List of famous individuals who attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America:

• Albert Belle, athlete (baseball)
• Alfred Kinsey, insect biologist, human behavior researcher
• Arthur R. Eldred, America’s first Eagle Scout (1912)!
• Barber B. Conable, businessman (president of the World Bank)
• Bill Alexander, politician (U.S. representative from Arkansas)
• Charles E. Bennett, politician (U.S. representative from Florida)
• Dave Foreman, environmental activist
• David Farabee, politician (U.S. representative from Texas)
• David Lynch, actor, director
• Donald Rumsfeld, politician (defense secretary)
• Edward O. Wilson, biologist, author
• Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (Challenger)
• Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
• Eric Lambden, writer
• Francis J. Parater, nominated for sainthood by Diocese of Richmond, Va.
• Frederick Reines, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• Gary Ackerman, politician (U.S. representative from New York)
• Gary Locke, politician (governor of Washington, the first Chinese-American state governor in the contiguous United States)
• Gary Rogers, businessman (chairman and CEO of Dreyer's Ice Cream)
• Gerald R. Ford Jr., politician (38th U.S. president)
• Harrison Salisbury, author, Pulitzer prize winner
• Henry Aaron, athlete (baseball)
• Henry Joseph Nicols, AIDS Activist
• J. J. Pickle, politician (U.S. representative from Texas)
• J. Willard Marriott, Jr., businessman (president of Marriott Corp.)
• James Brady, politician (Reagan press secretary)
• James Lovell, astronaut
• James Sanderson, admiral, U.S. Navy
• Jefferson B. Sessions III, politician, (U.S. senator from Alabama)
• Jim Mora, NFL football coach
• Jim Rogers, businessman (CEO of Kampgrounds of America, KOA)
• John Konack, athlete (baseball)
• John Tesh, musician (piano), TV celebrity
• John W. Creighton, Jr., businessman (president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Co.)
• L. Ron Hubbard, writer
• Lamar A. Alexander, politician (governor of Tennessee, secretary of education, U.S. senator)
• Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr., politician (U.S. senator from Texas, Secretary of Treasury)
• Marion S. Barry, politician (D.C. mayor)
• Meldrim Thomson, Jr., politician (New Hampshire governor)
• Michael Bloomberg, businessman, politician (New York mayor, founder of Bloomberg News)
• Michael Kahn, stage director, Oscar winner
• Michael S. Dukakis, politician (governor of Massachusetts, presidential candidate)
• Mike Foster, politician (Louisiana governor)
• Milton Caniff, artist ("Steve Canyon")
• Mitchell Paige, marine, Medal of Honor winner
• Neil Armstrong, astronaut (Apollo 11)
• Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, actor, band leader
• Percy Sutton, attorney, businessman (chairman of the board of City Broadcasting Corp.)
• Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, politician (Missouri Congressman and Democratic floor leader)
• Richard G. Lugar, politician (U.S. senator from Indiana)
• Richard Perry, politician (Texas governor)
• Robert Gates, former CIA director
• Ross Perot, businessman, politician (presidential candidate)
• Sam Nunn, politician (U.S. senator from Georgia)
• Sam Skinner, politician (secretary of energy), businessman (CEO of Commonwealth Edison)
• Sam Walton, businessman (founder of Wal-Mart)
• Samuel Pierce, politician (HUD secretary)
• Sheldon Leonard, actor, director, producer, 3 time Emmy winner
• Stephen S. Oswald, astronaut, U.S. Navy rear admiral
• Steve Fossett, aviator (first solo flight around world in hot air balloon)
• Steven Spielberg, director, producer
• Steven W. Lindsey, astronaut
• Thomas S. Foley, politician (U.S. representative from Washington, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)
• Togo West, politician (Veteran's Affairs secretary, Army secretary)
• Wallace Stegner, author, Pulitzer prize winner
• Walter Cronkite, journalist
• William Bennett, politician (secretary of Education)
• William C. McCool, astronaut (Columbia)
• William deVries, physician (transplanted first artificial heart)
• William E. Dannemeyer, politician (U.S. representative from California)
• William H. Gates, Sr., philanthropist, former lawyer
• William Sessions, former FBI director
• William W. Bradley, athlete (basketball), politician (Senator from NJ)
• Willie Banks, athlete (Olympic and world-record-holding track star)