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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

0601 CROSS COUNTRY

Elizabeth Jackson (athlete)

Born 1977

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0602 ACTOR

Darby Bailey

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0603 PUBLISHER

John W. Gallivan

1915 - 2012

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0604 CHEMIST

Chadwick A. Tolman

Born 1938

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0605 ENTREPRENEUR

Pete Harman

1919 - 2014

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0606 MILITAR

Briant H. Wells

1871 - 1949

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0607 POLITICIAN

Charles E. Johnson (government official)

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0608 ACADEMIC

Richard Barrutia

1925 - 1999

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0609 NOVELIST

Josi S. Kilpack

Born 1974

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0610 FILM

Sid Marcus

1897 - 1979

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0611 POLITICIAN

Ezra Thompson

1850 - 1923

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0612 ACTOR

Mick Lovell

Born 1989

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0613 BUSINESS

Frank William Gay

1920 - 2007

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0614 PLAYER

Alexander Magleby

Born 1978

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0615 WRITER

Kevin Avery

Born 1957

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0616 BUSINESS

Lawrence Clayton

1891 - 1949

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0617 CHILD

Rey Pratt

1878 - 1931

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0618 BODYBUILDER

Aleesha Young

Born 1984

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0619 SPORT

Taylor Morris

Born 1991

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0620 BOTANIST

Noel Herman Holmgren

Born 1937

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0621 GAME

Marcia Bales

Born 1953

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0622 FOOTBALL

Brody Liddiard

Born 1977

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0623 BUSINESS

Mark Neeleman

Born 1978

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0624 BIOMEDICAL

Stephen Jacobsen

1940 - 2016

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0625 ATHLETIC

Leland McPhie

1914 - 2015

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0626 SCULPTOR

Melvin Earl Cummings

1876 - 1936

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0627 ACTOR

Annie Adams

1847 - 1916

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0628 MISSING

Mickey Ibarra

Born 1951

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0629 MISSIONARY

Rosemary M. Wixom

Born 1948

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0630 FOOTBALL

Sione Houma

Born 1994

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0631 SPORT

Dustin Latimer

Born 1981

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0632 JUDGE

James Z. Davis

1943 - 2016

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0633 BASKET

Jackson Emery

Born 1987

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0634 POLITICIAN

Jay Seegmiller (politician)

Born 1958

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0635 PRIEST

David A. Smith (Mormon)

1879 - 1952

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0636 ACTOR

Michelle Wright (Schauspielerin)

Born 1967

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0637 STATISTICIAN

Travis Oliphant

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0638 JOURNALIST

Emily Steel

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0639 MISSIONARY

Glen L. Rudd

1918 - 1987

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0640 PRIEST

Joseph L. Wirthlin

1893 - 1963

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0641 BASKET

Bob Lewis (basketball, born 1925)

1925 - 2012

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0642 HISTORIAN

Frank Wright (historian)

1938 - 2003

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0643 PHYSICIAN

David Emerson Root

Born 1936

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0644 POLITICIAN

Warren Hardy

Born 1963

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0645 COMPOSER

Charles Norman Mason

Born 1955

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0646 POLITICIAN

Jani Iwamoto

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0647 FOOTBALL

Joe Romig

Born 1941

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0648 ACTOR

Drew Osborne

Born 1991

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0649 BASKET

Elwood Romney

1911 - 1970

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0650 POLITICIAN

Lynn D. Stewart (politician)

Born 1941

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0651 ACTOR

Robert Fairchild

Born 1988

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0652 COMPOSER

Kendall Durelle Briggs

-

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0653 REPUBLICAN

Ronald M. Nate

-

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0654 BARTENDER

Victor Vaughen Morris

1873 - 1929

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0655 RESEARCH

Adam Burrows

-

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0656 OFFICER

Trulan A. Eyre

Born 1957

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0657 AUTHOR

Ronald B. Scott

1945 - 2020

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0658 DIVER

Rachelle Kunkel

Born 1978

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0659 POLITICIAN

Pete Suazo

Died 2001

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0660 FOOTBALL

Scott Brumfield

Born 1970

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0661 LAWYER

Robert S. Stevens (judge)

1916 - 2000

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0662 PAINTER

Florence E. Ware

1891 - 1972

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0663 FOOTBALL

Algie Brown

Born 1991

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0664 POLITICIAN

Martin H. Weight

1855 - 1920

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0665 INSTRUCTOR

Jeffrey R. Riemer

-

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0666 POLITICIAN

Patrick McDonald (politician)

-

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0667 OFFICER

Frank Drew

Born 1930

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0668 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mildred J. Berryman

1901 - 1972

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0669 SINGER

Tucker Rountree

Born 1981

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0670 ENGINEER

Frederic Parke

Born 1913

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0671 SURGEON

Ralph Bingham Cloward

1908 - 2000

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0672 CRYPTOGRAPHER

Frank W. Lewis

1912 - 2010

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0673 HYMNWRITER

Edward P. Kimball

1882 - 1937

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0674 LAWYER

Joe Conway

1898 - 1945

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0675 MUSIC

Helen Taylor (Komponistin)

1915 - 1950

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0676 AGENT

Ronald A. Wilford

1927 - 2015

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0677 BUSINESS

Walter E. Cosgriff

1914 - 1961

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0678 MILITAR

Noel Davis

Died 1927

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0679 OFFICER

Charles R. Stimpson

1919 - 1983

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0680 MISSIONARY

Rufus K. Hardy

1878 - 1945

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0681 RELIGIOUS

Clara W. Beebe

1868 - 1927

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0682 CHURCH

Martha H. Tingey

1857 - 1938

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0683 FOOTBALL

Todd Miller (soccer)

Born 1973

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0684 PROFESSOR

J. Reuben Clark III

1908 - 1992

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0685 LACROSSE

Kyle Fiat

Born 1983

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0686 PAINTER

Waáno-Gano

1906 - 1982

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0687 WRITER

Karl Hansen (Schriftsteller)

Born 1950

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0688 POLITICIAN

Richard J. Carling

Born 1937

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0689 PAINTER

Montyne

1916 - 1989

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0690 SPORT

Wendy Wagner

Born 1973

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0691 CHURCH

Lillie T. Freeze

1855 - 1937

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0692 POLITICIAN

Dennis P. Hession

Born 1950

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0693 SCULPTOR

Ortho R. Fairbanks

1925 - 2015

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0694 PAINTER

Pete Oswald

Born 1980

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0695 DRIVER

Justin Peck (off-road racer)

-

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0696 MILITAR

Morton T. Seligman

1895 - 1967

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0697 ARTIST

Mario Naves

Born 1961

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0698 BASEBALL

Zach Sorensen

Born 1977

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0699 WRITER

Daryl Hoole

Born 1934

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0700 SCULPTOR

Stanley J. Watts

Born 1961

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0701 WRITER

Francie Lin

-

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0702 ASTRONOMER

D. Harold McNamara

1923 - 2014

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0703 WINEGROWER

David R. Bennion

1929 - 1988

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0704 POLITICIAN

H. L. Jensen

Born 1928

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0705 MILITAR

Philip H. Torrey

1884 - 1968

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0706 SPORT

Shaun Green

Born 1987

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0707 SPORT

Marvin Melville

Born 1935

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0708 PLAYER

Dylann Ceriani

-

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0709 SPORT

Reid Mumford

Born 1976

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0710 WRITER

Hiram Bertoch

Born 1977

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0711 PAINTER

Morgan Sanders

Born 1934

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0712 SPORT

Devereaux Jennings

1924 - 2000

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0713 SPORT

Richard Movitz

1925 - 2010

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0714 PHYSICIAN

Eliza Cook (physician)

1818 - 1907

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0715 FILM

John D. Jennings

1920 - 1992

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0716 AIR FORCE

Alan G. Sharp

Born 1929

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0717 POLITICIAN

Jim Keysor

1927 - 2014

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0718 FOOTBALL

Carl Peterson (American football)

1897 - 1964

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0719 CHEMIST

Peter Chen (Chemiker)

Born 1960

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0720 JUDGE

Roald A. Hogenson

1913 - 1987

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0721 POLITICIAN

Derek Kitchen

-

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0722 ATTORNEY

R. Keith Roark

Born 1949

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0723 POLITICIAN

John M. Wallace

1893 - 1989

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0724 POLITICIAN

Richard Snelgrove

Born 1955

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0725 BASKET

Morgan Grim

Born 1988

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0726 ARCHITECT

Barbara Fealy

1903 - 2000

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0727 POLITICIAN

Adiel F. Stewart

1897 - 1960

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0728 MURALIST

Sril Art

Born 1984

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0729 PROFESSOR

Alfred C. Emery

Died 2002

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0730 EDUCATOR

Beatrice A. Pedersen

Born 1880

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0731 POLITICIAN

Richard P. Morris

1855 - 1925

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0732 GEOLOGIST

Kent Condie

Born 1936

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0733 SPORT

Charles Gatehouse

1877 - 1924

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0734 POLITICIAN

A. Pratt Kessler

1905 - 1984

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0735 LAWYER

E. R. Callister Jr.

1916 - 1980

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0736 POLITICIAN

Mike Kroger

Born 1951

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0737 POLITICIAN

Charles A. Hunt

-

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0738 POLITICIAN

Anita Yeckel

1942 - 2015

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0739 FOOTBALL

Jack Gehrke

Born 1946

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