- Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Arnold clearly harbored political ambitions for a long time. In 1977, six years before he became a US citizen, he told a German magazine: "When one has money, one day it becomes less interesting. And when one is also the best in film, what can be more interesting? Perhaps power. Then one moves into politics and becomes governor or president or something." He realized that one day his movie-making days were numbered and began thinking about a career in politics. - Mark L. Lester
Mark L. Lester (b. November 26, 1946) has worked as a writer, producer, and director on many high-profile action films over his long career. His first film was Twilight of the Mayas. Lester then worked on many films, such as "Stunts", "Steel Arena", and "Bobby Jo and the Outlaw". His next film Roller Boogie with Linda Blair was his first popular film. Lester then made the thriller "Class of 1984". - Rob Hubbard
Rob Hubbard (born 1956, Kingston upon Hull, England) is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64. His work showed the real potential of both the Commodore 64's sound hardware and the ability of good music to improve the gaming experience. In the late seventies, before scoring games, he was a professional studio musician. - Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian born actress and daughter of Tommy Chong. She is of African, First Nations, Chinese and Irish ancestry. Her half-sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress. She is best known for appearing in the films "Quest for Fire" (1981), "The Color Purple" (1985), "Choose Me" (1984), "Commando" (1985), "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers" (1984), … - Vernon Wells
Vernon Wells (born December 30, 1945 in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian film and television actor. Wells initially worked in a quarry, and then as a salesman. He then worked extensively in theatre and rock bands before being noticed by casting agents during a long-lived hit theatre play, and started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print ads, … - Bill Duke
Bill Duke (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. - Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny (June 12 1908 – July 6 1975) was an Standartenführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he is known as the commando leader who rescued Benito Mussolini from imprisonment after his overthrow. He also was the initiator of Operation Greif, for which he was judged after the war: this special operation involved false flag tactics, that is wearing the uniform of the enemy to confuse him and advance into his lines. - David Patrick Kelly
David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951 or January 19, 1952) is an American actor and musician who has appeared in several films, including some major roles. Kelly was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is well-known for playing Luther in the 1979 cult classic film "The Warriors", where he screeches the famous line, … - George Peppard
George Peppard, Jr. was a popular American film and television actor. He secured a major role early in his career when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), but he is probably best known for his role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith in the 1980s television show "The A-Team", where he is the cigar-chomping leader of a renegade commando squad. - Steven E. de Souza
Steven E. de Souza (b. 17 November 1947) is an American producer, director and scriptwriter of Portuguese and Jamaican ancestry. He is among a handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over two billion dollars at the box office. He is a graduate of Penn State. De Souza is credited with being the writer for seven TV series, including "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Woman", "Knight Rider" and "Tales from the Crypt". - Jan Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, PC, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 - September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. In addition to various cabinet appointments, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. He served as a British Field Marshal in both the First World War and the Second World War. - Hugh McManners
Hugh McManners is an author, television producer and presenter, journalist, and musician. He was born into an academic family in Oxford, the son of historian The Rev. Professor John McManners FBA, and was brought up in Australia. He was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School – Shore - Magdalen College School Oxford, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He read Geography at St Edmund Hall Oxford. Hugh spent 18 years in the British Army, … - Cam Kennedy
Campbell ("Cam") Kennedy is a Scottish comics artist. Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, Kennedy went freelance and worked as an illustrator on D.C. Thomson's "Commando", a well-known British war comic, between 1967 and 1972, before leaving comics altogether to become a professional fine artist. Kennedy's work has been described as gritty, energetic, chunky and raw. In 1978 he was lured back to comics work again, … - Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Major Ewen Southby-Tailyour OBE RM is an author, sailor, and ex-Marine who served for 32 years in the Royal Marines retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel specialising in (and often commanding) amphibious vessels from all the NATO countries. He has held various appointments in four Commando units. His career included active service operations in Aden, Northern Ireland, Oman, the Falkland Islands, … - Patrick Dalzel-Job
Patrick Dalzel-Job (June 1 1913 - October 14 2003), was a distinguished British Naval Intelligence Officer and Commando of World War II. He was also an accomplished linguist, author, mariner, navigator, parachutist, diver and skier. Born in London, Dalzel-Job was the only son of Captain Ernest Dalzel-Job who was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. After his father's death Dalzel-Job and his mother lived in various locations, including Switzerland, … - Matthew F. Leonetti
Matthew F. Leonetti is a cinematographer. His credits include: *Star Trek:First Contact *Star Trek:Insurrection *Commando *Weird Science *Red Heat *Another 48 Hrs. *Raise the Titanic! *Action Jackson *Angels in the Outfield *Leap of Faith *The Ice Pirates *Accepted *Jumpin' Jack Flash *Santa's Slay *Fever Pitch *Poltergeist *Along Came a Spider *Fast Times at Ridgemont High *The Butterfly Effect *Species II - Paul Aussaresses
Paul Aussaresses (b. 7 November 1918 in "Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux", Tarn) is a retired French Army Brigadier General, who fought during World War II, the First Indochina War and Algerian War. His actions during the Algerian War, and later defense of those actions, caused considerable controversy. Aussaresses was a career Army intelligence officer with an excellent military record when he joined the Free French Forces in North Africa during the Second World War. - Kamal Nasser
Kamal Nasser was born in Gaza to a Bir Zayt family. He was educated at American University of Beirut and worked as a teacher while studying law in Jerusalem. In the period following Israeli independence Nasser worked as a journalist. He was responsible for producing the al-Ba‘th newspaper from Ramallah and also set up "al-Jil al-Jadid", a literary periodical. In 1956 he was elected as Ba‘th member for Ramallah district. - Robert Laycock
General Sir Robert Edward Laycock, KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ, (18 April 1907-10 March 1968) was a British soldier, most famous for his service with the commandos during World War II. Laycock is thought to be the model for Tommy Blackhouse in Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy. - Piet Cronje
General Piet Arnoldus Cronje ('KRON-year') (4 October 1836 -4 February 1911) was a leader of the Zuid Afrika Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars. Born in Transvaal, Cronje made his reputation in the First Boer War, besieging the British garrison at Potchefstroom. He had a distinctive appearance, being short with a black beard and was reputed to have considerable personal courage. - Jan Baalsrud
Jan Baalsrud (born 1917 - died 1988) was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British. He was born in Oslo and lived in Kolbotn from the 1930ies to the 1950ies. He arrived in Britain in 1941 where he joined the Norwegian Company Linge. In 1943, he and numerous other commandos embarked on a dangerous mission to destroy a German air control tower and recruit for the resistance movement. This mission was compromised when he and his fellow soldiers, … - William B. Cushing
William Barker Cushing (4 November 1842 - 17 December 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the Confederate ironclad CSS "Albemarle" during a daring nighttime raid on October 27, 1864, a feat for which he received the thanks of Congress. Cushing was born in Delafield, Wisconsin, and was raised in upstate New York. He was expelled from the United States Naval Academy for pranks and poor scholarship. - Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra (born November 24 1960 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional poker player, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whilst he was in Israel, Elezra worked as an army commando. He was bedridden by a leg injury; during this time he began playing poker. Since moving to America, Elezra has made numerous money finishes in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Omaha, Texas Hold 'em and Draw events. - Meir Har-Zion
Meir Har-Zion (b. 1934) is an Israeli military commando fighter. He has gained notability for serving in Unit 101 of the Israel Defense Forces. In September 1956, Har-Zion was wounded in a retaliation mission, and was saved after being operated on in the field. Due to his service as one of the tactical commanders of Unit 101 and his conduct in battle, he was awarded the rank of an officer and the Medal of Courage. - William Orlando Darby
William Orlando Darby (9 February 1911 - 30 April 1945) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. Darby led the famous "Darby's Rangers" which evolved into the US Army Rangers and was also made famous as a major motion picture staring the American actor James Garner in the role of Darby. Darby was born in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas on 9 February 1911. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1933. - Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga (his name may also be rendered as Nicolas Jorga in foreign works; January 17, 1871, Botoşani - November 27, 1940, Strejnic, Prahova County), was a Romanian historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and politician. He served as a member of Parliament, as President of the post-World-War-I National Assembly, as minister, and (1931-32) as Prime Minister. - A. O. Mitha
(PA – 649) Major General Abu Bakr Osman Mitha was the pioneer of the "stay behind" concept and founder of Pakistan's Special Services Group (SSG), an independent Commando Brigade of the Pakistan Army. He was to the SSG what David Stirling was to Britain's Special Air Service. - Kiem Do
Captain Kiem Do was the former deputy chief of staff for operations in the Republic of Vietnam Navy. He served with United States Navy advisor Richard Armitage and stated that he "seemed drawn like a 'moth to flame' to the hotspots of the naval war: bedding down on the ground with Vietnamese commandos, sharing their rations and hot sauce, telling jokes in flawless Vietnamese." Instead of a uniform, Armitage often dressed in native garb, … - Patrick Porteous
Captain Patrick Porteous VC, Royal Artillery (1 January 1918 - 9 October2000) was awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honour, first instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, for his part in the 1942 assault on Dieppe, France in the Second World War. Attached to No 4 Commando unit, Porteous was liaison officer between two detachments who were charged with attacking the heavy coastal defence guns. - Ivan Lyon
Ivan Lyon (August 17, 1915-October 16, 1944) was a prominent British soldier and military intelligence agent during World War II. Lyon was the son of a Brigadier-General and was educated at Harrow School. He joined the Gordon Highlanders and was posted to Singapore in 1936. Lyon spent much of his spare time sailing around South East Asia. In 1939, he married Gabrielle Bouvier, the daughter of a French official in French Indochina and fathered a son. - Micky Burn
Michael "Micky" Burn (born 1912), is an English journalist, commando, writer and poet. - Yedidya Yaari
Major General Yedidya Ya'ari (born 1947) was the commander of the Israeli Navy. He was succeeded by David Ben Ba'ashat. In July 1969, as a commando in Shayetet 13, he was badly wounded and mistakenly declared dead during Operation Bulmus 6 - the assault on fortified Green Island, Egypt, in the Gulf of Suez (jointly with Sayeret Matkal). After retirning from active army service, Ya'ari worked as an assistant cameraman for three years at Herzliya Studios. - Miklós Horthy Jr.
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya II was the younger son of Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and, until the end of World War II, a politician. After the death of his elder brother István in 1942, Miklós Jr. became more powerful in his father's government and supported his efforts to end Hungary's involvement with the Axis Powers. - Dirkie Uys
Dirkie Uys (1823 - 1838) was a Voortrekker hero during the Great Trek. After the massacare of Piet Retief and his men by Dingaan on 6 February 1838, a number of Voortrekker camps were also attacked by the Zulu impis. These Voortrekkers appealed to other treks, particularly those of Piet Uys and Hendrik Potgieter in the Orange Free State, for help. Both treks send out commandos to help, including Uys' fifteen year old son, Dirkie. - Jack Wong Sue
Jack Wong Sue, DCM, JP also known as Jack Sue, born 12 September, 1925 is a prominent Chinese Australian mariner and soldier, a veteran of World War II and an author. Wong Sue was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia (WA). Following the outbreak of the Pacific War, and even though he was only 16, Wong Sue was given a white feather, a symbol of perceived cowardice sometimes presented to men of military age in wartime. - Honor Fraser
Honor Fraser, born in 1973, is an aristocratic Scottish model and actress. She is the granddaughter of the famed British Commando Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, and sister of the current Lord Lovat. The family seat was until recently Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Honor was the cover girl on The Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music compilation album More Than This, released in 1995. From 1997-2002, Honor wrote a column for the Scottish magazine Spectrum. - Alexander Spence
Alexander Spence DSO (born February 5, 1906, in Bundaberg, Queensland) was an Australian soldier during World War II. Between May 24 and November 11, 1942, Spence commanded Allied forces, during their guerilla campaign in Timor. Spence, who had been in the Militia, volunteered for overseas duty with the Second Australian Imperial Force on June 25, 1940, at Miowera, Queensland. A Major, he was appointed commander of the 2/2nd Independent Company, a commando unit, … - George Arthur Knowland
George Arthur Knowland VC (16 August 1922 - 31 January 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born on 16 August 1922 in Catford, Kent and attended Elmwood Primary School in Croydon. He joined the Royal Norfolks in 1941 as a private and was commissioned before the end of the year. - Jock Purdon
Jock Purdon (November 16, 1925 - 1998), a poet and songwriter, was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow. Although Nitshill had been a coal mining village, the mine had closed before Jock grew up and it was a strange twist of fate that saw him spend most of his life as a coal miner in a pit in Chester-le-Street, County Durham in the North East of England. - Omar Rezaq
Omar Rezaq is the only surviving hijacker of EgyptAir Flight 648. He was a member of Abu Nidal. The plane was hijacked by a group of three people. The remaining two hijackers were killed, either in in-flight shooting with a sky-marshal or after Egyptian commandos stormed the hijacked plane. Omar Rezaq had given his name as Omar Marzouki and used a Tunisian passport when boarding that plane at Athens airport, …
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