| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jack Anderson |
Columnist |
19-Oct-1922 |
17-Dec-2005 |
Uncovered CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro |
| Rocky Anderson |
Politician |
9-Sep-1951 |
|
Mayor of Salt Lake City, 2000-08 |
| Stephen H. Anderson |
Judge |
12-Jan-1932 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2001 |
| Parley Baer |
Actor |
5-Aug-1914 |
22-Nov-2002 |
Chester on Gunsmoke radio |
| Brian Baird |
Politician |
7-Mar-1956 |
|
Congressman from Washington, 1999-2011 |
| Norman H. Bangerter |
Politician |
4-Jan-1933 |
14-Apr-2015 |
Governor of Utah, 1985-93 |
| Teresa Beck |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
President of American Stores, 1998-99 |
| Ralph Becker |
Politician |
30-May-1952 |
|
Mayor of Salt Lake City |
| Terrel H. Bell |
Educator |
11-Nov-1921 |
22-Jun-1996 |
US Secretary of Education, 1981-85 |
| Robert Bennett |
Politician |
18-Sep-1933 |
4-May-2016 |
US Senator from Utah, 1993-2011 |
| Rob Bishop |
Politician |
13-Jul-1951 |
|
Congressman, Utah 1st |
| James Blinn |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1948 |
|
3D computer imaging pioneer |
| Lynn R. Blodgett |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Affiliated Computer Services |
| H. Kent Bowen |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Baker Foundation Professor at HBS |
| Rob Bowman |
Film/TV Producer |
15-May-1960 |
|
The X Files |
| Rodney H. Brady |
Business |
1933 |
|
Deseret Management Corporation |
| Tim Bridgewater |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Venture capitalist |
| Ted Bundy |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1946 |
24-Jan-1989 |
Serial killer, blamed pornography |
| Nolan Bushnell |
Business |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Co-founder of Atari, started Chuck E. Cheese |
| Leslie L. Byrne |
Politician |
28-Oct-1946 |
|
Congresswoman from Virginia, 1993-95 |
| Patrick Califia |
Author |
8-Mar-1954 |
|
FTM transgendered sex writer |
| Orson Scott Card |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1951 |
|
Ender's Game |
| Ed Catmull |
Business |
31-Mar-1945 |
|
Pixar Co-Founder, Disney Animation president |
| Harold G. Christensen |
Attorney |
25-Jun-1926 |
14-Nov-2012 |
Deputy US Attorney General, 1988-89 |
| Jim Clark |
Business |
1944 |
|
Co-Founder of SGI and Netscape |
| Merrill Cook |
Politician |
6-May-1946 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1997-2001 |
| Matthew Davis |
Actor |
8-May-1978 |
|
What About Brian |
| Bernard DeVoto |
Historian |
11-Jan-1897 |
13-Nov-1955 |
Across the Wide Missouri |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Diana Lady Dougan |
Diplomat |
13-Jan-1943 |
|
Former US Ambassador |
| Larry EchoHawk |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| LaVell Edwards |
Football |
11-Oct-1930 |
|
BYU Head Football Coach, 1972-2000 |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Patrick Fugit |
Actor |
27-Oct-1982 |
|
Almost Famous |
| Jake Garn |
Politician |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
US Senator from Utah, 1974-93 |
| Anthony Geary |
Actor |
29-May-1947 |
|
Luke Spencer on General Hospital |
| Gordon Gee |
Educator |
2-Feb-1944 |
|
President, Ohio State University |
| Albert Goldbarth |
Poet |
31-Jan-1948 |
|
The most prolific modern poet |
| Enid Greene |
Politician |
5-Jun-1958 |
|
Congresswoman from Utah, 1995-97 |
| H. Tracy Hall |
Chemist |
20-Oct-1919 |
25-Jul-2008 |
Synthetic diamonds |
| James Vear Hansen |
Politician |
14-Aug-1932 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1981-2003 |
| John L. Harmer |
Politician |
28-Apr-1934 |
|
Lt. Governor of California, 1974-75 |
| Ann Weaver Hart |
Educator |
1948 |
|
President, Temple University |
| J. Brett Harvey |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of CONSOL Energy |
| Cecil Heftel |
Politician |
30-Sep-1924 |
5-Feb-2010 |
Congressman from Hawaii, 1977-86 |
| Gordon Hinckley |
Religion |
23-Jun-1910 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008 |
| Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
| Earl Holding |
Business |
29-Nov-1926 |
19-Apr-2013 |
Sinclair Oil |
| Jon Huntsman, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Mar-1960 |
|
US Ambassador to China, 2009-11 |
| Peter R. Huntsman |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Huntsman |
| Reed Irvine |
Activist |
29-Sep-1922 |
16-Nov-2004 |
Founder, Accuracy in Media |
| Robert Jarvik |
Doctor |
11-May-1946 |
|
Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart |
| Howard Jarvis |
Activist |
22-Sep-1903 |
11-Aug-1986 |
Anti-tax crusader |
| Diane Johnson |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1934 |
|
Fair Game |
| Alan Kay |
Computer Programmer |
17-May-1940 |
|
Father of Object-Oriented Programming |
| Joseph Kearns |
Actor |
12-Feb-1907 |
17-Feb-1962 |
Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace |
| Warren D. Knowlton |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Graham Packaging Company |
| Tom C. Korologos |
Diplomat |
16-Apr-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07 |
| Benjamin Travis Laney |
Politician |
25-Nov-1896 |
21-Jan-1977 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1945-49 |
| Mike Lookinland |
Actor |
19-Dec-1960 |
|
Bobby on The Brady Bunch |
| Victor L. Lund |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of American Stores, 1992-99 |
| J. W. Marriott, Jr. |
Business |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Billionaire, CEO of Marriott |
| J. Willard Marriott |
Business |
17-Sep-1900 |
13-Aug-1985 |
Founded the Marriott hotel chain |
| Richard E. Marriott |
Business |
1939 |
|
Billionaire, Chairman of Host Hotels |
| Scott M. Matheson |
Politician |
8-Jan-1929 |
7-Oct-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1977-85 |
| Herbert B. Maw |
Politician |
11-Mar-1893 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1941-49 |
| Robert A. McDonald |
Business |
20-Jun-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| Phyllis McGinley |
Poet |
21-Mar-1905 |
22-Feb-1978 |
A Pocketful of Wry |
| David O. McKay |
Religion |
8-Sep-1873 |
18-Jan-1970 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70 |
| David Smith Monson |
Politician |
20-Jun-1945 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1985-87 |
| Thomas S. Monson |
Religion |
21-Aug-1927 |
|
President of the Mormon Church |
| Frank E. Moss |
Politician |
23-Sep-1911 |
29-Jan-2003 |
US Senator from Utah, 1959-77 |
| John Naisbitt |
Author |
15-Jan-1929 |
|
Megatrends |
| David Neeleman |
Business |
16-Oct-1959 |
|
Founder and CEO of JetBlue |
| Ronald E. Nehring |
Judge |
c. 1947 |
|
Justice, Utah Supreme Court |
| Craig H. Neilsen |
Business |
1941 |
19-Nov-2006 |
Ameristar Casinos |
| Howard C. Nielson |
Politician |
12-Sep-1924 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1983-91 |
| Ray Noorda |
Business |
19-Jun-1924 |
9-Oct-2006 |
Former CEO of Novell |
| Moroni Olsen |
Actor |
27-Jun-1889 |
22-Nov-1954 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| Wayne Owens |
Politician |
2-May-1937 |
18-Dec-2002 |
Congressman from Utah, 1987-93 |
| John Price |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05 |
| Calvin L. Rampton |
Politician |
6-Nov-1913 |
16-Sep-2007 |
Governor of Utah, 1965-77 |
| James W. Rawlings |
Business |
12-Oct-1929 |
1-Nov-2013 |
President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86 |
| Nancy E. Rice |
Judge |
2-Jun-1950 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| George W. Romney |
Politician |
8-Jul-1907 |
26-Jul-1995 |
Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing |
| Karl Rove |
Government |
25-Dec-1950 |
|
Political Strategist to George W. Bush |
| Cecil O. Samuelson |
Educator |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
President, Brigham Young University |
| George Seifert |
Football |
22-Jan-1940 |
|
49ers Head Coach, 1989-96 |
| Karen Shepherd |
Politician |
5-Jul-1940 |
|
Congresswoman from Utah, 1993-95 |
| Norman D. Shumway |
Politician |
28-Jul-1934 |
|
Congressman from California, 1979-91 |
| Alex Smith |
Football |
7-May-1984 |
|
Kansas City Chiefs QB |
| Reed Smoot |
Politician |
10-Jan-1862 |
9-Feb-1941 |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act |
| Wallace Stegner |
Author |
18-Feb-1909 |
13-Apr-1993 |
The Angle of Repose |
| Wallace Thurman |
Author |
16-Aug-1902 |
22-Dec-1934 |
The Blacker the Berry |
| Martin Tolchin |
Journalist |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
Founder, The Hill |
| Vladimir Ussachevsky |
Composer |
3-Nov-1911 |
2-Jan-1990 |
Tape music composer |
| Olene Walker |
Politician |
15-Nov-1930 |
28-Nov-2015 |
Governor of Utah, 2003-05 |
| John Warnock |
Computer Programmer |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
Co-Founder of Adobe |
| Norman H. Wesley |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Fortune Brands, 1999-2008 |
| Michael J. Wilkins |
Judge |
1948 |
|
Justice, Utah Supreme Court |
| Charles R. Williamson |
Business |
1948 |
|
CEO of Unocal, 2001-05 |
| Larry Wilson |
Football |
24-May-1938 |
|
St. Louis Cardinal, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Richard B. Wirthlin |
Business |
15-Mar-1931 |
16-Mar-2011 |
Pollster for Ronald Reagan |
