Updated
12/25/2003

Celebrity Hams

Celebrity Hams:

United States
K0DWC Lt. Gen. Francis "Butch" Griswold, colleague of Curtis LeMay
K0HWY Tex Beneke, band leader
K1JT Dr. Joseph Taylor Jr, 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Physics
K1OKI Mickey Schulhof, head of Sony US
K2HEP John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and Pepsi (lapsed)
K2ORS/4 Jean Shepherd, author
K2SSQ Henry Feinberg, designed and built E.T.'s communicator
K4TPJ David Funderburk, member USA House of Reps
K4ZVZ Paul Tibbets, pilot of "Enola Gay"
K6DUE Roy Neal, television reporter
K6IR Ken Miller, QCWA distinguished service, company executive
K6RFU Albert Glasser, scores feature films
K7TA Clifford Stoll, author ("Cuckoo's Egg") & astronomer
K8LAP Bandel Linn, talk radio host
KA6UXR Dr. Alex Comfort, author of "The Joy of Sex"
KB2GSD Walter Cronkite, former news anchor
KB6LQR Jeana Yeager, Voyager '86 pilot
KB6LQS Dick Rutan, Voyager '86 pilot
KB6OLJ Paul J Cohen, mathematician
KD4WUJ Patty Loveless (Patricia Ramey), country singer, XYL of W4WRO
KD6OY Gary Shandling
KE6MCM Hugh Downs, TV compere ("Concentration") (form. KD6WUS)
KG7JF Jeff Duntemann, author and publisher of Coriolis Group
KI6M Stu Gilliam, comedian
KN4UB Larry Junstrom, rock musician (bass player in .38 Special)
N4KET David French, CNN newsman
N5YYV Kathy Sullivan, Chief Scientist NOAA (former astronaut)
N6CKF Lloyd Bochner, actor ("Colby")
N6YOS Priscilla Presley
NK7U Joe Rudi, baseball player (ret)
NZ6N Randy Powell, actor (was WA0QZW)
W3ACE Armin Meyer, former US Ambassador to Japan
W4WRO Emory Gordy Jr, record producer and OM of Patty Loveless KD4WUJ
W5LFL Owen Garriot, astronaut
W6AQ Dave Bell, film producer and Academy Award winner
W6UK Alvino Rey, musician/bandleader
WA4CZD Chet Atkins, guitar player
WA4SIR Ron Parise, astronaut
WA6MOS Joseph Pevney, former Star Trek director, actor, singer
WB4KCG Ronnie Milsap, singer
WB6ACU Joe Walsh, rock musician (James Gang and The Eagles)
WV6VLY/WA6BND Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple (lapsed)
 

Worldwide
Marlon Brando (Martin Brandeaux) is FO5GJ.
JY1 King Hussein of Jordan (Silent Key)
JY2 Queen of above

Silent Keys - United States
K4LIB Arthur Godfrey, TV performer
K7UGA Senator (US) Barry Goldwater (ret)
KA6HVA Burl Ives, singer
KH6IJ Katashi Nose, radio columnist and former physics professor
N6KGB Stewart Granger (born James Stewart), actor
W2SKE Bill Leonard, former President of CBS News
WB6RER Andy Devine, cowboy actor
N5SDH Marty Robbins, Singer, Songwriter, Nascar Driver
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