Well known Freemasons



Historical

Ben Franklin
Buffalo Bill Cody
Davey Crockett
Kit Carson
Sam Houston
Charles Lindbergh
Paul Revere

Explorers

Roald Amundsen
Richard E. Byrd
Lewis and Clark
Cpt. James Cook
Matthew Henson
Lord Minto, Governor General of India
Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya
Robert F. Scott
Sir Ernest Shackelton

Military

Pierre Beauregard
Omar Bradley
Sir Guy Carleton
Mark Clark
Lord Cornwallis
Jimmy Doolittle
Viscount Jellicoe
Ernest King
Lord Kitchener
Curtis Lemay
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Lord Mountbatten
Audie Murphy
Lord Nelson
John Paul Jones
John Pershing
Field Marshal Suvorov
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz
Duke of Wellington

Business & Politics

John Jacob Astor, financier. W.M. Holland Lodge No.8 (1798)
Thomas Bradley, mayor of Los Angeles
Robert J. Dole, senator(Russell Lodge No. 177, Russell, Kansas)
Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader
Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company
Barry M. Golwater, senator. (Arizona Lodge No. 2, Phoenix, May 12, 1931)
Charles Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotel chain
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader.
John H. Johnson, publisher Ebony and Jet Magazines
J.C. Penny, department store founder
Andre Citroen, founder Citroen Motor Car Co.
Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
Joel R. Poinsett, USA Secretary of War, Master: Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Charleston, introduced Freemasonry into Mexico, and the pointsetta to America
Col. Harland Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken
Morris Sachs, Sachs 5th Ave.
Carl B. Stokes, mayor of Cleveland
Dave Thomas, owner of Wendy's Restaurants
Andrew Young, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Whitney M. Young, director of National Urban League

Literature

Robert Burns
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edward Gibbon, historian, Initiated Dec. 19, 1774, Lodge of Friendship No. 3
Alex HaleyNorman Vincent Peale (Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY. May 31, 1898)Robert Service (Yukon Lodge No. 45, Dawson City, 1912)
Sir Walter Scott
Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain
Lew Wallace
Oscar Wilde

Artists

Alphonse Mucha, Initiated 1898, Paris, founder of Czech Freemasonry

Monument Creators

Alexander Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower
Christopher Wren, St. Pauls Cathedral, Lodge of Antiquity No. 2, London (attributed)
James Smithson, founder Smithsonian Institute
Sir Joseph Banks, Kew Gardens, London.
Gutzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore
Frederick Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty

Music

Composers

Irving Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven
George M. Cohen
Gilbert & Sullivan
W.C. Handy
Franz Haydn
Jerome Kern
Franz Listz
Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Mozart
Giacomo Puccini
Hans Schuler
Jean Julius Sibelius
John Phillip Sousa

Country Western

Eddy Arnold
Roy Acuff
Rex Allen
Gene Autry
Roy Clark
Jim Davis
Ferlin Husky
Burl Ives
Eddy Peabody
Tex Ritter
Jimmy Rodgers
Roy Rogers (Hollywood Lodge No. 355, Hollywood. 1946)
Mel Tillis
Hank Thompson

Jazz

Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
Eubie Blake
Nat King Cole
Duke Ellington
Lionel Hampton
Al Jolson
Tony Martin
Oscar Peterson
Paul Whiteman

Entertainment

Bud Abbott
Eddie Albertson
Ernest Borgnine
Wallace Beery
Mel Blanc
Eddie Cantor
Cecil B. DeMille, actor, playwright, director. Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York.
Glenn Ford
Douglas Fairbanks
Hoot Gibson
Clark Gable
Oliver Hardy
Jean Hersholt
Harry Houdini, Initiated Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York
Buck Jones
Emmott Kelly
Harold Lloyd
Harpo Marx
Tom Mix
Conrad Nagel
Carroll O'Connor
Tyrone Power
Dick Powell
Will Rogers
Red Skelton
Peter Sellers
Danny Thomas
Hal Wallis
John Wayne
Billy Wilder
Chill Wills
Jonathan Winters
Ed Wynn
Allan Young, (Mr. Ed)
Darry l F. Zanuck

Scientists and inventors

Vannevar Bush,
Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903-1990) professor of electrical engineering MIT,
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), inventor of penicillin.
Sir Sanford Fleming (1827-1915), creator of first Canadian stamp and standard time.
Edward Jenner (1749-1823), physician, discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
C.W. Mayo, founder of Mayo Clinic.
William James Mayo (1861-1939), surgeon.
Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939), surgeon.
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier, inventors of the hot air balloon.
Jacob Perkins (1766-1849), mechanical engineer and inventor; printed first penny postage stamp in 1840.
James F. Smathers, inventor of the electric typewriter, Gate City Lodge No 522, Kansas City.
James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.

Sports

Arnold "Red" Auerbach
George Brent
Avery Bundage
Ty Cobb
Jack Dempsey
Jake Gaudaur
Tim HortonJack Johnston
Willie Mays
Arnold Palmer
Branch Rickey
Sugar Ray Robinson
Cy Young

Canadian Freemasons

Prime Ministers

John A. MacDonald
John Abbott
MacKenzie Bowell
Robert Borden
Richard B. Bennett
John G. Diefenbaker

Provincial Premiers

Joseph Smallwood
Duff Roblin
Tommy Douglas
William Davis
Peter Lougheed
John Buchanan
W. Ross Thatcher

Noted Canadians

Chief Joseph Brant
Chief Tecumseh
General James Wolfe
Sam Steele, N.W.M.P.
Henry Larsen, R.C.M.P.
W.R. "Wop" May, bush pilot
Lord Thompson of Fleet, publisher
Samuel Bronfman, businessman
John D. Eaton, Eaton's stores
Oscar Peterson, musician
John Molson, founder Molson Breweries
Sir Sanford Fleming, creator of first Canadian stamp and standard time
Lord Stanley, Governor General
Earl de Gray, Governor General
Charles Mair, poet
Robert Service, poet
Glenn Ford, actor
Tim Horton, hockey star
Gordon Sinclair, broadcaster
James A. Naismith, inventor of basketball
Wipper Billy Watson, Canadian wrestling legend
John B. MacLean, founder MacLeans magazine
Hart Massey, Massey-Ferguson farm equipment
E. B. Eddy, founder of the E.B. Eddy Match Company
Palmer Cox, creator of The Brownie stories

Noted British Columbian Freemasons

Lieutenant-Governors

Thomas McInnes
Sir Francis S. Barnard
Edward Prior
Walter C. Nichol
Robert R. Bruce
W.C. Woodward
Clarance Wallace
John Nicholson
Walter S. Owen

Premiers

John F. McCreight, first premier of B.C.
Amor de Cosmos
George A. Walkem
Robert Bevan
Alexander Davie
John H. Turner
Edward Prior
Sir Richard McBride
William J. Bowser
Harland C. Brewster
John D. MacLean
Byron "Boss" Johnson
W.A.C. Bennett

Business & Politics, etc.

Robert Butchart, owner of Butchart Gardens, Victoria
Sir Arthur Currie, Commander Canadian Forces W.W.I
Robert Cromie, founder Vancouver Sun newspaper
Hewitt Bostock, founder Vancouver Province newspaper
Gordon Gibson Sr., lumberman
J.H. Bloedell, partner in British Columbia forestry giant Mac-Blo
Alfred Wallace, founder Burrard shipyards
Major James S. Matthews, City of Vancouver Archivist
Bishop A.W. Sillitoe, first Bishop of New Westminster
Charles Woodward, founder of Woodward stores
Ernie Winch, politician, labour activist
Austin C. Taylor, sportsman, businessman
Gerald G. McGeer, senator, mayor of Vancouver
Fred "Cyclone" Taylor, Hockey Hall of Fame
Arthur Delamont, musician
Thomas G. Norris, Supreme Court judge
Victor Dryer, Supreme Court Judge
Victoria Cross holders
Alexander Dunn
Sir Richard Turner
Cyrus W. Peck
Robert Shankland
Robert MacBeath
Robert Hanna



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