History UsefulNotes / MilitaryPersonnel

* UsefulNotes/YamamotoIsoroku: Japanese admiral who served the Imperial Japanese Navy during the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar, UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* [[UsefulNotes/ElCidCampeador Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar]]: 11th century Spanish warlord, also known as El Cid Campeador.

* UsefulNotes/AlexanderFarnese: third Duke of Parma, Italian general for the Spanish Empire.

* [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Elizabeth II]]: The current Queen of the United Kingdom (and other Commonwealth realms), who as a young princess served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (the women's branch of the British Army) during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* UsefulNotes/LaMalinche: Popoluca princess who formed part of the Spanish army during the UsefulNotes/SpanishConquestOfMexico as a translator and advisor.

* UsefulNotes/SirFrancisDrake: English admiral[=/=]{{pirate}}[=/=]{{privateer}} whose naval forces fought and defeated the Spanish Armada during the Anglo-Spanish War.

A list of all the articles on this site about real-life military personnel; including warriors and soldiers, officers and commanders, warlords and conquerors. Even celebrity entertainers who had a stint in the military count here.

[[folder:Entertainers and media figures with military experience]]
* Wrestling/BrianAdams: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/DonAdams: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/CalperniaAddams: American author, actress, and activist who served in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
* Creator/DannyAiello: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/AlanAlda: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Reserve during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/DanteAlighieri: Medieval Italian writer who served in the Guelph militia.
* Creator/SteveAllen: American entertainer and writer who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII though was never deployed overseas.
* Wrestling/KenAnderson: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/BeaArthur: American actress who served in the [[SemperFi U.S. Marine Corps]] Women's Reserve during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/LiorAshkenazi: Israeli actor who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/EdwardAsner: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/DavidAttenborough: British broadcaster and naturalist who served in the Royal Navy shortly after World War II.
* Creator/RichardAttenborough: British actor and filmmaker who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/GeneAutry: American singer and actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JamesAvery: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/JosephineBaker: American-born French entertainer who served as a spy for the French Resistance during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/TomBaker: British actor who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1955 to 1957.
* Creator/BobBarker: American game show host who joined the U.S. Naval Reserve during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but did not serve active duty.
* Creator/EdBegley: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/HarryBelafonte: Jamaican-American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DonaldPBellisario: American TV producer and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1955 to 1959, leaving with the rank of Sergeant. The majority of the shows he has written and produced are about the military, particularly the Marines and Navy.
* Creator/BillBixby: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
* Wrestling/FreddieBlassie: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/HansChristianBlech: German actor who served in the Wehrmacht during UsefuLNotes/WorldWarII. He played a lot of German soldiers on film after the war.
* Creator/DanBlocker: American actor who served as a infantry sergeant during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/RobertsBlossom: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/JamesBlunt: British musician who served in the British Army, and was deployed during UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars.
* Creator/HumphreyBogart: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/BongJoonHo: South Korean film director who served in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces from 1990 to 1992.
* Creator/RichardBoone: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ErnestBorgnine: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy prior to and during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/TomBosley: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/PeterBoyle: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/JosephPayneBrennan: American writer who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WilfordBrimley: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/CharlesBronson: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/MelBrooks: American actor and filmmaker who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WilliamFBuckleyJr: American political activist and writer who served in the U.S. Army and the CIA.
* Creator/RichardBurton: British actor who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DawsButler: American voice actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RedButtons: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/MichaelCaine: British actor and filmmaker who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/PaulCalderon: Puerto Rican American actor who served in the US Army infantry.
* Creator/AlbertCamus: French writer who served in the French Resistance during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/FrankCapra: Italian-American filmmaker who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, where he produced propaganda films such as ''Series/WhyWeFight''.
* Creator/DrewCarey: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/GeorgeCarlin: American comedian and actor who briefly served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/ArtCarney: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/JohnnyCash: American singer and actor who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/RaymondChandler: American-British author who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/WesChatham: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/LarryClark: American film director who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/JamesCoburn: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* [[Creator/BuffaloBill William "Buffalo Bill" Cody]]: American entertainer who served in the U.S. Army during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and the Indian Wars. He's best known for his post-war career, in which he managed a traveling vaudeville show themed around TheWildWest.
* Creator/NicholasColasanto: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DabneyColeman: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/SeanConnery: British actor who served in the Royal Navy.
* Creator/KennethConnor: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ChuckConnors: American actor and baseball/basketball player who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/MikeConnors: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WilliamConrad: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/TimConway: American actor who served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958.
* Creator/JackieCoogan: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ElishaCookJr: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BarryCorbin: American actor who served in the U.S. Marines.
* Creator/RogerCorman: American film producer and director who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BillCosby: American actor, comedian, musician, and convicted felon who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/JacquesCousteau: French oceanographer and documentary filmmaker who served in the French Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RandyCouture: American martial artist and actor who served in the U.S. Army. He left with the rank of sergeant.
* Creator/DonCreech: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/RichardCrenna: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BernardCribbins: British actor, comedian, and musician who served in the British Army Parachute Regiment.
* Creator/TonyCurtis: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/CliveCussler: American novelist who served in the U.S. Air Force during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/RoaldDahl: British writer who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JimDale: British actor and singer who served in the Royal Air Force.
* Creator/WilliamDaniels: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RoyalDano: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DonSDavis: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/SammyDavisJr: American actor, comedian, and musician who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RogerDelgado: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BrianDennehy: American actor who served in the U.S. Marines.
* Creator/TerranceDicks: British screenwriter who served in the Royal Fusiliers for two years in the 1950s.
* Creator/JamesDoohan: Canadian actor who served in the Canadian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and participated in D-Day.
* Creator/PaulDooley: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy from 1946-1948.
* Creator/RobertDoQui: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force for four years.
* Creator/KirkDouglas: American actor and filmmaker who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/MelvynDouglas: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/AdamDriver: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was medically discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal.
* Creator/AlexandreDumas: French writer who served in the French Army, and was the first soldier of Afro-Antilles origin reach the rank of general.
* Creator/CharlesDurning: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobertDuvall: American actor and filmmaker who served in the U.S. Army for a brief period shortly after UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, leaving the Army as private first class. He's also a MilitaryBrat, with his father being in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/RichardDysart: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Forces during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/ClintEastwood: American actor, filmmaker, and politician who served in the U.S. Army during the time of UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, though he was never deployed for combat overseas.
* Creator/BlakeEdwards: American screenwriter and director who served in the U.S. Coast Guard during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DavidEigenberg: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years.
* Creator/DanaElcar: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RonitElkabetz: Israeli actress who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/RLeeErmey: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. His most famous role was Sgt. Hartman in the 1987 Vietnam War film ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', which led him to being typecast as a DrillSergeantNasty (and other military/authority figures) in numerous other works of film and television.
* Creator/BillErwin: Served in the Army Air Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Wrestling/LaceyEvans: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/TomEwell: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JamieFarr: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar.
* Creator/MikeFarrell: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Crops from 1957 to 1959.
* Creator/OdedFehr: Israeli actor who served in the Israeli Navy from 1989 to 1992.
* {{Creator/Fernandel}}: French actor, comedian, and singer who served in the French Army at the start of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (1939-1940).
* Creator/PeterFernandez: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/IanFleming: British writer who served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/HenryFonda: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GlennFord: Canadian-American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BruceForsyth: British TV presenter who served in the Royal Air Force.
* Creator/JohnForsythe: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/EdwardFox: British actor who served in the British Army.
* Creator/JohnFrankenheimer: American film director who served in the U.S. Air Force during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar but was not assigned overseas.
* Creator/DennisFranz: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/StanFreberg: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DeeFreeman: American actor who servied in the U.S. Marines.
* Creator/MorganFreeman: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/PaulFrees: American voice actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GertFrobe: German actor who served in the Wehrmacht during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JeanGabin: French actor who served in the Free French Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ClarkGable: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GalGadot: Israeli actress who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/MichelGalabru: French actor who fought with the Yugoslav Partisans during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/VincentGardenia: Italian-American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JamesGarner: American actor who served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/JohnGavin: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/HenryGibson: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer.
* Creator/ScottGlenn: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/GongYoo: South Korean actor who was briefly drafted into the Republic of Korea Armed Forces from 2008 to 2009.
* Creator/HaroldGould: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/FarleyGranger: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, although he was never stationed overseas.
* Creator/PeterGraves: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/AlecGuinness: British actor who served in the Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/CluGulager: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/BobGunton: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/FredGwynne: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GeneHackman: American actor and writer who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/LarryHagman: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/JessHahn: American-French actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/LarryHama: American actor and comic book creator who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/DashiellHammett: American author who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JuliusHarris: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Radio/PaulHarvey: American radio personality who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BobHastings: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/SterlingHayden: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and OSS during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobertAHeinlein: American writer who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Music/JimiHendrix: American musician who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/CharltonHeston: American actor and activist who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/PatHingle: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JuddHirsch: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/HalHolbrook: American actor and director who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WilliamHolden: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobertHolmes: British screenwriter who in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and became the youngest commissioned officer in the entire army at the age of 18.
* Creator/IshiroHonda: Japanese filmmaker who served in the Imperial Japanese Army, and was [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar stationed in China]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. In his post-war film career, he was inspired by the horrific aftermath of the [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki American atomic bombings of Japan]] to create ''{{Franchise/Godzilla}}''.
* Creator/JamesHong: American actor who served in the U.S. Army, performing as an entertainer for other soldiers during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar (but was never deployed for combat overseas).
* Creator/DonaldHouston: Welsh actor who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* Creator/LRonHubbard: American science fiction writer who founded the [[ChurchOfHappyology Church of Scientology]]. He served as a reservist in the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
* Creator/ErnieHudson: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/RockHudson: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JonHuertas: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force for 8 years as an aircraft nuclear/conventional weapons specialist.
* Creator/JimHutton: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Music/IceT: American rapper and actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Wrestling/TheIronSheik: Iranian-born American professional wrestler and actor, who served as a soldier in the Imperial Iranian Army, and was also a bodyguard for Iran's former monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
* Creator/MarkIvanir: Soviet-born Israeli actor who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/BurlIves: American actor and singer who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DavidJanssen: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/JamesEarlJones: American actor who served in the U.S. Army. He left with the rank of first lieutenant.
* {{Music/Jumpsteady}}: American rapper who served in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
* Creator/ErnstJunger: German veteran of both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]] turned author.
* {{Music/Junho}}: South Korean singer and actor who served in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces from 2019 to 2021.
* Creator/BusterKeaton: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/HarveyKeitel: American actor who served in the U.S. Marines.
* Creator/GeneKelly: American actor, dancer, choreographer and directed who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GeorgeKennedy: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JackKerouac: American author who served in the U.S. Merchant Marine and Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JohnKeston: British-American actor, singer, and athlete, who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/TedKnight: American actor who served in the U.S. Army as a member of the 296th Combat Engineer Battalion during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DonKnotts: American actor who was drafted in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* {{Wrestling/Konnan}}: Cuban-American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/TomKratman: American writer of MilitaryScienceFiction who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/KrisKristofferson: American actor and singer-songwriter who served in the U.S. Army during the 1960s.
* Creator/TimLaHaye: American Baptist minister and author who served in the US Army Air Forces as a bomber crew machine gun operator in the European theater during World War II.
* Creator/LouisLAmour: American author who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Wrestling/BobbyLashley: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/SydneyLassick: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/CharlesLaughton: Served in the British army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/DanLauria: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar from 1970 to 1973.
* Creator/GeorgeLazenby: Australian actor who served in the Australian Army in the early 1960s.
* Creator/NormanLear: American TV writer and producer who served in the U.S. Army Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BernardLee: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ChristopherLee: British actor and singer who served in the Finnish Army and the British Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/LeeMinHo: South Korean actor who served in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces from 2017 to 2019 as a public service officer.
* Creator/StanLee: American comic book creator who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JackLemmon: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Wrestling/BrockLesnar: American professional wrestler who briefly served in the U.S. National Guard in 1994.
* Creator/BarryLetts: British producer, director, writer and actor who served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/CSLewis: British writer who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/HalLinden: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/DesmondLlewelyn: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. He was captured in 1940 and spent the rest of the war in prisoner camps.
* Creator/RobertLoggia: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/JackLord: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ArthurLowe: British actor who served in the British army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobertLudlum: American novelist who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/SidneyLumet: American film director who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/AlistairMaclean: British writer who served in the Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GavinMacLeod: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/PatrickMacnee: British actor who served in the Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/NormanMailer: American author who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* {{Creator/Mako}}: Japanese-American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/KarlMalden: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/HenryMancini: American composer who served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JeanMarais: French actor who served in the French Army in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1944-1945]].
* Creator/MarcelMarceau: French mime who was in the French Resistance during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/FredricMarch: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/GillesMarini: French-American actor who served in the French Army.
* Creator/QuinnMartin: American television producer who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/LeeMarvin: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RaymondMassey: Canadian-American actor who served in the Canadian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WalterMatthau: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/VictorMature: American actor who served in the U.S. Coast Guard during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. He tried to enlist in the Navy, but was rejected due to being colorblind.
* Creator/LoisMaxwell: Canadian actress who served in the Canadian Women's Army Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/MCHammer: American rapper who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/LeoMcKern: Australian actor who served in the Australian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JakeMcLaughlin: American actor who served in the 3rd Infantry during the UsefulNotes/IraqWar.
* [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1947 to 1950.
* Creator/BurgessMeredith: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ToshiroMifune: Japanese actor who served in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RayMilland: British actor who served in the Household Cavalry of the British Army in his youth. (Later, having emigrated to America, he tried to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but was rejected due to a hand injury.)
* Creator/SpikeMilligan: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JohnMills: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/AAMilne: British writer who was a veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and a reservist during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobertMitchum: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobertMontgomery: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RogerMoore: British actor who served in the Royal Army Service Corps in the late 1940s, reaching the rank of Captain.
* Creator/VicMorrow: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/MrMendo: American internet personality who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
* Creator/MrT: American actor and wrestler who who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/GermainMuller: French singer-songwriter, actor, playwright and poet who was conscripted in the Wehrmacht (after the de facto annexation of Alsace) during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/AudieMurphy: American veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII turned Hollywood actor, who even once played himself in a movie about his own wartime exploits.
* Creator/CharlesNapier: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/MichaelNaranjo: Native American sculptor who served in the Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Wrestling/KevinNash: American professional wrestler and actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/BobNewhart: American comedian and actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
* Creator/PaulNewman: American actor, filmmaker, and race car driver who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/LeslieNielsen: Canadian actor and comedian who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
* Creator/LeonardNimoy: American actor, director, and singer who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/DavidNiven: British actor and writer who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ChuckNorris: American actor, filmmaker, and martial artist who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/WarrenOates. American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Wrestling/RandyOrton: American professional wrestler and actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/MannyPacquiao: Filipino boxer and politician who serves as a military reservist with a rank of colonel in the Philippine Army.
* Creator/JackPalance: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/SamPeckinpah: American film director and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/GeorgePeppard: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/YotamPerel: Israeli animator who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/JonPertwee: British actor and comedian who served in the in the Royal Navy Intelligence Division.
* Creator/LesliePhillips: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DonaldPleasence: British actor who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and spent some time in a German prison camp.
* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe: American writer who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/SidneyPoitier: Bahamian-American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. He enrolled at age 16, lying about his age.
* Creator/SydneyPollack: American director and actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/TomPoston: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/ElvisPresley: American singer and actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* {{Music/PSY}}: South Korean singer who served in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces from 2007 to 2009.
* Creator/BasilRathbone: British actor who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and was awarded the Military Cross.
* Creator/OliverReed: British actor who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
* Creator/CarlReiner: American actor, director and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RalphRichardson: British actor who served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a pilot during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DonRickles: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RobRiggle: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Marines during the Kosovo War and the War in Afghanistan.
* Wrestling/RoadDogg: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
* Creator/JasonRobards: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Music/MartyRobbins: American singer, actor, and race car driver who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/PernellRoberts: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/CliffRobertson: American actor who served as a Third Officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson: American baseball player who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/NormanRockwell: American artist and illustrator who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/GeneRoddenberry: American TV producer and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WayneRogers: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/CesarRomero: American actor who served in the U.S. Coast Guard during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/MickeyRooney: American actor and comedian who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/WilliamRussell: British actor who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ChrisRyan: British Army special forces veteran who served in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, later became a professional writer.
* Creator/RobertRyan: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a drill instructor at Camp Pendleton.
* Creator/AntoineDeSaintExupery: French writer who served with the French and Free French Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and was killed in action.
* Creator/AlbertSalmi: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Wrestling/PerrySaturn: American professional wrestler who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/TellySavalas: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, though not deployed overseas.
* Creator/RoyScheider: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/CharlesMSchulz: American cartoonist who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger: Austrian-American actor, businessman, and politician who was briefly drafted in the Austrian Army in 1965.
* Creator/RandolphScott: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/GeorgeSegal: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/TomSelleck: American actor and film producer who served in the U.S. Army (California National Guard) during the time of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/PeterSellers: British actor, comedian, and singer who served in the Royal Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RodSerling: American TV producer and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. His combat experiences were a big influence on his writing, including multiple war-themed episodes of his most famous show, ''{{Series/The Twilight Zone|1959}}''.
* Creator/JeanShepherd: American humorist, author, and broadcaster who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Wrestling/SgtSlaughter: American professional wrestler who previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Three guesses as to what inspired his wrestling gimmick?
* Creator/NeilSimon: American playwright and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces Reserve during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/{{Sinbad}}: American comedian and actor who served in the U.S. Air Force, though he was dishonorably discharged.
* Creator/TomSkerritt: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/TuckerSmallwood: American actor who served in the U.S. Army Infantry during the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar.
* Creator/RobertStack: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/HarryDeanStanton: American actor and musician who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/RodSteiger: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/McLeanStevenson: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy.
* Creator/JimmyStewart: American actor and military officer, he served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the U.S. Air Force during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. He became the highest-ranking actor in military history when he was made a Brigadier General.
* Creator/OliverStone: American film producer, director, and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. He is well-known for directing and writing a "trilogy" of films about the Vietnam War (''{{Film/Platoon}}'', ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'', and ''Film/HeavenAndEarth''), which were directly inspired by his own wartime experiences.
* Creator/WesStudi: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/JohnSturges: American film director who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/PrestonSturges: American film director and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army Air Service during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/AlonaTal: Israeli singer and actress who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/RobertTaylor: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JamesTiptreeJr (real name: Alice Sheldon): American writer who served in the U.S. Army (Women's Army Corps and Army Air Forces) during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/NoaTishby: Israeli actress who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
* Creator/JRRTolkien: British writer who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/TomOfFinland: Finnish artist who served in the Finnish Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ChaimTopol: Israeli actor, comedian, and singer who served in the Haganah militia and later the Israeli Army.
* Creator/SpencerTracy: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/PatrickTroughton: British actor who served in the Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JoeTurkel: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/MarkValley: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.
* Creator/LeeVanCleef: American actor who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/DickVanDyke: American actor, comedian, and singer who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/ConradVeidt: German actor who served in the German Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI before emigrating to Britain in the 1930s.
* Wrestling/JesseVentura: American wrestler, actor, and politician who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
* Creator/LinoVentura: Italian actor (most active in France) who served in the Italian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/GoreVidal: American author who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/KurtVonnegut: American author who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. While he was being held as a prisoner of war by Germany, he witnessed the Allied firebombing of Dresden. This event became a major influence on his literary work, and was even depicted in detail in his WWII novel ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive''.
* Creator/MaxVonSydow: Swedish actor who served in the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps.
* Creator/EliWallach: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/FredWard: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force prior to his acting career.
* Creator/JackWarden: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Prior to the war he'd also had stints in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine.
* Creator/DavidWayne: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Previous to U.S. entry in the war he served as a volunteer ambulance driver for the British Army.
* Creator/WilliamAWellman: American filmmaker who served in the French Foreign Legion and Lafayette Flying Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* Creator/GeneWilder: American actor, filmmaker, and singer who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/FredWillard: American actor who served in the U.S. Army.
* Creator/ClarenceWilliamsIII: American actor who served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division.
* Creator/RichardWilson: British actor who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
* Creator/WilliamWindom: American actor who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/JonathanWinters: American comedian and actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/EdWood: American actor and filmmaker who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Creator/BurtYoung: American actor who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
* Creator/AnthonyZerbe: American actor who served in the U.S. Air Force.
* Creator/AyeletZurer: Israeli actress who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
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* Creator/OliverStone: American film producer and screenwriter who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. He is well-known for directing and writing a "trilogy" of films about the Vietnam War (''{{Film/Platoon}}'', ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'', and ''Film/HeavenAndEarth''), which were directly inspired by his own wartime experiences.

* UsefulNotes/GiannisAntetokounmpo: Greek [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] superstar who was drafted into the Greek military, serving three months during the 2016 NBA offseason. (Under Greek law, citizens who are permanently resident outside the country are only required to serve for that amount of time.)