This is a list of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal
organization which exists in a number of forms worldwide. 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.
Jose Abad Santos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Abd al-Qadir, Sufi mystic, scholar and political leader
John Abbott Canadian Prime Minister (1891 - 1892). Initiated St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847.
William "Bud" Abbott of the Abbott & Costello comedy team.
Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino composer. Raised in Luzon Lodge No. 57
Sherman Adams Governor of New Hampshire and U.S. Congressman.
Gregorio Aglipay, first Filipino Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church
Emilio Aguinaldo First President of the Philippines. Pilar Lodge No. 203 (now Pilar Lodge No. 15)
at Imus Cavite and was founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31 (renamed Emilio Aguinaldo Lodge No. 31 in his honor)
Agustín I of Mexico, emperor of Mexico
Nelson Aldrich, United States Senator from Rhode Island. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1877-78, member of What Cheer lodge.
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Astronaut. 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 - President of Ecuador
Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, Vice-chancellor of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Belgian senator
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
Galicano Apacible, Filipino 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
Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate general during the American Civil War. Alexandria-Washington Lodge #22, Alexandria, Virginia
Louis Armstrong, Jazz musician. Montgomery Lodge No. 18 (Prince Hall), New York.
Johann Christian Bach, Composer. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London
Michael Baigent, British author and editor of Freemasonry Today
Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary, Lodge Il Progresso Sociale, Florence 1864
Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian historian, journalist and 1848 revolutionary.
Henry Baldwin, US Associate Justice (1830-1844):[30] 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 and politician
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, Puerto Rican politician and statesman. Logia Unión Germana, San Germán, Puerto Rico.
Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania.
George Valentin Bibescu, Romanian aviation pioneer, Grand Master of Romanian Grand Lodge from 1911 to 1916.
Henry Harrison Bingham, Union Army officer during the American Civil War. Chartiers Lodge #297, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
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)
Simón Bolívar, Leader of South American independence. (Initiated: Cádiz, Spain)[34] Founding brother of 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
Andrés Bonifacio, Leader during Philippine Revolution from Spain. Taliba Lodge No. 165 under Gran Oriente Español (Spanish Grand Lodge)
Omar Bongo, President of Gabon.
Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gutzon Borglum, American sculpture, 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
James Bowie, Frontiersman, Inventor of the Bowie knife. L'Humble Chaumiere Lodge No. 19 Opelousas, Louisiana.
Charles Bradlaugh, Nineteenth Century Atheist and Republican MP, Grand Lodge des Philadelphes, London
Omar N. Bradley, US General. 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, three-time Prime Minister of Romania
David Brearley, Signer of the US Constitution on behalf of New Jersey, 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
Charles Buls, mayor of Brussels
Luther Burbank, US horticulturist, botanist, agricultural science pioneer. Santa Rosa Lodge No. 57,
Arleigh Burke, US Admiral[26] Supreme Temple Architect (Honored in 1997)
Robert Burnaby, English explorer and businessman. 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, naval architect. Member of Peconic Lodge No. 349 Greenport, New York.
Cyriel Buysse, Flemish nationalist writer
Richard E. Byrd, US Admiral. Initiated in Federal Lodge No. 1 and founded First Antarctic Lodge No. 777 in 1935
Alessandro Cagliostro, Sicilian charlatan and occultist
Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico
Malcolm Campbell, English motor-racer
Eddie Cantor. Entertainer, raised in Munn Lodge No 190, New York City
Manuel Camus, Philippine Senator. October 12, 1898, Zetland in the East Lodge No 508 Singapore, under the jurisdiction of the M. W. Grand Lodge of England.
Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Prime Minister of Romania.
Carol II King of Romania (1930-40)
José Miguel Carrera, Chilean General and President.[58] St. John's Lodge No. 1, New York
Kit Carson, American Adventurer. Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Sante Fe, 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. 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
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.
André Citroen, French engineer and motor-car manufacturer, Lodge La Philosophie, Paris
Mark Wayne Clark, US Army General, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis
Thomas C. Clark, US Associate Justice (1949-1967)
William Clark, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Saint Louis Lodge No. 111.
John H. Clarke, US Associate Justice (1916-1922)
Henry Clay Speaker of the. U.S. House of Representatives and Grand Master of Kentucky.
Moses Cleaveland founded the city of Cleaveland, Ohio, 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. Royston Lodge No. 426, Detroit
William F. Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, 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, Canadian ice hockey player. 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
Edith Cowan, First woman elected to Australian Parliament, Member of St Cuthberts Lodge Perth Australia (Le Droit Humain)
Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy[73]
(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),[30] St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
Alexander John Cuza Romanian Domnitor of the Danubian Principalities, 1859-66
Jim Davidson. British comedian, Former Master, Chelsea Lodge, England
(resigned), Founding Master of British Forces Foundation (Lodge) No. 9725
William Crosby Dawson, US Judge and Politician, San Marino Lodge No. 34, F.&A.M, Greensboro, GA.
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
Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, reformer, journalist, and revolutionary leader of the Philippine Revolution.
Considered as the "Father of Philippine Masonry". Initiated in Spain in 1889
Isabelo de los Reyes, Filipino politician and labor activist in
Cecil B. DeMille Movie Director, member of Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York City
Süleyman Demirel, 9th President of the Republic of Turkey. Initiated in Grand Lodge of Turkey, 1955.
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[26] Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas
Ed Doolan US Radio Presenter
James Doolittle, US General.
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, Royal Colonial Institute Lodge No. 3556
Eberhard Faber, founder of the Faber Pencil Company. Chancellor Walworth No. 271, New York,
Douglas Fairbanks, movie star. Member of Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528
Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor. Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia
Stephen J. Field, US Associate Justice (1863-1897)
William Fields, American comedian. 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.
Hamilton Fish IV, US Politician
Geoffrey Fisher, the 99th Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion
John Fitch, US engineer. Member of Bristol lodge No.25
Sanford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor. St. Andrew's No. 16, Toronto, Ontario.
Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. London Scottish Rifles Lodge No. 2310
Banister Fletcher, English architect and historian of architecture. Initiated 1910, Authors' Lodge No. 3456
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, French poet and romance writer. Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
Martin Folkes, originator of the story of the falling apple inspiring Newton's discovery of gravity
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil. Grand Master of the Grande Oriente do Brasil.
Gerald Ford, U.S. President. 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. Member of Angerona
Lodge no. 168 in Tennessee
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)
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
Mark Koltko-Rivera, American scientific author in field of psychology. Winter Park Lodge #239 (Florida)
Mihail Kogălniceanu Prime Minister of Romania (1863-65), Liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist.
Frank S. Land, member of the Ivanhoe Lodge #446 on June 29, 1912 in Kansas City. He was the founder of DeMolay International.
Joseph Lamar, US Associate Justice (1888-1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), Afrikaans writer and member of South African parliament
José P. Laurel, President of the Japanese-Sponsored Republic of the Philippines during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Batangas Lodge No. 383 under the Gran Oriente Espanol, (renamed Batangas Lodge No. 35 under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines)
Leopold I of Belgium, king of Belgium
Meriwether Lewis, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Frank Licht, Politician. Governor of Rhode Island (1969-1973)
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
Harold Lloyd, silent film comedian and Imperial Potentate of the Shriners of North America, 1949-50
Graciano López Jaena, Filipino writer and journalist in the Philippine Revolution. Worshipful Master at Logia Povernir No. 2.
Juan Luna, Filipino painter and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the 1800s.
Raised in Paris, France, under the auspices of Lodge Solidaridad 53.
Apolinario Mabini, First prime minister, 1899. September 1892 at Logia Balagtas 149 under the Grand Oriente Espanol.
Sir John A. Macdonald, The first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada
(1867 - 1873 and 1878-1891). Began the creation of rail service across Canada.
St. John's Lodge No. 758, Kingston, Ontario. Honourary Past Grand Senior Warden
John Bayne Maclean, Canadian founder of Maclean's Magazine and President of Maclean's Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, ON.
Robert Macoy, US publisher and organizer of Eastern Star
Titu Maiorescu Romanian literary critic and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1913-14).
John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (1801-1835), 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
Francis Mason, American missionary and zoologist
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. Demitted from same to become a Charter Member of Eagle Lodge No. 431, Canton, Ohio (a.k.a. William McKinley Lodge)
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)
Ned Ray McWherter, Governor of Tennessee (1987-1995)
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)
J. B. Milam (1884-1949), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 32 degree Mason
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.
Jacque-Étienne Montgolfier, co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1745 - 1799. Initiated 1784, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1740 - 1810. Initiated 1806, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
William H. Moody, US Associate Justice (1906-1910)
Robert Moray, Scottish philosopher, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641.
John Hunt Morgan General for the Confederate States of America, Daviess Lodge #22, Lexington, Kentucky
Robert Morris, Poet Laureate of Freemasonry and founder of the Order of the Eastern Star
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria. Composed several pieces of Masonic ritual music, the first at age 11
Leopold Mozart, Father of Amadeus, Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria.
Audie Murphy, One of the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II
Brad Paisley, American country music artist, Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite
Alexandru Paleologu Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician
Rafael Palma, Filipino politician, writer, and educator. Fourth President of
the University of the Philippines. Bagong Buhay Lodge No. 291 (renumbered No.
16) July 14, 1908. Affiliated with Sinukuan Lodge No. 16 and in 1920 became
Grand Master, the unified Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands.
Arnold Palmer, Professional Golfer, Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Quintin Paredes, Filipino lawyer, politician, and statesman. Raised November
29, 1913 at Sinukuan Lodge No. 16 and became its Worshipful Master in 1920. Grand Master 1922
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) and 2nd governor of New Jersey
Norman Vincent Peale,Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, New York
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 J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Force, World War I, Lincoln Lodge No.19, Lincoln, Nebraska
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Navy Lodge No 2612, London
John Henry Lawrence Phillips, Bishop of Portsmouth,1960-1975: Provincial Grand Master Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 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
Augustus Le Plongeon, French Archaeologist. First to survey and excavate at Chitchen Itza.
Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. statesman, diplomat, physician and botanist.
James K. Polk, U.S. President. Initiated June 5, 1820, Columbia Lodge No. 31, Tennessee
Mariano Ponce, Filipino physician Initiated in Madrid and became Secretary of
Logia Revoluccion and Logia Solidaridad 53. He also became a 33° mason under the auspices of the Gran Oriente Español.
Eugène Edine Pottier, French composer of the Internationale
Reynato Puno, Chief Justice of the Philippines, Grandmaster of Masons, active
member of Hiram Lodge No. 88, and the Grand Lodge of the Philippines
Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet. Lodge Ovid, Kischinev, 1821
William Preston, Author of Illustrations of Masonry.
Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor. Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, Illinois
Manuel L. Quezon, First president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines under
U.S. occupation rule in the early period of the 20th century. Raised March 17,
1908 at Sinukuan Lodge No. 272 (renamed Sinukuan Lodge No. 16). first Filipino
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands that was established
in 1917.
Ion Heliade Rădulescu Romanian academic, poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician
Nick Rahall (b. 1949), US representative from West Virginia
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 New South Wales
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.
Paul Revere, American Revolutionary hero, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794-97.
Michael Richards, American Actor
Rafael del Riego, Spanish general and liberal politician
Ringling Brothers (all seven of them), American circus promoters
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
Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President. Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York
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
Manuel Roxas, was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines.
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 States (1795), Associate Justice (1789-1791)
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
Lope K. Santos, Tagalog language writer from the Philippines. first Woshipful Master of Magat Lodge No. 68 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.
Denis Sassou Nguesso, general and the president of the Republic of the Congo.
Peter Sellers, actor, comedian, star of The Goon Show and The Pink Panther movie series, Chelsea Lodge No 3098, UGLE
Sir Ernest Shackleton, UK explorer
Philipp Gotthard of Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau
Friedrich Schiller, Rudolstadt Lodge, Berlin
Richard Seddon, Longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893-1906), Grand Master of New Zealand (1898-1900)
Jean Sibelius, Composer, Suomi Lodge No. 1, Helsinki, Finland, 1922. Wrote several pieces of interest to Masons including "Praising Hymn" and the "Ode to Fraternity."
Heath Shuler, United States Congressman for North Carolina, Oconee Lodge 427.
Sampson Simson, Lawyer and philanthropist
James Sloan, co-founder of the Orange Order
Joseph Smith, Sr., Mormon leader, Ontario Lodge No. 23 of Canandaigua, New York, 1818
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,[26] 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.
Stanisław Stempowski, Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Poland(1926-1928)
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, Sullivan of 'Gilbert and Sullivan', and was also Grand Organist of the UGLE in 1887.
Goswin de Stassart, Belgian statesman
William Stukeley, English archaeologist and antiquarian. Lodge at Salutation Tavern, London.
Alphonso Taft, U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War. Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio
William Howard Taft, U.S. President. Made a "Mason at sight" inside Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio, February 18, 1909 Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio
Mehmed Talat, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Initiated into Macedonia Risorta Lodge, Thessaloniki,1903. First Grand Master of Ottoman Grand Orient (1909-1910)
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
Harry S Truman, U.S. President, Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton, Missouri. Grand Master of Missouri, 1940-1941
Mark Twain, American author. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, A.F.& A.M., St. Louis,
Missouri. (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.)
Sir Charles Warren, English archaeologist. Surveyor of Herod's Temple. Royal Lodge of Friendship No. 278, Gibraltar.
Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1953-1969), Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936
George Washington General, Politician, and First President of the United States. Initiated in Fredericksburg VA, Past Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia.
John Wayne, American actor, Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56
Thomas Smith Webb, author of Freemason’s Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, sometimes called the "Founding Father of the York or American Rite" for his efforts to promote that masonic body.
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, Austrian-American journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer.
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
Christopher Wren, English architect, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2,"adopted" May 18, 1691
John Yarker - English occultist - 1° Lodge of Integrity No. 189 (later 163)
Manchester, October 25, 1854, affiliated with Fidelity Lodge No. 623 April 27,
1855 - Expelled from the Ancient and Accepted Rite and Demitted (from all
regular Freemasonry), 1862
