- 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. - Mormon
Mormon is the prophet in "The Book of Mormon" after whom the book is named. According to the and the account of Joseph Smith, Jr., Mormon was the prophet-historian who engraved the book on Golden Plates. Latter Day Saints believe Mormon was a Nephite prophet who lived in the Americas during the 4th century AD. The "Book of Mormon" reports that Mormon was instructed by the prophet Ammaron where to find the records that had been passed down from their ancestors. - Jeff Lindsay
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay is a chemical engineer and patent agent who received attention as an amateur apologist for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to his current professional position as Corporate Patent Strategist and Senior Research Fellow at Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah, Wisconsin, he was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. - William Smith
William Smith (also found as William B. Smith born in Royalton, Vermont, was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an early member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, replacing Luke S. Johnson. William Smith was the 8th child of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. As such he was the younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. - Martin Harris
Martin Harris (May 18, 1783-July 10, 1875) underwrote the first printing of "The Book of Mormon" and also served as one of Three Witnesses who testified that they had seen the Golden Plates from which the Book of Mormon had been transcribed. - James Strang
James Jesse Strang (March 21, 1813 - July 9, 1856) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement after the 1844 succession crisis. In 1844, Strang became the founding leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), which is one of many churches that claim to be a continuation of the Church of Christ founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830. - Susan Easton Black
Susan Easton Black is a very accomplished LDS author and professor. She joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in 1978, after receiving a doctorate degree from BYU in Educational Psychology. Susan became BYU’s first female professor of religious education in 1980. - Orson F. Whitney
Orson Ferguson Whitney (commonly known as Orson F. Whitney) born in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from April 9, 1906 until his death. Whitney was also a journalist, poet, historian and academic. As a young man, Whitney began a career in writing with the business office of the LDS newspaper, the Deseret News, later becoming a reporter and the city editor. - September Six
In September 1993, six noted Mormon intellectuals and feminists were expelled from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church). "The Salt Lake Tribune" dubbed these individuals the "September Six," an alliterative name which was commonly used in the media. - Juanita Brooks
Juanita Leone Leavitt Pulsipher Brooks was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history, including a book on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Brooks was born in Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1898. She was raised in Bunkerville and in 1919 married Ernest Pulsipher, who died of cancer little more than a year later, leaving her with an infant son. She acquired a bachelor's degree from BYU and a master's degree from Columbia University. - Lyman Wight
Lyman Wight (1796-1858) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, Missouri in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr. resulted in a succession crisis, Wight led his own group of Latter Day Saints to Texas, where they created a settlement. While in Texas, Wight broke with other factions of Latter Day Saints, … - Kieth Merrill
Kieth Merrill is an American filmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Director's Guild of America, and received an Academy Award for "The Great American Cowboy" (1973) and a nomination for "Amazon" (1997). He is a founding partner of Odyssey, which pioneered IMAX film technology. - John C. Bennett
John Cook Bennett (1804-1867) was an American physician and a ranking and influential-but short-lived-leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, who acted as second in command to Joseph Smith, Jr. for a brief period in the early 1840s. Bennett had a mysterious and dubious past in other cities where he had risen to prominent positions, only to leave dishonorably after a scandal. - Henry Eyring
Henry Eyring (February 20, 1901 - December 26, 1981) was a Mexican-American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates. A prolific writer, he authored more than 600 scientific articles, 10 scientific books, and a few books on the subject of science and religion. He was also a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1966 for developing the Absolute Rate Theory of chemical reactions. - William Law
William Law was born in Northern Ireland, as the youngest of five children. His family moved to the United States around 1820, and he eventually ended up in Upper Canada. At the age of 24 he married Jane Silverthorn, who was 19 years old. Law and his wife joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836, through the efforts of John Taylor and Almon Babbitt. He led a group of Canadian saints to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839 and in 1841, … - Lavina Fielding Anderson
Lavina Fielding Anderson (born in 1944) is a Latter Day Saint scholar, writer, editor, and feminist. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington. Her editing credits include "Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective" (1987) and "Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature" (1996), as well as the" Ensign (magazine), Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Journal of Mormon History, … - Patriarch
In the Latter Day Saint movement, Patriarch (also called Evangelist) is an office of the Priesthood whose main duty is to give Patriarchal blessings. It is considered to be either an office of the Patriarchal Priesthood or the Melchizedek priesthood. In some denominations, there is only one Patriarch, the Presiding Patriarch, who in some cases holds the highest office of the church organization. - William Marks
William Marks (November 15, 1792 - May 22, 1872) was a leader in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement and was a member of the First Presidency in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Marks is mentioned in the "Doctrine and Covenants" in sections 117 and 124 of the LDS Church edition and in section 115 of the Community of Christ edition. Marks was born in Rutland, Vermont to Cornwall (or Cornell) Marks and Sarah Goodrich. - Ezra T. Benson
Ezra Taft Benson (February 22, 1811 - September 3, 1869) (commonly referred to as Ezra T. Benson to distinguish him from his great-grandson of the same name) was an Apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Benson was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of John Benson and Chloe Taft. Benson was baptized into the church on July 19, 1840 in Quincy Illinois. - Butch Cassidy
Butch Cassidy (13 April 1866 - c. 1908), born Robert LeRoy Parker, was a notorious train and bank robber. - Janice Kapp Perry
Janice Kapp Perry is a well-known LDS songwriter whose contributions have resulted in roughly 50 albums and songs in the LDS hymnal and the "Children's Songbook". She was born in Ogden, Utah, and lives in Provo with her husband Douglas. She has five children and over a dozen grandchildren. - Warren Parrish
Warren Parrish ("also" Warren Parish was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint or Mormonism movement. Parrish held a number of positions of responsibility, including that of scribe to church president Joseph Smith Jr. Parrish and other leaders became disillusioned with Smith after the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society and left the Mormon church. - Fanny Alger
Fanny Alger (born 30 September 1816 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, died 29 November 1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is allegedly the first plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. Alger's parents were neighbors of the Smith's, and Alger lived with Smith and his wife, Emma. Chauncey and Ann Eliza Webb later recalled that rumors had been whispered while Alger lived with the Smiths about Smith and Alger. - Helen Mar Kimball
Helen Mar Kimball (20 August 1828 in Mendon, New York - 13 November 1896 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is recognized as the twenty-sixth woman to marry Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. - Lyman E. Johnson
Lyman Eugene Johnson was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He broke with Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon during the 1837-38 period when schism divided the early Church. He later became a successful pioneer lawyer in Iowa and was one of the town fathers of Keokuk, Iowa. Lyman Johnson was born in Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont in 1811 to John Johnson, Sr., and Alice "Elsa" Johnson. - J. Willard Marriott
John Willard Marriott (September 17, 1900 - August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of one of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains and food services company. His company rose from a small root beer stand in Washington D.C. in 1927 to a chain of family restaurants by 1932, to his first motel in 1957. - Valeen Tippetts Avery
Valeen Tippetts Avery (1936 - 2006) was an American biographer and historian best known for her work on Western American and Latter Day Saint history. With biographer Linda King Newell, she co-authored "Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith", a biography of the wife of the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Joseph Smith, Jr.. Avery was born Dec. 22, 1936 in the agricultural community of Great Falls, Montana. - Second Anointing
In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Second Anointing, also known historically and in Latter Day Saint scripture as the fulness of the priesthood, is a rare and obscure ordinance usually conducted in temples. It is an extension of the Endowment, reserved for a select few married couples chosen by the President of the Church. - Mary Elizabeth Rollins
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (9 April 1818 in Lima, New York–17 December 1913 in Minersville, Utah) is recognized as the ninth woman to marry Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. After Smith's death, she would go on to become the twenty-fourth plural wife of LDS Prophet Brigham Young. They married in 1845 and she bore him no children. - 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. - Grant H. Palmer
Grant H. Palmer (M.A., American history, Brigham Young University) is a three-time director of LDS Institutes of Religion in California and Utah, a former instructor at the Church College of New Zealand, and an LDS seminary teacher at two Utah locations. He has been active in the Mormon History Association and on the board of directors of the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association. He is now retired. - Samuel Brannan
Samuel Brannan (March 2, 1819 - May 14, 1889), was the first publicist of the California Gold Rush and the first millionaire because of the rush. "Brannan Street" in San Francisco is named after him. Brannan was born in Saco, Maine. As a teenager, his family moved to Ohio, where Brannan learned to be a printer. He joined the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Brannan moved to New York in 1844, and began printing "The New York Messenger", … - Brandon Flowers
Brandon Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is the vocalist and keyboardist in the American synth rock band The Killers. - 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. - Peter Whitmer Jr.
Peter Whitmer, Jr. (1809-1836) was the sixth child and fifth son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman. He is primarily remembered as one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates. Born September 27, 1809 in Fayette, New York, Peter Whitmer, Jr. and several of his brothers became special witnesses of the Book of Mormon in June of 1829. Soon after the organization of the Latter Day Saint church on April 6, 1830, … - Lucy Walker
Lucy Walker (b. April 30, 1826 - d. August 31, 1885) is recognized as the twenty-third woman to marry Latter Day Saint church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. - 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. - Jennie Hansen
Jennie Hansen is a LDS fictional author whose publications include newspaper and magazines articles, news stories, editorials, short stories, reviews of other LDS author's work, and twelve novels. She also is a frequent speaker at firesides, conferences, and literary groups. Hansen was born in Idaho Falls, and was first published at the age of seven. She received an associate degree from Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho). - Truman O. Angell
Truman Osborn Angell (June 5, 1810 - October 16, 1887), served many years as Church Architect for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was one of the original Mormon Pioneers, entering the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. He designed the Salt Lake Temple, the Lion House, the Beehive House, the Utah Territorial Statehouse, the St. George Utah Temple, and many other important public buildings. - Sarah Ann Whitney
Sarah Ann Whitney (22 March 1825 in Kirtland, Ohio - 4 September 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is recognized as the sixteenth woman to marry Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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