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Famous Fencers: President Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill (high school champion of England), Cornell Wilde, Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden – foil. Vigo Mortensen, Tony Curtis, Neil Diamond, entertainer – sabre. Jimmy Buffett, singer. Prince Albert of Monaco – sabre. Andrew Jackson fought a duel of honor with swords. General George Patton was a member of U.S. Olympic Fencing Melbourne and Pentathlon teams in the 1912 Olympics and once owned a riding crop with a blade in the handle made by Georgio Santelli, New York Fencing Melbourne instructor and equipment manufacturer. Movie stars Jerry O’Connell – saber, Madonna, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Cruise, Boris Karloff, Will Smith, Dennis Haysbert, and surprisingly, soccer star David Beckham!