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~ Famous Freemasons ~
The men who try to do something and fail are
infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
List of Famous Freemasons:
Robert Burns, Poet Laureate of
Freemasonry, Scotland
Presidents of the United States
- George Washington
- James Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- James K. Polk
- James Buchanan
- Andrew Johnson
- James A. Garfield
- William McKinley
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Howard Taft
- Warren G. Harding
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry S. Truman
- Lyndon B. Johnson (received first degree only)
- Gerald R. Ford
Signers of the Articles of Association
- Edward Biddle
- Richard Caswell
- John Dickinson
- Joseph Hewes
- William Hooper
- Charles Humphreya
- Robert Treat Paine
- Peyton Randolf
- John Sullivan
- George Washington
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence
- William Ellery
- Benjamin Franklin
- John Hancock
- Joseph Hewes
- William Hooper
- Robert Treat Paine
- Richard Stockton
- George Walton
- William Whipple
Signers of the Constitution of the United States
- Bunning Bedford, Jr.
- John Blair
- David Brearley
- Jacob Broom
- Daniel Carroll
- Jonathan Dayton
- John Dickerson
- Benjamin Franklin
- Nicholas Gilman
- Rufus King
- James McHenry
- William Paterson
- George Washington
Signers of the Articles of Confederation
- Thomas Adams
- Daniel Carroll
- John Dickinson
- William Ellery
- John Hancock
- Cornelius Harnett
- Henry Laurens (South Carolina)
- Daniel Roberdeau
- Jonathan Baynard Smith
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Thirty-three Masons served as General Officers of the Continental Army
Eight Masons served as Aides and military Secretaries to George Washington.
Actors
- Edwin Booth
- Eddie Cantor
- David Garick
- Arthur Godfrey
- Al Jolson
- Harry Lauder
- Red Skelton
- Michael Richards
Authors
- James Boswell
- Robert Burns
- A. Conan Doyle
- Edward Gibbons
- Goethe
- Edgar A. Guest
- Will Rogers
- Alexander Pope
- Lowell Thomas
- Mark Twain
- Voltaire
- Sir Walter Scott
Auto Industry:
- Walter P. Chrysler
- Henry Ford
- William S. Knudson
- Charles W. Nash
- Ranson E. Olds
- Harry C. Stutz
- Charles E. Wilson
Aviators
- Claire L. Chennault
- James H. Doolittle
- Charles A. Lindbergh
- Edie Rickenbacker
Business
- John Jacob Astor
- Albert Blatz
- King C. Gillette
- Henry Crown
- Frank G. Gruen
- Frederick L Maytag
- James Cash Penny
- Col. Harland Sanders
- George Pullman
- David Sarnoff
- W. Clement Stone
- John Wannamaker
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Circus Performers
- Clyde Beatty (Ringling Brothers)
- Emmett Kelly
- Karl Wallenda
Clergymen
- Hosea Ballou
- Preston Bradley
- Joseph Fort Newton
- Norman Vincent Peal
- Daniel Poling
- Forrest Haggard
Music Composers
- Johann C. Bach
- Irving Berlin
- George M. Cohan
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Haydn
- Franz Liszt
- Mozart
- Sigmund Romberg
- Jean Sibelius
- John P Sousa
- Richard Wagner
Explorers
- Ronald Amundsen
- Bernt Amundsen
- Richard R. Byrd
- Lewis and Clark
- Donald B. Macmillan
- Robert E. Peary
Labor Leaders
- Samuel Gompers
- John L. Lewis
Magicians
- Harry Blackstone
- Alexander Hermann
- Harry Houdini
- Harry Keller
- Howard Thurston
Military
- Omar Bradley
- General Cornwallis
- Henry Dearborn
- George Rogers Clark
- Duke of Wellington
- David C. Farragut
- John Paul Jones
- Garibaldi
- Douglas MacArthur
- Audie Murphy
- John Pershing
- Jonathan Wainwright
- George Washington
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Movie Producers
- Cecil B. DeMille
- David W. Griffith
- Louis B. Mayer
- Florenz Siegfeld
- Jack B. Warner
- Adolf Zukor
Movie Stars
- Gene Autry
- George Bancroft
- Wallace Beery
- Errnest Borgnine
- George Brent
- Eddie Cantor
- Charles Coburn
- Clark Gable
- Oliver Hardy
- Tom Mix
- Roy Rogers
- John Wayne
- Jonathan Winters
Physicians
- Josiah Bartlett
- Alexander Fleming
- Edward Jenner
- Charles W. Mayo
- William J. Mayo
- Karl Menniger
- Joseph Warren
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Source: The Masonic Information Center, 8120, Fenton Street,
Silver Spring, Md., a division of The Masonic Service Association.
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