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This project is part of the Mormonism Portal.
Mormon Americans are people from the United States who have ancestral or religious roots in the Latter-day Saints movement. Approximately 6.5 million Americans are practicing Mormons, while at least one million others have roots in the Mormon community.
Anthropologists and demographers increasingly consider Mormons to be a distinct ethnic group in America due to them meeting the general criteria of "shared cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language or dialect, symbolic systems such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing style, art, and physical appearance."
Latter-day Saints
These are people who consider(ed) themselves active adherents of the Mormon faith.
- Glenn Beck, media figure and political commentator
- Don Bluth, animator and director
- Will Butler, musician
- Jack Dempsey, boxer
- Brandon Flowers, musician
- Bryce Harper, baseball player
- Sen. Orrin Hatch, politician
- Jared Hess, screenwriter and director
- Derek Hough, dancer and actor
- Julianne Hough, dancer, singer, and actor
- Dean Jagger, actor
- Gladys Knight, musician and actor
- Merlin Olsen, athlete, commentator, and actor
- Donny Osmond, entertainer
- Marie Osmond, entertainer
- Pat Priest, actor
- Sen. Harry Reid, politician
- Gov. Mitt Romney, politician and businessperson
- Peter Vidmar, gymnast
Non-Observant Mormons
These are people who come from Mormon background but no longer consider themselves to be practicing Mormons.
- Amy Adams, actor and singer
- Win Butler, musician
- Eliza Dushku, actor
- Aaron Eckhart, actor (and RM)
Recent Ancestry
These are people who have a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent who was Mormon and have strong "ethnic Mormon" background.
- Paul Stookey, singer