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Famous
Freemasons - A - Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada (1891-92).Aldrin, Jr., Edwin E.
"Buzz" - Astronaut.Alves, Antônio de Castro - Latin-American poet.Amundsen, Roald - Norwegian polar explorer.Armistead, Lewis A. - Confederate General.Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician.Armstrong, Neil -
Astronaut.Arnold, Benedict - American General and Later Traitor.Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force.Astor, John Jacob - German-American merchant and financier.Austin, Stephen F. -
Father of Texas.Autry, Gene - Actor. - B - Bach, Johann Christian -
Musician/Composer.Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice.Balfour, Lloyd - Jeweler.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.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, Henry
H. - Union Captian.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 (father) and Lincoln
(son) - Sculptures who carved Mt. Rushmore.Borgnine, Ernest - Actor.Boswell, James - 18th century Scottish writer.Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada (1894-1896).Bowie, James - American pioneer who was
killed while defending the Alamo.Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader.Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks (1742-1807).BuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar.Buchanan, James - 15th 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. - C - Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica (1865).Canning, George - British Prime Minister (1827).Cantor, Eddie - Vaudeville
performer.Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer.Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer.Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice.Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive
fame.Churchill, Lord Randolph - British politician who led the so-called Fourth Party.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 (Lewis and Clark Fame).Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice.Clemens, Samuel L. (aka "Mark Twain") - writer/humorist.Clinton, DeWitt -
Governor and founder of Public School System (New York).Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player.
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West Show Cohan, George
M. - American playwright, composer, producer, and actor.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, Davy - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame.Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice. - D - DeMille, Cecil B. - American motion-picture producer/director.Dempsey, Jack - Professional
boxer.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).Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator, Vice President Candidate 1976, Presidential
Candidate 1996.Doolittle, General James - American aviator and army officer, who led the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II.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. - E -
Edward VII - King of England (1901-1910).Edward VIII - King of England (1936) 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. - F - 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. - 38th President of the U.S.Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer.Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the
U.S. - G - Gable, Clark - Actor.Garfield, James A. - 20th 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" ("Gilbert &
Sullivan").Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co.Glenn, John H. - In 1962, became the 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".Grissom, Virgil I. - Astronaut.Grock - Swiss Circus
Clown.Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin". BACK TO TOP - H - Hancock, John - 1 of 8 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independance.Harding, Warren G.
- 29th President of the U.S.Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian ("Laurel & Hardy").Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice.Haydn, (Franz) Joseph - Austrian classical composer.Hedges, Cornelius -
"Father" of Yellowstone National Park.Heine, Heinrich - German poet.Henson, Reverend Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin".Herbert, Bishop Percy - Bishop of Norwich.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). BACK TO TOP - I - Irving, Sir Henry - English Actor.Irwin, James
B. - American astronaut.Ives, Burl - Singer BACK TO TOP - J - Jackson, Andrew - 7th President of the
U.S.Jackson, Reverend Jesse - Minister.Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice.Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Smallpox vaccine.Johnson, Andrew - 17th President of the U.S.Johnson, Jack - American boxer, whose life was
the subject of "The Great White Hope" (1968).Jolson, Al - Fameous for 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 (1861-63 and 1867-72). BACK TO TOP - K -
Kalakaua, David - King of the Hawaiian Islands.Kean, Edmund - English Actor.Kefauver, (Carey) Estes - American lawyer and legislator.Kemp, Jack -
Quarterback ("Buffalo Bills"), Congressman, and Repulican Vice-President Candidate (1996).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 ("The Jungle Books").Kossuth, Lajos - Hungarian patriot and statesman.Kresge, S.S - Founder of "Kresge's" which later
became "K-mart". BACK TO TOP - L - 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).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.Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory.Liszt, Franz -
Hungarian-born pianist and composer, founder of the solo piano recital.Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer. - M - MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philippines.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.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).Mazzini, Giuseppe - Italian
revolutionary and political theorist.Mayo, Dr. William (father) and Charles (son) - Began Mayo Clinic.Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag.McGovern, George - American political leader, WWII bomber pilot, and professor (Dakota
Wesleyan University).McKinley, William - 25th President of the U.S.Menninger, Charles F. (father) and Karl A. (son) - Psychiatrists 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. Stared in over 400 western films.Monckton, Lionel -
Musician.Monge, Gaspard, Comte de Péluse - French mathematician, recognized as the inventor of descriptive geometry.Monroe, James - 5th 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.
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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 -
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". - P -
Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro. Palmer, Bartlett Joshua (B.J.) - Headed Palmer School of Chiropractic (which later became Palmer College of Chiropractic) from 1906 to 1961 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 - American clergyman, author, and founder of "Guidepost".Peary, Robert Edwin - First man to reach the North Pole (1909).Penney, James Cash - Retailer and founder of
JCPenney.Pershing, General John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier.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 - 11th President of the U.S.Pope, Alexander - Writer.Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train.Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet. -Q- - R -
Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice.Revere, Paul - Famous American.Rhodes, Cecil - Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890).Richardson, Elliot - Attorney General.Rickenbacker, Captiain 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 CommunicationsRobinson, 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/Humorist.Romberg, Sigmund - 20th century Hungarian-American composer.Roosevelt, Franklin D. - 32nd President of the U.S.Roosevelt, Theodore - 26th President of the U.S.Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice. BACK TO TOP - S - Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi.San Martin, José de - Organized an expedition to
liberate Peru from Spanish rule.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, Sir Walter - Writer.Scott, General Winfield - American army officer, who played a major role in the Mexican War (1846-1848).Sellers, Peter - Actor.Shackleton, Sir Ernest - English
Explorer.Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland).Skelton, Red - Entertainer.Sloane, Sir John - English Artist.Smith, Joseph, Jr - Founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the
music that became the US National Anthem.Smithson, James - British mineralogist and chemist, whose legacy provided for the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution.Sousa, John Philip - Composer who led the U.S. Marine
Band from 1880 to 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 & Founded Stanford University.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.Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer.Steuben, Baron von - Prussian-American general of the American revolutionary army.Sullivan, Sir Arthur -
Musician.Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice.Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels. - T - Taft, William Howard - 27th President of the U.S.Teets, John W. - Chairman and Presiden of Dial Corporation.Thomas, Danny - Entertainer.Thomas, Dave - Founder of
"Wendy's"
Restaurants.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. - 33rd President of the U.S.
-U- - V - Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice.Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) -
French writer and philosopher.
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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".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, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.Washington, Booker T - Educator and author.Washington, George - 1st President of U.S.Watson, Thomas John - American industrialist (IBM).
Wayne, John - Actor ("The Duke") born in Winterset, Iowa.
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875).Weitz, Paul J. - American astronaut who 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)).Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice.Wolfitt, Sir Donald - English Actor.Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice.Wyler, William -
Director of "Ben Hur".
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Denton True "Cy" - The first pitcher to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. - Z - 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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