List of Latter Day Saints
This is a list of Latter Day Saints 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, Community of Christ, and others.
Members of the LDS Church are usually considered either "active", meaning they attend church on a regular basis and are committed to living their religion, or "less active" 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 a list of persons who ended their affiliation with Latter Day Saint movement religions.
Artists
Sports figures
American football and Canadian football
Association football (soccer)
Baseball
Basketball
Ice hockey
Rugby
Rugby league
Rugby union
- Fadi Serhal, Lebanese Player for Saudi Rugby Select
Miscellaneous
Track & Field
- Valerie Adams, Olympic shot putter, reigning women's Olympic champion
- Doug Padilla, 1985 Outdoor Mobil Grand Prix champion, two-time Olympian 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics
- Ed Eyestone, two-time Olympian 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics
- Alma Richards, won gold in track and field in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Jason Smyth, blind Irish athlete who won four gold medals in the Paralympics
Auto racing
- David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins
Beach volleyball
- Jake Gibb
- Casey Patterson
Bodybuilding
- Larry Scott, the first Mr. Olympia
Boxing
- Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion
- B. J. Flores, United States amateur heavyweight champion, 2001 and 2002
- Gene Fullmer, middleweight boxing champion
- Joseph Parker, heavyweight boxing champion
Golf
- Billy Casper
- Keith Clearwater
- Johnny Miller
- Tony Finau
- Daniel Summerhays
Gymnastics
- Mykayla Skinner, 2016 US Olympic Team Alternate
- Peter Vidmar, Olympic gold medalist
Martial arts
- Diego Brandao, UFC fighter, won The Ultimate Fighter 14
- Ed Parker, martial artist
Rodeo
- Earl W. Bascom, "father of modern rodeo"; inventor and innovator
- Lewis Feild, World champion
- Reg Kesler, Canadian champion, rodeo producer
- Raymond Knight, Hall of Fame, rodeo producer, "father of Canadian stampedes"
Snowboarding
- Torah Bright, 2007 X Games gold medalist, Olympics gold medalist,
Swimming
- Hayley Palmer, New Zealand swimmer
- Byron Shefchik, BYU
Volleyball
- Richard Lambourne, 2008 Olympian
- Ryan Millar, 2004 Olympic men's volleyball team
- Taylor Sander, 2016 Olympian
Wrestling
- Chyna
- Rulon Gardner, 2000 gold medalist
- Cael Sanderson, 2004 gold medal, undefeated NCAA champion
- Mark Schultz, 1984 gold medal, two-time World Champion
Business
Law
Judicial
Enforcement
- Samuel P. Cowley, FBI agent killed in the line of duty by Baby Face Nelson
- Porter Rockwell, Deputy US Marshal of Salt Lake City ; bodyguard of LDS founder Joseph Smith
Educators and scholars
Media and entertainment figures
Writers
Film, television and stage personalities
Singers and musicians
Dance
- Lindsay Arnold, dancer appearing on So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars
- Witney Carson, winner of Dancing with the Stars 19th season
- Chelsie Hightower, ballroom dancer and choreographer
- Derek Hough, 5-time winner of Dancing with the Stars, brother of Julianne Hough
- Julianne Hough, 2-time winner of Dancing with the Stars, sister of Derek Hough She has previously stated that she is no longer a practicing Mormon.
- Sara Webb, professional ballet dancer, principal dancer with Houston Ballet.
Medicine
- Richard F. Daines, New York State Department of Health Commissioner
- Russell M. Nelson, physician, heart surgeon, Director American Board Thoracic Surgeons, Chair Thoracic Surgery Salt Lake Hospital, University Hospital first open heart surgery heart lung support machine under Dr. Gibbon, Mayo Clinic, Philadelphia "Top 20 Most Innovative Surgeons Alive Today"
- William W. Parmley, cardiologist, general
- Ellis Reynolds Shipp, SLC, one of the first female doctors west of the Mississippi, a compassionate genius protege'. 1847 – 1939, sent to Penn Med School by Eliza Snow on Dr.Willard Richards endowment 1873 as directed by the prophet, returning,' worked with Sis.Snow's board to start obstetrics school 1876, trained 660 midwives., went to Michican 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.
- Willard Richards,1804-1854 Obstritician Thompson Infirmary Med School Boston 1835. Apostle 1840 2nd counsler 1847, migrated Salt Lake 1847-9, expedition secretary and medic/surgeon. Opened DeseretLDS clinic under Relief Society 1849 SLC.Started Deseret Newes
Scientists and inventors
Military
Commanders
U.S. Medal of Honor recipients
Politics
US politicians
Currently in office
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
- Rob Bishop
- Mike Simpson
- Chris Stewart
- Ben McAdams
- John Curtis
Governors
- Gary Herbert
Past office holders
U.S. Senate
- Harry Reid
- Dean Heller
- Jeff Flake
- Orrin Hatch
U.S. House of Representatives
- John Milton Bernhisel
- Hamer Budge
- Jason Chaffetz
- Curt Clawson
- John Doolittle
- Eni Faleomavaega, nonvoting delegate
- Jeff Flake
- Jim Gibbons
- George Hansen
- Ralph Harding
- Cresent Hardy
- Wally Herger
- Ernest Istook
- David S. King
- Buck McKeon
- Howard Nielson
- Wayne Owens
- Matt Salmon
- Norman D. Shumway
- Richard Stallings
- Richard Swett
- Morris King Udall
- Stewart Udall
- Mia Love
U.S. governors
Cabinet officers, ambassadors and senior administration officials
- Bruce Babbitt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Other American politicians
Politicians outside the United States
Royalty
- 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i, Tongan princess
- Prince Ata, Tongan prince
Criminals
- Jodi Arias, convicted murderer
- Ted Bundy, convicted serial killer
- Warren Jeffs, convicted murderer and child molester.
- William Hooper Young, convicted murderer of Anna Pulitzer
Church leaders