Famous Freemasons This is a list of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal organization which exists in a number of forms worldwide. Throughout history some members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement, while others have not made their membership public. In some cases, membership can only be proven by searching through the fraternitys records. Such records are most often kept at the individual Lodge level, and may be lost due to fire, flood, deterioration, or simple carelessness. Grand Lodge governance may have shifted or reorganized, resulting in further loss of records on the member or the name, number, location or even existence of the Lodge in question. In areas of the world where Masonry has been suppressed by governments, records of entire Grand Lodges have been destroyed. Because of this, masonic membership can sometimes be difficult to verify. Famous Freemasons Video Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y Z A Jose Abad Santos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Abd al-Qadir, Sufi mystic, scholar and political leader John Abbott Canadian Prime Minister (1891 - 1892). Initiated St. Pauls, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847. William Bud Abbott of the Abbott & Costello comedy team. Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino composer. Raised in Luzon Lodge No. 57 Sherman Adams Governor of New Hampshire and U.S. Congressman. Gregorio Aglipay, first Filipino Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church Emilio Aguinaldo First President of the Philippines. Pilar Lodge No. 203 (now Pilar Lodge No. 15) at Imus Cavite and was founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31 (renamed Emilio Aguinaldo Lodge No. 31 in his honor) Agustín I of Mexico, emperor of Mexico Nelson Aldrich, United States Senator from Rhode Island. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1877-78, member of What Cheer lodge. Edwin Buzz Aldrin Astronaut. Montclair Lodge No. 144, New Jersey. Elizabeth Aldworth, Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree Vasile Alecsandri Romanian Poet, playwright, politician and diplomat. José Eloy Alfaro Delgado - President of Ecuador Eugène Goblet dAlviella, Vice-chancellor of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Belgian senator Salvador Allende Socialist president of Chile (1970-1973). Lodge Progreso No. 4, Valparaíso. Ezra Ames, Portrait painter Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, English physicist. Initiated into Lodge Progresso No. 4 in 1935. Jules Anspach, Belgian Liberal politician Galicano Apacible, Filipino politician Sir Edward Victor Appleton, English Physicist. Nobel Prize 1947. Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge. Dennis Archer, US Politician. Geometry Lodge #49 (Prince Hall), Detroit Constantin Argetoianu, Prime Minister of Romania, 1939 Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate general during the American Civil War. Alexandria-Washington Lodge #22, Alexandria, Virginia Louis Armstrong, Jazz musician. Montgomery Lodge No. 18 (Prince Hall), New York. Thomas Arne Composer of Rule Britannia Benedict Arnold, Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut (expelled 1781) Eddy Arnold, singer François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Raised 1778 by WM Ben Franklin, Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris Gheorghe Asachi Romanian writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator Elias Ashmole, Warrington Lodge, Lancashire John Jacob Astor, American Financier, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York, 1790 Stephen F. Austin Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Louisiana Lodge No. 109, Missouri. Gene Autry, Movie and television star, Catoosa Lodge No. 185, OK* Eddy Arnold, singer Top B Johann Christian Bach, Composer. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London Michael Baigent, British author and editor of Freemasonry Today Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary, Lodge Il Progresso Sociale, Florence 1864 Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian historian, journalist and 1848 revolutionary. Henry Baldwin, US Associate Justice (1830-1844):[30] Master of Lodge No. 45 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1805 Harold Ballard, One time owner of Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League team. Corinthian No. 481, GRC, Toronto, ON Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician Diego Martínez Barrio, Prime minister of Spain and founder of the Republican Union Party Frederic Bartholdi, Sculptor of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris. Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, Speaker of the legislative assembly William Count Basie, Jazz orchestra leader and composer. Wisdom Lodge No. 102 (Prince Hall), Chicago. Also a Shriner. Frederick Bates, Governor of Missouri. Birch Bayh, US Senator from Indiana from 1962-1981 Daniel Carter Beard, Founder of the Boy Scouts. Made a Mason in Mariners Lodge No. 67, New York City, New York, and later affiliated with Cornucopia Lodge 563, Flushing, New York Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (1935-1939, 1945-1948). Ian Amos Komensky Lodge No. 1, Prague R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada 1930-1935 Lloyd M. Bentsen, US Senator from Texas Irving Berlin, Composer. Munn Lodge No.190, New York Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician. Propaganda Due, Expelled in 1981 (some say 1976) by the Grand Orient of Italy Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician and statesman. Logia Unión Germana, San Germán, Puerto Rico. Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania. George Valentin Bibescu, Romanian aviation pioneer, Grand Master of Romanian Grand Lodge from 1911 to 1916. Henry Harrison Bingham, Union Army officer during the American Civil War. Chartiers Lodge #297, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Francis Bischof, Queensland Australia Police Commissioner from 1958-1969 Hugo L. Black, US Associate Justice (1937-1971) Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, AL John Blair, US Associate Justice (1789-96), and Grand Master of Virginia from 1778 to 1784. Samuel Blatchford, US Associate Justice (1882-1893) Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romainan poet, politician, 1848 revolutionary Simón Bolívar, Leader of South American independence. (Initiated: Cádiz, Spain)[34] Founding brother of Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru, 1824 Cezar Bolliac, Radical Romanian political figure, amateur archaeologist, journalist and Romantic poet Shadrach Bond, first Governor of Illinois Andrés Bonifacio, Leader during Philippine Revolution from Spain. Taliba Lodge No. 165 under Gran Oriente Español (Spanish Grand Lodge) Omar Bongo, President of Gabon. Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada St. Andrews Lodge No. 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia Gutzon Borglum, American sculpture, raised in Howard Lodge No. 35. Lincoln Borglum, Son of Gutzon Borglum, completed the Mount Rushmore project, raised in Battle River Lodge No. 92. Ernest Borgnine, Actor, Abingdon Lodge No. 48 James Boswell, Scottish writer, raised in Canongate Kilwinning Lodge at Edinburgh, 1759 Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada from 1894-1896 James Bowie, Frontiersman, Inventor of the Bowie knife. LHumble Chaumiere Lodge No. 19 Opelousas, Louisiana. Charles Bradlaugh, Nineteenth Century Atheist and Republican MP, Grand Lodge des Philadelphes, London Omar N. Bradley, US General. West Point Lodge No. 877, New York Sir Donald Bradman, Australian Cricketer. Sir Christoffel Brand, first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony Joseph Brant, Principal Chief of the Six Nations Indians. Initiated in Lodge No. 417, 1776. First Master of Lodge No. 11, Mohawk Village (near Brantford) in 1798 Dimitrie Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania (1881) Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, three-time Prime Minister of Romania David Brearley, Signer of the US Constitution on behalf of New Jersey, the first Grand Master of Masons for the State of New Jersey. Henry Brougham, Scottish abolitionist and founder of Edinburgh Review. Raised in Fortrose Lodge, Stornway, Scotland James Bruce, Scottish explorer. Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Samuel von Brukenthal, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire. James Buchanan, U.S. President,Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Charles Buls, mayor of Brussels Luther Burbank, US horticulturist, botanist, agricultural science pioneer. Santa Rosa Lodge No. 57, Arleigh Burke, US Admiral[26] Supreme Temple Architect (Honored in 1997) Robert Burnaby, English explorer and businessman. First Past Master of Victoria Lodge No. 1085, District Grand Master (English) of British Columbia. Conrad Burns, US Senator from Montana Robert Burns, National poet of Scotland. St. Davids Lodge No. 174, Tarbolton. Harold H. Burton, US Associate Justice (1945-1958) Arthur Leopold Busch, naval architect. Member of Peconic Lodge No. 349 Greenport, New York. Cyriel Buysse, Flemish nationalist writer Richard E. Byrd, US Admiral. Initiated in Federal Lodge No. 1 and founded First Antarctic Lodge No. 777 in 1935 James F. Byrnes, US Associate Justice (1941-1942) Top C Alessandro Cagliostro, Sicilian charlatan and occultist Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico Malcolm Campbell, English motor-racer Eddie Cantor. Entertainer, raised in Munn Lodge No 190, New York City Manuel Camus, Philippine Senator. October 12, 1898, Zetland in the East Lodge No 508 Singapore, under the jurisdiction of the M. W. Grand Lodge of England. Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Prime Minister of Romania. Carol II King of Romania (1930-40) José Miguel Carrera, Chilean General and President.[58] St. Johns Lodge No. 1, New York Kit Carson, American Adventurer. Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Sante Fe, New Mexico Paul Foster Case, Founder of the Los Angeles occult school, the Builders of the Adytum, Fairport Lodge No. 476, Fairport, New York Marc Chagall, Russian artist. initiated in 1912 Thomas Chalmers, Lodge St. Vigean, 1800 Joshua Chamberlain, Commander of US forces on Little Round Top during the American Civil War battle of Gettysberg, and governor of Maine. United Lodge #8, Brunswick, Maine Nicolas Chamfort, French writer, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris Walter Chrysler Founder of Chrysler Corporation Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591, Rosemary Lodge No. 2851. André Citroen, French engineer and motor-car manufacturer, Lodge La Philosophie, Paris Mark Wayne Clark, US Army General, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis Thomas C. Clark, US Associate Justice (1949-1967) William Clark, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Saint Louis Lodge No. 111. John H. Clarke, US Associate Justice (1916-1922) Henry Clay Speaker of the. U.S. House of Representatives and Grand Master of Kentucky. Moses Cleaveland founded the city of Cleaveland, Ohio, Worshipful Master of Moriah Lodge in 1791 DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York State, Grand Master of NY during the Morgan Affair, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York, 1790 Tyrus Cobb, baseball star. Royston Lodge No. 426, Detroit William F. Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, raised in Platte Valley Lodge No. 15, Nebraska George Cohan, Broadway star, raised in Pacific Lodge No. 233, New York City Nat King Cole pianist and ballad singer. Samuel Colt manufacturer of Colt revolvers Émile Combes, French Prime Minister Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton, Pro Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England Charlie Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player. Initiated in North Gate Lodge No. 591, Pickering, Ontario, in 1935 Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher, Lodges de Neuf Soeurs Leroy Cooper, U.S. astronaut, member of Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Colorado Harry H. Corbett actor- star of Steptoe and Son Charles de Coster, Belgian author Edith Cowan, First woman elected to Australian Parliament, Member of St Cuthberts Lodge Perth Australia (Le Droit Humain) Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy[73] (possibly expelled in 1894?) Miron Cristea Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1925-39), Prime Minister of Romania (1938-39). Davy Crockett, 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician Aleister Crowley, English occultist, Anglo-Saxon Lodge No. 343, Paris (GLdF), 1904 William Cushing, US Associate Justice (1789-1810),[30] St. Andrews Lodge, Boston Alexander John Cuza Romanian Domnitor of the Danubian Principalities, 1859-66 Top D Jim Davidson. British comedian, Former Master, Chelsea Lodge, England (resigned), Founding Master of British Forces Foundation (Lodge) No. 9725 William Crosby Dawson, US Judge and Politician, San Marino Lodge No. 34, F.&A.M, Greensboro, GA. Grand Master of Masons in Georgia from 1843 until his death in Greensboro on May 6, 1856. Carol Davila Romanian Physician Ovide Decroly, Belgian educationalist. initiated in Lodge Les Amis Philanthropes No. 2, Brussels in 1902 Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, reformer, journalist, and revolutionary leader of the Philippine Revolution. Considered as the Father of Philippine Masonry. Initiated in Spain in 1889 Isabelo de los Reyes, Filipino politician and labor activist in Cecil B. DeMille Movie Director, member of Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York City Süleyman Demirel, 9th President of the Republic of Turkey. Initiated in Grand Lodge of Turkey, 1955. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion in 1919, Kenwood Lodge No. 800, Chicago Frédéric Desmons, Protestant priest who persuaded the Grand Orient de France to remove the term of the Great Architect of the Universe from their Constitution Willis Van Devanter, US Associate Justice (1911-1937) Thomas Dewey, American politician (1902-1971) Blaise Diagne, Senegalese political leader Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico John George Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, Wakaw Lodge No. 166, Wakaw, SK Everett Dirksen U.S. Congressman and Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate. Henry Dodge U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. Bob Dole, US politician[26] Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas Ed Doolan US Radio Presenter James Doolittle, US General. Jim Douglas, Governor of Vermont Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician, Weyburn Lodge No. 20, Weyburn, SK William O. Douglas, US Associate Justice (1939-1975) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle British physician and author, creator of Sherlock Holmes Edwin Drake, US oil industry pioneer, Oil Creek Lodge No. 3, Titusville, Pennsylvania Jean Henri Dunant founder of the Red Cross and shared the first Nobel Prize Herbert Dunnico, UK Politician and Master of the New Welcome Lodge Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, UK art dealer, Royal Colonial Institute Lodge No. 3556 Top E Hubert Eaton, American chemist, Euclid Lodge, No. 58, Great Falls, Montana John David Eaton, President of the Canadian based T. Eaton Company. Assiniboine, No. 114, G.R.M., Winnipeg Edinburgh, Duke of, see entry below for Prince Philip King Edward VII, King of Great Britain, UGLE King Edward VIII, King of Great Britain; UGLE Gustave Eiffel, Designer and architect of the Eiffel Tower. Duke Ellington, Musician, Social Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C., Prince Hall Affiliation Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the United States (1796-1800) Sam Ervin, US Senator. Top F Eberhard Faber, founder of the Faber Pencil Company. Chancellor Walworth No. 271, New York, Douglas Fairbanks, movie star. Member of Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528 Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor. Grand Master of the Grande Oriente dItalia Stephen J. Field, US Associate Justice (1863-1897) William Fields, American comedian. Member of E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia Charles Finney, American Preacher, Evangelist and Author (1792-1875). Meridian Sun Lodge No. 32 in Warren, New York. Hamilton Fish IV, US Politician Geoffrey Fisher, the 99th Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion John Fitch, US engineer. Member of Bristol lodge No.25 Sanford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor. St. Andrews No. 16, Toronto, Ontario. Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. London Scottish Rifles Lodge No. 2310 Banister Fletcher, English architect and historian of architecture. Initiated 1910, Authors Lodge No. 3456 Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, French poet and romance writer. Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris Martin Folkes, originator of the story of the falling apple inspiring Newtons discovery of gravity Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil. Grand Master of the Grande Oriente do Brasil. Gerald Ford, U.S. President. Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. Raised in Palestine Lodge No. 35. Nathan Bedford Forrest, confederate general. Member of Angerona Lodge no. 168 in Tennessee Antoine Fourcroy, French chemistry pioneer, Lodge Les Neuf Soeurs at Paris Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor Benjamin Franklin, February 1731, St. Johns Lodge of Philadelphia; Tun Tavern Lodge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Master of Loge Les Neuf Sœurs, Paris; Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania Henry Frye, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, (Prince Hall) Top G Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, pioneering Belgian secular educationalist and Socialist activist Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general James A. Garfield, U.S. President. Magnolia Lodge No. 20, Columbus Lodge No. 30, and Garrettsville Lodge No. 246, Ohio Licio Gelli, Italian politician. Worshipful master of Propaganda Due - Expelled in 1981 (some say 1976) by the Grand Orient of Italy King George IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE King George VI, King of Great Britain, UGLE Ion Ghica, twice Prime Minister of Romania, four-time President of the Romanian Academy. Sir W S Gilbert, one half of Gilbert and Sullivan King C. Gillette, American businessman John H. Glenn, Jr., Astronaut and US Senator, Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, Ohio Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German philosopher and Poet. Lodge Amelie, Weimar. Octavian Goga, Prime Minister of Romania (1937-38). Alexandru G. Golescu, Prime Minister of Romania (1870). E. Urner Goodman, co-founder of the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow Henri Grégoire, Roman Catholic priest, Constitutional bishop of Blois and French revolutionary leader Virgil I. Grissom, American astronaut. Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, Indiana Top H Manly Palmer Hall, Esoteric author. Raised 1954/11/22 into Jewel Lodge No. 374, San Francisco Lionel Hampton, Musician, (Prince Hall) John Hancock, American revolutionary, merchant and statesman. Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S. General. Charity Lodge #190, Norristown, Pennsylvania Warren G. Harding, U.S. President. Marion Lodge No. 70, Ohio John M. Harlan, US Associate Supreme Court Justice Joseph Hewes, Signer of the American Declaration of Independence J. Edgar Hoover, First Director of the FBI.[26] Grand Cross. Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C. Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player. Initiated in Kroy Lodge No. 676, Toronto, Ontario, in 1962. Harry Houdini, Escape artist. William Howley, the 90th Archbishop of Canterbury, and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Royal York Lodge, Bristol, England. Camille Huysmans, Mayor of Antwerp and Prime Minister of Belgium Top I Burl Ives, American actor and singer,[26] Magnolia (now Magnolia-La Cumbre) Lodge No. 242, California Top J Nat Jackley English comic actor Andrew Jackson, U.S. President. Harmony Lodge No. 1 Jesse Jackson, US Civil Rights leader and Politician, Harmony Lodge No. 88, Chicago, Illinois (PHA) Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1941-1954) John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States (1789-1795) Andrew Johnson, U.S. President. Greenville Lodge No. 119, Tennessee John Paul Jones, Naval hero during the American Revolution, St. Bernards Lodge No. 122, Kirkudbright, Scotland Melvin Jones, Founder of Lions Clubs International, Garden City Lodge No. 141, Illinois Benito Juárez, President of Mexico. Rito Nacional Mexicano de la Logia Independiente, No. 02 Top K David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1874-91. Lodge Le Progress de lOceanie No. 124 Alexander Keith, Canadian politician and brewmaster, former Grand Master of Nova Scotia Rudyard Kipling, UK author and poet, Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C., Lahore, India; founding member, The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, St. Omer, France, F.R. Adolph Knigge, German author Mark Koltko-Rivera, American scientific author in field of psychology. Winter Park Lodge #239 (Florida) Mihail Kogălniceanu Prime Minister of Romania (1863-65), Liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist. Top L Frank S. Land, member of the Ivanhoe Lodge #446 on June 29, 1912 in Kansas City. He was the founder of DeMolay International. Joseph Lamar, US Associate Justice (1888-1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), Afrikaans writer and member of South African parliament José P. Laurel, President of the Japanese-Sponsored Republic of the Philippines during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Batangas Lodge No. 383 under the Gran Oriente Espanol, (renamed Batangas Lodge No. 35 under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines) Leopold I of Belgium, king of Belgium Meriwether Lewis, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, Albemarle County, Virginia. Frank Licht, Politician. Governor of Rhode Island (1969-1973) Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of La Marseillaise Pascal Lissouba, president of the Republic of the Congo, 1992-1997. Franz Liszt, Composer. Lodge zur Einigkeit, Frankurt. Charles Lindbergh, US Aviator and chairman of the America First Committee, Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis, Mo. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Grandmaster of the Grand Orient de France during the French Revolution Trent Lott, Former majority leader of the US Senate Harold Lloyd, silent film comedian and Imperial Potentate of the Shriners of North America, 1949-50 Graciano López Jaena, Filipino writer and journalist in the Philippine Revolution. Worshipful Master at Logia Povernir No. 2. Juan Luna, Filipino painter and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the 1800s. Raised in Paris, France, under the auspices of Lodge Solidaridad 53. Top M Apolinario Mabini, First prime minister, 1899. September 1892 at Logia Balagtas 149 under the Grand Oriente Espanol. Sir John A. Macdonald, The first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867 - 1873 and 1878-1891). Began the creation of rail service across Canada. St. Johns Lodge No. 758, Kingston, Ontario. Honourary Past Grand Senior Warden John Bayne Maclean, Canadian founder of Macleans Magazine and President of Macleans Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, ON. Robert Macoy, US publisher and organizer of Eastern Star Titu Maiorescu Romanian literary critic and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1913-14). John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (1801-1835), Grand Master of Virginia from 1793-1795 Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1967-1991), Coal Creek Lodge No. 88, Tulsa, Oklahoma PHA General Douglas MacArthur, US General during World War II, Manila Lodge No. 1, 1936, Philippines Harpo Marx, US film comedian Francis Mason, American missionary and zoologist Giuseppe Mazzini Italian Revolutionary, Grand Master of the Grande Oriente dItalia John S. McCain, Sr. (1884-1945), US admiral, Carrollton Lodge No. 36 John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981), US admiral, made Mason at Sight, Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, 1975, enrolled St. Johns Lodge No. 11 Henry Joy McCracken, Member of the Society of the United Irishmen William McKinley, U.S. President. Hiram Lodge No. 21, Virginia. Demitted from same to become a Charter Member of Eagle Lodge No. 431, Canton, Ohio (a.k.a. William McKinley Lodge) Samuel McLaughlin, Founder and President of the McLaughlin Carriage Co. which later became General Motors of Canada. Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, Ontario. Grand Steward in 1945, 75 year member in the Craft. Royal Arch, Knight Templar, President of Oshawa Shrine Club. John McLean, US Associate Justice (1829-1861) Ned Ray McWherter, Governor of Tennessee (1987-1995) Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal, 18th century Portuguese statesman Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VC Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Spanish minister of the Treasury, Taller Sublime, Cádiz George Middleton, Third Master of African Lodge #459 (Prince Hall) J. B. Milam (1884-1949), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 32 degree Mason Sherman Minton, US Associate Justice (1949-1956) Ion Minulescu Romanian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic and playwright. Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP, Mount Olive Lodge No. 25, Baltimore, Maryland (Prince Hall). John Molson, Founder of Molson Breweries. St. Pauls Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master. Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and television presenter, Chelsea Lodge No.3098 James Monroe U.S. President, Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia. Jacque-Étienne Montgolfier, co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1745 - 1799. Initiated 1784, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1740 - 1810. Initiated 1806, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris William H. Moody, US Associate Justice (1906-1910) Robert Moray, Scottish philosopher, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641. John Hunt Morgan General for the Confederate States of America, Daviess Lodge #22, Lexington, Kentucky Robert Morris, Poet Laureate of Freemasonry and founder of the Order of the Eastern Star Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria. Composed several pieces of Masonic ritual music, the first at age 11 Leopold Mozart, Father of Amadeus, Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria. Audie Murphy, One of the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II Top N James Naismith, Canadian-born American sports educator who invented the game of basketball. Ernesto Nathan, Italian politician and mayor of Rome, grand master of the Grande Oriente dItalia Samuel Nelson, US Associate Justice (1845-1872) Kenneth Noye, British criminal, Hammersmith Lodge Top O Daniel OConnell Irish political figure,Lodge No. 189, Dublin, in 1797 Bernardo OHiggins South American revolutionary leader and first Chilean head of state as Captain General Camilo Osías, President of the Senate of the Philippines. Top P Brad Paisley, American country music artist, Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite Alexandru Paleologu Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician Rafael Palma, Filipino politician, writer, and educator. Fourth President of the University of the Philippines. Bagong Buhay Lodge No. 291 (renumbered No. 16) July 14, 1908. Affiliated with Sinukuan Lodge No. 16 and in 1920 became Grand Master, the unified Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands. Arnold Palmer, Professional Golfer, Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, Pennsylvania Quintin Paredes, Filipino lawyer, politician, and statesman. Raised November 29, 1913 at Sinukuan Lodge No. 16 and became its Worshipful Master in 1920. Grand Master 1922 Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, First recorded Grandmaster of Ireland and founder of the Dublin Hellfire club William Paterson, US Associate Justice (1793-1806) and 2nd governor of New Jersey Norman Vincent Peale,Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, New York James Cash Penney Founder of J.C. Penneys department stores. Wasatch Lodge #1 in Salt Lake City, Utah Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, US Navy, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York, 1819 John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Force, World War I, Lincoln Lodge No.19, Lincoln, Nebraska Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Navy Lodge No 2612, London John Henry Lawrence Phillips, Bishop of Portsmouth,1960-1975: Provincial Grand Master Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1975-1979 George Pickett, Confederate general at Gettysburg Albert Pike, Confederate general, re-wrote rituals for Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction), author of Morals and Dogma, Western Star Lodge No. 2, Little Rock, Arkansas. Sovereign Grand Commander AASR, Southern Jurisdiction. John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York Augustus Le Plongeon, French Archaeologist. First to survey and excavate at Chitchen Itza. Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. statesman, diplomat, physician and botanist. James K. Polk, U.S. President. Initiated June 5, 1820, Columbia Lodge No. 31, Tennessee Mariano Ponce, Filipino physician Initiated in Madrid and became Secretary of Logia Revoluccion and Logia Solidaridad 53. He also became a 33° mason under the auspices of the Gran Oriente Español. Eugène Edine Pottier, French composer of the Internationale Reynato Puno, Chief Justice of the Philippines, Grandmaster of Masons, active member of Hiram Lodge No. 88, and the Grand Lodge of the Philippines Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet. Lodge Ovid, Kischinev, 1821 William Preston, Author of Illustrations of Masonry. Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor. Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, Illinois Top Q Manuel L. Quezon, First president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines under U.S. occupation rule in the early period of the 20th century. Raised March 17, 1908 at Sinukuan Lodge No. 272 (renamed Sinukuan Lodge No. 16). first Filipino Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands that was established in 1917. Top R Ion Heliade Rădulescu Romanian academic, poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician Nick Rahall (b. 1949), US representative from West Virginia Thomas Stamford Raffles, Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya A. Philip Randolph, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NYC Stanley F. Reed, US Associate Justice (1938-1957) George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of New South Wales Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania Theodor Reuss, German occultist and head of O.T.O., Pilger Loge #238 (UGLE) 1878, and excluded from Freemasonry in 1880. Paul Revere, American Revolutionary hero, St. Andrews Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794-97. Michael Richards, American Actor Rafael del Riego, Spanish general and liberal politician Ringling Brothers (all seven of them), American circus promoters Jose Rizal, Polymath and National Hero of the Philippines, Logia Solidaridad 53 Madrid, Spain; made honorary Worshipful Master of Nilad Lodge No. 144 in 1892 Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Anglican Archbishop, Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Western Australia 1904-17, 1920-29. Roy Rogers, American actor, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, California Will Rogers American political commontator and satirist, Claremore Lodge No. 53, OK Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. President. Holland Lodge No. 8, New York Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President. Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York Félicien Rops Belgian artist Edmundo Ros, Musician. Sprig of Acacia Lodge, Javea, Spain Constantin Daniel Rosenthal Romanian painter and 1848 revolutionary. C. A. Rosetti Romanian literary and political leader, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 James Mayer Rothschild Financier, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London Archibald Hamilton Rowan, member of the Society of the United Irishmen Manuel Roxas, was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines. William Byron Rumford, California legislator, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Berkeley, California Alecu Russo Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the United States (1795), Associate Justice (1789-1791) Top S Mihail Sadoveanu Romanian Novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, Grand Master from 1932 Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, (1825-1903) Prime Minister of Spain Augusto César Sandino Central American revolutionary and founder of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas Jose de San Martin, Argentine hero from the Spanish Revolution Antonio López de Santa Anna, (Santa Ana) Mexican general and President Artur Santos, Portuguese politician, Mayor of Ourem during the Fatima apparitions Lope K. Santos, Tagalog language writer from the Philippines. first Woshipful Master of Magat Lodge No. 68 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Denis Sassou Nguesso, general and the president of the Republic of the Congo. Peter Sellers, actor, comedian, star of The Goon Show and The Pink Panther movie series, Chelsea Lodge No 3098, UGLE Sir Ernest Shackleton, UK explorer Philipp Gotthard of Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau Friedrich Schiller, Rudolstadt Lodge, Berlin Richard Seddon, Longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893-1906), Grand Master of New Zealand (1898-1900) Jean Sibelius, Composer, Suomi Lodge No. 1, Helsinki, Finland, 1922. Wrote several pieces of interest to Masons including Praising Hymn and the Ode to Fraternity. Heath Shuler, United States Congressman for North Carolina, Oconee Lodge 427. Sampson Simson, Lawyer and philanthropist James Sloan, co-founder of the Orange Order Joseph Smith, Sr., Mormon leader, Ontario Lodge No. 23 of Canandaigua, New York, 1818 Joseph Smith, Jr., Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Nauvoo Lodge, Illinois Hyrum Smith, Mormon leader, Mount Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra, New York John Philip Sousa, Composer,[26] Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, D.C Richard Bernard Red Skelton, American comedian, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, Indiana Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British forensic scientist. Jock Stein, football manager of teams including Celtic F.C. and Scotland. Stanisław Stempowski, Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Poland(1926-1928) Potter Stewart, US Associate Justice (1958-1981) Philipp von Stosch, occultist, antiquarian and English spy Joseph Story, US Associate Justice (1811-1845) Alexandru Sturdza, Russian publicist and diplomat of Romanian origin. Dimitrie Sturdza, four-time Prime Minister of Romania, president of the Romanian Academy (1882-1884). Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan, and was also Grand Organist of the UGLE in 1887. Goswin de Stassart, Belgian statesman William Stukeley, English archaeologist and antiquarian. Lodge at Salutation Tavern, London. Noah H. Swayne, US Associate Justice (1862-1881) Top T Alphonso Taft, U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War. Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio William Howard Taft, U.S. President. Made a Mason at sight inside Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio, February 18, 1909 Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio Mehmed Talat, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Initiated into Macedonia Risorta Lodge, Thessaloniki,1903. First Grand Master of Ottoman Grand Orient (1909-1910) Christian Tell Romanian politician, 1848 revolutionary, Mayor of Bucharest. Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendys, raised as a Master Mason in Sol. D. Bayless Lodge No. 359 Fort Wayne, Indiana. Conferred the 32nd Degree, N.M.J., on 11/16/1961, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Strom Thurmond US Senator from South Carolina and segregationist candidate for the United States presidency in 1948 John Tipton, American politician Nicolae Titulescu Romanian diplomat, government minister, President of the League of Nations. Thomas Todd, US Associate Justice (1807-1826) Robert Trimble, US Associate Justice (1826-1828). Union #16 in Paris, Kentucky Harry S Truman, U.S. President, Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton, Missouri. Grand Master of Missouri, 1940-1941 Mark Twain, American author. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, A.F.& A.M., St. Louis, Missouri. (Suspended for non-payment of dues and later reinstated April 24, 1867. Demitted October 1867, but recorded as having visited Carson City Lodge U.D. in February and March 1868.) Top > V Alexandru Vaida-Voevod three-time Prime Minister of Romania. Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, Founder of the Belgian Liberal Party Swami Vivekanada, Hindu Spiritual Leader Frederick M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States (1946-1953) Traian Vuia Romainan inventor and early aviation pioneer. Top W Sir Charles Warren, English archaeologist. Surveyor of Herods Temple. Royal Lodge of Friendship No. 278, Gibraltar. Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1953-1969), Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936 George Washington General, Politician, and First President of the United States. Initiated in Fredericksburg VA, Past Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia. John Wayne, American actor, Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56 Thomas Smith Webb, author of Freemason’s Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, sometimes called the Founding Father of the York or American Rite for his efforts to promote that masonic body. Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, English politician, atheist and member of the Hellfire club Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, Apollo University Lodge, No. 357 (UGLE) Billy Wilder, Austrian-American journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. James Wilson (Orangeman), co-founder of the Orange Order John Wilkes, English politician and journalist King William IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE Jeff Winter, English football referee Levi Woodbury, US Associate Justice (1845-1851) William B. Woods, US Associate Justice (1881-1887) Steve Wozniak Co-founder Apple Computers, Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, California Christopher Wren, English architect, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2,adopted May 18, 1691 Top Y John Yarker - English occultist - 1° Lodge of Integrity No. 189 (later 163) Manchester, October 25, 1854, affiliated with Fidelity Lodge No. 623 April 27, 1855 - Expelled from the Ancient and Accepted Rite and Demitted (from all regular Freemasonry), 1862 Top Z Duiliu Zamfirescu Romanian novelist, poet, short story writer, lawyer, nationalist politician, journalist, diplomat and memoirist. Top
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