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Many men whose names have been instrumental to the history and
development of our civilization have been Freemasons. the following
are but a few of the many famous historical figures who have
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THE ARTS |
COMPOSER: Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, John Phillip Souza, Richard Wagner, Franz Joseph Hayden,
Franz Listz and many others.
ENTERTAINERS:
John Wayne, Gene Autry, Ernest Borgnine, Joe E.
Brown, Bob Burns, Eddie Cantor, Charles D. Coburn, William F.
"Buffalo Bill" Cody, Donald Crisp, Cecil B. Demille, Richard Dix,
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Arthur Godfrey,
David W. Griffith, Oliver Hardy, Jean Hersholt, Harry Houdini,
Al Jolson, Charles "Buck" Jones, Harry Kellar, Harold C. Lloyd, Tom
Mix, Dick Powell, Will Rogers, Charles S. "Tom Thumb" Stratton,
Richard B. "Red" Skelton, Paul Whiteman, Ed Wynn, Daryll Zanuck and
many others.
SCULPTORS: Gutzon Burglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum (together
carved Mt. Rushmore National Memorial), Johann G. Schadow (Prussian
Court Sculptor), J. Otto Schweizer and many others.
WRITERS: Robert Burns,
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Sir Arthur
Conan doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Edward Gibbons (Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire), Edgar A. Guest, Rudyard Kipling, Alexander Pope,
Sir Walter Scott, Jonathan Swift, Lowell Thomas, Voltaire and meny
others.
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BUSINESS |
BUSINESS LEADERS: John Jacob Astor (financier), Lloyd Balfour
(Jewelry), Lawrence Bell (Bell Aircraft Corp.), William H. Dow (Dow
Chemical Co.), Henry Ford, Alfred Fuller (Fuller Brush),
King C.
Gillett (Gillett Razor Co.), Sir Thomas Lipton (tea), Fredrick
Maytag, Andrew W. Mellon (banker), James C. Penny, George Pullman,
David Sarnoff (father of T.V.), Leland Stanford (railroads -
Stanford University), and many others. |
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MILITARY & POLITICS |
MILITARY LEADERS:
General John J. Pershing, George Marshall,
Douglas MacArthur, Joseph Stillwell, Johnathon Wainwright, Curtis E. LaMay,
Omar N. Bradley, Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, Claire L. Chenault,
Mark Clark, James Doolittle, Admiral David G. Farragut (First
Admiral of the Navy), Ernest J. King, Richard Byrd and many others.
UNITED STATES PATRIOTS: Francis Scott Key (wrote our National
Anthem), Ralph Bellamy (wrote our Pledge of Allegiance), Paul
Revere, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick
Henry and many others.
UNITED STATES POLITICIANS: Thomas Dewey, Everett Dirksen,
Fiorello H. LaGuardia, John Marshall, Barry Goldwater, Hubert
Humphrey, Robert Dole, Jack Kemp and others.
UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS: George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew
Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield,
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Warren G.
Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Gerald Ford.
WORLD LEADERS:
Emilio Aguinaldo (Philippine Patriot and General),
Miguel Alaman (Mexican President 1947-52), Eduard Benes (President
of Czechoslovakia 1939-48), Svein Bjornsson (1st President of
Iceland), Simon Bolivar ("George Washington of South America"),
Napoleon Bonaparte (and his four brothers), King Charles XIII (King
of Sweden 1748-1818), Sir Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill,
King Edward VII and King Edward VIII (Kings of England, 1901-10 &
36, respectively), Francis II (Holy Roman Emperor, 1768-1806),
Frederick the Great (King of Prussia 1740-86), George I & George II
(Kings of Greece, 1845-1913 & 1922-47), George IV & George VI (Kings
of England 1760-1820 & 1820-30), Gustavus VI Adolphus (King of
Sweden 1792-1809), Kamehemeha IV and Kamehemeha V (Kings of Hawaii
1854-63 & 1863-72), Leopold I (King of Belgium 1831-65), Peter the
Great (Emperor of Russia 1689-1725), William I (King of Prussia
1861-88), William II (King of Netherlands 1792-1849), William IV
(King of England 1830-37) and many others.
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RELIGION |
RELIGIOUS LEADERS: James C. Baker (Bishop, Methodist Church,
organized first Wesley Foundation in U.S.), Hosea Ballou (Founder,
Universalist Church), Robert E. B. Baylor (Baptist clergyman,
founder of Baylor University), Preston Bradley (founder of the
Peoples Church), Father Francisco Calvo (Catholic Priest who started
Freemasonry in Cost Rica in 1865), Hugh I. Evans (National head of
the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.), Most Reverend Geoffrey F. Fisher
(former Archbishop of Canterbury), Eugene M. Frank (Methodist
Bishop), Reverend Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (Methodist Episcopal
minister and author), Titus Low (President of Methodist Council of
Bishops), Thomas Starr King, Swami Vivekananda and many others. |
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SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY |
ASTRONAUTS:Ed Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Gordon Cooper, Don Eisle,
Virgil Grissom, Ed Michell, Tom Stafford, Fred Haise and Wally
Shirra.
EXPLORERS: Hiram Bingham (Discover Machu Picchu), James Bruce
(Dicoverer of the source of the Blue Nile), Adm. Richard E. Byrd,
Christopher "Kit" Carson, William Clark; Meriwether Lewis, and
Robert E. Peary.
INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS: Samuel Colt (firearms),
Sir Alexander
Fleming (penicillin), Edward Jenner (vaccination), Simon Lake (first
practical submarine), John L. McAdam (Macadamized roads), Luther
Burbank and many others.
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OTHERS |
SPORTS: Grover C. Alexander,
Cy Young, Jack Dempsey, Arnold
Palmer, Tyrus R. "Ty" Cobb, Carl O. Hubbell, Christopher "Christy" Mathewson, Mordecai P.C. Brown, Gordon "Mickey" Corchran, Avery
Brundage, Albert "Happy" Chandler, Branch Rickey, Knute Rockne and
many others.
YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDERS:
Daniel Carter Beard (Boy Scouts),
Frank S. Land (International Order of DeMolay), William Mark Sexton
(International Order of Rainbow for Girls).
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| Further information concerning famous and historical Freemasons
can be found in Brother W.R. Denslow's book "Ten Thousand Famous
Freemasons". |
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