List of people from Salt Lake City
A person who lives in or comes from Salt Lake City, Utah is known as a Salt Laker. The following list contains well-known current or former Salt Lake City residents.
Born in Salt Lake City
- Maude Adams, Broadway stage actress noted for her title role in Peter Pan
- Tony Anselmo, Disney animator, voice of Donald Duck
- John T. Axton, first Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
- Lee Barnes, pole vaulter, gold medalist in 1924 Olympics
- Roseanne Barr, actress, comedian
- Bob Bennett, U.S. senator from Utah, son of Wallace F. Bennett
- Wallace F. Bennett, U.S. senator from Utah, father of Bob Bennett
- Jaime Bergman, actress, former Playboy Playmate
- Justin Braun, soccer player
- Wendy Burch, KTLA-TV news reporter
- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, game industry pioneer
- Mac Carruth, ice hockey goaltender
- Neal Cassady, influencer of the Beat movement
- Roy Castleton, major league baseball player
- William Henry Chamberlin, philosopher and theologian
- Nathan Chen, figure skater
- Clayton M. Christensen, professor at Harvard Business School
- Walter P. Chrysler, lived in Salt Lake City working as a railroad mechanic before making Chrysler automobiles
- Lee Cowan, CBS News correspondent
- Cytherea, pornographic actress, born in Salt Lake City and raised in West Valley City
- Matthew Davis, actor
- Bryan Dechart, actor, raised in Novi, Michigan
- Jack Dreyer, MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Patrick Fugit, actor
- John Fulton, writer
- John W. Gallivan, newspaper publisher
- Viola Gillette, comic opera singer, contralto
- Faye Gulini, professional snowboarder
- W. Dan Hausel, hall of fame martial arts grandmaster, geologist, writer
- William "Big Bill" Haywood, labor leader
- Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of the dating apps Tinder and Bumble
- Derek Hough and Julianne Hough, entertainers
- Larry Ivie, comic artist and writer
- Steve Konowalchuk, NHL player
- Art Laboe, disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner, generally credited with coining the term "Oldies But Goodies"
- Joi Lansing, actress and singer
- Keith Larsen, actor
- Trevor Lewis, NHL player, first Utah-born Stanley Cup champion
- Ted Ligety, Professional alpine ski racer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur
- Zach Lund, skeleton racer
- John Calder Mackay, founder of Mackay Homes, known for developing mid-century modern homes
- Daya Mata, president of the Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogada Satsang Society of India
- Mick Morris, musician, Eighteen Visions
- William Charles Morris, political cartoonist
- Claude Rex Nowell, aka Corky King, founder of Summum
- Louis R. Nowell, Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77
- Carol Ohmart, actress, Miss Utah 1946 and Miss America finalist
- Ralph Olsen, NFL player
- Tenny Palepoi, NFL player
- Philip J. Purcell, businessman
- Natacha Rambova, costume and set designer, Egyptologist
- Gary Ridgway, serial killer
- G. Ott Romney, third football head coach at Brigham Young University
- Milton Romney, college and pro football player, University of Texas basketball coach, cousin of Michigan Gov. George W. Romney
- Cael Sanderson, only four-time undefeated collegiate wrestling champion in NCAA Division I history; 2004 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
- Sky Saxon, founder and frontman to 1960s psychedelic rock group, The Seeds
- Frances Schreuder, socialite and convicted murderer
- Elizabeth Smart, activist
- Dave Smith, former NFL player
- Oliver G. Snow, politician
- Wallace Thurman, writer
- Pete Van Valkenburg, NFL player
- Craig Venter, geneticist and entrepreneur
- George Von Elm, golfer
- Robert Walker, actor, star of Strangers on a Train
- Loretta Young, actress, Academy Award winner
Native born and long-time residents of Salt Lake City
- Linda Bement, Miss Utah USA 1960, Miss USA 1960, Miss Universe 1960
- Frank Borzage, film director
- Wilford Brimley, character actor
- Ralph Vary Chamberlin, biologist, ethnographer and historian
- Paul W Draper, mentalist and magician
- David C. Evans, pioneer of computer graphics; founder of the computer science department at the University of Utah; co-founder of Evans & Sutherland
- Richard Paul Evans, author, best known for the Michael Vey series of books
- Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Frank Moss, U.S. senator representing Utah
- Kim Peek, savant
- Vernon B. Romney, attorney general of Utah 1969–77, gubernatorial candidate
- Ken Sanders, antiquarian bookseller
- Charlotte Sheffield, Miss Utah USA 1957, Miss USA 1957
- Peggy Wallace, Utah state representative
- John Warnock, computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.
- David Zabriskie, professional road bicycle racer
Non-native long-time Salt Lake City residents, present or former
- Maurice Abravanel, influential Utah Symphony conductor
- Darr H. Alkire, Air Force brigadier general, Stalag Luft III POW
- Heather Armstrong, blogger, dooce.com
- Belladonna, pornographic actress
- Jackie Biskupski, politician, mayor of Salt Lake City 2016–2020
- Walter P. Chrysler, lived in Salt Lake City working as a railroad mechanic before making Chrysler automobiles
- Alistair Cockburn, computer scientist noted for agile software development
- Reed Cowan, journalist
- Roma Downey, Irish actress, singer, and producer, star of TV series Touched by an Angel
- W. Mont Ferry, former Salt Lake City mayor and founder of Anti-Mormon American Party
- Lily Eskelsen García, vice-president of the National Education Association
- Brandon Flowers, frontman and lead singer to chart topping alternative rock band The Killers
- Tan France, fashion designer, television personality, and author
- Jake Garn, U.S. senator representing Utah
- Tyler Glenn, frontman and lead singer to Provo-based alt pop band Neon Trees
- Jared Goldberg, professional alpine ski racer
- Jesse Grupper, Olympic rock climber
- George C. Hatch, cable television pioneer
- Orrin Hatch, U.S. senator representing Utah
- Ammon Hennacy, anarchist organizer
- James Irwin, Apollo 15 lunar module pilot
- Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! champion
- Cameron Latu
- Karl Malone, basketball player for Utah Jazz
- Post Malone, Grammy-nominated rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Lee Mantle, U.S. senator from Montana
- Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr., vocalist and conductor
- James Merendino, filmmaker, SLC Punk!
- Ritt Momney, singer
- Blake Moore, U.S. representative
- Stevie Nicks, singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac
- Dick Nourse, television news anchor
- Burgess Owens, U.S. representatives, former professional football player
- Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Channel
- Nick Rimando, former goalkeeper for Real Salt Lake; won the MVP Award after Real Salt Lake won MLS Cup 2009; academy coach at the Real Monarchs academy in Herriman, Utah
- Lenore Romney, former First Lady of Michigan and U.S. Senate candidate, mother of Mitt Romney; raised in Salt Lake City
- Harold Ross, journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine
- Karl Rove, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush
- Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and nature writer
- John Stockton, basketball player for Utah Jazz
- Ivan Sutherland, computer scientist, Internet pioneer and co-founder of Evans & Sutherland
- Amanda Swenson, Swedish-born American soprano singer and teacher; directed the Salt Lake Ladies' Chorus
- Edgar A. Wedgwood, adjutant general of the Utah National Guard
- Terry Lee Williams, first African American to serve in the Utah State Senate
- Brigham Young, founder of Salt Lake City, president of the LDS Church
- Steve Young, NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers