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Did you know that some of the
world's most successful people were
once Scouts or were somehow involved in Scouting at some time during
their younger years?
Many attribute much
of their success to the
training and
lessons learnt from Scouting.
Some well known Scouts from
Australia include...
Jason Donovan -
Actor/Entertainer (Australia)
Rolf
Harris - Entertainer (Australia)
Geoffrey Blainey - historian
Australia
Kieran
Ault-Connell Paralympic runner
Sir
Jack Brabham -racing driver
Sally
Browne- fashion entrepreneur
Keith
Conlon -television and radio presenter
Jamie
Durie -television host
Peter
Garrett - MP 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
And internationally...
Ronnie
Corbett - Actor
John
Major - Prime Minister
Michael
Parkinson - Radio Presenter, TV Personality
Cliff
Richard - Entertainer
Bobby
Robson - Former England Football Manager
Jeffrey
Archer -politician and author
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
Michael
J. Fox- actor Canada
Gordon
Lightfoot -musician Canada
Rich
Little- comedian/impressionist Canada
Steve
MacLean -astronaut canada
Brian
Mulroney- Prime Minister canada
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
Astronauts
and scouting...
Scouts
teaches young people to be good citizens and
trains them to become leaders. These qualities are also found in the
U.S. astronaut program. Of the 312 pilots and scientists selected as
astronauts since 1959, 179 were Scouts or have been active in Scouting:
So,
what really happens to a Scout, when they have left the Scouting
movement?
Records show that for every 100
people who join Scouting:
Rarely
will one be brought before the juvenile court system.
4
will become Queen's Scouts.
At
least 1 of these will say they value their Queen's Scout Award above
their College degree.
17
will become future Scout volunteers.
12
will have their first contact with Church.
1
will enter the clergy.
18
will develop a hobby which will last throughout their adult life.
8
will enter a vocation that was learned through the Progressive Training
Award Scheme.
1
will use his/her Scouting skills to save his/her own life.
1
will use his/her Scouting skills to save the life of another person.
Additionally,
Scout's Account for:
64%
of RAF graduates.
85%
of FBI agents.
26
of the first 29 astronauts!
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