Some Notable Eagle Scouts
- Gerald R. Ford Jr. – 38th President of the United States.
- Michael Bloomberg – mayor of New York City.
- John W. Crayton, Jr. – President and CEO of Weyerhauser.
- William C. DeVries, MD – The doctor who transplanted first artificial heart.
- Philo Farnsworth – inventor – patented the television.
- Steve Fossett – Adventurer, president of the National Eagle Scouts Association. Still missing after his plane crashed in the Nevada desert.
- Louis Freeh – former director of the FBI.
- L. Ron Hubbard – writer of Dianetics and the founder of Scientology
- JW Marriott, Jr – President, Marriott Corporation.
- Michael Moore – director, author, and comedian.
- Mitchell Paige – Marine Corps hero who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal
- H. Ross Perot – Businessman and former presidential candidate.
- Donald Rumsfeld – former United States Secretary of Defense, former representative and ambassador to NATO.
- Stephen Spielberg – director
- Ryan Stout – stand -up comedian
- John Tesh – musician and actor.
- Walter Cronkite – Journalist, T.V. commentator
- Bill Bradley, Pro basketball star and U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana
Astronauts
- Neil Armstrong – First human to set foot on the Moon. Astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator – Flew on the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions.
- James Lovell – Astronaut, Flew on missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13, former president of National Eagle Scout Association.
- James C. Adamson – Retired Army colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -28 and STS -43.
- James P. Bagian – Physician and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -29 and STS -40.
- Guy Bluford – Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -8, STS -39, STS -53, and STS -61 -A. First African American in space.
- Ken Bowersox – Astronaut, test pilot and Navy captain – Flew on shuttle mission STS -50, STS -61, STS -73, STS -82, STS -113, International Space Station Expedition 6, and Soyuz TMA -1.
- Charles E. Brady, Jr. – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -78.
- Gerald P. Carr – Retired Marine Corps colonel and astronaut – Commanded Skylab 4.
- Sonny Carter – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -33.
- Roger B. Chaffee – Navy pilot and astronaut on Apollo 1.
- Gregory Chamitoff – Astronaut – Backup crew -member for International Space Station Expedition 15.
- Richard O. Covey – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -26, STS -38, STS -51 -I, STS -61.
- John Oliver Creighton – Navy combat veteran and Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -51 -G, STS -36, and STS -48.
- Charles Moss Duke, Jr. – Retired Air Force brigadier general and astronaut. Flew on Apollo 16. One of only twelve men who have walked on the moon.
- Donn F. Eisele – Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on Apollo 7.
- Patrick G. Forrester – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -105.
- Michael E. Fossum – Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -121.
- C. Gordon Fullerton – Research pilot, retired Air Force colonel, and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -3 and STS -51 -F.
- William G. Gregory – Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -67.
- S. David Griggs – Navy Reserve admiral and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -51 -D.
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman – Co -director of the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -51 -D, STS -35, STS -46, STS -61, and STS -75.
- Gregory H. Johnson – Astronaut.
- Thomas David Jones – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -59, STS -68 and STS -80.
- Mark C. Lee – Retired Air Force officer and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -30, STS -47, STS -64, and STS -82.
- Don L. Lind – Astronaut – Flew on SpaceLab mission STS -51 -B.
- Steven W. Lindsey – Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -87, STS -95, and STS -104.
- Michael J. McCulley – Chief Executive Officer of United Space Alliance and Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -104.
- William Cameron McCool – Pilot of the Columbia shuttle mission STS -107.
- Brian O’Leary – Astronaut – Deputy team leader for Mariner 10.
- Ellison Onizuka – Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -51 -C. Died onboard shuttle Challenger, mission STS -51 -L.
- Stephen S. Oswald – Navy rear admiral and Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -42, STS -56, and STS -67.
- Scott E. Parazynski – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -66, STS -86, STS -95 and STS -100.
- Donald Pettit – Astronaut who participated in missions STS -113, International Space Station Expedition 6, and Soyuz TMA -1.
- Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -48 and STS -60.
- Richard A. Searfoss – Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -58, STS -76, and STS -90.
- Elliott See – Astronaut – Backup pilot for Gemini 5 before his death.
- Richard H. Truly – Retired Navy vice admiral and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -2 and STS -8 and first former astronaut to head NASA.
- David M. Walker – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -51 -A, STS -30, STS -53, and STS -69.