Famous Men who were BOY SCOUTS
Source: US Scouting Service Project
Examples of famous EAGLE Scouts:
- Henry Aaron - Baseball player, home run king
The Mobile Press Register quoted Henry as saying that the greatest positive influence in his life was his involvement in scouting
- Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon
- Gerald Ford - U.S. President (1st Eagle to be President) (deceased)
- Mike Rowe - Star of "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe" on the Discovery Channel
- Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense
- William Sessions - FBI director
- Steven Spielberg - Movie producer (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park)
Made a movie of his troopwhile getting Photography Merit Badge.
Helped to design requirements for the Cinematography Merit Badge.
- Sam Walton - Founder, Wal-Mart (deceased)
Examples of famous Boy Scouts who were not Eagles:
- George W. Bush - Cub Scout, President of the United States
- Harrison Ford - Life, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones" & "Han Solo"
- Bill Gates - Life, founder of Microsoft Corp.
- Richard Gere - Actor
- John F Kennedy - First US President who was a
- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. -Civil rights leader
- Sir Paul McCartney - Rock N Roll, Beatles (UK)
- Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher