About Freemasonry
Freemasonry is the world's oldest and largest fraternal organization. It's members may be found in every free country in the world. There are over one million Freemasons in the United States alone.
A candidate for initation must be a man, free born, unmutilated, and of mature age. A belief in the existence of God as the Grand Architect of the Universe and in a resurrection to a future life.
| Below is a list of famous Masons: Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut Appleton, Sir Edward Victor - Nobel Prize Winner for physics in 1947 Armstrong, Neil - Astronaut Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas Berlin, Irving - Entertainer Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore Borgnine, Ernest - Actor Bradley, Gen. Omar N. - Military leader Bruce, James - Discovered the source of the Blue Nile in Abyssinia 1770 Buchanan, James - President of the U.S. Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame Churchill, Winston - British Leader Clark, Roy - Country Western Star Clark, William - Explorer Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West Show Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor Cooper, Leroy Gordon - Astronaut Crockett, David - American Frontiersman of Alamo fame De Mille, Cecil B - Film producer-director Dempsey, Jack - Boxer Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor Fields, W.C. - Actor Fleming, Sir Alexander - Invented Penicillin Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S. Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S. Gable, Clark - Actor Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S. Gibbon, Edward - Author of "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co. Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth in a space craft Godfrey, Arthur - Actor Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie" Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut Hancock, John - 1of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independence Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S. Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. Capital Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press Hope, Bob - Comedian Houdini, Harry - Magician Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas Irwin, James Benson - Astronaut Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S. Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S. Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International Kane, Elisha Kent - Arctic explorer Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem King, Charles Glen - Isolated vitamin C Kipling, Rudyard - Writer Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successful in open sea. Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator Lipton, Sir Thomas - Founder Lipton Tea Company Liszt, Franz von - Hungarian composer Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philillines Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Founded the Mayo Clinic Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag McKinley, William - President of the U.S. Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882 Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films Monroe, James - President of the U.S. Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon Morris, Dr. Robert - Poet and Founder of the Order of Eastern Star Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister O'Connell, Daniel - Irish patriot Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer Ostwald, Wilhelm - Nobel prize-winner in chemistry 1909 Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909) Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier Pike, Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S. Pope, Alexander - English poet and satirist Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train. Richet, Charles Robert - Nobel prize-winner in medicine and physiology 1913 Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons. Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star Rogers, Will - Actor Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the U.S. Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the U.S. Sabatini, Raphael - English novelist "The Sea Hawk" "Captain Blood" Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V. Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846) Scott, Robert Falcon - English polar explorer Scott, Sir Walter - Writer Sellers, Peter - Actor Sexson, Mark - Minister & Founder: Intl. Order of Rainbow for Girls Shackelton, Sir Ernest H - English explorer Skelton, Red - Entertainer Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem. Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892 Stanford, Leland - Founded Stanford University Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy Streseman, Gustav - Nobel Peace prize-winner 1926 Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels Taft, William Howard - President of the U.S. Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo Truman, Harry S. - President of the U.S. Voltaire - French writer and philosopher Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur" Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame Washington, George - President of US, 1st Wayne, John - Actor Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875) Wellington, Arthur, Duke of - Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo Wilde, Oscar - Writer Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur" Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933 |
About Freemasonry