List of Famous people with last name Sipple

Oliver Sipple

First Name Oliver

Last Name Sipple

Born on November 20, 1941

Died on February 2, 1989 (aged 47)

Born in United States of America, Michigan

Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple was an American known for intervening to block an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. A decorated U.S. Marine and disabled Vietnam War veteran, he grappled with Sara Jane Moore as she fired a pistol at Ford in San Francisco, causing her to miss. The subsequent public revelation that Sipple was gay turned the news story into a cause célèbre for LGBT rights activists, leading Sipple to sue — unsuccessfully — several publishers for invasion of privacy, and causing his estrangement from his parents.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

    index: 1x 0.017915010452271s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.013571977615356s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.013520956039429s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0055510997772217s
router_page: 1x 0.0035009384155273s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0029599666595459s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0029120445251465s
headline: 2x 0.0026698112487793s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0022540092468262s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00034785270690918s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00033020973205566s
head-facts: 1x 0.00028491020202637s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 3.3140182495117E-5s
qids: 1.5x 1.4066696166992E-5s
related: 1x 2.8610229492188E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
using-file-qids-cache: 1x 0s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-02 01:23:06)  -----