#1Famous people · Salt Lake City
33 famous people from Salt Lake City, many of them performers
At the top of the list is the American actor and singer Wilford Brimley, covered in 75 languages. The American actress Loretta Young ranks second, ahead of Stephen Covey. The largest group, 15, was born between 1920 and 1969. Births since 1970 account for 11 of the names.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Wilford Brimley
in 75 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Maude Adams
Youngest
2008
Monroe
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
14 people
Also called it home
8
notable residents
What stands out about Salt Lake City’s famous people
A town of performers14 of the 33 people born here are performers, 4.5× the usual share.Known worldwideWilford Brimley has a Wikipedia article in 75 languages.Still making names16 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2008.A chosen home8 more notable people chose to live in Salt Lake City, including Kaitlyn Farrington.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Salt Lake City is known for
Performers stand out most, at 4.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Salt Lake City
Wilford Brimley leads with articles in 75 languages, ahead of Loretta Young (68) and Stephen Covey (57).
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#3Writing & Arts
Stephen Covey
1932–2012American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
57 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Salt Lake City’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsScience & MedicineBusinessNotablePolitics & LawMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Salt Lake City
Another 30, the earliest born in 1872.
Thomas S. Monson
1927–2018President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
John Warnock
1940–2023American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Salt Lake City home
8 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Kaitlyn Farrington the best known.
Sharlene Wells Hawkes
born 1964Paraguayan-American author, singer and reporter
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Magna, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salt Lake City and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (16)
- Wilford Brimley: Marc Majcher, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loretta Young: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Covey: Sterling.morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Borzage: James R. Quirk, editor - Photoplay Publishing Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Venter: Article by Liza Gross, but no photo credit given, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Peek: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Davis: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Ligety: Castagna; the original work was uploaded from Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Chen: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Fugit: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Walker: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal Cassady: GrawLIN, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Warnock: Marvalous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maude Adams: Photo by Fowler, Evanston, Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitney Wolfe Herd: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Wilson: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons