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FAMOUS SCOUTS, but not Eagles!
Richard Dean Anderson - taught Reptile Study, actor
Charles F. Barber - CEO of American Smelting & Refining
Marion Barry - Mayor of Washington, DC
Jimmy Buffett - musician and singer
George W. Bush - Cub Scout; President of the United States
Bill Clinton - Cub Scout; President of the United States
Walter Cronkite - journalist, T.V. commentator
Harrison Ford - Life Scout; taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones" & "Han Solo"
Bill Gates - Life Scout, founder of Microsoft Corp.
Richard Gere - Actor
David Hartman - Life Scout; actor, TV personality
Dan Jansen - Olympic Gold Medal (speed skating)
Bruce Jenner - Cub Scout; Olympic Gold Medal (decathlon)
John F Kennedy - Star Scout; first US President who was a Scout
Branford Marsalis - Life Scout; jazz musician
Paul McCartney - Rock N Roll, Beatles (UK)
Norman Y. Mineta - Mayor of San Jose, CA, Secretary of Transportation,
Secretary of Commerce, Japanese-American, spent WWII in an internment camp in Wyoming, where he met
Alan Simpson
Jim Morrison - Boy Scout; Rock N Roll
Merlin Olsen - Boy Scout; actor, pro football player and sportscaster
Eddie Rabbitt - Boy Scout; country & western singer
John Ritter - actor, son of singer Tex Ritter
Richard Roundtree - Boy Scout; actor
Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher
Alberto Salazar - Life Scout; 3 time winner NY marathon
John Schneider - Actor (Dukes of Hazard), singer
Alan Simpson - Boy Scout; US Senator from Wyoming, Boy Scout in Cody
Wyoming, where he visited fellow Scouts in a Japanese-American internment camp, and met Norman Mineta
who became his life-long friend. Helped pass the Japanese-American Compensation Act.
Howard K. Smith - Boy Scout; former ABC-TV commentator
Mark Spitz - Cub Scout; winner of 7 Olympic Gold Medals (swimming)
James Stewart - Boy Scout; actor, USAF Brig. General, B-17 pilot in WWII
George Strait - Cub Scout; country & western singer
George Takei - actor (Mr. Sulu of Star Trek)
Joe Theisman - Life Scout; former QB, Washington Redskins, sportscaster
Peter Uberroth - Cub Scout; former Commissioner of Baseball
Paul Winfield - Cub Scout; actor
Astronaut's Scouting Records:
Of the 214 former and present astronauts, 142 have taken part in Scouting.
Famous Eagle Scout astronauts are listed on this page.
Life Scouts:
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 Scouts:
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
Cub Scouts:
A. Allen, C. Brown, Conrad, Foale (Wolf, Germany), Gernhardt, Henricks, Leestma, Lopez-Alegria, McBride,
Meade, Readdy, Rominger, Shepherd, Thomas, Thuot, Wolf
Rank Unknown:
C. Brown, Bull, Clervoy, Garneau, Harris, James Voss
Explorers:
O'Connor, D. Williams
Girl Scouts:
E. Collins, Davis, A. Fisher, Helms, Jernigan, Lawrence, Seddon, Sherlock, Sullivan, K. Thornton, Janice
Voss, Weber
Famous Scouts from other countries:
United Kingdom:
Sir David Attenborough - Naturalist, TV Personality
John Major - Prime Minister
Paul McCartney MBE - Songwriter, Entertainer
George Michael - Singer/Songwriter
Sterling Moss OBE - Motor Racing Champion
Keith Richards - Songwriter/Musician
Canada:
Rich Little - Impressionist & Actor (Queen's Scout)
Sweden:
Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden - King
Ingvar Carlsson - Prime Minister
