United States Navy

==Notable sailors==
{{main list|List of United States Navy people}}
Many past and present United States historical figures have served in the U.S. Navy.

===Officers===
Notable officers include: 
*[[John Paul Jones|John P. Jones]]
*[[John Barry (naval officer)|John Barry]] (Continental Navy officer and first flag officer of the United States Navy),<ref>{{cite web |author=One Hundred Ninth Congress |author-link=109th United States Congress |url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-109hjres38enr/pdf/BILLS-109hjres38enr.pdf |title=Joint Resolution Recognizing Commodore John Barry as the first flag officer of the United States Navy |website=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] |access-date=30 June 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140306061915/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-109hjres38enr/pdf/BILLS-109hjres38enr.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[Edward Preble]]
*[[James Lawrence]] (whose [[last words]] "don't give up the ship" are memorialized in [[Bancroft Hall]] at the United States Naval Academy)<ref>{{Cite web |title=VMH: Memorial Hall |url=https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/Memorial_Hall |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=usnamemorialhall.org}}</ref>
*[[Stephen Decatur Jr.]], [[David Farragut]], [[David Dixon Porter|David D. Porter]], [[Oliver Hazard Perry|Oliver H. Perry]], 
*Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]] (who, under the direction of President Millard Fillmore, forced the opening of Japan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/opening-to-japan|title=Milestones: 1830–1860 - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov}}</ref>
*[[George Dewey]] (the only person in U.S. history to have attained the rank of [[Admiral of the Navy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2022 |title=Dewey, George |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-d/dewey-george.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324173704/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-d/dewey-george.html |archive-date=24 March 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[William D. Leahy]]<ref name="fleet admirals"/>
*[[Ernest J. King]]<ref name="fleet admirals"/>
*[[Chester W. Nimitz]]<ref name="fleet admirals"/>
*[[William F. Halsey Jr.]]<ref name="fleet admirals">{{Cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=The Navy's World War II-era Fleet Admirals |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/the-navys-world-war-ii-era-fleet-admirals.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907053157/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/the-navys-world-war-ii-era-fleet-admirals.html |archive-date=7 September 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref>

===Presidents===
The first American President who served in the U.S. Navy was [[John F. Kennedy]] (who commanded the famous ''[[Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109|PT-109]]'' in World War II); he was then followed by [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[George H. W. Bush]].

===Government officials===
Some notable former members of the Navy include [[United States Senator|U.S. Senators]], [[Bob Kerrey]], [[John McCain]], and [[John Kerry]], along with [[Ron DeSantis]], [[Governor (United States)|Governor]] of Florida, and [[Jesse Ventura]], Governor of [[Minnesota]].

===Others===
Notable former members of the U.S. Navy include; astronauts ([[Alan B. Shepard]], [[Walter M. Schirra]], [[Neil Armstrong]], [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]], [[Michael J. Smith (astronaut)|Michael J. Smith]], [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]]), entertainers ([[Johnny Carson]], [[Mike Douglas]], [[Paul Newman]], [[Robert Stack]], [[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Jack Benny]], [[Don Rickles]], [[Ernest Borgnine]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Henry Fonda]], [[Fred Gwynne]]), authors ([[Robert Heinlein]], [[Marcus Luttrell]], [[Thomas Pynchon]], [[Brandon Webb (author)|Brandon Webb]]), musicians, ([[John Philip Sousa]], [[MC Hammer]], [[John Coltrane]], [[Fred Durst]]), professional athletes ([[David Robinson]], [[Bill Sharman]], [[Roger Staubach]], [[Joe Bellino]], [[Bob Kuberski]], [[Nile Kinnick]], [[Bob Feller]], [[Yogi Berra]], [[Larry Doby]], [[Stan Musial]], [[Pee Wee Reese]], [[Phil Rizzuto]], [[Jack Taylor (American swimmer)|Jack Taylor]]), business people ([[John Barry (WD-40)|John S. Barry]], [[Jack C. Taylor]], [[Paul A. Sperry]]), and computer scientists ([[Grace Hopper]]).
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