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The following is a list of notable living and deceased members of the Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic family, fraternal, and service organization.

Supreme officers[edit]

Supreme Knight[1]			Term began	Term ended	Deputy Supreme Knight[1]	DSK Term	Supreme Chaplain[1]	SC Term
1	James T. Mullen		February 2, 1882	May 17, 1886	John T. Kerrigan[2]	1882 to 1884	Rev. Patrick P. Lawlor	1882 to 1884
					John F. Dowling[3]	1884 to 1886	Rev. Michael J. McGivney[3]	1884 to 1890
2	John J. Phelan[4]		May 17, 1886	March 2, 1897	William Hassett[4]	1886 to 1887
					James C. Roach	1887 to 1895
							Rev. Hugh Treanor	1891 to 1899
					James E. Hayes	1895 to 1897
3	James E. Hayes		March 2, 1897	February 8, 1898	John J. Cone[5]	1897 to 1898
4	John J. Cone		March 2, 1898	March 31, 1899	Vacant
5	Edward L. Hearn		April 1, 1899	August 31, 1909	John W. Hogan[6][7]	April 1, 1899 to June 3, 1903	Rev. Garrett J. Barry	1899 to 1901
							Rev. Patrick J. McGivney[8][9]	1901 to 1928
					Patrick L. McArdle[7][10]	June 3, 1903[7] to 1905
					James A. Flaherty[11]	1905 to 1909
6	James A. Flaherty[9][12]		September 1, 1909	August 31, 1927	Martin H. Carmody[9]	1909 to 1927
7	Martin H. Carmody[9][13]		September 1, 1927	August 31, 1939	John F. Martin[9][14]	1927 to 1933
							Rev. John J. McGivney[9][14]	1928 to 1939
					Francis P. Matthews[13]	1933 to 1939
8	Francis P. Matthews[14]		September 2, 1939	October 14, 1945	John E. Swift	1939 to 1945	Rev. Leo M. Finn[14][15]	1939 to 1960
9	John E. Swift[16][17]		October 24, 1945	August 31, 1953	Timothy P. Galvin	1945 to 1949
					William J. Mulligan[17][18]	1949 to 1960
10	Luke E. Hart		September 1, 1953	February 19, 1964
					John W. McDevitt[18][19]	1960 to 1964	Bishop Charles P. Greco[20][15]	1961 to January 20, 1987
11	John W. McDevitt		February 22, 1964	January 21, 1977	John H. Griffin, MD[19][21]	1964 to 1966
					Charles J. Ducey[22][23]	1966 to April 1976
					Ernest J. Wolff[23]	1976 to 1977
12	Virgil C. Dechant		January 21, 1977	September 30, 2000	Frederick H. Pelletier[23][24]	1977 to 1981
					John M. Murphy	1981 to 1984
					Ellis D. Flinn[25]	1984 to February 1, 1997
							Bishop Thomas V. Daily[26]	February 13, 1987 to April 1, 2005
					Robert F. Wade[27]	April 1, 1997 to September 30, 2000
13	Carl A. Anderson		October 1, 2000	Present	Jean B. Migneault[28]	October 1, 2000 to October 27, 2006
							Archbishop William E. Lori[29]	April 2, 2005 to Present
					Dennis A. Savoie[30][31]	October 27, 2006 to December 2013
					Logan T. Ludwig[32]	December 12, 2013 to December 16, 2016
					Patrick E. Kelly[32]	January 1, 2017 to present

Politics and public service[edit]

Judicial branch[edit]

• 
  Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  


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  Timothy T. Cronin, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  


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  Kevin Patrick Yeary, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, lawyer in San Antonio
  

Executive branch[edit]

• 
  Carl A. Anderson, former Special Assistant to the President Ronald Reagan (1983–1987) and Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
  


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  Martin Patrick Durkin, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
  


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  Raymond Flynn, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and former Democratic Mayor of Boston
  


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  John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States


• 
  Manuel Lujan Jr., Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior
  


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  Sargent Shriver, former U.S. ambassador to France and first director of the Peace Corps
  


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  John Volpe, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former Governor of Massachusetts (1961–1963 & 1965–1969)

Legislative branch[edit]

• 
  John Boehner, former Speaker of the House of Representatives
  


• 
  Hale Boggs, former U.S. House Majority Leader
  


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  Richard E. Connell, former U.S. Representative from New York^[33]
  


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  John Dingell, United States Democratic Representative from Michigan
  


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  Bob Dornan, pro-life advocate, actor, and former California Republican congressman


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  Bernard J. Dwyer, former U.S. Representative from New Jersey


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  Mike Fitzpatrick United States Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
  


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  Phil Gingrey, U.S.Republican Congressman from Georgia
  


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  Andrew P. Harris, U.S. Republican congressman from Maryland.


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  Joe Heck, U.S. Republican congressman from Nevada.


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  Henry Hyde, U.S. Republican congressman from Illinois^[34]
  


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  Jeff Landry, United States Republican congressman from Louisiana
  


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  Joe Manchin, United States Senator from West Virginia
  


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  Alex X. Mooney, United States representative from West Virginia


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  John McCormack, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  


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  Bruce Poliquin, United States Republican representative from Maine


• 
  Edward R. Roybal, former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California


• 
  Todd Rokita Republican congressman from Indiana
  


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  Rick Santorum, former Republican United States Senator for Pennsylvania
  


• 
  John G. Schmitz, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Orange County, California

State governments[edit]

Governor and Lt. Governor[edit]

• 
  Terry Branstad, Republican Governor of Iowa
  


• 
  Jeb Bush, former Republican Governor of Florida
  


• 
  Felix Perez Camacho, Governor of Guam
  


• 
  Hugh Carey, former Democratic Governor of New York
  


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  Thomas Donovan Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1933-1937


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  John Engler, former Republican Governor of Michigan


• 
  T. John Lesinski, former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
  


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  Mike Rounds, United States senator and former Republican Governor of South Dakota
  


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  Al Smith, former Democratic governor of New York, Democratic nominee for President in 1928


• 
  J. Emile Verret, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1944–1948


• 
  Malcolm Wilson, former governor of New York
  


• 
  John Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana

State legislators[edit]

• 
  Dan Huberty, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County, Texas^[35]
  


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  Joe Ihm, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
  


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  Frank Mazzei, member of Pennsylvania Senate.^[36]
  


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  Pat Boyd, Connecticut State Representative^[37]
  


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  Paul McMurtry, Representative in the Massachusetts General Court
  


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  Robert F. McPartlin, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1960 to 1976.^[38]
  


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  Dennis Paul, member of the Texas House from Harris County^[39]
  


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  Thomas P. Sinnett, member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1924 to 1938. Party Floor Leader from 1933 to 1934.^[40]
  


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  Louis Tobacco, New York State Assembly Member 62nd District


• 
  Carlos Truan, member of both houses of the Texas Legislature^[41]
  


• 
  Caesar Trunzo Former Republican state senator from New York.


• 
  Carl M. Vogel, member of both houses of the Missouri State Legislature from Jefferson City
  

Louisiana[edit]

• 
  Bo Ackal, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberia and St. Martin parishes, 1972–1996^[42]
  


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  Jeff Arnold, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from New Orleans
  


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  Armand Brinkhaus, former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish^[43]
  


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  Edward S. Bopp, member of the Louisiana House from 1977 to 1984^[44]
  


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  Dennis Paul Hebert, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972–1996^[45]
  


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  Eddie J. Lambert, outgoing member of the Louisiana House of Representative; incoming state senator from Prairieville, Louisiana^[46]
  


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  Sam A. LeBlanc III, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980 for Orleans and Jefferson parishes; resident of St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish
  


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  Samuel A. LeBlanc I, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916; state court judge from 1920 to 1954^[47]
  


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  Gregory A. Miller, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives^[48]
  


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  Ricky Templet, former Louisiana state representative^[49]
  


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  Sam H. Theriot, former Louisiana state representative^[50]
  

Wisconsin[edit]

• 
  William P. Atkinson, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  William Banach, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Charles A. Barnard, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Gregor J. Bock, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Everett E. Bolle, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  John P. Dobyns, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  John L. McEwen, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  Gary R. Goyke, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  


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  Raymond F. Heinzen, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  


• 
  Robert T. Huber, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  David E. Hutchison, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  Henry J. Janssen, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Eugene S. Kaufman, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Stanley J. Lato, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  James Lynn, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Thomas A. Manning, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Dale McKenna, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  


• 
  David Mogilka, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Richard C. Nowakowski, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  David D. O'Malley, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  Thomas D. Ourada, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Bruce Peloquin, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  


• 
  Randall J. Radtke, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Valentine P. Rath, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  James A. Rutkowski, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Mark Ryan, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Thomas M. Schaus, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Charles J. Schmidt, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate
  


• 
  William A. Schmidt, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  


• 
  Edward Stack, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  William T. Sullivan, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  Lary J. Swoboda, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  Raymond J. Tobiasz, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


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  William W. Ward, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  


• 
  Arthur L. Zimny, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  

State judiciary[edit]

• 
  W. Patrick Donlin, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
  

Other[edit]

• 
  Donald G. Bollinger, American shipbuilder and state chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party from 1986 to 1988


• 
  Etienne J. Caire, Louisiana businessman, banker, Republican candidate for governor in 1928 against Huey Long
  


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  Ken Cuccinelli, Former Attorney General of Virginia, Republican candidate for Governor in 2013
  


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  James E. Finnegan, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
  


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  John W. Griffin, politician from Ohio
  


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  Vincent B. Murphy, former New York State Comptroller

Local government[edit]

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  Richard J. Daley, second longest-serving mayor of Chicago
  


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  Roman Denissen, former mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
  


• 
  Tom Galligan, former mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana
  


• Howard B. Gist Jr., former city attorney of Alexandria, Louisiana
  


• 
  Alvan Lafargue, mayor of Sulphut, Louisiana


• 
  George B. Mowad, former mayor of Oakdale, Louisiana


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  Dominic Olejniczak, former mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
  


• 
  John F. Shelley, mayor of San Francisco, California (1964–1968)

Other politics and public service[edit]

• 
  John Moran Bailey, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1961 to 1968


• 
  Alan Keyes, political activist, author and former diplomat


• 
  Alvan Lafargue, physician and mayor of Sulphur, Louisiana, from 1926 to 1938


• 
  Tom Pendergast, Kansas City political boss

Non-United States[edit]

Canada[edit]

• 
  Leo Bernier, former cabinet minister in the Ontario provincial government


• 
  François-Philippe Brais, Canadian lawyer and politician


• 
  Denis Coderre, Canadian Member of Parliament (Canada)
  


• 
  Michael Copps Costello, former mayor of Calgary, Alberta
  


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  Chris d'Entremont, Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Nova Scotia provincial government, former Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs


• 
  Laurent Desjardins, former cabinet minister in the Manitoba provincial government


• 
  Bernard Grandmaître, former cabinet minister in the Ontario provincial government


• 
  James John Edmund Guerin, Canadian Member of Parliament, Mayor of Montreal


• 
  Rob Nicholson, Canadian Member of Parliament, Minister of Justice and Attorney General
  


• 
  Steven Point, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
  


• 
  Pablo Rodríguez, Canadian Member of Parliament (Canada)
  


• 
  Alfred-Valère Roy, Canadian politician


• 
  Andrew Scheer, current federal leader of the Conservative Party
  


• 
  Gerry St. Germain, Canadian Senator
  


• 
  Roger Teillet, former Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
  


• 
  Stephen Woodworth, Canadian Member of Parliament
  

Philippines[edit]

• 
  Hilario Davide Jr., 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  

The Church[edit]

Saints[edit]

• One bishop of Mexico and canonized in 2006.
  
  • 
    Saint Rafael Guizar Valencia, Archbishop of Jalapa (bishop)
  
  


• Six priests, Mexican Martyrs, canonized in 2000^[51]
  
  
  • 
    Saint Miguel de la Mora de la Mora (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Saint Pedro de Jesus Maldonado Lucero (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Saint Jose Maria Robles Hurtado (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Saint Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Saint Luis Batiz Sainz (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes (priest)
  
  
  
  


• Two priests and a layman, also Mexican Martyrs, beatified in 2005^[51]
  
  
  • 
    Blessed Jose Trinidad Rangel Montaño (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Blessed Andres Sola Molist (priest)
  
  
  • 
    Blessed Leonardo Pérez (layman)
  
  
  
  


• Puerto Rican layman beatified in 2001.
  
  • 
    Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (layman)
  
  

Cardinals[edit]

• Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
  


• Cardinal John Patrick Foley, former Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
  


• Cardinal Francis George, former Archbishop of Chicago
  


• Cardinal William Joseph Levada, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco
  


• Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C.
  


• Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston
  


• Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia
  


• Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila
  


• Cardinal Jaime Sin, former Archbishop of Manila
  


• Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington
  


• Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila
  


• Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York City
  


• Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago
  

Bishops[edit]

• Most Rev. Dennis J. Sullivan, Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
  


• Most Rev. Martin John Amos, Bishop of Davenport, Iowa
  


• Most Rev. Robert Joseph Baker, Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama
  


• Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia
  


• Most Rev. Robert Joseph Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse, New York
  


• Most Rev. John Francis Donoghue, former Archbishop of Atlanta
  


• Most Rev. Robert William Finn, Bishop emeritus of Kansas City-St. Joseph
  


• Most Rev. Joseph Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston
  


• 
  Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Titular Archbishop of Newport, Wales, TV personality


• Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio
  


• Most Rev. Emilius Goulet, former Archbishop of St. Boniface
  


• Most Rev. Charles Pasquale Greco, former Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, and first Supreme Chaplain of the Knights


• Most Rev. Wilton Daniel Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta
  


• Most Rev. Michael Owen Jackels, Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
  


• Most Rev. Joseph Edward Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  


• Most Rev. Albert LeGatt, Archdiocese of St. Boniface
  


• Most Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus
  


• Most Rev. Patrick Joseph McGrath, Bishop of San Jose, California
  


• Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa
  


• Most Rev. Richard Pates, Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa
  

Priests[edit]

• Rev. James Coyle, Alabama priest who was murdered on August 11, 1921. Member of Mobile Council 666.^[52]
  


• Rev. John B. DeValles, U.S. Army chaplain


• Rev. John Anthony Kaiser, MHM, a missionary priest martyred while serving in Kenya.


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  Venerable Servant of God Rev. Michael Joseph McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus


• Rev. George J. Willmann
  

Sports and athletics[edit]

• 
  Lou Albano, Professional wrestler and actor


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  James J. Braddock, "The Cinderella Man", former heavyweight boxing champion


• 
  James Connolly, first Olympic Gold Medal champion in modern times


• 
  Mike Ditka, former Chicago Bears coach


• 
  Chris Godfrey, former right guard for the New York Giants and founder of Life Athletes
  


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  Ron Guidry, pitcher who helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Series championship


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  Gil Hodges, Major League baseball player and former manager who led the 1969 New York Mets to an improbable World Series win


• 
  Tom Kelly, first baseman and former manager of the Minnesota Twins
  


• 
  Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Green Bay Packers (The Vincent T. Lombardi Council, No. 6552, Knights of Columbus, in Middletown, New Jersey, is named for him.)


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  Connie Mack, baseball player, manager, and team owner


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  Bob O'Neil, former NFL Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Titans, CFL Calgary Stampeders, and Montreal Alouettes professional football player


• 
  Floyd Patterson, former heavyweight boxing champion


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  Babe Ruth, baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Boston Braves
  


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  Jim Sorgi, former Indianapolis Colts quarterback.^[53]
  


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  Shane Victorino, Boston Red Sox baseball player^[54]
  


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  Lenny Wilkens, National Basketball Association's second winningest coach

Military[edit]

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  Frank Castellano, Commander, US Navy, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) during the Maersk Alabama hijacking.


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  Daniel Daly, Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient once described by the commandant of the Marine Corps as "the most outstanding Marine of all time."


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  Gary M. Rose, Captain, United States Army, Medal of Honor recipient, awarded for risking his life to treat 60–70 personnel, despite being wounded multiple times during Operation Tailwind.

Media[edit]

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  Steve Doocy, Journalist and anchor for Fox and Friends
  


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  Paul A. Fisher, American author, journalist and U.S. Army veteran


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  Joyce Kilmer, famous journalist and poet


• 
  Eduardo Verástegui, prominent Mexican actor

Others[edit]

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  Nick Bruno, president of University of Louisiana at Monroe
  


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  Jason O'Toole, vocalist, Life's Blood
  


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  Jerry Orbach, American actor


• 
  John Edward "Jack" Reagan, father of President Ronald Reagan
  


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  Paul D. Scully-Power, NASA astronaut
  

Fictional[edit]

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  Frank Costanza – George Costanza's father on Seinfeld
  


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  Silvio Dante's father – The Sopranos
  


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  Doyle Lonnegan – The Sting
  


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  John Kelly – NYPD Blue
  

References[edit]