List of bodyguards
This is a list of notable bodyguards.
Former military
Israel
- Aaron Cohen – IMS Security
United Kingdom
- Richard Aitch – author and specialist close protection advisor[1]
- Duncan Falconer – author and security consultant
- Hugh Keir – author and security consultant[2][3][4]
- Trevor Rees-Jones – former bodyguard for Dodi Al-Fayed
- Claudio Frasineanu- security consultant
- Chris Ryan – author and security consultant
Former police and security agencies
Ukraine
- Mykola Mel'nychenko – Former SBU officer
United Kingdom
- James Wallace Beaton – Former Royalty Protection Group officer
- Barry Mannakee – Former Royalty Protection Group officer
- Walter H. Thompson (1890–1978) – bodyguard of Winston Churchill (1921–1945)
- Emma Probert – Current Royalty Protection Group officer
- Danny Martelli – Current – Corporate and Celebrity Bodyguard,Former FFL Special Forces
United States
- Clint Hill – former bodyguard for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, 1963.
- Timothy J. McCarthy – former bodyguard for Ronald Reagan
- Maurice Brighthaupt – former bodyguard for Anna Nicole Smith
Civilians
Ireland
- Fran Cosgrave – former bodyguard for Westlife
Israel
- Avi Korein – Owner of Screen International Security Services
United States
- Chris Boykin – bodyguard on the TV show "Rob and Big"
- Michael Clarke Duncan – actor
- Mr. T – actor
- Brodus Clay – professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, bodyguard for Snoop Dogg
- Shad Gaspard – professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE
- Sheamus – professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, bodyguard for U2 and Bono
Historic
- Satwant Singh and Beant Singh – Bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
- Sempronius Densus – bodyguard of Piso Licinianus, deputy Roman emperor
- Dian Wei – bodyguard of the warlord Cao Cao
- Porter Rockwell – bodyguard of Joseph Smith Jr.
References
- ↑ Aitch, Richard (27 July 2012). Close Protection – A Closer Observation of the Protection Equation (First ed.). UK: Close Protection Publications. p. 567. ISBN 978-0-9572075-0-9.
- ↑ http://hughkeir.com
- ↑ http://closeprotectionbook.hughkeir.com
- ↑ http://www.jobsecurity.co.uk/blog/hugh-keir-close-protection-interview/