List of former Parachute Regiment personnel
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The list includes those individuals who were, or have claimed to have served in the Parachute Regiment (regular or Territorial Army) of the British Army:
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- Michael Asher – author and desert explorer
- Ian Bailey – Military Medal recipient during the Falklands War
- David Blakeley – actor[1]
- Vince Bramley – author
- Dr Simon Booth - Senior Lecturer in Leadership at The Henley Business School
- Nick Brown – SAS Soldier †
- Charles (Nish) Bruce QGM - 22 SAS Sergeant & Pilot
- Bryan Budd VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
- Mark Burnett – television producer and Falklands War veteran
- Karl Bushby – adventurer and author
- Frank Carson – comedian and Operation Musketeer veteran
- Eddie Collins – SAS Soldier †
- Charlie Christodoulou – Angolan War mercenary †
- Lewis Collins – actor
- Billy Connolly – actor and comedian
- Bernard Cribbins – actor
- Carl Crook – British and Commonwealth lightweight boxing champion
- Peter Cundall – television presenter
- Paddy Doyle – World Record breaking multi-disciplinary athlete
- Andrew Edge – 4 PARA
- Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC – NATO's Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe †
- Dair Farrar-Hockley MC
- Joshua French – prisoner on death row of Democratic Republic of Congo
- 'Johnny' Frost – Operation Market Garden veteran †
- Costas Georgiou (also known as "Colonel Callan") – Angolan War mercenary †
- Tony Geraghty – author
- Frederick Gough – Former MP for Horsham †
- Ben Griffin – Anti-War on Terror spokesman
- John Grayburn VC – Victoria Cross recipient
- Stephen 'Hank' Hood – 2 PARA – "The face of Goose Green"
- Herbert 'H' Jones VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
- Tim Healy – actor
- Jon Hollingsworth CGC QGM – SAS soldier †
- Robin Horsfall – author and martial-arts expert
- Sir Mike Jackson – former British Army Chief of the General Staff
- Dan Jarvis – Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central
- Derek mitchell – Special Air Service
- Ken Lukowiak – author
- Tom McClean – World Record breaking Atlantic sailor
- Ian McKay VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
- John McDonald – British boxing and darts MC
- Joe Murray, television personality
- Sean Olsson – Winter Olympics bobsleigh bronze medalist
- Alastair Pearson DSO and 3 Bars MC CB OBE TD HML
- Sir Hew Pike KCB DSO MBE [1]
- John Pine-Coffin – Operation Musketeer veteran †
- Richard Pine-Coffin, DSO and Bar, MC †
- David Purley – F1, F3 and F5000 racing driver George Medal recipient †
- Lionel Ernest Queripel VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
- Peter Ratcliffe DCM MID – author
- Trevor Rees-Jones – Dodi Al-Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales' former bodyguard
- Ewan Ross – actor
- Chris Ryan – author and television presenter
- Arthur Sharpe – Member 1st Parachute Regiment 1941
- Al Slater MM – SAS soldier †
- Sir James Spicer
- Richard Todd – actor
- Steve Truglia – world record-breaking attemptee
- Dean Ward – Winter Olympic bobsleigh bronze medalist
John Coyle 1 Para
- David Waterman – British Sports Photographer of the Year 1974, World Press Photo
- Michael Willetts GC – George Cross recipient †
- Mark Wright GC – George Cross recipient †
- Rav Wilding – television presenter
- John James Samuel McMahon (Mac) - From Liverpool - Fitness Professional