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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