AKA Information you probably didn't hear about in popular fiction






 

 

Famous Masons A - F  
  Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada (1891-92).
Abbott, Robert Sengstacke.
Aldrin, Jr., Edwin E. "Buzz" - Astronaut.
Allen, Richard - Founder/First Bishop AME Church.
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.

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.
Bellamy, Rev. Francis - Authored 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, 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.
Booth, Rev. William - Founder of the Salvation Army
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.
Botha, Pik - Former Foreign Minister of South Africa
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.
Bradley, Thomas - Former mayor of Los Angeles, California
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks (1742-1807).
Breckenridge, John C. - US Vice President to James Buchanan
Bryan, Richard - U.S. Senator
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, Conrad - U.S. Senator
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, Robert - U.S. Senator
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole.
Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice.


Cain, Michael - Actor
Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica (1865).
Canning, George - British Prime Minister (1827).
Cantor, Eddie - Vaudeville performer.
Carnahan, Melvin - Governor of Missouri
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).
Clinton, George - Fourth US Vice President, to James Madison
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.
Colfax, Schuyler - US Vice President to Ulysses S. Grant
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.

Dallas, George M. - US Vice President to James K. Polk
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).
Disney, Walt - Cartoonist/movies
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.
DuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross.


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.
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. - Headed "Watergate" committee.

Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company.
Fairbanks, Charles W. - US Vice President to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
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

Credit to Steilacoom Lodge #2's website.