Famous People with Name Colonel

Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster: was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive.Maurice Buckmaster was born on 11 January 1902 at Ravenhill, Brereton, Staffordshire, England. He was educated at Eton College but his studies ended when his father went bankrupt. He left school and first became a reporter for French paper Le Matin, later became a banker and eventually a senior manager with the French branch of Ford Motor Company.

Colonel Tom Parker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Colonel Tom Parker: was an entertainment impresario known best as the manager of Elvis Presley. For many years Parker claimed to have been U.S. born, but it eventually emerged that he was born in Breda, Netherlands to Dutch parents. His management of Elvis Presley re-wrote the role of the manager and was seen as central to the astonishing success of Presley's career. He displayed a ruthless devotion to his client's interests, took far more than the traditional 10% of his earnings (reaching 50% and more by the end of Elvis' life), and piloted Elvis to global superstardom. Presley said of Parker: "I don't think I would have been very big with another man. Because he's a very smart man."

Colonel Raúl G. Villaronga            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Colonel Raúl G. Villaronga: is a retired United States Army officer who has the distinction of being the first Puerto Rican mayor of a Texas city. He was elected Mayor of Killeen, Texas in 1992.