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John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presidency.
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia and from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate. He lived longer than any other president in US history, reaching age 100.
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1981 to 1989. He was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963, when he assumed the presidency. Before becoming vice president, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress, representing Texas as a member of the Democratic Party.
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
John McCain
American politician (1936–2018)
Donald Rumsfeld
American politician and diplomat (1932–2021)
John Ford
American film director (1894–1973)
Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
John Glenn
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Alan Shepard
American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)
Sunita Williams
Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.
Steve Bannon
Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, political strategist, pundit and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of President Donald Trump's first administration before Trump fired him. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News. Since 2019, Bannon has hosted the War Room podcast.
Ross Perot
American businessman and politician (1930–2019)
Wally Schirra
American astronaut (1923–2007)
Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician and a retired astronaut and naval officer. He is the senior United States senator from Arizona, a seat he has held since 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
George Lincoln Rockwell
American founder of the American Nazi Party (1918–1967)
Scott Kelly
American astronaut and engineer (born 1964)
Sargent Shriver
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
Ryan Zinke
52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Representative from Montana since 2023
Melvin Laird
20th-century American politician (1922–2016)
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
junior officer in the United States Navy and elder brother of John F. Kennedy
Gary Peters
American politician and naval officer (born 1958)
Mikie Sherrill
Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill is an American politician, former naval officer, and former federal prosecutor serving since 2026 as the 57th governor of New Jersey. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Lisa Franchetti
American Navy admiral (born 1964)
James Stavridis
US Navy admiral
William H. McRaven
United States admiral
Ronny Jackson
American physician, politician, and naval officer (born 1967)
Paul Robert Ignatius
American government official (1920–2025)
Richard Halsey Best
US Navy pilot (1910-2001)
William Thomas Sampson
US naval officer (1840-1902)
Brett Elliott Crozier
United States Navy officer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
American politician (1914–1988)
Jake Ellzey
Texas legislator
Harry B. Harris Jr.
Japanese-American military officer & diplomat (born 1956)
Tony Earl
American politician (1936–2023)
David Eisenhower
American writer (born 1948)
Andrew Clyde
American politician
Dennis C. Blair
US Navy admiral and 3rd Director of National Intelligence
Joseph Rochefort
American cryptographer (1900–1976)
Warren P. Knowles
American politician (1908–1993)
William Morris Meredith
American poet (1919–2007)
Kenneth Braithwaite
American ambassador and retired admiral
George H. Gay Jr.
United States Navy officer (1917–1994)
Leonard Lauder
American billionaire, philanthropist, art collector
Scott Franklin
American politician
Stanley Cole
American water polo player (1945–2018)
James P. Gray
American judge
William J. Fallon
United States admiral
C. Wade McClusky
United States Navy admiral (1902-1976)
Jocko Willink
American author
James Slatton
American water polo player
Bill McCollum
American lawyer and politician (born 1944)
Edward Hidalgo
American politician (1912-1995)
Oscar Rennebohm
American politician (1889–1968)
Timothy J. Keating
United States admiral
James M. Quigley
American politician, Pennsylvania (1918–2011)
John Howard Dalton
American banker and administrator
Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
American politician (1904-1976)