Notable Former Scouts
For more details on this topic, see List of Scouts.The Scout Association has had many notable members in the past, with the following selection being the best known:
- David Beckham – England international footballer and former captain
- Tony Blair – former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Richard Branson – Virgin Group Founder
- John Major – former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Paul McCartney – singer/songwriter/bassist of the Beatles and Wings
- George Michael – singer/songwriter
- Cliff Richard – singer
- Keith Richards – member of the Rolling Stones
- Bear Grylls – adventurer and television personality and current Chief Scout
- Ronnie Corbett – actor and comedian who worked with Ronnie Barker in the British television comedy series The Two Ronnies
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Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or scouts:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“it pleaseth me when I see through the meadows
The tents and pavilions set up, and great joy have I
When I see o’er the campana knights armed and horses arrayed.
And it pleaseth me when the scouts set in flight the folk with
their goods;
And it pleaseth me when I see coming together after them an host of
armed men.”
—Bertrans De Born (fl. 12th century)