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Notable former Scouts

A list of notable former Scouts, who at some time have been members of the Scout Association.

  • Ainsley Harriott - chef
  • Alan Titchmarsh - gardener and TV presenter
  • Alex Brooker - Comedian, journalist and TV presenter
  • Bear Grylls - adventurer, TV presenter and author - Chief Scout 
  • Chris Tarrant - TV presenter
  • Sir David Attenborough - broadcaster and historian
  • David Bellamy OBE - botanist, television presenter, author and environmental campaigner
  • David Wickham - producer
  • Denis Norden - comedy writer and TV presenter
  • Derek Jacobi - actor
  • Ed Crooks - TV reporter
  • Graham Norton - TV presenter
  • Greg Davies - Comedian, writer and TV presenter
  • James Acaster - comedian and TV presenter
  • James Buckley - actor
  • James Martin - chef
  • Jamie Oliver MBE - chef, TV presenter and cook-book author
  • Jeremy Paxman - broadcaster and TV presenter
  • John Craven OBE - journalist and TV presenter
  • Kenn Dodd - former comedian and entertainer
  • Michael Barratt - TV presenter
  • Michael Hurll - TV producer
  • Sir Michael Parkinson CBE - broadcaster and TV presenter
  • Natasha Kaplinsky - newsreader
  • Phil Gayle - newsreader
  • Ray Mears - survival expert
  • Sir Richard Attenborough - former actor and film director
  • Richard Barker OBE - life sciences and healthcare leader
  • Richard Hammond - TV presenter
  • Richard McCourt - TV presenter as one half of double act, ‘Dick and Dom’
  • Richard Whitely - TV presenter
  • Ronnie Corbett - former comedian and actor
  • Ross Kemp - actor and TV presenter
  • Suzy Eddie Izzard - comedian, actor and activist
  • Andy Murray - tennis player
  • Bobby Robson - manager
  • Bob Willis - cricketer 
  • Brendon Batson - footballer
  • Brian Clough OBE - former manager and football player
  • Christopher Lambert - athlete
  • David Beckham - footballer
  • David Seaman - goalkeeper
  • Derek Mountfield - footballer
  • Gareth Southgate - former footballer and former England manager
  • Gordon Bulloch - rugby player
  • Gordon Pirie - athlete
  • Graeme Le Saux -  footballer
  • Graham Stuart - footballer
  • Ian Clough - mountaineer
  • Lee Sharpe - footballer
  • Malcom MacDonald - manager
  • Mark Ramprakash - cricketer
  • Martin Keown - footballer
  • Michael Owen - footballer
  • Nigel Clough - footballer
  • Paul Bracewell - footballer
  • Peter Oosterhuis - golfer
  • Robert Lee - footballer
  • Sammy Lee - footballer
  • Tim Foster -  rower 
  • Tommy Taylor - manager
  • Trevor Brooking - pundit
  • Bob Geldof - singer-songwriter, and member of The Boomtown Rats
  • Boy George - singer-songwriter
  • Sir Cliff Richard - singer-songwriter
  • David Bowie - singer-songwriter
  • David Gilmour - singer-songwriter, and member of Pink Floyd
  • Fat Boy Slim (Norman Cook) - DJ
  • George Michael - singer-songwriter, and member of Wham
  • Ian ‘H’ Watkins - singer, and member of Steps 
  • Jarvis Cocker - singer-songwriter, and member of Pulp
  • Karl Green - singer and member of Herman's Hermits
  • Mark Feehily - singer, and member of Westlife
  • Mike Harding - singer and comedian
  • Noel Gallagher - singer-songwriter, and member of Oasis
  • Sir Paul McCartney - singer-songwriter, and member of The Beatles
  • Pete Waterman - record producer
  • Professor Arnold Wolfendale - astronomer
  • Sir Austin Pearce CBE - chairman of British Aerospace
  • Sir Christopher Catherwood - author and historian
  • David Hockney - artist
  • Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar - RAF pilot in the Second World War
  • Lord John Hunt CBE DSO - former British Army officer and explorer
  • John Nicol - RAF pilot, author and broadcaster
  • Lesley Thomas OBE - author
  • Martin Townsend - journalist
  • Sir Michael Edwards - British-South African chairman of British Leyland
  • Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison - businessman 
  • Raymond Briggs CBE - author of The Snowman, Ethel & Ernest, and Fungus the Bogeyman
  • Rhys Jones - youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest
  • Richard Branson - entrepreneur
  • Major General Robin Short - former director general of Army Medical Services
  • Simon Mayo - radio presenter and DJ
  • Tony Warren MBE - creator of Coronation Street
  • Vera Barclay - first prominent Cub leader and author
  • Adam Butler - former Conservative politician
  • Austin Mitchell - former academic, journalist and Labour politician
  • Hon. Sir Charles Morrison - former Labour politician and Cabinet minister
  • David Evans - current general secretary of the Labour Party
  • David Lammy - current Labour MP for Tottenham and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
  • Lord David Owen - British politician and physician
  • Lord David Pitt of Hampstead - former Labour politician and GP
  • Eric Heffer - former Labour MP for Liverpool, Walton
  • Lord Rochester DL, Foster Charles Lowry Lamb - former Liberal Democrat politician 
  • Lord Francis Pym MC DL - former Conservative politician
  • Lord Geoffrey Howe of Aberavon Kt CH QC - former British Conservative politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990
  • George Robert ‘Bob’ Cryer - former Labour politician
  • Harold Wilson - former Prime Minister
  • James Shea - NATO Spokesman
  • Lord Joe Gormley - former President of the National Union of Miners and Labour peer
  • Sir John Devereux Ward CBE - former Conservative politician 
  • John Major - former Prime Minister
  • Neil Kinnock - former leader of the Labour Party
  • Peter Fry - former Conservative politician
  • Peter Mandelson - current Labour politician
  • Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe - English barrister and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He sat in the House of Lords until 2021.
  • Ron Hayward - former leading activist in the British Labour Party
  • Lord Roy Mason of Barnsley DL
  • Sam Galbraith - former Scottish politician and neurosurgeon
  • Tony Benn - former Labour politician and MP for Bristol South East and Chesterfield
  • Tony Blair - former Prime Minister
  • The Very Revd. Professor Barbour - former Dean of the Chapel Royal, Church of Scotland
  • The Very Revd. Edward Carpenter, MA BD DPh - former Dean of Westminster
  • Rt. Revd. Roderic Coote MA DD - former Bishop of Colchester
  • Rt. Revd. John Kirkham MA - former Bishop of Sherbourne
  • Rt. Revd. Tom McMahon - former RC Bishop of Brentwood
  • Cardinal Thomas Winning - former Scottish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and former Archbishop of Glasgow
  • Rt. Revd. Maurice Wood DSC, MA, RNVR - former Bishop of Norwich
  • Armandou M'Bou - UNESCO director general 
  • Barack Obama - former President of the United States
  • Bill Clinton - former President of the United States
  • Buzz Aldrin - astronaut
  • Caitlyn Jenner - US Athlete
  • Chris Pratt - actor
  • Condoleezza Rice - American diplomat and political scientist (Girl Scouts of America)
  • Ex-King Constantine of Greece
  • Hon. Daniel Moi - former President of Kenya
  • Prince Emmanuel of Lichtenstein
  • Gerald Ford - former US President
  • Harrison Ford - actor
  • Jack Black - actor
  • Jacques Chirac - French Politician
  • James Lovell - astronaut
  • James Stewart - actor
  • Jason Donovan - actor and singer
  • Jean-Louis Dumas - chairman and creative director of Hermès fashion house in France
  • John F Kennedy - former President of the United States
  • Dr Julius Nyerere - former President of Tanzania
  • Mariah Carey - singer (Girl Scouts of America)
  • Mark Spitz - US swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion
  • Martin Luther King Jr - civil rights activist
  • Michael J Fox - actor
  • Neil Armstrong - astronaut
  • Queen Latifah - rapper, actress and singer (Girl Scouts of America)
  • Richard Gere - actor
  • Sir Sonny Ramphal CMG QC - former Commonwealth Secretary General
  • Steven Spielberg - film director
  • Taylor Swift - singer songwriter (Girl Scouts of America)
  • Valery Giscard d'Estang - French politician
  • Venus Williams - tennis player (Girl Scouts of America)
  • Walter Cronkite - US Journalist

Chief Scout

  • Dwayne Fields - explorer, adventurer and TV presenter

Scout Ambassadors

  • Ellie Simmonds - Paralympic swimmer 
  • Warwick Davis - actor 
  • Tim Peake - astronaut
  • Ed Stafford - explorer and survivalist
  • Julia Bradbury - TV presenter 
  • Saray Khumalo - explorer and mountaineer
  • Megan Hine - survival consultant, adventurer, writer and TV presenter 
  • Steve Backshall - TV presenter and wildlife expert
  • Helen Glover - Olympic rower

Scout adventurers

  • Karen Darke MBE - Paralympian 
  • Phoebe Smith - wild camping adventurer 
  • Darren Clarkson-King - kayaker 
  • Laura Jones - runner
  • Sal Montgomery - kayaker
  • Alastair Humphreys
  • Sean Conway
  • Rhys Jones - mountaineer
  • Mark Wood 
  • Robert McArthur - adventurer 
  • Poldy van Lynden 
  • Joe Doherty - explorer and polar expedition leader
  • Ben Saunders - polar explorer
  • Mahroof Malik - mountaineer