- Brigham Young
Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 - August 29, 1877) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. In 1847, Young became the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is one of many churches that claim to be a continuation of the Church of Christ founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830. He was also the first governor of the Utah Territory. - Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12 1947, better known as Mitt Romney), was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Elected in 2002, Romney served one term and did not seek re-election in 2006; his term ended January 4, 2007. Romney has started his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, having formally announced his candidacy on February 13, 2007. He made his announcement at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. - J. Reuben Clark
Joshua Reuben Clark, Jr. (1871-1961) was an American attorney, civil servant, and a prominent leader (General Authority) in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born September 1, 1871, in Grantsville, Utah. Clark was a prominent attorney in the Department of State, and Undersecretary of State for president Calvin Coolidge. In 1930 Clark was appointed ambassador to Mexico. - Steven E. Jones
Steven Earl Jones is an American physicist. For most of his career, Jones was known mainly for his work on muon-catalyzed cold fusion. In the fall of 2006, amid controversy surrounding his work on the collapse of the World Trade Center, he was relieved of his teaching duties and placed on paid leave from Brigham Young University. On October 20, 2006, he announced his retirement. - Robert L. Millet
Robert L. Millet is Richard L. Evans Professor of Religious Understanding and Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He received the B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University and the Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Florida State University. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including A Different Jesus? The Christ of the Latter-day Saints and Getting at the Truth: Responding to Difficult Questions About LDS Belief. - Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Arizona. After the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Stephenie Meyer as one of the "most promising new authors of 2005". - Hugh Nibley
Hugh Winder Nibley (born March 27, 1910 in Portland, Oregon - died February 24, 2005) was one of Mormonism's most celebrated scholars. Nibley is notable for his extensive research and publication on ancient languages and culture, his vigorous defense of doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for frankly discussing what he saw as the shortcomings of the LDS people and culture. - Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Hervy Pliny Cowdery (3 October 1806 – 3 March 1850) was the primary participant with Joseph Smith, Jr. in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1829 through 1836. He was one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates. After the organization of the Church of Christ — as the early Latter Day Saint church was known — he became the Second Elder and an apostle of the church. - Dallin H. Oaks
Dallin Harris Oaks (b. August 12, 1932) is an American attorney, jurist and religious leader. He is currently a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Oaks was born in Provo, Utah. He is a former professor of law at the University of Chicago's school of law, former president of Brigham Young University, and former justice of the Utah Supreme Court. - Larry Echohawk
Larry Echohawk is a member of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma , serves as a Law Professor at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School. Prior to joining the BYU Law School faculty, Mr. Echohawk served as the Attorney General for the State of Idaho, the first American Indian in U.S. history elected as a state attorney general. - Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on International Trade, Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Health Care. Hatch is also on the Select Committee on Intelligence, where he is the Ranking Republican, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, … - Ernest L. Wilkinson
Ernest L. Wilkinson (b. 4 May 1899 in Ogden, Utah - d. 6 April 1978) was president of Brigham Young University from 1951 to 1971. Previous to becoming President of BYU Wilkinson had served as a lawyer in Washington and New York. Under Wilkinsons administration BYU expanded in all ways. The number of students increased several times over. - Lavell Edwards
LaVell Edwards (born October 11, 1930 in Orem, Utah) is a former American football coach of Brigham Young University (BYU). In 1984, Edwards' BYU Cougars went 12-0 and won the National Championship. Edwards played football for Utah State University and earned a Masters degree at the University of Utah prior to coaching at BYU. - Jeffrey R. Holland
Jeffrey Roy Holland (b. December 3, 1940) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in St. George, Utah, Holland was ordained an Apostle on June 23 1994, following the death of Church President Ezra Taft Benson, and sustained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 1, 1994. - Daniel C. Peterson
Daniel C. Peterson is professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University and currently serves as editor-in-chief of BYU's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He is a member of the executive council of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. He received a bachelor's degree in Greek and philosophy from BYU and, after several years of study in Jerusalem and Cairo, … - Cecil O. Samuelson
Cecil Osborn Samuelson, Jr. (b. August 1, 1941) has been the 12th president of Brigham Young University since May 1, 2003. Prior to this appointment he had been a professor of medicine at the University of Utah, dean of the school of medicine there, and vice president of health services. Samuelson's full-time service to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in 1994 when he was made a General Authority and appointed to the First Quorum of the Seventy. - John Beck
John Beck (born August 21, 1981 in Hayward, California) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Miami Dolphins. He was originally drafted by the Dolphins in the second round (40th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Brigham Young. - D. Michael Quinn
D. Michael Quinn (born in 1944) is a historian who has focused on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 1976 to 1988, he was a professor at Brigham Young University, after which he resigned. At the time, his work concerned church involvement with plural marriage after the 1890 Manifesto, in which the practice was officially renounced. - Chris Cannon
Christopher Black Cannon (born October 20 1950) is a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district of Utah, since 1997. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended Brigham Young University. From 1980 until 1996 he was a lawyer, business owner, and venture capitalist, from which he became a millionaire. - Karl G. Maeser
Karl Gottfried Maeser was a prominent Utah educator and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - James E. Talmage
James Edward Talmage (September 21, 1862-July 27, 1933) born in Hungerford, England was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1911 until his death in 1933. He studied chemistry and geology at Lehigh University, Johns Hopkins University, and Illinois Wesleyan University for nonresident work. Dr. Talmage was elected to life membership in several learned societies, … - Richard Dutcher
Richard Dutcher burst into the public conscience in March of 2000 with the release of his groundbreaking independent film "God's Army." Since then, his name has become almost synonymous with "Mormon cinema" (his term) specifically, and with independent niche filmmaking in general. While the content of his Dutcher's films has often triggered wide-spread controversy, both among Latter-day Saints and the general public, his filmmaking skills have received almost universal acclaim. - Ty Detmer
Ty Detmer is considered one of the greatest college quarterbacks of all time. In his junior year, Ty passed for 5,188 yards and 41 touchdowns. His ability to strategically break down and precisely execute plays secured him 42 NCAA records in 1990 and the Heisman Trophy. In all, Ty finished his college career with 59 NCAA records and, including statistics from bowl games, he totaled 16,206 passing yards and 127 touchdown passes at BYU . - Merrill J. Bateman
Merril Joseph Bateman (b. June 19, 1936) is a general authority and a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 2003 to 2007, Bateman was a member of the Presidency of the Quorums of the Seventy of the church. He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1 January 1996 until May 1, 2003 and the twelfth Presiding Bishop of the Church in 1994 and 1995. He has been a general authority of the Church since 1992, … - Kim B. Clark
Kim B. Clark (born March 20 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah), President of Brigham Young University-Idaho from 2005 to present, Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005, was the George F. Baker Professor of Administration. A member of the Harvard faculty starting in 1978, Clark received his B.A. (1974), MA (1977), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in economics from Harvard. - Leonard J. Arrington
Leonard J. Arrington (July 2 1917 - February 11 1999) was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. He earned a doctorate in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in March 1952. In 1958, Harvard University Press published his "Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints", a classic in western American history based on his dissertation. Arrington established the Mormon History Association and served as its first president. - Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake , presently serving his fourth term in Congress, represents the Sixth Congressional District of Arizona. This district includes parts of Mesa and Chandler and all of Gilbert, Queen Creek, and Apache Junction. Jeff serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Resources. Jeff is a fifth-generation Arizonan, raised on a ranch in Snowflake, Arizona (the town was named, in part, after Jeff's great-great grandfather). - George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith (April 4, 1870 - April 4, 1951) was an influential religious leader and the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Biographer and historian S. George Ellsworth has called him an example of "Christlike living." Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Smith was the son of John Henry Smith, also an apostle in the LDS Church, and Sarah Farr Smith. His Grandfather, for whom he was named, was George Albert Smith, or more commonly, … - Rex E. Lee
Rex E. Lee from St. Johns, Arizona was a respected Constitutional lawyer, a Latter-day Saint (LDS; see also Mormon), an alumnus and tenth president of Brigham Young University from July 1, 1989 through December 31, 1995, a law clerk for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and the United States Solicitor General under the Reagan Administration. He argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. - Neil Labute
Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Born in Detroit, Michigan, LaBute was raised in Spokane, Washington. He studied theater at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church; see also Mormon). At BYU he also met actor Aaron Eckhart, who would later play leading roles in several of his films. - Bronco Mendenhall
Bronco Mendenhall is currently the head football coach at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Oregon State University. - Stephen Covey
Stephen R. Covey (born October 24 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is the author of the international best selling book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", first published in 1989. Other books he has written include "First Things First", "Principle-Centered Leadership" and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families". His latest book is "The 8th Habit", published in 2004. - Gordon Smith
Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is Oregon's junior United States Senator, currently serving his second term. He is a member of the Republican Party. - Blake Ostler
Blake T. Ostler is a partner in the Salt Lake City law firm of Mackey Price Thompson & Ostler. Mr. Ostler concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, education law, special education, employment law, construction law, intellectual property litigation and real property law. In 1981, Mr. Ostler graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy ( summa cum laude ) and a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology ( magna cum laude) . - Truman G. Madsen
Truman G. Madsen (b. 1926) is a retired professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University. He is a prolific author, a recognized authority on Joseph Smith, and a favorite lecturer of Latter-day Saints. - Leslie Norris
George Leslie Norris (May 21, 1921, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales-April 6, 2006, Provo, Utah) was a prize-winning Welsh poet and short story writer. Up to 1974 he earned his living as a college lecturer, teacher and headmaster. From 1974 he combined full-time writing with residencies at academic institutions in Britain and the United States. Today he is considered one of the most important Welsh writers of the post-war period. - Stephen E. Robinson
Stephen E. Robinson is a Mormon scholar and was appointed as chairman of the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University in 1991 where he also received a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Ancient Scripture. He received a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Duke University and was tenured at Lycoming College after teaching religion there, at Hampden-Sydney College, and Duke. Robinson also served as chairman of the Religion Department at Lycoming. - Brooke Wilberger
Brooke Carol Wilberger (born February 20, 1985 in Fresno, California) is a woman who is believed to have been abducted from Corvallis, Oregon on the morning of May 24, 2004. A freshman at Brigham Young University in Utah, she was cleaning lamp posts in the parking lot of the Oak Park Apartments on the edge of the Oregon State University campus while on summer break at the time of her disappearance. In Fall 2004, Wilberger was falsely impersonated on the MySpace website. - Royal Skousen
Royal Skousen (born August 5, 1945), a professor of linguistics and English at Brigham Young University, is mainly known as the editor of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project and as the founder of the Analogical Modeling approach to language modeling. Royal Skousen was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a B.A. degree from Brigham Young University, with a major in English and a minor in mathematics. - Jim McMahon
James Bobert "Jim" McMahon (born August 21, 1959 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former American football player, first at Brigham Young University and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears. His father was Catholic and his mother Mormon; he was raised Roman Catholic, but attended BYU.
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