U.S. Presidents

FAMOUS MASONS- U.S. PRESIDENTS

• Buchanan, James - President of the U.S.
• Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S.
• Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S.
• Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S.
• Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
• Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
• McKinley, William - President of the U.S.
• Monroe, James - President of the U.S.
• Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S.
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the U.S.
• Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the U.S.
• Taft, William Howard - President of the U.S.
• Truman, Harry S. - President of the U.S.
• Washington, George - President of US, 1st

Supreme Court Justices

FAMOUS MASONS- SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

• Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice
• Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice
• Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
• Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice
• Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
• Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice
• Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
• Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme Court Justice
• Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice
• Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice
• Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
• Douglas, William O. - Supreme Court Justice
• Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
• Field, Stephen J. - Supreme Court Justice
• Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice
• Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
• Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
• Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 - 1835
• Marshall, Thurgood - Supreme Court Justice
• Mathews, Stanley - Supreme Court Justice
• Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
• Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice
• Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
• Paterson, William - Supreme Court Justice
• Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice
• Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
• Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice
• Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice
• Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
• Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice
• Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice
• Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice
• Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice
• Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice
• Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice

Military

FAMOUS MASONS- MILITARY

• Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force
• Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader
• Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole
• Doolittle, General James - Famous Air Force Pilot
• Jones, John Paul - Naval Commander
• Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of American Freedom
• Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
• MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philillines
• Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
• Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
• Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
• Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare

Sports

FAMOUS MASONS- SPORTS

• Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player
• Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
• Dempsey, Jack - Sports
• Hornsby, Rogers - An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
• Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro

Actors/Writers

FAMOUS MASONS- ACTORS/ WRITERS

• Autry, Gene - Actor
• Borgnine, Ernest - Actor
• Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
• Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
• Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer
• Cohan, George M. - Broadway star
• Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
• Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes
• Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor
• Fields, W.C. - Actor
• Gable, Clark - Actor
• Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
• Godfrey, Arthur - Actor
• Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie
• Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian
• Hope, Bob - Comedian
• Kipling, Rudyard - Writer
• Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
• Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films
• Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII
• Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet
• Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star
• Rogers, Will - Actor
• Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
• Sellers, Peter - Actor
• Shakespeare, William - Writer
• Swift, Jonathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels
• Voltaire - French writer and philosopher
• Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
• Wayne, John - Actor

Musicians/Entertainers

FAMOUS MASONS- MUSICIANS/ENTERTAINERS

• Bassie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
• Berlin, Irving - Entertainer
• Clark, Roy - Country Western Star
• Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
• Jolson, Al - Fame as the first 'talkinf picture' the Jazz Singer
• Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
• Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
• Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
• Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
• Skelton, Red - Entertainer
• Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem.
• Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
• Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
• Tillis, Mel - Country Singer
• Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"

Government Leaders

FAMOUS MASONS- GOVERNMENT LEADERS

• Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
• Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
• Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
• Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
• Churchill, Winston - British Leader
• Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
• Edward VII - King of England
• Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
• George VI - King of England during W.W. II
• MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
• Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator
• Wallace, Governor George C. - Presidential Candidate who was nearly assasinated

Astronauts

FAMOUS MASONS- ASTRONAUTS

• Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut
• Armstrong, Neil - Astronaut
• Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth in a space craft
• Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut

Early American Pioneers

FAMOUS MASONS- EARLY AMERICAN PIONEERS

• Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
• Bowie, James - Alamo
• Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807
• Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
• Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
• Clark, William - Explorer
• Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West Show
• Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
• Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
• Henry, Patrick - Patriot
• Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
• Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas
• Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of Texas
• Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer
• Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory
• Revere, Paul - Famous American
• Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

FAMOUS MASONS- SIGNERS OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS OF CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.

• Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S.
• Hancock, John - 1of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independence

Other Famous Masons

OTHER FAMOUS MASONS

• Balfour, Lloyd - Jewelry
• Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty
• Baylor, Robert E. B. - Founder Baylor University
• Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy Scouts
• Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
• Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
• BuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
• Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
• Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
• Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car manufacturer
• Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
• Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
• Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry
• Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross
• Ervin Jr, Samual J. - Headed "Watergate" committee
• Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company
• Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 - 1961
• Fitch, John - Inventor of the Steamboat
• Fleming, Sir Alexander - Invented Penicillin
• Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
• Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
• Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance"
• Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co.
• "Grock - Swiss Circus Clown
• Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
• Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park
• Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
• Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier
• Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. Captial
• Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotory press, revolutinizing newspaper printing
• Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI
• Houdini, Harry - Magician
• Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
• Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International
• Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successfull in open sea.
• Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
• Lipton, Sir Thomas - Tea
• Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California 1848
• Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Began Mayo Clinic
• Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
• 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
• New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
• Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister
• Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
• Otis, James - Famous for "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny"
• Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot"
• Peale, Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost"
• Penny, James C. - Retailer
• Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia
• Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train.
• Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.
• Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
• Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V.
• Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
• Stanford, Leland - Drove the gold spike linking the intercontinetal railroad
• Stanford, Leland - Railroads & Stanford University
• Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy
• Teets, John W. - Chairman and Presiden of Dial Corporation
• Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendys Restaurant
• Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
• Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
• Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
• Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
• Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
• Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
• Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907