Birthdates of our apostles, listed by months
Day/Mon/Yr Apostle 01 Jan 1903 Alvin R Dyer 08 Jan 1805 Orson Hyde 08 Jan 1813 Albert Carrington 10 Jan 1862 Reed Smoot 11 Jan 1827 George Q Cannon 12 Jan 1840 Francis M Lyman 18 Jan 1806 William M'Lellin 24 Jan 1945 D Todd Christofferson 31 Jan 1872 John A Widtsoe 02 Feb 1842 Moses Thatcher 04 Feb 1832 Charles W Penrose 06 Feb 1886 LeGrand Richards 06 Feb 1951 Ronald A Rasband 09 Feb 1800 Hyrum Smith 09 Feb 1873 Melvin J Ballard 20 Feb 1874 George Q Morris 21 Feb 1816 Jedediah M Grant 22 Feb 1811 Ezra T Benson 23 Feb 1861 George F Richards 25 Feb 1799 John E Page 01 Mar 1807 Wilford Woodruff 12 Mar 1857 Rudger Clawson 12 Mar 1859 Abraham H Cannon 13 Mar 1811 William B Smith 21 Mar 1872 Hyrum Mack Smith 23 Mar 1906 Richard L Evans 28 Mar 1899 Harold B Lee 28 Mar 1895 Spencer W Kimball 30 Mar 1813 Amasa M Lyman 02 Apr 1821 Franklin D Richards 03 Apr 1814 Lorenzo Snow 04 Apr 1870 George Albert Smith 12 Apr 1807 Parley P Pratt 02 Apr 1889 Henry D Moyle 03 Apr 1870 Alonzo A Hinckley 04 May 1865 Charles A Callis 06 May 1915 Marvin J Ashton 09 May 1796 Lyman Wight 09 May 1898 Nathan Eldon Tanner 15 May 1858 John W Taylor 15 May 1844 Anthon H Lund 31 May 1933 Henry B Eyring 01 Jun 1801 Brigham Young 10 Jun 1877 Sylvester Q Cannon 11 Jun 1917 Joseph B Wirthlin 14 Jun 1801 Heber C Kimball 15 Jun 1952 David A Bednar 18 Jun 1879 Stephen L Richards 23 Jun 1910 Gordon B Hinckley 24 Jun 1804 Willard Richards 26 Jun 1817 George A Smith 01 Jul 1855 Orson F Whitney 06 Jul 1926 Neal A Maxwell 18 Jul 1961 Patrick Kearon 19 Jul 1876 Joseph Fielding Smith 29 Jul 1915 Bruce R McConkie 31 Jul 1920 James E Faust 02 Aug 1897 Matthew Cowley 04 Aug 1899 Ezra Taft Benson 05 Aug 1922 L Tom Perry 06 Aug 1955 Gary E Stevenson 09 Aug 1951 Neil L Andersen 12 Aug 1932 Dallin H Oaks 21 Aug 1809 Charles C Rich 21 Aug 1927 Thomas S Monson 24 Aug 1868 Joseph F Merrill 24 Aug 1932 Robert D Hales 25 Aug 1858 Matthias F Cowley 01 Sep 1871 J Reuben Clark, Jr 02 Sep 1906 David B Haight 08 Sep 1873 David O McKay 08 Sep 1940 Quentin L Cook 09 Sep 1924 Russell M Nelson 10 Sep 1924 Boyd K Packer 16 Sep 1852 Anthony W Ivins 18 Sep 1848 John Henry Smith 19 Sep 1811 Orson Pratt 19 Sep 1897 Marion G Romney 20 Sep 1811 John F Boynton 21 Sep 1862 James E Talmage 25 Sep 1835 Marriner W Merrill 01 Oct 1844 John W Young 02 Oct 1958 Ulisses Soares 03 Oct 1806 Oliver Cowdery 08 Oct 1928 M Russell Ballard 14 Oct 1834 Joseph A Young 24 Oct 1811 Lyman E Johnson 24 Oct 1883 Hugh B Brown 27 Oct 1814 Daniel H Wells 31 Oct 1875 Albert E Bowen 01 Nov 1799 Thomas B Marsh 01 Nov 1808 John Taylor 03 Nov 1807 Luke S Johnson 06 Nov 1940 Dieter F Uchtdorf 07 Nov 1900 Mark E Peterson 07 Nov 1928 Richard G Scott 09 Nov 1818 Erastus Snow 13 Nov 1838 Joseph F Smith 13 Nov 1952 Dale G Renlund 14 Nov 1799 David W Patten 14 Nov 1907 Howard W Hunter 22 Nov 1856 Heber J Grant 23 Nov 1870 Richard R Lyman 23 Nov 1872 Abraham O Woodruff 02 Dec 1886 Adam S Bennion 03 Dec 1940 Jeffrey R Holland 08 Dec 1831 George Teasdale 11 Dec 1896 Delbert L Stapley 18 Dec 1836 Brigham Young Jr 23 Dec 1805 Joseph Smith Jr 23 Dec 1953 Gerrit W Gong
Interesting notes:
· The month with the most apostolic birthdays is November with 14. The months with the fewest number of apostolic birthdays are April and July with six each.
· On several occasions there have been two apostles serving together that have had the same birthday (day and month). Orson Hyde and Albert Carrington served together for 8 years, both having the birthday of January 8. Presidents Harold B Lee and Spencer W Kimball served side-by-side for almost 3 decades, sharing the birthday of March 28. Thomas B Marsh and John Taylor served together in the Quorum of 12 for 3 months, sharing the birthday of November 1. John W Taylor and Anthon H Lund served together for 16 years, sharing the birthday of May 15.
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