Editing Murray, Utah (section)

== Notable people ==
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*[[Gary Andersen]], head football coach, [[Utah State University]]
*[[Jack Anderson (columnist)|Jack Anderson]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner, started writing for the ''[[Murray Eagle]]''<ref>Jack Anderson, Daryl Gibson. Peace, War, and Politics: An Eyewitness Account Macmillan, 2000 {{ISBN|0-312-87497-9}}</ref>
*[[Lou Andrus]], former linebacker, 1967, for the [[Denver Broncos]]
*[[David Archuleta]], ''[[American Idol season 7|American Idol]]'' season 7 runner-up<ref>{{cite news|title=Murray High teen moving up on 'Idol' |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |date=February 15, 2008 |url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695253386,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227105332/http://deseretnews.com/article/1%2C5143%2C695253386%2C00.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[Ben B. Banks]], LDS Church [[General authority]], [[Seventy (LDS Church)|Presidency of the Seventy]]<ref>2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007), p. 89 (''Deseret Morning News'' is the same newspaper as ''Deseret News'')</ref>
*[[Shawn Bradley]], former [[Brigham Young University]] and [[NBA]] Basketball player.
*[[Deondra Brown]], member of [[The 5 Browns]] classical piano ensemble.<ref>|Last=Delliskave|first=Shaun|Date=Jul 13, 2020|title=Deondra Brown of The 5 Browns seeks to offer hope to child abuse survivors
|newspaper=Murray City Journal|url=https://www.murrayjournal.com/2020/07/13/321080/deondra-brown-of-the-5-browns-seeks-to-offer-hope-to-child-abuse-survivors</ref>
*[[Lauren Cholewinski]], 2010 Olympic speed skater, resides in Murray while training<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/olympics/ci_14341734|title=Lauren Cholewinski|last=Cholewinski|first=Lauren|newspaper=[[Salt Lake Tribune]]|date=February 17, 2010|access-date=April 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605074504/http://www.sltrib.com/olympics/ci_14341734|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Parley Parker Christensen]], Utah and California politician, Esperantist. Teacher in Murray.
*[[Nathaniel Coleman]], 2020 Olympic silver-medalist in men's combined sport climbing.
*[[Kevin Curtis]], [[National Football League]] player
*[[Bruce Hardy]], former [[Miami Dolphins]] football player, Arena Football head coach
*[[Allan Howe]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] 1974–1976.<ref>{{citation |first= John |last= Sillito |contribution= Howe, Allan Turner |url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HOWE_ALLEN.html |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] |isbn= 0-87480-425-6 |oclc= 30473917 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131010222947/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HOWE_ALLEN.html |archive-date= October 10, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Paul Hunt (gymnast)|Paul Hunt]],  comedian gymnast and gymnastics coach.
*[[Alejandra Ibáñez]], 2020 Paralympic bronze medalist in women's wheelchair basketball.
*[[Darian Jenkins]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darian Jenkins |url=https://www.orlandocitysc.com/pride/players/darian-jenkins/ |access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=[[Orlando Pride]]}}</ref>
*[[Ken Jennings]], 72 consecutive wins and $2.52 million in ''[[Jeopardy!]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Lindsie |date=July 24, 2004 |title=Jeopardy! finishes year with Utahn going strong |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |publisher=[[Deseret Digital Media]] |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20040724/ai_n11470807 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014124450/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20040724/ai_n11470807 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[Britton Johnsen]], [[NBA]] [[basketball]] player<ref>Jody Genessy "Utah Jazz: Ex-Ute Britton Johnsen to participate in fall camp", ''[[Deseret News|Deseret Morning News]]'' September 18, 2008</ref>
*[[Mark Koncar]], NFL player for the [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Houston Oilers]]
*[[Art Laboe]],  was an American-Armenian radio host, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner. He was generally credited with coining the term "Oldies but Goodies".
*[[Golden Richards]], former wide receiver for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]
*[[James Henry Madsen]] Paleontologist from University of Utah
*[[Chris Mazdzer]], Olympic Luge silver medalist.
*[[Leonidas Ralph Mecham]], former Director of the [[Administrative Office of the United States Courts]]<ref>Statement of Sen. Hatch, Retirement of Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Cong. Record., May 19, 2006, p. S4794</ref>
*[[Jerold Ottley]], American music director and conductor. He served as the director of the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] from 1974 to 1999.<ref>Former Tabernacle Choir director Jerold Ottley dies at age 86". www.ksl.com.</ref>
*[[LaVern W. Parmley]], [[Primary (LDS Church)|LDS Church Primary President]]<ref>Janet Peterson and LaRene Gaunt (1996). The Children's Friends: Presidents of the Primary and Their Lives of Service (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book), pp. 79–101</ref>
*[[Kim Peek]], inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by [[Dustin Hoffman]], in the movie ''[[Rain Man]]''.<ref>''Kim Peek, Murray man who inspired 'Rain Man', dies.'' Kathy Stephenson. ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]],'' December 22, 2009</ref>
*[[Emily Sophia Tanner Richards|Emily S. Richards]] national suffrage leader.<ref>cite news|Last=Delliskave|first=Shaun|Date=Jan 22, 2020|title=Murray suffragettes who helped earn women the right to vote
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*[[Dan Snarr]], four-time mayor of Murray<ref>{{cite news|last=Foy|first=Paul|date=May 10, 2009|title=Utah mayor set to shave impressive handlebar mustache for charity|newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/byauthor/292334|access-date=November 20, 2009}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Stan Watts]], longtime head coach of [[Brigham Young University|BYU]] basketball team<ref>Dahl, Richard "BYU's Stan Watts: the man and his game"  Horizon Publishers, 1976 {{ISBN|0-88290-068-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-88290-068-1}}</ref>