UBrigham Young ( /b r ɪ ɡ əm / ; 1 Juni 1801 – Agasti 29, 1877) wayengumholi wezenkolo waseMelika nosopolitiki.Wayengumongameli wesibili we - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) kusuka ngo-1847 kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-1877. Wasungula iSalt Lake City futhi wakhonza njengombusi wokuqala wase- Utah Territory.UYoung uphinde wahola ukusungulwa kwabandulelayo eNyuvesi yase-Utah naseBrigham Young University . U-Young wayenezibongo eziningi, phakathi kokudume kakhulu kwakungu "American Moses " (kungenjalo, "Modern Moses" noma "Mormon Moses"), ngoba, njengomuntu waseBhayibhelini, u-Young wahola abalandeli bakhe, Amaphayona amaMormon, ekuphumeni ehlane, aya kulokho abakubona njengezwe lesithembiso. UYoung wabizwa ngabalandeli bakhe ngokuthi "yiNgonyama yeNkosi" ngenxa yobuntu bakhe obunesibindi futhi wayejwayele ukubizwa ngokuthi "uMfoweth 'uBrigham" ngamaLatter-day Saints.Isithembu, uYoung wayenamakhosikazi angama-55 nezingane ezingama-56.Wamisa umthetho ovimbela ukunikezela ubupristi kubantu bendabuko abamnyama base-Afrika, futhi wahola isonto empini yase- Utah elwa neMelika. UYoung wazalwa engowesishiyagalombili kaJohn Young no-Abigail "Nabby" Howe  , umndeni wokulima eWhitingham, eVermont.