0352 SNOWBOARD

Keith Gabel

Born 1984

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0353 FILM

Jason Todd Ipson

Born 1972

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0354 ACTOR

Dee Hartford

1928 - 2018

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0355 MORMON

Brigham Smoot

1869 - 1946

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0356 BASKET

Milton Romney

1899 - 1975

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0357 ACADEMIC

Homer R. Warner

1911 - 2012

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0358 HYMNWRITER

Tracy Y. Cannon

1879 - 1961

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0359 PSYCHOLOGIST

Carlfred Broderick

1932 - 1999

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0360 MISSIONARY

W. Craig Zwick

Born 1947

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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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0363 LAWYER

Scott Matheson Jr.

Born 1953

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0364 FOOTBALL

Tyler Larsen

Born 1991

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0365 FILM

Ray Abrams (animator)

1906 - 1981

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0366 HISTORIAN

Matthew Grow

Born 1977

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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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0369 JUDGE

Stephen Hale Anderson

Born 1932

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0370 CHURCH

Joseph Fielding Smith (presiding patriarch)

1899 - 1964

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0371 MISSIONARY

Levi E. Young

1874 - 1963

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0372 ECONOMIST

D. Nathan Sheets

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0373 WRITER

Whit Burnett

1900 - 1972

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0374 BASEBALL

Chad Hermansen

Born 1977

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0375 FOOTBALL

Tenny Palepoi

Born 1990

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0376 WRITER

Wendy Newman

Born 1967

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0377 ACTOR

Andrea Howard

Born 1947

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0378 HYMNWRITER

Frank W. Asper

1892 - 1973

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0379 PHOTOGRAPHER

John Willard Clawson

1858 - 1936

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0380 GOLF

George Von Elm

1901 - 1961

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0381 COACH

Gary Andersen

Born 1964

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0382 SINGER

Sterling Saint Jacques

1957 - 1984

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0383 LAWYER

Richard Whitehead Young

1858 - 1919

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0384 EDITOR

Adele C. Howells

1886 - 1951

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0385 SCULPTOR

Anthony Howe (sculptor)

Born 1954

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0386 CHURCH

Julina Lambson Smith

1849 - 1936

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0387 WRITER

Hartt Wixom

Born 1933

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0388 CANOE

Adam Clawson

1972 - 2017

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0389 PHILOSOPHER

William Henry Chamberlin (philosopher)

1870 - 1921

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0390 PAINTER

Victor Matson

1895 - 1972

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0391 FREESTYLE

Jan Bucher

Born 1957

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0392 FOOTBALL

Taylor Peay

Born 1991

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0393 POLITICIAN

George Hill (Idaho politician)

1868 - 1958

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0394 GOLF

Zac Blair

Born 1990

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0395 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Paul Y. Hammond

1929 - 2012

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0396 ARTIST

Jake Bailey

1978 - 2015

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0397 WRITER

Joseph Fielding McConkie

1941 - 2013

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0398 FOOTBALL

Frank Christensen

1910 - 2001

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0399 MISSIONARY

Leah D. Widtsoe

1874 - 1965

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0400 ACTOR

Brian Burrell

Born 1972

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0401 BASKET

Nick Paulos

Born 1992

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0402 WRITER

Maxx Payne

Born 1961

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0403 CHURCH

Sidney B. Sperry

1895 - 1977

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0404 ACTOR

Fred Santley

1887 - 1953

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0405 CHURCH

Annie Taylor Hyde

1849 - 1909

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0406 TEACHER

Ida Smoot Dusenberry

1873 - 1955

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0407 DIPLOMAT

Cavendish W. Cannon

1895 - 1962

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0408 LAWYER

William Robert Wright

1935 - 2012

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0409 ARTIST

Henry S. Kesler

1907 - 1997

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0410 LAWYER

Bruce Sterling Jenkins

Born 1927

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0411 CARTOONIST

Robert Triptow

Born 1952

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0412 MODEL

Nicole Muirbrook

Born 1983

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0413 TEACHER

Henry Sheldon

1874 - 1948

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0414 ACTOR

Jane Summerhays

Born 1944

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0415 POLITICIAN

Jerry Anderson (politician)

Born 1935

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0416 CHURCH

William W. Parmley

1936 - 2003

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0417 LAWYER

Franklin S. Richards

1849 - 1934

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0418 MATHEMATICIAN

David Clark Dobson

Born 1962

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0419 LAWYER

Rosanna M. Peterson

Born 1951

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0420 LAWYER

Vernon B. Romney

1924 - 2013

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0421 ATTORNEY

Mark Shurtleff

Born 1957

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0422 HUMANITARIAN

Emma Ray McKay

1877 - 1970

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0423 BASEBALL

George Theodore

Born 1947

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0424 ARCHITECT

Thomas Chalmers Vint

1894 - 1967

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0425 MILITAR

Robert Milchrist Cannon

1901 - 1976

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0426 ARTIST

Theodore Wassmer

1910 - 2006

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0427 PRIEST

Marvin O. Ashton

1883 - 1946

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0428 EDITOR

Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans

Born 1951

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0429 SONGWRITER

Art Laboe

Born 1925

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0430 MISSIONARY

Stephen B. Allen

Born 1950

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0431 CRIMINAL

Leroy Nash

1915 - 2010

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0432 POLITICIAN

Jim Bird

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0433 WRESTLER

Ferrin Barr Jr.

Born 1959

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0434 POLO

Courtney Johnson (water polo)

Born 1974

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0435 ANIMATOR

Cliff Nordberg

1917 - 1979

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0436 SUFFRAGIST

Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon

1859 - 1942

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0437 FILM

Grant Whytock

1894 - 1981

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0438 BASEBALL

Chris Shelton

Born 1980

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0439 SNOWBOARD

J. P. Walker

Born 1976

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0440 FOOTBALL

Stevie Tu'ikolovatu

Born 1991

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0441 POLITICIAN

Gene Davis (politician)

Born 1945

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0442 FOOTBALL

Samantha Gordon

Born 2003

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0443 ENGINEER

Lester Wire

1887 - 1958

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0444 ACTOR

Drew Tarver

Born 1988

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0445 MARTIAL ART

Elaina Maxwell

Born 1978

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0446 RELIGIOUS

Florence S. Jacobsen

1913 - 2017

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0447 COMPOSER

Kenneth Cope (musician)

Born 1961

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0448 POLITICIAN

Berta Gardner

Born 1954

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0449 HISTORIAN

John Dizikes

1932 - 2018

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0450 ECONOMIST

Karl A. Fox

1917 - 2008

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0451 LAWYER

David Thomas Lewis

1912 - 1983

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0452 FOOTBALL

Bryan Kehl

Born 1984

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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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0455 CONVICT

William Hooper Young

1871 - 1928

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0456 WORLD WAR

Werner Goering

Born 1924

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0457 FOOTBALL

Terry Nofsinger

1938 - 2007

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0458 BASEBALL

Duke Sims

Born 1941

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0459 FOOTBALL

Sione Po'uha

Born 1979

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0460 BUSINESS

J. Sterling Livingston

1916 - 2010

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0461 MUSIC

Clifford E. Young

1883 - 1958

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0462 ARTIST

Donald Jahraus

1892 - 1963

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0463 SKIER

Betsy Haines

Born 1960

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0464 PRIEST

Carolyn Tanner Irish

Born 1940

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0465 MISSIONARY

Lucy Grant Cannon

1880 - 1966

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0466 SINGER

Summer Naomi Smart

-

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0467 LAWYER

Nathan Oman

Born 1975

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0468 FOOTBALL

Les Brown (American football)

Born 1987

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0469 POLITICIAN

Janet Trujillo

-

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0470 POLITICIAN

James Dunnigan (politician)

Born 1953

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0471 SPORT

Wendell Rollins

1917 - 1990

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0472 POLITICIAN

V. Lowry Snow

Born 1950

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0473 POLITICIAN

Edwin Q. Cannon

1918 - 2005

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0474 PAINTER

Merion Estes

Born 1938

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0475 LITERARY

Jack H. Adamson

1918 - 1975

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0476 WRESTLER

Wild Bill Longson

1906 - 1982

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0477 FOOTBALL

Dallas Reynolds

Born 1984

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0478 CHURCH

B. Morris Young

1854 - 1931

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0479 LAWYER

John W. Huber

Born 1967

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0480 BASEBALL

Gordon Rhodes

1907 - 1960

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0481 BASEBALL

Doug Howard

Born 1948

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0482 MILITAR

Frank T. Hines

1879 - 1960

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0483 FOOTBALL

Scott Young (American football)

Born 1981

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0484 PROFESSOR

Kent P. Jackson

Born 1949

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0485 ARTIST

Kenneth C. Madsen

1927 - 2002

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0486 BALLET

Megan Fairchild

Born 1984

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0487 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Pete Ashdown

Born 1967

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0488 SHERIFF

Peter J. Pitchess

1912 - 1999

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0489 POLITICIAN

Carl Wimmer

Born 1975

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0490 ACTOR

Alice Backes

1923 - 2007

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0491 RELIGIOUS

Clarissa S. Williams

1859 - 1930

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0492 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Paul W Draper

Born 1978

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0493 POLITICIAN

Steven Harris (politician)

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0494 BUSINESS

Alice Marriott

1907 - 2000

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0495 FOOTBALL

Fui Vakapuna

Born 1984

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0496 CHEMIST

LeGrand Van Uitert

1922 - 1999

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0497 CARTOONIST

Elizabeth Wagele

1939 - 2017

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0498 LAWYER

Jan Graham

-

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0499 CHAPLAIN

John T. Axton

1870 - 1934

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0500 PRIEST

Dale G. Renlund

Born 1952

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0501 POLITICIAN

Paul Van Dam

Born 1937

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0502 POLITICIAN

Karen Mayne

-

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0503 FOOTBALL

Bob Summerhays

1927 - 2017

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0504 LAWYER

Michael J. Wilkins

Born 1948

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0505 POLITICIAN

Sheryl Allen

Born 1943

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0506 BASEBALL

Keenyn Walker

Born 1990

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0507 SPORT

Mack Miller

1931 - 2020

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0508 BUSINESS

Robert H. Garff

1942 - 2020

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0509 WRITER

Jeff Rivera

Born 1976

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0510 FOOTBALL

Merrill Douglas

Born 1936

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0511 BASKET

Kelly Graves

Born 1963

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0512 POLITICIAN

Earl Tanner

Born 1950

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0513 ACADEMIC

Joel Dorius

1919 - 2006

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0514 AUTHOR

Vash Young

Born 1889

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0515 LAWYER

Van Lindberg

Born 1976

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0516 FOOTBALL

Ryon Bingham

Born 1981

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0517 ACTOR

Ge Ge Pearson

1917 - 1975

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0518 POLITICIAN

William W. Taylor

1853 - 1884

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0519 POLITICIAN

Linden Bateman

Born 1940

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0520 FREESTYLE

Angel Collinson

Born 1990

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0521 SCREENWRITER

Sherman L. Lowe

1894 - 1968

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0522 SUFFRAGETTE

Maria Young Dougall

1849 - 1935

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0523 FOOTBALL

Maurice Turner (American football)

Born 1960

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0524 FOOTBALL

Joey Worthen

Born 1979

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0525 BASEBALL

Brady Williams

Born 1979

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0526 AIR FORCE

Barton Kay Kirkham

1936 - 1958

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0527 ENTREPRENEUR

Todd Park

Born 1973

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0528 FOOTBALL

Marques Harris

Born 1981

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0529 SINGER

Victoria Matlock

Born 1978

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0530 CHURCH

John H. Taylor (Mormon)

1875 - 1946

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0531 BASEBALL

Logan Easley

Born 1961

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0532 MILITAR

Gerry H. Kisters

1919 - 1986

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0533 ACTOR

Klea Blackhurst

-

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0534 AUDIO

Herbert Taylor (monteur)

1916 - 1982

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0535 FILM

Skylar Nielsen

Born 1975

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0536 SPORT

Isaac Caldiero

Born 1982

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0537 SKATER

Diana Y. Chen

Born 1984

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0538 BASKET

Anthony Giovacchini

Born 1979

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0539 POLITICIAN

Rulon S. Wells

1854 - 1941

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0540 FOOTBALL

Jordan Davis (soccer)

Born 1983

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0541 HYMNWRITER

Hugh W. Dougall

1872 - 1963

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0542 CHEMIST

Alec Wodtke

Born 1959

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0543 ATHLETIC

Miles Batty

Born 1987

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0544 BASEBALL

Scott Nielsen

Born 1958

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0545 FOOTBALL

Glen Sorenson

1920 - 1972

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0546 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sandy Puc'

Born 1969

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0547 BASEBALL

Roy Castleton

1885 - 1967

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0548 POLITICIAN

Carl W. Duckworth

1955 - 2018

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0549 SUFFRAGETTE

Josephine Richards West

1853 - 1933

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0550 COACH

Bob Davis (American football coach)

1908 - 1965

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0551 ACTOR

Mycole Metcalf

Born 1975

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0552 POLITICIAN

Fred Cox (politician)

Born 1961

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0553 FOOTBALL

Steve Clark (American football)

Born 1960

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0554 MARTIAL ART

Nick Rossborough

Born 1981

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0555 MUSIC

Christofer Varner

Born 1960

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0556 BUSINESS

Mark H. Willes

Born 1941

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0557 ACTOR

Jason Hewlett

Born 1978

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0558 LAWYER

Susan M. Leeson

Born 1946

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0559 RACING

Mike Nish

Born 1959

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0560 POLITICIAN

Pete Goicoechea

Born 1949

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0561 POLITICIAN

Misty Snow

Born 1985

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0562 GUNSMITH

Dick Casull

1931 - 2018

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0563 ANTHROPOLOGE

Harry Evelyn Dorr Pollock

1900 - 1982

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0564 FOOTBALL

Lance Scott

Born 1972

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0565 FREESTYLE

Craig Rodman

Born 1972

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0566 CHURCH

Linda K. Burton

Born 1952

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0567 POLITICIAN

Elizabeth Pugsley Hayward

1854 - 1942

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0568 BUSINESS

Robert Holding

1926 - 2013

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0569 LAWYER

David Kent Winder

1932 - 2009

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0570 POLITICIAN

Cary Smith (politician)

Born 1950

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0571 CARTOONIST

William Charles Morris

1874 - 1940

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0572 PHILOSOPHICAL

Claude Nowell

1944 - 2008

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0573 FOOTBALL

Paul McDonough

1916 - 1960

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0574 JOURNALIST

Wendy Burch

Born 1969

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0575 LAWYER

Frank Q. Nebeker

Born 1930

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0576 COACH

Jo Evans

Born 1960

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0577 BASKET

Troy Ostler

Born 1978

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0578 JOURNALIST

Lee Cowan

Born 1965

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0579 BASEBALL

Gordon Slade

1904 - 1974

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0580 LAWYER

Judith Billings

Born 1943

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0581 LAWYER

Paul M. Smith

Born 1955

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0582 MUSIC

Doug Mettome

1925 - 1964

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0583 WRITER

Shaz Bennett

-

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0584 RACER

Christopher Hedquist

Born 1980

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0585 FOOTBALL

Tahj Jakins

Born 1975

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0586 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alan L. Davis

-

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0587 LAWYER

Aldon Junior Anderson

1917 - 1996

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0588 FOOTBALL

Ralph Olsen

1924 - 1994

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0589 BUSINESS

Milton Petrie

1902 - 1994

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0590 SUFFRAGETTE

Mae Taylor Nystrom

1881 - 1959

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0591 BASEBALL

Trey Nielsen

Born 1991

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0592 FOOTBALL

Pete Van Valkenburg

Born 1950

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0593 BASKET

Steve Panos

Born 1988

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0594 ENGINEER

Mary Blade

1913 - 1994

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0595 WRITER

Newell G. Bringhurst

Born 1942

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0596 PROFESSOR

Kent F. Richards

Born 1946

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0597 LAWYER

John Thomas Greene Jr.

1929 - 2011

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0598 BASEBALL

Ryan Jensen (baseball)

Born 1975

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0599 PHYSICIST

Allen V. Astin

1904 - 1984

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0600 COACH

Brandon Doman

Born 1976

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