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FAMOUS FREEMASONS
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FAMOUS FREEMASONS
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
participated in our mysteries.
THE ARTS:
COMPOSERS: Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, John Phillip Souza, Richard Wagner, Franz Joseph Haydn, 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, Darryl Zanuck and many others.
SCULPTORS: Gutzon Borglum 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 Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire), Edgar A. Guest, Rudyard Kipling, Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Scott, Jonathan
Swift, Lowell Thomas, Voltair and many 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 Univ.) and
many others.
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MILITARY & POLITICS:
MILITARY LEADERS: Generals 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, Admirals David G. Farragut (First Admiral of the U.S. 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 (Phillippine Patriot
and General), Miguel Aleman (Mexican President 1947-52), Eduard Benes (President of
Czechoslovakia 1939-48), Sveinn Bjornsson (1st President of Iceland), Simon Bolivar
("George Washington of S. 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 Kemehemeha 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 the 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 Costa 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 (Discoverer of Machu Picchu),
James Bruce (Discoverer of the source of the Blue Nile), Adm. Richard E. Byrd, Christopher
"Kit" Carson, William Clark; Merriwether Lewis, and Robert E. Peary.
INVENTORS AND 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 ORGANIZATION FOUNDERS: Daniel
Carter Beard (Boy Scouts), Frank S. Land (International Order of DeMolay), William Mark
Sexson (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". |
