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142 famous people found

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  Michael Collins

  American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface

  1930 - 2021
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  Colin Powell

  American politician, diplomat and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005

  1937 - 2021
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  Douglas FAIRBANKS

  American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II

  1909 - 2000
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  George S. PATTON

  United States Army officer

  1885 - 1945
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  George Washington Custis LEE

  Confederate general in the American Civil War, president of Washington and Lee University

  1832 - 1913
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  Ollie NORTH

  American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel

  1943
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  Alexander Haig Jr.

  59th United States Secretary of State

  1924 - 2010
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  Chuck YEAGER

  United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot

  1923 - 2020
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  Grace HOPPER

  American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral

  1906 - 1992
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  John Brown GORDON

  American attorney, planter, and general in the Confederate States Army

  1832 - 1904
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  Leo SHARP

  American World War II veteran, world-renowned horticulturist, and drug courier for a branch of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel

  1924 - 2016
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  Maxwell D. Taylor

  Senior United States Army officer and diplomat

  1901 - 1987
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  Curtis LeMay

  American Air Force general

  1906 - 1990
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  William Westmoreland

  United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968

  1914 - 2005
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  Robert CRIPPEN

  American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut

  1937
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  Earl Winfield SPENCER JR.

  Pioneering U.S. Navy pilot, first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later went on to marry Edward VIII

  1888 - 1950
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  Paul E. VALLELY

  Retired U.S. Army major general and senior military analyst for Fox News

  1939
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  Ray S. CLINE

  Official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the Cuban Missile Crisis

  1918 - 1996
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  Isaac C. KIDD

  American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, he was killed on the bridge of USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

  1884 - 1941
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  Franklin VAN VALKENBURGH

  Last captain of the USS Arizona, he was killed when the Arizona exploded and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor

  1888 - 1941