United States Presidents

Buchanan, James – President of the US
Ford, Gerald R. – President of the US
Garfield, James A. – President of the US
Harding, Warren G. – President of the US
Jackson, Andrew – President of the US
Johnson, Andrew – President of the US
McKinley, William – President of the US
Monroe, James – President of the US
Polk, James Knox – President of the US
Roosevelt, Franklin D. – President of the US
Roosevelt, Theodore – President of the US
Taft, William Howard – President of the US
Truman, Harry S. – President of the US
Washington, George – President of US, 1st

United States Supreme Court Justices

Black, Hugo L. – Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr., John – Supreme Court Justice
Blatchford, Samuel – Supreme Court Justice
Baldwin, Henry – Supreme Court Justice
Burton, Harold H. – Supreme Court Justice
Byrnes, James F. – Supreme Court Justice
Catton, John – Supreme Court Justice
Clark, Thomas C. – Supreme Court Justice
Clarke, John H. – Supreme Court Justice
Cushing, William – Supreme Court Justice
Devanter, Willis Van – Supreme Court Justice
Douglas, William O. – Supreme Court Justice
Ellsworth, Oliver – Supreme Court Justice
Field, Stephen J. – Supreme Court Justice
Harlan, John M. – Supreme Court Justice
Jackson, Robert H. – Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Joseph E. – Supreme Court Justice
Marshall, John – Chief Justice US Supreme Court
Marshall, Thurgood – Supreme Court Justice
Mathews, Stanley – Supreme Court Justice
Minton, Sherman – Supreme Court Justice
Moody, William H. – Supreme Court Justice
Nelson, Samuel – Supreme Court Justice
Paterson, William – Supreme Court Justice
Pitney, Mahlon – Supreme Court Justice
Reed, Stanley F. – Supreme Court Justice
Rutledge, Wiley B. – Supreme Court Justice
Stewart, Potter – Supreme Court Justice
Swayne, Noah H. – Supreme Court Justice
Todd, Thomas – Supreme Court Justice
Trimble, Robert – Supreme Court Justice
Vinson, Frederick M. – Supreme Court Justice
Warren, Earl – Supreme Court Justice
Woodbury, Levi – Supreme Court Justice
Woods, William B. – Supreme Court Justice

Military

Arnold, General Henry “Hap” – Commander of the Army Air Force
Bradley, Omar N. – Military leader
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. – Flew over North Pole
Doolittle, General James – Famous Air Force Pilot
Jones, John Paul – First Admiral of the US Navy
Lafayette, Marquis de – Supporter of American Freedom
Lindbergh, Charles – Aviator
MacArthur, General Douglas – Commander of Armed Forces in Philippines
Marshall, George – General of the Armies
McClellan, General George B. – Army of the Potomac, Presidential candidate against Abe Lincoln, faced General Robert E. Lee at the battle of Antietam and twice Governor of New Jersey.
Montgomery, Richard Major General – Fist General Officer of the Continental Army killed in the Battle for Quebec on Dec 31, 1775.
Murphy, Audie – Most decorated soldier of WW11.
Peary, Robert E. – First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Pershing, John Joseph – Decorated American Soldier
Rickenbacker, Eddie – Great American Air Force Ace
Tirpitz, Alfred Von – German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare

Sports

Cobb, Ty – An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Combs, Earle Bryan – Baseball Hall of Fame
Dempsey, Jack – Sports
Hornsby, Rogers – A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Naismith, James – Inventor of Basketball
Palmer, Arnold – Golf Pro

Actors\Writers

Autry, Gene – Actor
Borgnine, Ernest – Actor
Burns, Robert – The National Poet of Scotland
Casanova – Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Clemens, Samuel L. – Mark Twain – writer
Cohan, George M. – Broadway star
Collodi, Carlo – Writer of Pinocchio
Doyle, Sir Author Conan – Writer – Sherlock Holmes
Fairbanks, Douglas – Silent film actor
Fields, W.C. – Actor
Gable, Clark – Actor
Gibbon, Edward – Writer – Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Godfrey, Arthur – Actor
Gray, Harold Lincoln – Creator of “Little Orphan Annie
Hardy, Oliver – Actor – Comedian
Kipling, Rudyard – Writer
Lincoln, Elmo – First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Mix, Tom – US Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films
Murphy, Audie – Most decorated American Soldier of WWII
Pushkin, Aleksander – Russian Poet
Rogers, Roy – American cowboy and screen star
Rogers, Will – Actor
Scott, Sir Walter – Writer
Sellers, Peter – Actor
Shakespeare, William – Writer
Swift, Jonathan – Wrote Gulliver’s Travels
Voltaire – French writer and philosopher
Wallace, Lewis – Wrote “Ben Hur”
Wayne, John – Actor

Musicians\ Entertainers

Bassie, William “Count” – Orchestra leader/composer
Berlin, Irving – Entertainer
Clark, Roy – Country Western Star
Dickens, Little Jimmy – Grand Ole Opry Star
Ellington, Duke – Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Jolson, Al – Fame as the first ‘talking picture’ the Jazz Singer
Key, Francis Scott – Wrote US National Anthem
Lloyd, Harold C. – Entertainer
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Composer
Sax, Antoine Joseph – Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Sibelius, Jean – Composer (Finland)
Skelton, Red – Entertainer
Smith, John Stafford – Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem.
Sousa, John Philip – Led the US Marine Band from 1880 – 1892
Stratton, Charles “Tom Thumb” – Entertainer
Tillis, Mel – Country Singer
Whiteman, Paul – “King of Jazz”

Government Leaders

Abbott, Sir John J.C. – Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Bennett, Viscount R.B. – Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Borden, Sir Robert L. – Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie – Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Churchill, Winston – British Leader
Diefenbaker, John G. – Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Edward VII – King of England
Edward VIII – King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
George VI – King of England during W.W. II
MacDonald, Sir John A. – Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
Nunn, Sam – US Senator
Wallace, Governor George C. – Presidential Candidate who was nearly assassinated

Astronauts

Aldrin, Edwin E. – Astronaut
Armstrong, Neil – Astronaut
Glenn, John H. – First American to orbit the earth in a space craft
Grissom, Virgil – Astronaut

Early American Pioneers

Austin, Stephen F. – Father of Texas
Bowie, James – Alamo
Brant, Joseph – Chief of the Mohawks 1742 – 1807
Burnett, David G. – 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Carson, Christopher “Kit” – Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Clark, William – Explorer
Cody, “Buffalo Bill” William – Indian fighter, Wild West Show
Colt, Samuel – Firearms inventor
Crockett, David – American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Henry, Patrick – Patriot
Houston, Sam – 2nd&4th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones, Anson – 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Lamar, Mirabeau B. – 3rd President of the Republic of Texas
Lewis, Meriwether – Explorer
Livingston, Robert – Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory
Revere, Paul – Famous American
Travis, Colonel William B. – Alamo

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Franklin, Benjamin – 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the US
Hancock, John – 1of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independence

Other Famous Masons

Balfour, Lloyd – Jewelry
Bartholdi, Frederic A. – Designed the Statue of Liberty Baylor, Robert E. B. – Founder Baylor University Beard, Daniel Carter – Founder Boy Scouts
Bell, Lawrence – Bell Aircraft Corp.
Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln – Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
BuBois, W.E.B. – Educator/scholar
Calvo, Father Francisco – Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
Chrysler, Walter P. – Automotive fame Citroen, Andre – French Engineer and motor car manufacturer
Desaguliers, John Theophilus – Inventor of the planetarium
Dow, William H. – Dow Chemical Co.
Drake, Edwin L – American Pioneer of the Oil industry Dunant, Jean Henri – Founder of the Red Cross Ervin Jr, Samual J. – Headed “Watergate” committee Faber, Eberhard – Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company
Fisher, Geoffrey – Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 – 1961
Fitch, John – Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming, Sir Alexander – Invented Penicillin
Ford, Henry – Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer Gatling, Richard J. – Built the “Gatling Gun” Gilbert, Sir William S. – Was the librettis for “Pirates of Penance”
Gillett, King C. – Gillett Razor Co.
“Grock – Swiss Circus Clown
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace – Inventor of the “Guillotin” Hedges, Cornelius – “Father” of Yellowstone National Park
Henson, Josiah – Inspired the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Hilton, Charles C. – American Hotelier
Hoban, James – Architect for the US Capital
Hoe, Richard M. – Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing
Hoover, J. Edgar – Director of FBI
Houdini, Harry – Magician
Jenner, Edward – Inventor – Vaccination
Jones, Melvin – One of the founders of the Lions International
Lake, Simon – Built first submarine successful in open sea.
Land, Frank S. – Founder Order of DeMolay
Lipton, Sir Thomas – Tea
Marshall, James W. – Discovered Gold at Sutter’s Mill California 1848
Mayer, Louis B. – Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles – Began Mayo Clinic Maytag, Fredrick – Maytag
Menninger, Karl A. – Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness
Michelson, Albert Abraham – Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne – Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon
New, Harry S. – Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort – Christian Minister
Olds, Ransom E. – American automobile pioneer Otis, James – Famous for “Taxation without Representation is Tyranny”
Papst, Charles F. – Coined the term “Athletes Foot”
Peale, Norman Vincent – Founder of “Guidepost”
Penny, James C. – Retailer
Poinsett, Joel R. – US Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia
Pullman, George – Built first sleeping car on train.
Ringling Brothers – All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.
Salten, Felix – Creator of Bambi
Sarnoff, David – Father of T.V.
Schoonover, George – Founder of “The Builder”
Stanford, Leland – Drove the gold spike linking the intercontinental railroad
Stanford, Leland – Railroads & Stanford University
Still, Andrew T. – American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy
Teets, John W. – Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Dave – Founder of Wendys Restaurant
Thomas, Lowell – Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Wadlow, Robert Pershing – Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
Warner, Jack – Warner Brothers Fame
Webb, Matthew – First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Wyler, William – Director of “Ben Hur”
Zanuck, Darryl F. – Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz – His Ziegfeld’s Follies began in 1907