List of Eagle Scouts

Eagle Scouts are those who have attained the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

List of notable Eagle Scouts

Notable individuals who attained the rank of Eagle Scout include (DESA denotes Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipients):

Contents

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 — Fictional Eagle Scouts — See also — Footnotes — External links

Please read the Criteria for inclusion at the top of the talk page before adding anyone to this list.

A

Gary Ackerman, politician (U.S. representative from New York)
James C. Adamson, astronaut
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

B

Willie Banks, athlete (Olympic and world-record-holding track star)
Marion S. Barry, politician (Washington D.C. mayor), disgraced by scandal
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)

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, businessman (president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Co.)
Edgar V. Cunningham, first African American Eagle Scout ^[1]

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

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)
Daniel J. Evans, DESA, governor (Washington, 1965-1977)

F

David Farabee, politician (U.S. representative from Texas)
Jay Fawcett decorated combat veteran and co-founder of Veterans for a Secure America, currently running for Congress. ^[2]
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 ^[3]
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)

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
Matt Gonzalez, policitian (Green Party), San Francisco Board of Supervisors
William G. Gregory, astronaut
S. David Griggs, admiral, astronaut

H

David Hahn, "Radioactive Boy Scout", attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age 17.
H. R. Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff
Mark Hass, U.S. Representative from Oregon
Bobby Henderson, inventor of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (a satirical parody religion and Internet phenomenon) ^[4]
Russell Henderson, murderer of Matthew Shepard, was presented his Eagle award by the Governor of Wyoming
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, astronaut
Mark Hofmann, forger, convicted of manslaughter
Alexander Holsinger, One millionth Eagle Scout ^[5]
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)

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

K

Michael Kahn, stage director, Oscar winner
Alfred Kinsey, Insect biologist, sex and human behavior researcher
Harry Knowles, Internet film critic
John Konack, Professional baseball player

L

I. Beverly Lake, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Mark C. Lee, astronaut
Rich Lesh, engineer, currently running for Congress^[6]
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)

M

J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., DESA, businessman (president of Marriott International)
William C. McCool, astronaut (died in the Columbia disaster)
Mike McCue, youngest municipal official in the United States as of 2005
Michael J. McCulley, astronaut, Chief Operating 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
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
Jack Murtha, politician (U.S. representative from Pennsylvania), decorated veteran (Bronze Star, Purple Hearts)

N

Ben Nelson U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, DESA, actor, band leader
Henry Joseph Nicols, AIDS activist
Sam Nunn, DESA, politician (U.S. senator from Georgia)

O

Ellison Onizuka, USAFLt. Colonel, astronaut (Challenger)
Matthew Onyett, astronaut
Stephen S. Oswald, DESA, astronaut, U.S. Navy rear admiral

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

R

Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., astronaut
Frederick Reines, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
Robert Coleman Richardson, physicist, Nobel Prize winner^[7]
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)

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)
William Sessions, DESA, former FBI director
Raymond P. Shafer, DESA, lawyer, Lt. Governor and Governor of Pennsylvania^[8]
Casey Sheehan, U.S. Army Specialist (killed by enemy action during the Iraq War, son of activist Cindy Sheehan)
Paul Siple, arctic explorer
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)
Ray Suarez, journalist, author
Percy Sutton, DESA, attorney, businessman (chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation)

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. ^[9]

W

Charles Walker, 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

Z

Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., DESA, admiral,Chief of Naval Operations

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 ^[10]
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 ^[8]
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. ^[8]

Fictional Eagle Scouts

Jonathan Archer, captain of the Enterprise NX-01, Star Trek: Enterprise^[11]
Lance Brockwell, character in Mad About You (refer to I Don't See It, episode #4.5)
Hank Hill, protagonist of the animated series King of the Hill, voice is done by Michael Judge, a real Eagle Scout
Malcolm Reed, weapons and tactical expert Enterprise NX-01, Star Trek: Enterprise^[12] (Although, he should have been called a King's Scout or Queen's Scout since he is British.)
Snoopy, Peanuts comic strip character dubbed a "Beagle Scout" by Charles M. Schulz
Indiana Jones, (Life Scout, possibly Eagle)
Daryl Bates guerrilla fighter in the movie Red Dawn described by a villain as a "member of an elite paramilitary organization: "Eagle Scouts."

Footnotes

^ Fawcett campaign site
^ Filson campaign site
^ Henderson news article, Oregon News, News Review online, September 13, 2005
^ Lesh campaign site
^ NNDB database on Richardson
^ Biography on Shafer
^ Biography on Truly
^ ^a ^b Letter from Terry C. Lawson, Eagle Scout Service, National Eagle Scout Association, Boy Scouts of America, June 09, 2005
^ Memory Alpha: Jonathan Archer
^ Star Trek Dot Com: Malcolm Reed
^ Associated Press article about Cunningham
^ Boy Scouts of America Historical Highlights (see 1982)

External links

Lists of famous Eagle Scouts