John R. (Roger) Lasater Air Force general (retired) Not since Joseph Smith was lieutenant general of the Nauvoo Legion has there been a General Authority of the Church who was actually a general. Elder John R. Lasater, sustained in April conference 1987 to the First...
Anne Sward Hansen Anne Sward Hansen is an award-winning American actress known primarily for her work on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. She was born on December 9, 1950, in Bronxville, New York. She graduated with a BS in Theatre Arts and Speech from Emerson...
The title-page of the Book of Mormon spells out the purpose of the Book of Mormon: “Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not...
A year after a pandemic delay, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic games are officially underway, with the opening ceremonies being held on Friday, 23 July 2021. The events run through Sunday, 8 August 2021. Among the athletes competing on the world stage are 13 members of...
William Ide (1796-1852) President of the California Republic In 1846, he joined John C. Fremont in the Bear Flag Revolt. They took Sonoma and captured the Mexican Commandante of Northern California. They raised a new flag and declared the independent of the California...
After playing briefly with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and Amsterdam Admirals, Archibald joined the Calgary Stampeders. He was named CFL’s most outstanding offensive lineman in 2010. In 2011 he joined the BC Lions. Ben served a full time Mormon...
General Robert Oaks USAF (retired) The first LDS four-star general, he retired from the US Air Force in 1994, after serving on the Pentagon staff, as commander of the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing and later US Air Forces Europe at Ramstein AFB in Germany, and allied NATO...
Garth was born in Arcata, California. He is Dane Iorg’s brother. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. He began his Major League baseball career 5 years later with the Toronto Blue Jays. He played for 9...
He was selected in the fourth round (129 overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He was a member of the Rams when the team lost to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl...
Robert G. Freeman Oracle Consultant Robert is a Principal Engineer and Team Manager at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is the author of eleven popular Oracle books including the best selling Oracle RMAN Backup and Recovery series and the Oracle...
Brandon Flowers is the lead singer for the popular pop rock band “The Killers.” Because he is a world-famous rock star, people are often surprised to learn that he is also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In an interview with Spin Magazine,...
Timothy S. Klugh Timothy S. Klugh is a creator of music, stage musicals, novels, and poetry. He has a large portfolio of accomplished works. His theater works include: Magick & Poison: The Castle of Flax (a stage musical in 2016), Magick & Poison: Drawing Down...
Brian Fairrington Born and raised in Arizona, Fairrington’s award winning editorial cartoons are nationally syndicated to over 800 newspapers and publications in America with Cagle Cartoons. His cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, USAToday as well as...
Aslan Faction Anthony is signed to Noitekk Records in Germany. He has two signed bands: Aslan Faction & Tactical Sekt. His new CD Burn Process is Number 3 in the Dutch Charts. Much of his music deals with moral themes, religion and politics. He is a member of the...
Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight are identical twins (obviously) who run their own YouTube channel, Brooklyn & Bailey, where they post videos about fashion, crafts, beauty, family vlogs, and music videos. They post a new video every Wednesday afternoon. They have...
Paul Bishop Paul Bishop, a 35-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department and member of the LDS Church, has been one of two interrogators for ABC’s “Take the Money and Run,” a 2011 summer reality show involving the race for a case containing...
Dick was a former American college and Professional Football defensive back who played collegiately at Brigham Young University and professionally in the American Football League for the New York Titans and the Boston Patriots. He scored the winning touchdown for the...
Joseph Smith was a young boy of 14 when he walked into a grove of trees, intending to pray and ask God which of all the many churches in upstate New York he should join. He was trying to “come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong” concerning...
Arnold Friberg “Friberg, whose Swedish father and Norwegian mother were both Mormon converts and immigrants to America, began drawing at a young age. By the time he was eight, he had aspirations to be a newspaper cartoonist, but after studying at the Chicago...
Thomas Allen Holmoe, the current athletic director at Brigham Young University (BYU), was born on 7 March 1960 in Los Angeles, California. He is a former college and professional American football defensive back and coach. Exceptional Athletic Prowess Apparently...
