Abbott,
Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada
1891-92
Abbott, Robert Sengstacke - Founder/publisher
"Chicago Defender"
Aldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz" -
Astronaut - Second man to walk on the
moon
Allen, Richard - Founder/first bishop
AME Church
Allende, Salvador - President of Chile,
overthrown in 1970
Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician
Arnold, General Henry "Hap"
- Commander of the Army Air Force
Astor, John Jacob - Fur trader and financier
Atkins, Chet - Musician
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene - Actor
Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour, Lloyd - Jewelry
Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the
Statue of Liberty
Basie, William "Count" - Orchestra
leader/composer
Baylor, Robert E. B. - Founder Baylor
University
Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy Scouts
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Bellamy, Rev. Francis - Authored U.S.
Pledge of Allegiance
Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister
of Canada 1930-35
Berlin, Irving - Entertainer
Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice
Blake, James Herbert "Eubie"
- Composer/pianist
Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Bolivar, Simon - South American freedom
fighter
Booth, Rev. William - Founder of the
Salvation Army
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister
of Canada 1911-1920
Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln - Father
and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest - American Actor
Botha, Pik - Former Foreign Minister
of South Africa
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister
of Canada 1894-96
Bowie, James (1796-1836) - Killed at the Battle of the Alamo
Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader
Bradley, Thomas - Former mayor of Los
Angeles, California
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks
1742 - 1807
Brundage, Avery - Olympic Committee
Bryan, Richard - U.S. Senator
Buchanan, James - President of the U.S.
Burbank, Luther - Pioneering botanist
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of
the Republic of Texas
Burns, Conrad - U.S. Senator
Burns, Robert - The National Poet of
Scotland
Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
Byrd, Robert - U.S. Senator
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over
North Pole
Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice
Cain, Michael - Actor
Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest
who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica
1865
Campbell, Sir Malcolm - Land speed record
holder
Carlson, Curtis L. - Entrepreneur
Carnahan, Melvin - Governor of Missouri
Carson, Christopher "Kit"
- Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer
and entertainer
Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
Chagall, Marc - Artist
Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Sir Winston - British Leader
Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and
motor car manufacturer
Clark, Roy - Country Western Star
Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme Court Justice
Clark, William - Explorer
Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice
Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer
and famous Missourian
Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William
- Indian fighter, Wild West Show
Cohan, George M. - Broadway star
Cole, Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer
Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of
Fame
Cooper, Gordon - Astronaut
Crockett, David - American Frontiersman
and Alamo fame
Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice
Dempsey, Jack - Sports
DeMille, Cecil B. - Movie director
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor
of the planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court
Justice
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister
of Canada 1957-63
Disney, Walter Elias - Cartoonist/movies
and famous Missourian
Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator
Doolittle, General James - Famous Army
Air Corps Pilot
Douglas, William O. - Supreme Court
Justice
Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock
Holmes
Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of
the Oil industry
DuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the
Red Cross
Edward VII - King of England
Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated
the throne in less than 1 year
Ellery, William - 1 of 9 Masonic signers
of the Declaration of Independance
Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger
and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Evers, Medger Wiley - Civil rights leader
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - U. S. Senator
- headed "Watergate" committee
Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous
Eberhard Faber Pencil Company
Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor
Field, Stephen J. - Supreme Court Justice
Fields, W.C. - Actor
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury
1945 - 1961
Fitch, John - Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming, Sir Alexander - Discovered
Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S.
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Forten, James - Abolitionist/manufacturer
Fortune, Timothy Thomas - Journalist
Franklin, Benjamin
- 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution
of the U.S.
Freeman, Orville - Former governor of
Minnesota and secretary of U.S. Dept.
of Agriculture
Gable, Clark - Actor
Garfield, James A. - President of the
U.S.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian freedom
fighter
Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling
Gun"
George VI - King of England during W.W.
II
Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire
Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the libretis
for "Pirates of Penzance"
Gillette, King C. - Gillette Razor Co.
Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit
the earth/U.S. Senator
Godfrey, Arthur - Radio and early televison
personality
Goldwater, Barry - Former U.S. Senator
Gompers, Samuel - Founder American Federation
of Labor
Grassley, Charles - U.S. Senator
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little
Orphan Annie"
Gris, Juan - Spanish artist- Synthetic
Cubism
Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut
Grock - Swiss Circus Clown
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor
of the "Guillotin"
Hall, Prince - First black American
Freemason
Haley, Alex - Author of "Roots"
Hampton, Lionel - Orchestra leader/composer
Hancock, John - 1 of 9 Masonic signers
of Declaration of Independance
Handel, George Fredrick - Composer
Handy, William C. - Composer "Father
of the Blues"
Harding, Warren G. - President of the
U.S.
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Harvey, Paul - Radio personality
Hatfield, Mark - U.S. Senator
Hawkins, Augustus F. - U.S. Congressman
California
Haydn, Franz Joseph F. - Composer and
Musician
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father"
of Yellowstone National Park
Helms, Jesse - U.S. Senator
Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Henson, Matthew - Explorer
Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier
Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S.
White House
Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary
press, revolutionizing newspaper printing
Hollings, Ernest - U.S. Senator
Hooks, Benjamin L. - Former Executive
Director NAACP
Hoover, Frank - Vacuum cleaner fame
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI
Hope, Bob - Comedian
Hornsby, Rogers - An original member
of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini, Harry - Magician
Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President
of the Republic of Texas
Humphrey, Hubert H. - Vice President
of the U.S.
Irwin, Jim - Astronaut
Ives, Burle - Musician
Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
James, Daniel "Chappie" -
General U.S. Air Force
Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
for Small Pox
Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S.
Johnson, John A 'Jack' - Heavyweight
boxing tiltle holder, 1908-1915
Johnson, John H. - Publisher EBONY and
Jet magazines
Johnston, Jr. , J. Bennett - U.S. Senator
Jolson, Al - Acted in the first 'talking
picture,' The Jazz Singer
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the
Republic of Texas
Jones, Captain John Paul (1747-1792) - American Continental Navy Commander during Revolutionary War
Jones, Melvin - One of the founders
of the Lions International
Keaton, Buster - Movie pioneer
Kemp, Jack - Former U.S. Congressman/sports
hero
Kern, Jerome - Composer
Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National
Anthem
Kipling, Rudyard - Writer
Knox, Henry - Revolutionary War General
Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of
American Freedom
LaGuardia, Fiorello H. - Diplomat and
3-time New York City Mayor
Lake, Simon - Built first submarine
successful in open sea
Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of
the Republic of Texas
Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
- Past Potentate of the Ararat
Shrine and the Imperial
Shrine
Lemon, Mark - Founder of Punch, humorous
British magazine
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Tea
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for
purchase of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer
Lott, Trent - U.S. Senator
MacArthur, General Douglas (1880-1964) - American Allied Commander Armed Forces in Philipines
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister
of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold
at Sutter's Mill California 1848
Marshall, John (1755-1835) - Chief Justice U.S.
Supreme Court 1801 - 1835
Marshall, Thurgood (1908-1993) - Supreme Court Justice 1967-1991
Mathews, Stanley (1824-1889) - Supreme Court Justice - 1881-1889
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer - formed
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Began
Mayo Clinic
Mays, Benjamin - Educator/former president
Atlanta University
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
McKinley, William - President of the
U.S.
Menninger, Karl A. - Psychiatrist famous
for treating mental illness
Mellon, Andrew - American industrialis,
banker and philanthropist
Mesmer, Franz Anton - Practiced Mesmerism
which led to Hypnotism
Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Olympic champion
Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully
measured the speed of light in 1882
Miller, Glenn - Musician
Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor
- Starred in over 400 western films
Monroe, James - President of the U.S.
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer
of the first practical hot-air balloon
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel - Co-developer
of the first practical hot-air balloon
Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Murphy, Audie Leon (1925-1971) - Most decorated American
Soldier of WWII - Medal of Valor - 32 other
medals, Actor.
Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
Nash, Charles - Automobile industry
Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who
established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister
Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator
Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile
pioneer
Otis, James - Famous for "Taxation
without Representation is Tyranny"
Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro
Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term
"Athletes Foot"
Paterson, William - Supreme Court Justice
Peale, Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost"
Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach
the North Pole (1909)
Penney, James C. - Retailer
Pershing, John Joseph (1860-1948) - Decorated American
General
Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to
Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James Knox - President of the
U.S.
Pound, Roscoe - Former Dean, Harvard
Law School
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping
car for trains.
Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Congressman
New York
Randolph, A. Phillip - Founder - first
president, International Brotherhood
Sleeping Car Porters
Retief, Piet - Afrikaans leader and
and one of the founders of the South
African nation
Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere, Paul - Famous American
Rhodes, Cecil - "Rhodes Scholarship"
Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American
Army Air Corps "Ace"
Rickey, Branch - Baseball legend
Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and
their father were Masons.
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer
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.
Rush, Benjamin - 1 of 9 Masonic signers
of the Declaration of Independance
Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Chief
Justice
Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
Sanders, Harland "Colonel"
- Founder Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants
Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone
(1846)
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The
Builder"
Schirra, Wally - Astronaut
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Sellers, Peter - Actor
Sexson, W. Mark - Founder of Rainbow
Girls, Masonic historian/author/researcher
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Simpson, Alan - U.S. Senator
Skelton, Red - Entertainer
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music
that became the U.S. National Anthem.
Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine
Band from 1880 - 1892
Stanford, Leland - Railroads & Stanford
University
Starr, Bart - Football legend
Stassen, Harold - Statesman, sole surviving
signer of the United Nations Charter
Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still, Andrew T. - American Physician
who devised osteopathy treatment
Stokes, Carl B. - Former mayor, Cleveland,
OH
Stokes, Louis - U.S. Congressman Ohio
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb"
- Entertainer
Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan - Author of "Gulliver's
Travels."
Taft, William Howard - Twenty-seventh
President of the United States.
Teets, John W. - Chairman and Presiden
of Dial Corporation.
Thomas, Danny
- Actor and Entertainer.
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendys Restaurant.
Thomas, Lowell - Reporter Who Brought
'Lawrence of Arabia' to Public Notice.
Thurston, Howard - Vaudeville Magician.
Tillis, Mel - Country Singer.
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer
responsible for submarine warfare
Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice.
Travis, Colonel William B. - Texas Patriot
at the Battle of the Alamo.
Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice.
Harry S. Truman
- Thirty-third President of the United
States and member of the Ararat
Shrine.
Mark Twain -
pen name of Clemens, Samuel L. - writer
and famous Missourian
Voltaire - French Writer and Philosopher.
Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court
Justice 1946-1953.
Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human
on record, 9 feet tall.
Wallace, George C. - Presidential Candidate
who was the Target of an Assassination
Attempt.
Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Warner, Jack - Founder of Warner Brothers.
Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice
1969-1986.
Washington, Booker T - Educator and
Author.
Washington,
George - First President of the
United States.
Wayne, John
, born Marion Robert Morrison - Actor.
Webb, Matthew - First Man to Swim the
English Channel (1875).
Wilberforce, William - Famous British Abolitionist
(1759-1833)
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Wilde, Oscar - Author.
Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice.
Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice.
Wootton MD, Percy - President American
Medical Association (1997).
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben
Hur"
Young, Cy - American Baseball Player.
Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th
Century Productions in 1933.
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies
began in 1907.