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This is a list of Latter Day Saints who have attained at least some level of fame and/or success. This list includes adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), as well as adherents of related denominations (as labeled). It lists those who are current adherents of a Latter Day Saint Church and those who were adherents at the time of their death.

See Former Latter-day Saints for a list of persons who ended their affiliation with LDS movement religions.

Contents 1 Artists 2 Sports figures 2.1 American football 2.2 Auto racing 2.3 Baseball 2.4 Basketball 2.5 Beach Volleyball 2.6 Boxing 2.7 Snowboarding 2.8 Surfing 3 Business 4 Controversial figures and alleged criminals 5 Educators and scholars 6 Church leaders 6.1 Presidents of the LDS Church (Chronological) 6.2 Presidents of the Community of Christ (formerly RLDS) 6.3 Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) 6.4 Leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (formerly Short Creek Community) 6.5 Leaders of the Rigdonites 6.6 Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ 6.7 Leaders of the Church of Christ (Whitmerite) 6.8 Leader of the Church of Christ (Williamite) 6.9 Leader of the Church of the Lamb of God 6.10 Leader of the True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 6.11 Self Realization Fellowship 7 Media and entertainment figures 7.1 Authors and journalists 7.2 Film, television and stage personalities 7.3 Singers and musicians 8 Scientists and inventors 9 Military 9.1 Commanders 9.2 Medal of Honor recipients 10 Politics 10.1 US politicians 10.1.1 Currently in office 10.1.2 Past politicians 10.1.3 Political candidates 10.2 Mayors of major cities 10.3 Justices 10.4 Politicians outside the United States 11 References 12 External links

• Gutzon Borglum, sculptor most noted for the heads of U.S. presidents on Mt. Rushmore
• Charles Roscoe Savage, 19th-century photographer
• LeConte Stewart, artist and former head of the art department at the University of Utah

• John Beck, quarterback^[1]
• LaVell Edwards, coach^[2]
• Andy Reid, coach^[3]
• Steve Young, quarterback ^[4]

• David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (1883-1956)^[5]

• Wally Joyner, first baseman^[6]
• Vern Law, pitcher^[7]
• Dale Murphy, outfielder^[8]

• Danny Ainge, guard^[9]
• Thurl Bailey, forward ^[10]
• Shawn Bradley, center^[11]
• Kresimir Cosic, center^[12]
• Dave Rose, coach at BYU
• Andy Toolson, guard^[13]

• Jake Gibb^[14]

• B. J. Flores,^[15] United States amateur heavyweight champion, 2001 and 2002.

• Torah Bright, 2007 X Games gold medalist^[16]

• Bob Cooper, surfing pioneer in the 1950s^[17]

• Nolan D. Archibald, CEO of Black & Decker^[18]
• Alan Ashton, co-founder and former CEO of WordPerfect Corporation^[19]
• Sheri Dew, CEO of Deseret Book, the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher^[20]
• David Eccles (businessman)^{[citation needed]}
• William Gould, chairman and CEO of Southern California Edison (1979-1984)^[21]
• Jon Huntsman, Sr.^[22]
• J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO, Marriott International^[23]
• J. Willard Marriott^[24]
• David Neeleman, chairman of JetBlue Airways^[25]
• Kevin B. Rollins, former CEO of Dell, Inc.^[26]
• George W. Romney, former chairman and president of American Motors Company^[27]

• Arthur Gary Bishop, convicted child molester and serial killer^[28]
• Butch Cassidy, a notorious train and bank robber^[29][30]
• Mark Hoffman, a double murderer and an expert forger -- "considered by forensic experts to be the best forger yet caught."^[31]

• David A. Bednar, president of Brigham Young University-Idaho (1997-2005)
• Richard Bushman, professor of history emeritus at Columbia University^[32]
• Rick Chaney, dean of the Madrid, Spain campus of Saint Louis University and head of the Mormon church in Madrid since the mid 1990's
• Clayton Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik professor of business administration at Harvard Business School^[33]
• Kim B. Clark, Brigham Young University-Idaho president, 2005-present; dean of Harvard Business School (1995-2005); professor
• Henry B. Eyring, president of Ricks College (1972-77), associate professor of business at Stanford University, Sloan visiting faculty fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Harvey Fletcher, head of physical research at Bell Laboratories, developed modern science of acoustics. He was the first to demonstrate stereophonic transmission and stereophonic recording. In 1939 while working with Leopold Stokowski, he presented a concert featuring stereophonic recording to a capacity crowd in Carnegie Hall in New York. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was heard singing in three dimension[s] to this vast audience ^[34]
• Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University^[35]
• Jeffrey R. Holland, commissioner of church education; Brigham Young University president (1980-1989)
• Rex E. Lee, Brigham Young University president (1989-1995); inaugural J. Reuben Clark Law School dean; U.S. Solicitor General
• Karl G. Maeser, Brigham Young University president (1876-1892)
• Neal A. Maxwell, commissioner of church education, executive vice president of the University of Utah
• Rodney J. McGuire constitutional scholar^[36][37]
• Dallin H. Oaks, Brigham Young University president (1971-1980); justice of Utah Supreme Court (1980-1984)
• Cecil O. Samuelson, Brigham Young University president (2003-present)
• Eric B. Shumway, Brigham Young University-Hawaii president (1994-2007)
• Steven C. Wheelwright, Brigham Young University-Hawaii president

1. Joseph Smith, Jr., church founder, also mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois.
2. Brigham Young, also Utah governor
3. John Taylor, also member of Utah territorial legislature
4. Wilford Woodruff, also member of Utah territorial legislature
5. Lorenzo Snow, also member of Utah territorial legislature
6. Joseph F. Smith, also member of Utah territorial lLegislature
7. Heber J. Grant, also member of Utah territorial legislature
8. George Albert Smith
9. David O. McKay
10. Joseph Fielding Smith
11. Harold B. Lee
12. Spencer W. Kimball
13. Ezra Taft Benson, also U.S. secretary of agriculture
14. Howard W. Hunter
15. Gordon B. Hinckley, also Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1. Joseph Smith III
2. Frederick M. Smith
3. Israel A. Smith
4. W. Wallace Smith
5. Wallace B. Smith
6. W. Grant McMurray
7. Stephen M. Veazey

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• James Jesse Strang, also a member of the Michigan State legislature

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1. J. Leslie Broadbent
2. John Y. Barlow
3. Joseph White Musser
4. Charles Zitting
5. Leroy S. Johnson
6. Rulon Jeffs
7. Warren Jeffs
8. Walther Jones

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Sidney Rigdon

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• William Bickerton

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• David Whitmer

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• William B. Smith, also a member of the Illinois state legislature

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Ervil LeBaron

Not associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• William Law

Daya Mata (Faye Wright), President

• Orson Scott Card, author working in several genres, but primarily known for his science fiction work. Hugo Award and the Nebula Award winner for Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead
• Antonio Maravi, author of GrupoSUD.com, the largest Spanish-language discussion group for LDS Church members^[38]
• Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse
• Anne Perry, British historical novelist; author of both the William Monk and Thomas Pitt series, among many other books.
• Darrell Spencer, author of short stories, professor^[39]
• Shannon Hale, Newbery Honor recipient for her book Princess Academy.

• Corbin Allred, actor, former child star^[40]
• Billy Barty, actor^[41]
• Glenn Beck, politically-conservative talk-radio and television host ^[42]
• Aaron Eckhart, actor
• Jon Enos^[43]
• Mireille Enos, Tony award-nominated actress^[44]
• Veronique Enos^[45]
• Jon Heder, film actor known for playing title role in Napoleon Dynamite^[46]
• Katherine Heigl^[47]
• Bob Hilton, television game show announcer^[48]
• Pat Priest, actress, most well known for portraying Marilyn Munster in The Munsters^[49]
• Keri Russell, Golden Globe winnng actress. ^[50]

• Randy Bachman,^[51] of Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who
• Brandon Flowers, of The Killers^[52]
• Eric Herman^[53]
• Christian Jacobs, lead singer of The Aquabats under the pseudonym "The MC Bat Commander"
• Arthur Kane, of The New York Dolls^[54]
• Gladys Knight^[55]
• Phillip Linford, of It is This Big^[56]
• Donny Osmond, singer, star of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Cove Reber, lead singer of the band Saosin
• Andrew de Torres, vocalist and guitar player for the band The Scene Aesthetic

• John Browning was a notable gun designer. Many of his designs^[57] are still in production today.
• Henry Eyring, former professor of chemistry at Princeton University and the University of Utah^{[citation needed]}
• Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television^[58]
• Robert B. Ingebretsen developer of the first practical digital audio recording system with Thomas Stockham; received an Academy award in 1999^[59]
• Yukihiro Matsumoto, a Japanese computer scientist and software programmer best known as the chief designer of the Ruby programming language
• Alvino Rey, inventor of the pedal steel guitar^[60]

• Bruce Carlson, Four-star USAF general (active)^[61]
• John R. Lasater, USAF brigidier general (retired) and LDS general authority^[62][63]
• Robert C. Oaks, Four-star USAF general (retired) and LDS general authority^[64][65][66]
• Paul A. Yost, Jr., Four-star USCG admiral (retired)^[67][68]

• Bernard F. Fisher, USAF (Vietnam war).^[69]
• George Wahlen, USN (WW2)^[70]

Further information: Latter Day Saint political history

• Bob Bennett, senator (R-Utah), Chief Deputy Whip^[71]
• Orrin Hatch, senator (R-Utah)^[72]
• Buck McKeon, representative (R-California)^[73]
• Harry Reid, senate majority leader, (D-Nevada)^[74]
• Gordon Smith, senator (R-Oregon)^[75]

• J. Reuben Clark, undersecretary of state, U.S. ambassador to Mexico^[76]
• Paula Hawkins, U.S. senator (R) Florida (first woman senator from that state)^[77]
• Wayne Owens, representative (D) Utah (1973-75, 1987-93)^[78]
• Ernest Istook, representative (R) Oklahoma (1993–2007)

• Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate, 2008^[79]. Governor of Massachusetts, (2003-2007)

• David B. Haight, mayor of Palo Alto, California, apostle in LDS church^[80]

• Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court (since 1982)^[81]
• Justice Charles Jones, retired Arizona State Supreme Court Justice^[82]
• Justice Dallin H. Oaks, Utah Supreme Court justice, U.S. Supreme Court short list, LDS apostle^[83]

• Nathan Eldon Tanner, member of the legislative assembly of Alberta (1935-1952); speaker of the legislature (1936-1937) and minister of lands and mines^[84]

• Links to Lists of Famous Latter-day Saints
• famousmormons.net
• The Mormon 100: A Ranking of the 100 Most Influential Latter-day Saints in History