List of famous U.S. Marines

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Famous people who served in the United States Marine Corps.

The following is a list of people who served in the Marines with distinction, are part of Marine Corps history, or who have gained public notoriety through subsequent endeavors, infamy, or successes:

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[edit] A

Joseph M. Acaba — first Puerto Rican astronaut
Don Adams — actor
Mike Anderson — NFL football player
Walter Anderson (editor) — author; PARADE Magazine editor; Parade Publications CEO; GED spokesperson
Paul Arizin — basketball player
Bea Arthur — actor

[edit] B

F. Lee Bailey — lawyer
James Baker — former U.S. Secretary of State, elder statesman, advisor and friend of the Bush family
Leslie M. "Bud" Baker, Jr. — Chairman of the Board of Wachovia Bank.
Nick Barone — boxer (1950s)
James Lee Barrett — author, screenplay writer.
Monte Barrett — heavyweight boxer
Carmen Basilio — world champion boxer, Boxing Hall of Famer
Hank Bauer — baseball player
Bob Bell — Bozo the Clown (TV)
Patty Berg — LPGA golfer
Rod Bernard — musician
John Wayne Bobbitt — Famous for his dismembered member.
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. — space shuttle commander
Carol Bongiovi — model, mother of Jon Bon Jovi
John Bongiovi — hairdresser, father of Jon Bon Jovi
Robert Bork — retired federal judge, law professor, and Supreme court nominee.
Blackbear Bosin — artist
Hugh Brannum — "Mr. Green Jeans" on Captain Kangaroo
Daniel B. Brewster — U.S. Senator from Maryland
Art Buchwald — humor columnist
Dale Bumpers — U.S. Senator from Arkansas
Gregory Burgess — Silver Medal, Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley, 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain
Conrad Burns — U.S. Senator from Montana
Smedley Butler — 2 time Medal of Honor winner.

[edit] C

Enrique Camarena — murdered Mexican-American DEA agent
Philip Caputo — author, journalist
Rod Carew — baseball Hall of Famer
Drew Carey — comedian
James Carville — political strategist and manager
Roberto Clemente — baseball Hall of Famer
Jerry Coleman — baseball player, announcer
Eddie Collins — baseball Hall of Famer
Charles Colson — White House special counsel, convicted Watergate felon, evangelist
Mike Connors — actor
Pat Conroy— author of "The Great Santini". His father, Donald Conroy, was the model for the title character.
John Corzine — Governor of New Jersey.
Bill Cowan — hostage rescue expert, television news commentator
Louis Cukela — recipient of both Navy and Army Medal of Honor
Alfred Austell Cunningham — First Marine Aviator.
Walter Cunningham — Apollo 7 astronaut

[edit] D

Dan Daly — 2 time Medal of Honor Winner
Brian Dennehy — actor
Lou Diamond — "Mr. Leatherneck," namesake of actor Lou Diamond Phillips
David Dinkins — Mayor of New York City
Art Donovan — football Hall of Famer
Terry Downes — world boxing champion
Buster Drayton — world boxing champion
Andre Dubus — author
David Douglas Duncan — photographer
Barbara Dulinsky — first female Marine deployed to a combat zone
William L. Durkin — earned fame for rescuing billionaire Howard Hughes from an aircraft accident
Dale Dye — actor, Hollywood military advisor.

[edit] E

David Eigenberg — actor, Sex and the City
R. Lee Ermey — actor, TV show host
Don Everly — musician member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Phil Everly — musician member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
John A. Eastman - NFL football player, actor, writer, motivational speaker

[edit] F

Hussein Mohamed Farrah — son and successor of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Mike Farrell — American actor
Jesse Ferguson — American heavyweight boxer
Nathaniel Fick — Author of the book One Bullet Away
Bill Fitch — basketball coach
Shelby Foote — author, civil war historian
Glenn Ford — actor
Joe Foss — Former Governor of South Dakota, first Commissioner of the American Football league, former NRA President, Medal of Honor recipient and Marine flying ace
James Franciscus — actor
Mark Fuhrman — LAPD detective who became famous during the O.J. Simpson trial
Bob Ferguson — song writer, record producer, and historian
Hayden Fry — Football coach, University of Iowa

[edit] G

Nathan Gale — murderer of guitarist Dimebag Darrell and several others
Bill Gallo — cartoonist, journalist
Christopher George — actor
Wayne Gilchrest — Republican U.S. Representative from Maryland
John Glenn — astronaut, first American to orbit Earth, oldest man in space, U.S. Senator
Scott Glenn — actor
Josh Gracin — singer
Clu Gulager — actor

[edit] H

Gene Hackman — actor
Fred Haise — NASA astronaut (Apollo 13 & Space Shuttle Enterprise)
Nathaniel Dawayne Hale — rapper
Hugh W. Hardy — pioneer of the 3D seismic method
Gustav Hasford — author of The Short-Timers, the Vietnam novel on which the movie Full Metal Jacket (1987) was based.
Carlos Hathcock — Exceptional Marine Corps Sniper with 93 confirmed and many more anecdotal kills in Vietnam
Sterling Hayden — actor
Ira Hayes — in the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photo
Archibald Henderson — Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps. Longest serving Commandant from 1820-1859.
George Roy Hill — Oscar-nominated director for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as well as winning an Oscar for directing The Sting.
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch — football Hall of Famer
Gil Hodges — baseball player

[edit] I

Mike Ilitch — founder of Little Caesars Pizza.
John Donald "Don" Imus — talk radio host

[edit] J

Keith Jackson — broadcaster
Brian Gerard James — TNA/WWE professional wrestler
Bill Janklow — Governor of South Dakota
Opha Mae Johnson — First Female Marine.
George Jones — country music star
James L. Jones — 32nd Commandant, and currently the first Marine to serve as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO.

[edit] K

Bob Keeshan — "Captain Kangaroo"
Harvey Keitel — actor
Brian Keith — actor
Raymond W. Kelly — police commissioner of the City of New York
Skip Kenney — Men's Olympic Swim Coach, Head Swim Coach at Stanford University
Robert Kiyosaki — author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Ron Kovic — author Born on the Fourth of July
Ted Kulongoski — Governor, State of Oregon

[edit] L

Mills Lane — boxing referee and TV's People's Court judge
Jim Lehrer — journalist, host of the PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
John A. Lejeune — 13th Commandant.
Alfred Lerner — financier, Chairman of MBNA Corporation
Scott Levy — professional wrestler
Joe Lisi — actor
Clayton J. Lonetree — spied for Russia in the mid-1980s
Tommy Loughran — world boxing champion
Jack Robert Lousma — NASA Astronaut
Robert A. Lutz — Chairman of the Board of Chrysler

[edit] M

John Freeman Mackie — First Marine Medal of Honor winner.
William Manchester — author and historian
Mike Mansfield — U.S. Representative and Senator, Senate Majority Leader, U.S. Ambassador to Japan; co-author of the Douglas-Mansfield Bill (1951) supporting the Marine Corps
Nicole Marciano — Penthouse Pets
Lee Marvin — actor
Ed McMahon — television personality
Sid McMath — Governor of Arkansas
Robert C. McFarlane — National Security Advisor to Pres. Reagan, infamous for his role in the Iran-Contra Scandal.
Steve McQueen — actor
Ray Mercer — world boxing champion
Zell Miller — Governor of Georgia, U.S. Senator
Billy Mills — Olympic gold medalist (1964), 10,000m
Tom Monaghan — founder of Domino's Pizza
Jim Mora — NFL head football coach
Robert S. Mueller III — director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Jimmy Murray — former GM of Philadelphia Eagles and co-founder of Ronald McDonald House charities.
John Murtha — U.S. Representative
Mike Montler — professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills
Bob Mathias Two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon — U.S. congressman

[edit] N

Samuel Nicholas — First Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Carlos I. Noriega — NASA astronaut
Oliver North — Infamous for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
Ken Norton — world champion boxer, Boxing Hall of Famer

[edit] O

Presley O'Bannon — Famous for his exploits in the Barbary Pirate Wars.
Kenneth O'Keefe — anti-war activist
Lee Harvey Oswald — assassin of John F. Kennedy
Randy Orton — professional wrestler

[edit] P

Peter Pace — First Marine to hold the billet of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Sam Peckinpah — director
George Peppard — actor
Bum Phillips — NFL Head coach
Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. — author, Pulitzer Prize winner
Chesty Puller — Most highly decorated U.S. Marine in history — Awarded five Navy Crosses

Tyrone Power — actor

[edit] R

Lawrence G. Rawl — CEO of Exxon (1988-1993)
Ben Reed — writer
Donald Regan — U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Chief of Staff (Reagan administration)
Robert Remus — "Sgt. Slaughter" in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
Buddy Rich — musician
Scott Ritter — former United Nations arms inspector, intelligence officer, outspoken opponent of the Bush administration's foreign policy.
Charles S. "Chuck" Robb — Governor of Virginia, U.S. Senator, married to Linda Bird Johnson (daughter of President Lyndon Johnson)
Pat Robertson — evangelist
Rick Romley — attorney general
James Roosevelt — son of FDR, former Marine Raider
Barney Ross — world champion boxer, Boxing Hall of Famer
Josh Rushing — news reporter for Al Jazeera network
Ken Ryker — gay pornographic movie star