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

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

B

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

C

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

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. 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

• 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, – two-time All-Star Major League Baseball player
• Otto Graham – professional football player and coach
• Burton Gilliam – actor

H

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

• 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
• Jacob Lawrence – artist
• Admiral James Loy – 21st Commandant, 2nd Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, 2nd United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

M

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

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

• 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 ^[7]

Q

• Richard Quine – actor

R

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

S

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

T

Ted Turner

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

V

Rudy Vallee

• Rudy Vallée – entertainer, musician, singer ^[9]

W

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 ^[5]

Y

Gig Young

• Gig Young – actor

Z

• Paul F. Zukunft – retired commandant and admiral

Sources

U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

References

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.