List of Eagle Scouts
List of famous individuals who attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America:
- Henry Aaron, athlete (baseball)
- Gary Ackerman, politician (U.S. representative from New York)
- Bill Alexander, politician (U.S. representative from Arkansas)
- Lamar A. Alexander, politician (governor of Tennessee, secretary of education, U.S. senator)
- Neil Armstrong, astronaut (Apollo 11)
- Willie Banks, athlete (Olympic and world-record-holding track star)
- Marion S. Barry, politician (D.C. mayor)
- Albert Belle, athlete (baseball)
- Charles E. Bennett, politician (U.S. representative from Florida)
- William Bennett, politician (secretary of Education)
- Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr., politician (U.S. senator from Texas, Secretary of Treasury)
- Michael Bloomberg, businessman, politician (New York mayor, founder of Bloomberg News)
- Arthur Gary Bishop, serial killer and pedophile
- William W. Bradley, athlete (basketball), politician (Senator from NJ)
- James Brady, politician (Reagan press secretary)
- Milton Caniff, artist ("Steve Canyon")
- Barber B. Conable, businessman (president of the World Bank)
- John W. Creighton, Jr., businessman (president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Co.)
- Walter Cronkite, journalist
- William E. Dannemeyer, politician (U.S. representative from California)
- William deVries, physician (transplanted first artificial heart)
- Michael S. Dukakis, politician (governor of Massachusetts, presidential candidate)
- David Farabee, politician (U.S. representative from Texas)
- Thomas S. Foley, politician (U.S. representative from Washington, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Gerald R. Ford Jr., politician (38th U.S. president)
- Dave Foreman, environmental activist
- Steve Fossett, aviator (first solo flight around world in hot air balloon)
- Mike Foster, politician (Louisiana governor)
- Robert Gates, former CIA director
- William H. Gates, Sr., philanthropist, former lawyer
- Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, politician (Missouri Congressman and Democratic floor leader)
- L. Ron Hubbard, writer
- Michael Kahn, stage director, Oscar winner
- Alfred Kinsey, insect biologist, human behavior researcher
- John Konack, athlete (baseball)
- Sheldon Leonard, actor, director, producer, 3 time Emmy winner
- Steven W. Lindsey, astronaut
- Gary Locke, politician (governor of Washington, the first Chinese-American state governor in the contiguous United States)
- James Lovell, astronaut
- Richard G. Lugar, politician (U.S. senator from Indiana)
- David Lynch, actor, director
- J. Willard Marriott, Jr., businessman (president of Marriott Corp.)
- William C. McCool, astronaut (Columbia)
- Jim Mora, NFL football coach
- Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, actor, band leader
- Henry Joseph Nicols, AIDS Activist
- Sam Nunn, politician (U.S. senator from Georgia)
- Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (Challenger)
- Stephen S. Oswald, astronaut, U.S. Navy rear admiral
- Mitchell Paige, marine, Medal of Honor winner
- Francis J. Parater, nominated for sainthood by Diocese of Richmond, Va.
- Ross Perot, businessman, politician (presidential candidate)
- Richard Perry, politician (Texas governor)
- J. J. Pickle, politician (U.S. representative from Texas)
- Samuel Pierce, politician (HUD secretary)
- Frederick Reines, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Gary Rogers, businessman (chairman and CEO of Dreyer's Ice Cream)
- Jim Rogers, businessman (CEO of Kampgrounds of America, KOA)
- John Edward Robinson, serial killer and rapist
- Donald Rumsfeld, politician (defense secretary)
- Harrison Salisbury, author, Pulitzer prize winner
- James Sanderson, admiral, U.S. Navy
- Jefferson B. Sessions III, politician, (U.S. senator from Alabama)
- William Sessions, former FBI director
- Sam Skinner, politician (secretary of energy), businessman (CEO of Commonwealth Edison)
- Steven Spielberg, director, producer
- Wallace Stegner, author, Pulitzer prize winner
- Percy Sutton, attorney, businessman (chairman of the board of City Broadcasting Corp.)
- John Tesh, musician (piano), TV celebrity
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr., politician (New Hampshire governor)
- Sam Walton, businessman (founder of Wal-Mart)
- Togo West, politician (Veteran's Affairs secretary, Army secretary)
- Charles Whitman, murderer
- Edward O. Wilson, biologist, author
- Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., admiral, Chief of Naval Operations