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George Washington (1732-1799)
politician, farmer, cartographer, geometer, engineer, statesperson, revolutionary, army officer
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)
tennis player, military officer
- University of California, Los Angeles
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
poet, lyricist, politician, playwright, autobiographer, translator, military personnel, diarist, librettist, aristocrat, philhellene
- Harrow School, University of Cambridge
Ron Paul (born 1935)
politician, surgeon, air force officer, gynaecologist, journalist, obstetrician, podcaster, YouTuber, television producer
- Gettysburg College, Duke University
William Woodruff (1916-2008)
historian, memoirist, economic historian, academic, soldier
- University of Nottingham, Harvard University
Homer Hickam (born 1943)
flight engineer, autobiographer, soldier, coal miner, scuba diver, aerospace engineer
- Virginia Tech
Buzz Aldrin (born 1930)
air force officer, fighter pilot, astronaut, autobiographer, engineer, businessperson
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Military Academy
John Burgoyne (1722-1792)
politician, playwright, military personnel
- Westminster School