George Washington Lodge No. 820
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons

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Below are a few famous people who were masons.  If you browse through the Grand Lodges webpages, you more likely will find more, especially those from that state or nation.

ASTRONAUTS

Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut; second man on the moon
Armstrong, Neil - Astronaut; first man on the moon
Cooper, Gordon - astronaut
Eisle, Don - Astronaut
Glenn, John H. - Astronaut, and U.S. Senator
Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut
Haise, Fred - astronaut
Michell, Ed - Astronaut
Shirra, Wally - astronaut
Stafford, Tom - astronaut

 

BUSINESS LEADERS

Astor, John Jacob - financier
Balfour, Lloyd - jewelry
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Carnegie, Andrew - Philanthropist and steel industry industrialist
Chrysler, Walter P. - Chrysler Corporation
Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car manufacturer
Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry
Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Fuller, Alfred - Fuller Brush
Gannett, Frank E. - Hobosco Lodge No. 716, Ithaca, NY - media empire
Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co.
Hilton, Charles C. - Hilton Hotels
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Lipton Tea Company
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
Mellon, Andrew W. - Banker
Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Penny, James C. - J.C. Pennys
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Dave - Wendys Restaurants

 

EDUCATORS

BuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Washington, Booker T - educator, inventor, author

 

ENTERTAINMENT

Autry, Gene - actor; Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Oklahoma
Borgnine, Ernest - actor
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William F. - Indian fighter, Wild West Show - Platte Valley Lodge No. 32, North Platte, NE
Cohan, George M. - Broadway star
Costello, Lou - comedian
DeMille, Cecil B.
Fairbanks, Douglas - actor
Fields, W.C. - actor
Gable, Clark - actor
Gibson, Hoot - cowboy actor; Truth Lodge No. 628, Los Angeles, CA
Godfrey, Arthur - actor
Grock - Swiss Circus Clown
Hardy, Oliver - actor
Hope, Bob - comedian
Houdini, Harry - magician
Irving, Sir Henry - English Actor
Kean, Edmund - English Actor
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lloyd, Harold C. - actor
Mayer, Louis B. - film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned western actor
Richards, Michael - comedian (Kramer of "Seinfeld" fame)
Ringling Brothers - all 7 brothers and their father
Rogers, Roy - actor; Hollywood Lodge No. 255, California
Rogers, Will - actor; Claremore Lodge No. 53, Oklahoma
Sellers, Peter - actor
Skelton, Red - comedian
Sloane, Sir John - English Artist
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Thomas, Danny - actor
Thomas, Lowell - radio announcer/newsman
Thornhill, Sir James - English Artist
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers fame
Wayne, John - Academy Award winning actor; Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Tucson, AZ
Wolfitt, Sir Donald - English Actor
Wyler, William - file director
Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions
Ziegfeld, Florenz - Ziegfeld's Follies
Zoffany, John - Artist

 

FOUNDERS

Baylor, Robert E. B. - founder Baylor University
Beard, Daniel Carter - founder Boy Scouts
Dunant, Jean Henri - founder of the Red Cross
Ford, Henry - founder Ford Motor Company - Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit, MI
Gompers, Samuel - founder of the AFL - Dawson Lodge No. 16, Washington, DC
Gompers, Samuel - Jewish immigrant, founder of American Federation of Labor.
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park
Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International
Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - founded the Mayo Clinic - Rochester Lodge No. 21, Rochester, MN
Peale, Norman Vincent - founder of "Guidepost"
Sanders, Harland (Colonel Sanders')- Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
Sexson, William Mark - founder International Order of Rainbow Girls
Stanford, Leland - drove the gold spike linking the intercontinetal railroad and founded Stanford University

 

INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS

Banks, Sir Joseph - English Scientist
Colt, Samuel - firearms inventor
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Fitch, John - inventor of the steamboat
Fleming, Sir Alexander - invented Penicillin
Gatling, Richard J. - built the "Gatling Gun"
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
Hoe, Richard M. - invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing
Jenner, Edward - invented vaccination
Lake, Simon - built first submarine successful in open sea.
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
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon
Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot"
Pike, Albert - Revolutionized American Freemasonry
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia
Pullman, George - built first sleeping car on train.
Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
Sarnoff, David - father of television
Sax, Antoine Joseph - invented the saxophone
Spilsbury, Sir Bernard - English Scientists
Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy

 

MILITARY

Allen, Ethan - General, Revolutionary War; Windsor, Vermont
Arnold, Benedict - American General and Later Tratior
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force - Union Lodge No. 7, Jnction City, MO
Bonaparte, Napolean
Boomer, Walter - Commander of Marine forces during Desert Storm
Bradley, Omar N. - General, U.S. Army
Byrd, Richard
Chenault, Claire L.
Clark, Mark
Doolittle, General James - General, famous Air Force Pilot
Farragut, David G. - Admiral in U.S. Civil War - Naval Lodge No. 87, Mare Island
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - the "George Washington" of Italy - Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Palermo
Herkimer, Nicholas - Brigadier General, American Revolution - St. Patricks Lodge No. 8, Johnstown, NY
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan - "Stonewall" - General in Confederate Army
John Barry - the Father of the American Navy - Old Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia
Jones, John Paul - Founder and first admiral of the U.S. Navy - St. Bernard Lodge No. 122 (now St. Cuthbert No. 41)
King, Ernest J. - Admiral USN
Knox, Henry - first U.S. Secretary of War - St. Johns Regimental Lodge, Morristown, NJ
LaMay, Curtis E. - General USAF
MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philillines - Manila Lodge No. 1, Manila, Philippines
Marshall, George - General USA
McClellan, George B. - General, Union Army
Montgomery, Richard - Major General Continental Army and First General of the Army to be killed in battle. Dec 31, 1775.
Murphy, Audie - most decorated American Soldier of WWII
Perry, Matthew Calbraith - Commodore; responsible for opening relations with Japan; Holland Lodge No. 8, New York City
Pershing, John Joseph "Blackjack" - General - Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, NE
Pickett, George E. - Maj. Gen. (CSA), led "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg - Blandford Lodge, Petersburg, VA
Rickenbacker, Eddie - great American Air Force Ace
Scott, Winfield - Dinwiddlie Lodge No. 23, Virginia
Stark, John - Major General in U.S. Revolution War, "Green Mountain Boys" - Masters Lodge No. 2, Albany, NY
Stillwell, Joseph
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare
Wainwright, Jonathan M. - American General of the Bataan Peninsula - Union Lodge No. 7, Junction City, KS
Wayne, Anthony - "Mad Anthony"

 

MUSICIANS

Armstrong, Louis - jazz musician
Bach, Johann Christian - Musician/Composer
Bassie, William "Count" - orchestra leader/composer
Berlin, Irving - composer/entertainer
Bishop, Sir Henry - Musician
Clark, Roy - country western star; Jenks Lodge No. 497, Oklahoma
Cohan, George M. - composer
Cole, Nat 'King' - singer
Ellington, Duke - composer, arranger and stylist
Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Gilbert & Sullivan - composers
Haydn, Joseph - composer
Jolson, Al - St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York
Kern, Jerome David - American composer, "Show Boat" - Gramatan Lodge No. 927, Bronxville, NY
Listz, Frank - composer
Monckton, Lionel - Musician
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - composer
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem.
Sousa, John Philip - composer - Hiran Lodge No. 10, Washington, DC
Sullivan, Sir Arthur - Musician
Wagner, Richard - composer
Wesley, Samuel - Musician
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"

 

OTHERS

Bancroft, Edward - Private Secretary to Benjamin Franklin in Paris and employ of British Secret Service. The first spy (mole) employed in a US embassy.
Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Hogarth, William - English Artist
Radcliff, Charles - First Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of France and last British nobleman beheaded in Tower of London in 1745.
Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)

 

PIONEERS & EXPLORERS

Burton, Sir Richard - English Explorer
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - flew over North Pole - Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC
Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer; Montezuma Lodge No. 109, New Mexico.
Clark, William - Explorer (Lewis & Clark)
Crockett, David - Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer (Lewis & Clark)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator - Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis, MO
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California 1848
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Oglethorpe, James - Conceived of Colony of Georgia to be settled by British debtors from the prisons. Started first lodge in Georgia in 1732.
Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909) - Kane Lodge No. 451, NY
Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon - English Explorers
Shackleton, Sir Ernest - English Explorer

 

RELIGIOUS

Baker, James C. - Bishop, Methodist Church
Ballou, Hosea - founder, Universalist Church
Bradley, Preston - founder of Peoples Church
Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
Evans, Hugh I. - National Head of the Presbyterian Church, USA
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 - 1961
Herbert, Bishop Percy - Bishop of Norwich
Jackson, Reverend Jesse - Minister
King, Thoams Starr
Low, Titus - President of Methodist Council of Bishops
Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister
Peale, Reverend Dr. Norman Vincent - Methodist Episcopal Minister and author
Smith, Joseph - Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Young, Brigham - Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

 

SCULPTORS

Bartholdi, Frederic A. - designed the Statue of Liberty - Alsacre-Lorraine Lodge, France
Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln - father and son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Hoban, James - architect for the U.S. Captial
Pike, Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him
Schadow, Johann G. - Prussian Court
Schweizer, J. Otto

 

SPORTS

Brundage, Avery - U.S. Olympics - North Shore Lodge No. 937, Chicago, IL
Cobb, Ty - baseball
Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
Dempsey, Jack
Dempsey, Jack - boxing
Hornsby, Rogers - baseball
Hubbel, Carl - baseball; Meeker Lodge No. 479, Oklahoma
Naismith, James - inventor of Basketball - Roswell Lee Lodge, Springfield, MA
Palmer, Arnold - golf
Robinson, Sugar Ray - boxing
Young, Cy - baseball

 

U.S. PATRIOTS

Bellamy, Ralph - wrote "Pledge of Allegiance"
Bowie, James - Alamo
Clark, George Rogers - frontiersman - Abraham Lodge No. 8, Louisville, KY
Franklin, Benjamin - signer of the U.S. Constitution; St. John's Lodge of Philadelphia; Past Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania
Hale, Nathan - "I regret that I have but one life to give to my country" - St. John's Lodge No. 1, Rhode Island
Hancock, John - signer of the Declaration of Independance
Henry, Patrick
Key, Francis Scott - wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" (U.S. National Anthem)
Lafayette, Marquis de - French supporter of Amerian Freedom
McHenry, James - signer of the U.S. Constitution - Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland
Otis, James - "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"
Revere, Paul - "Midnight Ride" - St. Andrews Lodge & Grand Master of Massachusetts
Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo

 

U.S. POLITICAL LEADERS

Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas - Louisiana Lodge No. 109, St. Genevieve, MO
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks (1742-1807)
Bryant, William Jennings - former Secretary of State - Temple Lodge No. 247, Miami, FL
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Clay, Henry - U.S. Senator - Grand Master in Kentucky
Clinton, DeWitt - Governor of New York and instigator of the Erie Canal - Grand Master of New York
Dole, Bob - former U.S. Senator/Majority Leader, Kansas; Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - Headed "Watergate" committee
Goldwater, Barry - U.S. Senator
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI
Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas - Holland Lodge No. 1, Houston, TX
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Kalakaua, David - King of the Hawaiian Islands
Kemp, Jack - former U.S. Senator/Secretary of HUD, New York; Fraternal Lodge No. 625 in Hamburg, NY
La Guardia, Fiorella H. - La Guardia Airport, Mayor of New York 1930's & 40's - Garibaldi Lodge No. 542, NYC
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of Texas
Nunn, Sam - former U.S. Senator
Rayburn, Sam - Speaker of the House - Constantine Lodge No. 13, Bonham, TX
Stevenson, Adlai E. Stevenson - U.S. Vice President - Metamora Lodge No. 82, Metamora, IL
Wallace, Governor George C. - Presidential Candidate who was nearly assasinated

 

U.S. PRESIDENTS

Buchanon, James - Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ford, Gerald R. - Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Garfield, James A. - Magnolia Lodge No. 20, Columbus, Ohio
Harding, Warren G. - Marion Lodge No. 70, Marion, Ohio
Jackson, Andrew - Harmony Lodge No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee
Jefferson, Thomas - Charlottesville Lodge No. 90, Charlottesville, Virginia
Johnson, Andrew - Greenville Lodge No. 119, Greenville, Tennessee
Madison, James - Hiram Lodge, Westmoreland County, Virginia
McKinley, William - Hiran Lodge No. 21, Winchester, New York
Monroe, James - Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia
Polk, James K. - Lodge No. 31, Columbia, Tennessee
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Holland Lodge No. 8, New York City
Roosevelt, Theodore - Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York
Taft, William Howard - Occasional Lodge, Cincinnati, Ohio
Truman, Harry S. - Belton Lodge No. 450, Missouri
Washington, George - Fredericksburg Lodge, Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

Baldwin, Henry
Black, Hugo L. - Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, AL
Blair, Jr., John
Blatchford, Samuel
Burton, Harold H.
Byrnes, James F.
Catton, John
Clark, Thomas C.
Clarke, John H.
Cushing, William - St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
Davis, David
Devanter, Willis Van
Douglas, William O.
Ellsworth, Oliver - Chief Justice
Field, Stephen J.
Harlan, John M.
Jackson, Robert H.
Jay, John - Chief Justice (1789-1795)
Lamar, Joseph E.
Marshall, John - Chief Justice (1801-1835) - Grand Master of Virginia (1793 & 1794)
Marshall, Thurgood
Mathews, Stanley
McLean, John
Minton, Sherman
Moody, William H.
Nelson, Samuel
Paterson, William
Pitney, Mahlon
Reed, Stanley F.
Rutledge, John - Chief Justice
Stewart, Potter
Story, Joseph
Swayne, Noah H.
Taft, William H. - Chief Justice
Todd, Thomas
Trimble, Robert
Van Devanter, Willis
Vinson, Frederick M.
Warren, Earl - Chief Justice
Woodbury, Levi
Woods, William B.

 

WORLD LEADERS

Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Aguinaldo, Emilio - Phillippine Patriot and General
Aleman, Miguel - Mexican president 1947-52)
Benes, Eduard - President of Czechoslovakia 1939-48)
Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Bjornsson, Sveinn - 1st President of Iceland
Bolivar, Simon - Liberator of South America
Bonaparte, Napolean and his four brothers
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-1896
Burke, Edmund - Irish-born British politician and writer
Canning, George - British Prime Minister 1827
Churchill, Lord Randolph - British politician who led the so-called Fourth Party
Churchill, Winston S. - former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Edward VII
Edward VIII
Francis II - Holy Roman Emperor 1768-1806
Frederick The Great - King of Prussia 1740-86
George I - King of Greece 1845 - 1913
George II - King of Greece 1922 - 1947
George VI - King of England during W.W. II
Gustavus VI Adolphus - King of Sweden 1792 - 1809
King Charles XIII - King of Sweden 1748-1818
Leopold I - King of Belgium 1831-65
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
Peter the Great - Emperor of Russia 1689 - 1725
Rhodes, Cecil - Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890
William I - King of Prussia 1861 - 1888
William II - King of the Netherlands 1792 - 1849
William IV - King of England 1830-37

 

WRITERS

Burns, Robert - National Poet of Scotland; St. David's Lodge No. 174, Tarbolton, Scotland.
Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis, MO
Collodi, Carlo - "Pinocchio"
Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Sherlock Holmes
Gibbon, Edward - "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
Goethe, Wolgang von
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Guest, Edgar A. - Poet; "The Lambskin Apron" - a 33 Degree Mason.
Henson, Reverend Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Kipling, Rudyard
Pope, Alexander - Writer
Pushkin, Alexander - Russian poet
Schiller, Friedrich
Scott, Sir Walter
Shakespeare, William
Swift, Johathan - "Gulliver's Travels" - Goat-at-the-Foot-of-the-Haymarket No. 16, England
Voltaire - French writer and philosopher
Wallace, Lewis - "Ben Hur"
Wilde, Oscar

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