Famous Masons

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An organization is judged by the company it keeps. Ever wonder what kind of person becomes a Mason? The following list represents a sampling of Masons who are well known to the general public, both locally and internationally. For additional Masonic Biographies, please click HERE. Also, please see Famous Non-Masons. For general information about deceased Brothers, please see Find A Grave.
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AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTERS

Barton, Sir Edmund - 1st PM of Australia - Australian Lodge of Harmony No. 556, English Constitution
Cook, Sir Joseph - Lithgow in Lodge Independent No. 8, UGL of NSW
Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon - Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, Victorian Constitution
Reid, Sir George Houstoun - Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW

BUSINESS LEADERS

Astor, John Jacob - financier - Holland Lodge No.8 (1798)
Balfour, Lloyd - jewelry
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Chrysler, Walter P. - Chrysler Corporation; Cedar Lodge No. 465, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Evans, Bob - Bob Evans Restaurants - Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7, Gallipolis
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer - Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit MI
Gannett, Frank E. - Hobosco Lodge No. 716, Ithaca, NY - media empire
Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co.
Hilton, Charles C. - Hilton Hotels - William B. Warren Lodge No. 309, Chicago, IL
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Lipton Tea Company - Scotia Lodge No. 178, Glasgow, Scotland
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
Molson, John - founder of Molson Breweries and the Bank of Montreal; St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master.
Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer - Capitol Lodge No. 66, Lansing, MI
Penny, James C. - J.C. Pennys - Wasatch Lodge No. 1, Salt Lake City, UT
Thomas, Dave - Wendys Restaurants - Sol. D. Bayless Lodge No 359, Ft. Wayne, IN
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Wanamaker, John - Philadelphia retailer

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS

Abbott, John J.C. - St Paul's Lodge No. 374 E.R., Montreal, PQ
Bennett, Richard Bedford - initiated Miramichi Lodge No. 187, Chatham, NB; affiliated Ashlar Lodge No. 28, Calgary, AB
Borden, Robert Laird - St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, Halifax, NS
Bowell. MacKenzie - initiated St. Lawrence Lodge No, 640, E.R., Montreal, PQ; affiliated Belleville Lodge No. 123, Belleville, ON
Diefenbaker, John George - initiated Wakaw Lodge No. 166, Wakaw, SK; affiliated Kinistino Lodge No. 1, Saskatchewan
MacDonald, John A. - 1st PM of Canada - St. John's Lodge No. 5, Kingston, ON; Honourary Past Grand Senior Warden, Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario

ENTERTAINMENT

Abbott, William "Bud", PM - actor/comedian; Daylight Lodge No. 525, Hollyhille, MO
Armstrong, Louis - jazz musician; Lodge of Montgomery No. 18, PHA, New York, NY
Arnold, Eddy - singer
Autry, Gene - actor; Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Oklahoma, OK (Los Angeles, CA?)
Bassie, William "Count" - orchestra leader/composer; Wisdom Lodge No. 102, Chicago IL
Beery, Wallace - actor; Blaney Lodge No. 271, IL
Beethoven, Ludwig van - composer
Benny, Jack - comedian; Waukegan Lodge No. 78 A.F.& A.M., Waukegan, IL
Berlin, Irving - composer/entertainer; Munn Lodge No. 190, New York City
Blake, James Herbert "Eubie" - composer/pianist
Blanc, Mel - comedian; Mid Day Lodge No. 188, OR
Borgnine, Ernest - actor; Abingdon Lodge No. 48, Abingdon, VA
Buchanan, Edgar - actor, Lavella Lodge No. 145, Palm Desert, CA
Cantor, Eddie - singer; Munn Lodge No. 190, New York
Chandler, Gene - singer, "The Duke of Earl" - North Star Lodge Number 1, PHA, Chicago, IL
Clark, Roy - country western star; Jenks Lodge No. 497, Oklahoma, OK
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William F. - Indian fighter, Wild West Show - Platte Valley Lodge No. 32 (15?), North Platte, NE
Cohan, George M. - Broadway star; Pacific Lodge No. 223, New York, NY
Cole, Nat 'King' - singer; Thomas Waller Lodge No. 49 PHA, Los Angeles, CA
Costello, Lou - comedian
Crosby, Norm - comedian
deMille, Cecil B. - movie director; Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, NY
Ellington, Duke - composer, arranger and stylist; Social Lodge No. 1 PHA, Washington, DC
Fairbanks, Douglas - actor; Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528, CA
Fields, W.C. - actor; E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia, PA
Ford, Glenn - actor; Riviera Lodge No. 780, Pacific Palisades, CA
Gable, Clark - actor; Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528, CA
Gibson, Hoot - cowboy actor; Truth Lodge No. 628, Los Angeles, CA
Gilbert, William (Gilbert & Sullivan) - composer; initiated, St Machar Lodge No. 54, Scotland; member, Bayard Lodge No. 1615, London
Godfrey, Arthur - actor; Acacia Lodge No. 18, Washington, DC
Griffith, David Wark (D.W.) - the father of American filmmaking, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York City
Hampton, Lionel - Boyer Lodge No. 1 New York PHA
Hardy, Oliver - actor; Solomon Lodge No. 20, Jacksonville, FL
Harvey, Paul - radio personality
Houdini, Harry - magician; St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York, NY
Hutton, Timothy - actor; New York, NY
Ives, Burl - singer and actor; Magnolia Lodge (now Magnolia-La Cumbre Lodge) No. 242, Santa Barbara, CA
Jolson, Al - entertainer; St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York
Keaton, Buster - actor
Kelly, Emmett, Sr. - famous circus clown (Weary Willie) - Sarasota Lodge No. 147
Kern, Jerome David - American composer, "Show Boat" - Gramatan Lodge No. 927, Bronxville, NY
Kristofferson, Kris - actor, songwriter
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Listz, Franz Von - Hungarian composer; Lodge Zur Einigkeit, Frankfurt, Germany
Lloyd, Harold C. - actor; Alexander Hamilton Lodge No. 535, Hollywood, CA
Mayer, Louis B. - film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York, NY
McKellar, Kenneth - singer (Scottish tenor) initiated Lodge Renfrew county Kilwinning No. 370 in Paisley, circa 1962. A.C.P.
Miller, Glenn - musician
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned western actor; Utopia Lodge No. 537, Los Angeles, CA
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - composer; Lodge Zur Wohltatigkeit, Vienna
North, Jay ("Dennis the Menace") - Lake Butler Lodge No. 52 F.& A.M., Florida
Pinchot, Bronson - Harford Lodge No. 445 A.F.& A.M., Connecticut
Richards, Michael - comedian (Kramer of "Seinfeld" fame) - Plural member: Riviera Lodge No. 780 & Culver City-Foshay No. 467 (CA)
Ringling Brothers - all 7 brothers and their father; Baraboo Lodge No. 34, Baraboo, WI
Rogers, Roy (Leonard Franklin Slye) - actor; Hollywood Lodge No. 355, California
Rogers, Will - actor; Claremore Lodge No. 53, Oklahoma (renamed Will Rogers Lodge No. 53 in 1979)
Sellers, Peter - actor; Chelsea Lodge No. 3098, London, UK
Skelton, Red, PM - comedian; Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, IN
Sousa, John Philip - composer - Hiran Lodge No. 10, Washington, DC
Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymore (Gilbert & Sullivan) - composer; initiated, Harmony Lodge No. 255, Richmond, Middlesex; member, United Studholme Alliance Lodge 1591; Grand Organist UGLE (1877).
Switzer, Carl "Alfalfa" - of "Little Rascals" fame
Thomas, Danny - actor
Thomas, Lowell - radio announcer/newsman - Saint John's Lodge, Boston, MA
Tillis, Mel - musician; Branson Lodge No. 587 (450?), Branson, MO
Wallenda, Enrico - circus legend
Wallenda, Karl - circus legend
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers fame; Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles, CA
Wayne, John - Academy Award winning actor; Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Tucson, AZ
Wyler, William - file director
Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions; Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles, CA
Ziegfeld, Florenz - Ziegfeld's Follies; Accordia Lodge No. 277, Chicago, IL

INVENTORS/DESIGNERS/FOUNDERS

Bartholdi, Frederic A. - designed the Statue of Liberty - Alsacre-Lorraine Lodge, France
Baylor, Robert E. B. - founder Baylor University
Beard, Daniel Carter - founder Boy Scouts; Mariners Lodge No. 67, New York, NY
Borglum, Gutzon - carved Mt. Rushmore; Howard Lodge No. 35, New York City, serving as W. Master 1910-1911
Borglum, Lincoln - son of Gutzon, finished the above memorial; Battle River Lodge No. 92, South Dakota
Colt, Samuel - firearms inventor
Darwin, Erasmus - physician and botonist. Initiated at St. David's Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh in 1754.
Dunant, Jean Henri - founder of the Red Cross
Fitch, John - inventor of the steamboat; Bristol Lodge No. 25, Bristol, PA
Fleming, Sir Alexander - invented Penicillin; Held Grand Office in the UGLE.
Ford, Henry - founder Ford Motor Company - Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit, MI
Gatling, Richard J. - built the "Gatling Gun"; Center Lodge No. 23, Indianapolis, IN
Gillotin, Dr. - inventor of the guilotine
Gompers, Samuel - founder of the AFL - Dawson Lodge No. 16, Washington, DC
Gorrie, John - invented first artificial ice machine - PM, Apalachicola Lodge No. 76 (then No. 6)
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park
Hoban, James - architect for the U.S. Captial; Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC
Hoe, Richard M. - invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing
Jenner, Edward - invented vaccination for Small Pox; Faith and Friendship Lodge No. 270, Berkeley, UK
Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International; Garden City Lodge No. 141, Chicago, IL
Lake, Simon - built first submarine successful in open sea.
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Tea; Scotia Lodge No. 178, Glasgow, Scotland
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - founded the Mayo Clinic - Rochester Lodge No. 21, Rochester, MN
Mesmer, Dr. Franz Anton - German physician
Peale, Norman Vincent - founder of "Guidepost"; Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY
Pike, Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him
Pullman, George - built first sleeping car on train; Renovation Lodge No. 97, Albion, NY
Sanders, Harland "Colonel" - founded Kentucky Fried Chicken; Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Louisville, KY
Sarnoff, David - father of television; Strict Observance Lodge No. 94, New York City.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - invented the saxophone; Lodge Les Vrais Amis de L'Union, Belgium
Smith, Joseph, Jr. - founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Stanford, Leland - drove the gold spike linking the intercontinetal railroad and founded Stanford University
Still, Andrew T. - American physician who devised the treatment of Osteopathy
Thomas, Dave - founder of Wendy's Restaurants; Sol D. Bayless Lodge No. 359, Fort Wayne, IN
Washington, Booker T. - educator, inventor, author; Grand Master, Massachusetts, PHA
Wozniak, Steve - co-founder of Apple Computers; Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, CA

KINGS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Edward VII - Grand Master of the UGLE 1875-1901. Also Provincial Grand Master for Lower Canada.
Edward VIII - Household Brigade Lodge No. 2614. Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1936.
George IV - Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns) 1790-1813 while still Prince of Wales.
George VI - Grand Master of Scotland and honorary Past Grand Master of the UGLE. Initiated in Naval Lodge No. 2612. Westbury, England, Royal Arch First Principal, 33 degree AASR, Past Grand Master Mark Master Lodge.
William IV - made a Mason at Plymouth, England, March 9, 1786

MILITARY

Allen, Ethan - General, Revolutionary War; Windsor, Vermont
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force - Union Lodge No. 7, Junction City, MO
Barry, John - the Father of the American Navy - Old Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia
Bonaparte - Jerome, Joseph, Louis, Lucien. All brothers of Napoleon, but not the great Emperor himself.
Bradley, Omar N. - General, U.S. Army; West Point Lodge No. 877, Highland Falls, NY
Doolittle, General James - General, famous Air Force Pilot - Hollenbeck Lodge No. 319 F.& A.M., Los Angeles, CA
Farragut, David G. - Admiral in U.S. Civil War - Naval Lodge No. 87, Mare Island, CA
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - the "George Washington" of Italy - Tompkinsville Lodge No. 471, Staten Island, NY; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Palermo
Herkimer, Nicholas - Brigadier General, American Revolution - St. Patricks Lodge No. 8, Johnstown, NY
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan - "Stonewall" - General in Confederate Army
Jones, John Paul - Founder and first admiral of the U.S. Navy - St. Bernard's Kilwinning Lodge No. 122 (now St. Cuthbert No. 41), Kirkudbright, Scotland
Kitchener, Lord Horatio Herbert, PM - British Union Lodge No. 114, Ipswich, England, and La Concordia Lodge, Cairo, UGLE
Knox, Henry - first U.S. Secretary of War - St. Johns Regimental Lodge, Morristown, NJ
MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philillines - Manila Lodge No. 1, Manila, Philippines; Made a Mason "at sight" in the Philippines and became 32 degree in Manilla and life member of the Nile Shrine Temple, Seattle, WA; West Point Lodge No. 877, NY
Marshall, George C. - 5 star American General. Made a Mason "at sight" by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia.
McClellan, George B. - General, Union Army
Murphy, Audie - most decorated American Soldier of WWII; North Hollywood Lodge No. 542, and dual member of Heritage Lodge No. 764, HollywoodCA
Perry, Matthew Calbraith - Commodore; responsible for opening relations with Japan; Holland Lodge No. 8, New York City
Pershing, John Joseph "Blackjack" - General - Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, NE
Pickett, George E. - Maj. Gen. (CSA), led "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg - Blandford Lodge, Petersburg, VA
Rickenbacker, Eddie - great American Air Force Ace; Kilwinning Lodge No. 297, Detroit, MI
Scott, Winfield - Dinwiddie Lodge No. 23, Virginia
Stark, John - Major General in U.S. Revolution War, "Green Mountain Boys" - Masters Lodge No. 2, Albany, NY
Steuben, Baron von - Prussian-American general of the American revolutionary army
Wainwright, Jonathan M. - American General of the Bataan Peninsula - Union Lodge No. 7, Junction City, KS
Wayne, Anthony - "Mad Anthony"

PIONEERS/EXPLORERS

Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut; second man on the moon; Montclair Lodge No. 144, NJ
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - flew over North Pole - Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC; established Antarctica Lodge No. 777 under the GL of New Zealand
Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer; Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Santa Fe, NM
Casanova, Giovanni - Italian adventurer, writer and entertainer
Clark, William - Explorer (Lewis & Clark); St. Louis Lodge No. 111, St. Louis, MO
Cooper, Gordon - Astronaut; Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Colorado.
Crockett, David - Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Glenn, John H. - Astronaut, and U.S. Senator; Concord Lodge No. 688, Concord, OH
Grissom, Virgil "Gus" - Astronaut; Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Indiana
Irwin, Jim - Astronaut; Lodge Tejon No. 104, Colorado Springs, CO
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer (Lewis & Clark) - was one of the founders of St. Louis Lodge No. 111 with a charter from GL of Pennsylvania.
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator - Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis, MO
Palmer, Nathaniel B. - Explorer, Ship Designer - Asylum Lodge No. 57, Stonington, CT
Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909) - Kane Lodge No. 451 (454?), NY
Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon - English explorer; Drury Lane Lodge No. 2127, London, UK.
Shackleton, Sir Ernest - English explorer - Navy Lodge 2612
Shirra, Wally - astronaut - made a "Mason at Sight" by the Grand Master of Florida; Canaveral Lodge No. 339 F.& A.M.
Stafford, Thomas Patten - astronaut

POLITICAL LEADERS

Alfaro, Eloy - President of Ecuador (1895-1901 & 1906 - 1911), considered by many as the "Greatest Ecuadorian"
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas - Louisiana Lodge No. 109, St. Genevieve, MO
Bolivar, Simon - Liberator of South America & the 1st President of the Andean Region; founded Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru: 1824
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks (1742-1807); raised at The Falcon of London England (Lodge of Moderns); Hiram's Cliftonian Lodge No. 417 E.R. (M) London, UK; became a member of Lodge No. 11 at Mowhawk Village in Ontario and was affiliated with The Barton Lodge No. 10 A.F.& A.M. in Hamilton, Ontario (now Lodge No. 6). Brant Lodge No. 663 A.F.& A.M. in Burlington, Ontario is named after him.
Bratton, William J. - LAPD Police Chief (former NYPD Commissioner) - Rabboni Lodge, Westwood, MA
Bryant, William Jennings - former Secretary of State - Temple Lodge No. 247, Miami, FL
Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
Clay, Henry - U.S. Senator - Grand Master in Kentucky
Clinton, DeWitt - Governor of New York and instigator of the Erie Canal - Grand Master of New York; Holland Lodge No. 16 (now No. 8)
Churchill, Winston S. - former Prime Minister, United Kingdom; Rosemary Lodge 2851 and Studholme Lodge No. 1591
Coleman, Norman B., Jr. - U.S. Senator from Minnesota - Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 5 A.F.& A.M., St. Paul
de San Martin, Jose - Liberator of Argentina & Uruguay
de Sucre, Jose - Marshall of Bolivar & 1st President of Bolivia & Ecuador
Dole, Bob - former U.S. Senator/Majority Leader, Kansas; Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas
Douglas, Jim - current Governor of Vermont; Union Lodge No. 2, Middlebury; served as Master of Lodge in 1977-1978
Fish, Hamilton, Jr. - U.S. Congressman; Triune Lodge No. 782, Poughkeepsie, NY
Garcia, Pablo Benito Juarez - Mexican President - R:.L:.Independencia No. 2 del Rito Nacional Mexicano
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian freedom fighter; Tompkinsville Lodge No. 471, Staten Island, NY; 33 deg. Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Palerma.
Goldwater, Barry - former U.S. Senator, Arizona; Arizona Lodge No. 2, Phoenix, AZ
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI; Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC
Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas; U.S. Senator - Holland Lodge No. 1, Houston, TX
Humphrey, Hubert H. - former U.S. VP & Senator, Minnesota
Hussein, King of Jordan - Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Jordan
Kalakaua, King of Hawaii
Kemp, Jack - former U.S. Senator/Secretary of HUD, New York; Fraternal Lodge No. 625 in Hamburg, NY
LaGuardia, Fiorella H. - LaGuardia Airport, Mayor of New York 1930's & 40's - Garibaldi Lodge No. 542, New York City
Marti y Perez, Jose Julian - Cuban freedom fighter (for independence from Spain) - Lodge Armonia No. 52? (Spain)
Nunn, Sam - former U.S. Senator
Pedro I, Dom Antonio Pedro de Alcantara Bourbon - declared Brazil independent from Portugal and was crowned emperor. Returned to Portugal and was crowned King Pedro IV. Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Brazil.
Prince Paul of Romania - Hillsborough Lodge No. 25 F.& A.M., Tampa, FL
Rayburn, Sam - Speaker of the House - Constantine Lodge No. 13, Bonham, TX
Stevenson, Adlai E. - U.S. Vice President - Metamora Lodge No. 82, Metamora, IL

SPORTS

Alexander, Grover Cleveland - baseball; St. Paul Lodge No. 83, St. Paul, NE
Brundage, Avery - U.S. Olympics - North Shore Lodge No. 937, Chicago, IL
Cobb, Ty - baseball; Royston Lodge No. 426, Detroit, MI
Dempsey, Jack - boxing; Kenwood Lodge No. 800, Chicago, IL
Hornsby, Rogers - baseball; Beacon Lodge No. 3, St. Louis, MO
Hubbell, Carl - baseball; Meeker Lodge No. 479, Oklahoma
Johnson, John A. "Jack" - American world heavyweight champion boxer 1908-1915; Lodge Forfar and Kincardine No. 225, Dundee, Scotland.
Naismith, James - inventor of Basketball - Roswell Lee Lodge, Springfield, MA
Palmer, Arnold - golf; Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, PA
Rickey, Branch - baseball legend; Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis, MO
Robinson, Sugar Ray - boxing; Joppa Lodge No. 55 PHA, New York, NY
Speaker, Tris - baseball
Stanley, Sir Frederick Arthur - hockey's "Stanley Cup"; Royal Alpha Lodge No. 16, London, UK
Starr, Bart - football, Green Bay Packers
Webb, Matthew - first man to swim the English Channel (1875); Neptune Lodge No. 22
Young, Cy - baseball

U.S. PATRIOTS

Bellamy, Rev. Francis - authored U.S. Pledge of Allegiance
Bowie, James - Alamo; Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19, Opelousas, LA
Clark, George Rogers - frontiersman - Abraham Lodge No. 8, Louisville, KY
Franklin, Benjamin - signer of the U.S. Constitution; St. John's Lodge of Philadelphia; Past Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania
Hale, Nathan - "I regret that I have but one life to give to my country" - St. John's Lodge No. 1, Rhode Island
Hancock, John - signer of the Declaration of Independance; Massachusetts Lodge No. 277, Quebec, Canada. Later affiliated with St. Andrews Lodge, Boston, MA
Key, Francis Scott - wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" (U.S. National Anthem)
Lafayette, Marquis de - French supporter of Amerian Freedom; already a Feemason in France, he was given honorary membership by many lodges and Grand Lodges across the USA.
McHenry, James - signer of the U.S. Constitution - Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland
Otis, James - "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"
Revere, Paul - "Midnight Ride" - St. Andrews Lodge & Grand Master of Massachusetts
Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo; Alabama Lodge No. 3, Claiborne, AL

U.S. PRESIDENTS

Buchanon, James - Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, PA
Ford, Gerald R. - Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI
Garfield, James A. - Magnolia Lodge No. 20, Columbus, OH
Harding, Warren G. - Marion Lodge No. 70, Marion, OH
Jackson, Andrew - Harmony Lodge No. 1, Nashville, TN - an Honorary Member of Jackson Lodge No. 1 F.& A.M., Tallahassee, FL, Federal Lodge No. 1 F.& A.M., Washington, DC. In 1822 and 1823 he served as the Grand Master of Masons in Tennessee.
Jefferson, Thomas - Charlottesville Lodge No. 90, Charlottesville, VA (membership questionable)
Johnson, Andrew - Greenville Lodge No. 119, Greenville, TN
Madison, James - Hiram Lodge, Westmoreland County, VA
McKinley, William - Hiran Lodge No. 21, Winchester, NY
Monroe, James - Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, VA
Polk, James K. - Columbia Lodge No. 31, Columbia, TN
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, NY
Roosevelt, Theodore - Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, NY
Taft, William Howard - initiated Occasional Lodge, Cincinnati, OH; affiliated Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Cincinnati, OH
Truman, Harry S., PM, PGM - Belton Lodge No. 450, MO
Washington, George - Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, Fredericksburg, VA; Past Master, Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia

U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

Baldwin, Henry
Black, Hugo L. - Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, AL
Blair, Jr., John - Grand Master of Virginia from 1778 to 1784
Blatchford, Samuel
Burton, Harold H.
Byrnes, James F.
Catton, John
Clark, Thomas C.
Clarke, John H.
Cushing, William - St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
Davis, David
Devanter, Willis Van
Douglas, William O.
Ellsworth, Oliver - Chief Justice
Field, Stephen J.
Harlan, John M.
Jackson, Robert H.
Jay, John - Chief Justice (1789-1795)
Lamar, Joseph E. - Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia
Marshall, John - Chief Justice (1801-1835) - Grand Master of Virginia (1793 & 1794)
Marshall, Thurgood
Mathews, Stanley
McLean, John
Minton, Sherman
Moody, William H.
Nelson, Samuel
Paterson, William
Pitney, Mahlon
Reed, Stanley F.
Rutledge, John - Chief Justice
Stewart, Potter
Story, Joseph
Swayne, Noah H.
Taft, William H. - Chief Justice - initiated Occasional Lodge, Cincinnati, OH; affiliated Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Cincinnati, OH
Todd, Thomas
Trimble, Robert - Past Master, Union Lodge No. 16 F.& A.M., Paris, Kentucky
Van Devanter, Willis
Vinson, Frederick M.
Warren, Earl - Chief Justice - Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936
Woodbury, Levi
Woods, William B.

WRITERS

Burns, Robert - National Poet of Scotland; Tarbolton Kilwinning St. James No. 135, Tarbolton, Scotland
Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis, MO
Collodi, Carlo - "Pinocchio"
Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Sherlock Holmes - Phoenix Lodge 257, Southsea Hampshire, UK
Gibbon, Edward - "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" - Lodge of Friendship No. 3, London, UK
Guest, Edgar A. - Poet; "The Lambskin Apron" - a 33 Degree Mason.
Kipling, Rudyard - Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C., Lahore, India
Pushkin, Alexander - Russian poet; Lodge Ovid, Kischinev
Schiller, (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von - German poet, dramatist, philosopher, and historian.
Scott, Sir Walter - Lodge Saint David, No. 36, Edinburgh, Scotland
Shakespeare, William
Swift, Johathan - "Gulliver's Travels" - Goat-at-the-Foot-of-the-Haymarket No. 16, Dublin, Ireland
Tolstoi, Leo - author
Voltaire - French writer and philosopher - Lodge of the Nine Sisters, Paris, France, Lodge Les Neuf Soeurs (accompanied by Ben Franklin)
Wallace, Lewis - "Ben Hur"
Wilde, Oscar - Apollo University Lodge No. 357, Oxford, UK

FLORIDA

Askew, Reubin O'Donovan - former Florida governor - Escambia Lodge No. 15 F.& A.M., Pensacola
Bilirakis, Gus - U.S. Congressman, District 9 - Elmer O. Smith Lodge No. 307 F.& A.M., Pinellas Park
Bilirakis, Michael - former U.S. Congressman, District 9 - Tarpon Lodge No. 112 F.& A.M., Tarpon Springs
Crist, Victor D. - Florida State Senator, 13th District - Gulf Beach Lodge. No. 291 F.& A.M., Madeira Beach
Crow, Larry - Florida State Representative, 49th District - Tarpon Lodge No. 112 F.& A.M., Tarpon Springs
Englebert, Cecil - former Dunedin Mayor & Councilman; PM of Dunedin Lodge No. 192 F.& A.M., Dunedin
Flammer, Karl - Karl Flammer Ford
Henderson, Cal - Sheriff, Hillsborough County
Kendrick, Will - Florida Representative, District 10 - Curfew Lodge No. 73 F.& A.M., Carrabelle
Land, John H. - Longest serving Mayor in the U.S. - Orange Lodge No. 36 F.& A.M., Apopka
Latvala, Jack - former State Senator - Dunedin Lodge No. 192 F.& A.M., Dunedin
Manley, Robert M. III - Asst. Chief of Police, Apopka - Orange Lodge No. 36 F.& A.M. - Apopka
Maygarden, Jerry L. - former Florida State Senate President - Escambia Lodge No. 15 F.& A.M., Pensacola
O'Neal, Derryl - Chief of Madeira Beach Fire Rescue - Gulf Beach Lodge No. 291 F.& A.M., Madeira Beach
O'Neal, Dr. Robert Walker - Publisher, TMR Magazine; author, public speaker and media guest for science, religion , ancient civilizations and Masonic topics - Orange Lodge No. 36 F.& A.M., Apopka
Perry, Edward A. - former Governor of the State of Florida (1885-1889)
Rice, Everett - Pinellas County Sheriff
Sikes, Robert "Bob" - former U.S. Congressman - Concord Lodge No. 50 F.& A.M., Crestview
Tunnell, Guy - Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement Commissioner - Harry Jackson Lodge No. 314 F.& A.M., Lynn Haven
Vavrek, Charles W. - Chief of Police, Apopka - Orange Lodge No. 36 F.& A.M. - Apopka
Williams, Jr., Alton K. - Sheriff, Suwanee County - PM, Hayward Lodge No. 45 F.& A.M. and PDDGM/District 7
Woodham, W.A. - Sheriff, Gadsden County, Florida - Washington Lodge No. 2 F.& A.M., Quincy