List of Scouts

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This is a list of notable Scouts and Scouters.

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Ghana 2 Asia 2.1 Indonesia 2.2 Korea 2.3 Maldives 3 Australia 4 Europe 4.1 Czech Republic 4.2 The Netherlands 4.3 Sweden 4.4 United Kingdom 4.4.1 Girlguiding UK 4.4.2 Girls' Brigade 4.4.3 The Scout Association 5 North America 5.1 Canada 5.2 United States 5.2.1 Girl Scouts of the USA 5.2.2 Boy Scouts of America 5.2.2.1 Honorary Scouts 6 See also 7 External links 8 Notes 9 References

Africa

Ghana

Name	Notability	Reference
Hon. Nana Amanfi III	CBE, Omanhene (Paramount Chief) of Asebu State	[1]
Peter Awoonor-Renner	Chairman of APSOG	[1]

Asia

Indonesia

Name	Notability	Reference
Barack Obama	44th President of the United States	[2]

Korea

Name	Notability	Reference
Lee Yunsook	politician	[3]

Maldives

Name	Notability	Reference
Mohammed Jaisham Ibrahim	saved the President of Maldives from assassination	[4]

Australia

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Name	Notability	Reference
Kieran Ault-Connell	Paralympic runner
Geoffrey Blainey	historian
Sir Jack Brabham	racing driver
Sally Browne	fashion entrepreneur
Keith Conlon	television and radio presenter
Jamie Durie	television host
Peter Garrett	MP - Minister of Environment, Heritage and The Arts and musician
Regan Harrison	Olympic swimmer
Jack Heath	author
Shane Jacobson	comedian
Tim Jarvis	explorer and adventurer
Shane Mattiske	NRL Director of Strategy
Brendan Nelson	MP - Former Federal Defence Minister
Dave O'Neil	talkback radio host
David Parkin	Australian rules footballer and coach
Helen Sham-Ho	member, NSW Legislative Council
Dick Smith	businessman and aviator
Adam Spencer	radio DJ and media personality
Jack Yabsley	television presenter

Europe

Czech Republic

Name	Notability	Reference
Václav Havel	1st president of the Czech Republic	[6]

The Netherlands

Name	Notability	Reference
Jan Peter Balkenende	Prime Minister	[7]
Jozef van den Berg	Hermit, former theatre maker	[8]
Jo Cals	Prime Minister	[9]
Arjan Erkel	medical aid worker for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), abducted in Dagestan	[10]
Jan van Hoof	member of the Dutch resistance (Operation Market Garden)	[11]
Bert Koenders	politician	[12]
Piet J. Kroonenberg	Scouting historian and author	[13]
Tinneke de Nooij	Discjocky (Radio Veronica)	[14]
Frits Philips	chairman of the board of directors of Dutch electronics company Philips	[15]
Jean Jacques Rambonnet	Vice Admiral, Minister (Navy, Colonies, War), the only Chief Scout of the Netherlands	[16]
Joost Swarte	comic artist and graphical designer	[17]
Willem Oltmans	journalist	[18]
H.M. Beatrix of the Netherlands		[19]
H.M. Juliana of the Netherlands	also known as Movavedo (Mother of many daughters)	[19]
H.R.H. Duke Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Scherwin	Prince of the Netherlands, Prince Consort, Chairman of Netherlands Pathfinders	[19]
H.R.H. Princess Máxima of the Netherlands	Princess of Orange, now patron of Scouting Nederland	[19]
H.R.H. Princess Christina of the Netherlands		[19]
H.R.H. Claus von Amsberg	Prince of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Prince Consort	[19]
H.R.H. Princess Irene of the Netherlands		[19]
H.R.H. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands		[19]

Sweden

Name	Notability	Reference
Carl XVI Gustaf	king	[20]
Gustaf VI Adolf	king, Chief Scout	[20]
Folke Bernadotte	diplomat, United Nations mediator in Palestine	[20]
Carl-Henric Svanberg	CEO of BP	[21]

United Kingdom

Girlguiding UK

Name	Notability	Reference
Anne, Princess Royal		[22][23]
Cherie Booth	human rights lawyer	[24]
Betty Boothroyd	first female Speaker of the House of Commons	[25]
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon	Queen Consort	[23]
Queen Elizabeth II		[23]
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson	athlete and television presenter	[24]
Glenda Jackson	actress and politician	[24]
Lorraine Kelly	television presenter	[24]
Princess Margaret		[23]
Mo Mowlam	politician	[24]
Dame Anita Roddick	entrepreneur and environmental campaigner	[24]
Helen Sharman	the first British woman in space	[24]
Delia Smith	television chef	[24]
Faye White	athlete and sports commentator	[26]

Girls' Brigade

Name	Notability	Reference
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson	athlete and television presenter	[24]

The Scout Association

Name	Notability	Reference
Henry Allingham	World War I veteran believed to have been the oldest Scout in Europe	[27]
David Attenborough	Naturalist, TV personality	[28]
David Beckham	midfielder of the England football squad	[29]
David Bellamy	TV personality	[28]
Tony Benn	Politician	[28]
Tony Blair	Former-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	[29]
Gyles Brandreth	author and politician	[30]
Richard Branson	Entrepreneur	[29]
Sir Trevor Brooking	footballer	[28]
Brian Clough	football manager	[28]
Nigel Clough	Footballer	[28]
John Craven	TV personality	[28]
Jim Davidson	entertainer	[28]
Ken Dodd	entertainer	[28]
Roger Gale	politician	[30]
Richard Hammond	TV presenter	[28]
Mike Harding	comedian/songwriter and radio presenter	[28]
Ainsley Harriot	TV chef	[28]
Rhys Jones	youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest	[31]
Natasha Kaplinsky	BBC news presenter	[28]
Neil Kinnock	politician	[28]
Sammy Lee	footballer	[28]
John Major	former Prime Minister	[28]
Simon Mayo	disc jockey/TV presenter	[28]
Paul McCartney	singer/songwriter/bassist of the Beatles and Wings	[28]
Derek Mountfield	footballer	[28]
Denis Norden	TV personality	[28]
Jamie Oliver	celebrity chef	[28]
Michael Owen	footballer	[28]
Michael Parkinson	radio presenter, TV personality	[28]
Jeremy Paxman	TV/news presenter	[29]
Cliff Richard	entertainer	[28]
Bobby Robson	former England football manager	[28]
Roger Scruton	philosopher	[30]
David Seaman	footballer	[28]
Chris Tarrant	TV personality	[28]
Harold Wilson	former Primer Minister of the United Kingdom	[28]
Antony Worrall Thompson	chef and television presenter	[30]

North America

Canada

Name	Notability	Reference
Jean-François Carrey	youngest Canadian to climb Mount Everest	[32]

United States

Girl Scouts of the USA

These notable individuals were in the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA). Also see Gold Award recipients.

Name	Notability	Reference
Betsy Boze	President Kent State University Stark and Senior Fellow at American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Barbara Bush	former First Lady of the United States	[3]
Laura Bush	former First Lady of the United States	[3]
Tipper Gore	wife of former Vice President Al Gore	[33]
Dolores Huerta	Labor Leader	[34]
Kathy Mattea	singer	[35]
Robin Roberts	newscaster	[36]

Boy Scouts of America

These notable individuals were in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Also see the lists of Eagle Scouts, Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award, Chief Scout Executives, National presidents of the Boy Scouts of America and National commissioners.

Name	Notability	Reference
Buzz Aldrin	astronaut and Tenderfoot Scout	[37]
Dennis Rader	"BTK" serial killer	[38]
George W. Bush	Cub Scout, 43rd U.S. President	[3][39]
Calvin Coolidge, Jr.	son of President Calvin Coolidge; with his brother, he was the first Scout to live in the White House.	[40]
Walter Cronkite	Broadcast journalist	[41][42]
John Hope Franklin	Boy Scout; historian, author of From Slavery to Freedom recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom	[43]
Bill Gates	Life Scout, founder of Microsoft	[44]
Alexander D. Goode	Scout leader, Rabbi, Army Chaplain, one of the Four Chaplains who died when the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II	[45]
Walter Greenberg	Scout, World War II refugee from Italy, movie maker	[46]
Byron Hill	Life Scout, Nashville songwriter	[47]
John Isley	host of The John Boy & Billy Big Show	[48]
John F. Kennedy	Star Scout, 35th President of the United States	[49]
Tommy Lasorda	member of National Baseball Hall of Fame, manager of two LA Dodgers World Series champion teams	[50]
	Cub Scout, U.S. Representative from California, Cabinet Secretary	[51]
Clark V. Poling	Scout leader, Hillsboro County, NH, Dutch Reformed minister, Army Chaplain, one of the Four Chaplains who died when the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II	[45]
Alan K. Simpson	Scout, U.S. Senator from Wyoming	[51]
Teller	Cub Scout	[52]
Robert Pershing Wadlow	World's tallest Boy Scout	[53]
John P. Washington	Scout leader, Elizabeth, NJ, Catholic priest, Army Chaplain, one of the Four Chaplains who died when the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II	[45]

Honorary Scouts

In 1911, President William Howard Taft accepted the position of honorary president of the BSA, and each U.S. president since has served. Theodore Roosevelt was the only honorary vice-president, as he had left office before the honorary presidency began.

In 1927, the Boy Scouts of America created Honorary Scouts to distinguish "American citizens whose achievements in outdoor activity, exploration and worthwhile adventure are of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of boys...". The eighteen who were awarded this distinction were:^[54]

Name Notability Reference Roy Chapman Andrews Explorer, adventurer and naturalist; director of the American Museum of Natural History [54][55] Robert Bartlett Newfoundland navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries [54][55] Frederick Russell Burnham Military scout and world traveling adventurer; served the British Army in colonial Africa; taught woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell [54][55] Richard E. Byrd Rear admiral, polar explorer, aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor [54][55] George Kruck Cherrie Naturalist and explorer of the American Museum of Natural History [54][55] James L. Clark Explorer and scientist of the American Museum of Natural History [54][55] Merian C. Cooper American aviator and adventurer, Polish Air Force officer in the 1920s; later U.S. Army Forces brigadier general; director, screenwriter, producer and actor; credits include King Kong [54][55] Lincoln Ellsworth Arctic explorer [54][55] Louis Agassiz Fuertes Ornithologist, illustrator and artist [54][55] George Bird Grinnell Anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer; influenced public opinion and legislation which ultimately led to the preservation of the American buffalo [54][55] Charles Lindbergh Aviator, author, inventor and explorer [54][55] Donald B. MacMillan Arctic explorer, sailor and researcher [54][55] Clifford H. Pope Herpetologist and explorer [54][55] George P. Putnam Publisher, author and explorer [54][55] Kermit Roosevelt Explorer, soldier who served with both the British and U.S. Armies, businessman and writer [54][55] Carl Rungius Wildlife artists [54][55] Stewart Edward White Author of adventure travel books [54][55] Orville Wright Co-inventor of the world's first successful airplane [54][55]

See also

• List of notable Alpha Phi Omega members

External links

• Famous Scouts
• Famous UK Scouts

Notes

References

• "Astronauts and the BSA". Fact sheet. Boy Scouts of America. http://www.scouting.org/Media/FactSheets/02-558.aspx. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
• "Bienvenue sur le site national des Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France" (in French). Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France. http://www.eedf.asso.fr/. Retrieved 23 July 2006. 
• "CBBC Newsround - Guides - Misc - Girl Guides - What is Guiding?". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4280000/newsid_4284400/4284425.stm. Retrieved 20 July 2006. 
• "The Congress and Scouting". Fact sheet. Boy Scouts of America. http://www.scouting.org/Media/FactSheets/02-571.aspx. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
• "Girlguiding Scotland - Info - Inspirational Women/Interviews". GirlGuiding Scotland. http://www.girlguidingscotland.org.uk/information/info_famous_guides.htm. Retrieved 20 July 2006. 
• "Girlguiding UK - About Us - What is Guiding?". Girlguiding UK. http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/xq/asp/sID.66/qx/new/about/article.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-31. 
• "NPG x76303; Princess Anne". National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp05015&rNo=7&role=sit. Retrieved 2006-08-08. 
• Bush, Laura. "Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Girl Scouts of Korea Event". U.S. Government. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/02/20020220-6.html. Retrieved 2006-08-03. 
• Copping, Jasper (2006-07-09). "Telegraph - News - Computing, faith and even PR, the Scout badges leading the pack". telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/09/nscout09.xml. Retrieved 2006-08-08. 

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