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This is a list of notable Freemasons. 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 reliable sources give anecdotal evidence suggesting 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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- Abd al-Qadir Sufi mystic, scholar and political leader. 1° 18th June, 1867, at a specially convened meeting of the Lodge of the Pyramids, Alexandria, Egypt.
- Sir John Abbott Canadian Prime Minister (1891 - 1892). Initiated St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847.
- 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.
- Vasile Alecsandri Romanian Poet, playwright, politician and diplomat.
- José Eloy Alfaro Delgado - Leader of the Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution and President of Ecuador
- Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, Vice-chancellor of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, liberal senator and Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium.
- Salvador Allende Socialist president of Chile (1970-1973). Lodge Progreso No. 4, Valparaíso.
- Ezra Ames, Portrait painter
- Edward Neville da Costa Andrade English physicist. Initiated into Lodge Progresso No. 4 in 1935.
- Jules Anspach, Belgian Liberal politician
- Sir Edward Victor Appleton English Physicist. Nobel Prize 1947. Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge.
- Dennis Archer US Politician. Geometry Lodge #49 (Prince Hall), Detroit
- Constantin Argetoianu Prime Minister of Romania, 1939.
- Louis Armstrong Jazz musician. Montgomery Lodge No. 18 (Prince Hall), New York.
- Thomas Arne Composer of Rule Britannia
- Benedict Arnold, Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut (expelled 1781)
- Eddy Arnold, singer
- François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Raised 1778 by WM Ben Franklin, Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris. It may also be noted that Voltaire was only an Entered Apprentice and nver Raised to the Sublime Degree of master Mason.
- Gheorghe Asachi Romanian writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator.
- Elias Ashmole, Warrington Lodge, Lancashire
- John Jacob Astor, American Financier, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York, 1790
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 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, Movie and television star, Catoosa Lodge No. 185, OK
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- Johann Christian Bach, Composer. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London.
- Michael Baigent, Author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Editor of Freemasonry Today
- Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary, Lodge Il Progresso Sociale, Florence 1864,
- Nicolae Bălcescu Romanian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.
- Henry Baldwin, US Associate Justice (1830-1844): Master of Lodge No. 45 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1805
- Harold Ballard, One time owner of Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League team. Corinthian No. 481, GRC, Toronto, ON.
- Simion Bărnuţiu Romanian philosopher, politician and leader of the 1848 Transylvanian Revolution.
- Diego Martínez Barrio, Prime minister of Spain and founder of the Republican Union Party
- 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 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, New York, and later affiliated with Cornucopia Lodge 563, Flushing, New York.
- Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (1935-1939, 1945-1948). Ian Amos Komensky Lodge No. 1, Prague.
- R.B. Bennett Prime Minister of Canada 1930-1935.
- Lloyd M. Bentsen US Senator from Texas
- Irving Berlin, Composer. Munn Lodge No.190, New York.
- Silvio Berlusconi Italian media tycoon and politician. Propaganda Due, Expelled in 1981 (some say 1976) by the Grand Orient of Italy
- Ramón Emeterio Betances, considered the Father of the Puerto Rican Nation by followers of Puerto Rico's independence movements. 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.
- Gabriel Bethlen Prince of Transylvania and anti-Habsburg leader.
- George Valentin Bibescu Romanian aviation pioneer, Grand Master of Romanian Grand Lodgd from 1911 to 1916.
- Francis Bischof, Queensland Australia Police Commissioner from 1958-1969.
- Hugo L. Black, US Associate Justice (1937-1971), Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, AL
- John Blair, US Associate Justice (1789-96), and Grand Master of Virginia from 1778 to 1784.
- Samuel Blatchford, US Associate Justice (1882-1893)
- Dimitrie Bolintineanu Romainan poet, politician, 1848 revolutionary.
- Simón Bolívar, Leader of South American independence variously, a president of Venezuela, Colombia, Greater Colombia, Bolivia, & Peru. Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru. Initiated: Cádiz, Spain. Founder, Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru, 1824
- Cezar Bolliac Radical Romanian political figure, amateur archaeologist, journalist and Romantic poet.
- Shadrach Bond, first Governor of Illinois.
- Omar Bongo, President of Gabon, the world's longest serving President
- Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1° 1880 St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1
- Gutzon Borglum, American sculpture who started work on Mount Rushmore, raised in Howard Lodge No. 35.
- Lincoln Borglum, Son of Gutzon Borglum, completed the Mount Rushmore project, raised in Battle River Lodge No. 92.
- Ernest Borgnine, Actor, Abingdon Lodge No. 48
- James Boswell, Scottish writer, raised in Canongate Kilwinning Lodge at Edinburgh, 1759
- Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada from 1894-1896
- Charles Bradlaugh, Nineteenth Century Atheist and Republican MP, Grand Lodge des Philadelphes, London
- Omar N. Bradley, US General during World War II West Point Lodge No. 877, New York
- Sir Donald Bradman, Australian Cricketer.
- Sir Christoffel Brand, first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony
- Joseph Brant, Principal Chief of the Six Nations Indians. Initiated in Lodge No. 417, 1776. First Master of Lodge No. 11, Mohawk Village (near Brantford) in 1798.
- Dimitrie Brătianu Prime Minister of Romania (1881).
- Ion C. Brătianu Romanian politician, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, three-time Prime Minister of Romania.
- 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.
- Henry Brougham, Scottish abolitionist and founder of Edinburgh Review. Raised in Fortrose Lodge, Stornway, Scotland
- James Bruce. Scottish explorer, Canongate Kilwinning Lodge
- Samuel von Brukenthal Baron of the Holy Roman Empire.
- James Buchanan, U.S. President, Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Pennsylvania . Initiated December 11, 1816. Worshipful Master of Lancaster Lodge No. 43 1822-1823. District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1824
- Charles Buls, radical mayor of Brussels
- Luther Burbank, US horticulturist responsible for the Russet Burbank potato, Santa Rosa Lodge No. 57,
- Arleigh Burke, US Admiral. Supreme Temple Architect (Honored in 1997)
- Robert Burnaby, English explorer and businesman. First Past Master of Victoria Lodge No. 1085, District Grand Master (English) of British Columbia.
- Conrad Burns US Senator from Montana
- Robert Burns, National poet of Scotland. St. David's Lodge No. 174, Tarbolton.
- Harold H. Burton, US Associate Justice (1945-1958)
- Arthur Leopold Busch, Builder of First Submarine Accepted by the United States Government. Member of Peconic Lodge No. 349 Greenport, New York.
- Cyriel Buysse, Flemish nationalist writer
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd US Admiral, initiated in Federal Lodge No. 1 and founded First Antarctic Lodge No. 777 in 1935
- James F. Byrnes, US Associate Justice (1941-1942)
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- Alessandro Cagliostro, Sicilian charlatan and occultist
- Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico during the Cristero War
- Malcolm Campbell, record breaking English motor-racer
- Eddie Cantor. Entertainer, raised in Munn Lodge No 190, New York City
- Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Romanian politician, twice Conservative Prime Minister of Romania.
- Carol II King of Romania (1930-40).
- José Miguel Carrera, Chilean General and President during the early struggle for the independence of Chile. St. John's Lodge No. 1, New York
- Kit Carson, American Adventurer. Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Taos, New Mexico
- Paul Foster Case, Founder of the Los Angeles occult school, the Builders of the Adytum, Fairport Lodge No. 476, Fairport, New York
- Marc Chagall, Russian artist who worked in Paris. initiated in 1912
- Thomas Chalmers, Lodge St. Vigean, 1800
- Joshua Chamberlain, Commander of US forces on Little Round Top during the American Civil War battle of Gettysberg, and governor of Maine. United Lodge #8, Brunswick, Maine
1° August 27, 1862
2° August 27, 1862
3° August 28, 1862
- Nicolas Chamfort, French writer, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
- Walter Chrysler Founder of Chrysler Corporation.
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591, Rosemary Lodge No. 2851. (Note: The Churchill Society claims he resigned from his Lodges in 1912.)
- André Citroen, French engineer and motor-car manufacturer, was a member of Lodge La Philosophie, Paris
- Thomas C. Clark, US Associate Justice (1949-1967)
- John H. Clarke, US Associate Justice (1916-1922)
- Mark Wayne Clark, US Army General, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis
- Henry Clay Speaker of the. U.S. House of Representatives and Grand Master of Kentucky.
- Moses Cleaveland founded the city of Cleaveland, Ohio, was Worshipful Master of Moriah Lodge in 1791
- DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York State, Grand Master of NY during the Morgan Affair, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York, 1790
- Tyrus Cobb, baseball star and member of Royston Lodge No. 426, Detroit
- William F. Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, was raised in Platte Valley Lodge No. 15, Nebraska
- George Cohan, Broadway star, raised in Pacific Lodge No. 233, New York City
- Nat King Cole pianist and ballad singer.
- Samuel Colt manufacturer of Colt revolvers
- Émile Combes, French Prime Minister
- Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton, Pro Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England
- Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leaf ice hockey legend. Initiated in North Gate Lodge No. 591, Pickering, Ontario, in 1935.
- Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher, Lodges de Neuf Soeurs
- Leroy Cooper, U.S. astronaut, member of Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Colorado
- Harry H. Corbett actor- star of Steptoe and Son
- Charles de Coster, Belgian author of The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak
- Edith Cowan, First woman elected to Australian Parliament, Worker for women and children's Rights. Member of St Cuthberts Lodge Perth Australia (Le Droit Humain). Found on the Australian $50 Note
- Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy (possibly expelled in 1894?)
- Miron Cristea Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1925-39), Prime Minister of Romania (1938-39).
- Davy Crockett, 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician
- Aleister Crowley, English occultist, Anglo-Saxon Lodge No. 343, Paris (GLdF), 1904
- William Cushing, US Associate Justice (1789-1810), St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
- Alexander John Cuza Romanian Domnitor of the Danubian Principalities, 1859-66.
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Former Master, Chelsea Lodge, England (resigned)
Founding Master of British Forces Foundation (Lodge) No. 9725
Grand Master of Masons in Georgia from 1843 until his death in Greensboro on May 6, 1856.
- Carol Davila Romanian Physician.
- Ovide Decroly, Belgian educationalist. initiated in Lodge Les Amis Philanthropes No. 2, Brussels in 1902
- Cecil B. DeMille movie maker member of Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York City
- Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion in 1919, Kenwood Lodge No. 800, Chicago
- 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, US Associate Justice (1911-1937)
- Thomas Dewey, American politician (1902-1971)
- Blaise Diagne, Senegalese political leader
- Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico
- John George Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, 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, US politician, Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas
- Ed Doolan US Radio Presenter
- James Doolittle, US General and Shriner.
- Jim Douglas, Governor of Vermont
- Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician, Weyburn Lodge No. 20, Weyburn, SK
- William O. Douglas, US Associate Justice (1939-1975)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle British physician and author, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
- Edwin Drake, US oil industry pioneer, Oil Creek Lodge No. 3, Titusville, Pennsylvania
- Jean Henri Dunant founder of the Red Cross and shared the first Nobel Prize
- Herbert Dunnico, UK Politician and Master of the New Welcome Lodge
- Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, UK art dealer and initiate of Royal Colonial Institute Lodge No. 3556
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- Hubert Eaton, American chemist, Euclid Lodge, No. 58, Great Falls, Montana
- John David Eaton, President of the Canadian based T. Eaton Company. Assiniboine, No. 114, G.R.M., Winnipeg.
- 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.
- Duke Ellington, Musician, Social Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C., Prince Hall Affiliation
- Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the United States (1796-1800)
- Sam Ervin, US Senator.
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- Eberhard Faber, founder of the Faber Pencil Company, Chancellor Walworth No. 271, New York,
- Douglas Fairbanks movie star and member of Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528
- Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor and Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia,
- Stephen J. Field, US Associate Justice (1863-1897)
- William Fields, American comedian and member of E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia
- Charles Finney, American Preacher, Evangelist and Author (1792-1875), Meridian Sun Lodge No. 32 in Warren, New York. Finney asked for dismissal and was honorably discharged.
- Hamilton Fish IV, US Politician
- The Most Rev'd Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Fitch US engineer and member of Bristol lodge No.25
- Sir Sanford Fleming, Creator of first Canadian stamp. Canadian engineer and surveyor. Suggested the use of time zones. St. Andrew's No. 16, Toronto, Ontario.
- 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.
Initiated September 30, 1949, Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Passed to Fellowcraft April 20, 1951 Columbia Lodge No. 3, Washington, D.C., courtesy to Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI
Raised a Master Mason May 18, 1951 Columbia Lodge No. 3, Washington, D.C., courtesy to Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, MI
- Henry Ford founder of the Ford Motor Company, raised in Palestine Lodge No. 35.
- Nathan Bedford Forrest, confederate general and first Imperial Wizard of the original (and now defunct) Ku Klux KlanHe was a member of Angerona Lodge no. 168 in Tennessee, but later resigned from both Freemasonry and the Klan
- Antoine Fourcroy, French chemistry pioneer, Lodge Les Neuf Soeurs at Paris
- Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Benjamin Franklin, February 1731, St. John's Lodge of Philadelphia; Tun Tavern Lodge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Master of Loge Les Neuf Sœurs, Paris; Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania
- Henry Frye, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, (Prince Hall)
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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
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
- Ion Ghica Romanian revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat, twice Prime Minister of Romania, four-time President of the Romanian Academy.
- Sir W S Gilbert, one half of 'Gilbert and Sullivan'.
- King C. Gillette, American businessman
- John H. Glenn, Jr., Astronaut and US Senator, Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, Ohio
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German philosopher and Poet. Lodge Amelie, Weimar.
- Octavian Goga Romanian poet, playwright, journalist, translator, fascist politician (Prime Minister of Romania in 1937-38).
- Alexandru G. Golescu Romanian politician, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, Prime Minister of Romania (1870).
- E. Urner Goodman, co-founder of the Boy Scouts' Order of the Arrow
- Henri Grégoire Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and French revolutionary leader
- Virgil I. Grissom Second American in space, Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, Indiana
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1° June 28, 1901
3° August 27, 1920
- John M. Harlan, US Associate Supreme Court Justice
- J. Edgar Hoover, Head of the FBI from the 1920s to the 1970s, Grand Cross. Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C.
- Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey legend. Founder of the donut chain bearing his name. Initiated in Kroy Lodge No. 676, Toronto, Ontario, in 1962.
- Camille Huysmans, Mayor of Antwerp and Prime Minister of Belgium
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- Burl Ives, American actor and singer, Magnolia (now Magnolia-La Cumbre) Lodge No. 242, California
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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, US Civil Rights leader and Politician, Harmony Lodge No. 88, Chicago, Illinois (PHA)
- Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1941-1954)
- John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States (1789-1795)
- Andrew Johnson, U.S. President. Greenville Lodge No. 119, Tennessee
Initiated May 5, 1851
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- David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1874-91. Lodge Le Progress de l'Oceanie No. 124
- Alexander Keith, Canadian politician and brewmaster, former Grand Master of Nova Scotia
- Rudyard Kipling, UK author and poet, 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.
- Adolph Knigge, German author
- Mihail Kogălniceanu Prime Minister of Romania (1863-65), Liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist.
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- Joseph Lamar, US Associate Justice (1888-1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia
Senior Warden of Webb Lodge #166 in 1885
- Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), Afrikaans writer and member of South African parliament.
- Leopold I of Belgium, king of Belgium
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of La Marseillaise
- Pascal Lissouba, president of the Republic of the Congo, 1992-1997.
- Franz Liszt, Composer. Lodge zur Einigkeit, Frankurt.
- Charles Lindbergh, US Aviator and chairman of the America First Committee, Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis, Mo.
- Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Grandmaster of the Grand Orient de France during the French Revolution
- Trent Lott, Former majority leader of the US Senate
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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, US General during World War II, Manila Lodge No. 1, 1936, Philippines
- Harpo Marx, US film comedian
- Giuseppe Mazzini Italian Revolutionary, Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia
- John S. McCain, Sr. (1884-1945), US admiral, Carrollton Lodge No. 36
- John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981), US admiral, made "Mason at Sight", Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, 1975, enrolled St. John's Lodge No. 11
- Henry Joy McCracken, Member of the Society of the United Irishmen
- William McKinley, U.S. President. Hiram Lodge No. 21, Virginia
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)
- Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, Founder and President of the McLaughlin Carriage Co. which later became General Motors of Canada. Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, Ontario. Grand Steward in 1945, 75 year member in the Craft. Royal Arch, Knight Templar, President of Oshawa Shrine Club.
- John McLean, US Associate Justice (1829-1861)
- Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal, 18th century Portuguese statesman
- Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VC
- Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Spanish minister of the Treasury, Taller Sublime, Cádiz
- George Middleton, Third Master of African Lodge #459 (Prince Hall)
- Sherman Minton, US Associate Justice (1949-1956)
- Ion Minulescu Romanian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic and playwright.
- Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP, Mount Olive Lodge No. 25, Baltimore, Maryland (Prince Hall).
- John Molson, Founder of Molson Breweries. St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master.
- Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and television presenter, Chelsea Lodge No.3098.
- James Monroe U.S. President, Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Initiated: November 9, 1775
Other Lodge records lost
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.
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, One of the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II
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Honored as Supreme Temple Architect 1995
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- Daniel O'Connell Irish political figure,Lodge No. 189, Dublin, in 1797 (Later left Freemasonry due to Catholic condemnations)
- Bernardo O'Higgins South American revolutionary leader and first Chilean head of state as Captain General
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- Alexandru Paleologu Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician.
- Arnold Palmer, Professional Golfer, Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, First recorded Grandmaster of Ireland and founder of the Dublin Hellfire club
- William Paterson, US Associate Justice (1793-1806)
- Norman Vincent Peale, Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, New York
- J.C.(James Cash)Penney Founder of J.C. Penney's department stores. Wasatch Lodge #1 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, US Navy, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, New York, 1819
- John Joseph Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Force, World War I, Lincoln Lodge No.19, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- John Henry Lawrence Phillips Bishop of Portsmouth,1960-1975: Provincial Grand Master Hampshire & Isle of Wight Lodges, 1975-1979
- George Pickett, Confederate general at Gettysburg
- Albert Pike, Confederate general, re-wrote rituals for Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction), author of Morals and Dogma, 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, New York
- Mahlon Pitney, US Associate Justice (1912-1922)
- Augustus Le Plongeon, French Archaeologist. First to survey and excavate at Chitchen Itza.
- James K. Polk, U.S. President. Columbia Lodge No. 31, Tennessee
Initiated June 5, 1820.
1° Lodge Ovid, 1821
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- Ion Heliade Rădulescu Romanian academic, poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician.
- Thomas Stamford Raffles, Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya
- A. Philip Randolph, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NYC
- Stanley F. Reed, US Associate Justice (1938-1957)
- George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW
- Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Theodor Reuss, German 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, American Revolutionary hero, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794-97.
- Michael Richards, American Actor
1° in Riviera Lodge No. 780 in Pacific Palisades, California, December 17, 1998
2° March 25, 1999
3° May 20, 1999
Affiliated with Culver City-Foshay Lodge No. 467 in Culver City, California in 1999
- Rafael del Riego, Spanish general and liberal politician
- 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
- Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Anglican Archbishop, Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Western Australia 1904-17, 1920-29.
- Roy Rogers, American actor, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, California
- Will Rogers American political commontator and satirist, Claremore Lodge No. 53, OK
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. President. Holland Lodge No. 8, New York
1° October 11, 1911, Holland Lodge No. 8.
First Honorary Grand Master of the Order of DeMolay, April 13, 1934
1° Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York January 2, 1901
- Félicien Rops Belgian artist
- Edmundo Ros, Musician. Sprig of Acacia Lodge, Javea, Spain
- Constantin Daniel Rosenthal Romanian painter and 1848 revolutionary.
- C. A. Rosetti Romanian literary and political leader, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.
- James Mayer Rothschild Financier, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
- Archibald Hamilton Rowan, member of the Society of the United Irishmen
- William Byron Rumford, California legislator, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Berkeley, California
- Alecu Russo Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist.
- John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the United Sttes (1795), Associate Justice (1789-1791)
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- Mihail Sadoveanu Romanian Novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, Grand Master from 1932.
- Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, (1825-1903) Prime Minister of Spain
- Augusto César Sandino Central American revolutionary and founder of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas
- Jose de San Martin, Argentine hero from the Spanish Revolution
- Antonio López de Santa Anna, (Santa Ana) Mexican general and President
- Artur Santos, Portuguese politician, Mayor of Ourem during the Fatima apparitions
- Denis Sassou Nguesso, general and the president of the Republic of the Congo.
- Sir Ernest Shackleton, UK explorer, 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
1° 1868 at Pacific Lodge, Hokitika No.1229
Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of New Zealand (1898-1900)
1° Suomi Lodge No. 1, August 18, 1922
He wrote several pieces of interest to Masons including "Praising Hymn" and the "Ode to Fraternity."
1° May 7, 1818 in Ontario Lodge No. 23
- Joseph Smith, Jr., Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Nauvoo Lodge, Illinois
- Hyrum Smith, Mormon leader, Mount Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra, New York
- John Philip Sousa, Composer, Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, D.C.
- Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton, American comedian, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, Indiana
- Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British forensic scientist.
- Jock Stein, football manager of teams including Celtic F.C. and Scotland.
- Potter Stewart, US Associate Justice (1958-1981)
- Philipp von Stosch, occultist, antiquarian and English spy.
- Joseph Story, US Associate Justice (1811-1845)
- Alexandru Sturdza, Russian publicist and diplomat of Romanian origin.
- Dimitrie Sturdza, four-time Prime Minister of Romania, president of the Romanian Academy (1882-1884).
- Sir Arthur Sullivan, the latter half of 'Gilbert and Sullivan'.
- Goswin de Stassart, Belgian statesman
- William Stukeley, English archaeologist and antiquarian. Lodge at Salutation Tavern, London.
- Noah H. Swayne, US Associate Justice (1862-1881)
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"Mason at sight" inside Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio, February 18, 1909 by Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson
- Christian Tell Romanian politician, 1848 revolutionary, Mayor of Bucharest.
- Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's, raised as a Master Mason in Sol. D. Bayless Lodge No. 359 Fort Wayne, Indiana. Conferred the 32nd Degree, N.M.J., on 11/16/1961, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- Strom Thurmond US Senator from South Carolina and segregationist candidate for the United States presidency in 1948
- John Tipton, American politician
- Nicolae Titulescu Romanian diplomat, government minister, President of the League of Nations.
- Thomas Todd, US Associate Justice (1807-1826)
- Robert Trimble, US 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, Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton, Missouri
1° February 9, 1909
Worshipful Master, Grandview Lodge No. 618, Grandview, Missouri
Grand Master of Missouri, 1940-1941
Honorary Grand Master of the International Supreme Council, Order of DeMolay, May 18, 1959
- Mark Twain, American author. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, A.F.& A.M., St. Louis, Missouri.
1° May 22, 1861
2° June 12, 1861
3°July 10, 1861
Suspended for non-payment of dues and later reinstated April 24, 1867. Demitted October 1867, but
recorded as having visited Carson City Lodge U.D. in February and March 1868.
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Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936
Potentate of Aahmes Shrine
- George Washington General, Politician, and First President of the United States. Initiated in Fredricksberg VA, Past Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia.
- John Wayne, American actor,
Glendale DeMolay Chapter (during high school)
awarded the DeMolay Legion of Honor in 1970
1° July 9, 1970 Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Tucson, Arizona
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
- Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, English politician, atheist and member of the Hellfire club
- Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, Apollo University Lodge, No. 357 (UGLE)
- Billy Wilder, American journalist
- James Wilson (Orangeman), co-founder of the Orange Order
- John Wilkes, English politician and journalist
- King William IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE
- Jeff Winter, English football referee
- Levi Woodbury, US Associate Justice (1845-1851)
- William B. Woods, US Associate Justice (1881-1887)
- Steve Wozniak Co-founder Apple Computers, Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, California
- Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2
"adopted" May 18, 1691
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1° Lodge of Integrity No. 189 (later 163) Manchester, October 25, 1854
Worshipful Master of Fidelity Lodge No. 623, Dunkinfield, 1857
Expelled from the Ancient and Accepted Rite
Demitted (from all regular Freemasonry), 1862 Affiliated with Fidelity Lodge No. 623 April 27, 1855
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- Duiliu Zamfirescu Romanian novelist, poet, short story writer, lawyer, nationalist politician, journalist, diplomat and memoirist.
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