List of Famous people born in Utah, United States of America
Natacha Rambova
Natacha Rambova was an American film costume designer, set designer, and occasional actress who was active in Hollywood in the 1920s. In her later life, she abandoned design to pursue other interests, specifically Egyptology, a subject on which she became a published scholar in the 1950s.
Clay Collard
Clay Jordan Collard is an American professional mixed martial artist and boxer. A professional since 2011, he formerly competed for the UFC. He currently competes in the lightweight division of the Professional Fighters League.
Kaycee Stroh
Kaycee Stroh is an American actress, singer and dancer, known for her role as Martha Cox in the High School Musical franchise. She was also a contestant in the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club.
Court McGee
Courtney Scott "Court" McGee is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, McGee mostly fought in local promotions in Utah before winning Spike TV's eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter. As a recovering heroin addict, McGee actively gives talks on anti drug campaigns to teenagers and launched online "Hope 361" project to help addicts to the path of recovery.
Jake Gibb
Jacob "Jake" Spiker Gibb is an American professional beach volleyball player, who currently plays on the AVP Tour with Taylor Crabb as his partner. Gibb and Casey Patterson represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Previously, Gibb and Sean Rosenthal played together from 2006 to 2012. Together they represented USA at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Anthony Geary
Anthony Geary is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Luke Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. He originated the role of Luke in 1978 and received a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement. Geary had a prominent supporting role in the "Weird Al" Yankovic comedy UHF (1989); other notable films include Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Disorderlies (1987), Scorchers (1991), Teacher's Pet (2004) and Fish Tank (2009).
Matthew S. Holland
Matthew Scott Holland has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2020. He previously served as the 6th president of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah, and its first president after UVU was granted university status.
Danny Southwick
Daniel Aaron Southwick is an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Jersey Flight. He was signed by the Louisville Fire as a street free agent in 2008. He signed with the Oakland Raiders in May 2009 and was released before training camp of that same season. He has also been a member of the Dallas Vigilantes, Tampa Bay Storm, San Jose Sabercats, San Antonio Talons, Chicago Rush, Cleveland Gladiators, Portland Thunder/Steel, Spokane Shock, Los Angeles Kiss, Orlando Predators, Massachusetts Pirates and Philadelphia Soul.
Charlie N. Holmberg
Charlie Nicholes Holmberg is an American fantasy author best known for The Paper Magician series. She is from Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in English in 2010. Her first novel, The Paper Magician, was released in 2014. Holmberg expanded the book into a series, the film rights for which were purchased by Disney in 2016. In addition to her other book series, Holmberg has published five standalone novels. One of these, The Fifth Doll, won the 2017 Whitney Award for Speculative Fiction. Many of her other works have been nominated for literary awards as well. In addition to writing, Holmberg is on the board of directors of a speculative fiction magazine, hosts the podcast Your Mom Writes Books, and maintains a blog called "Myself as Written".
Pace Mannion
Pace Shewan Mannion is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in the Italian league with the team of Cantù. He has worked as a studio analyst for the Utah Jazz television pre- and post-game shows.