Notable American Sheriffs
- Buford Pusser — McNairy County, Tennessee portrayed in Walking Tall, and in a suite of songs on Drive-By Truckers' 2004 album, The Dirty South.
- Theodore Roosevelt — the 26th President of the United States spend some of his early career as deputy sheriff in Medora, North Dakota.
- Seth Bullock — entrepreneur and sheriff in Deadwood, South Dakota.
- Daniel Boone — Fayette County, Kentucky
- Mike Brown — Island County, Washington, reduced crime rate
- Eugene Coon — Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania (1969–1996) famous for halting foreclosure sales on laid off steel workers in the recession of the early 1980s.
- Pat Garrett — Lincoln County, New Mexico, famous for killing Billy the Kid.
- Bat Masterson — Ford County, Kansas
- Lamar Potts — Coweta County, Georgia
- Sherman Block — Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (1982–2000), highest paid government administrator in the United States.
- Dave Reichert — King County, Washington, tracked the Green River killer; elected to Congress in 2004.
- John Bunnell — Former sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon; most famous for presenting/hosting World's Wildest Police Videos, appearances on COPS, and other acting roles.
- Grover Cleveland — Erie County, New York, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
- Mike Carona — Orange County, California (1999–2009), dubbed "America's Sheriff" by Larry King
- William J. Brady — Sheriff of Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico, United States. He was killed in an ambush by Billy the Kid.
- Richard Mack — Former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona. Mack received national attention for opposition to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
- Steven Seagal — Famous actor and a long time, active Deputy Sheriff In Louisiana.
- Joe Arpaio — Maricopa County, Arizona (1994–present), famous for his stance on political issues, including immigration.
- Gerald Hege — Davidson County, North Carolina, famous for his "no-deals" behavior and highly unorthodox way of fighting crime. Convicted felon.
- Lawrence Rainey — Neshoba County, Mississippi 1963-1968, formerly accused but later cleared of charges relating to the violation of civil rights of three Civil Rights workers down Mississippi, back in 1964.
- Lee Baca — Los Angeles County, California, Current, Sheriff Baca is known to give special treatment for the famous and connected. He created the "Special reserves program" so that he could give concealed weapons permits to favored individuals while withholding consideration for everyone else on the legal pretext that no citizen has legal "good cause."
- Terry Johnson - Alamance County, North Carolina, notable for a federal investigation of his office's alleged targeting of Hispanics within the county.
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