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:

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)
• Eddie Albert – actor and activist
• Thad Allen – former commandant, 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 (Bogart volunteered his yacht Santana (as well as himself) in 1944 for service with the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve)
• – actor (served during World War II)^[4]
• - baseball executive and former baseball general manager (served 1996-2000) ^[5]
• Milton H. Bren – producer (Tars and Spars), writer, director
• Beau Bridges – actor (served from 1959 to 1967 in the Coast Guard Reserve)
• Jeff Bridges – actor (served from 1967 to 1975 in the Coast Guard Reserve)
• Lloyd Bridges – actor (he was a member of Coast Guard and 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 – lead singer for the southern rock group Molly Hatchet
• 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
• – Mississippi businessman, transportation specialist and politician
• Lou Carnesecca – college basketball coach
• Gower Champion – dancer, actor, director
• Howard Coble – congressman (North Carolina), retired Coast Guard Reserve captain
• – writer^[6]
• Edwin Louis Cole - author, pastor
• 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 (Massachusetts)
• Jack Dempsey – professional boxer
• Don "The Dragon" Wilson – martial arts master, actor
• Vernon Duke - composer

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
• Glenn Ford – actor
• Preston Foster – actor

G[]

• – 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 – first man of African American descent to command a U.S. Government vessel.
• Jim Hegan – professional baseball player and coach
• – producer, director^[4]
• Robert Horton – actor
• Tab Hunter – actor

I[]

• – writer^[4]

J[]

• - actor^[4]
• Lew Jenkins – professional boxer and world lightweight champion
• Harvey E. Johnson, Jr. – retired Coast Guard Vice Admiral, Deputy Director of FEMA
• Victor Jory – actor

K[]

• Robert Kellard – actor
• Michael Kilian – author, writer (USCG 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
• Gaspare Marturano - author (Coast Guard Auxiliary)^[7]
• Victor Mature – actor (served in 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 receive the Medal of Honor
• Frank Murkowski – governor of Alaska and former senator (Alaska)

N[]

• Frank Newcomb – commodore, USCG and Congressional Gold Medal recipient
• Sam Nunn – former senator (Georgia)

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 of American Kenpo Karate
• George S. Patton, Jr. – awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving three boys from drowning
• Vincent W. Patton III – first African American to become Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
• Claiborne Pell – former senator (Rhode Island)
• – editor, Navy Times magazine^[4]
• Pluto (Disney) – cartoon character^[4]
• Popeye – cartoon character^[4]
• J.D. Power III – businessman (Served from 1953 – 1957)
• – Coast Guard Medal recipient^[8]

Q[]

• Richard Quine – actor

R[]

• Al Roker – television personality, Honorary Commodore, Coast Guard Auxiliary^[9]
• Cesar Romero – actor

S[]

• Walter Sande – actor
• Charles S. Shapiro – former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela
• Joe Simon – comic book writer, artist, editor and publisher
• 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 (Mississippi)
• Emlen Tunnell – professional football player
• Ted Turner – businessman

U[]

V[]

• Rudy Vallée – entertainer, musician, singer ^[10]

W[]

• Tom Waits – actor, singer, songwriter
• Patrick Wayne – actor
• Bernard C. Webber – Gold Lifesaving Medal awardee, author
• Henry Wilcoxon – actor
• Sloan Wilson – writer
• Kai Winding – musician
• Lothar Wolff – producer, director^[4]

Y[]

• Gig Young – actor

Z[]

• Paul F. Zukunft - retired commandant and admiral

Sources[]

U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office FAQ

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