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This is a list of well-known Latter-day Saints who have been excommunicated, or no longer profess to be Latter-day Saints. This list is primarily of adherents to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as a small number of adherents of related denominations (as labeled). This list may also include former controversial members of the LDS church. See: List of Latter-day Saints for current members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints.
- Brandy Alexandre, pornography actress
- Bill Allred, radio host
- Rocky Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
- Tal Bachman, musician
- Roseanne Barr, (Mormon only in a partial way) comedienne and actress
- Martha Nibley Beck, author best known for Expecting Adam, and Leaving the Saints. Magazine contributor.
- Belladonna, pornography actress
- John C. Bennett, Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois
- Steve Benson, political cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore
- Fawn M. Brodie, Joseph Smith biographer
- Ted Bundy, serial killer, converted to Mormonism during murders, converted to Hinduism on death row.
- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari
- Ina Coolbrith, poet, niece of Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Jewel, musician
- John Corrill, Missouri State Legislator
- Ed Decker, evangelist
- Eliza Dushku, actress
- Katherine Heigl
- Brian Evenson, author of Altmann's Tongue
- Vardis Fisher, novelist
- Mikal Gilmore, journalist
- Ryan Gosling, actor
- Teresa Nielsen Hayden, science fiction writer
- "Wild Bill" Hickman, controversial early LDS church figure (excommunicated)
- Mark Hofmann, document forger and murderer (excommunicated)
- Kerry Jackson, radio host
- Lyman E. Johnson, early church leader and dissenter (excommunicated)
- Sonia Johnson, feminist activist
- Walter Kirn, novelist and literary editor of GQ
- Neil LaBute, film director
- Bert McCracken of The Used
- Richard Packham, attorney
- Sheldon Rampton, editor of PR Watch and author
- R. Kent Rasmussen, author and Mark Twain authority
- Mick Ronson, musician known for work with David Bowie and Lou Reed
- William Shunn, science fiction writer
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, publishers of LDS historical documents
- James Tenney, musician
- Kip Thorne, physicist
- Brendon Urie, lead singer of Panic! at the Disco
- Paul Walker, actor
- Erv Wilson, musician
- Ann Eliza Young, wife of Brigham Young
- La Monte Young, musician
Excommunicated
- Janice Merrill Allred, author and a trustee the Mormon Alliance (excommunicated)
- Lavina Fielding Anderson, excommunicated as part of the "September Six"
- Michael Barrett, CIA attorney (excommunicated)
- Arthur Gary Bishop, serial killer (excommunicated)
- Samuel Brannan, California State Senator (excommunicated)
- Gary Gilmore, murderer (excommunicated)
- Brent Metcalfe, historian, excommunicated as part of the "September Six"
- D. Michael Quinn, historian (excommunicated as part of the Setptember Six; still considers himself a Latter-day Saint)
- Margaret Merrill Toscano, professor and classics scholar (excommunicated)
- Lynne Kanavel Whitesides, excommunicated as part of the "September Six"
- John Whitmer, first official church historian (excommunicated)
- David Wright, professor (excommunicated)
See also
- Ex-Mormon
- List of ex-atheists
- List of former Protestants
- List of ex-Roman Catholics
- List of former Muslims
- List of ex-Christians
References
- http://crime.about.com/od/murder/p/bundy.htm
- http://www.nndb.com/people/775/000028691/
- Gosling - Village Voice article
- http://nielsenhayden.com/GodandI.html
- http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/h/HOFMAN,MARK.html
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4964686&ft=1&f=1033
- http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1051
- http://home.teleport.com/~packham/bio1.htm
- http://www.shunn.net/bio/
- http://www.nndb.com/people/229/000048085/
- http://mormonalliance.org/casereports/volume2/v2.htm
- http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/m-barrett.html
- http://lds-mormon.com/dpw.shtml