Gordon B. Hinckley

I am not religious, but Gordon B. Hinckley fascinates me as a study in longevity and quiet conviction. Leading the LDS Church into his late nineties, he embodied a steadiness our restless culture struggles to value. The 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom signals an influence reaching well beyond his faith. What I respect most is the hymn-writing: a leader who chose to reach hearts through melody and verse rather than mere authority. Nearly a century of life spent guiding others is its own quiet achievement, and I find that kind of sustained, unhurried purpose genuinely worth pausing over and learning from.

Name (English)

Gordon B. Hinckley

Name (Japanese)

ゴードン・B・ヒンクレー

Reading

ごーどん・B・ひんくれー

Born

June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

Origin

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Occupation

hymnwriter / prophet

High school

LDS High School

University

University of Utah

Awards & achievements

• 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Official sitehttp://www.gordonbhinckley.org/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20B.%20Hinckley
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553147

Tags

• Utah
• hymnwriter
• prophet

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.