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Notable people who served in the Foreign Legion. The following is a list of legionnaires who have gained fame or notoriety inside or outside of the legion. The following is a list of legionnaires who have gained fame or notoriety inside or outside of the legion.
Calvin Graham – At age 12, Graham became the youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight in WWII. Graham later served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. Farley Granger – Emmy Award-nominated actor (Strangers on a Train) Bud Grant – NFL and CFL football player and coach (Minnesota Vikings) Lawrence Gray – actor (Children of ...
civil rights activist and civil rights leader who served as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1992 to 1995 Charles Morgan, Jr. 1930 2009 United States: attorney, established principle of "one man, one vote" Desmond Tutu: 1931 2021 South Africa
This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA). Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer; Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War; Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury; Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert; Charles R. Burton ...
Richard Boucher, American diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (Senegal, 1973–75) Michael Corbin, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and former Chargé d'Affaires to Syria (Mauritania 1982–84)
Of the other thirty, eight served on one of the federal courts of appeals (called federal circuit courts pre-1912), three went from a district court to a circuit court, and twenty-four garnered their judicial branch service in district court judgeships alone. Two of the Supreme Court Justices on the list had previously served on federal circuit ...
In 1777 he served under General John Burgoyne in the Saratoga campaign and became a prisoner after Burgoyne's surrender. Waldeck: Johann von Hanxleden was a colonel who led the single regiment that Waldeck provided. Under his command, the regiment served in Howe's army in New York and New Jersey until 1778, when it was transferred to West Florida.
2 presidents served as president of the United States for two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump. 2 presidents served as party leaders of the House of Representatives, James A. Garfield and Gerald Ford. 1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A ...