Maurice Abravanel (1903 - 1993) Music Director of the Utah Symphony.

Danny Ainge (1959 - ) BYU Basketball star. Former NBA player/coach.

Roseanne Barr (1952 - ) Comedian and actress of televisions Roseanne; born in Salt Lake City.

Reva Beck Bosone (1895 - 1983) Utah's first woman member of Congress, rights activist.

John Moses Browning (1855 - 1926) Gun Maker.

Nolan Kay Bushnell (1915 - ) Computer programmer who invented the first coin-operated video game; born in Ogden.

Marriner Eccles (1890 - 1977) Built First Security Corp., helped end Great Depression.

Philo Farnsworth (1906 - 1971) Inventor of the television.

Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (1932 - ) Senator, Astronaut.

Orrin Hatch ( 1934 - ) U.S. Senator.

Jon Huntsman Sr. (1937 - ) Philanthropist and state's most successful entrepreneur.

David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (1883 - 1956) Driving his "Mormon Meteor", Jenkins set numerous world automobile speed records on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats between 1932 and 1956.

Karl Malone (1963 - ) Utah Jazz Basketball Star.

J. Willard Marriott (1900 - 1985) Founder of the Marriott restaurant and hotel chain. Also founded the A&W restaurant chain.

Dale Murphy (1956 - ) Baseball player who played for the Atlanta Braves.

Donny Osmond (1957 - ) and Marie Osmond (1959 - ) Singers and dancers that starred in the Donny and Marie Show, brother and sister; both born in Ogden.

Robert LeRoy Parker Butch Cassidy (1887-1915?) Famous outlaw that robbed banks and trains of the Old West; born in Beaver.

Robert Redford (1937 - ) Actor and founder of the Sundance Institute.

Wallace Stegner (1909 - 1993) Author.

Reed Smoot (1862 - 1941) First Mormon elected to U.S. Senate.

Brigham Young (1801 - 1877) President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) that brought the first white settlers to Utah and founded Salt Lake City; born in Whittingham, born in Vermont.

Steve Young (1961 - ) Football quarterback who helped the San Francisco 49ers win three Super Bowl championships; born in Salt Lake City.

More Famous People of Utah

Maude Adams actress, Salt Lake City

Frank Borzage film director, producer, Salt Lake City

Barney Clark heart patient, Provo

Laraine Day actress, Roosevelt

Bernard De Voto writer, Ogden

Avard Fairbanks sculptor, Provo

Anthony Geary actor, Coalville

John Gilbert actor, Logan

Howard A. Jarvis social reformer, Magna

David M. Kennedy government official, Randolph

David McKay religious leader, Huntsville

Peter Skene Ogden fur trader, trapper

Merlin Olsen football player, Logan

Ivy Baker Priest U.S. treasurer, Kimberley

Lee Greene Richards painter, Salt Lake City

Richard Richards GOP chairman, Ogden

Roseanne Barr actress, Salt Lake City

Virginia Sorensen author, Provo

Mack Swain actor, Salt Lake City

Everett Thorpe painter

Robert Walker actor, Salt Lake City

Marie Windsor actress, Marysville

James Woods actor, Vernal

Loretta Young actress, Salt Lake City

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