This is a list of notable
Scouts
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...
and
Scouters.
Africa
Ghana
Kenya
Libya
Morocco
Rwanda
South Africa
Asia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Korea
Maldives
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Vietnamese Scouting in exile
Eurasia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Greece
Hungary and Hungarian Scouting
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Serbia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Baden-Powell Scouts Association
Girlguiding UK
The Scout Association
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Cuba
Ecuador
Mexico
Peru
Venezuela
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
North America
Bahamas
Canada
United States
Girl Scouts of the USA
These notable individuals were in the
Girl Scouts of the USA
Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized a ...
(GSUSA). Also see
Gold Award recipients.
Boy Scouts of America
These notable individuals were in the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
(BSA). Also see the lists of
Eagle Scouts
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. The Eagle Sc ...
,
Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award,
Chief Scout Executives
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
,
National presidents of the Boy Scouts of America and
National Commissioner.
=Honorary Scouts
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In 1911, President
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
accepted the position of honorary president of the BSA, and each
U.S. president
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
since has served.
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
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:
=Puerto Rico
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Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
See also
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List of Alpha Phi Omega members
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