List of United States Coast Guard people

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:

A

 * John C. Acton is a retired Rear Admiral who serves as the Director of Operations Coordination for DHS. Acton formerly served as Director of the DHS Presidential Transition Team.
 * Derroll Adams &mdash; Folk Musician
 * Nick Adams &mdash; Actor (Served 1952-1955)
 * Thad Allen &mdash; former Commandant and Incident Commander for Deep Water Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Katrina disaster recovery operations.
 * Gerald Arpino &mdash; Choreographer

B

 * Al Barlick &mdash; Professional Baseball Umpire, National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee (Served during World War II)
 * Edward T. Barry &mdash; American Professional Hockey Player
 * Panayiota Bertzikis &mdash; Executive Director, Military Rape Crisis Center
 * Humphrey Bogart &mdash; Actor (In 1944 Bogart volunteered his yacht Santana (as well as himself) for service with the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve)
 * Lee Bonnell &mdash; Actor (Served during World War II)
 * Milton H. Bren &mdash; Producer ("Tars and Spars"), Writer, Director
 * Beau Bridges &mdash; Actor (Served from 1959 to 1967 in the Reserves)
 * Jeff Bridges &mdash; Actor (Served from 1967 to 1975 in the Reserves)
 * Lloyd Bridges &mdash; Actor (He was a member of Coast Guard Auxiliary and did a number of public service announcements for the Coast Guard)
 * Frank Brimsek &mdash; Professional Hockey Player, National Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee (Served from 1943 to 1945)
 * Aaron Brown &mdash; Broadcast journalist, Professor of Journalism at Arizona State
 * Danny Joe Brown &mdash; Original lead singer in Molly Hatchet southern rock group
 * Erroll M. Brown, the first USCG 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 &mdash; Comedian
 * Richard R. Callahan, Coast Guard Medal Recipient
 * Gower Champion &mdash; Dancer, Actor, Director
 * Howard Coble &mdash; Congressman (NC)
 * Hamilton Cochran &mdash; Writer
 * Lou Carnesecca &mdash; College Basketball Coach
 * Chris Cooper &mdash; Actor
 * Art Coulter &mdash; Professional Hockey Player, National Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee
 * Warren Covington &mdash; Musician, Band Leader (took over Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra)
 * Richard Cromwell, actor
 * Walter Cronkite &mdash; Newscaster - member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and an honorary commodore

D

 * William D. Delahunt &mdash; Congressman (MA)
 * Jack Dempsey &mdash; Professional Boxer
 * Marlene Dietrich &mdash; Actress
 * Don "The Dragon" Wilson &mdash; Martial Arts Master, Actor

E

 * Buddy Ebsen &mdash; Actor
 * Blake Edwards &mdash; Writer, Director, Producer
 * Perry Ellis &mdash; (1940-1986), Fashion Designer
 * Edwin D. Eshleman (1920–1985), 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 &mdash; Conductor, Boston Pops Orchestra
 * Anton Otto Fischer &mdash; Artist
 * Preston Foster &mdash; Actor

G

 * Neal Gay &mdash; Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductee
 * Charles Gibson &mdash; Newscaster
 * Arthur Godfrey &mdash; Entertainer
 * Gale Gordon &mdash; Radio, TV & Movie Actor
 * Sid Gordon, &mdash; 2-time All Star major league baseball player
 * Otto Graham &mdash; Professional Football Player and Coach
 * Burton Gilliam &mdash; Actor

H

 * Alan Hale, Jr. &mdash; Actor
 * Alex Haley &mdash; Writer
 * Wynn Handman &mdash; Actor, Director
 * William O. Harbach &mdash; Producer
 * Michael A. Healy &mdash; 1st African American to Command a USCG Cutter
 * Jim Hegan &mdash; Professional Baseball Player & Coach
 * Christopher Hibler &mdash; Producer, Director
 * William Hopper, actor
 * Robert Horton &mdash; Actor
 * Tab Hunter &mdash; Actor

I

 * Charles Isaacs &mdash; Writer

J

 * Lew Jenkins &mdash; Professional Boxer & World Lightweight Champion
 * Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., retired Coast Guard Vice Admiral, Deputy Director FEMA
 * Victor Jory &mdash; Actor

K

 * Robert Kellard &mdash; Actor
 * Michael Kilian &mdash; Author, Writer (CG Auxiliarist)
 * Jack Kramer &mdash; Tennis Professional

L

 * Jacob Lawrence &mdash; Artist

M

 * Guy Madison &mdash; Actor
 * Monte Markham &mdash; Actor, Producer
 * John Mariucci &mdash; Professional Hockey Player, National Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee
 * Victor Mature &mdash; Actor (Served during World War II)
 * Bruce E. Melnick &mdash; NASA Astronaut, First Coast Guard astronaut
 * G. William Miller &mdash; Businessman, Secretary of the Treasury
 * Bubba Morton &mdash; Baseball Player
 * Douglas Munro, the only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor
 * Frank Murkowski &mdash; Governor of Alaska & former Senator (AK)

N

 * Frank Newcomb &mdash; Commodore, USCG and Congressional Gold Medal recipient
 * Sam Nunn &mdash; former Senator (GA)

O

 * Edwin O'Connor &mdash; Pulitzer Prize winning Author
 * Thomas F. O'Neil &mdash; Executive
 * Jess Oppenheimer &mdash; Writer, director, producer of I Love Lucy television show

P

 * Arnold Palmer &mdash; Professional Golfer
 * George S. Patton, Jr. &mdash; awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving 3 boys from drowning
 * Vincent W. Patton III &mdash; 1st African American to become Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (MCPOCG)
 * Claiborne Pell &mdash; former Senator (RI)
 * John Perry &mdash; Producer
 * Tom Philpott &mdash; Editor, Navy Times Magazine
 * Popeye &mdash; Cartoon Character
 * J.D. Power &mdash; Businessman (Served from 1953 till 1957 as a line officer)
 * Ronald C. Prei, Coast Guard Medal Recipient
 * Pluto &mdash; Cartoon Character

Q

 * Richard Quine &mdash; Actor

R

 * Cesar Romero &mdash; Actor

S

 * Walter Sande &mdash; Actor
 * Charles S. Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela
 * Carlton Skinner &mdash; first Civilian Governor of Guam
 * Ron Sparks &mdash; Alabama politician
 * Ted Steele &mdash; Radio Personality
 * Dorothy C. Stratton, first director of the SPARS

T

 * Gene Taylor &mdash; Congressman (MS)
 * Mel Torme, jazz musician
 * Emlen Tunnell, Pro Football Player
 * Ted Turner &mdash; Businessman

V

 * Rudy Vallee &mdash; Entertainer

W

 * Tom Waits &mdash; Actor, Singer, Song Writer
 * Patrick Wayne &mdash; Actor
 * Henry Wilcoxon &mdash; Actor
 * Sloan Wilson &mdash; Writer
 * Kai Winding &mdash; Musician
 * Lothar Wolff &mdash; Producer, Director

Y

 * Gig Young &mdash; Actor