Famous
Masons
Abbott,
Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada
1891-92
Aldrin,
Edwin E. - Astronaut
Armstrong,
Louis - Jazz Musician
Armstrong,
Neil - Astronaut
Arnold,
General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the
Army Air Force
Austin,
Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry,
Gene - Actor
Baldwin,
Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour,
Lloyd - Jewelry
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.
Bennett,
Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada
1930-35
Berlin,
Irving - Entertainer
Black,
Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice
Blair,
Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice
Blatchford,
Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Borden,
Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada
1911-1920
Borglum,
Gutzon & Lincoln - Father and Son
who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine,
Ernest - Actor
Bowell,
Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada
1894-96
Bowie,
James - Alamo
Bradley,
Omar N. - Military leader
Brant,
Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 -
1807
BuBois,
W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Buchanan,
James - President of the U.S.
Burnett,
David G. - 1st President of the Republic
of Texas
Burns,
Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burton,
Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
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 1865
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 Leader
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
Cobb,
Ty - Baseball Player
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
Crockett,
David - American Frontiersman and Alamo
fame
Cushing,
William - Supreme Court Justice
Dempsey,
Jack - Sports
Desaguliers,
John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter,
Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Diefenbaker,
John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
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
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
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.
Gatling,
Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George
VI - King of England during W.W. II
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
Graham, Albert Belmont - Father of the
4-H Rural Youth Program
Graham,
Rev. "Billy"- Religion
World
famous Evangelist and Ecumenist. Taken
from 1994 listing of famous freemasons
which appeared on the web site of
the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, USA.
Gray,
Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little
Orphan Annie"
Grissom,
Virgil - Astronaut
Grock
- Swiss Circus Clown
Guillotin,
Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
Hancock,
John - 1of9 Masonic signers of Declaration
of Independance
Harding,
Warren G. - President of the U.S.
Hardy,
Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan,
John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Hedges,
Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone
National Park
Henry,
Patrick - Patriot
Henson,
Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's
Cabin"
Hilton,
Charles C. - American Hotelier
Hoban,
James - Architect for the U.S. Captial
Hoe,
Richard M. - Invented the rotory press,
revolutinizing newspaper printing
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
Jackson,
Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson,
Reverend Jesse - Minister
Jackson,
Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
Jenner,
Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
Johnson,
Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jolson,
Al - Fame as the first 'talkinf 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
Key,
Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National
Anthem
Kipling,
Rudyard - Writer
Lafayette,
Marquis de - Supporter of Amerian Freedom
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
Lewis,
Meriwether - Explorer
Lincoln,
Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of
the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh,
Charles - Aviator
Lipton,
Sir Thomas - Tea
Livingston,
Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase
of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd,
Harold C. - Entertainer
MacArthur,
General Douglas - Commander of Armed
Forces in Philillines
MacDonald,
Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada
1867-73 & 1878-91
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
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
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
Michelson,
Albert Abraham - Successfully measured
the speed of light in 1882
Minton,
Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mix,
Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared
in over 400 western films
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,
Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
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
Olds,
Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Otis,
James - Famous for "Taxations without
Representation is Tyranny"
Palmer,
Arnold - Golf Pro
Papst,
Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes
Foot"
Paterson,
William - Supreme Court Justice
Peale,
Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost"
Peary,
Robert E. - First man to reach the North
Pole (1909)
Penny,
James C. - Retailer
Pershing,
John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
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.
Pullman,
George - Built first sleeping car on
train.
Pushkin,
Aleksander - Russian Poet
Reed,
Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere,
Paul - Famous American
Rickenbacker,
Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
Ringling
Brothers - All 7 brothers and their
father were Masons.
Robinson,
Sugar Ray - American Boxer
Rogers,
Roy - American cowboy and screen star
Rogers,
Will - Actor
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
Sarnoff,
David - Father of T.V.
Sax,
Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone
(1846)
Schoonover,
George - Founder of "The Builder"
Scott,
Sir Walter - Writer
Sellers,
Peter - Actor
Shakespeare,
William - Writer
Sibelius,
Jean - Composer (Finland)
Skelton,
Red - Entertainer
Joseph
Smith, Founder Of Mormon Church
Smith,
John Stafford - Wrote the music that
became the US National Anthem.
Sousa,
John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band
from 1880 - 1892
Stanford,
Leland - Drove the gold spike linking
the intercontinetal railroad
Stanford,
Leland - Railroads & Stanford University
Stewart,
Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still,
Andrew T. - American Physician who devised
treatment of Osteopathy
Stratton,
Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Swayne,
Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift,
Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels
Taft,
William Howard - President of the U.S.
Teets,
John W. - Chairman and Presiden of Dial
Corporation
Thomas,
Dave - Founder of Wendys Restaurant
Thomas,
Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia
to public notice
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
Wallace,
Governor George C. - Presidential Candidate
who was nearly assasinated
Wallace,
Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Warner,
Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Warren,
Earl - Supreme Court Justice
Washington,
Booker T - Educator and author
Washington,
George - President of US, 1st
Wayne,
John - Actor
Webb,
Matthew - First man to swim the English
Channel (1875)
Whiteman,
Paul - "King of Jazz"
Woodbury,
Levi - Supreme Court Justice
Woods,
William B. - Supreme Court Justice
Wyler,
William - Director of "Ben Hur"
Zanuck,
Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century
Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld,
Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began
in 1907
Thurman,
Strom (33rd degree)- US Senator
and Board member of Bob Jones University
Helms,
Jesse (33rd degree)- US Senator-
Alleged defender of the Right.
Dole,
Robert- US Senator and '96 candidate
for President.
Kemp,
Jack- Running mate to Dole in
the 1996 Presidential campaign.
Reagan,
Ronald (33rd Degree in one session)-
Taken in during Presidency of the USA
Bush,
George (33rd degree)- US President,
world oil baron,
and Ambassador to the UN
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