A total of 10,110,104 men were drafted between November 1940 and October 1946, drawing from the pool of men born on or before 1927. Note that some of these individuals may have served later -- however, they received deferments initially.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dwayne Andreas |
Business |
4-Mar-1918 |
|
Archer Daniels Midland CEO, 1970-97 |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Roy Campanella |
Baseball |
19-Nov-1921 |
26-Jun-1993 |
National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955 |
| Harold Camping |
Religion |
19-Jul-1921 |
15-Dec-2013 |
Predicted the end of world, three times |
| Owen Chamberlain |
Physicist |
10-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2006 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 |
| Leo Durocher |
Baseball |
27-Jul-1905 |
7-Oct-1991 |
Leo the Lip |
| Bob Feller |
Baseball |
3-Nov-1918 |
15-Dec-2010 |
Pitched three no-hitters for Cleveland |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| John Garfield |
Actor |
4-Mar-1913 |
21-May-1952 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Benny Goodman |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1909 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Bespectacled jazz clarinetist |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser, arguably |
| Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
1-Jan-1911 |
4-Sep-1986 |
Two-time American League MVP |
| Harvey Haddix |
Baseball |
18-Sep-1925 |
8-Jan-1994 |
MLB pitcher |
| Moss Hart |
Playwright |
24-Oct-1904 |
20-Dec-1961 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Dick Haymes |
Singer |
13-Sep-1916 |
28-Mar-1980 |
State Fair |
| Woody Herman |
Jazz Musician |
16-May-1913 |
29-Oct-1987 |
1940s Big Band leader, jazz clarinetist |
| Stanley Hiller, Jr. |
Inventor |
15-Nov-1924 |
20-Apr-2006 |
Helicopter designer |
| Jimmy Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
14-Feb-1913 |
30-Jul-1975 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
| Hubert Humphrey |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
13-Jan-1978 |
US Vice President, 1965-69 |
| Lee Iacocca |
Business |
15-Oct-1924 |
|
Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation |
| Van Johnson |
Actor |
25-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2008 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| B. B. King |
Musician |
16-Sep-1925 |
14-May-2015 |
King of the Blues |
| Thomas Kuhn |
Author |
18-Jul-1922 |
17-Jun-1996 |
Structure of Scientific Revolutions |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| Vince Lombardi |
Football |
11-Jun-1913 |
3-Sep-1970 |
Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing |
| Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
| Malcolm X |
Activist |
19-May-1925 |
21-Feb-1965 |
Nation of Islam |
| Eugene McCarthy |
Politician |
29-Mar-1916 |
10-Dec-2005 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71 |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Jackson Pollock |
Painter |
28-Jan-1912 |
11-Aug-1956 |
Abstract expressionist |
| James H. Quillen |
Politician |
11-Jan-1916 |
2-Nov-2003 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1963-97 |
| Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
| Walter Reuther |
Labor Leader |
1-Sep-1907 |
9-May-1970 |
UAW and CIO labor leader |
| Phil Rizzuto |
Baseball |
25-Sep-1916 |
14-Aug-2007 |
American League MVP, 1950 |
| Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
| Mickey Rooney |
Actor |
23-Sep-1920 |
6-Apr-2014 |
Actor in Andy Hardy comedies, musicals |
| Julius Rosenberg |
Spy |
12-May-1918 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
23-Jul-2010 |
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Frank Sinatra |
Singer |
12-Dec-1915 |
14-May-1998 |
It's Frank's world, we just live in it |
| Eddie Slovik |
Military |
18-Feb-1920 |
31-Jan-1945 |
US soldier executed for desertion |
| Jimmy Stewart |
Actor |
20-May-1908 |
2-Jul-1997 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Alfred Tarski |
Mathematician |
14-Jan-1902 |
26-Oct-1983 |
Tarski's indefinability theorem |
| A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
| James Watson |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1928 |
|
Co-Discoverer of DNA |
| John Wayne |
Actor |
26-May-1907 |
11-Jun-1979 |
The Duke |
| Orson Welles |
Actor |
6-May-1915 |
10-Oct-1985 |
Citizen Kane |
| Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
