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== Alumni ==<!-- Please do not add more people here unless of earth-shaking importance.  Rather add them to the larger list in [[List of Brigham Young University alumni]]-->

{{Main|List of Brigham Young University alumni}}
{{as of|2022}}, BYU has 443,426 living alumni.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni Stats |url=https://alumni.byu.edu/alumni-stats |publisher=BYU |access-date=21 January 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121195412/https://alumni.byu.edu/alumni-stats |url-status=live }}</ref> Alumni relations are coordinated and activities are held at the [[Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center]].

[[File:Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center]]]]
Over 21 BYU graduates have served in the [[U.S. Senate]] and [[U.S. House of Representatives]], such as former [[Dean of the U.S. Senate]], [[Reed Smoot]] (class of 1876) and former [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] [[Orrin Hatch]].<ref>{{citation |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/b/BRIGHAM_YOUNG_UNIVERSITY.html |contribution= Brigham Young University |first= Richard D. |last= Poll |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 |access-date= October 31, 2013 |archive-date= November 1, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131101221911/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/b/BRIGHAM_YOUNG_UNIVERSITY.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> [[George Sutherland]] served as an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] between 1922 and 1938. Cabinet members of American presidents include former [[Secretary of Agriculture]], [[Ezra Taft Benson]] ('26), and former [[United States Solicitor General]], [[Rex E. Lee]] ('60).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/rex-e-lee_much-given-thoughts-appreciation/|title=Where Much Is Given: Some Thoughts on Appreciation – BYU Speeches|last=Lee|first=Rex E.|work=BYU Speeches|access-date=February 21, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817175000/https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/rex-e-lee/much-given-thoughts-appreciation/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mitt Romney]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]], former [[Governor of Massachusetts]], and 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee, was in the class of 1971.

BYU alumni in academia include former Dean of the [[Harvard Business School]] [[Kim B. Clark]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.byui.edu/president/clarkbio.htm |title=Kim B. Clark, President |publisher=[[BYU-Idaho]] |access-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517051018/http://www.byui.edu/president/clarkbio.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2008  }}</ref> two time world's most influential business thinker [[Clayton M. Christensen]], [[Michael K. Young]] ('73), former president of the [[University of Washington]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.admin.utah.edu/president/pres_bio.html | title = Michael K. Young | publisher = University of Utah | access-date = May 9, 2008 | archive-date = August 31, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110831083509/http://www.admin.utah.edu/president/pres_bio.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Matthew S. Holland]], former president of [[Utah Valley University]], [[Stan L. Albrecht]], former president of [[Utah State University]], and [[Stephen D. Nadauld]], previous president of [[Utah Tech University|Utah Tech University (formerly known as Dixie State University)]].  The university also graduated [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]], [[Paul D. Boyer]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1997/boyer-autobio.html| title = Paul D. Boyer| publisher = Nobel Foundation| access-date = May 10, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516125703/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1997/boyer-autobio.html| archive-date = May 16, 2008| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref> [[Philo Farnsworth]] (inventor of the electronic television) received an honorary degree in 1967.<ref name=Utah-bio /> [[Harvey Fletcher]] (inventor of the hearing aid) is also a graduate of the university.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Patents and Technical Progress—A Study of Television | first = W. Rupert | last = Maclaurin | journal = The Journal of Political Economy | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 142–157 |date=April 1950 | publisher = The University of Chicago Press | jstor = 1826025 | doi = 10.1086/256921 | s2cid = 153865728 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.et.byu.edu:8080/~tom/family/Harvey_Fletcher/harvey_fletcher.html| title = In Loving Memory of Harvey Fletcher | access-date = May 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080428230734/http://www.et.byu.edu:8080/~tom/family/Harvey_Fletcher/harvey_fletcher.html |archive-date = April 28, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Four of BYU's thirteen presidents were alumni of the university. Additionally, alumni of BYU who have served as business leaders include [[Gary Crittenden]] ('76),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marriottschool.byu.edu/marriottmag/fall07/alumni/spotlights.cfm |title=Alumnus Named Citigroup CFO, Marriott School Honored Alumni |access-date=May 7, 2008 |publisher=www./marriottschool.byu.edu|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206161917/http://marriottschool.byu.edu/marriottmag/fall07/alumni/spotlights.cfm |archive-date=December 6, 2007  }}</ref> former [[Dell]] [[CEO]] [[Kevin Rollins]] ('84),<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=266021&symbol=DELL.O |title=Kevin Rollins: Executive Profile |access-date=May 7, 2008 |magazine=[[BusinessWeek]] |archive-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219184459/https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv.html?url=L3Byb2ZpbGUvcGVyc29uLzczOTM4NTg%2F&uuid=4c2588c0-422a-11eb-9718-17ea852b5ace&vid= |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Deseret Book]] CEO [[Sheri L. Dew]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,375015072,00.html | title = Sheri Dew: Living the Unexpected Life | newspaper = Deseret News | access-date = May 7, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080609023950/http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0%2C1249%2C375015072%2C00.html | archive-date = June 9, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

In literature and journalism, BYU has produced several best-selling authors, including [[Orson Scott Card]] ('75),<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-card-orson.asp| access-date = May 8, 2008| title = Orson Scott Card bio| archive-date = September 13, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180913073946/https://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-card-orson.asp| url-status = live}}</ref> [[Brandon Sanderson]] ('00 & '05),<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/246890/ | title = Local Author | newspaper = Daily Herald | access-date = May 7, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Stephenie Meyer]] ('95)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/232430/ |title=Eclipse Expectations |newspaper=Daily Herald |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223183028/http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/232430/ |archive-date=February 23, 2008}}</ref> and [[Tara Westover]] ('08).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/books/review/best-books.html|title=The 10 Best Books of 2018|date=2018-12-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202085737/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/books/review/best-books.html|url-status=live}}</ref> BYU also graduated American activist and contributor for ABC News [[Elizabeth Smart]]-Gilmour. Other media personalities include award-winning [[ESPN]] sportscaster and former [[Miss America]] [[Sharlene Wells Hawkes]] ('86) and former co-host of [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Early Show]]'' [[Jane Clayson Johnson]] ('90).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1980/1985.asp |title=Sharlene Hawkes |publisher=Miss America Organization |access-date=May 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117165140/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1980/1985.asp |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.byui.edu/comm/comm_day/fall07speakers.htm |title=Communication Day |publisher=BYU-Idaho |access-date=May 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514090835/http://www.byui.edu/Comm/comm_day/fall07speakers.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2008 }}</ref>

In entertainment and television, BYU is represented by [[Johnny Whitaker]] ('86) (best known for his role as Jody in ''[[Family Affair]])'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Modesti |first=Kevin |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2011/02/02/former-family-affair-child-actor-johnny-whitaker-now-has-the-role-of-a-lifetime/ |title=Former 'Family Affair' child actor Johnny Whitaker now has the role of a lifetime |date=February 2, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |access-date=February 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216143838/https://www.dailynews.com/2011/02/02/former-family-affair-child-actor-johnny-whitaker-now-has-the-role-of-a-lifetime/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jon Heder]] ('02) (best known for his role as [[Napoleon Dynamite]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20039725,00.html|access-date=May 8, 2008|title=Jon Heder and His Wife Have a Girl|work=People Magazine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524032002/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20039725%2C00.html|archive-date=May 24, 2007}}</ref> [[YouTuber]] and former [[NASA]] engineer [[Mark Rober]] ('04),<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hart|first=Hugh|date=16 February 2012|title=Dirt-Cheap iPhone Trick Captures Great Ape Close-Ups|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/02/gorilla-cam/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017201551/https://www.wired.com/2012/02/gorilla-cam/|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=12 December 2020|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|quote="I don't really see myself as supercreative," said Rober, who's 31 now.}}</ref><ref name="youtubers">{{cite web |title=Meet 8 BYU Alumni YouTube Sensations |url=https://magazine.byu.edu/article/big-shots/ |website=[[BYU Magazine]] |access-date=13 December 2020 |date=2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119025954/https://magazine.byu.edu/article/big-shots/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Golden Globe-nominated [[Aaron Eckhart]] ('94),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ldsfilm.com/bio/bioE.html |access-date=May 8, 2008 |title=Aaron Eckhart |work=LDS bios |archive-date=February 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221083117/http://ldsfilm.com/bio/bioE.html |url-status=live }}</ref> animator and filmmaker [[Don Bluth]] ('54), ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' "[[Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time|Greatest of All Time]]" champion and later host, [[Ken Jennings]] ('00),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/01/here-are-the-results-from-day-4-of-jeopardy-greatest-of-all-time |title=Here are the results from Day 4 of 'Jeopardy!' Greatest of All Time |last=Curtis |first=Charles |date=January 14, 2020 |website=[[USA Today]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115023749/https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/01/here-are-the-results-from-day-4-of-jeopardy-greatest-of-all-time |archive-date=January 15, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> Academy Award-winning filmmaker [[Kieth Merrill]] ('67), and [[Richard Dutcher]], the "Father of [[Mormon Cinema]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ldsfilm.com/GA/GodsArmy.html |access-date=May 8, 2008 |title=LDS Film |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163840/http://www.ldsfilm.com/GA/GodsArmy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the music industry BYU is represented by lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning band [[Imagine Dragons]] [[Dan Reynolds (musician)|Dan Reynolds]], multi-platinum selling drummer [[Elaine Bradley]] from the band [[Neon Trees]], chart-topping composer and violist [[Blake Allen]] ('10), crossover dubstep violinist [[Lindsey Stirling]], former ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant [[Carmen Rasmusen]], and [[Tabernacle Choir]] director [[Mack Wilberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/64097 |title=Former "Idol" Releases First Album |publisher=BYU NewsNet |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209221412/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/64097 |archive-date=February 9, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.us.oup.com/us/corporate/publishingprograms/music/sheet_music/composers/wilberg/?view=usa |title=Mack Wilberg |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=May 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103123249/http://www.us.oup.com/us/corporate/publishingprograms/music/sheet_music/composers/wilberg/?view=usa |archive-date=November 3, 2007}}</ref>

BYU has also produced many religious leaders. Among the alumni are several Latter-day Saint [[general authorities|General Authorities]], including two Church Presidents: [[Ezra Taft Benson]] ('26), and [[Thomas S. Monson]] ('74),<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |title=Ezra Taft Benson |work=Grandpa Bill's G.A. Pages |url=http://www.gapages.com/bensoet2.htm |url-status=usurped |access-date=May 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516173056/http://gapages.com/bensoet2.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/biography-of-president-thomas-s-monson |title=Thomas S. Monson |publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] |access-date=May 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422204903/http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/biography-of-president-thomas-s-monson |archive-date=April 22, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> six Apostles ([[Neil L. Andersen]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gapages.com/andernl1.htm |title=Neil L. Andersen |publisher=Grandpa Bill's GA Pages |access-date=May 7, 2008 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727042832/http://www.gapages.com/andernl1.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[D. Todd Christofferson]] ('69), [[David A. Bednar]] ('76), [[Jeffrey R. Holland]] ('65 & '66), and [[Dallin H. Oaks]] ('54),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.byui.edu/president/presbio.html |title=David A. Bednar |publisher=[[BYU-Idaho]] |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511043637/http://www.byui.edu/president/presbio.html |archive-date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref> and two General Presidents of the [[Relief Society]], [[Julie B. Beck]] ('73) and [[Belle Spafford]] (1920).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2007/05/news-of-the-church/julie-b-beck?lang=eng |title=News of the Church |publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] |access-date=May 13, 2008 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727041515/https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2007/05/news-of-the-church/julie-b-beck?lang=eng |url-status=live }}</ref>

A number of BYU alumni have found success in professional sports, representing the university in 7 [[MLB]] [[World Series]], 5 [[NBA Finals]], and 25 [[National Football League|NFL]] [[Super Bowls]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.byucougars.com/football/history/pros.jsp |title=BYU Football – In the Pros |publisher=BYU Athletics |access-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329095749/http://www.byucougars.com/football/history/pros.jsp |archive-date=March 29, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In baseball, BYU alumni include [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Stars]] [[Rick Aguilera]] ('83), [[Wally Joyner]] ('84), and [[Jack Morris]], ('76).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aguilri01.shtml |title=Rick Aguilera |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091138/http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aguilri01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Professional basketball players include three-time [[NBA Finals|NBA champion]] [[Danny Ainge]] ('81), 1952 NBA Rookie of the Year and 4-time NBA All-Star [[Mel Hutchins]] ('51),<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/obituaries/mel-hutchins-dead.html|title= Mel Hutchins, B.Y.U. All-American and N.B.A. All-Star, Dies at 90|newspaper= The New York Times|date= December 22, 2018|access-date= June 8, 2020|last1= Goldstein|first1= Richard|archive-date= December 22, 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20181222173115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/obituaries/mel-hutchins-dead.html|url-status= live}}</ref> three-time [[Olympics|Olympic]] medalist and [[List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Krešimir Ćosić]], ('73),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/Danny_Ainge.html | title = Danny Ainge | publisher = Boston Celtics | access-date = May 12, 2008 | archive-date = April 18, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080418073430/http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/Danny_Ainge.html | url-status = live }}</ref> NBA center [[Shawn Bradley]], and consensus 2011 national college player of the year [[Jimmer Fredette]] ('11).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jimmer_fredette/bio.html |title=Jimmer Fredette: Bio |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=August 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108154043/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jimmer_fredette/bio.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012  }}</ref> BYU also claims notable professional football players including two-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[quarterback]] [[Steve Young]] ('84) & [[J. Reuben Clark Law School|J.D.]] ('96), [[Heisman Trophy]] winner [[Ty Detmer]] ('90), and two-time Super Bowl winners [[Jim McMahon]] and [[Kyle Van Noy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?PLAYER_ID=252 |title=Steve Young |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=May 11, 2008 |archive-date=September 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916093805/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=252 |url-status=live }}</ref> In golf, BYU alumni include two [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] winners: [[Johnny Miller]] ('69) at the 1973 U.S. Open and 1976 British Open, and [[Mike Weir]] ('92) at the 2003 Masters.

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