
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of New Harmony
The best known of them is Amanda Righetti, with articles in 42 languages. Closest of all is Mike Leavitt, from Cedar City, 18 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in New Harmony. Across Utah, 120 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about New Harmony’s famous people
Famous people born near New Harmony
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


Celeste Maloy
born 1981American lawyer and Utah land rights advocate






Jeffrey R. Holland
1940–2025American educator and religious leader
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Harmony and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Amanda Righetti: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendon Urie: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Leavitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Cannon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffrey R. Holland: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Celeste Maloy: CelesteMaloy2023, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Foster Snow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Talbot: PositivelyCleveland on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons