# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-russell-ballard
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:37:38.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-russell-ballard"
name: "Melvin Russell Ballard"
slug: "melvin-russell-ballard"
description: "Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. was an American businessman and religious leader who served as the Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his death in 2023. He had been a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1985. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Ballard was accepted by church members as a prophet, seer, and revelator. At the time of his death, he was the third most senior apostle in the church."
tagline: "American businessman and religious leader (1928–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1928-10-08"
deathDate: "2023-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.89
  momentum:             1.296296296296296
  historical:           7.918830666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard"
    title: "M. Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ملفين راسيل بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard"
    title: "M. Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard"
    title: "M. Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard"
    title: "M. Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard"
    title: "M. Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Russell_Ballard"
    title: "Melvin Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mista_Russell_Ballard"
    title: "Mista Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard"
    title: "M. Russell Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3027430"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump