Gerrit W. Gong

Gerrit Walter Gong is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a general authority since 2010 and served as a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy from October 2015 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve in March 2018. He is the LDS Church's first apostle of Asian descent. Prior to becoming a general authority, he served as assistant to the president of Brigham Young University (BYU) for planning and assessment. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Gong is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the thirteenth most senior apostle in the church.

23 December 1953

Born on the same birth date (23 December 1953): Andres Alver

Born on the same birth day (23 December): Ante Zelck • Beau Champion • Edgar P. Rucker • Esther Phillips • James M. Canty • Johan Franzén • John Albert I • Karl Richard Lepsius • Lisa Dobriskey • Madam C. J. Walker • Masayoshi Yamazaki • Onofre Marimón • Paul Shirley • Queen Silvia of Sweden • Tim Hardin

Born in the same month (December 1953): Andres Alver • András Schiff • Betty Wright • John Malkovich • Leonel Fernández • Martha Wash • Rafael Septién • Rebecca Forstadt • René Eespere • Rob Waring • Roy Firestone • Sam Kinison • Wade Davis (anthropologist) • World B. Free