List of famous individuals who attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America:
- Henry Aaron, athlete
- Gary Ackerman, politican (New York Congressman)
- Lamar Alexander, politican
- Neil Armstrong, astronaut (Apollo 11)
- Willie Banks, athlete
- Marion Barry, politician (D.C. mayor)
- Albert Belle, athlete
- William Bennett, politican (Secretary of Education)
- Lloyd Bentsen, politican (Texas senator, Secretary of Tresury)
- Michael Bloomberg, businessman, politican (New York City mayor)
- Arthur Gary Bishop, serial killer and pedophile
- James Brady, presidential press secretary (Reagan administration)
- Bill Bradley, politican (New Jersey senator)
- Milton A. Caniff artist
- Walter Cronkite, journalist
- William deVries, physician
- Michael Dukakis, politican
- Thomas Foley, politican
- Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. president
- Dave Foreman, environmental activist
- Steven Fossett, aviator
- Mike Foster, politican (Louisiana governor)
- Robert Gates, former CIA director
- William H. Gates, Sr, philanthropist, former lawyer
- Richard A. Gephardt, politican, Missouri Congresman and democratic floor leader
- L. Ron Hubbard, writer
- Michael Kahn, stage director
- John Konack, athlete
- Sheldon Leonard, actor/director
- Jim Lovell, astronaut
- Richard Lugar, politican (Indiana senator)
- J. Willard Marriott, Jr, businessman
- William C. McCool, astronaut (Columbia)
- Michael Moore, author, filmmaker
- Ozzie Nelson, band leader and television personality
- Sam Nunn, politician (Georgia senator)
- Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (Challanger)
- H. Ross Perot, businessman, politican
- Samuel Pierce, politican (HUD secretary)
- Frederick Reines, physicist, Nobel laureate
- John Edward Robinson, serial killer and rapist
- Donald Rumsfeld, politican (Defense secretary)
- Harrison Salisbury, author
- James Sanderson, Admiral, US Navy
- Steven Spielberg, director
- Wallace Stegner, author
- Percy Sutton, attorney, businessman
- John Tesh, musician
- Sam Walton, businessman
- Togo West, politican (Veteran's Affairs secretary)
- Charles Whitman, murderer
- Edward O. Wilson, biologist, author
