List of former or dissident Mormons

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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Jerald and Sandra Tanner, publishers of LDS historical documents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)

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