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This is a list of notable Freemasons. ] is a fraternal organisation 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 |
This is a list of notable Freemasons. ] is a fraternal organisation 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 fraternity's records. Such records are most often kept at the individual ] level, and may be lost due to fire, flood, deterioration , or simple carelessness. ] 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. | ||
Standards of "proof" for those on this list may vary widely; some figures with no verified Lodge affiliation are claimed as Masons if anecdotal evidence suggests they were familiar with the "secret" signs and passes, but other figures are rejected over technical questions of irregularity in the Lodge that initiated them. Where available, specific Lodge membership information is provided; where serious questions of verification have been |
Standards of "proof" for those on this list may vary widely; some figures with no verified Lodge affiliation are claimed as Masons if anecdotal evidence suggests they were familiar with the "secret" signs and passes, but other figures are rejected over technical questions of irregularity in the Lodge that initiated them. Where available, specific Lodge membership information is provided; where serious questions of verification have been noted by other sources, this is indicated as well. | ||
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This is a list of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation 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 fraternity's 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.
Standards of "proof" for those on this list may vary widely; some figures with no verified Lodge affiliation are claimed as Masons if anecdotal evidence suggests they were familiar with the "secret" signs and passes, but other figures are rejected over technical questions of irregularity in the Lodge that initiated them. Where available, specific Lodge membership information is provided; where serious questions of verification have been noted by other sources, this is indicated as well.
Contents
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- Abd al-Qadir Sufi mystic and oriental philosopher.
- 1° 18th June, 1867, at a specially convened meeting of the Lodge of the Pyramids, Alexandria, Egypt
- William "Bud" Abbott Famous half of the Abbott & Costello comedy team.
- Sherman Adams Governor of New Hampshire and U.S. Congressman.
- Agustín I of Mexico, emperor of Mexico
- Nelson Aldrich, United States Senator from Rhode Island. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island.
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Astronaut. Second Man on the Moon. Montclair Lodge No. 144, New Jersey.
- Elizabeth Aldworth, Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree.
- Salvador Allende Socialist president of Chile (1970-1973). Lodge Progreso No. 4, Valparaíso.
- Ezra Ames, Portrait painter
- Jules Anspach, Belgian Liberal politician
- Sir Edward Victor Appleton English Physicist. Nobel Prize 1947. Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge.
- Louis Armstrong Jazz musician. Montgomery Lodge No. 18 (Prince Hall), New York.
- Benedict Arnold, Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, CT (expelled 1781)
- 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
- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk National hero and founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. Macedonia Risorta Lodge No. 80, Thessaloniki.
- Stephen F. Austin Known as the Father of Texas. Louisiana Lodge No. 109, Missouri.
- Gene Autry, 33°, Grand Cross. Catoosa Lodge No. 185, OK Cite error: The
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- Johann Christian Bach, Composer. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London.
- Henry Baldwin, Associate Justice (1830-1844) :Master of Lodge No. 45 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1805
- Michael Baigent, Author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Editor of Freemasonry Today
- Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionist, Lodge Il Progresso Sociale, Florence 1864,
- 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 Democratic Senator from Indiana from 1962-1981.
- Daniel Carter Beard, Founder of the Boy Scouts. Made a Mason in Mariner's Lodge No. 67, New York City, NY, and later affiliated with Cornucopia Lodge 563, Flushing, NY.
- Lloyd M. Bentsen US Senator from Texas
- R.B. Bennett Prime Minister of Canada 1930-1935.
- Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (1935-1939, 1945-1948). Ian Amos Komensky Lodge No. 1, Prague.
- Irving Berlin, Composer. Munn Lodge No.190, New York.
- 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.
- Francis Bischof, Queensland Police Commissioner from 1958-1969.
- 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)
- 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
- Shadrach Bond, first Governor of Illinois.
- Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1° 1880 St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 1
- Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada from 1894-1896
- General Omar N. Bradley, West Point Lodge No. 877, NY
- Sir Donald Bradman, Australian Cricketer.
- Charles Bradlaugh, Nineteenth Century Atheist and Republican MP, Grand Lodge des Philadelphes, London
- 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.
- 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 Cite error: The
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- Charles Buls, radical mayor of Brussels Cite error: A
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- Conrad Burns US Senator from Montana
- Harold H. Burton, Associate Justice (1945-1958)
- Robert Burns, National poet of Scotland. St. David's Lodge No. 174, Tarbalton.
- Cyriel Buysse, Flemish nationalist wrtier
- James F. Byrnes, Associate Justice (1941-1942)
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- Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico during the Cristero War
- 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
- Nicolas Chamfort, Writer, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
- Walter Chrysler Founder of Chrysler Corporation.
- 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)
- Henry Clay Speaker of the. U.S. House of Representatives and Grand Master of Kentucky.
- DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York State, Grand Master of NY during the Morgan Affair, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, NY, 1790
- Nat King Cole pianist and ballad singer.
- Émile Combes, French Prime Minister
- Charles de Coster, Belgian author of The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak
- Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (possibly expelled in 1894?)
- William Cushing, Associate Justice (1789-1810), St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
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- Jim Davidson. British comedian
- Former Master, Chelsea Lodge, England (resigned)
- Founding Master of British Forces Foundation (Lodge) No. 9725
- William Crosby Dawson, 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.
- 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, Associate Justice (1911-1937)
- Blaise Diagne, Senegalese political leader
- Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico
- Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker, 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, 33°. Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas
- Brigadier General James Doolittle, 32° Mason and Shriner.
- Governor of Vermont Jim Douglas
- William O. Douglas, Associate Justice (1939-1975)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle British physician and author, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
- Henry Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross, co-winner of the first Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901
- Herbert Dunnico, Labour MP and Master of the New Welcome Lodge
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- 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.
- Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice (1796-1800)
- Sam Ervin, US Senator, 33°, Grand Cross.
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- Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor and Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia,
- Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice (1863-1897)
- Hamilton Fish IV, Politician
- The Most Rev'd Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize winner (Medicine), 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.
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Poet and romance writer. Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
- Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, Grão Mestre de Grande Oriente do Brasil, later first president of Brazil.
- 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 Cite error: The
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- Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
- 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
- Henry Frye, Prince Hall Freemason
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- Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, pioneering Belgian secular educationalist and Socialist activist
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and radical
- 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 Cite error: The
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- Licio Gelli, Far right politician and 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
- Sir W S Gilbert, one half of 'Gilbert and Sullivan'.
- King C. Gillette
- John H. Glenn, Jr. 33° Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, OH
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Philosopher and Poet. Lodge Amelie, Weimar.
- E. Urner Goodman, co-founder of the Boy Scouts' Order of the Arrow
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- Warren G. Harding, U.S. President. Marion Lodge No. 70, OH
- 1° June 28, 1901
- 3° August 27, 1920 Cite error: The
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- John M. Harlan, Associate
- J. Edgar Hoover, 33°, Grand Cross. Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC Cite error: The
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I
- Burl Ives 33°, 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 Cite error: The
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- 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 Cite error: The
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- 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 Cite error: The
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- David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1874-91. Lodge Le Progress de l'Oceanie No. 124
- Adolph Knigge, German author
- 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.
L
- Joseph Lamar, Associate Justice (1888-1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia
- Senior Warden of Webb Lodge #166 in 1885
- Franz Liszt, Composer. Lodge zur Einigkeit, Frankurt.
- Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Grandmaster of the Grand Orient de France during the French Revolution
M
- Robert Macoy, publisher and organizer of Eastern Star
- 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
- Giuseppe Mazzini Italian Revolutionary, Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia
- 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 Cite error: The
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- 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
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- William H. Moody, Associate Justice (1906-1910)
- Dr. Robert Moray, Edinburgh 1641.
- Rob Morris (Freemason), Poet Laureate of Freemasonry and Master Builder of the Order of the Eastern Star
- 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
- Ernesto Nathan, Liberal politician and mayor of Rome and grand master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia
- Samuel Nelson, Associate Justice (1845-1872)
- Sam Nunn 33°, Grand Cross.
- Honored as Supreme Temple Architect 1995
- Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton, Pro Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England
- Kenneth Noye, British criminal, Grand Master, Hammersmith Lodge
P
- Arnold Palmer, 33°, Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, PA Cite error: The
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- Norman Vincent Peale 33°, Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY Cite error: The
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- John Henry Lawrence Phillips Bishop of Portsmouth,1960-1975: Provincial Grand Master Hampshire & Isle of Wight Lodges, 1975-1979 Cite error: The
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- Brigadier General Albert Pike, 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, NY
- Mahlon Pitney, Associate Justice (1912-1922)
- Augustus Le Plongeon, Archaeologist. First to survey and excavate at Chitchen Itza.
- James K. Polk, U.S. President. Columbia Lodge No. 31, TN
- Initiated June 5, 1820. Cite error: The
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- Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet. Lodge Ovid, Kischinev.
- 1° Lodge Ovid, 1821
- William Preston, Author of Illustrations of Masonry.
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- 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, Actor, 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
- 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
- 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 Cite error: The
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- 1° October 11, 1911, Holland Lodge No. 8.
- First Honorary Grand Master of the Order of DeMolay, April 13, 1934 Cite error: The
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- Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President. Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, NY
- 1° Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York January 2, 1901 Cite error: The
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- Félicien Rops artist
- James Mayer Rothschild Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
- William Byron Rumford, California legislator, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Berkeley, California
- John Rutledge, Chief Justice (1795), Associate Justice (1789-1791)
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- John Salza, author (later resigned)
- Antonio López de Santa Anna, (Santa Ana) Mexican general and President
- Artur Santos, Mayor of Ourem during the Fatima apparitions
- 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."
- Rudolf von Sebottendorf, founder of the of the Thule Society
- James Sloan (Orangeman), co-founder of the Orange Order
- Joseph Smith, Sr. Ontario Lodge No. 23 of Canandaigua, New York
- 1° May 7, 1818 in Ontario Lodge No. 23
- Joseph Smith, Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Nauvoo Lodge, IL
- Hyrum Smith Mount Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra, New York
- John Philip Sousa 33°, Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, DC
- Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton 33°, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, IN
- Potter Stewart, Associate Justice (1958-1981)
- Philipp von Stosch, occultist, antiquarian and English spy.
- Joseph Story, Associate Justice (1811-1845)
- Sir Arthur Sullivan, the latter half of 'Gilbert and Sullivan'.
- William Stukeley, Archaeologist and Antiquarian. Lodge at Salutation Tavern, London.
- Noah H. Swayne, Associate Justice (1862-1881)
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- Alphonso Taft, U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War. Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, OH Cite error: The
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- "Mason at sight" inside Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, OH, February 18, 1909 by Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson Cite error: The
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- Thomas Todd, Associate Justice (1807-1826)
- Norman Tingle, Stickam Guru (2007-????)
- 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 Cite error: The
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- Mark Twain, American author. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, A.F.& A.M., St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1° May 22nd, 1861
- 2° June 12th, 1861
- 3°July 10, 1861
- Suspended for non-payment of dues and later reinstated April 24th, 1867. Demitted October 1867, but recorded as having visited Carson City Lodge U.D. in February and March of 1868.
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- Frederick M. Vinson, Chief Justice (1946-1953)
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- Sir Charles Warren, Archaeologist. Surveyor of Herod's Temple. Royal Lodge of Friendship No. 278, Gibraltar.
- 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
- Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati
- Billy Wilder
- James Wilson (Orangeman), co-founder of the Orange Order
- King William IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE
- Jeff Winter, ex-soccer referee
- 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
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- 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
References
- http://mondediplo.com/1997/09/masons 1864 (one on-line source says 1867, contemporary sources say 1864), member Henri IV, Paris, but degree work conducted at Lodge of the Pyramids, Alexandria, Egypt
- http://www.masonicphilatelicclub.org.uk/page7.html
- ^ http://www.masonicinfo.com/famous1.htm Cite error: The named reference "masonicinfo-1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Pages 202-203 The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society, by Jasper Ridley
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