Awarded by the Boy Scouts of America, this is the highest advancement rank in the Scouting program. Approximately 4% of Scouts attain the Eagle.
From time to time, claims are made that so-and-so was the youngest recorded Eagle Scout (e.g. L. Ron Hubbard, Stephen Goldsmith). But since the Boy Scouts of America has never published the names or ages of their youngest Eagles, any such assertions are impossible to substantiate.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter Agre |
Biologist |
30-Jan-1949 |
|
Water channels of cell membranes |
| Bill Alexander |
Politician |
16-Jan-1934 |
|
Congressman from Arkansas, 1969-93 |
| Lamar Alexander |
Politician |
3-Jul-1940 |
|
US Senator from Tennessee |
| Mike Allen |
Journalist |
1964 |
|
Politico |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
|
First man on the Moon |
| Norman Augustine |
Business |
27-Jul-1935 |
|
CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97 |
| Lawrence S. Bacow |
Educator |
c. 1950 |
|
President, Tufts University |
| Diedrich Bader |
Actor |
24-Dec-1966 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
|
Twice Mayor of Washington, DC |
| Charles E. Bennett |
Politician |
2-Dec-1910 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1949-93 |
| William Bennett |
Government |
31-Jul-1943 |
|
Former Drug Czar and gambling man |
| Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Alfred R. Berkeley III |
Business |
1944 |
|
President of NASDAQ, 1996-2003 |
| Green Bar Bill |
Author |
6-Aug-1900 |
9-Nov-1992 |
Prominent Scouter |
| Jeff Bingaman |
Politician |
3-Oct-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Mexico |
| Arthur Gary Bishop |
Criminal |
1951 |
10-Jun-1988 |
Utah serial killer of boys |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. |
Politician |
4-Feb-1947 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 2nd |
| Michael Bloomberg |
Politician |
14-Feb-1942 |
|
Mayor of New York City |
| Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
| Bill Bradley |
Politician |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97 |
| James Brady |
Government |
29-Aug-1940 |
|
White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Sherrod Brown |
Politician |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
US Senator from Ohio |
| Jay Bybee |
Judge |
27-Oct-1953 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Patrick T. Caffery |
Politician |
6-Jul-1932 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1969-73 |
| John Angus Campbell |
Activist |
10-Mar-1942 |
|
Discovery Institute |
| Milton Caniff |
Cartoonist |
28-Feb-1907 |
3-Apr-1988 |
Terry and the Pirates |
| Russ Carnahan |
Politician |
10-Jul-1958 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 3rd |
| Kim B. Clark |
Business |
20-Mar-1949 |
|
President of BYU-Idaho |
| Tom C. Clark |
Judge |
23-Sep-1899 |
13-Jun-1977 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-67 |
| Thad Cochran |
Politician |
7-Dec-1937 |
|
US Senator from Mississippi |
| Barber Conable |
Politician |
2-Nov-1922 |
30-Nov-2003 |
World Bank President, Congressman |
| Philip M. Condit |
Business |
2-Aug-1941 |
|
CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 |
| Rob Corddry |
Comic |
4-Feb-1971 |
|
The Daily Show |
| Edwin Corr |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to El Salvador, 1985-88 |
| Dick Covey |
Astronaut |
1-Aug-1946 |
|
Shuttle astronaut |
| Michael Crapo |
Politician |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Idaho |
| William E. Dannemeyer |
Politician |
22-Sep-1929 |
|
Congressman from California, 1979-93 |
| Hal Daub |
Politician |
23-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001 |
| Harry S. Dent, Sr. |
Government |
21-Feb-1930 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Devised Nixon's Southern Strategy |
| David B. Dillon |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of Kroger |
| E. Linn Draper, Jr. |
Business |
6-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO, American Electric Power, 1993-2003 |
| Michael Dukakis |
Politician |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
Twice Governor of Massachusetts |
| Charles Duke |
Astronaut |
3-Oct-1935 |
|
10th to walk on the Moon |
| Ronnie Earle |
Government |
23-Feb-1942 |
|
Travis County, TX District Attorney |
| Michael Enzi |
Politician |
1-Feb-1944 |
|
US Senator from Wyoming |
| Daniel J. Evans |
Politician |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Governor of Washington, 1965-77 |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Poet |
24-Mar-1919 |
|
A Coney Island of the Mind |
| Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
| Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
| Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Jul-1930 |
|
Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004 |
| Dan Frisa |
Politician |
27-Apr-1955 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1995-97 |
| Chan Gailey |
Football |
5-Jan-1952 |
|
Buffalo Bills Head Coach |
| John Garamendi |
Politician |
24-Jan-1945 |
|
Congressman from California |
| Robert M. Gates |
Government |
25-Sep-1943 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11 |
| William H. Gates, Sr. |
Philanthropist |
30-Nov-1925 |
|
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Gordon Gee |
Educator |
2-Feb-1944 |
|
President, Ohio State University |
| Dick Gephardt |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
| Nick Gillespie |
Journalist |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
Reason magazine |
| Ronald Lee Gilman |
Judge |
16-Oct-1942 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Stephen Goldsmith |
Politician |
12-Dec-1946 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99 |
| Matt Gonzalez |
Politician |
4-Jun-1965 |
|
Progressive politician, activist |
| David Hahn |
Inventor |
30-Oct-1976 |
|
Do-it-yourself nuclear reactor |
| H. R. Haldeman |
Government |
27-Oct-1926 |
12-Nov-1993 |
Nixon's Chief of Staff |
| Michael S. Hart |
Curator |
8-Mar-1947 |
6-Sep-2011 |
Founder of Project Gutenberg |
| J. D. Hayworth |
Politician |
12-Jul-1958 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1995-2007 |
| Jeb Hensarling |
Politician |
29-May-1957 |
|
Congressman, Texas 5th |
| Richard Herman |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Chancellor, UI Urbana-Champaign |
| Gary Hirte |
Criminal |
1986 |
|
Eagle Scout, convicted murderer |
| Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
| J. Gorman Houston, Jr. |
Judge |
11-Mar-1933 |
|
Justice, AL Supreme Court, 1985-2005 |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Franklin P. Huddle |
Diplomat |
9-May-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03 |
| Jack Idema |
Military |
30-May-1956 |
21-Jan-2012 |
Green Beret wannabe |
| Jim Jontz |
Politician |
18-Dec-1951 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93 |
| William Cardinal Keeler |
Religion |
4-Mar-1931 |
|
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1989-2007 |
| Peter Kinder |
Politician |
12-May-1954 |
|
Lt. Governor of Missouri |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Researched human sexual behavior |
| Harry Knowles |
Critic |
11-Dec-1971 |
|
Ain't It Cool News |
| Raúl Labrador |
Politician |
8-Dec-1967 |
|
Congressman, Idaho 1st |
| Gregory S. Lashutka |
Politician |
1944 |
|
Mayor of Columbus, 1992-2000 |
| David W. Leebron |
Educator |
1956 |
|
President, Rice University |
| Sheldon Leonard |
Actor |
22-Feb-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nick the Bartender |
| Gary Locke |
Politician |
21-Jan-1950 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce |
| Jim Lovell |
Astronaut |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
Apollo 13 |
| Dick Lugar |
Politician |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
US Senator from Indiana |
| Douglas Lute |
Military |
c. 1953 |
|
White House War Czar |
| David Lynch |
Film Director |
20-Jan-1946 |
|
Blue Velvet |
| Tom Mack |
Football |
1-Nov-1943 |
|
LA Rams, Hall of Famer |
| J. W. Marriott, Jr. |
Business |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Billionaire, CEO of Marriott |
| J. Willard Marriott |
Business |
17-Sep-1900 |
13-Aug-1985 |
Founded the Marriott hotel chain |
| Wynton Marsalis |
Jazz Musician |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Trumpeter |
| David McKinley |
Politician |
28-Mar-1947 |
|
Congressman, West Virginia 1st |
| Sid McMath |
Politician |
14-Jun-1912 |
4-Oct-2003 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1949-53 |
| Michael McNulty |
Politician |
16-Sep-1947 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1989-2009 |
| Michael Moore |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| Jack Murtha |
Politician |
17-Jun-1932 |
8-Feb-2010 |
Pennsylvania Congressman, 1974-2010 |
| Ben Nelson |
Politician |
17-May-1941 |
|
US Senator from Nebraska |
| Ozzie Nelson |
Actor |
20-Mar-1906 |
3-Jun-1975 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Paul Martin Newby |
Judge |
5-May-1955 |
|
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Sam Nunn |
Politician |
8-Sep-1938 |
|
US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97 |
| James O'Keefe |
Activist |
28-Jun-1984 |
|
ACORN, Planned Parenthood sting videos |
| Scott E. Parazynski |
Astronaut |
28-Jul-1961 |
|
Shuttle astronaut, summited Everest |
| Chip Pashayan |
Politician |
27-Mar-1941 |
|
Congressman from California, 1979-91 |
| Henry M. Paulson |
Business |
28-Mar-1946 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-09 |
| Edward A. Pease |
Politician |
22-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001 |
| H. Ross Perot |
Business |
27-Jun-1930 |
|
Eccentric presidential candidate |
| Tom Perriello |
Politician |
9-Oct-1974 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 2009-11 |
| Rick Perry |
Politician |
4-Mar-1950 |
|
Governor of Texas |
| Fred Phelps |
Activist |
13-Nov-1929 |
|
Convinced that God hates fags |
| Paul Picerni |
Actor |
1-Dec-1922 |
12-Jan-2011 |
Lee Hobson on The Untouchables |
| Jake Pickle |
Politician |
11-Oct-1913 |
18-Jun-2005 |
Congressman from Texas 1963-95 |
| Samuel R. Pierce |
Politician |
8-Sep-1922 |
31-Oct-2000 |
US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
| Danny Pintauro |
Actor |
6-Jan-1976 |
|
Jonathan Bower on Who's the Boss? |
| Ralph Reed |
Activist |
24-Jun-1961 |
|
Former head of the Christian Coalition |
| Frederick Reines |
Physicist |
16-Mar-1918 |
26-Aug-1998 |
Co-Discover of the neutrino |
| Henry S. Reuss |
Politician |
22-Feb-1912 |
12-Jan-2002 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1955-83 |
| Robert C. Richardson |
Physicist |
26-Jun-1937 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| John Edward Robinson |
Criminal |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
Serial killer incarcerated in Kansas |
| Dana Rohrabacher |
Politician |
21-Jun-1947 |
|
Congressman, California 46th |
| Mike Rowe |
TV Personality |
18-Mar-1962 |
|
Dirty Jobs |
| Warren Rudman |
Politician |
18-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93 |
| Donald Rumsfeld |
Government |
9-Jul-1932 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06 |
| Richard B. Sanders |
Judge |
1945 |
|
Justice, Washington Supreme Court |
| Mark Sanford |
Politician |
28-May-1960 |
|
Governor of South Carolina, 2003-11 |
| Richard L. Scott |
Politician |
1952 |
|
Governor of Florida |
| Jeff Sessions |
Politician |
24-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| Pete Sessions |
Politician |
22-Mar-1955 |
|
Congressman, Texas 32nd |
| William Sessions |
Government |
27-May-1930 |
|
Director of FBI, 1987-93 |
| Raymond P. Shafer |
Politician |
5-Mar-1917 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1967-71 |
| Ike Skelton |
Politician |
20-Dec-1931 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2011 |
| Samuel K. Skinner |
Government |
10-Jun-1938 |
|
Bush 41's Chief of Staff |
| Chris Smith |
Politician |
4-Mar-1953 |
|
Congressman, New Jersey 4th |
| Steven Spielberg |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1946 |
|
E.T. |
| Ronald Spiers |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1925 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1981-83 |
| Edward M. Straw |
Military |
c. 1939 |
|
Former US Navy Vice Admiral |
| Ray Suarez |
Journalist |
5-Mar-1957 |
|
Correspondent for Lehrer News Hour |
| John Tesh |
TV Personality |
9-Jul-1952 |
|
Ex-Co-Anchor Entertainment Tonight |
| Hugh P. Thompson |
Judge |
c. 1944 |
|
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
19-Apr-2001 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
| Carlisle Trost |
Military |
24-Apr-1930 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90 |
| Richard H. Truly |
Astronaut |
12-Nov-1937 |
|
NASA Administrator, 1989-92 |
| Jim Guy Tucker |
Politician |
13-Jun-1943 |
|
Governor of Arkansas, 1992-96 |
| Mike Vaska |
Activist |
1960 |
|
Discovery Institute |
| Richard Vinroot |
Politician |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Charlotte, 1991-95 |
| John D. Waihee III |
Politician |
19-May-1946 |
|
Governor of Hawaii, 1986-94 |
| Greg Walden |
Politician |
10-Jan-1957 |
|
Congressman, Oregon 2nd |
| Sam Walton |
Business |
29-Mar-1918 |
5-Apr-1992 |
America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart |
| Larry D. Welch |
Military |
9-Jun-1934 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1986-90 |
| Togo West |
Government |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs |
| William Westmoreland |
Military |
26-Mar-1914 |
18-Jul-2005 |
Commanded US Army in Vietnam War |
| John C. Whitehead |
Business |
2-Apr-1922 |
|
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1985-89 |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Clayton W. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Texas oilman, rancher |
| Walter B. Wriston |
Business |
3-Aug-1919 |
19-Jan-2005 |
CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 |
| Charles Wyly |
Business |
13-Oct-1933 |
7-Aug-2011 |
Billionaire, Michael's Stores |
| Sam Wyly |
Business |
1934 |
|
Early computer entrepreneur |
| Elmo R. Zumwalt |
Military |
29-Nov-1920 |
2-Jan-2000 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74 |
