List of people from Utah explained
The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Utah, live in Utah, or for whom Utah is a significant part of their identity.
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- Simon Bamberger – first Democratic governor of Utah; only Jewish governor of Utah[2]
- Dean Baker (born 1958), macroeconomist
- Lee Barnes (1906–1970) – pole vaulter, gold medalist in 1924 Olympics
- Roseanne Barr – comedian, television actress, writer, talk-show host
- Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – rodeo champion, inventor, artist, sculptor, Utah Sports Hall of Fame inductee
- Bruce Bastian – computer programmer, co-founder of WordPerfect company, philanthropist, on the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign
- Zane Beadles – lineman for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Linda Bement (1942–2018) – Miss USA and Miss Universe 1960
- Robert Foster "Bob" Bennett – Republican United States Senator from Utah
- Ezra Taft Benson – 13th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985–1994; United States Secretary of Agriculture
- Jaime Bergman – actress, model, 1999 Playboy Playmate
- Arnie Beyeler – first base coach for the Boston Red Sox
- Don Bluth (born 1937) – animator
- Frank Borzage – film director and actor
- Reva Beck Bosone – Utah's first woman member of Congress[1]
- Elaine Bradley – musician; member of rock band Neon Trees
- Shawn Bradley – former NBA center, one of the tallest players in NBA history
- Stewart Bradley – linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Juanita Brooks – historian and author[2]
- John Moses Browning (1855–1926) – firearms designer
- Val Browning (1895–1994) – business magnate, philanthropist, and gun innovator
- John Buck (born 1980) – catcher for the Miami Marlins
- Ted Bundy – serial killer who attended the S. J. Quinney College of Law (not born in Utah, but lived there)
- Nolan Bushnell (born 1943) – video game designer, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's
- Jerry Buss (1933–2013) – businessman, real estate investor and chemist, owned the Los Angeles Lakers
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- Ben Cahoon – slotback for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, member of two Grey Cup championship teams in 2002 and 2009
- Mario Capecchi (born 1939) – recipient, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2007
- Orson Scott Card (born 1951) – science fiction author
- Neal Cassady – writer; major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s; inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road
- Butch Cassidy (1866 – c. 1908) – outlaw, born Robert LeRoy Parker in Beaver, Utah
- Nick Clooney (born Nicholas Joseph Clooney, 1934) – journalist, anchorman, and television host; brother of singers Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney; father of actor and film director George Clooney
- Stephen Covey (1932–2012) – author, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
- Reed Cowan (born 1972) – television news anchor, philanthropist, and documentary filmmaker
- Melvin A. Cook (1911–2000) – explosives expert, chemist
- Chris Cooley (born 1982) – NFL tight end
- James Cowser (born 1990) - NFL outside linebacker
- Chandler Cox (born 1996) – NFL fullback
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- Daniel C. Jackling – founded the Utah Copper Co. in 1903, starting what became the world's largest open-pit mine[1]
- Ken Jennings – 74-time Jeopardy! champion
- Jewel (born Jewel Kilcher, 1974) – singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
- Scott Johnson – creator of Extralife webcomic and podcast network Frogpants Studios
- Megan Joy – singer, American Idol Season 8 finalist
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- Matt Salmon – U.S. Representative from Arizona
- Kyle Sampson – former Chief of Staff and Counselor for United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
- Brandon Sanderson – author, selected to complete Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time
- Cael Sanderson – wrestler from Heber City, Utah, gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Daniel Schaffer – mentalist[4]
- Harold Schindler (1929–1998) – Utah historian
- Dalton Schultz – tight end for the Dallas Cowboys
- Byron Scott – NBA shooting guard; head coach for the New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, and Cleveland Cavaliers
- Brent Scowcroft – National Security Advisor to presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush
- Ryan Seaman – drummer in the rock band Falling in Reverse
- Jerry Sloan – basketball player, Hall of Fame head coach for the Utah Jazz; longest-tenured coach in American professional sports
- Elizabeth Smart – kidnapped as a girl from her bedroom in Salt Lake City in 2002; child safety activist
- George Albert Smith – 8th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Joseph Fielding Smith – 10th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Lucky Blue Smith (born 1998) – model and drummer
- Reed Smoot – U.S. Senator, served almost thirty years in Congress, ten as chairman of the Finance Committee[1]
- Wallace Stegner – historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist
- Branden Steineckert – former drummer of The Used, drummer for Rancid
- Stanley Smith Stevens – psychologist; founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory; credited with Stevens' power law
- John Stockton – Hall of Fame point guard for the Utah Jazz, holds the NBA records for career assists and steals
- Picabo Street – champion alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team
- Xavier Su'a-Filo – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
- Bruce Summerhays – professional golfer; mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[5]
- Jane Summerhays – actress
- George Sutherland – English-born American jurist and political figure; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1922–1938
- Kelly Sweet – adult contemporary singer
- May Swenson (1913–1989) – poet
- Sril Art – artist
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See also
- By educational institution affiliation
- By governmental office
- By location
- By occupation
- By religious affiliation
Notes and References
- Web site: The 10 Utahns Who Most Influenced Our State in the 20th Century. historytogo.utah.gov.
- Web site: Runners-up for the Most Influential Utahns of the 20th Century. historytogo.utah.gov.
- https://www.spin.com/2004/11/lady-killer-interview-killers-brandon-flowers/ "The Lady Killer: An Interview with the Killers' Brandon Flowers": Spin, 9 Nov 2004
- Web site: A mentalist bends a fork with his mind & guesses the name of Brooke's first kiss!. December 1, 2016. fox13now.com.
- Web site: July 16, 2011 . A Grand Adventure . . May 17, 2010 . Sorensen, Mike.
- https://swimswam.com/bio/rhyan-white/ "Rhyan White - Bio"
