Famous People You Didn't Know Were Mormon (23 pics)
- Category: Celebs |
- 14 Oct, 2011 |
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Chelsea Handler
Handler was raised by a Mormon mother and a Jewish father.
Aaron Eckhart
Amy Adams
Amy Adams was raised Mormon, though her family left the church after her parents divorced.
Andy Reid
Christina Aguilera
Aguilera's parents apparently met at BYU.
David Archuleta
Archuleta described his experience on American Idol as "in a way, a [Mormon] mission."
Eliza Dushku
Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight converted to Mormonism as a way of escaping her gambling addiction.
Glenn Beck
Harry Reid
Jewel
Jewel was raised Mormon, but stopped attending church when she was young.
Jon Heder
Julianne Hough
Katherine Heigl
Ken Jennings
Orson Scott Card
This one's for the nerds. (And, for the super-nerds, Brandon Sanderson is also Mormon.)
Paul Walker
Ricky Schroder
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr's first public performances were lecturing to LDS churches in Utah, when she was six.
Ryan Gosling
"We were brought up pretty religious. My mother admits it: She says, you were raised by a religious zealot. She's different now, but at the time, it was a part of everything - what they ate, how they thought."
Todd Heap
Wilford Brimley
Bonus: Dishwalla!
