Rulon Jeffs

E235886

person polygamist religious leader

Rulon Jeffs was the longtime prophet and president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known for leading the polygamist sect before his son Warren Jeffs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rulon Jeffs canonical	2
Rulon	1
Rulon Jeffs as FLDS leader	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2087809 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rulon Jeffs
Context triple: [Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, hasFormerLeader, Rulon Jeffs]

A. Dale Hunter
Dale Hunter is a former Canadian NHL center known for his gritty, physical play and leadership, most notably with the Washington Capitals.
B. Randy Boyd
Randy Boyd is an American businessman and philanthropist who serves as the president of the University of Tennessee system.
C. Bryan Foy
Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
D. Shep Crawford
Shep Crawford is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for crafting hit ballads for artists like Whitney Houston, Tamia, and Deborah Cox.
E. Brett Veach
Brett Veach is an American football executive best known for building multiple Super Bowl–winning rosters as the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rulon Jeffs
Target entity description: Rulon Jeffs was the longtime prophet and president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known for leading the polygamist sect before his son Warren Jeffs.

A. Dale Hunter
Dale Hunter is a former Canadian NHL center known for his gritty, physical play and leadership, most notably with the Washington Capitals.
B. Randy Boyd
Randy Boyd is an American businessman and philanthropist who serves as the president of the University of Tennessee system.
C. Bryan Foy
Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
D. Shep Crawford
Shep Crawford is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for crafting hit ballads for artists like Whitney Houston, Tamia, and Deborah Cox.
E. Brett Veach
Brett Veach is an American football executive best known for building multiple Super Bowl–winning rosters as the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ polygamist ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
associatedWith	Short Creek community ⓘ
birthDate	1909-12-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Salt Lake City
burialPlace	Hildale, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Hildale, Utah
causeOfDeath	congestive heart failure ⓘ
child	Warren Jeffs ⓘ
citizenship	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryOfActivity	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateBecameLeaderOfFLDS	1986 ⓘ
deathDate	2002-09-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	St. George, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: St. George, Utah
doctrinePromoted	celestial plural marriage ⓘ strict obedience to FLDS leadership ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ early 21st century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
familyName	Jeffs ⓘ
fullName	Rulon Timpson Jeffs ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Rulon ⓘ linked to: Rulon Jeffs
ideology	patriarchal authoritarianism ⓘ
knownFor	leadership of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ promoting and practicing polygamy ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
leaderOf	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
movement	Mormon fundamentalist movement ⓘ
notableEvent	consolidation of FLDS leadership after Leroy S. Johnson’s death ⓘ
notableRelative	Warren Jeffs ⓘ
numberOfChildren	more than 60 ⓘ
numberOfWives	dozens ⓘ
positionHeld	president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ linked to: President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
practiced	plural marriage ⓘ
predecessor	Leroy S. Johnson ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Arizona ⓘ Utah ⓘ
religion	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ Mormon fundamentalism ⓘ
residence	Colorado City, Arizona, United States ⓘ linked to: Colorado City, Arizona Hildale, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Hildale, Utah
selfDeclaredTitle	president of the priesthood ⓘ prophet ⓘ
successor	Warren Jeffs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints → hasFormerLeader → Rulon Jeffs ⓘ

Warren Jeffs → parent → Rulon Jeffs ⓘ

Warren Jeffs → succeeded → Rulon Jeffs as FLDS leader ⓘ

linked to: Rulon Jeffs

Rulon Jeffs → givenName → Rulon ⓘ