- 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. - Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon Bitner Hinckley (born June 23 1910) is the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a position he has held since March 12, 1995. He is the oldest person to preside over the LDS Church in its history. As President of the LDS Church, he is considered by its members to be a prophet, seer, and revelator. His administration has been noted for the building of new temples, … - Joseph Smith Jr.
Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 - June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader who founded the Latter Day Saint movement, a restorationist movement also known as Mormonism. Smith's followers declared him to be the first latter-day prophet, whose mission was to restore the original Christian church, said to have been lost soon after the death of Apostles because of an apostasy. - General Authority
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a general authority is a member of certain select leadership organizations who are given administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church. A general authority's authority is church-wide, in contrast to the responsibilities of a local authority or an area authority, which relate to a particular area, unit, or department of the church. - Joseph Fielding
Joseph Fielding was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as the second president of the British Mission (1838–1840), coordinating the activities of missionaries in sections of the British Isles and parts of Europe. He was the brother of Mary Fielding, the second wife of Hyrum Smith, and an uncle of Joseph F. Smith, the sixth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - John Taylor
John Taylor (November 1, 1808 - July 25, 1887) was the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. Taylor was born in Milnthorpe, Westmorland (now Cumbria), England, the son of James and Agnes Taylor. He had formal schooling up to age fourteen, and then he served an initial apprenticeship to a cooper and later received training as a woodturner and cabinetmaker. He was christened in the Church of England, … - Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith was Presiding Patriarch and a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1942 until 1946. Smith should not be confused with his grandfather, Joseph F. Smith, nor his uncle, Joseph Fielding Smith, both of whom served as Apostles and later as Presidents of the Church. Smith was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of LDS Apostle Hyrum M. Smith and Ida Elizabeth Bowman. He went to school at the University of Utah, … - Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff (March 1, 1807 - September 2, 1898) was the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), from 1889 until his death in 1898. His large collection of well documented diaries provide an important record of LDS history. Woodruff was one of nine children born to Aphek Woodruff, a miller working in Farmington, Connecticut. Wilford's mother Beulah died of "spotted fever" June 11th 1808 at the age of 26, … - Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith (July 19, 1876 - July 2, 1972) was the tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 to 1972. He had been named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1910, when his father, with whom he shared a name but who is generally referred to as Joseph F. Smith, was President of the Church. Since he was called, there has not been an Apostle chosen as young as he was. - Joseph F. Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. (November 13, 1838 - November 19, 1918), usually known as Joseph F. Smith to distinguish him from his son of the same name, was the sixth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the last President of the Church to have personally known the founder of the Mormon faith, the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., who was also his uncle. - Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994) was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1985 until his death. Earlier he served as United States Secretary of Agriculture for both of the administrations of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. - Spencer W. Kimball
Spencer Woolley Kimball was the twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1973-1985). His grandfather, Heber C. Kimball, was one of the original Apostles of the church and later served as first counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency. - David O. McKay
David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 - January 18, 1970) was the ninth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("LDS Church"; see also Mormon), serving from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an Apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, he was a General Authority for nearly sixty-four years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history. - Bruce R. McConkie
Bruce Redd McConkie (July 29, 1915-April 19, 1985) was an influential theologian and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. McConkie served in the First Council of the Seventy of the LDS Church from 1946 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1972, where he served until his death in 1985. - Heber J. Grant
Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 - May 14, 1945) was the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). He was ordained an apostle on October 16, 1882, on the same day as George Teasdale. Grant served as Church President from 1918 to his death in 1945, which makes him the longest-serving President during the twentieth century. - Lorenzo Snow
Lorenzo Snow was the fifth President (1898-1901) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the last president of the 19th century. Lorenzo Snow was the fifth child and first son of Oliver and Rosetta (Pettibone) Snow, residents of Mantua, Ohio, who had left New England to settle on a new and fertile farm in the Ohio valley. Despite the labor required on the farm, the Snow family valued learning and saw that each child had educational opportunities. - 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. - Thomas S. Monson
Thomas Spencer Monson (born August 21, 1927) holds two of the most senior positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is the First Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency of the church and is also the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In terms of Apostolic seniority, he is second only to Church President Hinckley. - John Smith
John Smith, was the fifth Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His father was Hyrum Smith, the older brother of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism. John was born in Kirtland, Ohio to Hyrum Smith and his first wife, Jerusha Barden Smith. This was during the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement, and he was among the first generation of children raised in the church. - John Smith
John Smith, known as "Uncle John", was an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the younger brother of Joseph Smith, Sr., uncle of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Hyrum Smith, father of George A. Smith, grandfather of John Henry Smith, and great-grandfather of George Albert Smith. He served as an assistant counselor to the First Presidency (September 3, 1837-June 27, 1844), and as Patriarch to the Church (January 1, 1849 – May 23, 1854). - Howard W. Hunter
Howard William Hunter (November 14, 1907 - March 3, 1995) was the fourteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994-1995), and served the shortest amount of time of any Church president to date (nine months). He was the first president of the church born in the 20th Century. Hunter was born in Boise, Idaho. He was sustained as an Apostle at the age of 51, and served a little over 35 years as a General Authority for the Church. - 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. - George Q. Cannon
George Quayle Cannon (January 11, 1827-April 21, 1901) (commonly known as George Q. Cannon) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served in the First Presidency under four successive Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow. - 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. - Shawn Southwick
Shawn Southwick was born Shawn Engemann in June 1959 in Studio City, California. She was a backup vocalist, model and former host of the television show "Hollywood Insider". Shawn is married to Larry King, her third husband and King's sixth wife. She is the mother of three sons (two with King). Southwick is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She married King on September 5, 1997. - Harold B. Lee
Harold Bingham Lee was 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from July 1972 until his death. - Marion G. Romney
Marion George Romney was a high-ranking official of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico to parents who had come from the United States to spread the Church, he was a cousin of Michigan governor George W. Romney, who was born in nearby Colonia Dublan. Elder Romney's family left Mexico in 1912 as violence from the ongoing Mexican revolution spead to their region. - David Neeleman
David G. Neeleman (born October 16, 1959) is the founder and former CEO of JetBlue Airways. Neeleman, an American of Dutch descent, was born in Brazil. He attended Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, and attended the University of Utah for three years before dropping out. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was co-founder (with June Morris) of charter airline Morris Air, a low-fare airline. - 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, … - Heber C. Kimball
Heber Chase Kimball (June 14, 1801 - June 22, 1868) (commonly known as Heber C. Kimball) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Mormon church, and as first counselor to Brigham Young in the presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847-1868. - Merrill Osmond
Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953) was the lead singer of the 1970s music group The Osmonds. He married Mary Carlson on September 17, 1973; they have four sons, two daughters, and four grandchildren. He is the fifth of the nine children of Olive Osmond and George Osmond and was the first of the performing siblings to marry. (The two eldest Osmond offspring, Virl Osmond and Tom Osmond, are deaf and did not perform with their siblings. - Emma Smith
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was married to Joseph Smith, Jr. until his death in 1844, and was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement in her own right, both during his life and afterward as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was also named in 1842 as the inaugural president of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, … - Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a priesthood calling with church-wide authority. The Presiding Bishop is the highest leadership position within the church's Aaronic priesthood. - James E. Faust
James Esdras Faust (b. July 31, 1920) is Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 1, 1978, and called into the First Presidency when Gordon B. Hinckley became President of the LDS Church on March 12, 1995. - 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. - 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. - Ed Decker
John Edward Decker (born 1935) is an American evangelist and writer. A former member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), Decker later became a born-again Christian. He is best known for his many works strongly criticizing the LDS Church. - Boyd K. Packer
Boyd Kenneth Packer (born September 10, 1924) is the current Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Packer has been an Apostle and a member of the Quorom of the Twelve since 1970 and a General Authority of the Church since 1961. - M. Russell Ballard
Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr. (b. October 8, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American businessman and a religious leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was called to serve in the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1985. His public addresses often deal with the Mormon pioneers and their heritage. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Ballard is accepted by the church membership as a prophet, seer, and revelator. - Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American author, working in several genres. He is known for his novel series Ender's Game series and its sequels. The novel "Ender's Game" and its sequel "Speaker for the Dead" both won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, making Card the only author (as of 2007) winner of both of science fiction's top prizes in consecutive years. His writing contains detailed characterization and moral issues.
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