List of United States Air Force personnel
This is a list of notable people who served in the United States Air Force , the Air National Guard , or their antecedents in the Army . See also Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy .
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Oscar Zeta Acosta – Attorney, Chicano Movement activist, novelist and close friend of American author Hunter S. Thompson Charles J. Adams – brigadier general and aviatorJohn Agar – Film actorPaul W. Airey – First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air ForceFrank Albertson – Film actorRobert Aldrich – DGA Award -nominated filmmakerBuzz Aldrin – Astronaut (Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 – second man to walk on the Moon )Robert Altman – Seven-time Oscar -nominated filmmaker who flew more than 50 bombing missions as a co-pilot of a B-24 Liberator in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of World War II Leon Ames – Film and TV actor who served in the field artillery of the U.S. Army and later in the flying corps (the Army Air Service ) during World War I Wally Amos – Television personality, businessman, author and founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie , the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and host of the adult reading program Learn to Read William Anders – Astronaut (Apollo 8 – first flight to orbit the Moon)Michael P. Anderson – NASA astronaut killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle disasterSTS-89 , STS-107 )Sunny Anderson – Radio and television personalityKeith Andes – Film, TV and stage actorEdward Anhalt – Novelist and screenwriterAl Anthony – Radio personalityRichard Arlen – Film actorMichael F. Armstrong – AttorneyHap Arnold – Aviation pioneer and General of the Air Force Jack Arnold – Oscar -nominated filmmakerLuke Askew – Film and TV actorLeon Askin – Film and TV actorXavier Atencio – Film animatorGene Autry – Grammy Award -winning musician, singer, Oscar -nominated songwriter, film actor and Major League Baseball team owner
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Charles Bronson George W. Bush Alonzo Babers – Airline pilot and Olympic athlete Jacob “Buddy” Baer – Boxer, film and TV actorMax Baer, Jr. – Film actorMax Baer, Sr. – Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion, Film and TV actorParley Baer – Film and television actorHobey Baker – Amateur hockey playerBernt Balchen – Norwegian-born aviation explorerThomas Scott Baldwin – Pioneer balloonistMartin Balsam – Oscar -winning film actorJohn Banner – Film and television actorSy Bartlett – Screenwriter and producer, co-author of Twelve O'Clock High Warren Beatty – Oscar -winning film actor, filmmaker, producer and screenwriterDon Beddoe – Film and television actorChuck Bednarik – Professional football playerArt Bell – Talk radio personalityBrooks Benedict – Actor of the silent and sound film eras who served with the American Ambulance Corps and in the U.S. Army Air Service during the First World War Lloyd Bentsen – Senator from Texas , 1988 vice presidential nominee , 69th Secretary of the Treasury Elmer Bernstein – Oscar and Emmy -winning and Grammy Award -nominated film composerCharles A. Berry – Flight surgeon during the Apollo space program and Director of Life Sciences at the NASA Mark H. Berry – American politicianJames Best – Film and television actorEdward Binns – Film and television actorJohn Birch – East China missionaryBarry Bishop – Member of the first American team to summit Mount EverestWhit Bissell – Film and television actorCharles F. Blair, Jr. – General officer and husband of actress Maureen O'Hara Esther Blake – First female member of the United States Air Force Michael Blake – Oscar -winning screenwriter and author of Dances with Wolves 1988 best-selling novel William Peter Blatty – Oscar -winning screenwriter, film producer, director and author known for his 1971 novel The Exorcist 1973 film adaptation Guion Bluford – Astronaut and first African American to fly in space (STS-8 , STS-61-A , STS-39 , STS-53 )John Boccieri – Member of Congress of Ohio.Paul Bogart – Five-time Emmy Award -winning television director and producerRichard Bong – American Ace of AcesFrank Borman – Astronaut (Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 – first flight to orbit the Moon)Robert Sidney Bowen – Newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author of the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Seriesfighter pilot in both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Service , and as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service (AFS) during World War I .William Bowers – ScreenwriterBoxcar Willie – Country music entertainerJohn Boyd – Air Force fighter pilot and Pentagon consultant during the second half of the 20th century who, together with Thomas Christie , created the Energy–Maneuverability theory of aerial combat , which became the world standard for the design of fighter aircraftVance D. Brand – Astronaut who also served as a naval aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps (Apollo–Soyuz Test Project , STS-5 , STS-41-B , STS-35 )Albert Brenner – Five-time Oscar -nominated production designer and art director Lewis H. Brereton – Aviation pioneer and only active duty member of USAF and all of its forebearsJohn Briley – Oscar -winning screenwriterCharles Bronson – Emmy Award -nominated film and television actorRand Brooks – Film and television actor (Babes in Arms Gone with the Wind Al Brown – Film and television actor known for The Wire Vietnam Charles Q. Brown Jr. – USAF general who is currently serving as the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as of January 2024Clarence Brown – Six-time Oscar -nominated filmmaker who served as a fighter pilot and flight instructor with the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I Dale Brown – AuthorRoscoe C. Brown, Jr. – Tuskegee Airman , educator, and TV personalityRoger Browne – Film actor best known for his work in the peplum and Eurospy films popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970sRobert Brubaker – Film and TV actorDon Budge – American tennis player most famous as the first tennis player to win the Grand Slam John Bunch – Jazz pianistWilliam Bundy – CIA analyst and foreign affairs advisorGeorge W. Bush – 43rd President of the United States Aaron Bushnell – 25-year-old airman who live streamed his self-immolation and resultant death outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. in protest of genocide and U.S.-backed support of Israel in the Israel–Hamas war Craig D. Button – Victim of mysterious flight and crashRed Buttons – Oscar -winning film actor
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Jacqueline Cochran Bruce Cabot – Film actorFrank Cady – Film and TV actorBen Nighthorse Campbell – Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005Dann Cahn – Film editorDaniel Caine – Air Force major and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Heather Penney , Captain Brandon Rasmussen and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville ) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft .George Carlin – Emmy Award -nominated and Grammy -winning stand-up comedian and actorDon Carpenter – Novelist and WGA Award -nominated screenwriterJohn Carroll – Film actorJack Carter – Daytime Emmy Award -nominated comedian, actor and television presenterJohnny Cash – Grammy Award -winning country music singer and musicianDon Castle – Film actorClint Castleberry – College football playerJames Lea Cate – HistorianClarence Chamberlin – Barnstormer and aviation pioneerHarry Chapin – Singer/songwriterHollis B. Chenery – EconomistJohn Ciardi – PoetTheresa Claiborne – First female African-American pilot in the U.S. Air ForceBeryl Clark – Professional football playerHal Clement – AuthorLarry Clinton – Band leaderWilliam Close – Surgeon and physician, father of Oscar -nominated actress Glenn Close Lee J. Cobb – Oscar -nominated film actorBill Cobbs – Emmy Award -winning film and TV actorJacqueline Cochran – Aviator; co-founder and director of the Women Airforce Service Pilots Red Cochran – Professional football player, coach, and scoutFred Coe – Oscar -nominated film and TV director, film and TV producer and screenwriterGene Colan – comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics Charles J. Colgan – Virginia politician and founder of Colgan Air .Eileen Collins – Astronaut (STS-84 , STS-93 , STS-114 )Michael Collins – Astronaut (Gemini 10 & Apollo 11 )Ramón Colón-López – First Hispanic recipient of the Air Force Combat Action Medal Darva Conger – former emergency department nurse and winner on Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? John Connell – Film, TV, stage and voice actorMike Connors – Emmy -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning film and TV actor best known for playing private detective Joe Mannix William Conrad – Emmy and Golden Globe Award -nominated film and TV actor, director and producerJackie Coogan – Film and television actorGordon Cooper – Mercury astronaut (Mercury 9 & Gemini 5 )Merian C. Cooper – Oscar -nominated filmmaker, adventurer and producer who served as a fighter pilot in World War I . Cooper also served as an aviator in the Polish Air Force .Joseph Cotten – Film actorJoe Coulombe – American entrepreneur who founded the grocery store chain Trader Joe's James E. Counsilman – Collegiate swimming coachAlexander Courage – Oscar -nominated and Emmy Award -winning film composerClyde Cowan – Physicist and discoverer of the neutrino James Gould Cozzens – Pulitzer Prize -winning novelistBrad Crandall – Radio personality , voice-over announcer and film narrator, best known for his radio show on WNBC in New York City which aired from March 1964 to September 1971. Crandall also served in the U.S. Marine Corps .Broderick Crawford – Oscar -winning film and television actorMort Crim – Television news anchor[ 1] Adrian Cronauer – Lawyer, media expert and inspiration for the film Good Morning, Vietnam Floyd Crosby – Oscar and Golden Globe Award -winning cinematographer Robert Cummings – Emmy Award -winning film and television actor
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James Daly – Emmy Award -winning actor (Planet of the Apes Tom D'Andrea – Film and television actorTom Daschle – Senator from South Dakota Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. – First African-American USAF general officerBud Day – Medal of Honor recipient and prisoner of war in Vietnam Jimmy Dean – Grammy Award -winning country music singer, television host, actor, businessman and creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand Brad Dexter – Film actor and producerJames Dickey – Poet, author of the 1970 novel Deliverance Golden Globe -nominated screenwriter of the 1972 film adaptation William Diehl – Author of the novel Primal Fear film of the same name Joe DiMaggio – New York Yankees center fielder Lawrence Dobkin – Emmy Award -nominated actor (North by Northwest Brian Donlevy – Oscar -nominated film actorJimmy Doolittle – Test pilot and aeronautical engineerBob Dornan – Member of Congress from California and talk radio personalityGary Drinkwater – Maine state representative[ 2] Howard Duff – Film and television actor (Kramer vs. Kramer The Late Show Charles Duke – Astronaut (Apollo 16 )Ed Dwight – Sculptor, author, former test pilot , astronaut and first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts. He was controversially not selected to officially join NASA . He finally achieved spaceflight on May 19, 2024, surpassing William Shatner as the oldest person to fly in space.
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Fred D. Fagg Jr. – 2nd Director of Air Commerce and 6th president of the University of Southern California Al Feldstein – Writer, editor and artist best known for his work at EC Comics and as editor of the satirical magazine Mad Norman Fell – Film and television actorMichael Fincke – Astronaut (STS-134 )Morton S. Fine – Emmy and Edgar Award -nominated and WGA Award -winning screenwriter known for his writing partnership with David Friedkin (The Pawnbroker I Spy Bryce Fisher – Professional football playerJoe Flaherty – Emmy Award -winning actor, writer and comedian known for his role as Donald the heckler in Happy Gilmore Pat Flaherty – Film actor and professional baseball and football player who also served in the U.S. Army during the Pancho Villa Expedition , as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Service during the First World War and as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War Kelly Flinn – First female B-52 pilotMed Flory – Jazz saxophonist, bandleader and actorTennessee Ernie Ford – Television comedian and recording artistNathan Bedford Forrest III – Great-grandson of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest John Forsythe – Emmy -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning film and television actorRoger Fortson – Black Air Force serviceman who was fatally shot in his home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida by Deputy Eddie Duran of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in May 2024. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office concluded that Duran's "use of deadly force was not objectively reasonable".Joe Foss – U.S. Marine Corps flying ace and 20th Governor of South DakotaWilliam Price Fox – Novelist and screenwriterJohn Frankenheimer – Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated filmmakerArthur Franz – Film actorAl Freeman Jr. – Emmy Award -nominated film and TV actorMorgan Freeman – Oscar -winning film actorTheodore Freeman – Astronaut (first fatality)Jacque Fresco – American futurist , social engineer , founder of The Venus Project , and advocate of global implementation of a socioeconomic system known as a "resource-based economy"Bruce Jay Friedman – Oscar -nominated screenwriter, novelist, playwright and actor
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Hank Greenberg , Hall of Famer and 2-time MVPClark Gable – Oscar -winning film actorWilliam Gaines – Publisher and co-editor of EC Comics Ernest K. Gann – NovelistDaniel Garber – ArtistWilliam T. Gardiner – 55th Governor of Maine Arthur Gardner – Film actor and producerRobert Gates – 22nd United States Secretary of Defense Marvin Gaye – Grammy Award -winning singer and songwriterMichael V. Gazzo – Broadway playwright and Oscar -nominated film actor best known for playing Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather: Part II Elmer Gedeon – Three-sport college athlete and professional baseball playerLeigh Gerdine – Musician, civic leader, Webster University presidentHenry Gibson – Golden Globe Award -nominated film actor and Grammy Award -nominated singer and songwriterNelson Gidding – Oscar -nominated screenwriterLewis Gilbert – Oscar -nominated and BAFTA Award -winning filmmakerGuy Gilpatric – Pilot, flight instructor , journalist , short-story writer and novelist , best known for his Mr. Glencannon storiesSidney Glazier – Oscar -winning film producerJohn Glenn – Aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman and politician who became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn initially enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II , then later served as a naval aviator in the Marine Corps .George Gobel – Television comedianArthur Godfrey – Television personalityBarry Goldwater – Senator from Arizona and 1964 Republican presidential nominee Alberto Gonzales – 80th United States Attorney General Bert I. Gordon – Visual effects artist and filmmakerDick Grace – Film stunt flyerLindsey Graham – Senator from South Carolina Susan Grant – NovelistPeter Graves – Emmy and Golden Globe Award -winning film and television actorHank Greenberg – Major League Baseball playerFrederick D. Gregory – Astronaut (STS-51-B , STS-33 , STS-44 )John Howard Griffin – Journalist and author best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep South in order to see life and segregation from the other side of the color line first-hand published under the title Black Like Me Gus Grissom – Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Astronaut
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LeRoy Homer Jr. Larry Hagman – Emmy and Golden Globe Award -nominated film and television actor, director and producerWilliam Wister Haines – Novelist, screenwriter and playwrightFred Haise – Naval aviator, Air Force pilot, test pilot and NASA astronaut (Apollo 13 and Space Shuttle Enterprise ). Of the 24 men to have ever flown to the moon, Haise is also the only Marine .Arch Hall Sr. – Screenwriter, actor and filmmakerJames Norman Hall – American writer best known for The Bounty Trilogy World War I ; Great Britain as an infantryman , and then France and the United States as an aviatorIceal Hambleton – Missile expert, subject of "Bat 21" rescue Arthur B. Hancock, Jr. – Thoroughbred racehorse breederJack Hanlon – Child actor known for his role in Our Gang Brian Harnois – former paranormal investigator for Ghost Hunters Ghost Hunters International Pat Harrington Jr. – Emmy Award -winning stage and television actorHarry Harrison – Science fiction author known mostly for his novel Make Room! Make Room! Paul Harvey – Peabody Award -winning radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio Bob Hastings – Film and TV actorHoward Hawks – Oscar -nominated filmmaker who served as an aviator and flight instructor with the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps and with the United States Army Air Service during World War I Michael Hayden – 19th CIA Director John Morse Haydon – Governor of American Samoa from 1969 to 1974Peter Lind Hayes – Vaudeville entertainer and film and television actorVan Heflin – Oscar -winning film actorH. John Heinz III – Senator from PennsylvaniaJoseph Heller – NovelistSusan Helms – Astronaut (STS-54 , STS-64 , STS-78 , STS-101 , Expedition 2 - STS-102 / STS-105 )Sherman Hemsley – Emmy and Golden Globe Award -nominated actor and musicianSkitch Henderson – Band leaderChad Hennings – Professional football playerJim Hensley – Beer executive and father-in-law to John McCain Don Herbert – Television personality better known as "Mr. Wizard "Charlton Heston – Oscar -winning film actorNat Hiken – Five-time Emmy Award -winning television writer, director, producer and songwriterJohn Hillerman – Film actorDon Ho – Hawaiian traditional pop musician, singer and entertainerBen Hogan – Professional golferDick Hogan – Film actorWilliam Holden – Oscar -winning film actorTim Holt – Film actorLeRoy Homer Jr. – Airline pilot, co-pilot of United Airlines Flight 93 John Hope – Television meteorologistRance Howard – Film and television actor, also father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard , and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard David Huddleston – Emmy Award -nominated film and television actorJohn Hudson – Film and TV actorRune Hultman – Film actorE. Howard Hunt – Intelligence officer and author known for his involvement in the Watergate scandal , also served in the U.S. Navy and the Office of Strategic Services Rick Husband – NASA astronaut killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle disasterSTS-96 , STS-107 )Bobby Hutchins – Child actor known for his role in Our Gang Mac Hyman – Novelist
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James Karen – Saturn Award -winning film, television and theater actorPhil Karlson – Emmy -nominated film and television directorTodd Karns – Film actor who played George Bailey 's younger brother, Harry, in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life Nicholas Katzenbach – 65th United States Attorney GeneralWilliam Keighley – Film director and actor who supervised the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II DeForest Kelley – Film and television actorJack Kelly – Film, TV and stage actorOrry-Kelly – Three-time Oscar -winning Hollywood costume designer Arthur Kennedy – Five-time Oscar -nominated film actorRon Kenoly – Christian music worship leaderIrvin Kershner – Film directorAlgene and Frederick Key – Brothers and aviation pioneersShawna Kimbrell – Lieutenant Colonel and first female African-American fighter pilot in the U.S. Air ForceIven Kincheloe – Air Force test pilotMicki King – Olympic diving gold-medalist and athletic coachWally Kinnan – Pioneering meteorologistJulian Koenig – American copywriter who was inducted into The One Club Creative Hall of Fame in 1966Lester Koenig – Screenwriter, film producer, and founder of the jazz record label Contemporary Records Gene Kranz – aerospace engineer who served as NASA 's second Chief Flight Director , directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11 Norman Krasna – Oscar -winning screenwriter
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Alan Ladd Alan Ladd – Film actorDavid Ladd – Film and TV producer and former actorFiorello H. La Guardia – Mayor of New York CityTim LaHaye – Baptist evangelical Christian minister who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the Left Behind apocalyptic fiction seriesFrank Purdy Lahm – First military aviatorJay Lambert – Olympic and professional boxer and general surgeonPaul Lambert – Film and television actorTom Landry – Dallas Cowboys football coachMario Lanza – Grammy Award -nominated tenor and actorArnold Laven – Film and television director and producerBeirne Lay, Jr. – Screenwriter, co-author of Twelve O'Clock High Norman Lear – Emmy Award -winning TV and film producer, director and Oscar -nominated screenwriterJeannie Leavitt – First female USAF fighter pilot in 1993 and first woman to command a combat fighter wingRobert LeFevre – American libertarian businessman , radio personality and primary theorist of autarchism Curtis LeMay – USAF Chief of Staff and 1968 vice presidential candidateC.W. Lemoine – author, fighter pilot and YouTuber who also served as an aviator in the U.S. Navy John Levitow – Enlisted recipient of the Medal of Honor Jules V. Levy – Film and television producer and screenwriterBuddy Lewis – Major League Baseball playerLarry Lieber – Comic book artist and writer best known as co-creator of Iron Man , Thor and Ant-Man Charles Lindbergh – Legendary aviatorGeorge Lindsey – Film and TV actor and stand-up comedianJames Lipton – Emmy Award -winning writer, lyricist, actor and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. He was also the executive producer, writer and host of the Bravo TV series Inside the Actors Studio Roger Locher – USAF pilot whose rescue was the deepest inside North Vietnam of the entire Vietnam War Jon Locke – Film and TV actorFrank Loesser – Oscar , Grammy , Tony and Pulitzer Prize -winning songwriterDonald S. Lopez, Sr. – Ace with the Flying Tigers Pare Lorentz – Filmmaker known for his film work about the New Deal Robert Moffat Losey – Meteorologist; considered to be the first American military casualty of World War II Charlie Louvin – Grammy Award -nominated country music singer and songwriter best known as one of the Louvin Brothers Nancy Harkness Love – Aviator and co-founder of the Women Airforce Service Pilots Frank Luke Jr. – Medal of Honor recipient during World War I Anna Paulina Luna – Maxim Jeffrey Lynn – Actor and film producer
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James Meredith in 1962 Major Glenn Miller
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Tom Poston Reverend Bernard T. Pagano – Roman Catholic priest and high school teacher who was falsely accused and arrested in 1979 for committing nine robberies in Delaware and Pennsylvania , in which an otherwise polite man held store clerks at gunpoint, demanding money. Pagano was cleared of the charges when the real culprit Ronald W. Clouser turned himself in. Pagano's story was dramatized in the 1981 film The Gentleman Bandit Jonathan Kaplan ), in which Pagano served as technical advisor . Pagano later taught theology at Notre Dame High School in Easton, Pennsylvania in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Jack Palance – Oscar -winning film actorGregg Palmer – Film and TV actorRon Paul – Member of Congress; 1988, 2008 & 2012 Presidential candidateJohn Payne – Film actorStacy Pearsall – Combat photographer , two-time winner of the NPPA Military Photographer of the Year awardLeo Penn – Film directorLeonard Pennario – Concert pianist and composerHeather Penney – Former Air Force major and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Daniel Caine , Captain Brandon Rasmussen and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville ) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft .Oscar Francis Perdomo – "Ace in a Day "Sonny Perdue – 81st Governor of Georgia.H. Ross Perot, Jr. – Member of the Forbes 400 and son of Ross Perot Rick Perry – 47th Governor of TexasHouse Peters Jr. – ActorPaul Picerni – ActorSlim Pickens – Actor and rodeo performerWilliam H. Pitsenbarger – Enlisted recipient of the Medal of Honor Robert M. Polich, Sr. – Recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross and POW of Stalag Luft III
Gregg Popovich – Head Coach of the NBA professional basketball team San Antonio Spurs Wiley Post – Famed American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high-altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream .Tom Poston – Television comedianH.C. Potter – Film director and producerJody Powell – White House Press SecretaryFrancis Gary Powers – CIA U-2 spy plane pilotRobert Preston – Oscar -nominated film and Broadway actorRobert Prosky – Film actorMario Puzo – Author of The Godfather Oscar -winning screenwriter of the 1972 film adaptation and its sequels
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Dennis Rader – BTK Serial KillerJohn Randolph – Broadway and film actorBrandon Rasmussen – Air Force Captain and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Heather Penney , Major Daniel Caine and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville ) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft .Gene Rayburn – Emmy -nominated radio and television personalityGene Raymond – Film actorRonald Reagan – B-movie actor and 40th President of the United StatesChuck Reed – Mayor of San Jose, California and his daughter, Kim Campbell , a decorated Iraq War pilotGeorge Reeves – Television and film actorWilliam Rehnquist – 16th Chief Justice of the United States Carl Reiner – Emmy and Grammy Award -winning film and television actor, comedian, filmmaker, producer and screenwriterJohn Rich – Emmy Award -winning film and television director Lloyd Richards – Emmy Award -nominated television director , theatre director, actor, and dean of the Yale School of Drama Eddie Rickenbacker – Leading American World War I flying ace Roy Riegels – All-American football playerRobinson Risner – Decorated USAF General and Vietnam POW.R. Stephen Ritchie – USAF Ace in the Vietnam WarMartin Ritt – Oscar -nominated filmmakerHal Roach – Oscar -winning producer and screenwriterGene Roddenberry – Emmy Award -nominated television and film producerMarion Rodgers – Communications Specialist, Former Tuskegee AirmanGilbert Roland – Golden Globe Award -nominated film and television actorFrank Ronzio – Film and TV actor best known for playing Litmus in Escape from Alcatraz Stuart Roosa – Astronaut (Apollo 14 )Elliott Roosevelt – Son of Franklin D. Roosevelt Quentin Roosevelt – Youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt , killed in aerial combat as a pursuit pilot in World War I Leonard Rosenman – Oscar -winning film composerBob Ross – Painter , art instructor and television hostChelcie Ross – Film actorDan Rowan – Comedian and television actorJoe Mack Roy – TikTok star known for his "Pop Watch" videosKurt Russell – Emmy and Golden Globe -nominated film and television actorDick Rutan – Aviation record-holder and aircraft designer
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Sabu Mickey Spillane Brig. Gen. Stewart ca. 1960 Sabu – Film actorWilliam Sachs – Film director, producer and screenwriter (Joe James Salter – NovelistTommy Sands – Pop music singer and film actorMark Sanford – 115th Governor of South CarolinaMarc Sasseville – Retired Air Force lieutenant general and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Heather Penney , Major Daniel Caine and Captain Brandon Rasmussen ) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft . Sasseville later served as the 12th Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau .John Monk Saunders – Oscar -winning screenwriter, film director and novelistWilliam Schallert – Emmy Award -nominated actorRoy Scheider – Oscar -nominated film and TV actorBob Schieffer – Television journalistTex Schramm – President and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys Rusty Schweickart – Astronaut (Apollo 9 )Dick Scobee – Astronaut, killed in Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster David Scott – Astronaut (Gemini 8 , Apollo 9 , and Apollo 15 )Donald E. Scott – All-American college football quarterback Dr. Seuss – Famed American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, Emmy Award -winning animator and filmmakerCarroll Shelby – Automotive designer, racecar driver and entrepreneur who served as a bomber pilot in World War II Jim Siedow – Film and TV actorGregory Sierra – Film and TV actorLance Sijan – Medal of Honor recipientJohn Simon – Literary, theater and film criticNeil Simon – Four-time Oscar -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning screenwriter, playwright and authorSinbad – Actor and comedianTom Skerritt – Film actorRichard X. Slattery – Film and TV actorDeke Slayton – Mercury and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project astronautJack Smight – Theater, film and television directorDean Smith – American men's college basketball head coach for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gretchen Smith – Founder of the charity organization "Code of Vets"
Hal Smith – Film and television actorTubby Smith – NCAA Men's Basketball CoachWilliam Smith – Film and television actor and champion arm-wrestler Carl Spaatz – Pioneer airman, first Chief of Staff of the Air Force Aaron Spelling – Film and television producer Mickey Spillane – Crime novelistCaroll Spinney – Puppeteer, cartoonist and artist most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street G.D. Spradlin – Film actor known for The Godfather: Part II Thomas P. Stafford – Astronaut and aviator (Gemini 6A , Gemini 9A , Apollo 10 )Bill Stealey – Business CEO and co-founder of MicroProse David Steeves – Pilot who crashed in the Sierra Nevada and endured a nearly two month survival ordeal.George Steinbrenner – Team owner of the New York Yankees Robert Sterling – Film actorCraig Stevens – Television actorGeorge Stevens Jr. – Oscar -nominated producer, TV director, playwright and authorTed Stevens – Senator from Alaska James Stewart – Oscar -winning film actorBert Stiles – AuthorRalph Story – Television personality who served as a P-51 fighter pilot and flight instructor during World War II Dale E. Stovall – USAF General, decorated Vietnam War search and rescue pilotJoseph Strick – Oscar -winning film director, producer and screenwriterWoody Strode – Golden Globe Award -nominated film actor and football playerJohn Sturges – Oscar -nominated filmmakerPreston Sturges – Oscar -winning filmmakerChesley Sullenberger – Airline pilot, hero of Miracle on the Hudson Bruce Sundlun – 71st governor of Rhode IslandCharles Sweeney – Pilot who flew the Fat Man bomb to Nagasaki.Dolph Sweet – Film and TV actorDavid Swift – WGA Award -nominated screenwriter, animator, director and producerJack Swigert – Astronaut and congressman-elect
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Flip Wilson Joseph A. Walker – X-15 test pilotKenneth N. Walker – Medal of Honor recipient, airpower visionaryGeorge Wallace – 45th Governor of Alabama and presidential candidateWalter Wanger – Oscar -nominated producer (Stagecoach Invasion of the Body Snatchers Cleopatra Fred Ward – Actor and producerJack L. Warner – Oscar -winning producer and Hollywood film executiveJack Webb – Film and television actor, director, and producerGeorge Welch – World War II flying ace , decorated for heroism at the Attack on Pearl Harbor William A. Wellman – Oscar -winning filmmaker who, during World War I , served as a fighter pilot in the French Foreign Legion , as a driver in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps on the Western Front , and as a flight instructor in the United States Army Air Service . He was also the first American to join Escadrille N.87 Lafayette Flying Corps of the French Air Force during the war. As a fighter pilot, he is credited with three confirmed kills and five probables.David Westheimer – NovelistDonald E. Westlake – Oscar -nominated screenwriter and novelistEd White – Astronaut (Gemini 4 , first American to walk in space)Frank D. White – 41st Governor of ArkansasCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney – BusinessmanJohn Hay Whitney – Newspaper publisher and Ambassador to Great Britain Thornton Wilder – Novelist and playwright (The Bridge of San Luis Rey Our Town The Skin of Our Teeth Charles Willeford – Novelist and poet (Cockfighter Miami Blues The Woman Chaser The Burnt Orange Heresy Grant Williams – Film, theater and television actorJohn Williams – Five-time Oscar -winning film composerGordon Willis – Oscar -nominated cinematographer Flip Wilson – Emmy , Grammy and Golden Globe Award -winning actor and comedianHeather Wilson – U.S. Member of Congress from New Mexico Jason Wingreen – Film and television actor known as the original voice of Boba Fett in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Reality Winner – WhistleblowerHarris Wofford – U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Morgan Woodward – Film and television actorAlfred Worden – Astronaut (Apollo 15 )James C. "Jim" Wright, Jr. – U.S. Representative from Texas and 56th Speaker of the House William Wyler – Three-time Oscar -winning filmmaker
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