List of people from Salt Lake City
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A person who lives in or comes from Salt Lake City, Utah is known as a Salt Laker.[1] The following list contains well-known current or former Salt Lake City residents.
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Born in Salt Lake City
- Maude Adams (1872–1953) Broadway stage actress noted for her title role in Peter Pan[2]
- Karl Alvarez (born 1964), musician, Descendents, ALL, The Lemonheads[citation needed]
- Tony Anselmo (born 1960), Disney animator, voice of Donald Duck (1985–present)[3]
- Lee Barnes (1906–1970), pole vaulter, gold medalist in 1924 Olympics
- Roseanne Barr (born 1952), actress, comedian[4]
- Jaime Bergman (born 1975), actress, former Playboy Playmate[5]
- Nolan Bushnell (born 1943), founder of Atari, game industry pioneer[6]
- Neal Cassady (1926–1968), influencer of the Beat movement[7]
- Roy Castleton (1885–1967), major league baseball player[8]
- William Henry Chamberlin (1870-1921), philosopher and theologian
- Clayton M. Christensen (born 1952), professor at Harvard Business School[9]
- Lee Cowan, CBS News correspondent
- Cytherea, pornographic actress, born in Salt Lake City and raised in West Valley City[10]
- Matthew Davis (born 1978), actor[11]
- Patrick Fugit (born 1982), actor[12]
- John Fulton, writer[13]
- John W. Gallivan, (1915–2012), newspaper publisher[14]
- Viola Gillette, comic opera singer, contralto[15]
- W. Dan Hausel (born 1949), hall of fame martial arts grandmaster, geologist, writer[16]
- William "Big Bill" Haywood, labor leader[17]
- Derek Hough and Julianne Hough, entertainers[18][19]
- Larry Ivie (1936–2014), comic artist and writer
- Steve Konowalchuk (born 1972), NHL player[20]
- Joi Lansing (1928-1972), actress and singer
- Zach Lund (born 1979), skeleton racer[21]
- Maddox (born 1978), writer[citation needed]
- Mick Morris (born 1978), musician, Eighteen Visions[citation needed]
- Claude Rex Nowell aka Corky King (born 1944), founder of Summum[citation needed]
- Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77[22]
- Carol Ohmart (born 1927), actress, Miss Utah 1946 and Miss America finalist
- Ralph Olsen, NFL player[23]
- Tenny Palepoi, NFL player[24]
- Gary Ridgway, serial killer[citation needed]
- Elizabeth Smart (born 1987), activist[25]
- Dave Smith (born 1947), former NFL player[26]
- Wallace Thurman, writer[27]
- Pete Van Valkenburg, NFL player[28]
- Craig Venter (born 1946), geneticist and entrepreneur[29]
- Robert Walker, actor, star of Strangers on a Train
- Loretta Young (1913–2000) actress, Academy Award winner[30]
Native born and long-time resident of Salt Lake City
- Linda Bement, Miss Utah USA 1960, Miss USA 1960, Miss Universe 1960
- Wilford Brimley (born 1934), character actor[31]
- Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967), biologist, ethnographer and historian
- David C. Evans (1924–1998), pioneer of computer graphics, founder of the computer science department at the University of Utah and co-founder of Evans & Sutherland[32]
- Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008), president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[33]
- Thomas S. Monson (born 1927), president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[34]
- Frank Moss (1911–2003), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1959–1977)[35]
- Kim Peek (1951–2009), savant[36]
- Charlotte Sheffield, Miss Utah USA 1957, Miss USA 1957 (succeeded)
- John Warnock (born 1940), computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.[37]
- David Zabriskie (born 1979), professional road bicycle racer[38]
Non-native long-time Salt Lake City resident, present or former
- Maurice Abravanel (1903–1993), influential Utah Symphony conductor[39]
- David Archuleta (born 1990) American Idol Season 7 runner-up[40]
- Heather Armstrong (born 1975), blogger, dooce.com[41]
- Belladonna (born 1981), pornographic actress[citation needed]
- Reed Cowan (born 1972), American journalist
- Roma Downey (born 1960), Irish actress, singer, and producer, star of TV series Touched by an Angel[42]
- Lily Eskelsen García (born 1955), vice-president of the National Education Association[43]
- Jake Garn (born 1934), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1974–1993)[44]
- Gregg Hale, former guitarist for the platinum UK band Spiritualized[citation needed]
- George C. Hatch (born 1919), cable television pioneer[45]
- Orrin Hatch (born 1934), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1977–present)[46]
- Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970), anarchist organizer[47]
- James Irwin (born 1930), Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot [48]
- Ken Jennings (born 1974), Jeopardy! champion[49]
- Karl Malone (born 1963), basketball player for Utah Jazz (1985–2003)[50]
- Lee Mantle, United States Senator from Montana[51]
- Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born 1950), vocalist and conductor[52]
- James Merendino (born 1969), filmmaker, SLC Punk![53]
- Merlin Olsen (1940–2010) NFL player, television commentator, and actor[citation needed]
- Stevie Nicks (born 1948), singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac[citation needed]
- Dick Nourse (born 1940), television news anchor (1964-2007)[54]
- Robert Redford (born 1936), founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Channel[citation needed]
- Harold Ross (1892–1951), journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine[55]
- Karl Rove (born 1950), Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush[56]
- Wallace Stegner (1909–1993), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and nature writer[57]
- John Stockton (born 1962), basketball player for Utah Jazz (1984–2003)[58]
- Ivan Sutherland (born 1938), computer scientist, Internet pioneer and co-founder of Evans & Sutherland[59]
- Ruth Todd (born 1962), television news anchor[60]
- Brigham Young (1801–1877), founder of Salt Lake City, president of the LDS Church[61]
- Steve Young (born 1961), NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers[62]
References
- ↑ Merriam Webster Online definition for "Salt Laker"
- ↑ Maude Adams at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Tony Anselmo at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Roseanne Barr at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Jaime Bergman at the Internet Movie Database
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- ↑ Biography for Neal Cassady at the Internet Movie Database
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- ↑ Cytherea at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Matthew Davis at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Patrick Fugit at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Bio on John Fulton's webpage
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- ↑ Julianne Hough at the Internet Movie Database
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