DO YOU WANT TO BE A FAMOUS UTAHN?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN INVENTOR?

PHILO T. FARNSWORTH PHILO TAYLOR FARNSWORTH WAS AN AMERICAN INVENTOR AND TELEVISION PIONEER. HE MADE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE CRUCIAL TO THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ALL-ELECTRONIC TELEVISION.

WHAT ABOUT A FAMOUS BUSINESS PERSON? MAYBE EVEN OWN THE JAZZ!

LARRY H. MILLER LARRY H. MILLER IS MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING A UTAH BUSINESSMAN. MILLER IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE OWNER OF THE UTAH JAZZ AND THE SALT LAKE BEES. HE IS CONSIDERED A PHILANTHROPIST (SOMEONE WHO DONATES MONEY FOR GOOD CAUSES)

AARON SKONNARD AARON IS A CO-FOUNDER OF PLURALSIGHT WHERE HE SERVES AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. AARON HAS SPENT YEARS DEVELOPING COURSE MATERIALS AND TEACHING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AARON HAS WRITTEN NUMEROUS BOOKS AND ARTICLES

J. WILLARD MARRIOT J. WILLARD MARRIOTT IS A 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR WHO STARTED IN FOOD SERVICE AND EVENTUALLY OPENED A HOTEL CHAIN.

DAVID ECCLES UTAH’S FIRST ENTREPRENEUR MAYOR CARED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY

JON HUNTSMAN JR. 9 TH UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO CHINA UTAH GOVERNOR

OR AN INDIAN CHIEF?

CHIEF HOSKANINNI PROTECTED HIS PEOPLE FROM THE THOSE WANTING TO COME SETTLE IN MONUMENT VALLEY. DID ALL HE COULD DO TO KEEP IT A SECRET.

AN EXPLORER? OR FUR TRADER?

FATHER DOMINGUEZ AND FATHER ESCALANTE CONDUCTED AN EXPEDITION. ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION IN CALIFORNIA, THEY CREATED MAPS THAT AIDED MANY OTHER TRAVELERS AFTER THEM.

JIM BRIDGER JAMES FELIX BRIDGER, KNOWN AS JIM BRIDGER, WAS AMONG THE FOREMOST MOUNTAIN MEN, TRAPPERS, SCOUTS AND GUIDES WHO EXPLORED AND TRAPPED THE WESTERN UNITED STATES DURING THE DECADES OF ,

PETER SKENE OGDEN A FUR TRAPPER AND MOUNTAIN MAN WHO LEAD BRIGADES INTO THE UTAH AREA. THE CITY OF OGDEN IS NOW NAMED IN HIS HONOR.

F I G H T F O R W O M E N ’ S R I G H T S ?

EMILY S RICHARDS AND EMMELINE WELLS EMMELINE WELLS, ELIZA R. SNOW, EMILY S. RICHARDS, THE STAFF OF THE WOMEN’S EXPONENT, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER WOMEN, DECLARED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN, MAKING GREAT STRIDES FOR THE STATE.

WHAT ABOUT AN OLYMPIAN?

NOELLE PIKUS-PACE A RETIRED AMERICAN SKELETON RACER FROM PROVO, UTAH HER HUSBAND BUILT HER SLED MOTHER OF TWO KIDS COMPETED IN 32 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS OVER TWO YRS.

OR SPORTS?

STEVE YOUNG ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS THAT EVER PLAYED THE GAME! HE WAS NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. HE IS STILL ALIVE TODAY AND YOU CAN SEE HIM ON TV!

MERLIN OLSEN A FOOTBALL PLAYER, ANNOUNCER, AND ACTOR

DON’T FORGET THEATER!

MAUDE MAY BABCOCK MAUDE MAY BABCOCK WAS UTAH’S FIRST LADY OF THEATER. SHE BROUGHT THEATER AND DRAMA TO UTAH. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH’S FACULTY. BECAUSE OF HER, THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH WAS THE FIRST UNIVERSITY TO STAGE A PLAY IN THE COUNTRY.

WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN THE FOUNDER OF BALLET WEST. HE BROUGHT THE VERSION OF THE NUTCRACKER TO UTAH THAT WE STILL WATCH PERFORMED TODAY!

WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT? CHOOSE WISELY!

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