The initial list of famous scouts used on this page was taken from a file by Randy Everette. If you have any additions or corrections, please let us know at troop56@sonet.net.
FAMOUS EAGLE SCOUTS
 | Bill Alexander - US Rep from Arkansas |
| Gary L. Anderson - US Rep from NY |
| Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon, from Wapakoneta, OH |
| Charles E. Bennett - US Rep from Florida |
| William Bennett - former Secretary of Education |
| Bill Bradley - Pro basketball star and US Senator from NJ |
| James Brady - press sec to Pres. Reagan |
| Milton A. Caniff - comic strip artist "Steve Canyon" |
| John W. Creighton, Jr. - President & CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company |
| William E. Dannemeyer - US Rep from Cal. |
| William Devries - MD, transplanted first artificial heart |
| Michael Dukakis - former governor of Massachusetts |
| Arthur Eldred - First Eagle Scout |
| Gerald Ford - U.S. President (1st Eagle to be pres.), "Junior" Ford of Troop 15, Grand Rapids, MI in 1927, 26 MBs--inncluding Civics, "Boy Scouts was invaluable in shaping my life. James Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut, President of NASA. Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13 At one time had seen more sunrises than any other human being |
| Richard Lugar - Senator from Indiana (presidential canidate 1996) |
| J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - Pres. Marriott Corp. |
| Sam Nunn - US Senator from Georgia |
| Ellison Onizuka - Astronaut aboard the space shuttle Challenger |
| H. Ross Perot - self-made billionaire and presidential canidate |
| J. J. Pickle - US Rep from Texas, proudly displays his Eagle plaque inside his office |
| Samuel R. Pierce - former Sec. Housing & Urban Development |
| Harrison Salisbury - Pulitzer Prize winning author |
| William Sessions - foremer FBI director |
| Steven Spielberg - Movie producer, from Scottsdale, AZ, made a movie of his troop while getting Photography MB. Helped to design requirements for the Cinematography MB. |
| Wallace Stegner - writer and college professor, won Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for "Angle of Repose" |
| Percy Sutton - Attorney, Ch. of Board of City Broadcasting Corp. |
| John Tesh - TV celebrity and pianist |
FAMOUS SCOUTS, but not Eagles
| Henry Aaron - baseball player, home run king |
| Richard Dean Anderson - taught Reptile Study, actor |
| Charles F. Barber - CEO of American Smelting & refining |
| Bill Clinton - Cub Scout, President of US |
| Harrison Ford - Life, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones" |
| Bill Gates - Life, founder of Microsoft Corp. |
| David Hartman - TV personality |
| John F Kennedy - first US President who was a Scout |
| Branford Marsalis - Life Scout, Jazz musician |
| Merlin Olson - Pro football player and sportscaster |
| Eddie Rabbitt - Country & Western singer |
| John Ritter - actor, son of singer Tex Ritter |
| Richard Roundtree - actor |
| Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher |
| Alberto Salazar - Life, 3 time winner NY marathon |
| James Stewart - actor, USAF B. General, B-17 pilot in WWII |
| Joe Theisman - Life, former QB, Washington Redskins |
| Joseph Bork |
| John Carlson |
| John Creighton |
| Mike Derleth |
| Randy Everette |
| Chuck Huber |
| Bill Kennedy |
| Doug Marks |
| Douglas Shearer |
