List of bodyguards

This is a list of notable bodyguards.

Former military

United Kingdom

• Duncan Falconer – author and security consultant
• Trevor Rees-Jones – former bodyguard for Dodi Al-Fayed
• Chris Ryan – author and security consultant
• Ben Sabeto - SAS,former bodyguard to The king of Brunei
• Jacquie Davis – author and female bodyguard^[1]

Former police and security agencies

France

• Yassine Cheuko - bodyguard of Lionel Messi

Russia

• Viktor Zolotov – former FSO RF bodyguard, Commander-in-chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ukraine

• Mykola Melnychenko – Former SBU officer

United Kingdom

• James Wallace Beaton – Former Royalty Protection Group officer
• Barry Mannakee – Former Royalty Protection Group officer
• Walter H. Thompson (1890–1978) – bodyguard of Winston Churchill (1921–1945)

United States

• Clint Hill – former bodyguard for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, 1963.^[2]
• Timothy J. McCarthy – former bodyguard for Ronald Reagan.^[3]

Civilians

Ireland

• Fran Cosgrave – former bodyguard for Westlife

United States

• Chris Boykin – bodyguard on the TV show Rob and Big
• Michael Clarke Duncan – actor
• Mr. T – actor
• Brodus Clay – professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, bodyguard for Snoop Dogg
• Shad Gaspard – professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE
• Sheamus – professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, bodyguard for U2 and Bono
• Stan Love – professional basketball player, bodyguard for Brian Wilson
• Denida Grow – female bodyguard, founder of Athena Worldwide and Nannyguards^[4]

Historic

• Satwant Singh and Beant Singh – Bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.^[5]
• Sempronius Densus – bodyguard of Piso Licinianus, deputy Roman emperor
• Dian Wei – bodyguard of the warlord Cao Cao
• Porter Rockwell – bodyguard of Joseph Smith Jr.