List of military brats

Military brats are the children and teenagers of active-duty military personnel, often identifying themselves as part of a distinct subculture of military children and teenagers. While considered a derogatory term, military brat is still used as term of endearment by military members within the military culture.

For a list of fictional military brats, see list of fictional military brats.

United States Air Force

 * Michael Adams (graphic designer), American graphic designer, author
 * Jessica Alba, actress
 * Nicole Goetz, Operation Homefront's 2011 Military Child of the Year: Air Force
 * Ray Allen, NBA basketball player
 * Harley Baldwin, developer and art dealer in Aspen, Colorado.
 * Zackary Bowman, NFL cornerback for Chicago Bears
 * America, folk rock band; all three original members
 * Brad Arnold, lead vocalist for band 3 Doors Down
 * Jay Bell, MLB player, born on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
 * Janice Brown, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
 * Valorie Burton CNN Personal Development Commentator, Author, Counselor and Life Coach
 * Wendi B. Carpenter, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
 * Suzanne Collins, Author Hunger Games
 * Chris Cooper, actor
 * WC, rapper
 * John Cornyn, U. S. Senator
 * John Denver, singer
 * John Fleming, "The Free Throw Guru" Basketball Coach/Consultant
 * Cyndy Garvey
 * Pam Grier, actress
 * Mia Hamm, soccer player
 * Eric David Harris, one perpetrator of the Columbine High School massacre
 * Heloise, columnist "Ask Heloise"
 * Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn, brother-and-sister actors; Carrie is famous for her role as Newt in Aliens
 * Kris Kristofferson, country singer, songwriter, screen actor and documentary narrator.
 * Swoosie Kurtz, two time Tony Award winner
 * Chris LeDoux, country music singer, rodeo cowboy
 * Craig Lefferts, MLB pitcher
 * Annie Leibovitz, portrait photographer
 * Katrina Leskanich, founder and lead singer of the music group Katrina and the Waves
 * Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Famer
 * Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler
 * Natalie Morales, co-anchor and national correspondent for NBC's Today
 * Robin Olds, Air Force triple ace, son of Army Air Corps Major General Robert Olds
 * Priscilla Presley, actress, ex-wife of Elvis; mother of Lisa Marie Presley
 * Victoria Principal, actress
 * Chris Richardson, singer and former American Idol contestant
 * Reggie Rivers, NFL running back, Denver Broncos, and Super Bowl champion
 * John Romero, lead software designer for Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and Doom
 * Peter Sarsgaard, actor
 * Shawnee Smith, actress
 * Shannon Spruill, professional wrestler best known for performing under the ring name Daffney
 * Bart Starr, NFL Hall of Famer
 * Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter
 * Ronda Storms, Florida State Senator
 * Derrick Thomas, NFL linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs
 * Dave Veres, MLB pitcher
 * Gore Vidal, novelist
 * Tank (American singer), R&B Singer


 * Mykelti Williamson, actor most famous for role of Bubba Blue in Forrest Gump
 * Michael Winslow, actor/comedian best known as "Jones" from the Police Academy movies
 * Danny Wuerffel, Heisman trophy winner and NFL quarterback

United States Army

 * Amy Adams, Actress
 * Hunter "Patch" Adams, doctor made famous by Robin Williams role
 * Christina Aguilera, Grammy-winning singer
 * Blaze (Ashly Miles),Female Christian Hip-hop Artist
 * Jackson Browne, singer/songwriter, born West Germany, father an American serviceman
 * LeVar Burton, actor
 * Joelle Carter, model, actress
 * Jerry Cantrell, guitarist, singer/songwriter
 * Ciara, Grammy winning singer
 * Johnny Damon, Baseball player
 * Danny!, recording artist for Definitive Jux Records
 * Faye Dunaway, Actress
 * Scott Durbin, son of Army minister and member of the Imagination Movers
 * Herman Edwards, American Football Player/Head Coach, American Football Analyst
 * Harris Faulkner, Fox News Channel anchor
 * Mayte Garcia, entertainer, actress
 * Newt Gingrich, politician
 * Robert Griffin III, American football player
 * Scott Hall, professional wrestler
 * Ann Harding
 * Priest Holmes, NFL All-Pro running back
 * Robert Horry, "Big Shot Bob" NBA Star and seven times World Champion
 * Scott Shannon, host of Internet's True Oldies Channel, New York disc jockey, programmer and former VH1 VJ
 * Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist
 * Ron Gardenhire, manager of the Minnesota Twins
 * Davey Johnson, former MLB player and manager, current manager of US national team
 * Alan Keyes, former Presidential candidate
 * Cardinal Bernard Law, Cardinal and former Archbishop of Boston
 * Martin Lawrence, comedian
 * Petra Kelly, German politician and co-founder of the German Green Party
 * John Kerry U.S. Senator, former 2004 U.S. Presidential candidate
 * Timothy Leary, author and counterculture guru
 * Stanley McChrystal, retired General and former Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Afghanistan and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A)
 * Douglas MacArthur, Medal of Honor recipient and Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific during WWII
 * Amy Markham, Model and television personality
 * Jerri Manthey, actress who is best known for her appearances on reality shows
 * Rudy Maxa "The Savvy Traveller"/National Geographic reporter
 * Julianne Moore, actress
 * Tahj Mowry, actor
 * Tamera Mowry, actress
 * Tia Mowry, actress
 * Donna Musil, documentary filmmaker, writer and activist
 * Brian Reynolds Myers, American critic and researcher of North Korean culture, also the author of A Reader's Manifesto
 * Shaquille O'Neal, basketball superstar
 * Mary-Louise Parker, actress
 * Sally Quinn
 * Dee Dee Ramone born Douglas Colvin, bassist and songwriter for the Ramones. Father US Army, stationed in Germany.
 * Amy Ried, pornographic actress, born in Frankfurt, Germany. Father was in the Army
 * Lionel Richie, singer
 * Budd Root, cartoonist, creator of Cavewoman
 * Michelle Rodriguez, actress
 * Jeri Ryan, "7 of 9" in Star Trek: Voyager
 * Debby Ryan, Disney Channel Actress, Star of Disney Channel Show "Jessie (TV series)"
 * Sapphire, author
 * Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., General in charge of Desert Storm
 * Leah Ward Sears, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice
 * Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007 was born on a US base in Panama. Both of her parents were in the service, stationed in Panama.
 * Michael Stipe, vocalist for R.E.M.
 * Sharon Tate, actress; Mrs. Roman Polanski
 * Blair Underwood, actor
 * Elizabeth Vargas, ABC News anchor
 * Gore Vidal, novelist. Biological father was a West Point grad and Army aviator
 * Mary Edwards Wertsch, author of the book Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress
 * Bruce Willis, actor
 * Reese Witherspoon, actress
 * James Woods, actor
 * Tiger Woods professional golf champion
 * Eric Zeier, football player

United States Marines

 * Mary Doria Russell Award winning American novelist, science fiction and also historical fiction (both parents served, father was a marine).
 * Neal Boortz, Talk radio host, author
 * Pat Conroy, author of The Great Santini, a novel about military brats
 * Deborah Foreman, Actress/Model
 * Emmylou Harris, multiple Grammy Award-winning singer
 * Robert Hays, actor
 * Heather Locklear, model and actress
 * Renee Montagne, National Public Radio news anchor, co-host, of national morning news show "Morning Edition", former co-host of "All Things Considered"
 * Patton Oswalt, actor and comedian
 * John Phillips, of The Mamas & the Papas, singer
 * Lala Sloatman, Actress/Costumer/Model
 * Austin St. John, Actor, Power Ranger
 * Ann Wilson, of Heart, singer, songwriter
 * Nancy Wilson, of Heart, guitarist, singer, songwriter

United States Navy

 * Billy Beane, manager of the Oakland A's, subject of current movie Moneyball, credited with fundamentally changing team strategy for the game of baseball.
 * Mary Doria Russell Award winning American novelist, science fiction and also historical fiction (both parents served, mother was a Navy nurse).
 * Nicole Anderson, actress/model
 * Hoyt Axton, country/western composer-performer, actor
 * Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command
 * Bill Cosby, comedian and actor
 * Elizabeth Edwards, (born Mary Elizabeth Anania), late attorney, author, and estranged wife of former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards.
 * Steven Culp, actor
 * Andy Dick, actor/comedian
 * Nancy Dussault
 * Robert Duvall, Academy Award winning actor
 * Kathie Lee Gifford, actress
 * Mark Hamill, star of first three Star Wars films
 * Marcia Gay Harden, actress
 * L. Ron Hubbard, SF author and founder of Scientology
 * Thomas C. Kinkaid, Admiral, commander of the Seventh Fleet during World War II
 * Patrick Kilpatrick, Actor, director, producer, writer
 * John S. McCain, Jr., Admiral, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
 * John McCain, Senator and 2008 Presidential candidate
 * Steve McQueen, actor
 * Jim Morrison, singer/songwriter
 * Mike Watt, bassist
 * Lou Diamond Phillips, Father was a career Naval Officer, and was named after a legendary U.S. Marine

United States Coast Guard

 * Thad Allen, Admiral, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard and current Incident Commander, Federal Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster Response

Branch of service unknown

 * Dan Hicks, Singer
 * H.R., singer/songwriter of Bad Brains
 * Earl Hudson, drummer of Bad Brains
 * Glenn Jacobs (aka Kane), wrestler
 * Jesse Jane, porn star
 * Linda Johnson, WSOP bracelet winner and owner of Card Player
 * Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (aka Amerie), singer
 * Lil' Mo, singer/songwriter
 * Trey Songz, singer/songwriter

Canadian Military Brats

 * Michael J. Fox Actor, Army Brat
 * Elizabeth Manley Figure skater, three-time Canadian champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, 1988 World silver medalist.
 * Jennifer Bennett Rear Admiral, Chief of Defence Staff for all Canadian Reservists, Navy Brat

Indian Military Brats

 * Akshay Kumar, film actor, son of an Indian Army officer late Hari Om Bhatia. Akshay named his production house after his father's name, Hari Om Entertainment, as well as a cancer shelter, exclusively for police personnel- Hari Om Cancer Shelter.
 * Ajay Banga is the current president and chief executive officer of MasterCard. His father is Lt.General (retd.) Harbhajan Singh Banga who is a decorated army general of Indian Army.
 * Aman Verma, a TV show anchor and an actor.
 * Amrita Singh, film actress.
 * Anushka Sharma, film actress, daughter of Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
 * Arjun Rampal Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films, as well as a fashion model.His maternal grandfather, Brigadier Gurdayal Singh, is an army personality to reckon with, apart from being an efficient engineer as well. He had contributed in making guns for GCF factory situated in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradhesh. The factory has a special gun named after his grandfather. The gun is named ‘Gurdayal Gun.’
 * Arnab Goswami, is an Indian journalist who is the Editor in Chief and News anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now.
 * Arun Sarin, was the CEO of Britain's Vodafone Group.
 * Celina Jaitley, Indian actress, father V K Jaitley, is a retired Colonel and her mother, Meeta, an Afghan Hindu, was a nurse in the Indian Army. Brother also in Indian Army.
 * Chitrangada Singh,  film actress, father Army officer.
 * Cyrus Sahukar, is an MTV India VJ and Bollywood actor, was born in MHOW Cantonment, District Indore. His father, Colonel Behram Sahukar.
 * Deepak Chopra, doctor, public speaker, and writer on subjects such as spirituality, Ayurveda and mind-body medicine. father, Krishan Chopra, M.D. (1919–2001) was a prominent Indian cardiologist. He was head of the department of medicine and cardiology at Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital, New Delhi, for over 25 years.
 * Gauri Khan, Indian movie producer and the wife of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, with whom she co-founded Red Chillies Entertainment.Father is Major Ramesh Chhiba.
 * Gul Panag, Indian actress, father is a General in the Indian Army. Father Lt Gen (retd) H S Panag.
 * Jeev Milkha Singh, the first Indian professional golfer to become a member of the European Tour, son of legend Milkha Singh
 * JJ Valaya, a noted Indian fashion designer and couturier,father Brigadier Jagjit Singh Ahluwalia.
 * Jyoti Randhawa, professional golfer, father Brigadier R S Randhawa in Indian Army.
 * Karan Thapar,one of India's noted television commentators and interviewers. He is the youngest child of General P. N. Thapar and Mrs. Bimla Thapar.
 * Lara Dutta, Indian actress, Miss Universe 2000. Father, Wing Commander L.K. Dutta in the Indian Air Force.
 * M S Banga, senior partner at the private equity fund Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Brother of Ajay Banga.
 * Mayanti Langer, is an Indian TV sports journalist with ESPN and  daughter of Major General Sanjiv Langer who worked in UN.
 * Mita Vashisht, is an Indian television, film and theatre actress, who graduated from National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi. Father - Colonel (Retd) Rajeshwar Dutt Vasisht.
 * Mohnish Behl, is an Indian actor working in the Bollywood film industry. Father Cdr. Rajneesh Behl.
 * Navneet Kaur Dhillon, Indian female model, winner of Pond's 50th edition of Femina Miss World India 2013. She is daughter of an army officer and attended her schooling in Army Public School, Ambala.
 * Neha Dhupia, Indian actress, daughter of commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, who is in the Indian Navy.
 * Nikita Anand, Miss India 2003, father Brigadier S.S. Anand, a doctor in the Indian Army.
 * Nirupama Rao, is a 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who is the current Ambassador of India to the United States of America since August 2011. Father, Colonel P.V.N. Menon.
 * Preity Zinta, Indian actress. Father, Durganand Zinta, was an officer in the Indian Army.
 * Priya Gill, Indian actress. Father was a paratrooper in the Indian army. Brigadier BS Gill.
 * Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress. Parents, Dr. Ashok Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra. father was a doctor in the Indian Army.
 * Rajeev Khandelwal, Indian film actor notable for his versatility and choice of scripts.
 * Rannvijay Singh, Indian Actor and VJ (media personality)
 * Renuka Chowdary, is an Indian politician and the Former Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Women and Child Development in the Government of India from January 2006 to May 2009.Father Wing Commander S N Chowdary.
 * Sabeer Bhatia, is an Indian American entrepreneur who co-founded the Hotmail email service. Father Captain (Hony) Baldev Bhatia.
 * Shilpa Sakhlani, a television actress and is known for her role as Ganga in the popular soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
 * Shonali Nagrani, an Indian film actress and model. Her father was an officer in the Indian Army was posted at Bengdubi during her childhood.
 * Sister Nirmala, succeeded Mother Teresa as Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity in March 1997. Father was in Indian Army.
 * Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994, Indian actress.Her father, Wg Cdr Shubeer Sen, is a retired Indian Air Force officer.
 * Tarun Tahiliani is a noted Indian fashion designer.father, Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy between 1984 and 1987 and as the Governor of Sikkim between 1990 and 1994.
 * Vinod Dham, venture capitalist, father served in the Indian Army.
 * Vinod Khosla, an Indian-born American venture capitalist and an influential personality in Silicon Valley.

United Kingdom and Other Commonwealth Countries

 * CA.Cranston author, academic. Father and mother in RAF. Military Brat culture and experiences of place published in 'Challenging Contemporary Ecocritical Place Discourse: Military Brats, Shadow Places, and Homeplace Consumerism' Indian Journal of Ecocritcism, Vol.2, pp. 72–89 (2009)
 * Tim Curry, actor, singer and composer (Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show), father a Chaplain in the Royal Navy
 * Pete Doherty, singer/songwriter, father in British Army
 * Adrian Edmondson, Comedian/Writer/Director/Actor/Musician, father was a teacher working for the British Army and Royal Air Force
 * Samantha Eggar, actress, father in the British Army.
 * Dawn French, British comedian, father was in Royal Air Force
 * Bob Marley, Jamaican Reggae Singer, Songwriter and Poet, father was a Captain in the British Royal Marines
 * Colin Greenwood, bassist for English rock band Radiohead, father in the British Army
 * Myra Hindley, murderess (Moors Murders), father a paratrooper in the Royal Air Force
 * Georgia Goddard Barbie lookalike, father was in the military [British army] served a 16 year sentence for cutting his daughters hair off.
 * Engelbert Humperdinck, singer, father in the British Army.
 * Christopher Isherwood, novelist, father in British Army.
 * Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer, father was a Pakistan Air Force officer
 * Elton John, singer, father in the Royal Air Force
 * Christopher Lee, actor (Count Dracula and Count Dooku), father in the Royal Rifle Corps.
 * Cameron Howarth A courageous figure who's father served in the British Forces, in the artillery from the age of 16.
 * John Loder, early film actor, father a British Army General.
 * Malcolm McDowell, actor; father a British Royal Air Force officer
 * Spike Milligan, Irish-English comedian, father in British Indian Army, grew up in British India and Burma
 * Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman, the sons of Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman; who was commissioned into the Pakistan Army, and became one of the commanders during the 1971 Liberation War and later, the third head of the Bangladesh Army before becoming the seventh President of Bangladesh.
 * Amy-Leigh Pierrepont Suicidal after her father who served in the British army ate her last Oreo.
 * Charlotte Rampling, Actor/Model/Singer, Father an Olympian and British Army Officer.
 * Ali Saleem, Pakistani cross dresser and TV host. Father was a Pakistan Army Colonel
 * Sanwar Azam Sunny, social entrepreneur and artist, is the son of Colonel Muhammad Shahid Sarwar, a commander of the Bangladesh Army and Border Guards Bangladesh (1977-2005)
 * Jennifer Saunders, British comedian, actress, writer
 * Rick Springfield, father was an Australian Army officer
 * Katie Ferguson,lion tamer, stunt woman, mother was a mental health nurse [British army]
 * Tilda Swinton, father is Major-General Sir John Swinton, KCVO, OBE, DL, which is the highest rank in the British Army
 * Tanita Tikaram, father a British Army officer
 * Sardar Ajit Singh Indian dissident, nationalist, during the time of British rule in India.

Other countries

 * Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, father was a Chilean Air Force General
 * Petra Kelly German politician, Green Party activist, had dual citizenship with the United States, father was a U.S. soldier, mother was German
 * Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko, professional boxers (Vitali is the WBC World Champion), father was Soviet Air Force Colonel
 * Marquis de La Fayette, French General involved in American Revolution. French Military
 * Vladimir Radmanović, NBA Player, father in Yugoslav People's Army
 * Ségolène Royal, French politician, former major candidate for French Presidency, father was an officer in the French Army