Lieutenant (junior grade)

Korean War naval aviator and astronaut, Commander of Apollo 11

Neil Armstrong

former Massachusetts Attorney General, served in World War II

Francis Bellotti

football coach and executive, spent WW2 as coach of Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets

Paul Brown

WW2 naval aviator and 41st president of the United States

George H. W. Bush

host of The Tonight Show for 30 years, served in WW2

Johnny Carson

only Atlantic Fleet sailor awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II

Albert David

American actor, served in WW2

Kirk Douglas

American film and stage actor, served in WW2

Henry Fonda

science fiction writer and founder of Scientology, served in WW2

L. Ron Hubbard

WW2 PT boat CO and 35th president of the United States

John F. Kennedy

Navy SEAL Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. senator

Bob Kerrey

founder of C-SPAN, PAO during the Vietnam era.

Brian Lamb

gay rights activist and San Francisco Board Supervisor, served in Korea

Harvey Milk

Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient

Thomas R. Norris

Naval Academy graduate, NBA Hall of Fame player^[4]

David Robinson

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, served in WW2

Potter Stewart

Navy Pilot The United States Navy’s first Black female tactical air pilot after 110 years of American Aviation. Madeline is the first known Black woman to be certified for the TACAIR mission, which enabled her to fly fighters like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler or F-35C Joint Strike Fighter.

Madeline Swegle

New York politician, served in WW2

Malcolm Wilson

Illinois Appellate Court justice, member of the Golden Thirteen

William Sylvester White

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard)^[5]

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Belize Coast Guard)

ሌፍተናንት ጁኒየር ግሬድ
Lēfitenaniti junīyeri girēdi
(Ethiopian Navy)

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Gambian Navy)

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Guyana Coast Guard)

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Liberian National Coast Guard)^[6]

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Jamaican Coast Guard)^[7]

Lieutenant junior grade
(Namibian Navy)^[8]

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Philippine Navy)

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(Sierra Leone Navy)

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(United States Navy)^[9]

Lieutenant (junior grade)
(United States Coast Guard)^[9]

Comparative military ranks

U.S. Navy officer rank insignia