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A
- Gary Ackerman, politician (U.S. representative from New York)
- James C. Adamson, test pilot and astronaut - shuttle missions STS-28 and STS-43
- Peter Agre, DESA, MD, 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, his two brothers are also MDs and Eagles.
- Bill Alexander, politician (former U.S. representative from Arkansas)
- Lamar A. Alexander, DESA, politician, (former Tennessee governor, Cabinet Secretary, & 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),
- Harry Brinkley Bass, KIA during WWII, Awarded the Navy Cross, Silver Star, the USS Brinkley Bass was named for him.
- 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 former (U.S.Senator from Texas), Secretary of Treasury
- 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 - Flew four missions and became the first African American in space
- Charles Bonesteel, US Army general, Commander of US Forces in Korea 19661969
- Ken Bowersox, astronaut - STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, and Expedition 6
- William W. Bradley, DESA, athlete (played for the New York Knicks), politician (Senator from NJ)
- Charles E. Brady, Jr., DESA, astronaut - shuttle mission STS-78
- James Brady, DESA, press secretary for Ronald Reagan, gun control activist (paralyzed during Reagan assassination attempt)
- Michael William Brescia, bank robber.
- Stephen Breyer, current member of the US Supreme Court.
- Beverly Briley, first mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- Sherrod Brown, politician (Ohio congressman, currently running for Senate)
- Russell Adam Burnham, Soldier of the Year 2003 & Great grandson of Frederick Russell Burnham father of the international Scouting movement.
C
- Milton Caniff, DESA, cartoonist ("Steve Canyon")
- Russ Carnahan, US Representative from Missouri
- Gerald P. Carr, DESA, astronaut - Skylab 4
- Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut - Apollo 1
- Brent Chapman, author, creator of Majordomo & founder of Great Circle Associates
- Thad Cochran, Senator from Mississippi
- George Thomas Coker, DESA, bombadier-navigator in Vietnam War, key leader of POW resistance
- 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 - shuttle mission STS-26
- Mike Crapo, DESA, politician; serves as a U.S. Senator from Idaho.
- John W. Creighton, Jr., DESA, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army; former CEO of Weyerhaeuser Co., ; former National President, of BSA
- Sorry No Info at this time on Edgar V. Cunningham, possibly the first African American Eagle Scout 1926
D
- James Dale, litigant in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- William E. Dannemeyer, DESA, politician (former U.S. representative from California)
- William DeVries, physician (transplanted first artificial heart)
- Michael S. Dukakis, DESA, politician (former governor of Massachusetts, former Democrat presidential candidate)
- Charles Moss Duke, Jr., DESA, astronaut - mission Apollo 16
- Aquilla J. Dyess, United States Marine Corps, World War II Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action in World War II
E
- Ronnie Earle, Texas District Attorney who uncovered the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal & indicted Tom DeLay
- Donn F. Eisele, astronaut - Apollo 7
- Arthur Rose Eldred, earned first ever Eagle Scout Award in 1912, also awarded Honor Medal, (son Willard and grandson are Eagle Scouts)
- Mike Enzi, DESA United States Senator from Wyoming
- Daniel J. Evans, DESA, governor (Washington, 1965-1977)
F
- Sorry No Info at this time on David Farabee, politician (Texas House of Representatives)
- Jay Fawcett decorated combat veteran and co-founder of Veterans for a Secure America, currently running for Congress.
- Robert Edward Femoyer, US Army Air Forces 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), who ran for Congress in 2006.
- Alva Revista Fitch, former Lieutenant General in theU.S. Army, former Deputy Director of Defense Intelligence Agency
- Eugene Fluckey, US Navy submarine commander, WWII, Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas S. Foley, politician (former U.S. representative from Washington, former 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
- Louie Gohmert, US Representative from Texas
- Matt Gonzalez, policitian (Green Party), San Francisco Board of Supervisors almost elected mayor.
- William G. Gregory, astronaut - shuttle mission STS-67
- S. David Griggs, Admiral, astronaut - shuttle mission STS-51-D
H
- Bradley Haddock, DESA, attorney and businessman
- 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, animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
- Mark Hass, State Representative in Oregon
- J. D. Hayworth, U.S. Representative from Arizona
- Bobby Henderson, inventor of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (a satirical religion and Internet phenomenon)
- Russell Henderson, murderer
- Jeb Hensarling, U.S. Representative from Texas
- Dudley R. Herschbach, DESA, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman, astronaut - shuttle missions STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, and STS-75
- Mark Hofmann, forger, convicted of manslaughter
- Frank Reed Horton Alpha Phi Omega founder
- 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
- Thomas David Jones, astronaut - shuttle missions STS-59, STS-68, and STS-80
- 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
L
- I. Beverly Lake, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Mark C. Lee, astronaut - shuttle missions STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, and STS-82
- 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 - shuttle missions STS-87, STS-95, and STS-104
- 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 - missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 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)
- Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize winning jazz and classical musician
- Tom Matte, athlete (football), Baltimore Colts
- William C. McCool, astronaut - died onboard Columbia, shuttle mission STS-107
- Michael J. McCulley, astronaut - shuttle mission STS-104, 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 (19491953)
- 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
- 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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O
- Ellison Onizuka, USAF Lt. Colonel, astronaut - died onboard Space Shuttle Challenger, shuttle missions STS-51-C, and STS-51-L
- Stephen S. Oswald, DESA, astronaut - shuttle missions STS-42, STS-56, and STS-67, 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.
- Edward A. Pease, DESA, politician (U.S. representative from Indiana)
- 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 - shuttle missions STS-48 and STS-60
- 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 & CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream);
- Jim Rogers, DESA, businessman (CEO of Kampgrounds of America, KOA); kin of 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 - shuttle missions STS-58, STS-76, and STS-90
- 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 (KIA by enemies in the Iraq War, son of 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, Air Force Captain, president of Evergreen Ventures Inc., & it's Museum
- Stephan Smith, singer/songwriter, political activist
- Steven Spielberg, DESA, director/producer and the most financially successful filmmaker in history.
- Wallace Stegner, author (Pulitzer prize winner)
- Ryan Stout, stand-up comedian
- Ray Suarez, journalist, author
- Percy Sutton, DESA, attorney, businessman (chairman of )
T
- John Tesh, musician (piano), TV celebrity, radio show host
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr., politician (former 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.
W
- Charles Walker, astronaut - shuttle missions STS-41-D, TS-51-D, and STS-61-B
- 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
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 journalist, T.V. commentator but not an Eagle
- 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.
- 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.
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