A
• Abd al-Qadir Al Jaza'iri, Arabic/Algerian Leader and Muslim Cheikh - Brought Freemasonry into Grand Syria
1° 18th June, 1867, at a specially convened meeting of the Lodge of the Pyramids, Alexandria, Egypt. He is considered as one of the most famous arab muslim freemasons
• Elizabeth Aldworth, Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree.
• Nelson Aldrich, U. S. Senator from R.I. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island.
• Ezra Ames, Portrait painter
• Dennis Archer, former mayor of Detroit Geometry Lodge #49, F&AM PHA
• Eddy Arnold, singer
• François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Raised 1778 by WM Ben Franklin, Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
• Elias Ashmole, Warrington Lodge, Lancashire
• John Jacob Astor, Financier, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, NY, 1790
• Gene Autry, 33°, Grand Cross. Catoosa Lodge No. 185, OK
B
• Henry Baldwin, Associate Justice (1830-1844)
Master of Lodge #45 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1805
• Birch Bayh, US Democratic Senator from Indiana from 1962-1981.
• Daniel Carter Beard, Made a Mason in Mariner's Lodge No. 67, New York City, NY, and later affiliated with Cornucopia Lodge 563, Flushing, NY.
• Gunning Bedford, Jr., Constituational Congressmen, Signer of the Constitution, First Grand Master of Delaware.
• Ludwig Von Beethoven, composer
• Bischof Francis, Queensland Police Commissioner from 1958-1969.
• David Brearley, Signer of the US Constition for the State of New Jersey, and was also the first Grand Master of Masons for the State of New Jersey.
• Hugo L. Black, Associate Justice (1937-1971), Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, AL
• John Blair, Associate Justice (1789-96),
Grand Master of Virginia from 1778 to 1784
• Samuel Blatchford, Associate Justice (1882-1893)
• Ramón Emeterio Betances, considered the Father of the Puerto Rican Nation. Logia Unión Germana, San Germán, Puerto Rico, and his birthplace in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico is now the site for the Logia Cuna de Betances.
• Simón Bolívar, variously, a president of Venezuela, Colombia, Greater Colombia, Bolivia, & Peru. Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru.
Initiated: Cadiz, Spain
Joined Scottish Rite, 1807
Founder, Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru, 1824
• Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada from 1894-1896
• General Omar N. Bradley, West Point Lodge No. 877, NY
• James Buchanan, U.S. President. Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Initiated December 1l, 1816
Worshipful Master of Lancaster Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, PA 1822-1823
District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1824
• Arleigh Burke, 33°
Supreme Temple Architect (Honored in 1997)
• Harold H. Burton, Associate Justice (1945-1958)
• James F. Byrnes, Associate Justice (1941-1942)
C
• Kit Carson, American Adventurer. Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Taos, NM
• Joshua Chamberlain, commander during the American Civil War and governor of Maine. United Lodge #8, Brunswick, Maine
1° August 27, 1862
2° August 27, 1862
3° August 28, 1862
• Nicolas Chamfort, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
• Sir Winston Churchill, Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591, Rosemary Lodge No. 2851. (Note: The Churchill Society claims he resigned from his Lodges in 1912.)
• Thomas C. Clark, Associate Justice (1949-1967)
• John H. Clarke, Associate Justice (1916-1922)
• DeWitt Clinton, Mayor of New York City, Governor of New York State, Presidential Candidate, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, NY, 1790
• William Cushing, Associate Justice (1789-1810), St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
D
• Jim Davidson. British comedian
Former Master, Chelsea Lodge, England (resigned)
Founding Master of British Forces Foundation (Lodge) No. 9725
• William Crosby Dawson, San Marino Lodge No. 34, F.&A.M, Greensboro, GA
Gand Master of Masons in Georgia from 1843 until his death in Greensboro on May 6, 1856.
• Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice (1911-1937)
• Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, Wakaw Lodge No. 166, Wakaw, SK
• Bob Dole, 33°. [10] Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas
• Brigadier General James Doolittle, 32° Mason and Shriner.
• current Governor of Vermont Jim Douglas
• William O. Douglas, Associate Justice (1939-1975)
• Henry Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross, co-winner of the first Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901, his work also helped bring about the 1864 Geneva Convention [14]
E
• Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice (1796-1800) [12]
• Sam Ervin 33°, Grand Cross. [10]
• Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice (1863-1897) [12]
• Hamilton Fish III, [27]
• The Most Rev'd Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury [14] [23]
• Sir Alexander Fleming, London Scottish Rifles Lodge No. 2310
Past Master (later, Secretary) of Sancta Maria Lodge No. 2682
Past Master (later, Treasurer) of Misericordia Lodge No. 3286, 1935
Past Junior Grand Warden, Senior Grand Deacon 1942
Grand Warden, 1948 UGLE
Received the Distinguished Service Citation of the Grand Lodge of New York, USA.[28]
• Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris [7]
• Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, Grão Mestre de Grande Oriente do Brasil, later first president of Brazil.[29]
• Gerald Ford U.S. President, 33°. Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI
Initiated September 30, 1949, Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Passed to Fellowcraft April 20, 1951 Columbia Lodge No. 3, Washington, DC,
courtesy to Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI
Raised a Master Mason May 18, 1951 Columbia Lodge No. 3, Washington, DC, courtesy to Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI [11]
• Benjamin Franklin, February 1731, St. John's Lodge of Philadelphia; Lodge at Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, PA; WM, Loge Les Neuf Sœurs, Paris; Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania[30]
• Henry Frye, Prince Hall Freemason [31]
G
• James A. Garfield, U.S. President. Magnolia Lodge No. 20, OH
1° November 19, 1861, Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, Columbus, Ohio
3° November 22, 1864 in Columbus Lodge No. 30, Columbus, Ohio
Affiliated with Garrettsville Lodge No. 246, Garrettsville, Ohio October 10, 1866
Chaplain Garrettsville Lodge No. 246, 1868-1869
Petitioners for Lodge Charter, & Charter Member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 23 of Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1869
• King George IV, King of England. UGLE
• King C. Gillette
• John H. Glenn, Jr. 33° [10] Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, OH
• E. Urner Goodman, co-founder of the Boy Scouts' Order of the Arrow
H
• Warren G. Harding, U.S. President. Marion Lodge No. 70, OH
1° June 28, 1901
3° August 27, 1920
• John M. Harlan, Associate
• J. Edgar Hoover, 33°, Grand Cross. Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC
I
• Burl Ives 33°, [10] Magnolia (now Magnolia-La Cumbre) Lodge No. 242, CA
J
• Andrew Jackson, U.S. President. Harmony Lodge No. 1
St. Tammany Lodge No. 1 (A.K.A. Harmony Lodge No. 1), Nashville, Tennessee
Grand Master of Masons of Tennessee, October 7, 1822 until October 4, 1824
• Jesse Jackson, Harmony Lodge No. 88, Chicago, IL (PHA)
• Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1941-1954)
• John Jay, Chief Justice (1789-1795)
• Andrew Johnson, U.S. President. Greenville Lodge No. 119, TN
Initiated May 5, 1851
• John Paul Jones, St. Bernards Lodge No. 122, Kirkudbright, Scotland
• Melvin Jones, Garden City Lodge No. 141, IL
Founder of Lions Clubs International
• Benito Juarez, President of Mexico. Rito Nacional Mexicano de la Logia Independiente, No. 02
K
• Rudyard Kipling, 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.[36]
• David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1874-91. Lodge Le Progress de l'Oceanie No. 124 [14]
L
• Joseph Lamar, Associate Justice (1888-1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia [12]
Senior Warden of Webb Lodge #166 in 1885 [12]
M
• John Marshall, Chief Justice (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 33°, Manila Lodge No. 1, 1936, Philippines
• Harpo Marx
• Stanley Mathews, Associate Justice (1881-1889)
demitted in 1856
• Abner V. McCall 33°, Grand Cross
• William McKinley, U.S. President. Hiram Lodge No. 21, VA
1° Hiram Lodge No. 21, Winchester, Virginia May 1, 1865
Affiliated Canton Lodge No. 60, Canton, Ohio August 21, 1867
Demitted from same to become a... Charter Member of Eagle Lodge No. 431, Canton, Ohio (a.k.a. William McKinley Lodge)
• John McLean, Associate Justice (1829-1861)
• Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies AO 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VC
• Sherman Minton, Associate Justice (1949-1956)
• James Monroe U.S. President, Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Initiated: November 9, 1775
Other Lodge records lost
• William H. Moody, Associate Justice (1906-1910)
• Dr. Robert Moray, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria
1° Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, December 14, 1784
2° "Zur wahren Eintracht" (True Harmony) Lodge, January 7, 1785 (as "courtesy work" to home Lodge).
3° April 22, 1785
Composed several pieces of Masonic ritual music, the first at age 11.
• Leopold Mozart, Father of Amadeus , Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria.
1° Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, April 6, 1785
2° Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, April 16, 1785
3° Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, April 22, 1785
• Audie Murphy 33°
N
• Samuel Nelson, Associate Justice (1845-1872)
• Sam Nunn 33°, Grand Cross
Honored as Supreme Temple Architect 1995
P
• Arnold Palmer, 33°, [10] Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, PA
• William Paterson, Associate Justice (1793-1806)
• Norman Vincent Peale 33°, [10] Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY
• Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, US Navy, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, NY, 1819
• Brigadier General Albert Pike, Western Star Lodge No. 2, Little Rock, Arkansas. Sovereign Grand Commander AASR, Southern Jurisdiction.
• Mahlon Pitney, Associate Justice (1912-1922)
• James K. Polk, U.S. President. Columbia Lodge No. 31, TN
Initiated June 5, 1820.
• Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet. Lodge Ovid, Kischinev.
1° Lodge Ovid, 1821
R
• Thomas Stamford Raffles, Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya
• A. Philip Randolph, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NYC USA
• Stanley F. Reed, Associate Justice (1938-1957)
• Sir George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW
• Theodor Reuss, occultist and head of O.T.O., Pilger Loge #238 (UGLE) 1878, and excluded from Freemasonry in 1880.
1° November 9, 1876
2° May 8, 1877
3° January 9, 1878
Excluded: October 1, 1880
All at Pilger Loge No. 238, UGLE
Grandmaster of Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, 1913
• Paul Revere, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, MA; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794-97
• Michael Richards 33°
1° in Riviera Lodge No. 780 in Pacific Palisades, California, December 17, 1998
2° March 25, 1999
3° May 20, 1999
3° proficiency 1999
Affiliated with Culver City-Foshay Lodge No. 467 in Culver City, California in 1999
Southern California Research Lodge
Life Member, Los Angeles Scottish Rite Valley
Life Member, Scottish Rite Research Society
Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, 1999
• Bishop Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Anglican Archbishop, Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Western Australia 1904-17, 1920-29.
• Roy Rogers, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, CA
• Will Rogers 32°, Claremore Lodge No. 53, OK
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. President. Holland Lodge No. 8, NY
1° October 11, 1911, Holland Lodge No. 8.
First Honorary Grand Master of the Order of DeMolay, April 13, 1934
• Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President. Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, NY
1° Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York January 2, 1901
• James Mayer Rothschild Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
• John Rutledge, Chief Justice (1795), Associate Justice (1789-1791)
S
• Sir Ernest Shackleton, Navy Lodge No. 2612 (UGLE)
1° 9 July 1901 at Navy Lodge No. 2612
2° 2 November 1911, at Guild of Freemen Lodge No. 3525 (UGLE)
3° 30 May 1913 at Guild of Freemen Lodge No. 3525
• Friedrich Schiller, Rudolstadt Lodge, Berlin
• Jean Sibelius, Suomi Lodge No. 1, Helsinki, Finland.
1° Suomi Lodge No. 1, August 18, 1922
He wrote several pieces of interest to Masons including "Praising Hymn" and the "Ode to Fraternity."
• Joseph Smith, Sr. Ontario Lodge No. 23 of Canandaigua, New York
1° May 7, 1818 in Ontario Lodge No. 23
• Hyrum Smith Mount Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra New York
• Joseph Smith, Nauvoo Lodge, IL
• John Philip Sousa 33°, [10] Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, DC
• Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, IN
• Potter Stewart, Associate Justice (1958-1981)
• Joseph Story, Associate Justice (1811-1845)
• Noah H. Swayne, Associate Justice (1862-1881)
T
• Alphonso Taft, U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War. Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, OH
• William Howard Taft, U.S. President. Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, OH
"Mason at sight" inside Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, OH, February 18, 1909 by Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson
• Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's fastfood chain
• Thomas Todd, Associate Justice (1807-1826)
• Robert Trimble, Associate Justice (1826-1828). Union #16 in Paris, Kentucky
Worshipful Master, Union Lodge No. 16 F.& A.M., Paris, Kentucky
• Harry S Truman, U.S. President. 33°, Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton, MO
1° February 9, 1909
Worshipful Master, Grandview Lodge No. 618, Grandview, Missouri
Past Grand Master of Missouri, 1940-1941
Honorary Grand Master of the International Supreme Council, Order of DeMolay, May 18, 1959
• Mark Twain, Actor, writer, humorist
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• Frederick M. Vinson, Chief Justice (1946-1953)
W
• Earl Warren, Chief Justice (1953-1969), 33°
Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936
Potentate of Aahmes Shrine
• George Washington Past Master, Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia. General, Politician, First American President
• John Wayne, Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Tucson, Arizona
Glendale DeMolay Chapter (during high school)
awarded the DeMolay Legion of Honor in 1970
1° July 9, 1970 Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56
2° July 10, 1970 Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56
3° July 11, 1970 Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56
December 1970, he joined the York Rite Bodies in California
Shriner, Al Malaikah Shrine Temple
• Billy Wilder
• Levi Woodbury, Associate Justice (1845-1851)
• William B. Woods, Associate Justice (1881-1887)
• Steve Wozniak Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, CA
• Sir Christopher Wren, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2
"adopted" May 18, 1691
Y
• John Yarker - Lodge of Integrity, No. 189
1° Lodge of Integrity No. 189 (later 163) Manchester, October 25, 1854
Affiliated with Fidelity Lodge No. 623 April 27, 1855
Worshipful Master of Fidelity Lodge No. 623, Dunkinfield, 1857
Expelled from the Ancient and Accepted Rite
Demitted (from all regular Freemasonry), 1862
Please note that the list above is not all inclusive and thus, it does not include all famous Freemasons !!!
"Listings of those who are (or were during their lifetime) Masons serves to remind us of the many notables who have - of their own free will - chosen to associate with this noble institution. Those who preach anti-Masonic hate must - in the depth of their souls - wonder how it is that so many have been (supposedly) deceived - while they have found the 'truth'.... And while some will argue that these men have been deceived; others contend they are/were part of a New World Order conspiracy. What is NOT arguable is that they represent all walks of life and that they were - in their respective ways -LEADERS!"