Famous Eagle Scouts
(listed in alphabetical order)
Henry "Hank" Aaron, Baseball Superstar (Boy Scout)
Bill Alexander, U.S. Representative from Arkansas (Eagle
Scout)
Gary Anderson, U.S. Representative from New York (Eagle
Scout)
Neil Armstrong - Astronaut & First Man On The Moon (Eagle
Scout)
Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative from Florida (Eagle
Scout)
William Bennett, Former Secretary of Education (Eagle
Scout)
Bill Bradley, Pro Basketball Star and U.S. Senator from New Jersey (Eagle
Scout)
James Brady, Former Press Secretary to President Reagan (Eagle
Scout)
Milton Caniff, Comic Strip Artist "Steve Canyon" (Eagle
Scout)
Walter Cronkite - Journalist, T.V. Commentator
William Dannemeyer, U.S. Representative from California (Eagle
Scout)
William C. DeVries, M.D., Transplanted first artificial heart (Eagle
Scout)
Arthur Eldred, (First
Eagle Scout)
Daniel J. Evans, Former US Senator and Governor Washington (Eagle
Scout)
Gerald Ford, 38th President of the U.S. (1st Eagle
Scout to become President)
Harrison Ford, Actor (Life Scout)
Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Governor of Louisiana (Eagle
Scout)
Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft (Life Scout)
Richard Gere - Actor
David Hartman, Actor (Life Scout)
Bruce Jenner - Olympic Gold Medal Decathlon (Cub Scout)
John F. Kennedy, U.S. President
Gary Locke, Governor of Washington State (Eagle
Scout)
James Lovell - Astronaut (Eagle
Scout)
Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana (Eagle
Scout)
J. Willard Marriott, Jr., President, Marriott Corporation (Eagle
Scout)
Branford Marsalis, Jazz Musician (Life Scout)
William McCool, Space Shuttle Columbia Pilot (Eagle
Scout)
Jim Morrison - Rock Legend (Boy Scout)
Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia (Eagle
Scout)
Merlin Olsen, Actor, Pro Football Player and Sportscaster (Boy Scout)
Ellison Onizuka, Challenger Astronaut (Eagle
Scout)
H. Ross Perot, Self Made Billionaire and Presidential Candidate (Eagle
Scout)
J.J. Pickle, U.S. Representative from Texas (Eagle
Scout)
Samuel Pierce, Former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development (Eagle
Scout)
Eddie Rabbitt, Country/Western Singer (Boy Scout)
John Ritter, Actor
Richard Roundtree, Actor (Boy Scout)
Nolan Ryan, Pro Baseball Player
Alberto Salazar, 3-time Winner, NYC Marathon (Life Scout)
Harrison Salisbury, Pulizer Prize winning Author (Eagle
Scout)
John Schneider, Actor/Singer (Cub Scout)
Willaim Sessions, Former FBI Director (Eagle
Scout)
Howard K. Smith, Former ABC-TV Commentator (Boy Scout)
Steven Spielberg, Film Director/Producer (Eagle
Scout)
Mark Spitz - Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer (Cub Scout)
James Stewart - Actor (Boy Scout)
Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning Author (Eagle
Scout)
George Strait - Country/Western Singer (Cub Scout)
Percy Sutton, Chairman of CBS (Eagle
Scout)
John Tesh, TV Celebrity (Eagle
Scout)
Joe Theisman, Sportscaster, former NFL player (Life Scout)
Peter Ueberroth, Former Commissioner of Baseball (Cub Scout)
Paul Winfield, Actor (Cub Scout)
ASTRONAUTS SCOUTING
RECORD
Of the 214 former and present astronauts,
142 have taken part in Scouting.
EAGLE:
Adamson, Armstrong, Bagian, Bluford, Bowersox, Brady, Carr, Carter, Chaffee,
Covey, Creighton, Duke, Eisele, Fullerton, W. Gregory, Griggs, Hoffman,
Jones, Lee, Lind, Llewellyn (King's Scout, U.K.), Lovell, McCool, McCulley,
O'Leary, Onizuka, Oswald, Parazynski, Reightler, Searfoss, See, Tanner,
Truly, D. Walker
LIFE:
Anders, Basset, Brand, Bridges, Casper, Cooper, Evans, Fabian, G. Gardner,
Givens, Gregory, Kregel, Low, Mattingly, McArthur, Mitchell, D. Scott, Spring,
Springer, Van Hoften, C. Williams
STAR:
Barry, Cameron, England, W. Fisher, Garriott, R. Gibson, Gordon, Grissom,
Haise, Lounge, McNair, Stafford
1ST CLASS:
J. Allen, Bean, Clifford, Coats, Engle, Freeman, D. Gardner, E. Gibson,
Hammond, Henize, Linnehan, Nelson, Overmyer, Schirra, Schweickart, W. Scott,
Shepard, Veach, Worden
2ND CLASS:
Bolden, Buchli, Carpenter, Cernan, Culbertson, Mullane, Parker, Pogue, Shriver,
Swigert, W. Thornton, White, Young
TENDERFOOT:
Aldrin, Bursch, Hawley, Lousma, McDivitt, Michel, Schmitt, S. Smith
EXPLORER:
O'Connor, D. Williams
CUB SCOUT:
A. Allen, C. Brown, Conrad, Foale (Wolf, Germany), Gernhardt, Henricks,
Leestma, Lopez-Alegria, McBride, Meade, Readdy, Rominger, Shepherd, Thomas,
Thuot, Wolf
Information based upon several sources
including BSA and UK Fact Sheets.
Astronaut names from the NASA Astronaut Fact Book
