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.[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 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[]
Walter Cronkite
- Sid Caesar — Comedian
- Richard R. Callahan, Coast Guard Medal Recipient
- Gower Champion — Dancer, Actor, Director
- Howard Coble — Congressman (NC)
- Hamilton Cochran — Writer[5]
- Lou Carnesecca — College Basketball Coach
- Chris Cooper — Actor
- Art Coulter — Professional Hockey Player, National Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee
- Warren Covington — Musician, Band Leader (took over Tommy Dorsey's 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 — (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 — 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 — Radio, TV & Movie 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 USCG Cutter
- Jim Hegan — Professional Baseball Player & Coach
- Christopher Hibler — Producer, Director[4]
- William Hopper, actor
- Robert Horton — Actor
- Tab Hunter — Actor
I[]
- Charles Isaacs — Writer[4]
J[]
- Wesley Jansen — retired Coast Guard and Actor
- 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
- Monte Markham — Actor, Producer
- John Mariucci — Professional Hockey Player, National Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee
- 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
- George S. Patton, Jr. — awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving 3 boys from drowning
- Vincent W. Patton III — 1st African American to become Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (MCPOCG)
- Claiborne Pell — former Senator (RI)
- John Perrydisambiguation needed — Producer
- Tom Philpott — Editor, Navy Times Magazine[4]
- Popeye — Cartoon Character[4]
- J.D. Power — Businessman (Served from 1953 till 1957 as a line officer)
- Ronald C. Prei, Coast Guard Medal Recipient
- Pluto — Cartoon Character[4]
Q[]
- Richard Quine — Actor
R[]
- 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, Pro Football Player
- Ted Turner — Businessman
U[]
V[]
Rudy Vallee
- Rudy Vallee — Entertainer [6]
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[]
- ↑ "Department of Homeland Security Leadership structure". http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1157655281546.shtm. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the Department’s Transition Efforts". Homeland Security. November 6, 2008. http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1226002818728.shtm. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ↑ Matt Kohut, Harvard Kennedy School "A Steady Hand during a Time of Transition" December 2, 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "What celebrities or other famous persons once served in or were associated with the Coast Guard?". Coast Guard History: FAQ. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history//faqs/celeb.asp. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ↑ "Hamilton Cochran (1898-1977)". Coast Guard History: FAQ. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/Hamilton_Cochran.asp. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ↑ Wise, Jr., James E. and Anne Collier Rehill (1997). Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD. p. 293. ISBN 1-55750-937-9.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard
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