List of bodyguards

This is a list of notable bodyguards.

Former military

Israel

• Aaron Cohen – IMS Security

United Kingdom

• Richard Aitch – Current – Director Mobius International,^[1] Former Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) and Close Protection Unit, Royal Military Police, and author.^[2]
• Duncan Falconer – author and security consultant
• Hugh Keir – author and security consultant^[3][4][5]
• Trevor Rees-Jones – former bodyguard for Dodi Al-Fayed
• Claudio Frasineanu- security consultant
• Chris Ryan – author and security consultant

Former police and security agencies

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 Mel'nychenko – 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)
• Emma Probert – Current Royalty Protection Group officer
• Danny Martelli – Current – Corporate and Celebrity Bodyguard,Former FFL Special Forces
• Richard Aitch – Current – Director Mobius International,^[6] Former Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), and Close Protection Unit, Royal Military Police, and author.^[7]

United States

• Clint Hill – former bodyguard for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, 1963.
• Timothy J. McCarthy – former bodyguard for Ronald Reagan
• Maurice Brighthaupt – former bodyguard for Anna Nicole Smith

Civilians

Ireland

• Fran Cosgrave – former bodyguard for Westlife

Israel

• Avi Korein – Owner of Screen International Security Services

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
• Michael Cantichesi - bartender, bouncer

Historic

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

References

1. http://mobius.international
2. Aitch, Richard (27 July 2012). Close Protection – A Closer Observation of the Protection Equation (First ed.). UK: Close Protection Publications. p. 567. ISBN 978-0-9572075-0-9.
3. http://hughkeir.com
4. http://closeprotectionbook.hughkeir.com
5. http://www.jobsecurity.co.uk/blog/hugh-keir-close-protection-interview/
6. http://mobius.international
7. Aitch, Richard (27 July 2012). Close Protection – A Closer Observation of the Protection Equation (First ed.). UK: Close Protection Publications. p. 567. ISBN 978-0-9572075-0-9.

External links

• Female Bodyguard Case Study