List of Eagle Scouts

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