List of United States Naval Academy alumni
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
The Academy is often referred to as Annapolis, while sports media refer to the Academy as "Navy" and the students as "Midshipmen"; this usage is officially endorsed.
[1] During the latter half of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th, the United States Naval Academy was the primary source of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officers, with the Class of 1881 being the first to provide officers to the Marine Corps.
Graduates of the Academy are also given the option of entering the United States Army or United States Air Force.
Most Midshipmen are admitted through the congressional appointment system.
[3] The list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former Midshipmen, current Midshipmen, and faculty of the Naval Academy.
Over 50 U.S. astronauts have graduated from the Naval Academy, more than from any other undergraduate institution.
Additional notable graduates include 1 President of the United States, 2 Nobel Prize recipients, and 73 Medal of Honor recipients.
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