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 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.

Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

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John C. Acton

* 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

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Humphrey Bogart

* 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) [4]
* 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

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Walter Cronkite

* 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

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* 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

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* Buddy Ebsen – actor
* Blake Edwards – writer, director, producer
* Perry Ellis – fashion designer
* Edwin D. Eshleman – former U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania

## F

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William R. Flores "Man in Rigging" painting by Anton Otto Fischer

* 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 – cinematographer
* Elizebeth Smith Friedman – cryptanalyst for the U.S. Treasury Department and the Coast Guard

## G

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* Neal Gay – professional Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee[5]
* Charles Gibson – newscaster
* Leroy Gilbert – former officer in the United States Navy and Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard
* 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

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Alex Haley

* 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.[6]
* 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

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* 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

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* Robert Kellard – actor
* Michael Kilian – author, writer (USCG auxiliarist)
* Jack Kramer – tennis professional

## L

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

## M

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Frank Murkowski

* 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

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Sam Nunn

* 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

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* Edwin O'Connor – Pulitzer Prize-winning author
* Thomas F. O'Neil – executive
* Jess Oppenheimer – writer, director, producer of I Love Lucy television show

## P

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* 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[7]

## Q

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* Richard Quine – actor

## R

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* Al Roker – television personality, Honorary Commodore, Coast Guard Auxiliary[8]
* Cesar Romero – actor

## S

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Carlton Skinner

* 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

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Ted Turner

* Gene Taylor – congressman (Mississippi)
* Emlen Tunnell – professional football player
* Ted Turner – businessman

## V

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Rudy Vallee

* Rudy Vallée – entertainer, musician, singer [9]

## W

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Henry Wilcoxon

* 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<ref name="USCGH

## Y

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Gig Young

* Gig Young – actor

## Z

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* Paul F. Zukunft – retired commandant and admiral

## Sources

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U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

## References

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1. ^ "Department of Homeland Security Leadership structure". Retrieved February 24, 2010.
2. ^ "Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the Department's Transition Efforts". Homeland Security. November 6, 2008. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
3. ^ Matt Kohut, Harvard Kennedy School "A Steady Hand during a Time of Transition" December 2, 2008
4. ^ "Corey Brandt Named Stone Crabs General Manager". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. September 12, 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
5. ^ "Celebrities and Famous People". U.S. Coast Guard Notable People. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
6. ^ "USCG Auxilary". Facebook.
7. ^ "Coastguardsman Remember Black Sunday". 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
8. ^ Wilson, Rande. "Al Roker – Honorary Commodore – United States Coast Guard Auxiliary". COAST GUARD Auxiliary Live. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
9. ^ 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.

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United States Coast Guard

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Leadership|

* Secretary of Homeland Security
* Commandant of the Coast Guard
* Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
* Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

Organization|

* Missions
* Reserve
* Intelligence
* Investigative Service
* Legal Division
* Police

Areas
* Districts
* Sectors
* Stations
* Air Stations
* Radio stations
* Shipbuilding Yard
* National Ice Center
* Research and Development Center
* Coast Guard Auxiliary

Personnel and training|

* Personnel
* Officer ranks
* Enlisted ranks
* Ratings
* Coast Guard Academy
* Training Center Cape May
* Training Center Petaluma
* Training Center Yorktown
* Maritime Law Enforcement Academy
* Joint Maritime Training Center
* Aviation Association
* Chaplain of the Coast Guard
* Four-star admirals
* Three-star admirals

Uniforms and equipment|

* Uniforms
* Awards
* Badges
* Cutters
* List of cutters
* Ship commissioning
* Ship decommissioning
* Equipment

History and traditions|

* History
* Coast Guard Act
* Coast Guard City
* Life-Saving Service
* Revenue Cutter Service
* Lighthouse Service
* Steamboat Inspection Service
* Bureau of Navigation
* "Semper Paratus"
* Flag
* Ensign
* Racing Stripe
* United States Coast Guard Band
* United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard
* United States Coast Guard Pipe Band
* Fleet Week
* Coast Guard service numbers
* Coast Guardsman's Creed
* United States Coast Guard Cutters
* Coast Guard Bears
* SPARS

Battles and operations|

* Quasi-War
* War of 1812
* West Indies anti-piracy operations
* Capture of the schooner Bravo
* Ingham Incident
* Amistad Incident
* Great Lakes Patrol
* Mexican–American War
* American Civil War
* Battle of Fort Sumter
* Battle of Pig Point
* Battle of Galveston Harbor
* Battle of Portland Harbor
* Overland Relief Expedition
* Spanish–American War
* Battle of Manila Bay
* Battle of Cárdenas
* Ice Patrol
* World War I
* 1st Battle of the Atlantic
* Great Mississippi Flood
* Rum Patrol
* World War II
* 2nd Battle of the Atlantic
* Battle of Guam
* Operation Overlord
* Korean War
* Vietnam War
* Coast Guard Squadron One
* Operation Market Time
* Operation Sealords
* Action of 1 March 1968
* Persian Gulf War
* War on terror
* Afghanistan War
* Iraq War
* Operation Enduring Freedom HOA

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