Famous Masons
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Credits

Many of the entries in our list are from the work of Edward L. King of "Anti-Masonry Points of View"

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Abbott, William "Bud" - Actor (Abbott and Costello)

Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92

Abbott, Robert Sengstacke - Founder/publisher "Chicago Defender"

Acuff, Roy - Country and Western Musician

Adams, Sherman - Governor of New Hampshire and US Congressman

Aguinaldo, Emilio - President of the Philippines, he declared their independence in 1898.
Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth - U. S. Senator, known for his extensive impact on banking reform. He also served as Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island.

Aldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz" - Astronaut - Second man to walk on the moon

Alfond, Harold - Owned famous 'Dexter Shoe Company' and noted philanthropist. Sports complexes throughout Maine made possible by his generous contributions bear his name. 
Allen, Charles H. - First Governor of Puerto Rico (1800-1802) when it was freed of its 400 year despotic rule by Spain.
Allen, Ira - Known as the 'Father of Vermont', he played a significant role in the acceptance of Vermont as a State and then gave land to help found the University of Vermont.
Althouse, Monroe - Director, Ringgold Band of Pennsylvania
Allen, Richard - Founder/first bishop AME Church

Allende, Salvador - President of Chile, overthrown in 1970

Ames, Ezra - Portrait painter who painted portraits of Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Martin Van Buren, George Clinton, DeWitt Clinton

Amundsen, Roald, Crossed the North Pole in an Airship.

Anderson, Brad - Cartoonist and creator of the popular 'Marmaduke' comic strip
Anderson, Robert
- Major General U.S. Army who was in command of Fort Sumter at time of Confederate attack. Known as "Hero Of Fort Sumter."
André, Major John
- British soldier who attempted to assist Benedict Arnold in his treasonous betrayal of West Point. He was sentenced to death and hanged in 1790.
Antheil, George - Eccentric composer of the 1920s. His trademark work was the 1924 work "Le Ballet Mecanique", which incorporated sounds from machines like airplane propellers and car horns. 
Archer, Dennis - Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
Arlen, Richard - Movie actor.

Arnold, Eddie - Actor
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force,
Medal of Honor recipient and American general whose efforts helped establish what is now the U.S. Air Force. Commander, Army Air Force in World War II.
 
Arthur William Patrick Albert / Prince Arthur - Third son of Queen Victoria and the longest serving Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England

Asher, Max - US movie actor - Keystone Kop.
Astor, John Jacob - Fur trader and financier, A German immigrant to the US, he at one point was considered the wealthiest man in America. He was Master of Holland Lodge in New York and served as Grand Treasurer for that Grand Lodge.
Audubon, John James - American ornithologist and artist known for his imposing works in full color of Birds of America.  He referred to himself as a "Mason" and "Brother" in his diary but no proof has been found of his membership.
Auker, Elden - US baseball 'submarine' pitcher
Atkins, Chet - Musician

Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene - Actor

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Bagley, Edward E. - Composer of 'National Emblem' march.
Bahamonde, Ramon Franco - An aviator and Spanish politician, he was the brother of dictator, General Francisco Franco. He was Commander of Aviation and received the Aerial Medial for his valiant action in the Morocco conflict. He was one of the Masons who refused the initiation of General Franco into Freemasonry.
Bahr, Hermann
- Austrian writer, essayist and critic, he was an intellectual interpreter of his time.
Baldry, Tony
- Current (1999) UK Member, House of Commons

Baldwin, Henry - American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1844).
Balfour, Lloyd -
Jewelry Manufacturer. Millions of students have for generations chosen class rings from Balfour Jewelry
Banks, Sir Joseph - Noted naturalist who accompanied Capt. Cook on his journeys around the world.

Barnard, Lawrence "Slim" gravestone.gif (67 bytes) - Creator and host of TV's 'The Happy Wanderer' travelogue show of the 1960s 
Barnes, Roy
- 80th/Present (1999) Governor of Georgia
Barnes, W. W.
- Professor of church history at Southwestern Seminary 1913-1953.

Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty

Barton, Edmund - Speaker of the legislative assembly, New South Wales, Australia, Attorney General, and judge of the Australian high court
Basie, William "Count" -
Orchestra leader/composer

Bass, Edward - First Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts
Bates, Frederick -
Governor of Missouri
Bayh, Birch -
US Democratic Senator from Indiana from 1962-1981.
Baylor, Robert E. B. -
Founder Baylor University,
Texas' first Baptist college
Beard, Daniel Carter -
American writer and illustrator. In 1905, he founded the Sons of Daniel Boone which in 1910 became the first Boy Scout organization in the US.
van Beethoven, Ludwig, German Composer, best known "Ode to Joy"
Bell, Lawrence -
Bell Aircraft Corp.

Bellamy, Rev. Francis - Authored U.S. Pledge of Allegiance

Benes, Eduard - President of Czechoslovakia elected in 1935, he led his nation's government into exile after the outbreak of World War II. He resigned in 1948 when he was forced to yield to a Communist directed cabinet.
Bennett, Viscount R.B. -
12th Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Benton, Thomas Hart -
U. S. Senator from Missouri for 30 years and Grand Master of Iowa
Bentsen, Lloyd M. -
A life member of his Masonic Lodge in Texas, Bro. Bentsen served the U. S. with honor and distinction as a bomber pilot in WWII, a US Congressman, Senator and Secretary of the Treasury. His run for the presidency in 1976 allowed the country to meet this kind and considerate man. He was the Vice Presidential candidate with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 campaign where, during the debate with his opponent he used the now-famous phrase "I knew John Kennedy....". Bro. Bentsen's daughter advises us that he suffered a stroke about two years ago and is now confined to a wheel chair but in November, 2000 will celebrate his 57th wedding anniversary! His daughter Tina was a member of Rainbow and is now an Eastern Star. Her daughter is a Rainbow Grand Representative so the Masonic connection runs deep.
Berlin, Irving (born Israel Isidore Baline, in Tyumen, Russia)-
Entertainer and songwriter who wrote more than 1,500 songs including "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911) and several musical comedies like Annie Get Your Gun (1946)

Berthold, Bartholomew - Businessman who organized the first territorial bank in the Louisiana Territory
Black, Hugo L. -
U. S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr., John - U. S. Supreme Court Justice and member of the Constitutional Convention
Blake, James Herbert "Eubie" -
Composer/pianist
Blanc, Mel -
Cartoonist (Bugs Bunny and others)

Blanc, Mel - If you've heard cartoon characters Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Barney Rubble of the Flintstones, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the cat or others, you've heard the voice this 50+ year Mason who brought so much pleasure to so many children for so many years

Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice

Boaz, Hiram Abiff - Bishop of the Methodist Church, one of the first presidents of Texas Wesleyan University and a member of two Texas lodges.
Bolivar, Simon - South American freedom fighter

Bond, Shadrach - First Grand Master of Freemasons and first Governor of Illinois
Boone, Daniel -
Mythologized early U. S. pioneer responsible for the exploration of Kentucky. Although his Masonic membership is unprovable, here is what Nathan Boone had to say about his father's funeral: "Father's body was conveyed to Flanders Callaway's home at Charette, and there the funeral took place. There were no military or Masonic honors, the latter of which he was a member, as there were then but very few in that region of the country." (Hammon, Neal O. (ed.) "My Father, Daniel Boone- The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone." Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1999. p. 139.)
Booth, Rev. William -
Founder of the Salvation Army
Borden, Sir Robert L. -
Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln -
Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest -
Film and television actor. In 1955 received the Oscar as Best Actor for the film Marty. Known to a generation of television fans for his role as the Captain in McHale's Navy. He actively serves Freemasonry and is presently the Honorary Chairman of a program to support the Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center in Richmond.
Bortnyansky, Dimitry Stepanovich -
Genius Russian composer, author of many religious musical works and the song "How Glorious is Our Lord in Zion" which served for a considerable time as the national anthem of the Russian empire.
Botha, Pik -
Former Foreign Minister of South Africa
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie -
Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie, James -
American-born Mexican colonist who joined the Texan forces during the struggle for independence from Mexico. He died during the defense of the Alamo.
Bradley, Omar N. -
American general. Played a major part in the Allied victory in World War II.
Bradley, Thomas -
Former mayor of Los Angeles, California
Brant, Joseph -
Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807
Breckinridge, John C. -
American Vice President, he ran as the pro-slavery candidate and lost to Abraham Lincoln. His bust is in the Senate wing of the US Capitol.
Brown, Major General Charles E. Jr. - Served as US Army Chief of Chaplains.
Brown, Foster V. - US Congressman from Tennessee, he served as Attorney General for Puerto Rico
Brown, Joe E. - Immensely popular actor with the BIG mouth!
Brown, John , Abolitionist, Martyred for his beliefs
Brundage, Avery -
Olympic Committee Chairman
Bruce, James of Kinnaird -
Scottish explorer who made an epic voyage to Abyssinia in the 18th century. Not as widely known, however, is that he was a considerable scholar who brought back from Abyssinia three copies of the Book of Enoch, the apocryphal book which relates to the Royal Arch Degrees, certain of the Scottish Rite Degrees and to the Royal Order of Scotland. The book did not make it into the Biblical canon primarily because no complete copy existed in Europe prior to Kinnaird's journey. The copies he brought back were in the Abyssinian language which he learned before going there although no one knows how!

Bryan, Richard - U.S. Senator
Bryan, William Jennings -
US Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson.
Buchanan, Edgar- Dentist and actor in the US television series "Petticoat Junction"

Buchanan, James - 15th President of the U.S.

Bullock, Bob - Texas Lt. Governor
Burbank, Luther -
Pioneering Botanist,
Horticulturist and Naturalist, the practical result of his experiments was the 'Burbank potato'.
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas

Burrows, Lansing - President of the Southern Baptist Convention (1914-1916), secretary of the SBC from 1881-1913, and pastor of 8 Southern Baptist churches.
Burns, Conrad - U.S. Senator from Montana
Burns, Robert -
The National Poet of Scotland
Burton, Harold H. -
Supreme Court Justice (1945-1958)

Burton, Ron - Professional football player with the Boston Patriots, Past Master of his lodge, and involved in the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
Bush, Vannevar - Pioneer in development of atomic and nuclear energy; Vice President and Dean of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); frequent speaker at Massachusetts Lodges of Instruction.

Butler, General Benjamin - military governor of New Orleans -Member of Pentucket Lodge, Lowell, MA, Mt. Horeb Chapter, and Pilgrim Commandery. 33o AASR NJ
Butterfield, Daniel - Major General in the Civil War Union Army; holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor but known especially for his writing of America's best known bugle call, "Taps"
Byrd, Robert - U.S. Senator, The "Dean" of the US Senate
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. -
American naval officer and explorer. He was the first to fly over the North Pole (with Floyd Bennet in 1926).
Byrnes, James F. -
Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State. He tried unsuccessfully to ease post-WW2 tensions between the US and the USSR.

 

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C

 

Cain, Michael - Actor
Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
Campbell, Sir Malcolm - Land speed record holder
Carlson, Curtis L. - Entrepreneur
Carnahan, Melvin - Governor of Missouri
Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
Chagall, Marc - Artist
Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Sir 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 of Lewis & Clark searched for a route to the Pacific Ocean
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
Cooper, Gordon - Astronaut
Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice

 

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D

 

Dempsey, Jack - Sports
DeMille, Cecil B. - Movie director
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Disney, Walt - Cartoonist/movies
Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator
Doolittle, General James - Famous Army Air Corps 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
DuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross

Durer, Albrecht Famed German Artist of the Renaissance

 

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E

 

Ebbets, Charles - Baseball Owner, Ebbets Field
Edward VII - King of England
Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
Ellery, William - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of the Declaration of Independance
Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Evers, Medger Wiley - Civil rights leader
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - U. S. Senator - headed "Watergate" committee

 

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F

 

Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Faber 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 - Discovered Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S.
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Forten, James - Abolitionist/manufacturer
Fortune, Timothy Thomas - Journalist
Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S.
Freeman, Orville - Former governor of Minnesota and secretary of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

 

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G

 

Gable, Clark - Actor
Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian freedom fighter
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. - Half of Gilbert & Sullivan Was the libretis for "Pirates of Penzance" Grand Organist for the United Grand Lodge of England
Gillette, King C. - Gillette Razor Co.
Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth/U.S. Senator
Godfrey, Arthur - Radio and early televison personality
Goldwater, Barry - Former U.S. Senator
Gompers, Samuel - Founder American Federation of Labor

Gorrie, John, Patent first ice-making machine
Grassley, Charles - U.S. Senator
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Griffeth, David W. - Movie Director
Gris, Juan - Spanish artist- Synthetic Cubism
Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut
Grock - Swiss Circus Clown

Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - inventor of Guillotin for humane executions
 

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Hall, Prince - First black American Freemason
Haley, Alex - Author of "Roots"
Hampton, Lionel - Orchestra leader/composer
Hancock, John - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independance
Handel, George Fredrick - Composer
Handy, William C. - Composer "Father of the Blues"
Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S.
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Harvey, Paul - Radio personality
Hatfield, Mark - U.S. Senator
Hawkins, Augustus F. - U.S. Congressman California
Haydn, Franz Joseph F. - Composer and Musician
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park
Helms, Jesse - U.S. Senator

Henry, Patrick - Revolutionary leader, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Henson, Matthew - Explorer
Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier
Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. White House
Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing
Hollings, Ernest - U.S. Senator
Hooks, Benjamin L. - Former Executive Director NAACP
Hoover, Frank - Vacuum cleaner fame
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 H. - Vice President of the U.S.

 

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Irwin, Jim - Astronaut
Ives, Burl - Musician

 

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J

 

Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson, Rev. Jesse - Minister/politician
Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
James, Daniel "Chappie" - General U.S. Air Force
Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination for Small Pox
Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Johnson, John A 'Jack' - Heavyweight boxing tiltle holder, 1908-1915
Johnson, John H. - Publisher EBONY and Jet magazines
Johnston, Jr. , J. Bennett - U.S. Senator
Jolson, Al - Acted in 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

 

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K

 

Keaton, Buster - Movie pioneer
Kemp, Jack - Former U.S. Congressman/sports hero
Kern, Jerome - Composer
Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Kipling, Rudyard - Writer
Knox, Henry - Revolutionary War General

 

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Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of American Freedom
LaGuardia, Fiorello H. - Diplomat and 3-time New York City Mayor
Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successful 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
Lemon, Mark - Founder of Punch, humorous British magazine
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone - Tea, coffee, soups, founded Lipton, Ltd. in 1898, raced in America's Cup 5 times.
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer
Lott, Trent - U.S. Senator

 

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MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philipines
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91

Marshall, George C. - Secretary of State under Truman and developer of Marshall Plan
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

Marti, Jose - Cuban writer and poet killed by Spanish Troops during independence battle
Mathews, Stanley - Supreme Court Justice
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer - formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Began Mayo Clinic
Mays, Benjamin - Educator/former president Atlanta University
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
McKinley, William - President of the U.S.
Menninger, Karl A. - Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness
Mellon, Andrew - American industrialis, banker and philanthropist
Mesmer, Franz Anton - Practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism
Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Olympic champion
Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882

Miller, Glenn - Musician
Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor - Starred in over 400 western films
Monroe, James - President of the U.S.
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel - 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, Actor

 

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Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
Nash, Charles - Automobile industry
Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister

 

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Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Otis, James - Famous for "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"

 

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P

 

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)
Penney, 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.
Pound, Roscoe - Former Dean, Harvard Law School
Pryor, Richard - Actor - Comedian - 33o & member of Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, IL.
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car for trains.

 

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R

 

Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Congressman New York
Randolph, A. Phillip - Founder - first president, International Brotherhood Sleeping Car Porters
Retief, Piet - Afrikaans leader and and one of the founders of the South African nation
Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere, Paul - Famous American
Rhodes, Cecil - "Rhodes Scholarship"
Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American Army Air Corps "Ace"
Rickey, Branch - Baseball legend
Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer
Rodgers, Jimmie - Entertainer
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.
Rush, Benjamin - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of the Declaration of Independance

Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Chief Justice

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S

 

Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
Sanders, Harland "Colonel" - Founder Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants

Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, President of Argentina, statesman, educator and author.
Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
Schirra, Wally - Astronaut
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Sellers, Peter - Actor
Sexson, W. Mark - Founder of Rainbow Girls, Masonic historian/author/researcher
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Simpson, Alan - U.S. Senator
Skelton, Red - Entertainer
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the U.S. National Anthem.
Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Stanford, Leland - Railroads & Stanford University
Starr, Bart - Football legend
Stassen, Harold - Statesman, sole surviving signer of the United Nations Charter
Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised osteopathy treatment
Stokes, Carl B. - Former mayor, Cleveland, OH
Stokes, Louis - U.S. Congressman Ohio
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer

Sullivan, Arthur - half of Gilbert & Sullivan see Gilbert
Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels

 

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T

 

Taft, William Howard - President of the U.S. & Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (only man to ever head these two branches of U.S. govenrment)
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Tetau, Max - French Doctor who presides over Homoeopathia Universalis
Thomas, Craig - U.S. Senator
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendy's Restaurants
Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Thompson, Tommy - Governor of Wisconsin
Thurmond, Strom - U.S. Senator
Tillis, Mel - Musician
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare
Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice
Tolstoi, Leo - Author
Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo
Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice
Truman, Harry S., Most Worshipful - President of the U.S

Twain, Mark - Author

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Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice
Voltaire - French writer and philosopher

 

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W

 

Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
Wagner, Honus - Baseball legend
Wallace, George C. - Former Alabama governor and presidential candidate who was nearly assasinated
Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Wallenda, Enrico - Circus legend
Waner, Lloyd - Baseball Hall of Fame member from Pittsburg
Waner, Paul - "Big Paul" Baseball Hall of Fame member from Pittsburg
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice
Warren, Joseph - Revolutionary War General - "Martyr of Bunker Hill"
Washington, Booker T. - Educator and author
Washington, George - First President of U.S.
Wayne, John - Actor
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Wells, H. G. - Author
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Williams, Egbert Austin "Bert" - Actor/ comedian
Williamson, Harry A. - Author/Masonic historian

Windsor, Albert - King of England Bro. George VI succeeded Edward the VIII his brother.

Windsor, Edward - King of England Bro. Edward VIII Abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice
Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
Wynn, Ed - Actor

 

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Young, Andrew - Former mayor of Atlanta, GA

Young, Denton "Cy" Young, Hall of Fame Baseball Player

 

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Z

 

Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907

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Credits

It would be almost impossible to collect a complete collection of Famous Masons but we have and will continue to add Famous Masons to this list as they are brought to our attention and as we find them.

I want to thank John "Corky" Daut editor and Webmaster of Small Town Texas Masons for all of the information used to start these pages about Famous Masons.

 

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