PLACERVILLE LODGE #26

Free and Accepted Masons

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A FEW WELL-KNOWN MASONS

 

Some well-known Masons

Many of the United States', and the World's, most respected men have been Freemasons. A few of these accomplished individuals include:

 

Eight signers of the Declaration of Independence

 

Eight signers of the Articles of Confederation

 

Thirteen signers of the U.S. Constitution, including Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock

 

Astronauts: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom

 

Authors and Poets: Robert Bums, Voltaire, Sir Walter Scott, Goethe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling

 

Aviators: Charles Lindbergh, James H. Doolittle, Eddie Rickenbacker

 

Business Leaders: J.C. Penney, Henry Ford, Dave Thomas, John Wanamaker

 

Composers/Musicians: John Philip Sousa, George M. Cohen, Irving Berlin, Wolfgang Mozart , Roy Acuff

 

Entertainers: Roy Rogers, Clark Gable, Oliver Hardy, John Wayne, Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Arthur Godfrey, Red Skelton, Danny Thomas, Burl Ives, Jonathan Winters, Duke Ellington, Michael Richards, Ernest Borgnine , Abbott,William"Bud"
 

Explorers: Lewis and Clark, Commodore Perry, Admiral Byrd

 

Frontiersmen: Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Cody, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie

 

Military Leaders: The Duke of Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill, Admiral John Paul Jones, Marquis de Lafayette, General Douglas McArthur, Paul Revere, Simon Bolivar, Benito Juarez, Sam Houston, Napoleon Bonaparte, Peter the Great, General Jimmy Doolittle, General George C. Marshall.

 

Presidents: George Washington and 13 others, including Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Gerald Ford

 

 A Few by alphabetical listing:

Abbott

Actor (Abbott and Costello)

Abbott, Sir John J.C.
- Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92          

Acuff, Roy

Musician

Adams, Samuel

American Revolutionary Leader

Aldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz"
Astronaut - Second man to walk on the moon

Armstrong, Louis
Jazz Musician

Bartholdi, Frederic A.
Designed the Statue of Liberty

Basie, William "Count"
 Orchestra leader/composer

Beard, Daniel Carter
Founder Boy Scouts

Beauregard, General Pierre

Civil War general for the Confederacy

Berlin, Irving
Entertainer

Bolivar, Simon
South American freedom fighter

Bowie, James

A hero of the Texas revlution

Cain, Michael
Actor

Calvo, Father Francisco
Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865

Casanova, Giovanni
Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer

Chrysler, WalterP.
Automotive fame

Churchill, Sir Winston
British Leader

Cole, Nat 'King"

Jazz pianist & great ballad singer

Dempsey, Jack
Champion heavyweight boxer

DeMille, Cecil B.
Movie director

Diefenbaker, John G.
Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63

Disney, Walt
Cartoonist/movies

Dole, Robert
U.S. Senator

Ebbets, Charles
Baseball Owner, Ebbets Field

Edward VII
King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year

Ellington, Duke
Composer, Arranger and Stylist

Evers, Medger Wiley
Civil rights leader

Fairbanks, Douglas
Silent film actor

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.

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

Glenn, John H.

First American to orbit the earth in a space craft, and U.S. Senator

Hall, Prince
First black American Freemason

Haley, Alex
Author of "Roots"

Hancock, John
1 of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independence

Hardy, Oliver
Actor - Comedian

Hope, Bob
Comedian

Irwin, Jim
Astronaut

Ives, Burl
Musician

Jackson, Andrew
President of the U.S.

Jackson, Rev. Jesse
Minister/politician

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

Jolson, Al
Acted in the first 'talking picture,' The Jazz Singer

Jones, John Paul
Naval Commander

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

Lafayette, Marquisde
Supporter of American Freedom

La Flore, Basil

Leader of the Choctaw Nation

LaGuardia, Fiorello H.
- Diplomat and 3-time New York City Mayor

Lamar, Joseph E.
Supreme Court Justice

Land, Frank S.
Founder Order of DeMolay

Lindbergh, Charles
Aviator

MacArthur, General Douglas
Commander of Armed Forces in Philippines

MacDonald, Sir John A.
Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91

Marshall, Thurgood

First black U.S. Supreme Court associate justice

Mayer, Louis B.
Film producer - formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Maytag, Fredrick
Maytag

Audie Murphy

Most decorated soldier in World War II

Naismith, James
Inventor of Basketball

Nash, Charles
Automobile industry

Newton ,Joseph Fort
Christian Minister

Samuel Nicholas

Created the U.S. Marine Corp

Olds, Ransom E.
American automobile pioneer

Otis, James
Famous for "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"

Palmer, Arnold
Golf Pro

Peale, NormanVincent
Founder of "Guidepost"

Peary, RobertE.
First man to reach the North Pole (1909)

Penney, JamesC.
Retailer

Pike, Albert

Civil War general for the Confederacy

Polk, James Knox
President of the U.S.

Pryor, Richard
Actor - Comedian

Retief, Piet
- Afrikaans leader and and one of the founders of the South African nation

Revere, Paul
Famous American

Richards, Michael
Actor comedian "Kramer on Sienfeld"

Ringlin Brothers
All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.

Robinson, John J.
Historian and author

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

President of the U.S. (1833-1945)

Roosevelt, Theodore

President of the U.S. (1901-1909)

Sanders, Harland "Colonel"
Founder Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants

Scott, Sir Walter
Writer

Sellers, Peter
Actor

Service, Robert
Canadian Poet

Skelton, Red
Entertainer

Stong, N.T.

Leader of the Seneca Nation

Swift, Johathan
Wrote Gulliver's Travels

Taft, William Howard
- President of the U.S. & Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (only man to ever head these two branches of U.S. govenrment)

Thomas, Dave
Founder of Wendy's Restaurants

Thomas, Danny

Actor, entertainer, founder of the St. Jude's Children Hospital

Thurmond, Strom
U.S. Senator

Tillis, Mel
Musician

Tolstoi, Leo
Author

Truman, Harry S.
President of the U.S.

Vinson, Frederick M.
Supreme Court Justice

Voltaire
French writer and philosopher

Washington, George
First President of U.S.

Wayne, John
Actor

Wells, H.G.
Author

Young, Andrew
Former mayor of Atlanta, GA

Ziegfeld, Florenz
His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907

 

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