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Publication 100 - The United States Postal Service - An American History 1775 - 2006 > The history of the United States PostalService > The Postal Service Begins > Other Famous Postal Workers

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Other Famous Postal Workers

John Brown

Abolitionist, postmaster, Randolph, PA

Bing Crosby

Singer and actor, clerk, Spokane, WA

Walt Disney

Producer, substitute carrier, Chicago, IL

Charles R. Drew

Scientist and surgeon, part-time special delivery messenger, Washington, DC

William Faulkner

Novelist, postmaster, University, MS

Samuel L. Gravely

First African-American admiral, railway mail clerk

Will Hays

President, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Postmaster General

Sherman Hemsley

Actor, clerk, Philadelphia, PA, and New York, NY

Conrad Hilton

Businessman, postmaster, San Antonio, NM

Harry Hooper

Baseball Hall-of-Famer, postmaster, Capitola, CA

Rock Hudson

Actor, letter carrier, Winnetka, IL

Sidney Lanier

Poet, clerk, Macon, GA

Charles Lindbergh

Aviator, contract airmail pilot

Bill Nye

Humorist, postmaster, Laramie, WY

Knute Rockne

Football coach, clerk, Chicago, IL

Adlai E. Stevenson

Vice President, First Assistant Postmaster General

Noah Webster

Lexicographer, special agent

Richard Wright

Author, substitute clerk, Chicago, IL




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