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