People
Brief biographical sketches for selected persons mentioned in Joseph Smith’s papers. Names listed in this directory include church leaders and members, Smith family members, people Joseph Smith encountered in his travels, parties involved in legal and business matters, and other acquaintances.

- Abbott, Hiram
- Abbott, Lewis
- Abernethy, William D.
- Able, Elijah
- Adams, Caroline Youngs
- Adams, George Washington Joshua
- Adams, Hannah E. Root
- Adams, James
- Adams, James Marvin
- Adams, John Quincy
- Aiken, David Dickey
- Aldrich, Hazen C.
- Aldrich, Mark
- Alger, Fanny
- Allen, Adolphus
- Allen, Charles
- Allen, Matthew
- Allen, Shubael
- Allred, James
- Allred, William Moore
- Ames, Ira
- Anderson, Aaron Burr
- Anderson, Buckly Burnham
- Anderson, George C.
- Andrews, Joseph A. W.
- Andrus, Hazard
- Angell, Solomon
- Angell, Truman Osborn
- Annis, John Closson
- Anthon, Charles
- Appanoose
- Appleby, William Ivins
- Armstrong, Sybella Lehman McMinn
- Arnold, Nancy Maria (Mariah) Winchester
- Arthur, Michael
- Ashley, Major Noble
- Atchison, David Rice
- Austin, Emily M. Coburn
- Avard, Sampson
- Averitt, Julia Ann Stringham
- Avery, Arvin Allen
- Avery, Daniel
- Avery, Philander
- Axtell, Abner Perry
- Axtell, Salmon Blake