List of U.S. Marines
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The following is a list of people who served in the United States Marine Corps and have gained fame 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.
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[edit] A
- Joseph M. Acaba — NASA astronaut
- Don Adams — actor
- Eddie Adams — noted photographer
- Mike Anderson — NFL football player
- Walter Anderson (editor) — author; PARADE editor; Parade Publications CEO; GED spokesperson
- Paul Arizin — NBA basketball player
- Bea Arthur — star of the television series Maude, The Golden Girls
[edit] B
- F. Lee Bailey — lawyer, notable for his involvement in cases relating to the My Lai Massacre and the O.J. Simpson trial
- Dusty Baker — Major League Baseball manager, second only to John McGraw in managerial wins for the Giants[1]
- 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)
- Thomas D. Barr — top lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- James Lee Barrett — author, screenplay writer
- Carmen Basilio — world champion boxer, Boxing Hall of Famer
- Hank Bauer — professional baseball player
- John Beckett, college football star and coach
- Bob Bell — Bozo the Clown (TV)
- Terrel Bell — U.S. Secretary of Education (1981- 1984) during the Reagan administration
- Henry Bellmon — Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator (OK-R)
- Patty Berg — LPGA golfer
- Rod Bernard — musician
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr. — NASA space shuttle commander
- Robert Bork — retired federal judge, law professor and Supreme court nominee
- Blackbear Bosin — artist
- Hugh Brannum — "Mr. Green Jeans" on Captain Kangaroo
- Donald Bren — CEO The Irvine Company
- Daniel B. Brewster — U.S. Senator from Maryland
- Art Buchwald — humor columnist
- Dale Bumpers — Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator from Arkansas
- Conrad Burns — U.S. Senator from Montana
[edit] C
- Robert D. Cabana — NASA space shuttle astronaut
- Enrique Camarena — Mexican-American DEA agent murdered in 1985
- Philip Caputo — author, journalist
- Rod Carew — baseball Hall of Famer
- Drew Carey — comedian, actor, Host of The Price Is Right (2007-Present)
- Gerald P. Carr, — NASA astronaut
- James Carville — political strategist and manager
- Francis H. Case – represented South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1937-1950) and the U.S. Senate (1951-1962)
- Ronald D. Castille – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania[2]
- John Chafee — Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy, U. S. Senator (RI-R)
- Roberto Clemente — baseball Hall of Famer
- Jerry Coleman — baseball player, announcer
- Eddie Collins — baseball Hall of Famer
- Charles Colson — White House special counsel, Nixon staffer (Watergate), evangelist
- Mike Connors — actor
- Donald "The Great Santini" Conroy — Black Sheep Squadron member and father of author Pat Conroy, who based his novel The Great Santini on him.
- Courtney Ryley Cooper — writer
- Jon Corzine — Governor of New Jersey, former U.S. Senator (D-NJ)
- Bill Cowan — hostage rescue expert, television news commentator
- Walter Cunningham — Apollo 7 astronaut
[edit] D
- Brian Dennehy — actor
- Richard Diebenkorn — artist
- David Dinkins — Mayor of New York City
- Art Donovan — football Hall of Famer
- Buster Drayton — world champion boxer [3]
- Andre Dubus — author
- David Douglas Duncan — photographer
- 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 & Roll Hall of Fame
- Phil Everly — musician, member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
[edit] F
- Hussein Mohamed Farrah — son and successor of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid
- Mike Farrell — actor; liberal activist
- Freddie Fender — Tejano music recording artist
- Bob Ferguson — song writer, record producer, and historian
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- Jesse Ferguson — American heavyweight boxer
- Nathaniel Fick — author of the book One Bullet Away
- Bill Fitch — basketball coach
- Shelby Foote — author, American Civil War historian
- Glenn Ford — actor
- Joe Foss — former Governor of South Dakota, first Commissioner of the AFL, former NRA President
- James Franciscus — actor
- Hayden Fry — football coach, University of Iowa
- Mark Fuhrman — LAPD detective who became famous during the O.J. Simpson trial
[edit] G
- Bill Gallo — cartoonist, journalist
- Christopher George — actor
- Merlin German "Miracle Marine" — founder of Merlin's Miracles[4]
- 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
- Joshua Gracin — country singer and American Idol contestant[5]
- Clu Gulager — actor
[edit] H
- Gene Hackman — actor
- Fred Haise — NASA astronaut (Apollo 13 & Space Shuttle Enterprise)
- Nathaniel Dawayne "Nate Dogg" Hale — rapper
- Ahmard Hall — NFL football player
- Hugh W. Hardy — pioneer of the 3D seismic method
- Gustav Hasford — author of The Short-Timers, the Vietnam war novel & basis of movie Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Sterling Hayden — actor
- Louis Hayward — actor
- Howell Heflin — U.S. Senator from Alabama
- George Roy Hill — director, Oscar-nomination for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as well as win for directing The Sting.
- Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch — football Hall of Famer
- Gil Hodges — professional baseball player
[edit] I
- Mike Ilitch — founder of Little Caesars Pizza, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings
- Don Imus — Radio talk show host [6]
[edit] J
- Keith Jackson — broadcaster
- Brian Gerard James — TNA professional wrestler
- Bill Janklow — Governor of South Dakota
- George Jones — country music artist
[edit] K
- Bob Keeshan — Captain Kangaroo
- Harvey Keitel — actor[7]
- Brian Keith — actor
- Greg Kelly — news reporter
- 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
- Adam Kokesh — well known protestor of Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 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
- Eddie LeBaron — professional football player
- Jim Lehrer — journalist, host of the PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Alfred Lerner — financier, Chairman of MBNA Corporation
- Scott Levy — professional wrestler
- Joe Lisi — actor - retired NYPD Captain
- Clayton J. Lonetree — spied for Russia in the mid-1980s
- Tommy Loughran — world boxing champion
- Jack R. Lousma — NASA Astronaut
- Robert A. Lutz — Chairman of the Board of Chrysler
- Robert Ludlum — author of Bourne Identity and many others
[edit] M
- 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
- Lee Marvin — actor
- Bob Mathias — two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon — U.S. congressman
- Ed McMahon — television personality
- Sid McMath — Governor of Arkansas
- Robert C. McFarlane — National Security Advisor to Pres. Reagan, best known for Iran-Contra
- Paul F. McHale, Jr. — U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
- Steve McQueen — actor
- Carlos Mencia — comedian
- Zell Miller — Governor of Georgia, U.S. Senator
- Billy Mills — Olympic gold medalist (1964), 10,000m run
- Tom Monaghan — founder of Domino's Pizza
- Mike Montler — professional NFL football player, Buffalo Bills
- Alvy Moore — actor, played Hank Kimball on Green Acres
- Jim Mora — NFL head football coach
- Michael Mori — Defence lawyer for Australian terrorism convictee David Hicks
- Robert S. Mueller III — director of the FBI
- Jimmy Murray — former GM of Philadelphia Eagles and co-founder of Ronald McDonald House charities
- John Murtha — U.S. Representative (D - PA)
[edit] N
- Carlos I. Noriega — NASA astronaut
- Oliver North — Iran-Contra involvement; political commentator
- Ken Norton — world champion boxer, Boxing Hall of Famer
[edit] O
- Tom O'Brien — NCAA head football coach, Boston College, NC State
- Lee Harvey Oswald — alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy
[edit] P
- Ilario Pantano — author of the book Warlord
- Sam Peckinpah — director
- George Peppard — actor
- Bum Phillips — NFL Head coach
- Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. — author, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Tyrone Power — actor
- Joe Pyne — 1960's Conservative Talk Show Host
[edit] R
- CJ Ramone (b. Christopher Joseph Ward) — musician, former member of The Ramones
- Lawrence G. Rawl — CEO of Exxon (1988-1993)
- Donald Regan — U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Chief of Staff (Reagan administration)
- Robert Remus — "Sgt. Slaughter" in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
- Hari Rhodes — actor
- Buddy Rich — jazz great
- Rob Riggle — actor/comedian
- 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, social commentator
- 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
- John Russell— actor
[edit] S
- Jim Sasser, U.S. Senator from Tennessee
- George Schultz — economist, U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury
- George C. Scott — actor
- Tom Seaver — baseball Hall of Famer
- Shaggy — musician (singer)
- Bernard Shaw — CNN news anchor
- Mark Shields — journalist[8]
- Oliver Sipple — saved President Gerald Ford's life during an assassination attempt
- Eugene Sledge — author
- Frederick W. Smith — businessman, founder of Fed Ex
- W. Thomas Smith, Jr. — author, journalist
- John Philip Sousa — composer, conductor/orchestra leader
- Leon Spinks — world boxing champion
- Richard Steele — boxing referee
- Eugene Stoner — designer of the AR-15 rifle — adopted by the US military as the M-16
- William Styron — Pulitzer Prize winning author.
- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger — publisher of The New York Times
- Charles R. (Chuck) Swindoll — evangelical Christian pastor, radio preacher
- Anthony Swofford — author of the book Jarhead
[edit] T
- Steven W. Taylor — Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
- Frank M. Tejeda — U.S. Congressman from Texas
- Jerald terHorst — press secretary (1974) for President Gerald Ford
- Craig Thomas — U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Bernard Trainor — foreign policy analyst and author
- Lee Trevino — PGA Tour golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
- Gene Tunney — world boxing champion, Boxing Hall of Famer
[edit] U
- Leon Uris — author
[edit] V
- Bill Veeck — baseball team owner, baseball Hall of Famer
[edit] W
- John Warner — former Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator from Virginia
- Charles Waterhouse — artist
- Mike Weaver — world boxing champion
- James E. Webb — second Administrator of NASA
- James H. "Jim" Webb — U.S. Senator (D - VA), former U.S. Secretary of the Navy, author
- Chuck Wepner — boxer; often pointed as the inspiration for the Rocky movie series
- Bing West — author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration
- Jo Jo White — former NBA basketball player with the Boston Celtics
- Charles Whitman — University of Texas clocktower sniper
- James Whitmore — actor
- Steve Wilkos — TV Host, Chicago Police Department
- Montel Williams — TV host
- Ted Williams — baseball Hall of Famer
- Jonathan Winters — actor, comedian
- Pete Wilson — former Governor of California
- Edward D. Wood, Jr. — film director
[edit] Y
- Burt Young — actor, famous for his role as "Paulie" in the Rocky movie series
[edit] Z
- George D. Zamka — NASA astronaut
- Anthony Zinni — retired as General, commanding U.S. Central Command; foreign policy analyst and television commentator
[edit] See also
- List of Historically Important U.S. Marines
- List of United States Marine Corps astronauts
- List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals
[edit] References
- ^ Dusty Baker: Profile. Speakers Platform.
- ^ "The Honorable Ronald D. Castille". Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System (July 18, 2006).
- ^ Boxing News
- ^ 'Miracle Marine' dies after beating odds
- ^ Country Music-Joshua Gracin. about.com.
- ^ Don Imus Biography. biography.com.
- ^ Harvey Keitel. IMDb.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Mark Shields. Online NewsHour, PBS.
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