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[[Orson Scott Card]], science-fiction writer best known for the ''Ender's Game'' series, has lived in Orem.
 
[[Orson Scott Card]], science-fiction writer best known for the ''Ender's Game'' series, has lived in Orem.
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[[Orrin Hatch]] - Republican U.S. Senator from Utah, serving since 1977.
    
[[Gordon B. Hinckley]], President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as of 2007, was born in Salt Lake City.
 
[[Gordon B. Hinckley]], President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as of 2007, was born in Salt Lake City.
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Ken Jennings, who made a record 74 straight appearances on the game show ''Jeopardy'', lives in Utah.
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[[Ken Jennings]], who made a record 74 straight appearances on the game show ''Jeopardy'', lives in Utah.
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[[Donny Osmond]] and [[Marie Osmond]] - singers and actors; both were born in Ogden.
    
[[Brigham Young]], perhaps the most important person in the history of the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints other than the founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., was part of the aforementioned settling of the state in the 1840s.
 
[[Brigham Young]], perhaps the most important person in the history of the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints other than the founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., was part of the aforementioned settling of the state in the 1840s.
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[[Steve Young]] - Hall of Fame quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Steve is a direct descendant of [[Brigham Young]].
    
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