List of United States Coast Guard people
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The following is a list of people who served in the United States Coast Guard and have gained fame through previous or subsequent endeavors, infamy, or successes:
Note: When adding a name to this list, please place the same in alphabetical order and provide a reliable verifiable source. Secondary sources such as fansites are not allowed. As a guide please see: sources. Additions that are not in alphabetical order and/or do not provide a primary reliable verifiable source will be removed.
A
- John C. Acton — retired Rear Admiral who serves as the Director of Operations Coordination for DHS.[1] Acton formerly served as Director of the DHS Presidential Transition Team.[2][3]
- Derroll Adams — Folk musician
- Nick Adams — Actor (served 1952-1955)
- Thad Allen — former Commandant and Incident Commander for Deep Water Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Katrina disaster recovery operations.
- Gerald Arpino — Choreographer
B
- Al Barlick — Professional baseball umpire, National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (served during World War II)
- Edward T. Barry — American professional hockey player
- Panayiota Bertzikis — Executive Director, Military Rape Crisis Center
- Humphrey Bogart — Actor (In 1944 Bogart volunteered his yacht Santana (as well as himself) for service with the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve)
- Lee Bonnell — Actor (served during World War II)[4]
- Milton H. Bren — Producer ("Tars and Spars"), Writer, Director
- Beau Bridges — Actor (Served from 1959 to 1967 in the Reserves)
- Jeff Bridges — Actor (Served from 1967 to 1975 in the Reserves)
- Lloyd Bridges — Actor (He was a member of Coast Guard Auxiliary and did a number of public service announcements for the Coast Guard)
- Frank Brimsek — Professional hockey player, National Hockey Hall of Fame inductee (Served from 1943 to 1945)
- Aaron Brown — Broadcast journalist, Professor of Journalism at Arizona State
- Danny Joe Brown — Original lead singer in Molly Hatchet southern rock group
- Erroll M. Brown — the first Coast Guard African-American admiral
- Nathan Bruckenthal — the only Coast Guardsman killed in action in Iraq, and the first KIA since the Vietnam War
- Daniel C. Burbank — second Coast Guard astronaut, Captain, USCG
C
- Sid Caesar — Comedian
- Richard R. Callahan — Coast Guard Medal recipient
- Gil Carmichael — Mississippi businessman, transportation specialist, and politician
- Lou Carnesecca — College basketball coach
- Gower Champion — Dancer, Actor, Director
- Howard Coble — Congressman (NC)
- Hamilton Cochran — Writer[5]
- Chris Cooper — Actor
- Art Coulter — Professional hockey player, National Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
- Warren Covington — Musician and band leader (took over the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
- Richard Cromwell — actor
- Walter Cronkite — Newscaster, member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and an honorary commodore
D
- William D. Delahunt — Congressman (MA)
- Jack Dempsey — Professional boxer
- Marlene Dietrich — Actress
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson — Martial arts master, Actor
E
- Buddy Ebsen — Actor
- Blake Edwards — Writer, Director, Producer
- Perry Ellis — Fashion designer
- Edwin D. Eshleman — former U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania
F
- William R. "Willie" Flores — Coast Guard Medal recipient, namesake of the Sentinel class cutter USCGC William Flores
- Arthur Fiedler — Conductor, Boston Pops Orchestra
- Anton Otto Fischer — Artist
- Preston Foster — Actor
G
- Neal Gay — Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee[4]
- Charles Gibson — Newscaster
- Arthur Godfrey — Entertainer
- Gale Gordon — Actor
- Sid Gordon, — 2-time All Star major league baseball player
- Otto Graham — Professional football player and coach
- Burton Gilliam — Actor
H
- Alan Hale, Jr. — Actor
- Alex Haley — Writer
- Wynn Handman — Actor, Director
- William O. Harbach — Producer
- Michael A. Healy — 1st African American to command a Coast Guard cutter
- Jim Hegan — Professional baseball player and coach
- Christopher Hibler — Producer, Director[4]
- William Hopper — Actor
- Robert Horton — Actor
- Tab Hunter — Actor
I
- Charles Isaacs — Writer[4]
J
- Lew Jenkins — Professional boxer & World Lightweight Champion
- Harvey E. Johnson, Jr. — retired Coast Guard Vice Admiral, Deputy Director FEMA
- Victor Jory — Actor
K
- Robert Kellard — Actor
- Michael Kilian — Author, Writer (CG Auxiliarist)
- Jack Kramer — Tennis professional
L
- Jacob Lawrence — Artist
M
- Guy Madison — Actor
- John Mariucci — Professional hockey player, National Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
- Monte Markham — Actor, Producer
- Victor Mature — Actor (Served during World War II)
- Bruce E. Melnick — NASA astronaut, First Coast Guard astronaut
- G. William Miller — Businessman, Secretary of the Treasury
- Bubba Morton — Baseball player
- Douglas Munro — The only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor
- Frank Murkowski — Governor of Alaska & former Senator (AK)
N
- Frank Newcomb — Commodore, USCG and Congressional Gold Medal recipient
- Sam Nunn — Former Senator (GA)
O
- Edwin O'Connor — Pulitzer Prize winning author
- Thomas F. O'Neil — Executive
- Jess Oppenheimer — Writer, director, producer of I Love Lucy television show
P
- Arnold Palmer — Professional golfer
- Ed Parker — Founder American Kenpo Karate
- George S. Patton, Jr. — awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving three boys from drowning
- Vincent W. Patton III — 1st African American to become Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
- Claiborne Pell — former Senator (RI)
- John Perry — Producer[citation needed]
- Tom Philpott — Editor, Navy Times magazine[4]
- Pluto — Cartoon character[4]
- Popeye — Cartoon character[4]
- J.D. Power — Businessman (Served from 1953 – 1957)
- Ronald C. Prei — Coast Guard Medal recipient[citation needed]
Q
- Richard Quine — Actor
R
- Al Roker — Television personality, Honorary Commodore, Coast Guard Auxiliary[6]
- Cesar Romero — Actor
S
- Walter Sande — Actor
- Charles S. Shapiro — former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela
- Carlton Skinner — first Civilian Governor of Guam
- Ron Sparks — Alabama politician
- Ted Steele — Radio personality
- Dorothy C. Stratton — first director of the SPARS
T
- Gene Taylor — Congressman (MS)
- Mel Torme — jazz musician[citation needed]
- Emlen Tunnell — Professional football player
- Ted Turner — Businessman
U
V
- Rudy Vallee — Entertainer [7]
W
- Tom Waits — Actor, Singer, Song writer
- Patrick Wayne — Actor
- Henry Wilcoxon — Actor
- Sloan Wilson — Writer
- Kai Winding — Musician
- Lothar Wolff — Producer, Director[4]
Y
- Gig Young — Actor
Z
Sources
References
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Source: U.S. Coast Guard
