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100 Notable alumni of Utah State University

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Utah State University is ranked #316 in the world and #119 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Utah State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Utah State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Bill Staley

1. Bill Staley

1946-. (aged 80)
American football player
William Patrick Staley is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for five years in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played a total of 49 games, including two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and three with the Chicago Bears
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Russell Lowell Maughan

2. Russell Lowell Maughan

1893-1958 (aged 65)
fighter pilot
Russell Lowell Maughan was an officer in the United States Army and a pioneer aviator. His career began during World War I, and spanned the period in which military aviation developed from a minor arm of the Army Signal Corps to the huge Army Air Forces on the verge of becoming a separate service.
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Rosel H. Hyde

3. Rosel H. Hyde

1900-1992 (aged 92)
lawyer politician
Rosel H. Hyde served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) twice under the four different presidents. He was chairman from April 18, 1953, to October 3, 1954, and again from June 27, 1966, to October 31, 1969. He was also acting chairman from April 19, 1954 to October 3, 1954 and again from May 1, 1966 to June...
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Larry Bunce

4. Larry Bunce

1945-. (aged 81)
basketball player
Lawrence Melvin Bunce is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted in 1967 by the Seattle SuperSonics in the fourth round of that year's NBA draft, but opted to start and end his professional career in the ABA.
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Alice McKennis

5. Alice McKennis

1989-. (aged 37)
alpine skier
Alice McKennis Duran is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specializes in downhill and Super-G speed events.
Chris Stewart

6. Chris Stewart

1960-. (aged 66)
writer businessperson business executive novelist politician
Christopher Douglas Stewart is an American politician, author, and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 2nd congressional district from 2013 until his resignation in 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he is known for his bestsellers Seven Miracles That Saved America and The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points That Saved the World, as well as...
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Bernard P. Brockbank

7. Bernard P. Brockbank

1909-2000 (aged 91)
priest
Bernard Park Brockbank, Sr. was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1962 to his death. Brockbank was an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve from 1962 to 1976 and a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1980. One of his major contributions was heading the...
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Jerry Stevenson

8. Jerry Stevenson

politician
Jerry W. Stevenson is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah State Senate representing District 6 since 2023. Prior to redistricting, he represented District 21 following his January 25, 2010 appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sheldon Killpack. Stevenson was mayor of Layton from 1994 until 2006.
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Howard S. McDonald

9. Howard S. McDonald

1894-1986 (aged 92)
missionary
Howard Stevenson McDonald was an American university administrator, and president of Brigham Young University (BYU) and California State University, Los Angeles.
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Julia F. Knight

10. Julia F. Knight

mathematician university teacher
Julia Frandsen Knight is an American mathematician, specializing in model theory and computability theory. She is the Charles L. Huisking Professor of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame and director of the graduate program in mathematics there.
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Sherman P. Lloyd

11. Sherman P. Lloyd

1914-1979 (aged 65)
university teacher lawyer politician
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Utah between 1963 and 1973.
Sixto González

12. Sixto González

1965-. (aged 61)
astronomer
Sixto A. González Edick was the Director of the Arecibo Observatory from September 29, 2003, to September 15, 2006. Arecibo Observatory was an astronomical observatory located in Puerto Rico. At the time of González's directorship Arecibo was the world's largest single dish radio telescope. González was the first Puerto Rican in the position of Director of the observatory.
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Nate Kaczor

13. Nate Kaczor

1967-. (aged 59)
coach American football player American football coach
Nate Kaczor is an American football coach who is a special teams coordinator at Stanford. He previously served as the special teams coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Washington Commanders.
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Wayne L. Niederhauser

14. Wayne L. Niederhauser

1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Wayne Larry Niederhauser is an American politician and certified public accountant from Utah. A Republican, he served as a member of the Utah State Senate from 2006 to 2018, representing the state's 9th senate district in Salt Lake County including the cities of Sandy and Draper. From 2013 to 2019, he served as President of the Utah State Senate.
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Brad Stephan Gregory

15. Brad Stephan Gregory

1963-. (aged 63)
historian
Brad Stephan Gregory holds the Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair in European History at the University of Notre Dame. After spending the spring 2002 semester as a visiting scholar with the Erasmus Institute at Our Lady's University, Gregory came to Notre Dame in 2003 after teaching at Stanford University, where he received early tenure in 2001. He became a full...
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Thorpe B. Isaacson

16. Thorpe B. Isaacson

1898-1970 (aged 72)
teacher
Henry Thorpe Beal Isaacson was a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), serving as a counselor in the First Presidency to church president David O. McKay from 1965 to 1970.
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James R. Kearl

17. James R. Kearl

1947-. (aged 79)
economist
James R. Kearl is the Abraham O. Smoot Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a principal figure in establishing the BYU Jerusalem Center.
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James C. King

18. James C. King

1946-. (aged 80)
military officer
James C. King is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. A career Military Intelligence officer, he served on active duty from 1968 to 2001. At the time of his retirement he was serving as the Director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, one of the intelligence agencies of the United States Intelligence Community.
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Marneen Fields

19. Marneen Fields

1955-. (aged 71)
film director television actor actor stunt performer film actor
Marneen Lynne Fields is an actress, musician, and former stuntwoman. She has appeared in over 150 movies and TV episodes as an actress, stuntwoman, or both. She has been noted as one of the prominent stuntwomen of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Dyar Miller

20. Dyar Miller

1946-. (aged 80)
baseball player
Dyar K. Miller is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. A graduate of Utah State, Miller pitched 13 seasons in professional baseball between 1968 and 1984, including seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets. After his playing career, Miller coached and instructed for 28 seasons...
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LaDell Andersen

21. LaDell Andersen

1929-2019 (aged 90)
basketball coach basketball player
LaDell Andersen was an American college and professional basketball coach.
Frank Thomas Hines

22. Frank Thomas Hines

1879-1960 (aged 81)
diplomat
Frank Thomas Hines was a United States military officer and head of the U.S. Veterans Bureau (later Veteran's Administration) from 1923 to 1945. Hines took over as head of the Veterans Bureau after a series of scandals discredited the agency. He was considered a "man of stern honesty." In response to the scandals, the field service was "centralized to establish...
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Jeffrey T. Leek

23. Jeffrey T. Leek

data scientist
Jeffrey Tullis Leek is an American biostatistician and data scientist working as a Vice President, Chief Data Officer, and Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He is an author of the Simply Statistics blog, and runs several online courses through Coursera, as part of their Data Science Specialization. His most popular course is The Data Scientist's Toolbox, which he...
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Gary Wilkinson

24. Gary Wilkinson

1982-. (aged 44)
basketball player
Gary Kristopher Wilkinson is an American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Utah State and has played previously for professional teams in Greece, South Korea, New Zealand, Estonia and Puerto Rico.
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Bryan Fletcher

25. Bryan Fletcher

1986-. (aged 40)
Nordic combined skier ski jumper
Bryan Fletcher is an American former Nordic combined skier who has competed between 2002 and 2018.
Tyler Whitesides

26. Tyler Whitesides

novelist
Tyler Whitesides is an American writer. He is the author of the middle grade fantasy series Janitors. The series is published by Shadow Mountain Publishing.
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George Dewey Clyde

27. George Dewey Clyde

1898-1972 (aged 74)
university teacher engineer politician
George Dewey Clyde was an American politician and the tenth governor of Utah, serving two terms from 1957 until 1965 as a Republican.
Tipa Galeai

28. Tipa Galeai

1997-. (aged 29)
American football player
Tipa Te'i Galeai is an American professional football defensive lineman. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2020 following his college football career with the TCU Horned Frogs and the Utah State Aggies.
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William Marion Jardine

29. William Marion Jardine

1879-1955 (aged 76)
diplomat
William Marion Jardine was an American administrator and educator. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S. minister to Egypt from 1930 to 1933.
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Douglas Kent Hall

30. Douglas Kent Hall

1938-2008 (aged 70)
writer poet novelist photographer
Douglas Kent Hall was an American writer and photographer. His writing mostly focused on fiction, poetry, non-fiction, essays, and screenplays. His first published photographs were of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, and in 1974 his first exhibition was at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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Shaler Halimon

31. Shaler Halimon

1945-2021 (aged 76)
basketball player
Shaler Halimon Jr. was an American basketball player. He played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA).
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Shang Fa Yang

32. Shang Fa Yang

1932-2007 (aged 75)
biochemist botanist
Shang Fa Yang was a Taiwanese-American biochemist and botanist specializing in agricultural chemistry. He was a professor at the University of California, Davis. He was awarded the 1991 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences the year before.
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Ali Asghar Soltanieh

33. Ali Asghar Soltanieh

1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat
Ali Asghar Soltanieh English pronunciation was Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He served the position from 1982 to 1987 and for a second term in 2006 until 2013.
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Justin Bean

34. Justin Bean

1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player missionary
Justin Barrus Bean is an American professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Utah State Aggies.
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Jan Shipps

35. Jan Shipps

1929-2025 (aged 96)
historian
Jo Ann Barnett Shipps, known as Jan Shipps, was an American historian specializing in Mormon history, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century and into the 21st century. Shipps was generally regarded as the foremost non-Mormon scholar of the Latter Day Saint movement, having given particular attention to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)....
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Kelly Poppinga

36. Kelly Poppinga

1982-. (aged 44)
American football player
Kelly Scott Poppinga is an American football coach and former player. He has been the defensive coordinator at Brigham Young University (BYU) since January 2026. Prior to coaching at BYU, he was the co-defensive coordinator and the linebackers and special teams coach at the University of Virginia (UVA).
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Spencer Butterfield

37. Spencer Butterfield

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Spencer Darren Butterfield is an American professional basketball player who last played for Telenet Giants Antwerp of the BNXT League. In 2017 he won the FIBA Europe Cup Championship with Nanterre 92.
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Harold A. Lafount

38. Harold A. Lafount

1880-1952 (aged 72)
businessperson priest
Harold Arundel Lafount was an American businessman who served on the Federal Radio Commission from 1927 to 1934. He was the father of Lenore Romney; the father-in-law of businessman and politician George W. Romney; and the maternal grandfather of businessman and politician Mitt Romney.
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Robert J. Shelby

39. Robert J. Shelby

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer judge
Robert James Shelby is an American attorney and judge serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
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Tom Lackey

40. Tom Lackey

1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Thomas W. Lackey is an American teacher, law enforcement officer and politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 34th district, encompassing parts of Antelope Valley, Victor Valley, the San Bernardino Mountains, and the High Desert including Barstow and Twentynine Palms to the Nevada state line. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly,...
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Jay Silvester

41. Jay Silvester

1937-. (aged 89)
athletics competitor
L. Jay Silvester and participated in college athletics at Utah State University from 1956 to 1959 is an American retired athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. In this event he finished in fourth, fifth, second and eighth place at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, respectively, and won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American...
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Craig Jessop

42. Craig Jessop

1949-. (aged 77)
choir director conductor
Craig D. Jessop is an American academic, musician, and singer best known for his tenure as the music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Choir) from 1999 to 2008.
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George Piranian

43. George Piranian

1914-2009 (aged 95)
mathematician university teacher
George Piranian was a Swiss-American mathematician. Piranian was internationally known for his research in complex analysis, his association with Paul Erdős, and his editing of the Michigan Mathematical Journal.
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Arthur Cronquist

44. Arthur Cronquist

1919-1992 (aged 73)
botanist botanical collector scientific collector
Arthur John Cronquist was an American biologist, botanist and a specialist on Compositae. He is considered one of the most influential botanists of the 20th century, largely due to his formulation of the Cronquist system as well as being the primary co-author to the Flora of the Pacific Northwest, still the most up to date flora for three northwest U.S....
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Phil Johnson

45. Phil Johnson

1941-. (aged 85)
basketball player basketball coach
Philip Donald Johnson is an American former professional basketball coach. He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats and Utah State Aggies. Johnson began his coaching career with the Aggies in 1963 and then returned to the Wildcats where he was an assistant coach from 1964 to 1968 and head coach from 1968 to 1971. He coached in the...
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Cornell Green

46. Cornell Green

1940-. (aged 86)
basketball player American football player
Cornell M. Green, is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He did not play college football at Utah State University, but was a two-time All-American as a basketball player for the Aggies, selected in the 1962 NBA draft, but not in the...
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Ed Decker

47. Ed Decker

1935-. (aged 91)
writer
John Edward "Ed" Decker was an American counterculture apologist, and evangelist known for his studies, books, and public presentations, of the negative aspects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Freemasonry.
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Jim Boatwright

48. Jim Boatwright

1951-2013 (aged 62)
teacher basketball player basketball coach
James Earl Boatwright was an American-Israeli professional basketball player, basketball coach, and schoolteacher. He won two EuroLeague championships with Maccabi Tel Aviv, in 1977 and 1981, while reaching the EuroLeague Final another time in 1980. In the 1977 final, he led all scorers with 26 points.
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Mary L. Cleave

49. Mary L. Cleave

1947-2023 (aged 76)
astronaut engineer
Mary Louise Cleave was an American engineer and NASA astronaut. She also served from 2005 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.
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Bibhu Mohapatra

50. Bibhu Mohapatra

1972-. (aged 54)
costume designer fashion designer
Bibhu Mohapatra is a New York-based fashion designer and costume designer.
Michael W. Mosman

51. Michael W. Mosman

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer judge
Michael Wise Mosman is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. He served as Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon from February 1, 2016, to December 23, 2019. He also served a 7-year term on the FISA Court from May 4, 2013, to May...
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Wayne Estes

52. Wayne Estes

1943-1965 (aged 22)
basketball player
Wayne Vernon Estes was an American basketball player. He was a 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m) All-American forward for the Utah State Aggies from 1962 to 1965. Wayne is the fourth-leading scorer in Utah State history, with 2,001 points and the fourth-leading rebounder (893). He holds school records for career points per game (26.7), free throws made in a career (469), consecutive...
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Freddy Deeb

53. Freddy Deeb

1955-. (aged 71)
poker player
Kassem Ibrahim "Freddy" Deeb is a Lebanese professional poker player.
L. Tom Perry

54. L. Tom Perry

1922-2015 (aged 93)
religious leader
Lowell Tom Perry was an American businessman and religious leader who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1974 until his death.
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Jim Cantrell

55. Jim Cantrell

1965-. (aged 61)
racing automobile driver military flight engineer
Jim Cantrell is an American entrepreneur, mechanical engineer and road racer. He is the CEO and co-founder of Phantom Space Corporation, which aims to build space transportation technology. After working at the French Space Agency CNES (Centre Nationale d’Études Spatiales) and the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, he worked as an independent consultant to aerospace companies for fifteen years and was...
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Rick Bass

56. Rick Bass

1958-. (aged 68)
novelist geologist writer
Rick Bass is an American writer and an environmental activist. He has a Bachelor of Science in Geology with a focus in Wildlife from Utah State University. Right after he graduated, he interned for one year as a Wildlife Biologist at the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Arkansas. He then went onto working as an oil and gas geologist and consultant...
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Paula Hawkins

57. Paula Hawkins

1927-2009 (aged 82)
politician
Paula Hawkins was an American politician and community activist who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, she was Florida's first female U.S. senator and the only woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida, as of 2025. She was the first woman elected to...
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Kenny Guinn

58. Kenny Guinn

1936-2010 (aged 74)
politician
Kenneth Carroll Guinn, was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1994 until 1995. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party before running for governor.
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Hugh B. Brown

59. Hugh B. Brown

1883-1975 (aged 92)
lawyer
Hugh Brown Brown was an American attorney, educator, author and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency. Born in Utah, Brown held both American and Canadian citizenship.
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David B. Haight

60. David B. Haight

1906-2004 (aged 98)
politician
David Bruce Haight was an American religious leader and an elected official. Haight was the second oldest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He also served as mayor of Palo Alto, California from 1959 to 1963.
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Sonia Johnson

61. Sonia Johnson

1936-. (aged 90)
writer politician
Sonia Ann Johnson, is an American feminist activist and writer. She was an outspoken supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and in the late 1970s was publicly critical of the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), of which she was a member, against the proposed amendment. She was eventually excommunicated from the church...
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Gregory C. Carr

62. Gregory C. Carr

1959-. (aged 67)
human rights defender
Gregory C. Carr is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. His main philanthropic venture is the restoration of Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, which has been ravaged by Mozambican Civil War and environmental destruction. He has pledged more than $100 million over 35 years to restore and protect the park's biodiversity, and to assist communities living adjacent to the park with health...
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Howard Jarvis

63. Howard Jarvis

1903-1986 (aged 83)
politician
Howard Arnold Jarvis was an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician. He was a tax policy activist responsible for passage of California's Proposition 13 in 1978.
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Eric Hipple

64. Eric Hipple

1957-. (aged 69)
American football player
Eric Ellsworth Hipple is an American public speaker and a former professional football player. He played as a quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah State Aggies.
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Kevin Curtis

65. Kevin Curtis

1978-. (aged 48)
American football player
Kevin Devon Curtis is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah State Aggies and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2003 NFL draft. He also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs and...
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Quentin L. Cook

66. Quentin L. Cook

1940-. (aged 86)
lawyer
Quentin LaMar Cook is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Currently, he is the fifth most senior apostle in the church. Prior to his calling as an Apostle, he worked as a lawyer and business executive.
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Dick Motta

67. Dick Motta

1931-. (aged 95)
basketball coach
John Richard Motta is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Motta coached the Washington Bullets to the 1978 NBA Championship, and he won the 1971 NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Chicago Bulls. Motta is eighth all-time with 1,952 games as coach, while ranking 13th in wins and...
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Chris Cooley

68. Chris Cooley

1982-. (aged 44)
American football player
Christopher Ken Cooley is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah State Aggies and was selected by the Redskins in the third round of the 2004 NFL draft.
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Paul Rhoads

69. Paul Rhoads

1967-. (aged 59)
head coach
Paul Robert Rhoads is an American football coach. He is a Defensive Analyst at Mississippi State University. A major conference assistant coach and head coach, he spent a seven-year tenure as head coach at Iowa State.
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Bruce Jessen

70. Bruce Jessen

1949-. (aged 77)
priest military personnel psychologist
John Bruce Jessen is an American psychologist who, with James Elmer Mitchell, created the so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" that were used in the interrogation and torture of CIA detainees and outlined in the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on CIA torture. In that report, he was mentioned under the pseudonym "Hammond Dunbar." His company, Mitchell Jessen and...
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Mike Simpson

71. Mike Simpson

1950-. (aged 76)
dentist politician
Michael Keith Simpson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise. A member of the Republican Party, Simpson was first elected to public office in 1984, and...
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John Dehlin

72. John Dehlin

1969-. (aged 57)
historian podcaster psychologist
John Parkinson Dehlin is an American podcast host. He holds a PhD in psychology. Dehlin founded the Mormon Stories Podcast, as well as several other podcasts, blogs, and websites. He was an influential early participant in the "Mormon blogosphere," and blogs at Patheos.com. He advocates for LGBT rights. In January 2015, Dehlin was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ...
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Anthony Calvillo

73. Anthony Calvillo

1972-. (aged 54)
Canadian football player American football player
Anthony Calvillo is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was professional football's all-time passing yards leader from 2011 to 2020, and is first in all-time CFL passing yards. In his career, he passed for 79,816 yards and is...
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Lars Peter Hansen

74. Lars Peter Hansen

1952-. (aged 74)
economist statistician pedagogue university teacher
Lars Peter Hansen is an American economist. He is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business, at the University of Chicago and a 2013 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
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Gary E. Stevenson

75. Gary E. Stevenson

1955-. (aged 71)
priest
Gary Evan Stevenson is an American religious leader and former businessman who is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served previously as the church's Presiding Bishop and was the fourteenth man to serve in that position. He has been a general authority of the church since 2008....
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Matt Wells

76. Matt Wells

1973-. (aged 53)
head coach American football player
Matthew Scribner Wells is an American college football coach and former quarterback. He was most recently the associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Kansas State University. Wells previously served as offensive coordinator and then head coach at Utah State University, where he was named Mountain West Conference coach of the year in 2013 and 2018. Wells was...
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Sam Merrill

77. Sam Merrill

1996-. (aged 30)
basketball player
Samuel Hoskins Merrill is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “Money Merrill,” he was drafted with the last pick of the 2020 NBA draft and acquired by the Milwaukee Bucks, with whom he won an NBA championship. He played college basketball for the Utah State Aggies.
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Evan Mecham

78. Evan Mecham

1924-2008 (aged 84)
businessperson politician
Evan Mecham was an American businessman and the 17th governor of Arizona, serving from January 5, 1987, until his impeachment conviction on April 4, 1988. A decorated veteran of World War II, Mecham was an automotive dealership owner and occasional newspaper publisher.
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Jaycee Carroll

79. Jaycee Carroll

1983-. (aged 43)
basketball player
Jaycee Don Carroll is an American-born naturalized Azerbaijani former professional basketball player. He has also represented the senior Azerbaijani national team. While playing college basketball for the Utah State University Aggies, he was known for his scoring prowess, shooting ability, shooting range, and endurance. He has the 2nd highest 3 point field goal percentage in NCAA Division I history. He...
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Donald Penn

80. Donald Penn

1983-. (aged 43)
American football player
Donald Ward Penn II is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah State Aggies, and was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Penn was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins.
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Larry Correia

81. Larry Correia

1977-. (aged 49)
writer science fiction writer novelist lecturer
Larry Correia is an American fantasy and science fiction writer, known for his Monster Hunter International, Grimnoir Chronicles, and Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series. He has authored or co-authored over 30 novels, has over 50 published short works, two collections of stories, and has co-edited four published anthologies.
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Ardeshir Zahedi

82. Ardeshir Zahedi

1928-2021 (aged 93)
diplomat politician
Ardeshir Zahedi GCVO was a prominent Iranian politician and diplomat who served as the country's foreign minister from 1966 to 1971, and its ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the last official Iranian ambassador to the US. He resigned his position following the Iranian revolution in 1979 and overthrow of...
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Steven Ford

83. Steven Ford

1956-. (aged 70)
television actor film director actor film actor
Steven Meigs Ford is an American actor, and the youngest son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford. He is perhaps best known for playing Andy Richards in the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
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Neemias Queta

84. Neemias Queta

1999-. (aged 27)
basketball player
Neemias Esdras Barbosa Queta is a Portuguese professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He started playing basketball in 2009 for Barreirense and later played college basketball for the Utah State Aggies. A 7-foot-tall (2.1 m), 250-pound (110 kg) center, he was selected with the 39th overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, being...
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Ezra Taft Benson

85. Ezra Taft Benson

1899-1994 (aged 95)
prophet politician
Ezra Taft Benson was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States Secretary of Agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the 13th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1985 until his death in 1994.
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Nolan Bushnell

86. Nolan Bushnell

1943-. (aged 83)
computer scientist engineer inventor entrepreneur
Nolan Kay Bushnell is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc., and the Chuck E. Cheese chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News "Innovator of the Year" award and was named one of Newsweek's "50...
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Laurence J. Burton

87. Laurence J. Burton

1926-2002 (aged 76)
politician
Laurence Junior Burton was a U.S. representative from Utah.
K. Gunn McKay

88. K. Gunn McKay

1925-2000 (aged 75)
politician
Koln Gunn McKay was an American politician who represented the state of Utah. He served from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1981, beginning in the ninety-second Congress and in four succeeding congresses.
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Richard H. Stallings

89. Richard H. Stallings

1940-2025 (aged 85)
politician
Richard Howard Stallings was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Idaho's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1993.
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Boyd K. Packer

90. Boyd K. Packer

1924-2015 (aged 91)
non-fiction writer religious leader
Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2008 until his death. He also served as the quorum's acting president from 1994 to 2008 and was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the...
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Kerry Rupp

91. Kerry Rupp

1954-. (aged 72)
basketball coach basketball player
Kerry Lee Rupp is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach with Green Bay Phoenix, serving as the offensive coordinator. Rupp's previous stints as an assistant coach include Detroit Mercy, Montana, UAB, Indiana, and Utah. Rupp served as head coach at Utah (interim) in 2004 and at Louisiana Tech from 2007 to 2011. From 2014 to...
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Spencer Cox

92. Spencer Cox

1975-. (aged 51)
lawyer businessperson politician
Spencer James Cox is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2021 as the 18th governor of Utah. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2021 as the eighth lieutenant governor of Utah. In Fairview, Utah, where Cox lives and was raised, he was elected to the city council in 2004 and then as mayor in...
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Jaylen Warren

93. Jaylen Warren

1998-. (aged 28)
American football player
Derrell Jaylen Warren is an American professional football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Snow College, Utah State and Oklahoma State.
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Elizabeth Dowdeswell

94. Elizabeth Dowdeswell

1944-. (aged 82)
diplomat politician
Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian civil servant who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2014 to 2023. As lieutenant governor, Dowdeswell was the viceregal representative of the Crown in Right of Ontario. A champion of civil society, environmental protection, inclusive growth and liberal democracy, she is also the longest-serving lieutenant governor in Ontario's history.
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Sondhi Limthongkul

95. Sondhi Limthongkul

1947-. (aged 79)
journalist television presenter columnist writer media proprietor
Sondhi Limthongkul is a Thai media proprietor, conspiracy theorist, pro-Beijing anti-democracy reactionary activist, demagogue, and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). In 2009, he was elected leader of the New Politics Party (NPP).
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Norah Al Faiz

96. Norah Al Faiz

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Norah bint Abdullah Al Faiz, also spelled Noura Al Fayez, (born 1956) is the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in Saudi Arabia. She was vice minister of education from 2009 to 2015.
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Harry Reid

97. Harry Reid

1939-2021 (aged 82)
city attorney lawyer politician
Harry Reid is an English actor. He is known for his role as Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, from 2014 until 2018.
Tony Adams

98. Tony Adams

1950-. (aged 76)
Canadian football player American football player
Tony Alexander Adams is an English former football player and manager. Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both. Known as "Mr. Arsenal", he spent his entire playing career of 19 years as a centre-back there, making 672 total appearances and winning four English league titles. He is considered one of Arsenal's greatest-ever players and is also included in the...
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Kit Armstrong

99. Kit Armstrong

1992-. (aged 34)
composer pianist
Kit Armstrong is an American classical pianist, composer, organist, and former child prodigy of British-Taiwanese parentage.
Hesham Qandil

100. Hesham Qandil

1962-. (aged 64)
engineer politician
Hesham Mohamed Qandil is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who served as the 51st prime minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013. Qandil was appointed as prime minister by President Mohamed Morsi on 24 July 2012 and sworn in on 2 August 2012. Qandil previously served as Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation from 2011 to 2012.
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