Dean LeRoy Larsen (May 24, 1927 – October 28, 2019) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1976 until his death. He was the eighteenth Church Historian and Recorder from 1985 to 1997. Larsen was born in Hyrum, Utah. After briefly serving in the United States Navy at the end of the Second World War, Larson attended the University of Utah and Utah State University, graduating from Utah State with a degree in English and Spanish. From 1998 to 2001, Larsen was the president of the church's Provo Utah Temple.