Many of the Most Famous People - Started off in Scouts !

Don’t take our word for it.... Look at this list of Past Scouts, and draw your own conclusions. 

Michael J. Fox- actor  Canada

Gordon Lightfoot -musician  Canada

Rich Little- comedian/impressionist  Canada

Steve MacLean -astronaut  canada

Brian Mulroney- Prime Minister canada

John Major - Prime Minister

Michael Parkinson - Radio Presenter, TV Personality

Cliff Richard - Entertainer

Bobby Robson - Former England Football Manager

David Attenborough- Naturalist, TV personality 

Richard Attenborough- actor, film director/producer 

Syd Barret -Original singer/songwriter/guitarist for Pink Floyd 

David Beckham- midfielder of the England football squad 

David Bellamy- TV personality 

Tony Blair Former-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom  

Richard Branson- Entrepreneur 

Billy Connolly -comedian 

Rhys Jones -youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest 

Neil Kinnock- politician 

Danny La Rue- entertainer 

John Major -former Prime Minister 

Paul McCartney -singer/songwriter/bassist of the Beatles and Wings 

George Michael -singer/songwriter 

Jamie Oliver -celebrity chef 

Michael Owen -footballer 

Michael Perham -Youngest Person (14 years old) to cross the Atlantic single handed 

Keith Richards- guitar player for The Rolling Stones 

Bobby Robson -former England football manager 

Willie Rushton- actor 

Doug Scott -mountaineer   

Harold Wilson former Primer Minister of the United Kingdom

James Lovell - Astronaut - Apollo 13 and others (USA)

Barack Obama - US President

Soichi Noguchi -  Japanese astronaut

Shigeru Miyamotoc - Nintendo

Goran Ivaniševic tennis player, Wimbledon winner  Croatia

Jacques Chirac- Former President of the French Republic

Madeleine Albright- first female United States Secretary of State 

Candice Bergen- actress 

Barbara Bush- former First Lady of the United States 

Laura Bush- former First Lady of the United States 

Hillary Rodham Clinton -former First Lady of the United States, U.S. Secretary of State 

Jacques Chirac - Politician (France)

Neil Armstrong - Astronaut - Apollo 11, among others  

Walter Cronkite - Journalist (USA)

Richard Gere - Actor (USA)

Tamara Jernigan -American astronaut 

Billie Jean King- retired tennis player 

Ann Landers- columnist 

Shari Lewis -puppeteer and children's television show host 

Mary Tyler Moore- Emmy-winning actress 

Nancy Reagan-former First Lady of the United States 

Debbie Reynolds -actress and singer 

Martha Stewart- entrepreneur and television and magazine personality 

Buzz Aldrin -astronaut 

Joseph P. Allen - US astronaut  

William A. Anders -Apollo 8 astronaut 

Clayton Anderson -US astronaut

Michael A. Baker - astronaut 

Charles Bassett - astronaut 

Alan L. Bean - US astronaut Apollo 12 and Skylab 3 

Michael J. Bloomfield -US astronaut 

Vance D. Brand - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, astronaut 

Roy D. Bridges Jr.- astronaut 

David M. Brown -astronaut 

Ted Bundy- serial killer 

Jimmy Buffett Scout, musician and singer 

George W. Bush Cub Scout, 43rd U.S. President 

Charles J. Camarda -US astronaut 

John H. Casper - astronaut 

Dick Cheney 

Bill Clinton -42nd U. S. President 

Calvin Coolidge Jr. -son of President Calvin Coolidge; the first Scout to live in the White House

L. Gordon Cooper, Jr- astronaut 

Walter Cronkite -journalist, anchorman and commentator for CBS News 

John M. Fabian astronaut 

Henry Fonda -Academy Award winning actor 

Gerald Ford -38th President of the United States 

Harrison Ford -actor  (Indiana Jones)

Bill Gates - founder of Microsoft  

John Glenn -astronaut, first American to orbit Earth 

Frederick D. Gregory -astronaut 

David Hartman -movie and TV actor 

James van Hoften- astronaut 

Richard Douglas Husband -astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Commander 

Michael Jordan Cub Scout, NBA Hall of Fame member, 2 time Olympian 

John F. Kennedy 35th United States President 

Richard M. Linnehan -US astronaut  

G. David Low -astronaut  Jacques Chirac - Politician (France)

Thomas K. Mattingly II - astronaut 

William S. McArthur, Jr. - astronaut 

Edgar D. Mitchell Life Scout, Apollo 14 astronaut 

Jim Morrison - Musician 

George D. Nelson - US astronaut

William Oefelein - US astronaut 

Alan G. Poindexter- astronaut 

Eddie Rabbitt Scout-Country & Western Singer 

Ronald Reagan - 40th U.S. President and actor 

Mark Spitz Scout, Olympian, 1972 (Munich) Gold Medalist — Swimming 

James Stewart -actor, Brigadier General, Silver Buffalo Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom 

George Thorogood -blues-rock and rock performer

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