List of Latter Day Saints

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This is a list of people who identify, (or have identified if dead), as Latter Day Saints, and who have attained levels of notability. This list includes adherents of all Latter Day Saint movement denominations, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Community of Christ, and others. LDS Church members are usually considered either:

  • "Active", meaning they attend church on a regular basis and are committed to living their religion,
  • "Less-active" meaning they attend church on an occasional basis and may or may not be committed to living their religion or
  • "Inactive", meaning they do not attend church regularly and/or they do not adhere to its principles.

See List of former Latter Day Saints for those persons who ended their affiliation with the Latter Day Saint movement. Template:TOC limit

Artists

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Sports figures

American football and Canadian football

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Association football (soccer)

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Baseball

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Basketball

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Ice hockey

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Rugby

Rugby league

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Rugby union

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Ma'a Nonu of the All Blacks

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Miscellaneous

Track and field

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Valerie Adams

Auto racing

Beach volleyball

Bobsleighing/bobsleding

Bodybuilding

Boxing

Fencing

Golf

Gymnastics

Luge

Martial arts

Race walking

Rodeo

Rowing (crew)

Skeleton racing

Skiing (snow)

Snowboarding

Softball

Sports shooting

  • Arnold Vitarbo, Olympic sports shooter, fourth place in 50-metre pistol, 1968, Team USA<ref name="LDSOlympiansIn1999-2000Almanac"/>

Swimming and diving

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Business

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Kevin Rollins

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Law

Judicial

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Enforcement

Educators and scholars

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Kim B. Clark
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Rex E. Lee
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Scott Pulsipher

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Media and entertainment figures

Writers

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Stephenie Meyer

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Film, television and stage personalities

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Reality stars and YouTubers

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Singers and musicians

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Gladys Knight

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Dance

• Samuel Nelson, dancer and choreographer appearing on So You Think you Can Dance and World of Dance

Medicine

  • Richard F. Daines, New York State Department of Health Commissioner, 2007- 2010<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Russell M. Nelson, (former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) physician, heart surgeon, Director American Board Thoracic Surgeons, Chair Thoracic Surgery Salt Lake Hospital, University Hospital (world renowned)<ref>apostleRussell M. Nelson#Professional leadership acknowledgments</ref> first open heart surgery<ref>Deseret News 17 November 1956</ref> heart lung support machine under Dr. Gibbon, Mayo Clinic, Philadelphia<ref>Cohen,
LH "Fifty Years of Open Heart Surgery"</ref> "Top 20 Most Innovative Surgeons Alive Today"<ref>Simon, Lisa (1 December 2013). "Top 20 Most Innovative Surgeons Alive Today". Healthcare Administration Degree Programs. Retrieved 23 February 2018.</ref>
  • Ellis Reynolds Shipp, 1847–1939,.One of the first female doctors west of the Mississippi. Sent to Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1873 by Eliza R. Snow on an endowment from Dr. Willard Richards. Upon return to Salt Lake City, worked with Snow's board to start obstetrics school 1876, trained 660 midwives.<ref>Shipp, Ellis Reynolds (1985), While Others Slept: Autobiography and Journal of Ellis Reynolds Shipp, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, Template:ISBN</ref> went to Michigan for pediatrics under pioneer Victor Vaugh who created American Pediatrics Board, returning created LDS Children's hospital under relief society, bolstered by St. Marks Hospital Salt Lake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Willard Richards, 1804-1854<ref>Salt Lake City Cemetery record, 2002</ref> Obstetrician Thompson Infirmary Med School Boston 1835. Apostle 1840 2nd counselor 1847, migrated Salt Lake 1847–9, expedition secretary and medic/surgeon. Opened Deseret (Salt Lake) LDS clinic under Relief Society 1849 SLC. Started Deseret News column on health. Trained midwives, many starting as girls. Treated gold rush miners 1849–50.<ref>Bancroft (1888). History of California, 1848-1859. History Company. pp. 50</ref>

Scientists and inventors

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Philo Farnsworth

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Military

Commanders

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U.S. Medal of Honor recipients

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Politics

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U.S. politicians

Currently in office

U.S. Senate

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U.S. House of Representatives
Governors

Past office holders

U.S. Senate

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U.S. House of Representatives

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U.S. governors
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Mitt Romney

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Cabinet officers, ambassadors and senior administration officials

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Other American politicians
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Eldridge Cleaver
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Dennis Richardson

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Politicians outside the United States

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Moroni Bing Torgan

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Royalty

Church leaders

Presidents of the LDS Church (largest denomination)

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Presidents of the Community of Christ

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Presidents of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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Leaders of smaller factions

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