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): Abdul Ghani Minhat • Akihito • Alexander I of Russia • Aleš Kotalík • Beau Champion • Gharib Niwaz (Manipur) • Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham • Hiro Fujiwara • James Stockdale • Jeanie Lambe • Jim Ferguson • Manuel Lopes (writer) • Maritza Correia • Mathilde Wesendonck • Nelson Shanks • Rayner Unwin • Richard Clark Barkley • Robbie Dupree • Susan Lucci • Víctor Martínez (baseball) • William Armstrong (Virginia politician)

Born in the same month (December 1953): Charlie Pierce • Chris Bury • Dana Key • Graham Vick • J. M. DeMatteis • Kaarlo Maaninka • Kraftwerk • Makis Katsavakis • Martha Wash • Mikael Odenberg • Norman Finkelstein • Toomas Hendrik Ilves • Władysław Kozakiewicz