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Here's a sampling of famous Eagle Scouts. A very tiny sample; you can find more on Wikipedia, although this too is no where near a complete listing.
There's also a number of famous folks who have been incorrectly identified as being Eagle Scouts--most were Scouts, just not Eagles.
Click a pic for more info!
 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
 "Gone Home" Traditional Scouting symbol indicating the Scout/Scouter is deceased.
Cream of the Crop:
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Neil Armstrong
Eagle Class of 1947
Astronaut (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)
First human to set foot on the Moon
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Daniel Carter Beard
Eagle Class of 1915
Author, illustrator
Founding pioneer of the BSA
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Michael Bloomberg
Eagle Class of 1958 c.
Mayor of New York City (2002-present)
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Guion Bluford
Eagle Class of 1958 c.
Air Force Colonel
Shuttle Pilot
First African American in space
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Roger Chaffee
Eagle Class of 1951 c.
Navy Pilot
Apollo 1 astronaut
Died in America's first space accident
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William DeVries
Eagle Class of 1959 c.
Implanted 1st permanent artificial heart
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Charles Duke
Eagle Class of 1946
Air Force Brigadier General
Astronaut-Apollo 16
Only other Eagle to walk on the Moon
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Gerald Ford
Eagle Class of 1927
38th President of the United States
Only Eagle to become President
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William Hanna
Eagle Class of 1924
Animator, director, producer, cartoon artist
Co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
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William Hillcourt aka "Green Bar Bill"
Eagle Classs of 1918
Danish Knight-Scout
"Father of American Boy
Scouting"
"Scoutmaster to the World"
BSA's most prolific writer
Developer of the American adaptation of the Wood Badge program
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Michael Kahn
Eagle Class of 1951 c.
Film Editor
Acadamy Award winner for:
Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, & Raiders of the Lost Ark
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James Lovell
Eagle Class of 1943
Astronaut:
Gemini 7, Gemini 12
Apollo 8, Apollo 13
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George Meyer
Eagle Class of 1973 c.
Writer, Producer of
The Simpsons
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Mike Rowe
Eagle Class of 1979 c.
Host of "Dirty Jobs"
Narrator for Discovery Channel
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Paul Siple
Eagle Class of 1923
Antarctic explorer, geographer
Took part in six Antarctic
expeditions, having first gone representing the Boy Scouts of America
as an Eagle Scout
Developed the principle of wind chill
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Steven Spielberg
Eagle Class of 1961
Academy Award-winning film director, film producer, and screenwriter
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Shane Victorino
Eagle Class of 1996 c.
Major League Baseball playe
Current member of Philadelphia Phillies.
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Sam Walton
Eagle Class of 1934
Founder of Wal-Mart, Sam's Club
Billionaire
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Henry "Hank" Aaron: Broke Babe Ruth's home run record. Recipient of the Silver Buffalo, but not an Eagle. He did do a TV Ad for the BSA.
Walter Cronkite: CBS Anchroman, journalist & Commentator.
Henry Fonda: Academy Award winning actor. He was a Scout & Scoutmaster.
Harrison Ford: Actor. Life Scout
Bill Gates: Microsoft. Life Scout. His father, William H. Gates, Sr. is a Distinguished Eagle Scout.
Jimmy Stewart: Actor, Brigadier General, recipient of Silver Buffalo & Presidential Medal of Freedom. Also did TV spot for the BSA. Second class Scout.
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In the lofty ranks of Eagle Scouts, there soars yet another breed.
These seven men not only earned Scouting's highest award,
they earned their country's highest award:
Clicking their photos will link you to more information.
"Gone Home" Traditional Scouting symbol indicating the Scout/Scouter is deceased.
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Aquilla James Dyess
Eagle Class of 1921
Lieutenant Colonel, USMC
Awarded the Medal of Honor for
"conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at
the risk of his life" during the Battle of Kwajalein
KIA
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Robert Edward Femoyer
Eagle Class of 1937 c.
Second Lieutenant, USAAC
Army Air Forces navigator during World War II
Awarded the Medal of Honor for saving his aircraft & crew.
KIA
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Eugene Bennett Fluckey
Eagle Class of 1948
Rear Admiral, USN
Commander of SS Barb during World War II
Received the Medal of Honor for sinking 30 ships and
setting a sub-speed record escaping from the enemy.
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Mitchell Paige
Eagle Class of 1936
Colonel, USMC
Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle
of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
on October 26, 1942.
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Benjaminn Lewis Salomon
Eagle Class of 1930 c.
Captain, USA
Awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for defense
of his medical aid station during the Battle of Saipan.
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Leo K. Thorsness
Eagle Class of 1948 c.
Colonel, USAF
Awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in the Vietnam War,
for an air engagement on April 19, 1967.
The only living member of this elite group.
Check out this video*.
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Jay Zeamer Jr.
Eagle Class of 1931-32
Awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during an air mission
on June 16, 1943
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