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
• Nathan Chen (born 1999), figure skater
• Clayton M. Christensen (1952–2020), professor at Harvard Business School[9]
• Lee Cowan (born 1965), CBS News correspondent
• Cytherea (born 1981), 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 (born 1967), writer[13]
• John W. Gallivan, (1915–2012), newspaper publisher[14]
• Viola Gillette (1871–1956), comic opera singer, contralto[15]
• Faye Gulini (born 1992), professional snowboarder
• W. Dan Hausel (born 1949), hall of fame martial arts grandmaster, geologist, writer[16]
• William "Big Bill" Haywood (1869–1928), labor leader[17]
• Whitney Wolfe Herd (born 1989), founder of the dating apps Tinder and Bumble[18]
• Derek Hough and Julianne Hough, entertainers[19][20]
• Larry Ivie (1936–2014), comic artist and writer
• Steve Konowalchuk (born 1972), NHL player[21]
• Joi Lansing (1928–1972), actress and singer
• Keith Larsen (1924–2006), actor
• Trevor Lewis (born 1987), NHL player, first Utah-born Stanley Cup champion
• Ted Ligety (born 1984), Professional alpine ski racer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur
• Zach Lund (born 1979), skeleton racer[22]
• John Calder Mackay (1920–2014), founder of Mackay Homes, known for developing mid-century modern homes[23]
• 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[24]
• Claude Rex Nowell aka Corky King (1944–2008), founder of Summum
• Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77[25]
• Carol Ohmart (1927–2002), actress, Miss Utah 1946 and Miss America finalist
• Ralph Olsen (1924–1994), NFL player[26]
• Tenny Palepoi (born 1990), NFL player[27]
• Natacha Rambova (1897–1966), costume and set designer, Egyptologist
• Gary Ridgway (born 1949), 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[28]
• Dave Smith (born 1947), former NFL player[29]
• Wallace Thurman (1902–1934), writer[30]
• Pete Van Valkenburg (born 1950), NFL player[31]
• Craig Venter (born 1946), geneticist and entrepreneur[32]
• George Von Elm (1901–1961), golfer
• Robert Walker (1918–1951), actor, star of Strangers on a Train
• Loretta Young (1913–2000) actress, Academy Award winner[33]

Native born and long-time residents of Salt Lake City

• Linda Bement (1941–2018), Miss Utah USA 1960, Miss USA 1960, Miss Universe 1960
• Frank Borzage (1894–1962), film director[34]
• Wilford Brimley (1934–2020), character actor[35]
• Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967), biologist, ethnographer and historian
• Paul W Draper (born 1978), 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 (born 1962), 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 (born 1951), antiquarian bookseller
• Charlotte Sheffield (1936–2016), Miss Utah USA 1957, Miss USA 1957 (succeeded)
• Peggy Wallace (1943–2020), Utah state representative
• 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 Brigadier General, Stalag Luft III POW
• Heather Armstrong (born 1975), blogger, dooce.com[44]
• Belladonna (born 1981), pornographic actress
• Jackie Biskupski (born 1966) politician, 35th and current Mayor since January 4th, 2016.
• 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]
• Tan France (born 1983), fashion designer, television personality, and author
• Jake Garn (born 1934), U.S. Senator representing Utah (1974–1993)[47]
• Jared Goldberg (born 1991), professional alpine ski racer
• Gregg Hale, former guitarist for the platinum UK band Spiritualized
• George C. Hatch (1919–2009), 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 (1930–1991), 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 (1851–1934), 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
• Edgar A. Wedgwood (1856–1920), adjutant general of the Utah National Guard[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]

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