List of Eagle Scouts
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Template:Portalpar Eagle Scouts are those who have attained the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
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List of notable Eagle Scouts
Notable individuals who attained the rank of Eagle Scout include (DESA denotes Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipients):
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Incorrectly regarded as Eagle Scout — See also — Footnotes — References |
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A
- Gary Ackerman, politician (U.S. representative from New York)
- James C. Adamson, test pilot and astronaut, flew on shuttle missions STS-28 and STS-43
- Peter Agre, MD, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003, both of his brothers are also MDs and Eagle Scouts
- Bill Alexander, politician (former U.S. representative from Arkansas)
- Lamar A. Alexander, DESA, politician (former governor of Tennessee, former secretary of education, U.S. senator)
- Neil Armstrong, DESA, astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon
- Norman Ralph Augustine, DESA, businessman, CEO of Martin Marietta Aerospace
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B
- Willie Banks, athlete (Olympic and world-record-holding track star)
- Marion S. Barry, politician (Washington D.C. mayor), disgraced by scandal
- Harry Brinkley Bass, Lt Cmdr, US Navy, Navy Cross, Silver Star, killed in action during World War II, the USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was named after him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Albert Belle, Baseball player (outfielder)
- Charles E. Bennett, DESA, politician (U.S. representative from Florida)
- William Bennett, politician (former Secretary of Education)
- Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr., DESA, politician (U.S. Senator from Texas), Secretary of Treasury (Clinton administration)
- Jeff Bingaman, junior US Senator from New Mexico
- Arthur Gary Bishop, serial killer
- Sanford Bishop, DESA, U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, founder of Bloomberg News
- Guy Bluford, astronaut, first African American in space
- Charles Bonesteel, US Army general, Commander of US Forces in Korea 1966–1969
- Ken Bowersox, astronaut
- William W. Bradley, DESA, athlete (played basketball for the New York Knicks), politician (U.S. Senator from New Jersey)
- Charles E. Brady, Jr., DESA, astronaut
- James Brady, DESA, press secretary (Reagan Administration), gun control activist (paralyzed during Reagan assassination attempt)
- Michael William Brescia, bank robber.
- Stephen Breyer, American attorney, political figure, jurist, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.
- Beverly Briley, was the first mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
- Sherrod Brown, politician (Ohio congressman, currently running for Senate)
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C
- Milton Caniff, DESA, cartoonist ("Steve Canyon")
- Russ Carnahan, US Representative from Missouri
- Gerald P. Carr, DESA, astronaut
- Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut (Apollo 1)
- Thad Cochran, Senator from Mississippi
- George Thomas Coker, DESA, US Navy bombadier-navigator in Vietnam War, key leader of POW resistance movement
- Barber Conable, DESA, politician (U.S. representative from New York), former president of the World Bank
- Richard O. Covey, DESA, astronaut, pilot for the first "Return To Space" flight (STS-26)
- Mike Crapo, DESA, politician; served as U.S. Senator, Idaho, 1998-present; served three terms as the U.S. Representative, 2nd District, Idaho, 1992-1998.
- John W. Creighton, Jr., DESA, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army; former CEO of Weyerhaeuser Co., United Air Lines; former National President, BSA
- Edgar V. Cunningham, quite possibly the first African American Eagle Scout 1926 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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D
- James Dale, litigant in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- William E. Dannemeyer, DESA, politician (U.S. representative from California)
- William deVries, physician (transplanted first artificial heart)
- Michael S. Dukakis, DESA, politician (governor of Massachusetts, Democrat presidential candidate)
- Charles Moss Duke, Jr., DESA, astronaut
- Aquilla J. Dyess, United States Marine Corps, World War II Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action in World War II
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E
- Ronnie Earle, Texas district attorney uncovered the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal & indicted Tom DeLay
- Donn F. Eisele, astronaut
- Arthur Rose Eldred, earned first ever Eagle Scout Award in 1912, also awarded Honor Medal,(son Willard G. Eldred and grandson are Eagle Scouts)
- Mike Enzi, DESA United States Senator from Wyoming
- Daniel J. Evans, DESA, governor (Washington, 1965-1977)
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F
- David Farabee, politician (Texas House of Representatives) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jay Fawcett decorated combat veteran and co-founder of Veterans for a Secure America, currently running for Congress.
- Robert Edward Femoyer, US Army Air Corps navigator, WWII, Medal of Honor recipient
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher (City Lights Bookstore of San Francisco) catalyst of the beat social revolution
- Steve Filson, US Navy fighter pilot (20 years), currently running for Congress
- Alva Revista Fitch, former Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army, former Deputy Director of Defense Intelligence Agency
- Eugene Fluckey, US Navy submarine commander, WWII, Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas S. Foley, politician (U.S. representative from Washington, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Gerald R. Ford Jr., DESA, 38th President of the United States of America
- Dave Foreman, co-founder of environmental activist group Earth First
- Steve Fossett, DESA, aviator (first solo flight around world in hot air balloon, first solo around the world flight, longest solo unrefueled flight)
- Michael E. Fossum, astronaut
- Mike Foster, politician (former Louisiana governor)
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G
- Thomas Chandler (Chan) Gailey, Jr., college and professional football coach
- Robert Gates, DESA, former CIA director, president of Texas A&M University
- William H. Gates, Sr., DESA, father of Bill Gates, CEO of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, distinguished lawyer.
- Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, DESA, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, former Presidential candidate
- Louie Gohmert, US Representative from Texas
- Matt Gonzalez, policitian (Green Party), San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- William G. Gregory, astronaut
- S. David Griggs, admiral, astronaut
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H
- David Hahn, "Radioactive Boy Scout", attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age 17 (with some success).
- H. R. Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff
- William Hanna, DESA, an animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
- Mark Hass, State Representative in Oregon <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- J. D. Hayworth, U.S. Representative from Arizona
- Bobby Henderson, inventor of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (a satirical parody religion and Internet phenomenon)
- Russell Henderson, murderer of Matthew Shepard<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jeb Hensarling, U.S. Representative from Texas
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman, astronaut
- Mark Hofmann, forger, convicted of manslaughter
- L. Ron Hubbard, author, founder of the Church of Scientology
- Howard W. Hunter, DESA, fourteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994-1995)
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J
- E. Fay Jones, noted American architect and designer
- Darwin Judge, US Marine (embassy security guard), one of the last two US servicemen killed in Vietnam
- Mike Judge, cartoonist, actor, writer, & producer of Beavis and Butt-head & King of the Hill
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K
- Michael Kahn, stage director, Oscar winner
- Alfred Kinsey, Insect biologist, sex and human behavior researcher
- Harry Knowles, Internet film critic
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L
- I. Beverly Lake, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Mark C. Lee, astronaut
- Sheldon Leonard, actor, director, producer, Emmy winner
- Howard Charles Lincoln DESA, CEO of Seattle Mariners baseball team, posed for The Scoutmaster painting by Norman Rockwell
- Steven W. Lindsey, astronaut
- Gary Locke, DESA, politician (governor of Washington (1997-2005), first Asian-American state governor in the contiguous United States)
- Andrew Looney, award-winning game designer, writer, cartoonist, photographer, computer programmer and activist
- James Lovell, DESA, astronaut (Geminis 7 & 12 and Apollos 8 & 13)
- Richard G. Lugar, DESA, politician (U.S. senator from Indiana)
- David Lynch, actor, director (Palme d'Or recipient)
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M
- J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., DESA, businessman (president of Marriott International)
- Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize winning musician
- William C. McCool, astronaut (died in the Columbia disaster)
- Michael J. McCulley, astronaut, Chief Executive Officer of United Space Alliance
- Rob McKenna, Washington State Attorney General
- Sid McMath, U.S. Marine hero, civil rights champion governor of Arkansas (1949–1953)
- Robert McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Michael R. McNulty, US representative from New York
- Richards Miller, DESA, Doc Miller, dentist; one of the founders of Venturing (Boy Scouts of America), one of the authors of Wood Badge in the 21st Century and the 2003 Boy Scout Field Book <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tony Miller, California politician, Chief Deputy Secretary of State from 1981-1994
- Lloyd Monserratt, political and community leader in California
- Michael Moore, social/political commentator, author, director (Palme d'Or & Academy Award recipient)
- Jim Mora, DESA, NFL football coach of New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts
- John "Jack" Murtha, politician (U.S. representative from Pennsylvania), decorated veteran (Bronze Star, Purple Hearts)
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N
- Ben Nelson U.S. Senator from Nebraska
- Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, DESA, actor, band leader
- Henry Joseph Nicols, AIDS activist <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Sam Nunn, DESA, politician (U.S. senator from Georgia)
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O
- George Oldroyd, author, conservative activist, political strategistTemplate:Citation needed
- Ellison Onizuka, USAFLt. Colonel, astronaut (Challenger)
- Stephen S. Oswald, DESA, astronaut, U.S. Navy rear admiral
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P
- Mitchell Paige, DESA, U.S. Marine-Platoon Sergeant in WWII (later Colonel), Medal of Honor (MOH) recipient, tracked down fake MOH recipients once retired
- Francis J. Parater, nominated for sainthood by Diocese of Richmond, Va.
- Ross Perot Sr., DESA, businessman, politician (independent presidential candidate)
- Rick Perry, politician (Texas governor)
- Fred Phelps, minister and noted anti-gay activist
- J.J. Pickle, DESA, politician (U.S. representative from Texas)
- Samuel Pierce, DESA, politician, former HUD secretary
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R
- Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., astronaut
- Frederick Reines, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Robert Coleman Richardson, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Manuel Rivera, Marine captain, first death in the Gulf War
- John Edward Robinson, serial killer
- Gary Rogers, DESA, businessman (Chairman and CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream); related to Jim Rogers
- Jim Rogers, DESA, businessman (CEO of Kampgrounds of America, KOA); related to Gary Rogers
- Donald Rumsfeld, DESA, politician (Secretary of Defense)
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S
- Harrison Salisbury, DESA, author (Pulitzer prize winner)
- James Sanderson, DESA, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
- Richard A. Searfoss, astronaut
- Jefferson B. Sessions III, DESA, politician, (U.S. senator from Alabama)
- Pete Sessions, DESA, US representative from Texas
- William Sessions, DESA, former FBI director
- Raymond P. Shafer, DESA, lawyer, Lt. Governor and Governor of Pennsylvania
- Casey Sheehan, U.S. Army Specialist (killed by enemy action during the Iraq War, son of activist Cindy Sheehan)
- Paul Siple, arctic explorer
- Ike Skelton, US representative from Missouri
- Sam Skinner, DESA, politician (former Secretary of Transportation), businessman (CEO of Commonwealth Edison and US Freightways)
- Michael Smith, Captain, US Air Force, president of Evergreen Ventures, Inc., and Evergreen Air Venture Museum
- Stephan Smith, singer/songwriter, political activist
- Steven Spielberg, DESA, director/producer and the most financially successful filmmakers in history.
- Wallace Stegner, author (Pulitzer prize winner)
- Ryan Stout, stand-up comedian
- Ray Suarez, journalist, author
- Percy Sutton, DESA, attorney, businessman (chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation)
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T
- John Tesh, musician (piano), TV celebrity, radio show host
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr., politician (governor of New Hampshire)
- Richard H. Truly, DESA, Decorated former US Navy Vice Admiral, former astronaut, head of NASA 1989-92, first former astronaut to head agency.
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W
- Charles Walker, NASA Paylaod Specialist astronaut
- Sam Walton, DESA, businessman (founder of Wal-Mart)
- Togo D. West, Jr., DESA, politician (former Veteran's Affairs secretary, Army secretary)
- William Westmoreland, DESA, former U.S. Army General
- Charles Whitman, spree killer (Univ. of Texas tower sniper) and marksman (had brain tumor)
- Edward Osborne Wilson, biologist, author
- David W. Wolfe, New Jersey General Assembly member
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Z
- Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., DESA, admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
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Incorrectly regarded as Eagle Scout
These persons, while notable in themselves, are sometimes incorrectly listed as having earned the award:
- Henry "Hank" Aaron, athlete (baseball), Silver Buffalo Award; Is often thought to be an Eagle because of an advertisement he did for the BSA.
- Walter Cronkite beloved Journalist, T.V. commentator but not an Eagle <ref name="lawson">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Henry Fonda, actor, Academy Award winner, was a Scout and Scoutmaster and even thought to be an Eagle by his estranged daughter, but was in fact not an Eagle <ref name="lawson" />
- Harrison Ford: a Life Scout; Ford also played Indiana Jones, a fictional Life Scout in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Bill Gates, Life Scout and richest man in the world, see entry on his father William H. Gates, Sr. in Eagle Scout list
- George Hooks, politician (Georgia State Senate)
- Jimmy Stewart, Second Class Scout, actor, Brigadier General, Silver Buffalo Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom; Is often thought to be an Eagle because of an advertisement he did for the BSA. <ref name="lawson" />
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See also
- List of Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipients
- Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
- National Eagle Scout Association
- Famous Gold Award Recipients (the Gold Award is the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA)
- List of notable Scouts
- List of Fictional Eagle Scouts
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References
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Footnotes
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