Famous Masons
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Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut
Alves, Antônio de Castro - Latin-American poet.
Amundsen, Roald - Norwegian polar explorer.
Armistead, Lewis A. - Confederate General.
Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician.
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force
Arnold, Richard Edward "Eddy" - "Tennessee Plowboy" singer of Country and Pop
Astor, John Jacob - German-American merchant and financier.
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene - Actor
Bach, Johann Christian - Musician/Composer.
Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour, Lloyd - Jewelry
Banks, Sir Joseph - English Scientist.
Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty
Bassie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
Baylor, Robert E. B. - Founder Baylor University
Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy Scouts
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Bellamy, Ralph - Entertainer and author of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance
Benes, Eduard - second president of Czechoslovakia (1935-38, 1946-48).
Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Berlin, Irving - Entertainer
Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, Baron - Swedish chemist, considered one of the founders of modern chemistry.
Bingham, Hiram - Discoverer of Machu Picchu
Bishop, Sir Henry - Musician.
Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice
Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Bolivar, Simon - "Liberator" of South America
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Bordet, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent - Belgian bacteriologist and Nobel laureate. Developed whooping cough vaccine.
Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest - Actor
Boswell, James - 18th century Scottish writer.
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie, James - Alamo
Bradley, Omar N. - General of the Armies in WWII
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807
Brown, Joe E. - Entertainer
Bruce, James - Discoverer of the source of the Blue Nile
BuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Buchanan, James - President of the U.S.
Burbank, Luther - American horticulturist, botanist, and pioneer plant breeder.
Burke, Edmund - Irish-born British politician and writer.
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burr, Aaron - 3rd Vice President of the United States (1801-5). Shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
Burton, Sir Richard - English Explorer.
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole
Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice
Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica
Canning, George - British Prime Minister (1827).
Cantor, Eddie - Entertainer
Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Winston - British Prime Minister and Author
Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car manufacturer
Clark, Roy - Country Western Star
Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme Court Justice
Clark, William - Explorer
Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice
Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer
Clinton, DeWitt - Governor and founder of Public School System (NY)
Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player
Coburn, Charles D. - Entertainer
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West Show
Cohan, George M. - Broadway star
Cole, Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer
Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooper, Leroy Gordon, Jr. - American astronaut.
Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice
DeMille, Cecile B. - Entertainer
Dempsey, Jack - Sports
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Dewey, Thomas Edmund - American lawyer and politician, defeated by Truman in 1948 presidential election.
Dibbern, Victor A. - Wise old man
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Dix, Richard - Entertainer
Dole, Robert - US Senator
Doolittle, General James - Famous Air Force Pilot
Douglas, William O. - Supreme Court Justice
Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes
Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross
Edward VII - King of England
Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
Eiffel, Gustave Alexandre - French engineer and builder (Eiffel Tower).
Eisele, Donn Fulton - American astronaut who flew aboard the first manned Apollo program mission, Apollo 7.
Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - Headed "Watergate" committee
Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company
Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor
Feller, Bob - American Baseball pitcher famous for his fastball. He was born in Van Meter, Iowa.
Field, Stephen J. - Supreme Court Justice
Fields, W.C. - Actor
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 - 1961
Fitch, John - Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming, Sir Alexander - Invented Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S.
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S.
Gable, Clark - Actor
Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian nationalist revolutionary and leader in the struggle for Italian unification and independence.
Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George VI - King of England during W.W. II
Gershwin, George - American composer.
Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance"
Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co.
Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth in a space craft
Godfrey, Arthur - Actor
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist.
Goldwater, Barry - U.S. Senator.
Gompers, Samuel - American labor leader.
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Griffith, David W. - Entertainer
Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut
Grock - Swiss Circus Clown
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
Hancock, John - 1of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independance
Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S.
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph - Austrian classical composer.
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park
Heine, Heinrich - German poet.
Henry, Patrick - Patriot
Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Herbert, Bishop Percy - Bishop of Norwich.
Hersholt, Jean - Entertainer
Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier
Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. Captial
Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotory press, revolutinizing newspaper printing
Hogarth, William - English Artist.
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI
Hope, Bob - Comedian
Hornsby, Rogers - An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini, Harry - Magician
Houston, Sam - 2nd&4th President of the Republic of Texas
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr - 38th Vice President of the United States (1965-69).
Irving, Sir Henry - English Actor.
Ives, Burl - Singer
Irwin, James B. - American astronaut.
Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson, Reverend Jesse - Minister and Civil Rights leader
Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Johnson, Jack - American boxer, whose life was the subject of "The Great White Hope" (1968).
Jolson, Al - Fame as the first 'talking picture' the Jazz Singer
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones, John Paul - Naval Commander
Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International
Juarez, Benito - President of Mexico
Kalakaua, David - King of the Hawaiian Islands.
Kean, Edmund - English Actor.
Kefauver, (Carey) Estes - American lawyer and legislator.
Kemp, Jack - Quarterback Buffalo Bills, Congressman
Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
King, Rufus - American political leader, whose policies resulted in the prohibition of slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Kipling, Rudyard - Writer
Kossuth, Lajos - Hungarian patriot and statesman.
Kresge, S.S - Founder of "Kresge's" which later became "K-mart".
Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of Amerian Freedom
LaGuardia, Fiorello - American political reformer, a Congressman (1916-1933), and mayor of New York City.
Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successfull in open sea.
Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of Texas
Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Landon, Alfred M. - Highly successful independent oil producer and governor of Kansas (1933 - 1937).
LeMay, Curtis - General of the U.S. Airforce
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim - German dramatist, critic, and one of the leaders of the Enlightenment.
Lewis, John L. - American labor leader (born in Lucas, Iowa) who become president (1920) of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW).
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer (Lewis and Clark Fame).
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Tea
Liszt, Franz - Hungarian-born pianist and composer, founder of the solo piano recital.
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer
MacArthur, General Douglas - Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Commander of Armed Forces in Philillines
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
Madison, James - President of the U. S.
Marshall, George - U.S. Army Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California 1848
Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 - 1835
Marshall, Thurgood - Supreme Court Justice
Martí, José Julian - Cuban writer and patriot.
Mathews, Stanley - Supreme Court Justice
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Began Mayo Clinic
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
Mazzini, Giuseppe - Italian revolutionary and political theorist.
McGovern, George - American political leader, WWII bomber pilot, and professor (Dakota Wesleyan University).
McKinley, William - President of the U.S.
Menninger, Karl A. - Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness
Mesmer, Franz Anton - practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism
Meyerbeer, Giacomo - German composer, who influenced the work of the German composer Richard Wagner.
Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882
Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mitchell, Edgar D. - American astronaut, the sixth person to walk on the moon.
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Starred in over 400 western films
Monckton, Lionel - Musician.
Monge, Gaspard, Comte de Péluse - French mathematician, recognized as the inventor of descriptive geometry.
Monroe, James - President of the U.S.
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon
Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice
Mozart, Leopold - Father of Wolfgang, concertmaster, celebrated violinist, composer, and author.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Mucha, Alphonse - Czech-French poster designer and painter ("Art Nouveau" period).
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII.
Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister
Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator
O′Higgins, Bernardo - Chilean leader, who helped win independence for his country and served as supreme dictator.
Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Otis, James - Famous for "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny"
Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro
Palmer, Bartlett Joshua (B.J.) - Headed Palmer School of Chiropractic (which later became Palmer College of Chiropractic) from 1906 to 1960
Palmer, David Daniel - Son of B.J. Palmer, headed Palmer College of Chiropractic from 1961 to 1978.
Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot"
Paterson, William - Supreme Court Justice
Peale, Charles Willson - American painter (late 18th century to early 19th century).
Peale, Norman Vincent - Preacher, author of The Power of Positive Thinking, founded "Guideposts"
Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Penny, James C. - Retailer
Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Army General
Pike, Albert - Author of "Morals and Dogma".
Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S.
Pope, Alexander - Writer.
Powell, Dick - Entertainer
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train.
Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet
Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere, Paul - American Revolutionary War hero
Rhodes, Cecil - Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890).
Richardson, Elliot - Attroney General
Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.
Rizal, José - Filipino physician, novelist, and nationalist martyr.
Roberts, Allen E. - Author of several books on Masonry. Founded Anchor Communications
Robinson, John J. - Author of "Born in Blood" and "A Pilgrim's Path".
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer
Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star
Rogers, Will - Actor
Romberg, Sigmund - 20th century Hungarian-American composer.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the U.S.
Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the U.S.
Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice
Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
San Martin, Jose - "Liberadore" of South America
Sanders, Harland ("Colonel Sanders")- Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant.
Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Schiller, (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von - German poet, dramatist, philosopher, and historian.
Schirra, Walter Marty, Jr. - American astronaut.
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon - English Explorers.
Scott, General Winfield - American army officer, who played a major role in the Mexican War (1846-1848).
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Sellers, Peter - Actor
Shackleton, Sir Ernest - English Explorer.
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Skelton, Richard B. "Red" - Entertainer and Artist
Sloane, Sir John - English Artist.
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem.
Smith, Joseph, Jr - Founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Smithson, James - British mineralogist and chemist, whose legacy provided for the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution.
Sousa, John Philip - March Composer, Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Speaker, Tris - Baseball Hall of Famer (1937).
Spilsbury, Sir Bernard - English Scientists.
Stafford, Thomas Patten - American astronaut.
Stanford, Leland - Drove the gold spike linking the intercontinetal railroad & Stanford University
Steuben, Baron von - Prussian-American general of the American revolutionary army.
Stevenson, Adlai - (not the governor of Illinois, but his father who was Vice President in 1892).
Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice.
Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy
Stillwell, Joeseph - General of the U.S. Army
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Sullivan, Sir Arthur - Musician.
Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels
Teets, John W. - Chairman and Presiden of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Danny - Entertainer and Humanitarian.
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendys Restaurant
Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Thornhill, Sir James - English Artist.
Tinker, Joe - American professional baseball player.
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare
Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice
Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo
Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice
Truman, Harry S. - President of the U.S.
Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice
Voltaire - French writer and philosopher
Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
Wainwright, Jonathan - General of the U.S. Army
Wallace, Governor George C. - Presidential Candidate
Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Wanamaker, John - 19th century American merchant.
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice
Warren, Joseph - A major general during the American Revolution, killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Washington, Booker T - Educator and author
Washington, George - 1st President of US
Watson, Thomas John - American industrialist (IBM).
Wayne, John - Actor
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Weitz, Paul J. - American astronaut, flew on Skylab and space shuttle missions.
Wesley, Samuel - Musician.
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Wilde, Oscar - Irish-born writer (The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)).
Wolfitt, Sir Donald - English Actor.
Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice
Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
Wynn, Ed - Entertainer
Young, Denton True "Cy" - The first pitcher to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Zahrt, Dennis M. - Wise old man.
Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907
Zoffany, John - Artist.
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