SOME FAMOUS MASONS


 

 
- A -

Abbott, Sir John J. C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut
Allen, Ethan - General, Revolutionary War
Allen, Rex - Actor and singing cowboy
Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician
Armstrong, Neil - Astronaut
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander Army Air Force
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene - Actor and singing cowboy

- B -

Bach, Jahann Christian - Composer
Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour, Lloyd - Jewelry
Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty
Bassie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
Baylor, Robert E. - Founder of Baylor University
Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder of the Boy Scouts
Bellamy, Francis - author of the "Pledge of Allegiance."
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
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
Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Bonaparte, Napolean
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-20
Borglum, Gutzon  - Carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest - Actor
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie, James - Died defending the Alamo
Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742-1807
BuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Buchanan, James - President of the United States
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over the North Pole
Byrd, Robert C. - Senator of West Virginia
Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice

- C -

Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Winston - British leader
Clark, Roy - Country/western singer
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" - Entertainer
Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
Costello, Lou - Comedian
Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice

- D -

DeMille, Cecil B. - American Motion Picture Producer/Director
Dempsey, Jack - Sports
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Dickens, Jimmie "Little" - Country Western singer
Dole, Bob - Former U.S. Senator/Majority Leader
Doolittle, General James - Famous Air Force 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
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross

- E -

Edward VII - King of England
Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne
Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - Headed "Watergate" committee

- F -

Faber, Eberhard - Eberhard Fabor 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, SirAlexander - Invented Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S.
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Franklin, Benjamin - Signer of the Constitution of the U.S.

- G -

Gable, Clark - Actor
Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S.
Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George VI - King of England during W.W. II
Gibbon, Edward - Writer 
Gibson, Hoot - Cowboy Actor
Gilbert, William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance"
Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co.
Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth 
Godfrey, Arthur - Actor
Goldwater, Barry - U.S. Senator
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"

- H -

Hancock, John - A signers of the Declaration of Independence
Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S.
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park
Henry, Patrick - Patriot
Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Hilton, Charles C. - Hilton Hotels
Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. Capital
Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI
Hope, Bob - Comedian
Hornsby, Rogers - Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini, Harry - Magician
Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Hubbel, Carl - Baseball player

- I -

Ives, Burl - Actor and Musician

- J -

Jefferson, Thomas - President of the U.S.
Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jolson, Al - Jazz Singer
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones, John Paul - Naval Commander
Jones, Melvin - Founders of the Lions International

- K -

Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Khan III, Aga - Statesman
Kipling, Rudyard - Writer

- L -

La Guardia, Fiorella H. - La Guardia Airport New York
Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of American Freedom
Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successful in open sea
Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd Pres of the Republic of Texas
Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Founder Lipton Tea Company
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd, Harold C. - Actor

- M -

MacArthur, Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73
Madison, James - President of the U.S.
Marshall, George C. - General of the United States Army
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California
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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Founded the Mayo Clinic
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag Company
McClellan, George B. - Civil War General/fought Gen Robt. E. Lee
McHenry, James - Signer of the U.S. Constitution
McKinley, William - President of the U.S.
Mecherle, George Jacob - Founder State Farm Insurance
Menninger, Karl A. - Psychiatrist 
Mesmer, Franz Anton - practiced Mesmerism / Hypnotism
Michelson, Albert - Successfully measured the speed of light
Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. 
Monroe, James - President of the U.S.
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developed hot-air balloon
Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice
Morris, Dr. Robert - Founder of the Order of Eastern Star
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII

- N -

Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister

-O -

Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Otis, James - "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny"

- P -

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)
Penny, James C. - Retailer
Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
Pickett, George E. - Maj. Gen. (CSA), led "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg
Pike, Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him
Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister developed flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S.
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train
Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet

- R -

Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere, Paul - Famous American
Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers were Masons
Ritter, Tex - Country music star
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer
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.
Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice

- S -

Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Sellers, Peter - Actor
Shakespeare, William - Writer
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Skelton, Red - Entertainer
Smallwood, Joseph R. - Premier of Newfoundland
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote music for US National Anthem
Sousa, John - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Stanford, Leland - Founded Stanford University
Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still, Andrew T. - Physician devised treatment of Osteopathy
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels

- T -

Taft, William Howard - President of the U.S.
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Danny - Actor, Entertainer
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendys Restaurant
Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Tillis, Mel - Country Western Singer
Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice
Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo
Truman, Harry S. - President of the U.S

- V -

Voltaire - French writer and philosopher

- W -

Wadlow, Robert - Tallest human on record being 9 feet tall
Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Washington, Booker T. - Educator, Inventor, Author
Washington, George - 1st President of The United States
Wayne, John - Actor
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Wilde, Oscar - Writer
Wyler, William - Film Director

- Y -

Young, Cy - Cy Young Award

- Z -

Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907