Famous Masons

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 - Musician

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

Allen, Richard - Founder/first bishop AME Church

Allende, Salvador - President of Chile, overthrown in 1970

Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician

Arnold, Eddie - Actor

Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force

Astor, John Jacob - Fur trader and financier

Atkins, Chet - Musician

Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas

Autry, Gene - Actor

Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice

Balfour, Lloyd - Jewelry

Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty

Basie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer

Baylor, Robert E. B. - Founder Baylor University

Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy Scouts of America

Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.

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

Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35

Berlin, Irving - Entertainer

Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice

Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice

Blake, James Herbert "Eubie" - Composer/pianist

Blanc, Mel - Cartoonist (Bugs Bunny and others)

Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice

Bolivar, Simon - South American freedom fighter

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 - Actor

Botha, Pik - Former Foreign Minister of South Africa

Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96

Bowie, James - Alamo

Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader

Bradley, Thomas - Former mayor of Los Angeles, California

Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807

Brown, Joe E. - Entertainer

Brundage, Avery - Olympic Committee

Bryan, Richard - U.S. Senator

Buchanan, James - President of the U.S.

Burbank, Luther - Pioneering botanist

Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas

Burns, Conrad - U.S. Senator

Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland

Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. - Was the libretis for "Pirates of Penzance"

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

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 the "Guillotin"

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

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.

Irwin, Jim - Astronaut

Ives, Burl - Musician

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

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

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 - Tea

Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory

Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer

Lott, Trent - U.S. Senator

MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philipines

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

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

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

Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator

Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer

Otis, James - Famous for "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"

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)

Peay IV, Austin - Governor of Tennessee 1923-27, known as the "Maker of Modern Tennessee"

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

Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car for trains.

Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet

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

Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi

Sanders, Harland "Colonel" - Founder Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants

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

Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice

Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels

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. - President of the U.S.

Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice

Voltaire - French writer and philosopher

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

Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice

Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice

Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"

Wynn, Ed - Actor

Young, Andrew - Former mayor of Atlanta, GA

Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933

Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907