List of U.S. 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: . Additions that are not in alphabetical order and/or do not provide a primary reliable verifiable source will be removed.

A

*Derroll Adams — Folk Musician
*Nick Adams — Actor (Served 1952-1955)
*Gerald Arpino — Choreographer

B

*Al Barlick — Professional Baseball Umpire, National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee (Served during World War II)
*Mike Barrier — Actor
*Edward T. Barry — American Professional Hockey Player
*Tom Blake — Athlete, Professional Surfer, Inventor & Author (Served during World War II)
*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)
*Milton H. Bren — Producer ("Tars and Spars"), Writer, Director
*Beau Bridges — Actor (Served from 1959 to 1967 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
*Daniel C. Burbank — NASA Astronaut

C

*Sid Caesar — Comedian
*Robert Maurice Campbell — Producer, Director
*Gower Champion — Dancer, Actor, Director
*Howard Coble — Congressman (NC)
*Hamilton Cochran — Writer
*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)
*Walter Cronkite — Newscaster - member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and an honorary commodore

D

*John F. DeCuir, Jr. — Art Director, Production Designer
*William D. Delahunt — Congressman (MA)
*Jack Dempsey — Professional Boxer
*Peter R.J. Deyell — Actor, Writer, Makeup Artist, Producer, Director
*Marlene Dietrich — Actress
*Don "The Dragon" Wilson — Martial Arts Master, Actor

E

*Buddy Ebsen — Actor
*Blake Edwards — Writer, Director, Producer

F

*Arthur Fiedler — Conductor, Boston Pops Orchestra
*Anton Otto Fischer — Artist
*Preston Foster — Actor
*Elizabeth Smith Friedman — Cryptographer

G

*Neal Gay — Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductee
*Charles Gibson — Newscaster
*Arthur Godfrey — Entertainer
*Gale Gordon — Radio, TV & Movie Actor
*Otto Graham — Professional Football Player and Coach
*Jimmy Grier — Musician, Jazz band leader (WWII)

H

*Alan Hale, Jr. — Actor
*Alex Haley — Writer
*Wynn Handman — Actor, Director
*William O. Harbach — Producer
*Jim Hegan — Professional Baseball Player & Coach
*Christopher Hibler — Producer, Director
*Robert Horton — Actor
*Tab Hunter — Actor

I

*Charles Isaacs — Writer

J

*Lew Jenkins — Professional Boxer & World Lightweight Champion
*Victor Jory — Actor

K

*Duke Paoa Kahanamoku — Athlete, Surfer, 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
*Lorne Michaels — Director, Producer
*G. William Miller — Businessman, Secretary of the Treasury
*Bubba Morton — Baseball Player
*Frank Murkowski — Governor of Alaska & former Senator (AK)

N

*Sam Nunn — former Senator (GA)

O

*Edwin O'Connor — Pulitzer Prize winning Author
*Thomas F. O'Neil — Executive

P

*Arnold Palmer — Professional Golfer
*Edmund K. Parker — Kenpo Martial Arts Master & Founder of the American Kenpo Karate (Served in the 1940s)
*George S. Patton, Jr. — awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving 3 boys from drowning
*Claiborne Pell — former Senator (RI)
*Jose “The Punisher” Perez Jr. — Professional Boxer
*John Perry — Producer
*Tom Philpott — Editor, Navy Times Magazine
*Popeye — Cartoon Character
*J.D. Power, III — Businessman (Served from 1953 till 1957 as a line officer)
*Pluto — Cartoon Character

Q

*Richard Quine — Actor

R

*Cesar Romero — Actor

*Walter Sande — Actor
*Ted Steele — Radio Personality
*Robert Stevens — Actor

T

*Gene Taylor — Congressman (MS)
*Emlen Tunnel — Professional Football Player
*Ted Turner — Businessman

U

V

*Rudy Vallee — Entertainer

W

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

Y

*Gig Young — Actor

Z

ources

[http://www.uscg.mil/history/ Coast Guard History]

References

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