The following is a list of people who served in the United States Coast Guard and have gained notability 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. Acton formerly served as Director of the DHS Presidential Transition Team.Matt Kohut, Harvard Kennedy School "A Steady Hand during a Time of Transition" December 2, 2008 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 Tom Blake – surfer and inventor Humphrey Bogart – actor (Bogart volunteered his yacht Santana (as well as himself) in 1944 for service with the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve) Corey Brandt – baseball executive and former baseball general manager (served 1996-2000) 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 Gil Carmichael – 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 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 Valentine Davies – Oscar-winning screenwriter and director (Miracle on 34th Street, The Glenn Miller Story) Jim Davis – actor William D. Delahunt – congressman (Massachusetts) Jack Dempsey – professional boxer Andre Douglas – NASA astronaut 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 William A. Fraker – Oscar-nominated cinematographer Elizebeth Smith Friedman – cryptanalyst for the U.S. Treasury Department and the Coast Guard

G Neal Gay – professional Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee Charles Gibson – newscaster Leroy Gilbert – former officer of the U.S. Navy and Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard Arthur Godfrey – entertainer Gale Gordon – actor Sid Gordon, – two-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 David Hasselhoff – actor, made an honorary Commodore for his work alongside the USCG Auxiliary in 1997. Michael A. Healy – first man of African American descent to command a U.S. Government vessel. Jim Hegan – professional baseball player and coach Robert Horton – actor Tab Hunter – actor

J 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 Al Lamberti – Sheriff of Broward County Charles Lane – actor Jacob Lawrence – artist Admiral James Loy – 21st Commandant, 2nd Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, 2nd United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

M

Guy Madison – actor John Mariucci – professional hockey player, National Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Monte Markham – actor, producer 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 Alaska senator

N

Vice Admiral Peter V. Neffenger – Vice Commandant of the USCG, 6th Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration Frank Newcomb – commodore, USCG and Congressional Gold Medal recipient Sam Nunn – former Georgia senator

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 Vice Admiral David P. Pekoske – 26th Vice Comandant and 7th Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration Claiborne Pell – former Rhode Island senator J.D. Power III – businessman (served from 1953 to 1957) Ronald C. Prei – Coast Guard Medal recipient

Q Richard Quine – actor

R Al Roker – television personality, Honorary Commodore, Coast Guard Auxiliary Cesar Romero – actor

S

Walter Sande – actor Steve Shagan – Oscar-nominated screenwriter, film and television producer, and novelist 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

V

Rudy Vallée – entertainer, musician, singer

W

Tom Waits – actor, singer, songwriter Patrick Wayne – actor Bernard C. Webber – Gold Lifesaving Medal awardee, author Henry Wilcoxon – actor Don "The Dragon" Wilson – martial arts master, actor Sloan Wilson – writer Kai Winding – musician Lothar Wolff – producer, director

Y

Gig Young – actor

Z Paul F. Zukunft – retired commandant and admiral

Sources U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

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