List of people from Utah
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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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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
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