List of Scouts

This is a list of notable Scouts and Scouters.

Africa

Egypt

Name	Notability	Reference
Mohamed Ali Hafez	Served on the World Scout Committee from 1957 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1971. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1965.

Ghana

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

Kenya

Name	Notability	Reference
Jeremiah J.M. Nyagah	Chief Scout. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1982.
Elizabeth Nyaruai	Scout.

Libya

Name	Notability	Reference
Ali Khalifa el-Zaidi	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1965.
Muammar Gaddafi	Autocratic ruler of Libya	[2]

Morocco

Name	Notability	Reference
Abdelaziz Drissi-Kacemi	Recipient, Bronze Wolf.
Mahmoud el-Alamy	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1978.
Mohamed Afilal	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 2005.
Moulay Rachid ben al Hassan	President, Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain.

South Africa

Name	Notability	Reference
Victor J. Clapham	Originator of the Join-In Jamboree. Founder of Veld Lore. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1976.
Herbert William Garnet de la Hunt	Cub; Scout; Scoutmaster; Commissioner; Chief Scout; Vice Chairman, Africa Region; Chairman, World Scout Committee; Vice President, South Africa Scout Association; Chairman, National Scout Council. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1996.	[3]
Dudley Forde	Proponent of Patrol Leaders Training Unit.

Asia

Cambodia

Name	Notability	Reference
Leang Meng Ho	Post-Kmer Rouge Scouting pioneer.
Norodom Monireth	Scouting pioneer.

China

Name	Notability	Reference
Noel Jacobs	Jewish British Scoutmaster, Shanghai.
F. C. Millington	British Scoutmaster, Shanghai.
Fredy Mittler	Austrian Scouter, Shanghai.
Sun Li Jen / 孫立人	Scout. Military commander.
G. R. Welch	British Scoutmaster, Shanghai.
L. R. Wheen	British Scoutmaster, Shanghai.
Yang Hui Min / 楊惠敏	Scout and heroine, Battle of Shanghai, 1937. Depicted in Eight Hundred Heroes.
Yen Chia Lin	Following the birth of the Republic of China, the first Scout troop was organized by Reverend Yen Chia-lin in Wuchang on 25 February 1912.

Hong Kong

Name	Notability	Reference
F. J. Bowen	Chief Scout.
Francis Henry May	Chief Scout.
Tung Chee Hwa	Chief Scout.

India

Name	Notability	Reference
George Sydney Arundale	Co-Founder, Indian Scout Association.
Girija Shankar Bajpai	Co-Founder, Seva Samiti.
T. H. Baker	Scouting started in India in the year 1909, when Captain T.H. Baker established the first Scout Troop in Bangalore and got it registered with Imperial Headquarters, London.
Annie Besant	Founder, Indian Scout Association.
Vivian Bose	Pioneer of Scouting for Indian boys.
Shankarrao Chavan	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Dharma Vīra	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Lalit Mohan Jain	National Commissioner, Bharat Scouts and Guides. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 2008.
Hrdaya Nāth Kunzru	Co-Founder, Seva Samiti.
Madan Mohan Malaviya	Co-Founder, Seva Samiti.
Lakshmi Mazumdar	National Commissioner, Bharat Scouts and Guides. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1969.
Mangal Dās Pakvasa	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Sharad Pawar	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Alfred Donald Pickford (1872-1947)	Scouting pioneer. Served as Calcutta District Scout Commissioner in 1916, and in May 1919 was promoted to Chief Scout Commissioner for India.
Jagjīvan Rām	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Rustomji Edulji Sethna (1898–1954)	Pioneer of Scouting for Indian boys. Sethna's 18th West Bombay Scout Group, established in 1914, is the oldest continuously running Scout Group in India.
Evelyn Norah Shullai	Guide, Guider.
Bhuvaneshwar Prasād Sinha	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Ammu Swāmīnāthan	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Rameshwar Thākur	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	President, Bharat Scouts and Guides.

Indonesia

Name	Notability	Reference
Barack Obama	44th President of the United States	[4]

Iran

Name	Notability	Reference
Hossein Banai	Served on the World Scout Committee, 1959-65 and 1967-73. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1961.

Japan

Name	Notability	Reference
Hōjō Tokiyuki	Scouting pioneer
Clarence Griffin	After Griffin's death in 1951, the Boy Scouts of Nippon (Scout Association of Japan since 1995) placed a marker on his grave at the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery (Yokohama Gaikokujin Bochi) honoring him as Japan's first Scoutmaster.[5]
Joseph Janning	Founder, International Boy Scouts, Troop 1
Kurushima Takehiko	Scouting pioneer; attended 2nd World Scout Jamboree
Yoshinori Futara	Scouting pioneer
Michiharu Mishima	Scouting pioneer, Chief Scout, recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1961
Sano Tsuneha	Naval officer; attended Wood Badge course at Gilwell, pioneered adult training in Japan.
Hidesaburō Kurushima	Chief Scout, recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1967
Taizō Ishizaka	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1971
Saburō Matsukata	Chief Scout, recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1972
Shintarō Negishi	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1975.
Akira Watanabe	Chief Scout, recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1977
Yorihiro Matsudaira	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1981
August S. Narumi	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1984
Ichiro Terao	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1985
Yoshio Sakurauchi	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1986
Ken Harada	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1989
Masaru Ibuka	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1991
Ayakazu Hirose	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1992
Ko Yoshida	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1993
Teiji Takemiya	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1998
Fujio Imada	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 2004
Toby Takemichi Suzuki	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 2007
Yoritake Matsudaira	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 2012
1st World Scout Jamboree contingent	Three-person delegation of Scouter Shimoda Toyomatsu, Scouter Koshiba Hiroshi, and Scout Richard Shin Suzuki who attended the 1920 World Jamboree in England

Korea

Name	Notability	Reference
Ban Ki-moon	Eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations	[6]
Kim Kyu Young	Director of the World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Office, Makati, Philippines. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 2002.
Lee Yunsook	politician	[7]

The Maldives

Name	Notability	Reference
Mohammed Jaisham Ibrahim	saved the President of Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom from assassination	[8]

The Philippines

Name	Notability	Reference
Jamiri Abdulmali	Hero	[9]
Valeriano Abello	Hero	[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Charles E. Adams	Deputy Commissioner, Philippine Islands Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Oscar Alcaraz	Hero	[17][18]
Estefania Aldaba-Lim	GSP President
Joe Alvarez	Actor.
Octavio Alvarez	Hero	[19]
Aspi Anahon	Hero	[20]
Benigno Aquino III	Chief Scout
Corazon Aquino	Chief Scout. Chief Girl Scout.
Hans Arber	Scouter	[21][22]
Alfredo Bagnes	Hero	[23]
Paul Edward Bailen	Hero	[23]
Cezar Batilo	BSP Secretary General
Sonny Bautista	Hero	[24]
Vitaliano Bernardino	Chief Scout	[25]
B.H.	Unknown Scout	[26]
Jejomar Binay	BSP National President
E.P. Brias	Vice President, Philippine Islands Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Elwood Brown	First Scoutmaster of the Philippines, 1910	[27]
Sahjid Bulig	Hero	[28][29]
Manuel Camus	BSP Charter Member	[25][30]
Isidro Cariño	Educator	[31]
Philip D. Carman	President & Commissioner, Philippine Islands Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Romano Castelvi	Actor.
Dante Coloma	Hero	[32]
Tomás Confesór	Legislator	[33]
Rodrigo Corpuz	Scoutmaster	[34]
Tirso Cruz III	Actor.
Joseph Dandal	Hero	[20]
Gabriel Daza	BSP Charter Member	[35][36]
Antonio C. Delgado	Ambassador	[37]
Josefa Llanes Escoda	GSP Founder	[38]
Aris Espinosa	Hero	[39][40]
Joseph Estrada	Chief Scout
Jorge Fajardo	Hero	[41]
Richard Michael Raymundo Fernando	Hero	[42]
Roderick Flores	Hero	[32]
Eliseo Gador	Hero	[43]
Roberto Alden Garay	Hero	[44]
Robin Garcia	Hero	[45]
Roilo Golez	BSP National President
Fulbert Guerrero	Hero	[46]
Irving Hart	Humanitarian
Ralph Hawkins	BSP National Director	[47][48]
Pilar Hidalgo-Lim	GSP Co-Founder
Cesar Javier	Scoutmaster	[49]
Oscar Joson	Hero	[43]
Bonifacio Lazcano	BSP official	[48][50][51]
Virginio Leal	Hero	[44]
Vicente Lim	BSP Charter Member	[52][53]
Alejandro Lucas	Hero	[23]
Arsenio Luz	BSP Charter Member	[54][55]
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	Chief Scout. Chief Girl Scout.
Ferdinand Marcos	Chief Scout
Imelda Marcos	Chief Girl Scout
Rolando Marpa	Hero	[44]
Scouter McCormick and Scout Cesar Gepigon	Heroes	[18]
Exequiél Montilla	Hero	[56][57]
Edgar Mortiz	Actor.
Godofredo Neric	BSP National Director and National Executive	[48][58][59]
Blas Ople	Politician.
Leonardo Osorio	Charter Member, Alpha Phi Omega	[48]
Guillermo Padolina	BSP National Director	[48][60][61]
Roberto Pagdanganan	BSP National President	[62]
Premy Punsalan	Hero	[24]
William H. Quasha	Scouter	[63][64]
Manuel Quezon	President, Commonwealth of the Philippines	[65]
Fidel V. Ramos	Chief Scout	[66]
David Rebamontan	Hero	[44]
Hermenegildo Reyes	Member, World Scout Committee
Carlito Romero	Officer-in-Charge, Bureau of Fire Protection
Carlos P. Romulo	BSP Charter Member	[54][67][68]
Plaridel Silvestre	Director, Asia-Pacific Region, Boy Scouts World Bureau.
Porfirio Sison	BSP National Executive Board Member	[69]
Samuel Stagg	BSA Commissioner	[70][71]
Joseph E. Stevenot	BSP Founder	[54][72][73]
Fidel Tabasan	Hero	[20]
Librado Ureta	Founder, Alpha Phi Omega, Philippines	[48][74]
Jorge B. Vargas	Member, World Scout Committee	[54][75]
Rogelio Vicencio	BSP Assistant Secretary General	[37]
Rogelio Villa	BSP National Training Director
Arnel Villalobos	Hero	[20]
Yoyoy Villame	Singer-composer.
Alfonso Villanueva	Hero	[76]
Ernest Voss	Executive, Philippine Islands Council, Boy Scouts of America.	[70]
Jayson Bollozos	Hero	[24]

Singapore

Name	Notability	Reference
Lee Kuan Yew	First Prime Minister of Singapore	[77]
Goh Chok Tong	Second Prime Minister of Singapore	[77]
Yong Pung How	Former Chief Justice of Singapore	[77]
Ong Teng Cheong	Fifth (First Elected) President of Singapore	[77]
S.R. Nathan	Sixth President of Singapore	[77]
Tony Tan	Seventh President of Singapore	[78]

Thailand

Name	Notability	Reference
Abhai Chandavimol	Member, World Scout Committee. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1971.

Vietnamese Scouting

Name	Notability	Reference
Trần văn Khắc	Founder of Vietnamese Scouting, 1930. He was assisted in the early years by Tạ Văn Rục, Hoàng Đạo Thúy, Lương Thái, Huỳnh văn Diệp, and Trần Con. After the 1975 Communist takeover of South Vietnam, Trần văn Khắc migrated and lived out life in Canada.	[79][80][81]
Hoàng Đạo Thúy (1900-1994)	Scout leader in North Vietnam and Communist Party member.	Hoàng Đạo Thúy
Tạ Quang Bửu (1910-1986)	First Deputy Gilwell Camp Chief of Việt Nam. Deputy Defense Minister, North Vietnam.	Tạ Quang Bửu
Võ Thành Minh	Early leader who strove to maintain the non-political nature of Scouting. Killed by Việt Cộng during the 1968 Tet Offensive.	Võ Thành Minh
Cung Giũ Nguyên (1909-2008)	Scoutmaster. In 1958 the Tùng Nguyên national training camp was established under his leadership, where all Scoutmasters trained between 1958 and 1975.	Cung Giũ Nguyên
Nguyễn Hữu Đang (1913-2007)	Raider Scout. High-ranking Communist operative. Scouting leader. Attempted to convince other Scout leaders to join Communist Party. Purged from the Party and arrested 1958.	Nguyễn Hữu Đang
Lưu Hữu Phước (1921-1989)	Composer.	Lưu Hữu Phước

Vietnamese Scouting in exile

Name	Notability	Reference
Philip Nguyễn văn Thơ	Scouting official.
Nguyễn Quang Minh	Scouts-in-exile organizer.
Nguyễn văn Thuất	President, International Central Committee of Vietnamese Scouting, 2002-06

Australia

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Name	Notability	Reference
Kieran Ault-Connell	Paralympic athlete
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
Clement Roy Nichols	Served on the World Scout Committee from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1965.
David Parkin	Australian rules footballer and coach
Helen Sham-Ho	member, NSW Legislative Council
Jack Sinclair	Cycled from Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Western Australia to Surfers Paradise, Queensland. Recipient, Australian Scouting Medallion.
Dick Smith	businessman and aviator
Adam Spencer	radio DJ and media personality
Jack Yabsley	television presenter

New Zealand

Name	Notability	Reference
Eileen Louise Soper	journalist and Girl Guides commissioner	[83]

Europe

Austria

Name	Notability	Reference
Marie Antoinette Hofmann	Guiding pioneer.
Emmerich Teuber (1877-1943)	Began the first Scouting group in Vienna in 1912. Later served on the International Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from its creation in 1922 until 1929.

Belgium

Name	Notability	Reference
Albert II	King of the Belgians, 1993-2013	[84]
Baudouin	King of the Belgians, 1951-1993	[85]
Hergé	Belgian cartoonist and creator of The Adventures of Tintin	[86]

The Czech Republic

Name	Notability	Reference
Edvard Beneš	2st president of the Czechoslovakia
Václav Havel	1st president of the Czech Republic.	[87]

France

Name	Notability	Reference
Jacques Sevin	Jesuit priest, founder of Scouts de France, candidate for canonization.
Raymond Schlemmer	Scouting leader in France and Indochina.
Pierre de Coubertin	founder of the International Olympic Committee and the inter-religious Eclaireurs Français (EF), now the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France.	[88]
Pierre Joubert	Illustrator of Scouting and other children's books.	[89]
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	Former President of the French Republic	[90]
Jacques Chirac	Former President of the French Republic	[88]
Lionel Jospin	Former Prime Minister of France	[88]
Michel Rocard	Former Prime Minister of France	[88]
Michel Debré	Former Prime Minister of France	[88]
Edouard Balladur	Former Prime Minister of France	[88]
René Mouchotte	Free French Air Force fighter pilot	[88]
Paul-Émile Victor	Arctic and Antarctic explorer	[88]
Henri Lhote	Saharan explorer and ethnographer	[88]
Marcel Marceau	actor and mime artist	[88]

Greece

Name	Notability	Reference
Demetrios Alexatos	Commissioner, Soma Hellinon Proskopon. Member, World Scout Committee, 1957-63. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1963.

Hungary and Hungarian Scouting

Name	Notability	Reference
László Almásy	Pilot.
Béla Heinrich Bánáthy	Scout.
Gábor Bodnár	Organizer of Hungarian Scouts in exile.
Fritz M. de Molnár	Scouting pioneer. Deputy Camp Chief.
László Nagy	Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, 1968-1988	[91]
Aladar de Szillassy	Scouting pioneer.
István Kanitz	Scouting pioneer.
Kisbarnaki Farkas Ferenc	Chief Scout.
Králik László	Scouting pioneer.
Sík Sándor	Scouting pioneer.
Pál Teleki	Chief Scout.

Iceland

Name	Notability	Reference
Ólafur Ásgeirsson	Chief Scout.
Bragi Björnsson	Chief Scout.
Gunnar H. Eyjólfsson	Chief Scout.
Páll Gíslason	Chief Scout. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1981.
Jónas B. Jónsson	Chief Scout.
Jakobína Magnúsdóttir	Girl Guide Chief Commissioner.
Ingvar Ólafsson	Scouting was introduced in Iceland as early as 1911, when Ingvar Ólafsson, who had entered the Scout Movement in Denmark, formed the first Boy Scout patrol.
Ágúst Þorsteinsson	Chief Scout.
Helgi Tómasson	Chief Scout
Axel Tulinius	First Chief Scout, Bandalag Íslenskra Skáta, 1925-38.

Ireland

Name	Notability	Reference
Ernest Farrell	Co-Founder, Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland.
Tom Farrell	Co-Founder, Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland.
John O'Neill	Chief Scout, Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland.
Michael O'Leary	Chief executive officer of Ryanair	[92]
Graham Norton	Comedian and television presenter	[92]
Bob Geldof	Singer-songwriter and political activist.	[92]
Brian Cowen	Taoiseach of Ireland from 2008 to 2011.	[92]

The Netherlands

Name	Notability	Reference
Jan Peter Balkenende	Prime Minister	[93]
Jozef van den Berg	Hermit, former theatre maker	[94]
Jo Cals	Prime Minister	[95]
Arjan Erkel	medical aid worker for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), abducted in Dagestan	[96]
Jan van Hoof	member of the Dutch resistance (Operation Market Garden)	[97]
Henk Kamp	politician	[98]
Bert Koenders	politician	[99]
Piet J. Kroonenberg	Scouting historian and author. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1996.	[100]
Tinneke de Nooij	Discjocky (Radio Veronica)	[101]
Frits Philips	chairman of the board of directors of Dutch electronics company Philips	[102]
Jean Jacques Rambonnet	Vice Admiral, Minister (Navy, Colonies, War), the only Chief Scout of the Netherlands	[103]
Joost Swarte	comic artist and graphical designer	[104]
Willem Oltmans	journalist	[105]
Beatrix of the Netherlands		[106]
Juliana of the Netherlands	also known as Movavedo (Mother of many daughters)	[106]
Duke Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Scherwin	Prince of the Netherlands, Prince Consort, Chairman of Netherlands Pathfinders	[106]
Princess Máxima of the Netherlands	Princess of Orange, now patron of Scouting Nederland	[106]
Princess Christina of the Netherlands		[106]
Claus von Amsberg	Prince of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Prince Consort	[106]
Princess Irene of the Netherlands		[106]
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands		[106]

Norway

Name	Notability	Reference
Kari Aas	Guider. Designed World Guide Flag.

Poland

Name	Notability	Reference
Jan Roman Bytnar	Scouter. Szarych Szeregów.	[107]
Sławomir Maciej Bittner	Scoutmaster. Officer, Armia Krajowa. Arrested and killed by Gestapo.
Stanisław Broniewski	Naczelnik (Chief Scout), Szare Szeregi. Officer, Armia Krajowa.
Tadeusz Chciuk	Biali Kurierzy, Szare Szeregi.
Aleksander Maciej Dawidowski	Scouter. Szarych Szeregów.	[107]
Jadwiga Falkowska	Co-Founder of Polish Girl Guides. Executed by the Russians.
Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski	Scout. Scouter. Priest. Died in Nazi prison. Beatified.
Józef Andrzej Grzesiak	Scoutmaster. Szarych Szeregów.
Kazimierz Iwiński	Teacher. Education official. Scouter. Commander of Scout resistance fighters.
Karolina Kaczorowska	First Lady of Poland in exile.
Ryszard Kaczorowski	President of Poland in exile.
Aleksander Kamiński	Teacher, Scoutmaster, Szarych Szeregów. Editor-in-Chief, Biuletyn Informacyjny, Armia Krajowa. Declared Righteous Among the Nations.
Józefa Kantor	Founder of Mury, the clandestine Polish Girl Guide group inside Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Anna Komorowska	First Lady of Poland.
Bronisław Maria Komorowski	President of Poland.
Kazimierz Lutosławski	Physician, priest, Scouter.
Andrzej Małkowski and Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska	Founders of Scouting and Guiding in Poland. Andrzej translated Scouting for Boys into Polish.
Florian Marciniak	Naczelnik (Chief Scout), Szare Szeregi. Executed by the Nazis.	[108]
Kazimierz Piechowski	War hero
Witold Pilecki	ZHP Scout and soldier. Armia Krajowa intelligence officer. Allied spy and war hero.	[109][110][111][112][113][114]
Józef Pukowiec	Teacher. Scoutmaster. Tortured and killed by Nazis.
Jan Rodowicz	Scouter. Szarych Szeregów.
Andrzej Romocki	Scouter. Szarych Szeregów.	[115]
Kazimierz Aleksander Sabbat	President of Poland in exile.
Stanisław Sedlaczek	Professor. Scoutmaster. Died at Auschwitz.
Eugeniusz Stasiecki	Scouter. Szarych Szeregów.
Tadeusz Strumiłło	Scouter. President of the ZHP. Professor of the underground university system.
Anna Zawadzka	Sister of Tadeusz Zawadzki. Scouter. Szarych Szeregów. Teacher. Vice President of the post-Communist ZHP.
Tadeusz Zawadzki	Codename "Zośka." Scouter. Szarych Szeregów. After whom the famous Batalion Zośka was named.	[107]
Jerzy Eugeniusz Zborowski	Scoutmaster. Commander, Batalion Parasol, Armia Krajowa.

Serbia

Name	Notability	Reference
Vlade Divac	retired basketball player
Patriarch Pavle of Serbia	44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Emir Kusturica	filmmaker, actor and musician
Mika Antić	poet, movie director, journalist and painter
Desanka Maksimović	poet

Sweden

Name	Notability	Reference
Carl XVI Gustaf	King.	[116]
Gustaf VI Adolf	King, Chief Scout.	[116]
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten	Gustaf Adolf was a Boy Scout and as an adult became a Scoutmaster. He earned his Wood Badge beads at Gilwell Park in England. When the Svenska Scoutrådet was formed, he served as its first president or Chief Scout. He was leader of the Swedish contingent at the 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937 and to the World Scout Moot in 1939. He served on the World Scout Committee from May 1937 until his death.
Folke Bernadotte	Diplomat, United Nations mediator in Palestine.	[116]
Carl-Henric Svanberg	CEO of BP.	[117]

Switzerland

Name	Notability	Reference
Walther von Bonstetten	Prominent Scouting leader. Founder of Kandersteg International Scout Centre. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1937.
László Nagy	An expert in sociology and political science, he was a research specialist at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva when the Institute, under contract with the World Scout Bureau and the Ford Foundation, assigned him to conduct a two-year international study of the Scout Movement. This led to reorganization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and his appointment as Secretary General. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1977.

The United Kingdom

Baden-Powell Scouts Association

Name	Notability	Reference
Lawrie Dring / Lawrence Dring (1931–2012)	Co-Founder, Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. Founder, World Federation of Independent Scouts.

Girlguiding UK

Name	Notability	Reference
Anne, Princess Royal		[118][119]
Cherie Booth	human rights lawyer	[120]
Betty Boothroyd	first female Speaker of the House of Commons	[121]
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon	Queen Consort	[119]
Queen Elizabeth II		[119]
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson	athlete and television presenter	[120]
Glenda Jackson	actress and politician	[120]
Lorraine Kelly	television presenter	[120]
Princess Margaret		[119]
Mo Mowlam	politician	[120]
Dame Anita Roddick	entrepreneur and environmental campaigner	[120]
Helen Sharman	the first British woman in space	[120]
Delia Smith	television chef	[120]
Faye White	athlete and sports commentator	[122]

The Scout Association

Name	Notability	Reference
Henry Allingham	World War I veteran believed to have been the oldest Scout in Europe	[123]
David Attenborough	Naturalist, TV personality	[124]
Vera Barclay	First prominent Cub leader. Authored Jungle Wisdom.	[125]
David Beckham	midfielder of the England football squad	[126]
David Bellamy	TV personality	[124]
Tony Benn	Politician	[124]
Tony Blair	Former-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	[126]
Chris Bonington	mountaineer	[127]
David Bowie	singer-songwriter, producer and actor	[128]
Gyles Brandreth	author and politician	[129]
Richard Branson	Entrepreneur	[126]
Sir Trevor Brooking	footballer	[124]
Ernest Stafford Carlos	painter and war artist	[130]
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge	wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge	[131]
Brian Clough	football manager	[124]
Nigel Clough	Footballer	[124]
Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan	Governor of Tasmania and Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth, 1945-1959	[132]
Jack Cornwell	war hero	[133]
John Craven	TV personality	[124]
Jim Davidson	entertainer	[124]
Ken Dodd	entertainer	[124]
Roger Gale	politician	[129]
Bear Grylls	TV presenter, adventurer and writer. Chief Scout of the United Kingdom since 2009.	[134]
Richard Hammond	TV presenter	[124]
Mike Harding	comedian/songwriter and radio presenter	[124]
Ainsley Harriott	TV chef	[124]
James Jakes	Racing driver; sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America for the 2012 IndyCar season	[135]
Rhys Jones	youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest	[136]
Natasha Kaplinsky	BBC news presenter	[124]
Neil Kinnock	politician	[124]
Sammy Lee	footballer	[124]
William Frederick de Bois Maclaren (1856–1921)	Businessman and District Scout Commissioner of Rosneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Donated Gilwell Park to the Scout Movement. In his honor, the Clan MacLaren tartan adorns the Wood Badge neckerchief in most, if not all, countries implementing the Wood Badge program.
John Major	former Prime Minister	[124]
Simon Mayo	disc jockey/TV presenter	[124]
Paul McCartney	singer/songwriter/bassist of the Beatles and Wings	[124]
Derek Mountfield	footballer	[124]
Denis Norden	TV personality	[124]
Jamie Oliver	celebrity chef	[124]
Michael Owen	footballer	[124]
Michael Parkinson	radio presenter, TV personality	[124]
Jeremy Paxman	TV/news presenter	[126]
Roland Philipps	Scouter.
William Henry Ralph Reader (1903–1982)	Actor, theatrical producer, songwriter, intelligence officer. Founder of The Gang Show. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1975.
Cliff Richard	entertainer	[124]
Keith Richards	Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter	[124]
Bobby Robson	former England football manager	[124]
Roger Scruton	philosopher	[129]
David Seaman	footballer	[124]
Chris Tarrant	TV personality	[124]
Harold Wilson	former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	[124]
Antony Worrall Thompson	chef and television presenter	[129]
John Thurman / Richard Francis Thurman	Camp Chief, Gilwell, 1943-69. Authored many Scouting books. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1959.
Francis Vane / Francis Patrick Fletcher Vane (5th Baronet Fletcher-Vane of Hutton)	Soldier. Second Boer War veteran. Commissioner, The Boy Scouts Association. Founder, The British Boy Scouts (later The Brotherhood of British Scouts). Founder and Grand Scout Master, Order of World Scouts, the oldest Scout federation.
John Skinner Wilson (1888–1969)	Soldier, intelligence officer, Scout leader. Senior Deputy Police Commissioner, Calcutta. District Scout Commissioner, Calcutta. Camp Chief, Gilwell. Director, Boy Scouts International Bureau. Held first Wood Badge Course in the USA. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1937.

Latin America

Argentina

Name	Notability	Reference
Russell D. Christian	Scouting pioneer.
Francisco Pascasio Moreno	Scouting pioneer.

Brazil

Name	Notability	Reference
Juscelino Kubitscheck	Brazilian president	[137]

Chile

Name	Notability	Reference
Paula Pelaez	Recipient, Bronze Wolf.

Cuba

Name	Notability	Reference
Salvador Fernández Beltrán	General Secretary of the Inter-American Advisory Committee, assisted in the creation of the InterAmerican Scout Office. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1957.

Ecuador

Name	Notability	Reference
Rafael Correa	President
Ivan Vallejo	Mountaineer

Mexico

Name	Notability	Reference
Juan Lainé (1884-1977)	Served on the World Scout Committee from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1951 to 1957. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1966.

Peru

Name	Notability	Reference
Elias Mendoza	Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1972.

Venezuela

Name	Notability	Reference
Adolfo Aristeguieta Gramcko	Surgeon, psychiatrist, homeopath. Scout leader; served at local, national, and international levels. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1976.
Gustavo J. Vollmer	Chairman of the World Scout Committee. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1969.

The Middle East

Israel

Name	Notability	Reference
Reuven Rivlin	President	[138]
Benjamin Netanyahu	Prime Minister	[139]
Gidi Gov	Singer, TV host, entertainer and actor	[140]
Yuval Banay	Musician	[140]
Shlomi Braha	Rock musician and record producer	[140]
Din Din Aviv	Pop and folk singer	[140]

Lebanon

Name	Notability	Reference
Muhammad el-Hibri	Son of Toufik el-Hibri. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1972.
Toufik El Hibri	Pioneer of Scouting in Arabia.
Bachir El Gemayel	President.
Karim Adaimi	Chief Leader.

Syria

Name	Notability	Reference
Ali Abdulkarim al-Dandachi (1907–2000)	Vice President, Boy Scouts de Syrie. Served on Boy Scouts International Committee, 1951-57. Promoted Scouting throughout the Middle East. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1969.

North America

Canada

Name	Notability	Reference
Jean-François Carrey	youngest Canadian to climb Mount Everest	[141]
A. Wallace Denny	Deputy Chief Scout, Boy Scouts of Canada. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1977.
Jackson Dodds	Deputy Chief Scout for Canada. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1955
Leonard F. Jarrett	Director, Boy Scouts International Bureau (London), Boy Scouts World Bureau (Ottawa), and World Scout Bureau (Geneva), 1955-81. Consultant for the Bureau, 1981-86. Organizer of Jamboree-on-the-Air, 1958-88. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1973.	[142]
Craig Kielburger	Children's rights activist. Member, Board of Governors, Scouts Canada.
Steve MacLean	astronaut	[143]
Kevin Newman	journalist and broadcaster	[144]
Seamus O'Regan	journalist and broadcaster	[145]
J. Percy Ross	Chief Executive, Boy Scouts of Canada. Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1978.
Daniel Charles Spry (1913-1989)	WW2 general. Director, Boy Scouts World Bureau.
W. Brett Wilson	entrepreneur	[146]

The 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 of The College of The Bahamas and senior fellow at American Association of State Colleges and Universities	[147][148][149][150]
Barbara Bush	former First Lady of the United States	[7]
Laura Bush	former First Lady of the United States	[7]
Rosalynn Carter	former First Lady of the United States	[151]
Hillary Rodham Clinton	former First Lady of the United States	[151]
Tipper Gore	former Second Lady of the United States	[152]
Lou Henry Hoover	former First Lady of the United States	[151]
Dolores Huerta	Labor Leader	[153]
Juliette Gordon Low	Guider in Britain. Friend of Baden-Powell. Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
Kathy Mattea	singer	[154]
Pat Nixon	former First Lady of the United States	[151]
Michelle Obama	First Lady of the United States	[151]
Nancy Reagan	former First Lady of the United States	[151]
Robin Roberts	newscaster	[155]
Edith Wilson	former First Lady of the United States	[151]

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; Tenderfoot Scout	[156]
Jack Andraka	Life Scout who developed a test for cancer at age 15	[157]
Ezra Taft Benson	National Executive Board Member, Boy Scouts of America;; US Secretary of Agriculture; President; Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; recipient of the Bronze Wolf Award
Ernest Borgnine	Film and television actor	[158]}
William D. Boyce	Entrepreneur; newspaper publisher; philanthropist; safari explorer; founder of the Boy Scouts of America and the Lone Scouts of America	[159][160]
George W. Bush	43rd U.S. President; Cub Scout	[7][161]
Calvin Coolidge, Jr.	Son of President Calvin Coolidge; with his brother, he was the first Scout to live in the White House.	[162]
Walter Cronkite	Broadcast journalist	[163][164]
John Hope Franklin	Boy Scout; historian, author of From Slavery to Freedom; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom	[165]
Bill Gates	Life Scout, founder of Microsoft	[166]
Alexander D. Goode	Scout leader, Rabbi, Army Chaplain, one of the Four Chaplains who died when the troop transport Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II	[167]
Walter Greenberg	Scout, World War II refugee from Italy, movie maker	[168]
Byron Hill	Nashville songwriter; Life Scout	[169]
William Hillcourt (Green Bar Bill)	Boy Scout; Scoutmaster; Scouting professional who served in various positions in the Boy Scouts of America; authored many books and articles on Scouting, outdoor activities, and Scout skills, including the first Scout Fieldbook and three editions of the Boy Scout Handbook of the BSA; trainee at the first Wood Badge course in the USA, 1936 and served as Senior Patrol Leader at the second course some days later; organized Wood Badge as a regular BSA program in 1948, serving as the first Course Leader; recipient of the Bronze Wolf Award	[170]
Frank Reed Horton	Deputy Scout Commissioner, Easton Scout Council, Pennsylvania; Scout Executive, Homestead District Council, Pennsylvania; Scout Executive, Shenandoah Area Council, Winchester, Virginia; founder, Alpha Phi Omega
John Isley	host of The John Boy & Billy Big Show	[171]
John F. Kennedy	Star Scout; 35th President of the United States	[172]
Martin Luther King Jr.	Boy Scout; civil rights activist	[173]
Tommy Lasorda	Manager of two LA Dodgers World Series champion teams; member of National Baseball Hall of Fame	[174]
Ross A. McGinnis	Cub Scout, Boy Scout, awarded Medal of Honor in the Iraq War	[175]
Jim Morrison	Cub Scout	[176]
Clark V. Poling	Scout leader; Dutch Reformed minister; Army Chaplain; one of the Four Chaplains who died when the troop transport Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II	[167]
Ernest Thompson Seton	British-Canadian-American naturalist, outdoor artist, conservationist; founded the Woodcraft Indians and the Woodcraft League; inspiration and major source of Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys; co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America and the Camp Fire Girls; Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America; recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award	[177][178][179][180][181]
Alan K. Simpson	Scout, U.S. Senator from Wyoming	[182]
John Victor Skiff	Scout, Scoutmaster, New York State environmental conservationist and public servant.	[183]
George Takei	Actor, community leader, civil rights activist	[184][185]
Teller	Entertainer, Cub Scout	[186]
Robert Wadlow	World's tallest Boy Scout	[187]
John P. Washington	Scout leader, Catholic priest, Army Chaplain, one of the Four Chaplains who died when the troop transport Dorchester was torpedoed during World War II	[167]

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:^[188]

Name Notability References Roy Chapman Andrews Explorer, adventurer and naturalist; director of the American Museum of Natural History [188][189] Robert Bartlett Newfoundland navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries [188][189] Frederick Russell Burnham Military scout and world traveling adventurer; served the British Army in colonial Africa; taught woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell [188][189] Richard E. Byrd Rear admiral, polar explorer, aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor [188][189] George Kruck Cherrie Naturalist and explorer of the American Museum of Natural History [188][189] James L. Clark Explorer and scientist of the American Museum of Natural History [188][189] 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 [188][189] Lincoln Ellsworth Arctic explorer [188][189] Louis Agassiz Fuertes Ornithologist, illustrator and artist [188][189] George Bird Grinnell Anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer; influenced public opinion and legislation which ultimately led to the preservation of the American buffalo [188][189] Charles Lindbergh Aviator, author, inventor and explorer [188][189] Donald B. MacMillan Arctic explorer, sailor and researcher [188][189] Clifford H. Pope Herpetologist and explorer [188][189] George P. Putnam Publisher, author and explorer [188][189] Kermit Roosevelt Explorer, soldier who served with both the British and U.S. Armies, businessman and writer [188][189] Carl Rungius Wildlife artist [188][189] Stewart Edward White Author of adventure travel books [188][189] Orville Wright Co-inventor of the world's first successful airplane [188][189]

Puerto Rico

Name	Notability	Reference
Luis Matias Ferrer	Co-founder of Yokahu Lodge, Order of the Arrow
Frank H. Wadsworth	Co-founder of Yokahu Lodge, Order of the Arrow

See also

• List of Alpha Phi Omega members

External links

• Famous Scouts
• Famous UK Scouts

Notes

References

• "Astronauts and the BSA". Fact sheet. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
• "Bienvenue sur le site national des Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France" (in French). Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France. Retrieved July 23, 2006. 
• "CBBC Newsround - Guides - Misc - Girl Guides - What is Guiding?". BBC. February 21, 2005. Retrieved July 20, 2006. 
• "The Congress and Scouting". Fact sheet. Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
• "Girlguiding Scotland - Info - Inspirational Women/Interviews". GirlGuiding Scotland. Archived from the original on July 12, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2006. 
• "Girlguiding UK - About Us - What is Guiding?". Girlguiding UK. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2006. 
• "NPG x76303; Princess Anne". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved August 8, 2006. 
• Bush, Laura. "Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Girl Scouts of Korea Event". U.S. Government. Retrieved August 3, 2006. 
• Copping, Jasper (July 9, 2006). "Telegraph - News - Computing, faith and even PR, the Scout badges leading the pack". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved August 8, 2006. 

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