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Famous Marines

Donald James Adams "Don Adams"

Actor

Don Adams is most famous for his role as Agent Maxwell Smart on the 1960s sitcom Get Smart

F. Lee Baily

Lawyer

F. (Francis) Lee Bailey was a Marine pilot and then admitted to the bar in 1960. He was a successful defense attorney for cases such as the Torso Murder case (1960), Boston Strangler case (1966), and many others including the O. J. Simpson Case.

James Addison Baker III
Secretary of State 01/22/1989 to 08/23/1992
James Lee Barrett

Screenwriter

His first screenplay was for The D.I. (1957), about a Marine drill instructor. He also penned the 1965 biblical epic, The Greatest Story Ever Told. Barret also wrote pilot episodes for TV series and screenplays for TV movies.

Jackie Burke, Jr
Former PGA golfer and Master's Champion
Rod Carew
Baseball Player
Drew Carey
Actor
Roberto Clemente
Baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Brian Dennehy
Actor
David Dinkins
Mayor of New York City
Ronald Lee Ermey
Actor, TV show host
Glenn Ford
Actor
John Glenn
astronaut, first American to orbit Earth, oldest man in space, U.S. Senator
Scott Glenn
Actor
Josh Gracin
Country singer, American Idol contestant
Gene Hackman
Actor
Gustav Hasford
Writer
John Donald Imus
talk radio host
Keith Jackson
Broadcaster
George Jones
Legendary country music singer
Bob Keeshan
Captain Kangaroo
Harvey Keitel
Actor
Mills Lane
Boxing referee
Robert Lutz
Former Chairman of the Board, Chrysler
Lee Marvin
Actor
Robert C. McFarlane
Co-founded and served as CEO of Global Energy Investors
Ed McMahon
Television personality
Steve McQueen
Actor
Oliver North
Officer who became famous in the Iran-Contra affair
Ken Norton
World champion boxer
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassin of John F. Kennedy
Tyrone Power
Actor
Fred Reed
Author/Journalist
George Pratt Schultz
economist and former U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the Treasury
George C. Scott
Actor
Frederick Smith
Businessman, founder of Fed Ex
John Philip Sousa
Composer, conductor/orchestra leader
Leon Spinks
World boxing champion
Charles (Chuck) R. Swindoll
Evangelical Christian pastor and radio preacher
Lee Trevino
PGA golfer
Leon Uris
Novelist
Charles Whitman
Texas tower sniper
Montel Williams
Television show host Note: He was in the Marine Corps before he was in the Navy.
Ted Williams
Baseball player
Pete Wilson
Former Governor of California
Jonathan Winters
Actor, comedian
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