List of people from Salt Lake City
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.
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
- 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]
- Bryan Dechart (born 1987), actor, raised in Novi, Michigan
- 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
- Keith Larsen (1924–2006), actor
- Trevor Lewis (born 1987), NHL player, first Utah-born Stanley Cup champion
- Zach Lund (born 1979), skeleton racer[21]
- John Calder Mackay (born 1920), founder of Mackay Homes, known for developing mid-century modern homes[22]
- Maddox (born 1978), writer
- Daya Mata (1914–2010), President of the Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogada Satsang Society of India
- Mick Morris (born 1978), musician, Eighteen Visions
- William Charles Morris (1874–1940), political cartoonist[23]
- Claude Rex Nowell aka Corky King (born 1944), founder of Summum
- Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77[24]
- Carol Ohmart (born 1927), actress, Miss Utah 1946 and Miss America finalist
- Ralph Olsen, NFL player[25]
- Tenny Palepoi, NFL player[26]
- Natacha Rambova (1897–1966), costume and set designer, Egyptologist
- Gary Ridgway, serial killer
- G. Ott Romney (1892–1973), third football head coach at Brigham Young University
- Milton Romney (1899–1975), college and pro football player, University of Texas basketball coach, cousin of Michigan Gov. George W. Romney
- Frances Schreuder (1938–2004), American socialite and convicted murderer
- Elizabeth Smart (born 1987), activist[27]
- Dave Smith (born 1947), former NFL player[28]
- Wallace Thurman, writer[29]
- Pete Van Valkenburg, NFL player[30]
- Craig Venter (born 1946), geneticist and entrepreneur[31]
- George Von Elm (1901–1961), golfer
- Robert Walker, actor, star of Strangers on a Train
- Whitney Wolfe Herd (born 1989), founder of the dating apps Tinder and Bumble[32]
- Loretta Young (1913–2000) actress, Academy Award winner[33]
Native born and long-time residents of Salt Lake City
- Linda Bement, Miss Utah USA 1960, Miss USA 1960, Miss Universe 1960
- Frank Borzage (1894–1962), film director[34]
- Wilford Brimley (born 1934), character actor[35]
- Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967), biologist, ethnographer and historian
- Paul W Draper, mentalist and magician
- David C. Evans (1924–1998), pioneer of computer graphics; founder of the computer science department at the University of Utah; co-founder of Evans & Sutherland[36]
- Richard Paul Evans, author, best known for the Michael Vey series of books
- Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008), president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[37]
- Thomas S. Monson (1927–2017), president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[38]
- Frank Moss (1911–2003), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1959–1977)[39]
- Kim Peek (1951–2009), savant[40]
- Vernon B. Romney (1924–2013), Attorney General of Utah 1969–77, gubernatorial candidate
- Ken Sanders (b. 1951), antiquarian bookseller
- Charlotte Sheffield, Miss Utah USA 1957, Miss USA 1957 (succeeded)
- John Warnock (born 1940), computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.[41]
- David Zabriskie (born 1979), professional road bicycle racer[42]
Non-native long-time Salt Lake City residents, present or former
- Maurice Abravanel (1903–1993), influential Utah Symphony conductor[43]
- Darr H. Alkire (1903–1977) Air Force Brigadeir General, Stalag Luft III POW
- Heather Armstrong (born 1975), blogger, dooce.com[44]
- Belladonna (born 1981), pornographic actress
- Alistair Cockburn (born 1966), computer scientist noted for agile software development
- Reed Cowan (born 1972), journalist
- Roma Downey (born 1960), Irish actress, singer, and producer, star of TV series Touched by an Angel[45]
- Lily Eskelsen García (born 1955), vice-president of the National Education Association[46]
- Jake Garn (born 1934), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1974–1993)[47]
- Gregg Hale, former guitarist for the platinum UK band Spiritualized
- George C. Hatch (born 1919), cable television pioneer[48]
- Orrin Hatch (born 1934), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1977–present)[49]
- Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970), anarchist organizer[50]
- James Irwin (born 1930), Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot [51]
- Ken Jennings (born 1974), Jeopardy! champion[52]
- Karl Malone (born 1963), basketball player for Utah Jazz (1985–2003)[53]
- Lee Mantle, U.S. Senator from Montana[54]
- Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born 1950), vocalist and conductor[55]
- James Merendino (born 1969), filmmaker, SLC Punk![56]
- Merlin Olsen (1940–2010), NFL player, television commentator, and actor
- Stevie Nicks (born 1948), singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac
- Dick Nourse (born 1940), television news anchor (1964–2007)[57]
- Robert Redford (born 1936), founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Channel
- Lenore Romney (1908–1998), former First Lady of Michigan and U.S. Senate candidate, mother of Mitt Romney; raised in Salt Lake City
- Harold Ross (1892–1951), journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine[58]
- Karl Rove (born 1950), Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush[59]
- Wallace Stegner (1909–1993), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and nature writer[60]
- John Stockton (born 1962), basketball player for Utah Jazz (1984–2003)[61]
- Ivan Sutherland (born 1938), computer scientist, Internet pioneer and co-founder of Evans & Sutherland[62]
- Ruth Todd (born 1962), television news anchor[63]
- Brigham Young (1801–1877), founder of Salt Lake City, president of the LDS Church[64]
- Steve Young (born 1961), NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers[65]
References
- ↑ Merriam Webster Online definition for "Salt Laker"
- ↑ Maude Adams at the Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Tony Anselmo on IMDb
- ↑ Roseanne Barr on IMDb
- ↑ Jaime Bergman on IMDb
- ↑ "Nolan Bushnell". The University of Utah. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Biography for Neal Cassady on IMDb
- ↑ "Roy Castleton". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Clayton M. Christensen". deseretnews.com. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Cytherea on IMDb
- ↑ Matthew Davis on IMDb
- ↑ Patrick Fugit on IMDb
- ↑ Bio on John Fulton's webpage
- ↑ "John W. Gallivan". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Johnson Briscoe (1908). The Actors' Birthday Book: 2d Series. An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January First and December Thirty-first. Moffat, Yard. p. 227. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ "Dan Hausel". the University of Utah Alumni Association. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Bill Haywood". The West Film Project. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Derek Hough on IMDb
- ↑ Julianne Hough on IMDb
- ↑ "Steve Konowalchuk". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Zach Lund". i.nbcolympics.com/. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Mid-Century Mackay Homes Deserve Respect". The Eichler Network. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ Builders of Our Nation. Men of Nineteen-Thirteen. 1914. p. 349.
- ↑ "Louis R. Nowell". .latimes.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ralph Olsen". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "TENNY PALEPOI". chargers.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Smart".
- ↑ "Dave Smith". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Wallace Thurman". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Pete Van Valkenburg". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Craig Venter". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ O'Connor, Clare (14 November 2017). "Billion-Dollar Bumble: How Whitney Wolfe Herd Built America's Fastest-Growing Dating App". Forbes. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ Loretta Young on IMDb
- ↑ "Frank Borzage". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ Wilford Brimley on IMDb
- ↑ "David C. Evans". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Gordon B. Hinckley". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Thomas S. Monson". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Frank Moss". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Kim Peek". Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "John Warnock". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "David Zabriskie". deseretnews.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Maurice Abravanel". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Heather Armstrong". sltrib.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Roma Downey". .sltrib.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Lily Eskelsen García". National Education Association. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Jake Garn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "George C. Hatch". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Orrin G. Hatch". MProject Vote Smart. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ammon Hennacy". content.lib.utah.edu/. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: James Irwin". nasa.gov. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ken Jennings". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Karl Malone". sltrib.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "MANTLE, Lee, (1851 - 1934)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr". University of Utah Alumni Association. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ James Merendino on IMDb
- ↑ "Dick Nourse". deseretnews.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Harold Ross". deseretnews.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Karl Rove". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "Wallace Stegner". wilderness.net. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "John Stockton". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ivan Sutherland". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ruth Todd". Zoom Information, Inc. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "Brigham Young". americaslibrary.gov. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "Steve Young". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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