A few famous freemasons
Arts Palmer Cox, creator of The Brownie stories Henry Josiah DeForest, artist Glenn Ford, actor Charles Mair, poet Oscar Peterson, musician Gordon Sinclair, broadcaster Civics William Ogilvie, Yukon Commissioner. Civil Service Lodge No. 148, Ottawa
Commerce and industry Samuel Bronfman, businessman. i.: Covenant Lodge No. 108, Quebec, 27th April 1931 John D. Eaton, President T. Eaton Co.. Assinibone Lodge No. 114, Winnipeg E. B. Eddy, E.B. Eddy Match Company. Worshipful Master, Eddy Lodge No. 41, Hull : 1873 John B. Maclean, founder Macleans magazine. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto [?] Hart Massey, Massey-Ferguson farm equipment John Molson, founder Molson Breweries. Master: St. Paul’s Lodge, Montreal; PGM, Lower Canada 1826 Joseph Seagram, founder of the Seagram Distillery: Grand River Lodge No. 151, Ontario Roy Thomson of Fleet, North Bay Lodge No. 617 Education James A. Naismith, inventor of basketball Joseph-François Perrault Military Roy Brown WW I flying ace Basil Deacon Hobbs DSO, OBE, DSC Henry A. Larsen, RCMP. Mount Newton Lodge No. 89, Saanichton, BC [5] Sam Steele, NWMP. W.R. “Wop” May, bush pilot General James Wolfe
Provincial Premiers Alberta Alexander Cameron Rutherford (1857-1941), first Premier, 1905-1910; Acacia No. 11, WM: 1897 [27] John Edward Brownlee, Premier (1884-1961), 1925-34 [27] Edger Peter Lougheed (b. 1928) Manitoba Douglas Campbell: P.M. Assiniboine Lodge No. 7, Portage La Prairie. Newfoundland Joseph Smallwood Lodge Northcliffe No. 1886 British Columbia Noted on a separate page. Manitoba Duff Roblin Ontario Noted below. Nova Scotia John Buchanan [G.L. Nova Scotia records] Saskatchewan [17] James Thomas Milton Anderson: (C) September 9, 1929- June 19, 1934 [b. July 23, 1878- d. 1946] i. March 26, 1921 – Banner Lodge No. 154, Regina.SIZE=1> Thomas Clement Douglas: (CCF) July 10, 1944 – 1961 [b. October 20, 1904, d. March 7, 1995] i. April 1, 1935, Wayburn Lodge No, 20 GRS, Wayburn.SIZE=1> William Melville Martin: (L} October 20, 1916 – April 22, 1922 [b. August 23, 1876, d. June 21, 1970] i. 1900, Harriston Lodge No. 262, Harriston, Ontario. Grand Master: 1927.SIZE=1> William John Patterson: (L) November 1, 1937 – July 10, 1944 [b. May 13, 1886, d. June 10, 1976] i. February 9, 1909, Evening Star Lodge No. 10, Grenfell.SIZE=1> Wilbert Ross Thatcher: (L) May 22, 1964 – June 30, 1971 [b. May 24, 1917, d. August 23, 1971] i. April 6, 1956, St. George’s Lodge No. 136, Moose Jaw.SIZE=1> Prime Ministers John A. Macdonald John Abbott MacKenzie Bowell Robert Borden Richard B. Bennett John G. Diefenbaker Sciences Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), creator of first Canadian postage stamp, and standard time. Sports Harold Ballard, owner Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Corinthian No. 481, GRC George Brent, Saskatchewan Huskies hockey team captain, 1940. J.G. ‘Jake’ Gaudaur, CFL Commissioner Tim Horton, hockey star, i. 1962: Kroy Lodge No. 676, Thornhill, ON Fred “Cyclone” Taylor, Civil Service Lodge No. 148, Ottawa “Whipper” Billy Watson (1916-1990) Canadian wrestling legend Angus Walters, Bluenose captain Statecraft Chief Joseph Brant [22] Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Leader [22] George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey and 2nd Earl of Ripon, GM, UGLE Sir Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley, Governor General Victoria Cross recipients Edward William Bell, St. Paul’s Lodge No. 12, Montreal William Clark-Kennedy, St. Paul’s Lodge No. 12, Montreal Alexander R. Dunn, Ionic Lodge No. 18, Toronto Robert Hanna, Keystone-Lions Gate No. 115, Vancouver Robert McBeath Mount Hermon Lodge No. 7, Vancouver Cyrus W. Peck, Tsimpsean Lodge No. 58, Prince Rupert Robert Shankland, St. Paul’s Lodge No. 204, Ayr SC Harcus Strachan, Douglas Lodge No. 409 SC, Zetland No. 83, Alberta Sir Richard Turner, St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 6, Montreal
Victoria Cross recipients
Architecture George Pigrum Bowie Francis M. Rattenbury Arts Henry Josiah DeForest, artist Arthur W. Delamont, Kitsilano Boys Band founder Harry T. Devine, Vancouver photographer Leonard Frank, British Columbia photographer British Columbia Premiers John F. McCreight, first premier of B.C. Amor de Cosmos, first lodge secretary in the province George A. Walkem Robert Beaven 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 British Columbia Lieutenant-Governors Thomas McInnes Sir Francis S. Barnard Edward Prior Walter C. Nichol Robert R. Bruce William Culham Woodward Clarence Wallace John Nicholson Walter S. Owen Civics Sir Arthur W. Currie, Commander Canadian Forces W.W.I. Vancouver and Quadra Lodge No. 2: 1898/08/03 Arthur Delamont, Vancouver Boys Band founder Victor Dryer, Supreme Court Judge Major James Skitt Matthews, City of Vancouver Archivist. Western Gate Lodge No. 48, a. 1917/05/14. r. 1910/05/23 Malcolm MacLennan Vancouver Police Chief. Vancouver Lodge No. 68 Gerald G. McGeer, senator, mayor of Vancouver Jonathan Nutt, Barkerville civic leader David Oppenheimer, Vancouver mayor. a. Vancouver & Lodge No. 2: 1885/08/19 [BCR 190], Vancouver Fred “Cyclone” Taylor, Hockey Hall of Fame, i. Civil Service Lodge No. 148, Ottawa, r. Plantagenent Lodge No. 65, Aug. 27, 1913 [6] Thomas G. Norris, (1893-1976) Supreme Court judge Bishop Acton W. Sillitoe, first Bishop of New Westminster. Cascade Lodge No. 12 a. 1889/05/14. Union Lodge No. 9: a.1886/04/05. Lodge of Honour 526, UGLA. Vancouver City Mayors Ernie Winch, politician, labour activist Commerce and industry Nat Bailey, founder of White Spot restaurants Julius Harold Bloedel, partner, BC forestry company MacMillan Bloedel Hewitt Bostock, founder Vancouver Province newspaper Robert Butchart, owner of Butchart Gardens, Victoria Robert James Cromie (1887-1936), founder Vancouver Sun newspaper. r. 1910/05/23: Western Gate Lodge No. 48. Douglas W. Higgins (1834 – 1917), publisher, Victoria Daily Chronicle Gordon Gibson Sr., lumberman Alfred Wallace, founder Burrard shipyards Charles Woodward, founder of Woodward stores Austin C. Taylor, sportsman, businessman. Mount Moriah Lodge No. 38 [28]
Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada (3/7) John Graves Simcoe (1792-94) i. 1773/12, Union Lodge No. 244 E.R., Exeter Sir Peregrine Maitland (1818-1828) Charter member of St. Andrews’ lodge No. 1 (16) Sir George Arthur (1838-1839) [Robertson’s The History of Freemasonry p. 285] Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario (9/26) Sir Alexander Campbell 1887-1892 i. 1844/04/11, Ancient St. John’s Lodge No. 3, Kingston Sir George Aiery Kirkpatrick (1892-97) i. 1863/02/05, Ancient St. John’s Lodge No. 3, Kingston Sir John Morrison Gibson (1908-14) i. 1867/11/19, Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27, Hamilton; Grand Master 1892-94 Sir John Strathearn Hendrie (1914-19) i. 1891/09/15, Lodge of Strict Observance No. 27, Hamilton Henry Cockshutt (1921-27) i. 1913/11/12, Ozias Lodge No. 508, Brantford William Donald Ross (1927-32) i. 1894/03/13, Albion Lodge No. 5, New Glasgow, NS Dr. Herbert Alexander Bruce (1932-37) i. 1894/01/04, Cascade Lodge No. 12 BC Albert Matthews (1937-46) i. 1909/03/22, Civil Service Lodge No. 148, Ottawa William Ross MacDonald (1968-74) i. 1917/03/16, Doric Lodge No. 121, Brantford Prime Ministers of Canada West (3/8) William Henry Draper (1841-42, 1843-47), 1850, Grand Steward, P.G.L. Canada West (UGLE) Sir Allan Napier MacNab (1854-1856) i. 1841/12/14, St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 1 (16), Toronto; Provincial Grand Master Sir John Alexander MacDonald (1856-58, 1858-63, 1864-67) i. 1844/03/14, Ancient St. John’s Lodge No. 3, Kingston Premiers of Ontario (14/22) Arthur Sturgis Hardy (1896-99) i. 1866/11/23, Doric Lodge No. 121, Brantford Sir George William Ross (1899-1905) i. 1872/08/05, Beaver Lodge No. 83, Strathroy Sir William Howard Hearst (1914-19) i. 1889/03/12, Keystone Lodge No. 412, Sault Ste. Marie; 1891 : WM; 1892-93 : DDGM,ct Ernest Charles Drury (1919-23) i. 1920/11/11, Corinthian Lodge No. 96, Barrie George Howard Ferguson (1923-30) i. 1895/10/02, Mount Zion Lodge No. 28, Kempville George Stewart Henry (1930-34) i. 1904/05/20, York Lodge No. 156, Toronto Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (1934-42) i. 1927/04/21, St. David’s Lodge No. 302, St. Thomas Gordon Daniel Conant (1942-43) i. 1912/06/25, Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa Harry Corwin Nixon (1943) i. 1919/04/10, St. George Lodge No. 243, St. George George Alexander Drew (1943-48) i. 1923/03/26, Waverly Lodge No. 361, Guelph Thomas Laird Kennedy (1948-49) i. 1905/09/12, River Park Lodge No. 356, Streetsville Leslie Miscampbeil Frost (1949-61) i. 1926/01/15, Faithful Brethren Lodge No. 77, Lindsay William Grenville Davis (1971-85) i. 1961/04/13, Flower City Lodge No. 689, Brampton Frank Stuart Miller (1985) i. 1975/06/03, Muskoka Lodge No. 360, Bracebridge Governors of Canada John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1838) i. 1814, Granby Lodge No. 124, Durham Ontario records compiled by Milton Hill from the records of the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario, lodge records and John Ross Robertson’s The History of Freemasonry.
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Antiquarians Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), i.1646, Warrington, Lancashire [AQC] William Stukeley (1687-1765) popularized Druidism, i.1721, Salutation Tavern, London [15] Archaeology Giovanni Belzoni Augustus Le Plongeon Sir Charles Warren Architecture Christopher Wren, Lodge of Antiquity No. 2, London Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Holland Lodge No. 8, New York Arts Frédérick Bartholdi [15] Juan Gris (1887-1927), i. 1923, Lodge Voltaire, Paris [15] Marc Chagall (1887-1985) i.1912, Vitebsk, Belorussia [15] Melvin Jerome “Mel” Blanc (1908-1989) Mid Day Lodge No.188, OR [19] Palmer Cox, creator of the Brownies children’s stories Harold Gray – Lombard Lodge No. 1098, Lombard, IL [15] William Hogarth [AQC] Winsor McCay (1869-1934) NOTE George McManus (1884-1954), i.1908, Dirigo Lodge No. 30, NY [15] Alphonse Mucha, i. 1898, Paris, founder of Czech Freemasonry [5] Commerce and industry André Citroen, founder Citröen Motor Car Co, Lodge La Philosophie Positive, Paris [15] William H. Lever, English soap manufacture. i.Lever Lodge No. 2916 Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, i. Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London [15] James Rothschild, (Nathan’s brother) [15] George Shillibeer, inventor of the omnibus Diplomats Chevalier D’Eon De Beaumont [5] Giovanni Casanova Entertainment Harry Corbett (1918-1989), Chevin No.6848, UK [19] Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905), Jerusalem Lodge No. 44, London Chips Rafferty (1863-1948), Literature No. 500, NSW Australia [19] C. Aubrey Smith (1907-1971), Hova Ecclesia Lodge No. 1466 Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer (1927-1959), [Unconfirmed] Esoterica Charlatans and irregular masons Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton Paul Foster Case Frederick L. Gardner Gerald Brosseau Gardner Manly P. Hall Francis George Irwin Eliphas Lévi Robert Wentworth Little Samuel Liddel MacGregor Mathers Theodor Reuss Arthur E. Waite William Wynn Westcott William Woodman John Yarker Explorers Roald Amundsen [14] Sir Richard Burton i. Hope Lodge, Kurrachee, Scinde, India [5] Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), i.Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington DC [15] William Clark (1770-1838), Saint Lewis Lodge No. 111, PA [5] Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), i. Jan. 29, 1797, Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, Va. [5] Matthew Henson, Celestial Lodge No. 3 of New York, PHA [21] Charles Lindbergh – r.1926, Keystone No. 243 MO [15] Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), Kane Lodge No. 454, NY [15] Robert F. Scott (1868-1912), Drury Lane Lodge 2127, London [14] Sir Ernest H. Shackelton (1874-1922) , Navy Lodge No. 2612[5] Frederick Schwatka [22] Freemasonry Dr. James Anderson William Byron Harry Carr Chetwode Crawley John Coustos Hippolyto Da Costa William Dodd Rev. John Desaguliers Robert Freke Gould William James Hughan Albert G. Mackey Wallace McLeod George Oliver Albert Pike William Saint Clair of Roslin Anthony Sayer George William Speth Matthew McBain Thomson Henry Whymper Thomas Smith Webb Human Rights John Brown abolitionist [15] Jean-Henri Dunant, Red Cross founder [5], [15] [Unconfirmed] Literature James Boswell Robert Burns Lord Chesterfield Sir Winston Churchill Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Edward Gibbon, historian, i. Dec. 19, 1774, Lodge of Friendship No. 3 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe i. June 23, 1780, Lodge Amalia, Weimer [AQC] Rudyard Kipling Douglas Malloch Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Lodge No. 16, London Aleksander Pushkin (1799-1837), i.1821, Lodge Ovid, Kischinev [15] Robert Service i.1912, Yukon Lodge No. 45, Dawson City Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), i.1801, Saint David Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh [15] Jonathan Swift Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), i.1841, Banagher Lodge No. 306, Ireland [15] Voltaire i. April 7, 1778, Lodge of the Nine Sisters, Paris [5] Lew Wallace (1854-1900) i.1850, Fountain Lodge No. 60, Covington, Indiana [5] Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) i.1875, Apollo Lodge No. 357, Oxford [15] Sir P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) i.1929, Jerusalem Lodge No. 197, London [UGLE records] Military Lord Cornwallis (1738-1805), [ascribed][5] Viscount Jellicoe PGM, Tasmania [29] Lord Kitchener Sir Horatio Nelson Field Marshal Suvorov, Lodge Zu Den Drei Kronen Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), Lodge Zur Aufrichtigen Herzen, Frankfurt Duke of Wellington, i. December 7, 1790, Lodge at Trim No. 494, Meath, Ireland
Medicine Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin. [15] Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814) Lodge of the Nine Sisters. [AQC 104] Edward Jenner (1749-1823), physician, discoverer of smallpox vaccine. William Worrall Mayo, (1819-1911), surgeon, r.1863: Rochester Lodge No. 21 [15] William James Mayo (1861-1939), surgeon, Rochester Lodge No. 21 (Denslow says he was not.)[15] Charles Horace Mayo (1865/07/19-1939/05/26), surgeon, i. 1890, Rochester Lodge No. 21 [15]
Music Composers Johann Christian Bach Ludwig van Beethoven [unconfirmed] William S. Gilbert Franz Haydn (1732-1809), i.1785, lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht, Vienna [15] Franz von Liszt (1811-1886), i.1841, Lodge Zur Einigkeit, Frankfurt [15] Rouget de Lisle i. 1782 Loge Les Freres discrets Wolfgang Mozart Jean Julius Sibelius (1865-1957) [15] Arthur Sullivan Rick Wakeman Religion and philosophy Geoffrey Fisher (1887-1972), 99th Archbishop of Canterbury (1945-1972) [20] Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (b. 1729/01/22) dramatist. r. Hamburg 1770/10/14 [18] i.1771, lodge Zu den Drei Goldenen Rosen [15] Johann C. Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) Rudolstadt Lodge, Berlin [22] Swami Vivekananda, Anchor and Hope No. 1, Kolkotta Publishers Andrew Bell Mark Lemon (1809-1870), founder Punch i.1854, Globe Lodge No. 23, London [15] Sports Avery Brundage, International Olympic President (1952-72) [5] Scientists and inventors For further notes see <freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/liberal/science.html> Sir Joseph Banks [15] Vannevar Bush. Samuel Colt, Inventor of the revolver. St. John’s Lodge, Hartford, CN [15, 23] Erasmus Darwin (1732-1802) physician and botonist. i. at St. David’s Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh in 1754. Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903-1990) professor of electrical engineering, MIT. [5] Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), Centre Lodge No. 23, Indianapolis [15] John Loudon Macadam (1756-1836), Scottish engineer [15] Antonio Meucci, inventor of the telephone Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, invented hot air balloon. i.1784, Lodge Les Neuf Soeurs, Paris [14] Joseph Michel Montgolfier, invented hot air balloon. i.1784, Lodge Les Neuf Soeurs, Paris [14] William Ostwald (1853-1932) German chemist, Grand Master, Grand Lodge Zur Aufgehenden Sonne, Bayreuth [15] Jacob Perkins (1766-1849), printed first penny postage stamp in 1840. [5] James F. Smathers, inventor of the electric typewriter, Gate City Lodge No 522, Kansas City. James Watt (1736-1819) developer of the steam engine. i. 1763. Steve Wozniak, Co-founder of Apple Computers, Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, CA Statecraft Salvador Allende (1908-1973), i. 1935, Lodge Progresso No. 4, Valparaiso [15] Sveinn Bjornsson (d. 1952) First president of Iceland, Grand Master, GL Iceland [15] Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Jerusalem Lodge No. 44 [15] Simon Bolivar, i. Cadiz, Spain, Founder Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru[14] Edward VII, King of England [11] Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 – 1882)i. August 8, 1844, Loge Les Amis de la Patrie, Uruguay King George VI. Navy Lodge No. 2612, London, England. David Kalakaua (1836-1891) King of Hawai’i, 1874-91. Master, Lodge Le Progress de l’Oceanie No. 124, 1859 [15, 31] King Kamehameha IV (1834-1863) Master, Lodge Le Progress de l’Oceanie No. 124, 1857 [15, 31] King Kamehameha V (1830-1872) Hawai’ian Lodge No. 21, 1853 [15, 31] Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), Grand Master, Grand Orient of Italy [15], [5] Lord Minto, Governor General of India Charles Montesquieu, The Horn Tavern Lodge, London Napoleon Bonaparte [AQC 1914] Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847), r.1797, Lodge No. 189 [15] Sir Lynden O. Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas [21] Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, r. July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap Cecil Rhodes, founder of Rhodesia, i. April 17, 1877, Apollo University Lodge, ER Jose Rizal (d. 1896/12/30) i. Acacia Lodge 9, Spain [14]
American founders For a more complete list see <freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/antimasonry05.html#usa> Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American printer i.1731, St. John’s Lodge, Philadelphia, PA William F. Cody (1846-1917), r. Platte Valley Lodge No. 32, Nebraska [15] David Crockett (1786-1836), [15] Kit Carson, (1809/12/24-1868/04/23) Montezuma Lodge 109, Taos, New Mexico [15], [14] Gilbert Lafayette [5] Sam Houston (1793-1863), i.1817, Cumberland Lodge No. 8, Nashville TN [15] Paul Revere (1735-1818), 1794-97, Grand Master, Massachusetts [15] George Washington (1732-1799), Master, Alexandria Lodge No. 22 Astronauts For full list see <freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/spacemason/index.html> John Glenn, Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, OH Civics Daniel Carter Beard, Boy Scouts of America founder. Mariners Lodge No. 67, NY Thomas Bradley, mayor of Los Angeles Robert J. Dole, senator. i. 1955/04/19, Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas) [14] Barry M. Goldwater, US senator. Arizona Lodge No. 2, Phoenix, May 12, 1931 (1930/04 [15]) Prince Hall, African Grand Lodge of North America founder. Massachusetts Melvin Jones, Lions Clubs International founder. Garden City Lodge No. 141, Illinois Oliver Kelley, National Grange founder. Cataract Lodge No. 2, Minnesota Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New York mayor (b. 1882/12/11): i. 1913, Garibaldi Lodge 542, New York [14] Thurgood Marshall, USA Supreme Court Judge, Coal Creek Lodge No. 88, Tulsa, Oklahoma PHA [21] Joel R. Poinsett, Solomon’s Lodge No. 1, Charleston Carl B. Stokes, mayor of Cleveland Andrew Young, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Civil Rights John Brown Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., i Harmony Lodge No. 88, Chicago, Illinois. [21] Commerce and industry John Jacob Astor, financier. W.M. Holland Lodge No.8 (1798) [15] Walter P. Chrysler (1875-1940) [15] Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company r. Palestine Lodge 357, Detroit: 1894. [14] King C. Gillette (1855-19032), inventor of the safety razer Charles Hilton (1843-1905), Chicago hotelier, i.1866, William B. Warren Lodge No. 309, IL [15] Frank G. Hoover (1883-1954) Hoover vacuum, William McKinley Lodge No. 431, Ohio [15] John H. Johnson, publisher Ebony and Jet Magazines [21] Melvin Jones (b. 1880) Co-founder of Lions International, Garden City Lodge No. 141, Chicago, Ill. [15] Sebastion S. Kresge (b 1867) founder Kresge store chain. Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit [15] Frederick L. Maytag (1857-1937) founder Maytag Co.. i.1887/04/23: Newton Lodge No. 59, Iowa [5] Dr. John Stith Pemberton, inventor of Coca-Cola® [unconfirmed] J.C. Penney, department store founder i.Wasatch Lodge No. 1, Salt Lake City [15] Rowland Macy, department store founder i.Merrimack Lodge, Haverhill, Mass. Col. Harland Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken David Sarnoff (1891-1971), i.1921, Strict Observance Lodge No. 94, NY [15] [15] Horace Saks, Saks Fifth Avenue. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s Restaurants, Sol. D. Bayless Lodge No 359, Fort Wayne, Indiana Whitney M. Young, director of National Urban League Education Francis Bellamy, author of USA Pledge of Allegiance. Little Falls Lodge No. 181, Little Falls, NY DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Grand Master, New York; Governor, New York; founded New York public school system William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Educator/Scholar and co-founder of the NAACP. i. Widow’s Son Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut[14], [22] Booker T. Washington (1859-1915), Grand Master, Massachusetts, PHA Dr. Charles H. Wesley Entertainment William “Bud” Abbott (1895-1974) Daylight Lodge No.525, MI [19] Richard Arlen (1899-1976) Utopia No. 537, CA [19] Cliff Arquette – Ravenwood Lodge No. 777, Chicago Max Asher (1879- ? ) Mount Olive Lodge No. 586, CA (Keystone Kop) [19] Gene Autry (1907-1998) Catoosa Lodge No. 185, OK [19] Eddie Baker (1897-1968) Cahuenga No.513, CA (Keystone Kop) [19] Billy Bevan (1887-1957) 233 Club, CA [19] Clyde Beatty (1903-1965) Craftsman Lodge No. 521, Detroit [5] Wallace Beery Sr. (1885-1949) Blaney No. 271, IL [19] Ernest Borgnine, Abingdon Lodge No. 48, Virginia [15] Joe E. Brown (1892-1973) Rubicon No.237, OH [19] Cantinflas (1911-1993) Mexican Lodge [19] Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) Munn Lodge No. 190, New York [15] Glen Cavender (1887-1962) Mount Olive No.586, CA (Keystone Kop) [19] Chester Conklin (1888-1971) University No.394, CA (Keystone Kop) [19] Charles Correll (Amos) – Trio Lodge No. 57, Chicago Donald Crisp (1880-1974) Harry S. Orme No.458, CA [19] William DeBeck – North Shore Lodge No. 936, Chicago Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959). Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, NY Richard Dix (1894-1949) Harry S. Orme No. 458, CA [19] Richard Dreyfuss, At Sight: 2011/06/10, District of Columbia Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (1883-1939) Beverly Hills No.528, CA [19] W.C. Fields, (1880-1946) E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia [15] Glenn Ford Clark Gable (1901-1960) i. 1933, Beverly Hills Lodge No.528 CA [15] Arthur Godfrey. (b. 1903) Acacia Lodge No. 18, Washington, DC [14] Freeman Gosden (Andy) – Petersburg Lodge No. 15, VA David W. Griffith (1874-1948) St. Cecile No.568, NY [19] Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), Solomon Lodge No. 20, Florida [15] DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935) Pacific No.233, CA [19] Harry Houdini, i. Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York Al Jolson (1885-1950) St. Cecile No.568, NY [19] Buck Jones (1888-1950) Harry S. Orme No.458, CA [19] Fred Kelsey (1884-1961) Mount Olive No.586, CA [19] Wayne King, Paul Revere Lodge No. 998 Harold C. Lloyd (1893-1971), i.1925, Hamilton 535, Hollywood [15] Hank Mann (1877-1971) Mount Olive No.586, CA [19] Harpo Marx [Unconfirmed] Tom Mix (1880-1940) Utopia No.537, CA [19] Audie Murphy (1924-1971) North Hollywood No.542, CA [19] Dick Powell (1904-1963) Ascot Lodge No. 538. Los Angeles [5] Tyrone Power Sr.Howard Lodge No. 35 New York Richard Pryor (1940-2005) Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, IL [30] Roy Rene (1892-1954) Thespian No.256, NSW Australia [19] Michael Richards (1949- ) Riviera No.780, CA (Seinfeld) [19] Don Rickles Paul Robeson (1898-1976) “at sight” [19] Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) John L. Spinks No.507, MS [19] Roy Rogers (1912-1998) Hollywood No.355, CA [19] Will Rogers (1879-1935) Claremore No.55, OK [19] Charles P. “Chic” Sale – Urbana Lodge No. 157, Urbana, IL Ringling Brothers Peter Sellers (1925-1980) Chelsea No.3098, E.C. Great Britain [19] “Red” Skelton (1910-1997) Vincennes No.1, IN [19] Frank Skinner – Benevolent lodge No.52, Meredosia, IL Leo Slezak (1873-1940) Lodge Unknown [19] [Unconfirmed] Danny Thomas Hal Brent Wallis – Prudence Lodge No. 958, Chicago John Wayne (1907-1979) r. 1970/07/11, Marion McDaniel No.56, AZ [19] Chill Wills [Unconfirmed] Ed Wynn (1886-1966) Philadelphia No.9, PA [19] Alan Young, (Mr. Ed) [Unconfirmed] Darryl F. Zanuck – Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. – Accordia Lodge No.277 Adolph Zukor – Centennial Lodge No. 763, New York, NY Literature Edgar A. Guest, Ashler Lodge No. 91, Detroit John Steinbeck Mark Twain Lew Wallace (1827-1905), author of Ben Hur, i.1850, Fountain Lodge No. 60, Covington, Indiana [15]
Law Roscoe Pound
Law enforcement Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith J. Edgar Hoover
Military Pierre G.T. Beauregard[5] Omar Bradley – West Point Lodge No. 877, NY Mark Wayne Clark r. Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis: Dec. 30, 1929. [5] Jimmy Doolittle [14] Admiral Ernest King (1878-1956) Curtis Lemay George C. Marshall (Nobel Peace Prize 1953) Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), 1936, Manila Lodge No. 1, Phillipines) [15] Audie Murphy John Paul Jones iSt. Bernards Lodge No. 122, Scotland [5] John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) i.1888, Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, Nebraska [15] Monument Creators James Hoban, White House architect Founder Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC [14] Gutzon Borglum (1771-1941), Mount Rushmore, r.Howard Lodge No. 35, NY [15] Music Composers Irving Berlin (1888-1989) Munn Lodge No. 190, NY George Michael Cohan (1878-1942) Pacific No.223, CA [19] W. C. Handy, Hiram Lodge No. 4, New York PHA [21] Jerome Kern [14] John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), Hiram Lodge No. 10, DC [15] Country Western Eddie Arnold (1918- ) East Nashville No. 560, TN [19] Roy Acuff (1903-1992) East Nashville No. 560, TN [19] Gene Autry (1907-1998) Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Catoosa, Oklahoma: 1927 [5] Burl Ives (1909-1995) Magnolia No. 242, CA [19] Tex Ritter (1905/01/12 – 1974/01/02) Metropolitan Lodge No. 646, California [25] Jimmy Rodgers Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye), i.1946, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, Hollywood Mel Tillis, Branson Lodge No. 587 [23]
Jazz William “Count” Basie (1904-1984) Wisdom Lodge No. 102, Chicago IL James Herbert “Eubie” Blake Nat “King” Cole, Thomas Waller Lodge No. 49, Los Angeles, CA PHA [15], [21] Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, i. 1932, Social Lodge No. 1 DC, PHA [15] Lionel Hampton, Boyer Lodge No. I New York PHA, [21] Al Jolson (1886-1950), St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, NY [15] Oscar Peterson Paul Whiteman Presidents [18] George Washington, i. 11/4/1752 Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, Virginia James Monroe, i. 11/9/1775 Williamsburgh Lodge No. 6, Virginia Andrew Jackson, Harmony Lodge No. 1 (?); Grand Master 1822-24, Tennessee James Knox Polk, r. 9/4/1820 Columbia Lodge No. 31, Tennessee David Rice Atchison, “president pro tempore”: March 4, 1849. member: Platte Lodge No. 56, Mo. James Buchanan, r. 1/24/1817 Lodge No. 43, Pennsylvania Andrew Johnson, i. 1851, Greenville Lodge No. 119, Tennessee James A. Garfield, r. 11/22/1864, Magnolia Lodge No. 20, Ohio William McKinley, r. 4/3/1865, Hiram Lodge No. 21, Virginia Theodore Roosevelt, r. 4/24/1901, Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay William Howard Taft, made a mason at sight 2/18/1909. affiliated Kilwinning Lodge 356, Ohio Warren G. Harding, r. 8/13/1920, Marion Lodge No. 70, Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, r. 1911/11/28, Holland Lodge No. 8 New York Harry S Truman – i. 02/09/1909, r. 03/18/1909, Belton Lodge No. 450 Lyndon Baines Johnson, (EA) i. October 30, 1937, Johnson City Lodge No. 561, Texas Gerald Ford, r. May 18, 1951, Columbia Lodge No. 3 Politics William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) [14] Harold Stassen (1907-2001) Religion Robert E. B. Baylor (1793-1874) Baylor University, Waco. Grand Chaplain, Texas [15] Preston Bradley (b. 1888) founder Peoples Church, Chicago, Blaney Lodge No. 271, Chicago[15] Hugh I. Evans (1887-1958) Presbyterian Church national head, Grand Chaplain, Ohio 1926 [15] Joseph Smith (1805/12/23-1844/06/27)r March 16, 1842, Nauvoo Lodge [26] William Miller (1782/02/15-1849/12/20) Morning Star Lodge No. 27, Vermont Brigham Young (1801/06/01-1877/08/29) r April 9, 1842, Nauvoo Lodge [26] Wilbur P. Thirkield (b 1854) Methodist Episcopal Bishop[15] Norman Vincent Peale Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY. [15] Sports Ty Cobb – i. 1907, Royston Lodge No.426 Detroit, MI Jack Dempsey – Kenwood Lodge No.800 Chicago, IL Jack Johnston (1878-1946), heavyweight boxing champion, i.1911, Lodge Forfar and Kincardine No. 225, Dundee, Scotland [15] Shaquille O’Neal, At Sight: 2011/06/11, Widow’s Son Lodge No. 28, Boston Branch Rickey (1881-1965), baseball player, i. Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis, Missouri [15] Sugar Ray Robinson (b. 1921), heavyweight boxing champion, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NY PHA [15]
The following have been claimed to be freemasons without documented evidence; Aga Khan III[15] Louis Armstrong Francis Bacon Lord Baden-Powell Art Bell talk show host Ambrose Bierce William Marrion Branham George Walker Bush Sr. Sir Guy Carleton Dick Cheney, USA Vice-president Captain James Cook Dante Walt Disney Friederich Engels Millard Fillmore “Friz” Freleng Billy Graham L. Ron Hubbard Abraham Lincoln Karl Marx Lord Mountbatten Carroll O’Conner Dom Antoine-Joseph Pernety Augusto Pinochet Ugarte Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) Prime Minister of Israel Charles Taze Russell Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax (1814-1894) [15] James Smithson Joseph Stalin Sir Richard Steele Bram Stoker Emanuel Swedenborg Tito (Josip Broz) Theobald Wolfe Tone Richard Wagner John Wesley H. G. Wells (1866-1946) alleged [14] Lejzer Ludvig Zamenhof
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