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. 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
Jim Davis – actor
William D. Delahunt – congressman (Massachusetts) Jack Dempsey – professional boxer 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 – 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 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
H
Alan Hale, Jr. – actor
Alex Haley – writer
Wynn Handman – actor, director
William O. Harbach – producer
David Hasselhoff - actor - was 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