- Steve Young
Jon Steven Young (born October 11 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA), is a former quarterback for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Express of the short-lived United States Football League. He was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXIX, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the first left-handed quarterback to be so honored.
- 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.
- Ken Jennings
Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show "Jeopardy!" Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on "Jeopardy!" are US$3,022,700 ($2,520,700 in winnings, a $2,000 consolation prize on his 75th appearance, and $500,000 in the "Jeopardy!" Ultimate Tournament of Champions).
- 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.
- Philo Farnsworth
Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor. He is best known for inventing the first completely electronic television. In particular, he was the first to make a working electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), and the first to demonstrate an all-electronic television system to the public. In his later life, Farnsworth also invented a small nuclear fusion device known as a fusor.
- Mike Crapo
Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo (pronounced "Cray-poe") (born May 20, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Idaho. He is a member of the Republican Party.
- Jon Heder
Jonathan Joseph Heder (pronounced "heeder") (born October 26, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his portrayal of the title character in 2004's "Napoleon Dynamite" as well as his role in the more recent "Blades of Glory", as well as "The Benchwarmers"
- Rick Aguilera
Richard Warren Aguilera (born December 31, 1961 in San Gabriel, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs.
- Jack Morris
John Scott "Jack" Morris (born May 16, 1955 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in 18 big league seasons between 1977 and 1994, mainly for the Detroit Tigers, and won 254 games throughout his career.
- Harvey Fletcher
Harvey Fletcher was an American physicist. He was credited with the invention of the hearing aid and the audiometer. Fletcher was born in Provo, Utah, and was educated at Brigham Young University (BYU). As a graduate student, his dissertation research was on methods to determine the charge of an electron. This included the now famous oil drop experiment commonly attributed to his advisor and collaborator, Robert Millikan.
- Robert Anae
Robert Anae is currently the offensive coordinator for the BYU Cougars football team in Provo, Utah. He holds bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Brigham Young University, and a master's degree from the University of Hawaii
- Sheri L. Dew
Sheri L. Dew is second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency. She is vice president of publishing at Deseret Book and a well known author and biographer. ... about sports and girls and motorcycles. But then I came to the entry he had made the day I arrived home unexpectedly from BYU: "Sheri came home from BYU today. I'm so glad she's home. But she doesn't seem very happy.
- Paul D. Boyer
Paul Delos Boyer (b. July 31, 1918) is an U.S. biochemist. He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of A.T.P." Boyer was born in Provo, Utah. He attended Provo High School, where he was active in student government and the debating team. He received a B.S. in chemistry from Brigham Young in 1939 and obtained a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Scholarship for graduate studies.
- Michael K. Young
Michael K. Young is President of the University of Utah. President Young began his tenure as the 14th president of the University of Utah in August 2004. Prior to his appointment at the University of Utah, he was Dean and Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at The George Washington University Law School (1998-2004).
- John Bytheway
John Bytheway is an American author and academic, who is well known as a comedic motivational speaker for youth within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Salt Lake City, Bytheway attended Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, receiving a Master's Degree in Religious Education. He also served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Philippines. Bytheway is a religious studies instructor at BYU, currently focusing on the Book of Mormon.
- Wayne C. Booth
Wayne Clayson Booth (February 22, 1921 - October 10, 2005) was an American literary critic. He was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language & Literature and the College at the University of Chicago. His work followed largely from the Chicago school of literary criticism. He was born in American Fork, Utah and educated at Brigham Young University and the University of Chicago.
- James C. Christensen
James C. Christensen (born 1942) is an American artist. His main body of work, mostly paintings, is heavily influenced by fantasy themes. Even his small body of religious work shows heavy fantasy influence. Christensen says his inspirations are myths, fables, fantasies, and tales of imagination. Christensen was raised in Culver City, California and attended UCLA.
- Roger E. Billings
Roger Evan Billings (born 1948) is an American entrepreneur and developer of high-tech products. He is widely regarded as a promoter of hydrogen energy, having converted a car to run on hydrogen in 1965 as a high school student, which won him a Gold and Silver award at the International Science Fair and a scholarship to Brigham Young University. Billings attempted to generate renewed interest in the technology by demonstrating working prototypes, including buses, forklifts, …
- Ann Romney
Ann Davies Romney, née Ann Davies, is the wife of Mitt Romney, Massachusetts Governor (2003-2007). The couple married in 1969 and have five sons.
- Dan Heder
Daniel James Heder (pronounced "heeder") (born October 26, 1977) is an American producer and filmmaker. He is best known for being the identical twin brother of Jon Heder and partner in his production company.
- Pat McGowan
Patrick Ray McGowan is a professional golf instructor and former PGA Tour player. McGowan attended Brigham Young University. He played on the golf team with fellow PGA Tour player Mike Reid and graduated in 1977. McGowan developed his game under the tutelage of Warren McCarty, head pro at Colusa Golf and Country Club, and Karl Tucker, golf coach at Brigham Young University. During more recent years, his game and career have been influenced by Peggy Kirk Bell, …
- Cindy Ady
Cindy Ady is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the provincial legislature of Alberta, Canada. Ady was born in San Antonio, Texas, and attended Brigham Young University, where she studied Communications. In her first election in 2001 she swept Calgary Shaw with a massive 14,000 vote plurality and over 80% of the vote. She was re-elected in 2004 in Calgary Shaw with a substantially reduced plurality.
- Heather Armstrong
Heather B. Armstrong born July 19 1975, is an American blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes under the pseudonym of Dooce. Armstrong explains that "Dooce" came from her inability to quickly spell "dude" during IM chats with her former co-workers. Armstrong was raised a Mormon in Tennessee, and majored in English at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, graduating in 1997. She then moved to Los Angeles, California to work.
- Chad Lewis
Chad Wayne Lewis (born October 5, 1971) is an American football tight end who most recently played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Arthur Vivian Watkins
Arthur Vivian Watkins (b. December 18 1886, Midway, Utah - d. September 1 1973, Orem, Utah) was a U.S. Senator from 1946 to 1959. Watkins attended Brigham Young University, 1903-1906, and New York University, 1909-1910. He graduated from Columbia University Law School, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Vernal, Utah. He engaged in newspaper work in 1914 (("The Voice of Sharon", which eventually became the "Orem-Geneva Times", …
- Eni Fa'Aua'A Hunkin Faleomavaega Jr.
Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr. (born August 15, 1943) is the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa. Faleomavaega was born in Vailoatai Village, and attended Brigham Young University, the University of Houston Law School and the University of California, Berkeley. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969, and as an officer in the United States Army Reserve from 1982 to 1989.
- Randy Thorsteinson
Randy Thorsteinson (born November 8, 1959) is a politician and businessman in Alberta, Canada.
- Ben Cahoon
Ben Cahoon (born July 16, 1972 in Ogden, Utah) is a slotback with the Montreal Alouettes. He has won the award for the Most Outstanding Canadian in the Canadian Football League two years in a row in 2002 and 2003. Cahoon played his college football at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His father-in-law is Utah Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert. He won the 91st Grey Cup with Montreal in 2002 and was named Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.
- David A. Wiley
David A. Wiley, currently an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology, is also the Director of the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, (C SL), at Utah State University. He is best known for having coined the term "Open Content" and creating the first open source-style license for non-software. His work on open content, open education, and informal online learning communities has been reported in many international outlets, including the New York Times, …
- Bryant S. Hinckley
Bryant S. Hinckley (born 1867, Coalville, Utah; died 1961) was an American author, religious speaker, civic leader and educator. He served as a prominent mid-level leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 20th century. His books were primarily designed for a Latter-day Saint audience. Hinckley was the father of Gordon B. Hinckley, who would later serve as an apostle and the president of the LDS Church.
- F. Ann Millner
Dr. F. Ann Millner became the 11th president of Weber State University in 2002, after 20 years of serving the university as an educator and administrator. Before becoming president, she was vice president of University Relations, a position she assumed in 1993. She is the current chair of the Utah Campus Compact and a board member for Intermountain Health Care, the Ogden/Weber Chamber, and the Weber Economic Development Corporation, as well as other local, …
- Casey Jennings
Casey Jennings (born July 10, 1975) is an American beach volleyball player. He teams up with Matt Fuerbringer, with whom he has partnered throughout his career.
- Lant Pritchett
Lant Pritchett is an American developmental economist. He was born in Utah in 1959 and raised in Boise, Idaho. He graduated from Brigham Young University, majoring in Economics, after serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Argentina (1978-1980). He was a contributor to the first Copenhagen Consensus. He currently works for the World Bank.
- Mark Skousen
Mark Skousen is an American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author of more than 20 non-fiction books. Skousen was an economic analyst for the CIA from 1972 to 1975. He later worked as a consultant for IBM and Hutchinson Technology, among other Fortune 500 companies. He was a columnist for Forbes magazine from 1997 to 2001, …
- Omarr Morgan
Omarr Morgan (born December 4, 1976 in Hollywood, California) is a cornerback playing for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Morgan was signed as a free agent by Saskatchewan in 1999, but he never made the team until 2000 when the Roy Shivers regime took over the Roughriders franchise. Since then, he has been a mainstay in the Riders' defensive secondary playing the weak-side corner position. He was named to the CFL All-Star team in 2002, 2003, and 2005.
- Carey May Edge
Carey May Edge is a former long-distance runner from Dublin in Ireland who won the Osaka Marathon in 1983 and 1985. She was a student at Brigham Young University before entering international track and field. At BYU, she proved herself a power in both intercollegiate meets and world-class competition. May was a five-time All-American in cross country and distance running. Her honors include a second-place finish at the 1981 AIAW Track Championships in the 5,000 m race.
- Jean Saubert
Jean Marlene Saubert (May 1 1942 - May 14 2007) was a competitive alpine skier from the United States.
- Kynan Griffin
Kynan Lyle Griffin is a film producer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he spent most of his formative years in Durban, where he attended Hillcrest High School (South Africa). Kynan studied film at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. As a student, he produced the short film "The Snell Show", which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival.
- James S. Olson
James S. Olson, a Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, is the author or co-author of over thirty books, usually non-fiction, and usually in the field of History. His most recent book was "Bathsheba’s Breast: Women, Cancer, and History", which won the 2002 History of Science Category Award from the Association of American Publishers.
- Kent Gilbert
Kent Gilbert (b. May 25 1952, Utah) is an actor working in Japan. He first visited Japan in 1971 as a Mormon missionary. After returning to the United States, he received a law degree (LL.D.) as well as an MBA from Brigham Young University. While working in Japan as an attorney in 1983, he had a chance to perform as a stand-in for a foreign theatrical company, which led to other opportunities on Japanese television and films.