GRANDVIEW MASONIC LODGE 

John Aasen (1890–1938), American silent film actor. Highland Park Lodge No. 382 Los Angeles, California.[1][2]

José Abad Santos (1886–1942), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.[3]
John Abbott (1821–1893), Canadian Prime Minister. Initiated St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847.[4]
Joseph Palmer Abbott (1842–1901), Australian politician, Grand Master of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899[5]
Robert S. Abbott (1870–1940), African-American lawyer and newspaper publisher[6][7][8]
William "Bud" Abbott (1895–1974), American comedian and actor (part of the Abbott & Costello comedy team).[9][10]
Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934), Filipino composer. Raised in Luzon Lodge No. 57[11]
Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), Scottish soldier (Lieutenant-general in the British Army) and politician (MP 1774–1780, 1784–1786)[12]
Roy Acuff (1903 – 1992), American country music singer.[13]
Sherman Adams (1899–1986), American politician (Elected to U.S. Congress and as Governor of New Hampshire).[9][14]
Gregorio Aglipay (1860–1940), Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church.[15]
Emilio Aguinaldo (1869–1964), President of the Philippines. Pilar Lodge No. 203 (now Pilar Lodge No. 15) at Imus Cavite and was founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31 (renamed Emilio Aguinaldo Lodge No. 31 in his honor).[9]
Agustín I of Mexico (1783–1824), Emperor of Mexico[16]
Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915), United States Senator from Rhode Island. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1877–78, member of What Cheer lodge.[9]
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (1930–), American Astronaut. Montclair Lodge No. 144, New Jersey.[17]
Elizabeth Aldworth (1693/95[18]-1773/1775[19]), Noted female Mason. Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree in 1712.[20]
Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890), Romanian Poet, playwright, politician and diplomat.[21]
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), Last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29) and first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–34).[22]
Salvador Allende (1908–1973), President of Chile (1970–1973). Lodge Progreso No. 4, Valparaíso.[17]
Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (1808–1883), Sufi mystic, scholar and political leader. Member Henri IV Lodge, Paris, but degree work conducted at Lodge of the Pyramids, Alexandria, Egypt[23][24]
Leo Amery (1873–1955), British journalist and politician.[25][26]
Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter[9]
William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836–1910), British nobleman and politician[27]
James Anderson (ca. 1679/1680-1739), Presbyterian minister best known for his influence on the early development of Freemasonry. Author of "The Constitutions of the Free-Masons" (1723) and The New Book of Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons (1738)[28]
Charles Anderson-Pelham (1749–1823), British Politician, Member of Parliament (1768–1794)[29]
Edward Andrade (1887–1971), English physicist. Initiated into Lodge Progresso No. 4 in 1935.[30]
Louis André (1838–1913), French soldier, Minister of War from 1900 until 1904[31][32]
Ivo Andrić (1892–1975), Yugoslav writer and Nobel Prize laureate [22]
Jules Anspach (1829–1879), Belgian politician[33]
Galicano Apacible (1864–1949), Filipino politician.[citation needed]
Raymond Apple (1935–), Chief Rabbi, Great Synagogue (Sydney), Australia, (1972–2005)[34]
Sir Edward Victor Appleton (1892–1965), British physicist. Nobel Prize 1947. Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge.[17][35]
John Arbuthnot (1667–1735), British Physician and Satirist[36]
Dennis Archer (1942–), US Politician. Geometry Lodge #49 (Prince Hall), Detroit[37][38][39]
Constantin Argetoianu (1871–1952), Prime Minister of Romania[21]
Lewis Armistead (1817–1863), Confederate general during the American Civil War. Alexandria-Washington Lodge #22, Alexandria, Virginia[40]
John Armstrong, Jr., 1758–1843), American soldier, delegate to the Continental Congress, United States Senator and United States Secretary of War. Hibernia Lodge No. 339, New York.[41]
Thomas Arne (1710–1778), British Composer of Rule Britannia[26][30]
Benedict Arnold (1741–1801), American general and traitor, Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut[42]
Eddy Arnold (1918–2008), American country music singer. East Nashville Lodge 560 F& A.M. East Nashville, TN [9][43]
Henry H. Arnold (1886–1950), American general, only person to hold five-star rank in two branches of service. Union Lodge No. 7, KS.[44]
François-Marie Arouet See Voltaire
Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), Romanian writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator.[21]
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), English antiquary and politician, Warrington Lodge, Lancashire[45]
John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), American financier, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, 1790[46]
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), National hero and founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. Macedonia Risorta Lodge No. 80 (some claim Lodge Veritas), Thessaloniki[47][48][49]
John James Audubon (1785–1851), American Ornithologist and Artist[35]
Red Auerbach[50]
John Auldjo (1805–1886), British Explorer, Alpinist, Engraver and Author[36]
Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Louisiana Lodge No. 109, Missouri.[9]
Gene Autry (1907–1998), Movie and television star, Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Oklahoma[10][51][dead link][52]
Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian politician.[53]
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Frederick H. Babbitt (1859–1931), American politician, president Vermont State Senate 1912–13 [54]
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), European composer. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London.[55]
Michael Baigent (1948–), British author and former editor of Freemasonry Today[56]
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (1874–1941), British Politician, Member of Parliament (1910–1925), Governor-General of Australia (1925–1931). Grand Master of New South Wales (1928–1930)[5]
Simmons Jones Baker (1775–1853), US physician, planter, and legislator. Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina in 1832 and again in 1840. Laid the cornerstone of the state capitol building in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 4, 1833.[57][58][59][60]
Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), Russian revolutionary. Lodge Il Progresso Sociale, Florence 1864,[61]
Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), Romanian historian, journalist and 1848 revolutionary.[21]
Henry Baldwin (1780–1844), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Master of Lodge No. 45 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1805[62]
Harold Ballard (1903–1990), National Hockey League team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs). Corinthian No. 481, GRC, Toronto, ON.[4]
Joseph Banks (1743–1820), English botanist [25] Inverness Lodge, No. 4367[63][64][65]
Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890–1969), British politician and colonial administrator, Member of Parliament(1923–1929, 1931–1939), Grand Master of Scotland (1949–1953)[66]
Francis Stillman Barnard (1856–1936), Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Raised: Victoria Columbia No. 1. April 17, 1887[67]
Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905), British philanthropist [25]
Simion Bărnuţiu (1808–1864), Romanian philosopher and politician.[68]
Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962), Prime minister of Spain and founder of the Republican Union Party[69]
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), Sculptor of New York's Statue of Liberty. Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris.[70]
Edmund Barton (1849–1920), First Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, Speaker of the legislative assembly.[9][71][72][73][74][75] Initiated: Australian Lodge of Harmony No. 556 English Constitution in Sydney on 13 March 1878[74][75][76]
William "Count" Basie (1904–1984), Jazz orchestra leader and composer. Wisdom Lodge No. 102 (Prince Hall), Chicago.[9][39]
Frederick Bates (1777–1825), Governor of Missouri.[9]
Thomas Bath (1875–1956), Australian politician, former Western Australian Leader of the Opposition, involved in founding of Lodge Bonnie Doon, 839, S.C.[77]
Charles Bathurst (1867–1958), Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand[78]
Birch Bayh (1928–), US Senator from Indiana from 1962–1981.[9]
Daniel Carter Beard (1850–1941), Founder of the Boy Scouts. Initiated in Mariner's Lodge No. 67, New York City, New York, and later affiliated with Cornucopia Lodge 563, Flushing, New York.[79]
Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906), Politician, journalist, Fall River, MA Lodge 1873; assisted in founding Montreal Emancipation Lodge in 1897.[80]
Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (1728–1810), French soldier, diplomat and spy. Raised: January, 1769, Lodge of Immortality No. 376, London[81]
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective, Grand Sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine 1886.[82]
Gunning Bedford, Jr. (1747–1812), Signer of the US Constitution, first Grand Master of Masons in Delaware.[83]
Andrew Bell (1726–1809), Scottish printer, founder of the Encyclopædia Britannica[12]
Francis Bell (1851–1936), Prime Minister of New Zealand [78]
Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), President of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939, 1945–1948). Ian Amos Komensky Lodge No. 1, Prague.[84]
R. B. Bennett (1870–1947), Prime Minister of Canada 1930–1935.[9]
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810–1861), Italian politician.[85]
Lloyd Bentsen (1921–2006), US Senator from Texas, Nominee (Democratic Party) for Vice President – 1988 [9]
Irving Berlin (1888–1989), Composer. Munn Lodge No.190, New York.[86][87]
Silvio Berlusconi (1936–), Italian media tycoon and politician, Prime Minister of Italy. Initiated in Lodge Propaganda Due – Expelled in 1981 (some say 1976) by the Grand Orient of Italy[88]
Alain Bernheim (1931–), musician and Masonic researcher. Loge Les Amis Discrets n° 26, Grande Loge Suisse Alpina[89]
Ted Berry (1905–2000), American politician, first African American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.[90]
Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Puerto Rican politician and statesman. Logia Unión Germana, San Germán, Puerto Rico.[91]
George Valentin Bibescu (1880–1941), Romanian aviation pioneer, Grand Master of Romanian Grand Lodge from 1911 to 1916.[21]
Henry Harrison Bingham (1841–1912), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, US Congressman from Pennsylvania. Chartiers Lodge #297, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.[40]
Hiram Bingham III (1875–1956), American explorer, discovered the ruins of Machu Picchu. Hiram Lodge No. 1, Connecticut[92]
Stanislav Binički (1872–1942), Serbian musician [93]
Francis Bischof (1904–1979), Queensland Australia Police Commissioner from 1958–1969.[94]
Henry Bishop, English composer of Home! Sweet Home![25]
Hugo Black (1886–1971), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–1971). Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, Alabama[62]
Ken Blackwell (1948–), American politician and activist, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1979 to 1980 and Ohio Secretary of State from 1999 to 2007.[90]
John Blair, Jr. (1732–1800), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1789–96), and Grand Master of Virginia from 1778 to 1784.[62]
Mel Blanc (1908–1989), American voice actor. Mid Day Lodge No. 188, Oregon [95]
Samuel Blatchford (1820–1893), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1882–1893)[62]
Moses Bloom (1833–1893), Iowa politician.[96]
Dimitrie Bolintineanu (1819–1872), Romanian poet, politician, 1848 revolutionary.[21]
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Leader of South American independence. (Initiated: Cádiz, Spain)[79] Founding brother of Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2, Peru, 1824[97]
Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), Romanian politician, amateur archaeologist, journalist and Romantic poet.[21]
Shadrach Bond (1773–1832), American politician, first Governor of Illinois.[98]
Omar Bongo (1935–2009), President of Gabon.[99]
Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897), Leader during Philippine Revolution from Spain. Taliba Lodge No. 165 under Gran Oriente Español (Spanish Grand Lodge).[100]
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom (1837–1898), British politician[27]
Robert Borden (1854–1937), Prime Minister of Canada. St. Andrew's Lodge No. 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia[101]
Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), American sculptor, planned and started sculpture on Mount Rushmore. Raised in Howard Lodge No. 35.[102]
Lincoln Borglum (1912–1986), Son of Gutzon Borglum, completed the Mount Rushmore project; raised in Battle River Lodge No. 92.[102]
Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American Actor. Abingdon Lodge No. 48;[103] however another source indicates Melrose Lodge No. 63, California[104]
James Boswell (1740–1795), British Biographer, raised in Canongate Kilwinning Lodge at Edinburgh, 1759[40][105]
Pik Botha (1932–), South African politician [106]
Mackenzie Bowell (1823–1917), Prime Minister of Canada from 1894–1896[79]
James Bowie (1796–1836), Frontiersman, Inventor of the Bowie knife. L'Humble Chaumiere Lodge No. 19 Opelousas, Louisiana.[107]
William D. Boyce (1858–1929), Founder of the Boy Scouts of America[108]
William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1704–1746), Jacobite politician, Grand Master of Scotland (1742–1743)[66]
Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891), 19th century Atheist and Republican MP, Grand Lodge des Philadelphes, London (resigned his affiliation with English Freemasonry in 1874, but maintained an affiliation with a French Lodge)[109]
Omar Bradley (1893–1981), US General. West Point Lodge No. 877, New York[79]
Tom Bradley (1917–1998), American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles, California, 1973 to 1993.[90]
Donald Bradman (1908–2001), Australian Cricketer. Initiated Lodge Arcadia No 177 UGLNSW on 11 June 1920[26][110][111][112][113][114]
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German Composer.[26][115]
Christoffel Brand (1797–1875), First Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony[116]
Joseph Brant (1743–1807), Principal Chief of the Six Nations Indians. Initiated in Lodge No. 417, 1776. First Master of Lodge No. 11, Mohawk Village (near Brantford) in 1798.[4]
Dimitrie Brătianu (1818–1892), Prime Minister of Romania (1881).[21]
Ion C. Brătianu (1821–1891), Romanian politician, three-time Prime Minister of Romania.[21]
David Brearley (1745–1790), Signer of the U.S. Constitution on behalf of New Jersey, the first Grand Master of Masons for the State of New Jersey.[117]
Anders Behring Breivik, Arrested for 2011 Norway attacks.[118] Was a member of Lodge St. Olaus T.D. Tre Søiler No. 8 in Oslo.[119] Formally excluded (expelled) from Freemasonry in 2011.[120]
Walter Breuning, World's oldest man at the time of his death of natural causes on April 14, 2011, aged 114 years, six months, twenty-five days. Member of Great Falls Lodge No. 118, Great Falls Montana for over 85 years.[121][122][123]
Geraldo Bright, English bandleader known as "Geraldo"[25]
Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth 1948–1965.[124]
William A. Brodie, Laid the foundation stone of the Statue of Liberty on August 5, 1884 as Grand Master of New York.[125]
Henry P. H. Bromwell (1823–1903), U.S. Congressman (1865–1869), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1865. Author of Restorations of Masonic Geometry and Symbolry.[126]
Ringling Brothers (all seven of them), American circus promoters[127]
Henry Brougham, Scottish abolitionist and founder of Edinburgh Review. Raised in Fortrose Lodge, Stornway, Scotland[40]
Clarence J. Brown, Newspaper publisher, Ohio politician, U.S. Representative,[128]
John Brown, Abolitionist, Hudson Lodge No. 68, Hudson, Ohio[129]
Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman, Grand Master of Scotland (1761–1763) [66]
James Bruce (1730–1794), British explorer. Canongate Kilwinning Lodge[40][130]
Samuel von Brukenthal, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire.[21]
William Jennings Bryan, American politician, United States Congressman, U. S. Secretary of State and presidential candidate. Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, Nebraska.[131]
James Buchanan, U.S. President,[79] Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Frank Buckles, Last living American veteran of World War I.[132]
Charles Buls, Mayor of Brussels[33]
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Politician and writer [133]
Luther Burbank, US horticulturist, botanist, agricultural science pioneer. Santa Rosa Lodge No. 57,[40]
Arleigh Burke, US Admiral[51] Supreme Temple Architect (Honored in 1997)[134]
Edmund Burke, Irish politician and philosopher [25]
Robert Burnaby, English explorer and businessman. First Past Master of Victoria Lodge No. 1085, District Grand Master (English) of British Columbia.[135]
David G. Burnet, Statesman, first President of the Republic of Texas (interim), Holland Lodge No.1 [136]
Frederick Russell Burnham, The American-born Victorian adventurer known as the father of Scouting. Chief Commissioner, Excelsior Lodge No. 195.[137]
Conrad Burns, US Senator from Montana[9]
Robert Burns, National poet of Scotland. St. David's Lodge No. 174, Tarbolton.[138]
Harold Hitz Burton, US Associate Justice (1945–1958)[62]
Richard Francis Burton, English explorer [25]
Billy Butlin, British philanthropist [25]
Daniel Butterfield, General of the Federal Army during the U.S. Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient and composer of the bugal song taps. Metropolitan Lodge No. 273, New York City.[2][139]
Cyriel Buysse, Flemish nationalist writer[33]
Harry F. Byrd, Governor of Virginia, United States Senator from Virginia. Hiram Lodge No. 21, Winchester, Virginia.[140]
Richard E. Byrd, US Admiral. Initiated in Federal Lodge No. 1 and founded First Antarctic Lodge No. 777 in 1935[40]
James F. Byrnes, US Associate Justice (1941–1942)[62]
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Alessandro Cagliostro, Sicilian charlatan and occultist[141]
Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico[142]
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, British politician, Member of Parliament (1820–1826, 1832–1834), Lord Chamberlain (1848–1852, 1853–1858), Grand Master of Scotland (1824–1826) [66]
Malcolm Campbell, English motor-racer[40]
Manuel Camus, Philippine Senator. October 12, 1898, Zetland in the East Lodge No 508 Singapore, under the jurisdiction of the M. W. Grand Lodge of England.[143]
George Canning, British politician and Prime Minister.[25]
Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Prime Minister of Romania.[21]
Eddie Cantor, Entertainer, raised in Munn Lodge No 190, New York City[40]
Emmanuel Carasso, Ottoman lawyer and politician, Grand Master of the Italian-rite Macedonia Risorta in Salonica.[144]
Carol II, King of Romania (1930–40).[21]
José Miguel Carrera, Chilean General and President.[145] St. John's Lodge No. 1, New York[146]
Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, British politician, Member of Parliament (1865–1868), 1st Grand Master of New South Wales (1888–1891)[5]
Kit Carson, American Adventurer. Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Sante Fe, New Mexico[79]
Giacomo Casanova, Venetian adventurer, "lodge of the Duke of Clermont", Paris, 1750[147]
Paul Foster Case, Founder of the Los Angeles occult school, the Builders of the Adytum, Fairport Lodge No. 476, Fairport, New York[148]
Lewis Cass, US Politician and diplomat. American Union Lodge No.1, Marietta, Ohio. First Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan[149][150]
Marc Chagall, Russian artist. initiated in 1912[151]
Thomas Chalmers, Lodge St. Vigean, 1800[151]
Joshua Chamberlain, Commander of US forces on Little Round Top during the American Civil War battle of Gettysburg, and governor of Maine. United Lodge #8, Brunswick, Maine[152]
Nicolas Chamfort, French writer, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris[153]
Charles XIII of Sweden, King of Sweden and Norway.[154]
Claire Lee Chennault, U.S. Air Corp Major-General; Commanded of the "Flying Tigers" in WWII. League City Lodge No. 1053, League City, TX [44]
Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, British banker, politician and colonial administrator, Grand Master of New South Wales (1891–1893) [5]
Walter Chrysler, Founder of Chrysler Corporation.[9]
Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill's father, initiated 9 Jan 1871 in Churchill Lodge.[25][155][156]
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; 24 May 1901, Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591.[155][156]
André Citroën, French engineer and motor-car manufacturer, Lodge La Philosophie, Paris[151]
Mark W. Clark, US Army General, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis[151]
Tom C. Clark, US Associate Justice (1949–1967)[62]
William Clark, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Saint Louis Lodge No. 111.[157]
John H. Clarke, US Associate Justice (1916–1922)[62]
Henry Clay, Speaker of the. U.S. House of Representatives and Grand Master of Kentucky.[9]
Moses Cleaveland, Founded the city of Cleaveland, Ohio, Worshipful Master of Moriah Lodge in 1791[151]
Patrick Cleburne, Confederate General in the civil war. Lafayette lodge #16, Helena, Arkansas [158]
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (see Mark Twain)
DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York State, Grand Master of NY during the Morgan Affair, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, 1790[46]
Harold Coates, Australian politician, Grand Master of New South Wales (1980–1985) [5]
Tyrus "Ty" Cobb, Baseball star. Royston Lodge No. 426, Detroit[50][151]
Howard Coble (1931–), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Guilford Lodge number 656 AF&AM Greensboro, North Carolina.[159]
Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Hall of Famer[160][161][162][163][164]
William F. Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, Raised in Platte Valley Lodge No. 15, Nebraska[165]
George M. Cohan, Broadway star, raised in Pacific Lodge No. 233, New York City[10][165]
Harry Cohn, Pacific Lodge No. 233, New York[104]
Ernest E. Cole, Commissioner of Education of the State of New York (1940–1942)[166]
Nat King Cole, Pianist and ballad singer.[9][10]
Thomas Cole, English-born American artist, founder of Hudson River School. Amity Lodge No. 5, Zanesville, Ohio.[167]
Michael B. Coleman, American politician, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio.[90]
Phil Collins, Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, drummer for the British group Genesis. SOHO Lodge No. 3 [44]
Samuel Colt, Manufacturer of Colt revolvers[165]
Émile Combes, French Prime Minister[168][169][170]
Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton, Pro Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England, 2001–2009[171][172]
Charlie Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player. Initiated in North Gate Lodge No. 591, Pickering, Ontario, in 1935.[4]
Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher, Lodges de Neuf Soeurs[165]
Jess Conrad, Entertainer, Member of Chelsea Lodge No. 3098[173]
John Cook, Union general in the American Civil War [174]
Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia [175][176] Initiated into Lodge Independent No 8 UGLNSW 12 Feb 1892[65][177]
Gordon Cooper, U.S. astronaut, member of Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Colorado[165]
Harry H. Corbett, Actor- star of Steptoe and Son[178]
Edith Cowan, First woman elected to Australian Parliament, Member of St Cuthberts Lodge Perth Australia (Le Droit Humain).[179]
James Craik, Physician General of the United States Army[12]
Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of Italy[180] (possibly expelled in 1894?)[181]
Miron Cristea, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1925–39), Prime Minister of Romania (1938–39).[21]
Davy Crockett, 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician[165]
Aleister Crowley, English occultist, Anglo-Saxon Lodge No. 343, Paris (GLdF), 1904[182]
Abraham Curry, Founding father of Carson City, Nevada. Masonic Lodge No. 1, Carson City.[183]
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Lucius Curtis, Provincial Grand Master for the Province of Hampshire from 1840 until his death in 1869.[184]
William Cushing, US Associate Justice (1789–1810),[62] St. Andrews Lodge, Boston
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romanian Domnitor of the Danubian Principalities, 1859–66.[21]
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James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, British politician and colonial administrator, Governor-General of India (1848–1956), Grand Master of Scotland (1836–1838) [66]
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, Scottish judge and historian, Grand Master of Scotland (1774–1776) [66]
Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, British politician, Member of Parliament (1868–1906), Grand Master of Scotland (1893–1897) [66]
Eugene Goblet d'Alviella, Vice-chancellor of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Belgian senator.[33]
Erasmus Darwin, English physician, philosopher, poet, grandfather of Charles Darwin. Member of Canongate Kilwinning Lodge No. 2, Edinburgh, Scotland.[185]
Jim Davidson, British comedian, Chelsea Lodge, England (resigned), Founding Master of British Forces Foundation (Lodge) No. 9725[25][186]
William Richardson Davie, American politician and Grand Master of North Carolina from 1792–1798.[187]
Carol Davila, Romanian Physician.[21]
William Crosby Dawson, U.S. Judge and Politician, San Marino Lodge No. 34, F.&A.M, Greensboro, Georgia. Grand Master of Masons in Georgia from 1843 until his death in Greensboro on May 6, 1856.[188]
Charles De Coster, Belgian author[33]
Roger De Courcey, Ventriloquist – Member of Chelsea Lodge No. 3098[173]
Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, Pioneering Belgian secular educationalist and Socialist activist[33]
Johann de Kalb, Major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Pennsylvania Lodge No. 29 [189]
Polydore de Keyser, Founding Member and first Junior Warden, MacDonald Lodge, No. 1216 [190]
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Composer of La Marseillaise[191]
Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal, 18th century Portuguese statesman[192][193]
William Ralph "Dixie" Dean, Everton and England footballer 1925–1937; initiated in Randle Holme Lodge, No. 3261, Birkenhead, Cheshire on 18 February 1931.[194]
Ovide Decroly, Belgian educationalist. initiated in Lodge Les Amis Philanthropes No. 2, Brussels in 1902[165]
Cecil B. DeMille, Movie Director, member of Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York City[165]
Süleyman Demirel, 9th President of the Republic of Turkey. Bilgi Lodge No.015, Ankara. Grand Lodge of Turkey.[50][195]
Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight boxing champion in 1919, Kenwood Lodge No. 800, Chicago[165][196]
Laurence Dermott, Painter, Wine Merchant and Author. Grand Secretary, Ancients Grand Lodge, 1752–1771.[197]
John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-born British naturalist and scientist. Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England for the year 1719.[198]
Frédéric Desmons, Protestant priest who persuaded the Grand Orient de France to remove the term of the Great Architect of the Universe from their Constitution[199]
Willis Van Devanter, U.S. Associate Justice (1911–1937)[62]
Thomas E. Dewey, 47th Governor of New York (1902–1971)[200]
Blaise Diagne, Senegalese political leader[201]
Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico[202]
Denver S. Dickerson, Governor of Nevada[203]
Denis Diderot (1712–1784), French philosopher, writer and art critique.[204]
John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, Wakaw Lodge No. 166, Wakaw, SK[205]
Everett Dirksen, U.S. Congressman and Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate.[9]
Petar Dobrović, Serbian painter and politician [22]
Henry Dodge, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.[9]
Bob Dole, U.S. politician[51] Russell Lodge No. 177, Kansas[79][206]
Robert Dollar, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist[12]
Ed Doolan, U.S. Radio Presenter[207]
James Doolittle, U.S. General.[51]
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, Scottish politician, Lord High Commissioner (1819–1824), Grand Master of Scotland (1790–1792) [66]
Jim Douglas, Governor of Vermont[208]
Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator, Lincoln-Douglas Debates; Springfield Lodge No. 4, Grand Orator of Illinois Grand Lodge.[209]
Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician, Weyburn Lodge No. 20, Weyburn, SK[210]
William O. Douglas, U.S. Associate Justice (1939–1975)[62]
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician, Member of Parliament (1802–1806), Grand Master of Scotland (1820–1822) [66]
Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and author, creator of Sherlock Holmes.[9]
Edwin Drake, U.S. oil industry pioneer, Oil Creek Lodge No. 3, Titusville, Pennsylvania[165]
Richard Dreyfuss, U.S. actor, made a Mason at Sight by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia.[211]
George Drummond, Scottish politician, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Grand Master of Scotland (1752–1753) [66]
Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, French military officer who served as a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.[212]
Jovan Dučić (1871–1943), Serbian poet, writer and diplomat.[213]
Robert Duff, British politician, Member of Parliament (1861–1893), Grand Master of New South Wales (1893–1895) [5]
Henry Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross and shared the first Nobel Prize[214]
John Duncan, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.[215]
Thomas Dunckerley, Ritualist and author, Lodge No 31, Portsmouth [216]
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland,[27]
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland,[27]
John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor[12]
Alexander Roberts Dunn, First Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross.[53]
Herbert Dunnico, UK Politician and Master of the New Welcome Lodge[217]
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, UK art dealer, Royal Colonial Institute Lodge No. 3556[214]
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Wyatt Earp, American Lawman [218]
Hubert Eaton, American chemist, Euclid Lodge, No. 58, Great Falls, Montana[214]
John David Eaton, President of the Canadian based T. Eaton Company. Assiniboine, No. 114, G.R.M., Winnipeg.[4]
Duke of Edinburgh, see Prince Philip, For Prince Philip
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, (Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick), member of the British Royal Family, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, member of various lodges including Grand Master's Lodge No 1 and Royal Alpha Lodge No 16 (both English Constitution).[219]
Edward VII, King of Great Britain[25]
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain[25]
Gustave Eiffel, Designer and architect of the Eiffel Tower.[220]
Duke Ellington, Musician, Social Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C., Prince Hall Affiliation[214]
William Ellison-Macartney, British politician, Member of Parliament (1885–1903), Grand Master of Western Australia[221]
Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the United States (1796–1800)[62]
John Elway, Hall of Fame Quarterback for Denver Broncos (1983–1998), South Denver- Lodge No. 93, Denver, Colorado[222]
John Entwistle, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member of The Who [223][224]
David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, Scottish socialite, Grand Master of Scotland (1782–1784) [66]
Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, Scottish musician, Grand Master of Scotland (1763–1765) [66]
Sam Ervin, US Senator.[51]
Ben Espy, American politician, served in the Ohio Senate.[90]
Bob Etheridge, Member of Congress (D – NC), Bakersville Lodge No. 357, North Carolina[225][225][226]
Colonel George Everest, Welsh surveyor; Surveyor General of India, Mt. Everest is named after him. Wales Lodge #493 (259), 20 Fed 1829 [227]
F

Eberhard Faber, Founder of the Faber Pencil Company. Chancellor Walworth No. 271, New York.[214]
Douglas Fairbanks, Movie star. Member of Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528[214]
Bob Feller[50]
Rigas Feraios, National hero of Greece [22]
Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master[78]
Enrico Fermi, Nobel Prize winning physicist, FRS. Adriano Lemmi Lodge, Rome, 1923 [228]
Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor. Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia.[229]
Jules Ferry, French politician. Member of the Alsace-Lorraine Lodge of Paris.[230]
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, Hungarian ecclesiastic and writer. Member of Lodge Pythagoras of the Blazing Star in Berlin.[231]
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher. Member of Lodge Pythagoras of the Blazing Star in Berlin.[231]
Stephen Johnson Field, US Associate Justice (1863–1897)[62]
W. C. Fields, American comedian, E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia[10][214]
Charles Grandison Finney, American preacher, evangelist and author (1792–1875). Meridian Sun Lodge No. 32 in Warren, New York. Finney asked for dismissal and was discharged.[232]
Hamilton Fish IV, US Politician[233]
Geoffrey Fisher, The 99th Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion.[25][79]
Abram Fitkin, American businessman and philanthropist (1878–1933), Altair Lodge No. 601, Brooklyn[234]
Lord Frederick FitzClarence, Illegitimate son of William IV, Grand Master of Scotland (1841–1843) [66]
Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. London Scottish Rifles Lodge No. 2310.[235]
Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor. St. Andrew's No. 16, Toronto, Ontario.[4]
Dr. Walter Fleming, Co-founder of the Shriners.[236]
Cyril Fletcher, English comedian[25]
William J. Florence, Co-founder of the Shriners.[237]
Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet, Scottish Banker, Grand Master of Scotland (1776–1778) [66]
Gerald Ford, President of the United States[17]
Glenn Ford,[238][239][239]
Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company, Palestine Lodge No 357, Detroit [240]
Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA general in the US Civil War. Angerona Lodge No. 168, Memphis, Tennessee [241]
Benjamin Franklin, American inventor and statesman. St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia, February 1731[242]
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Member and founder of the lodge Zu den drei Weltkugeln (Of the Three Globes).[85]
Will Fyffe, British singer and actor[12]
G

Clark Gable, Actor, Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528, California[104][238][239]
Léon Gambetta, French politician.[85]
Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright. Alhambra Lodge, as 'Homero'.[243][244]
James A. Garfield, U.S. President. Magnolia Lodge No. 20, Columbus Lodge No. 30, and Garrettsville Lodge No. 246, Ohio[79][245]
Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general; fused the Rites of Memphis and Misraim in 1881.[246]
David Garrick, English actor [25]
Licio Gelli, Italian politician. Worshipful master of Propaganda Due – Expelled in 1981 (some say 1976) by the Grand Orient of Italy.[247]
George IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE[25]
George VI, King of Great Britain, UGLE[25]
Ion Ghica, Twice Prime Minister of Romania, four-time President of the Romanian Academy.[21]
Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician [25]
Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, British colonianl administrator, Member of Parliament (1895–1900), Grand Master of Scotland (1907–1909) [66]
W. S. Gilbert, One half of 'Gilbert and Sullivan'.[248]
King Camp Gillette, American businessman[249]
Frank Gillmore, Actor and President of Actor's Equity[250]
Nicholas Gilman, Delegate to the Continental Congress, signer of the U.S. Constitution, member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. St. John's Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth, New Hampshire[251]
James Glasgow, Who was the first North Carolina Secretary of State from 1777 to 1798.[252] He was an early officer of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina[253] but was ultimately expelled from Freemasonry due to the scandal known as the Glasgow Land Fraud.[254]
John Glenn, Astronaut and US Senator[51] Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, Ohio[79]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German philosopher and Poet. Lodge Amelie, Weimar.[255]
Octavian Goga, Prime Minister of Romania (1937–38).[21]
Alexandru G. Golescu, Prime Minister of Romania (1870).[21]
E. Urner Goodman, Co-founder of the Boy Scouts' Order of the Arrow[256]
Bazil Gordon, Scottish settler to America, America's first millionaire[12]
George Henry Gordon, Union general in the American Civil War Bunker Hill Lodge, Massachusetts [174]
George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, Scottish politician, Member of Parliament (1806–1807), Keeper of the Great Seal (1820–1830), Grand Master of Scotland (1792–1794) [66]
John Brown Gordon, Confederate general and lawyer [257]
Sir John Gorton (1911–2002), 19th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Kerrange Lodge No 100 UGLV on 5 Feb 1948.[258][259][260][261][262][263]
Philipp Gotthard of Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau[264]
Chuck Grassley, Member of the United States Senate from Iowa.[265]
Eileen Gray, international bicycle racer and founder of the Women's Cycle Racing Association[266]
Ron Greenwood, England national football team manager 1977–1982; initiated in Lodge of Proven Fellowship, London in 1956[194]
Henri Grégoire, Roman Catholic priest, Constitutional bishop of Blois and French revolutionary leader.[99]
Jules Grévy, President of the French Third Republic (1879–1887).[85]
D. W. Griffith, Film director, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York[104]
Virgil I. Grissom, American astronaut. Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, Indiana.[267]
Milan Grol (1876–1952), Serbian literary critic, politician and the last president of the Yugoslav Democratic Party, which was banned by the communist regime of Josip Broz Tito in 1946.[268]
Francis Grose (before 11 June 1731 – 1791), English antiquarian[269]
H

John Winthrop Hackett, Australian proprietor, newspaper editor and politician, Grand Master of Western Australia [270]
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British Field Marshal, Commander British Expeditionary Forces. Elgin Lodge No. 91, Leven, Scotland.[44]
Manly Palmer Hall, Esoteric author. Raised November 22, 1954 into Jewel Lodge No. 374, San Francisco[271]
Prince Hall, Founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry.
Michael Halleran, American author and scholar Texas Lodge of Research [272]
Lionel Hampton, American jazz musician, member of Prince Hall in New York.[273]
John Hancock, American revolutionary, merchant and statesman.[274]
Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S. General. Charity Lodge #190, Norristown, Pennsylvania[citation needed]
Warren G. Harding, U.S. President. Marion Lodge No. 70, Ohio[79]
Oliver Hardy, Actor, Solomon Lodge No. 20, Florida[10][104]
John M. Harlan, US Associate Supreme Court Justice.[62]
Colonel John Harrelson, First Chancellor of NCSU, Raised 28 August 1909 into William G. Hill Lodge No. 218, Raleigh, North Carolina. Member of NCSU Chapter of Square and Compass.[275][276][277]
Augustus Harris, British actor, impressario and dramatist[12]
Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator, raised November 8, 1943 in Pacific Lodge No. 50, Salem, Oregon[278]
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, British Field Marshal, Acting Grand Master of Scotland (1818–1820) [66]
Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull, Scottish nobleman and Officer of Arms, Grand Master of Scotland (1826–1827) [66]
Claude Adrien Helvétius, French enlightenment philosopher.[279]
Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon,[27]
Percy Herbert, Bishop of Norwich, and Provincial Grand Master for Norfolk.[280]
Hermann Hesse, German-Swiss novelist, poet and painter [281]
Henry Heth, Confederate General in the American Civil War. Rocky Mountain Lodge #205 Utah [158]
Joseph Hewes, Signer of the American Declaration of Independence.[282]
James Hoban, Architect of the White House, first Master of Federal Lodge No. 1, District of Columbia[283]
Christopher L. Hodapp, Author, Broad Ripple Lodge no. 643 F&A.M., Indianapolis, Indiana.[284]
William Hogarth, Painter[25]
Thomas M. Holt, Industrialist, Governor of North Carolina[285]
Keith Holyoake, Prime minister of New Zealand, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master[78]
J. Edgar Hoover, First Director of the FBI.[51] Grand Cross. Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C.[286]
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, British soldier, Grand Master of New South Wales (1935–1944)[5]
Frank Reed Horton, 1918; Royal Arch/York Rite, 1919; Scottish Rite. Founder of Alpha Phi Omega.[287]
Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player. Initiated in Kroy Lodge No. 676, Toronto, Ontario, in 1962.[4][50]
Harry Houdini, Escape artist.[288]
Sam Houston, Governor of Tennessee, President of the Republic of Texas, first Governor of the State of Texas, US Senator. Initiated at Cumberland Lodge No. 8, Nashville, Tenn.[289]
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham,[27]
William Howley, The 90th Archbishop of Canterbury, and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Royal York Lodge, Bristol, England.[290][291][292]
James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands, British politician, Member of Parliament (1886–1906), Grand Master of Scotland (1900–1904) [66]
Richard Morris Hunt, American architect, designed the base of the Statue of Liberty.[citation needed]
Edward John Hutchins (1809–1876), A Liberal MP in the UK Parliament M[293]
Timothy Hutton, Actor, Herder Lodge No. 698, Borough of Queens, New York[294]
Camille Huysmans, Mayor of Antwerp and Prime Minister of Belgium.[33]
I

Charles Ingalls, (January 10, 1836 - June 8, 1902) was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House on the Prairie series of books. Ingalls is depicted as the character "Pa" portrayed by Michael Landon in the television series.[295][296]
Henry Irving, Noted British actor of the Victorian era[297]
James B. Irwin, American astronaut and engineer. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing; he was the eighth human to walk on the Moon. Member of Tejon Lodge No. 104, Colorado Springs, Colorado.[298][299]
Burl Ives, American actor and singer,[51] Magnolia (now Magnolia-La Cumbre) Lodge No. 242, California
J

Nat Jackley, English comic actor.[300]
Andrew Jackson, U.S. President. Harmony Lodge No. 1[79][301]
Jesse Jackson, US Civil Rights leader and Politician, Harmony Lodge No. 88, Chicago, Illinois (PHA)[90][302]
Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1941–1954)[62]
Graciano López Jaena, Filipino writer and journalist in the Philippine Revolution. Worshipful Master at Logia Povernir No. 2.[303]
John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States (1789–1795)[62]
Major-General (retired)Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC Governor-General of Australia (2003–2008) and Former CO of SAS Regiment, Initiated in St George's Lodge No 6 on 23 November 1994.[304][305][306][307]
John Jellicoe, British Admiral of the Fleet, and Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand[78]
Edward Jenner, British scientist; discovered vaccination. Elected FRS on 26 February 1789; initiated in Lodge of Faith and Friendship No. 449, Gloucestershire [25][227]
"Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson, peace officer and posseman in Wyatt Earp's infamous "vendetta ride" Mt. Moriah Lodge #2, F.& A.M., Salt Lake City, Utah [308]
Andrew Johnson, U.S. President. Greenville Lodge No. 119, Tennessee[79]
Jack Johnson, African American boxer, initiated in Dundee, Scotland[12]
Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. President. Johnson City Lodge No. 561, Texas (EA degree only)[309]
Al Jolson, Actor, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York[104]
Anson Jones, Congressman, doctor, last President of the Republic of Texas, Harmony Lodge #52 Philadelphia [310]
John Paul Jones, Naval hero during the American Revolution, St. Bernards Lodge No. 122, Kirkudbright, Scotland[79]
Nathaniel R. Jones (1926–), American lawyer, jurist, and academic, Judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.[90]
Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian jurists, historians, sociologists and president of the Yugoslav government in exile, in London, during World War II.[311]
Benito Juárez, President of Mexico. Rito Nacional Mexicano de la Logia Independiente, No. 02
K

David Kalākaua (1836–1891), King of Hawaii, 1874–91. Lodge Le Progress de l'Oceanie No. 124[79]
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian linguist and major reformer of the Serbian language.[312]
Edmund Kean, English actor [25]
Alexander Keith, Canadian politician and brewmaster, former Grand Master of Nova Scotia[313]
John J. Kennedy, U.S. and Confederate Army officer, ended Regulator-Moderator War. Marshall Lodge No. 22, Texas.[citation needed]
Kent, Prince Michael of, see Prince Michael of Kent,
Kent, Duke of, see Prince Edward, Duke of Kent,
Prince Michael of Kent, (Prince Michael George Charles Franklin), member of the British royal family, Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex (United Grand Lodge of England), and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England & Wales.[314][315]
Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan, 1901–1919. Initiated in India, 1906.[316]
Don King (boxing promoter) (1931–), American boxing promoter.[90]
George Frederick Kingston, Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Ionic Lodge No 25 (Ontario) [317]
Rudyard Kipling, UK author and poet, Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C., Lahore, India; founding member, The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, Saint-Omer, France,[318]
Roger Kitter, Actor – Member of Chelsea Lodge No. 3098[173]
Adolph Knigge, German author[319]
Henry Knox, Major General and Commander of the Continental Artillery during the American War for Independence. He is thought to have been a member of St. John's Regimental Lodge at Morristown. He has been credited with helping to constitute Washington Lodge at West Point. He is listed as a visitor to a number of other lodges.[320]
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prime Minister of Romania (1863–65), Liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist.[21]
Otto Kruger, Actor, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York[104]
L

Lafayette See Gilbert du Motier
Burt Lahr,[104] Pacific Lodge No. 33, New York[321]
Joseph Lamar, US Associate Justice (1888–1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia[62]
Mirabeau B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas, Harmony Lodge #6, Galveston, TX.[322]
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham,[27]
Frank S. Land, Member of the Ivanhoe Lodge #446 on June 29, 1912 in Kansas City. He was the founder of the Order of DeMolay.[323]
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), Afrikaans writer and member of South African Parliament.[324][325]
Harry Lauder, Scottish performer and entertainer[12]
Tony Lauer, Australian Police officer, Grand Master of New South Wales (2002–2005)[5]
José P. Laurel, President of the Japanese-Sponsored Republic of the Philippines during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Batangas Lodge No. 383 under the Gran Oriente Espanol, (renamed Batangas Lodge No. 35 under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines).[326]
Daniel Leavitt, Inventor, manufacturer. Member of Chicopee, Massachusetts Lodge[327]
Scott Leavitt, United States Congressman from Montana. Member of Delta Lodge 128, Great Falls, Montana[328]
Thomas Leavitt, Diplomat, politician, businessman, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Member of Albion Lodge No. 52, Saint John, New Brunswick[329]
Henry Lee III, Governor of Virginia, United States Congressman from Virginia, father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Hiram Lodge No. 59, Westmoreland County, Virginia[330]
Richard Henry Lee, President of the Continental Congress, United States Senator from Virginia. Hiram Lodge No. 59, Westmoreland County, Virginia.[331]
William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth, British peer and conservative politician. Grand superintendent of the Royal Arch, Staffordshire.[332]
John A. Lejeune, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps.[333]
Sir Charles Lemon (1784–1857), Baronet, British Member of Parliament (1809–1857), was Provincial Grand Master for the Province Cornwall (UGLE) (1844–1863)[334]
Leopold I, King of Belgium[33]
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German writer and philosopher [335]
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), British peer, Founder of Lever Brothers. In 1902 he was first initiate to a lodge bearing his name, William Hesketh Lever Lodge No. 2916, he later formed Leverhulme Lodge 4438.[336] He was a founder of the Phoenix Lodge 3236 whilst an M.P in 1907[337] and a founder of St. Hilary Lodge No. 3591 founded 4 May 1912, then Past Pro-Grand Warden (P.P.G.W) and Immediate Past Master (I.P.M).[338] He was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England in 1919 and co-founded a number of lodges including the Mersey Lodge 5434.[339] He was Provincial Senior Grand Warden of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire.[340]
Meriwether Lewis, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, Albemarle County, Virginia.[157]
Frank Licht, Politician. Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973)[341]
Benjamin Lincoln, Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Member, Rising Sun Lodge, Massachusetts.[342]
Charles Lindbergh, US Aviator and chairman of the America First Committee, Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis, Mo.[14][343][344]
Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, Scottish soldier, Grand Master of Scotland (1780–1782) [66]
Orland Lindsay, Archbishop of the West Indies 1986–1998 [345][346]
Thomas Lipton, Founder of Lipton[12]
Pascal Lissouba, President of the Republic of the Congo, 1992–1997.[99]
Franz Liszt, Composer. Lodge zur Einigkeit, Frankurt.[87][220]
Harold Lloyd, Silent film comedian and Imperial Potentate of the Shriners of North America, 1949–50.[347]
Jimmy Logan, Scottish performer and record producer[12]
Trent Lott, Former majority leader of the US Senate[348]
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, Grand Master of the UGLE from 1951 to 1967[349]
Juan Luna, Filipino painter and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the 19th century. Raised in Paris, France, under the auspices of Lodge Solidaridad 53.[350]
M

Apolinario Mabini, First prime minister, 1899. September 1892 at Logia Balagtas 149 under the Grand Oriente Espanol.[351]
General Douglas MacArthur, US General during World War II,[51] Manila Lodge No. 1, 1936, Philippines[79]
John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–1873 and 1878–1891). Began the creation of rail service across Canada. St. John's Lodge No. 758, Kingston, Ontario. Honourary Past Grand Senior Warden.[4]
John Keiller MacKay, Canadian soldier and politician.[53]
George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, Jacobite politician, 2nd Grand Master of Scotland (1738–1739) [66]
Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831), Scottish novelist[352]
Albert Mackey, American doctor and Masonic historian[353]
David Mackie (1836–1910), A founder and builder of Scammon, Kansas, US; the first President of the Scammon State Bank[354]
John Bayne Maclean, Canadian founder of Maclean's Magazine and President of Maclean's Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, ON.[4]
Robert Macoy, US publisher and organizer of Eastern Star[355]
Duncan Macrae, Scottish actor[12]
Titu Maiorescu, Romanian literary critic and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1913–14).[21]
Alfred Marks, British actor and comedian[25]
John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835), Grand Master of Virginia from 1793–1795[62]
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1967–1991), Coal Creek Lodge No. 88, Tulsa, Oklahoma PHA[79]
Georges Martin, French doctor, politician, co-founder of Le Droit Humain.[356]
Joseph Martin (1740–1808), Virginia militia general, explorer and Indian agent[357]
Thomas S. Martin, United States Senator from Virginia. Scottsville Lodge No. 4, Scottsville, Virginia[358]
José de San Martín, Argentine hero from the Spanish Revolution[359]
Harpo Marx, US film comedian[360]
Francis Mason, American missionary and zoologist[361]
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Raised: 1878, Lodge of Hengest No. 195, Bournemouth, UK – Demitted (resigned): 1882.[362]
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, British politician, Member of Parliament (1835–1837, 1838–1852), Secretary of State for War (1855–1858), Grand Master of Scotland (1867–1870) [66]
James Mawdsley (1848–1902), English trade unionist[363]
Louis B. Mayer, Director, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York[104][364]
Willie Mays[50]
Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Revolutionary, Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia[229] Some sources question his membership.[365]
John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer[12]
Robert McBeath, World War I Victoria Cross recipient[12]
John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981), US admiral, made Mason at Sight, Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, 1975, enrolled St. John's Lodge No. 11[366]
John S. McCain, Sr. (1884–1945), US admiral, Carrollton Lodge No. 36[367]
Ally McCoist, Former football player[12]
Henry Joy McCracken, Member of the Society of the United Irishmen[368]
Kenneth McKellar, Scottish singer[12]
William McKinley, U.S. President. Hiram Lodge No. 21, Virginia. Demitted to become a charter member of Eagle Lodge No. 431, later renamed William McKinley Lodge, Ohio[79]
Samuel McLaughlin, Founder and President of the McLaughlin Carriage Co. which later became General Motors of Canada. Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, Ontario. Grand Steward in 1945, 75 year member in the Craft. Royal Arch, Knight Templar, President of Oshawa Shrine Club.[4]
John McLean, US Associate Justice (1829–1861)[62]
C. J. McLin (1921–1988), American politician [90]
Ned Ray McWherter, Governor of Tennessee (1987–1995).[369]
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer.[87]
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Spanish minister of the Treasury, Taller Sublime, Cádiz[370]
Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VC[371][372]
Joe Mercer, England national football team manager 1974; initiated in Rivacre Lodge, No. 5805, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1941[194]
Franz Mesmer, German physician; 'mesmerism'. Lodge Les Philadelphes, France [44]
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), German Opera composer.[87]
Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP, Mount Olive Lodge No. 25, Baltimore, Maryland (Prince Hall).[373]
George Middleton, Third Master of African Lodge #459 (Prince Hall)[374]
J. B. Milam (1884–1949), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 32 degree Mason[375]
Milovan Milovanović, Serbian politician and diplomat [22]
Sherman Minton, US Associate Justice (1949–1956)[62]
Ion Minulescu, Romanian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic and playwright.[21]
Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), Serbian Field Marshal.[376]
Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), Serbian Field Marshal.[377]
Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut who was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14 and therefore the sixth person to walk on the Moon. He was a Demolay Chevalier and member of Artesta No. 29 Artesta, New Mexico.[378]
Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator.[379]
Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator.[379]
John Molson, Founder of Molson Breweries. St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master.[4]
George Monckton-Arundell, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master[78]
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and television presenter, Chelsea Lodge No.3098.[380][381]
James Monroe, U.S. President, Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia.[382][383]
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician, Member of Parliament (1793–1804, 1805–1806, 1807–1810), Grand Master of Scotland (1800–1802) [66]
Jacque-Étienne Montgolfier, Co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1745–1799. Initiated 1784, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris[384]
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1740–1810. Initiated 1806, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris[384]
William H. Moody, US Associate Justice (1906–1910)[62]
Robert Moray, Scottish philosopher, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641.[45]
John Hunt Morgan, General for the Confederate States of America, Daviess Lodge #22, Lexington, Kentucky[385]
Pat Morita Actor, Freemason, Shriner.[386][387]
Robert Morris, Poet Laureate of Freemasonry and founder of the Order of the Eastern Star[388]
Leopold Mozart, Father of Amadeus, Zur Wohltätigkeit Lodge, Austria.[389]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria. Composed several pieces of Masonic ritual music, the first at age 11.[87][390]
Alphonse Mucha, Painter and artist. Founder of restored Czech Freemasonry.[44]
Neil Munro, Scottish newspaper editor and journalist[12]
Audie Murphy, The most decorated United States soldier of World War II,[51] North Hollywood Lodge No. 542, California[104]
Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore, Scottish nobleman, Grand Master of Scotland (1835–1836) [66]
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, Scottish politician, Grand Master of Scotland (1778–1780) [66]
Charles Samuel Myers, English pioneer psychologist of the Royal Society, coined the term "shell shock". Member and founder of multiple lodges. Initiated 1895 at Isaac newton Lodge # 859.[227]
N

James Naismith, Canadian-born American sports educator who invented the game of basketball.[4][50][391]
Alexander Nasmyth, Scottish painter[12]
Ernesto Nathan, Italian politician and mayor of Rome, grand master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia[392]
Samuel Nelson, US Associate Justice (1845–1872)[62]
Thomas Nelson, Jr., Governor of Virginia, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia[393]
Mateja Nenadović, Serbian orthodox priest and politician [22]
Cyril Newall, Marshall of the RAF and Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand[78]
Denis Sassou Nguesso, General and the president of the Republic of the Congo.[99]
David Nixon, English entertainment magician[25]
John Northcott, Australian soldier, Grand Master of New South Wales (1952–1955)[5]
Kenneth Noye, British criminal, Hammersmith Lodge[394]
Sam Nunn, US Senator.[51]
O

Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia.[395]
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia,[22]
Daniel O'Connell, Irish political figure,Lodge No. 189, Dublin, in 1797[396]
Hans Christian Oersted (1777–1851), Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields.[397]
Bernardo O'Higgins, South American revolutionary leader and first Chilean head of state as Captain General[398]
Ransom E. Olds, Automotive pioneer and founder of Oldsmobile. Capitol Lodge No. 66, Lansing, MI [44]
Shaquille O'Neal, American professional basketball player, and entertainer. Made a Mason at Sight in Widow's Son Lodge No. 28 PHA, Boston, Massachusetts.[399]
William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow, British politician [400]
Camilo Osías, President of the Senate of the Philippines.[401]
William Dillon Otter, Canadian General. Initiated in Ionic Lodge, No. 25, Toronto in February 1869[53]
Derwyn Owen, Archbishop of Toronto, and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Ionic Lodge No 25, Toronto.[44]
P

John Page, Governor of Virginia, Botetourt Lodge No. 7, Gloucester, Virginia[402]
Brad Paisley, American country music artist, Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite.[403]
Alexandru Paleologu, Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat and politician.[21]
Rafael Palma, Filipino politician, writer, and educator. Fourth President of the University of the Philippines. Bagong Buhay Lodge No. 291 (renumbered No. 16) July 14, 1908. Affiliated with Sinukuan Lodge No. 16 and in 1920 became Grand Master, the unified Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands.[404]
Arnold Palmer, Professional Golfer,[50][51] Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Joseph B. Palmer, Lawer, legislator and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Mt. Moriah Lodge #18, Tennessee [158]
Quintin Paredes, Filipino lawyer, politician, and statesman. Raised November 29, 1913 at Sinukuan Lodge No. 16 and became its Worshipful Master in 1920. Grand Master 1922[405]
Fess Parker, Actor, Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California[104]
Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, First recorded Grand Master of Ireland and founder of the Dublin Hellfire club[406]
William Paterson, US Associate Justice (1793–1806)[62] and 2nd governor of New Jersey
George S. Patton, American military leader, General during WWII, previously acted as aide to Bro. John J. Pershing [407]
Charles Willson Peale, Esteemed American artist and portrait painter.[408]
Norman Vincent Peale,[51] Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, New York
Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil.[409]
Borislav Pekić, Serbian writer [22]
Edmund Pendleton, Delegate to the Continental Congress, member of Virginia House of Burgesses, Virginia Supreme Court justice, and statesman. Member of Fairfax Lodge No. 43, Culpeper, Virginia[410]
John Penn, Proprietary governor of Pennsylvania, member of first lodge of Philadelphia.[411]
James Cash Penney, Founder of J. C. Penney department stores. Wasatch Lodge No. 1 in Salt Lake City, Utah.[412]
Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, US Navy, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, 1819[46]
John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Force, World War I, Lincoln Lodge No.19, Lincoln, Nebraska.[413]
Peter I of Serbia,[22]
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Prince-Bishop of Montenegro [22]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Navy Lodge No 2612, London.[414]
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France during the French Revolution[415]
John Henry Lawrence Phillips, Bishop of Portsmouth,1960–1975: Provincial Grand Master Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1975–1979[416]
George Pickett, Confederate general at Gettysburg[417]
Albert Pike, Confederate general, re-wrote rituals for Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction), author of Morals and Dogma, Western Star Lodge No. 2, Little Rock, Arkansas. Sovereign Grand Commander AASR, Southern Jurisdiction.[418]
Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, reformer, journalist, and revolutionary leader of the Philippine Revolution. Considered as the "Father of Philippine Masonry". Initiated in Spain in 1889[419]
Bronson Pinchot, Actor, Harford Lodge No. 445, Pennsylvania[420]
John Pintard, Founder of the New York Historical Society, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York[46]
Scottie Pippen, Retired Chicago Bulls small forward #33 (1987–2004),[421]
Augustus Le Plongeon, French Archaeologist. First to survey and excavate at Chitchen Itza.[422]
William Plunket, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master[78]
Michael Pocalyko, American business executive and novelist. Alexandria-Washington Lodge No.22, Alexandria, Virginia.[423]
Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. statesman, diplomat, physician and botanist.[146]
James K. Polk, U.S. President. Initiated June 5, 1820, Columbia Lodge No. 31, Tennessee[79]
William Polk, Officer of the North Carolina line during the American War for Independence and Fifth Grand Master of North Carolina. Charter Master, Phalanx Lodge No. 31 Charlotte[424][425][426]
Mariano Ponce, Filipino physician Initiated in Madrid and became Secretary of Logia Revoluccion and Logia Solidaridad 53. He also became a 33° A&AR mason under the auspices of the Gran Oriente Español.[427]
Alexander Pope (1668–1744), (1688–1744), British satirical poet [25][428]
Arthur Porritt, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master[78]
Dana Porter, Canadian politician.[53]
Eugène Edine Pottier, French composer of the Internationale[429]
William Preston, Author of Illustrations of Masonry.[430]
Richard Pryor, Actor, comedian; Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, IL[44]
Giacomo Puccini, (1858–1924) Italian Composer.[87]
Reynato Puno, Chief Justice of the Philippines, Grand Master of Masons, active member of Hiram Lodge No. 88, and the Grand Lodge of the Philippines[431][432][433]
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1858–1935), A.k.a. Michael I. Pupin Serbian and American physicist and physical chemist.[434]
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian poet. Lodge Ovid, Kischinev, 1821[79][428]
Rufus Putnam, Surveyor, General in the U.S. Revolutionary War. Elected first Grand Master of Masons in Ohio.[435]
Q

Manuel L. Quezon, First president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines under U.S. occupation rule in the early period of the 20th century. Raised March 17, 1908 at Sinukuan Lodge No. 272 (renamed Sinukuan Lodge No. 16). First Filipino Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands that was established in 1917.[436]
R

Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Romanian academic, poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician.[21]
Thomas Stamford Raffles, Statesman, founded Singapore. Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya[437]
Nick Rahall (1949–), US representative from West Virginia[438]
Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743), Commonly known as Chevalier Ramsay. Jacobite peer, author of Discourse pronounced at the reception of Freemasons, which first proposed the idea that Freemasonry descends from crusading knights.[439]
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, British General and colonial administrator, Governor General of British North America (1820–1828), Grand Master of Scotland (1804–1806) [66]
Alf Ramsey, Manager of England World Cup winning football team, 1966; initiated into Waltham Abbey Lodge No. 2750 5 October 1953[194]
A. Philip Randolph, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NYC[440]
Frank C. Rathje, Chicago banker, businessman, and philanthropist. Member of Englewood Lodge 690 [441]
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, British politician and colonial administrator, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (1813–1823), Acting Grand Master of Scotland (1806–1808) [27][66][442]
Harry Rawson, British Admiral, leader of the Benin Expedition of 1897, Grand Master of New South Wales (1905–1909)[5]
Sam Rayburn, U.S. politician, U.S. Speaker of the House; took his first degree Aug. 7 1922, remained Entered Apprentice upon his death, Constantine Lodge No.13.[14]
Stanley F. Reed, US Associate Justice (1938–1957)[62]
George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of New South Wales[371]
Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania[443]
Theodor Reuss, German occultist and head of O.T.O., Pilger Loge #238 (UGLE) 1878, and excluded from Freemasonry in 1880.[444]
Paul Revere, American Revolutionary hero, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794–97.[79]
Don Revie, England football team manager 1974–1977; initiated 1965 in Leodiensis Lodge, No 4029[194]
Isabelo de los Reyes, Filipino politician and labor activist in.[445]
Donn Reynolds, Canadian country music singer & world champion yodeler; Initiated April 1990: Flower City Lodge No. 689, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[446]
Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony [25]
Michael Richards, American Actor[447][448]
Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI American Flying Ace, Kilwinning Lodge No. 297, MI.[44]
Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright, Savage Club Lodge No 2190, London[449][450][451]
Rafael del Riego, Spanish general and liberal politician[452]
Charles Riley, Anglican Archbishop, Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Western Australia 1904–17, 1920–29.[453]
José Rizal, Polymath and National Hero of the Philippines, Logia Solidaridad 53 Madrid, Spain; made honorary Worshipful Master of Nilad Lodge No. 144 in 1892[454]
Sugar Ray Robinson, champion boxer[50][196]
Jimmie Rodgers, Spinks Lodge No. 507 Mississippi [10][455]
Roy Rogers, American actor, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, California[10][79][456]
Will Rogers, American political commentator and satirist, Claremore Lodge No. 53, Oklahoma[10][79]
Elliott Roosevelt, USAF officer and author, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Raised Feb. 17, 1933: Architect's Lodge No. 519, New York[457]
Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President. Holland Lodge No. 8, New York[79]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Congressman, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Initiated Nov. 7, 1935: Architect's Lodge No. 519, New York[457]
James Roosevelt, Politician and Congressman, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Initiated Nov. 7, 1935: Architect's Lodge No. 519, New York [457]
Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President. Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York[79]
Félicien Rops, Belgian artist[33]
Edmundo Ros, Musician. Sprig of Acacia Lodge, Javea, Spain[458]
Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, Romanian painter and 1848 revolutionary.[21]
C. A. Rosetti, Romanian literary and political leader, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.[21]
James Mayer de Rothschild, Financier, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London[79]
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Financier, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London[79][459]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century Swiss-French philosopher, writer, composer [460]
Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Member of the Society of the United Irishmen[368]
Manuel Roxas, Was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines.[461]
William Byron Rumford, California legislator, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Berkeley, California[462]
Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill,[27][463]
Alecu Russo, Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist.[21]
John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the United States (1795), Associate Justice (1789–1791)[62]
George Sterling Ansel Ryerson, Canadian politician.[53]
S

Mihail Sadoveanu, Romanian Novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, Grand Master from 1932.[21]
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903), Prime Minister of Spain[464]
Leverett Saltonstall, Governor of Massachusetts, United States Senator from Massachusetts. Member, Fraternity Lodge, Newton, Massachusetts.[465]
Harland Sanders, American businessman and founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken[466]
Augusto César Sandino, Central American revolutionary and founder of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas[467]
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, Lewis & Clark Lodge No. 132, Bismarck, ND [468]
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and President[16]
Artur Santos, Portuguese politician, Mayor of Ourem during the Fatima apparitions[469]
Lope K. Santos, Tagalog language writer from the Philippines. first Worshipful Master of Magat Lodge No. 68 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.[470]
Sima Milutinović Sarajlija, Bosnian-Serbian Scholar [22]
Emanuel Schikaneder, German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer and composer. He is remembered today as Mozart's librettist for The Magic Flute, an opera with Masonic themes.[471]
Friedrich Schiller, German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright, Rudolstadt Lodge, Berlin[79]
Robert Falcon Scott, Soldier and explorer [25]
Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright and poet [25]
Richard Seddon, Longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893–1906), Grand Master of New Zealand (1898–1900)[472][473]
Peter Sellers, Actor, comedian, star of The Goon Show and The Pink Panther movie series, Chelsea Lodge No 3098, UGLE[381]
Robert Service, poet,[474]
Abel Seyler, Theatre director[475]
Sir Ernest Shackleton, UK explorer[476]
Jimmy Shand, Scottish folclore musician[12]
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, British playwright and poet [25]
Heath Shuler, United States Congressman for North Carolina, Oconee Lodge 427.[477][478][479]
Jean Sibelius, Composer, Suomi Lodge No. 1, Helsinki, Finland, 1922.[480] Wrote several pieces of interest to Masons including "Praising Hymn" and the "Ode to Fraternity."
Sampson Simson, Lawyer and philanthropist[481]
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton, American comedian, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, Indiana[79][482]
James Sloan, Co-founder of the Orange Order[483]
Augustus Smith (1804–1872), British Member of Parliament (1857–1865), Provincial Grand Master for the Province of Cornwall (UGLE) (1863–1872) [484]
Hyrum Smith, Mormon leader, Mount Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra, New York[485]
Joseph Smith, Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Nauvoo Lodge, Illinois[486]
Joseph Smith, Sr., Mormon leader, Ontario Lodge No. 23 of Canandaigua, New York, 1818[485]
Walter Smith, Former football player and manager[12]
John Soane, English architect[25]
Angelo Soliman, Slave brought to Europe who became the first black African-born Freemason. True Harmony Lodge in 1783.[487]
John Philip Sousa, Composer, Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, D.C.[51][51][87]
George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, Initiated 9 Jan 1871, with brother Randolph.[488]
Bernard Spilsbury, British forensic scientist.[25]
Louis Spohr (1784–1859), German composer.[87]
Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), Serbian realist and comedy writer.[489]
Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), Serbian realist and comedy writer.[489]
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn, British politician, Member of Parliament (1782–1805), Lord Privy Seal, Lord President of the Council, Acting Grand Master of Scotland (1810–1812) [66]
Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn, Scottish politician, Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (1886–1890), Grand Master of Scotland (1870–1873) [66]
Thomas Patten Stafford, Gemini and Apollo astronaut. Western Star Lodge No. 138, OK.[44]
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, British politician[490]
Cyril Stapleton, English jazz musician[25]
Goswin de Stassart, Belgian statesman[33]
Jock Stein, football manager of teams including Celtic F.C. and Scotland.[491]
John Steinbeck, American Author – Initiated, Passed and Raised in Salinas Lodge No.204, CA, 1929 (demitted 1933) [492]
Stanisław Stempowski, Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Poland (1926–1928)[493]
Charles Mortram Sternberg, Canadian paleontologist,Civil Service Lodge No. 148 Ottawa, Ont.[494]
Potter Stewart, US Associate Justice (1958–1981)[62]
Louis Stokes (1925–), American politician, served in the United States House of Representatives.[90]
W. Clement Stone, Businessman, philanthropist and self-help book author (1902–2002)[495]
William Leete Stone, Sr., Journalist and historian. Author of works regarding Freemasonry and its opponents.[496]
Joseph Story, US Associate Justice (1811–1845)[62]
Philipp von Stosch, Occultist, antiquarian and English spy.[497]
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), Member of the British Royal Family, served as the Governor General of Canada[53]
Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor (1923) and foreign minister (1923–1929) of the Weimar Republic.[85]
John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer of Australia[12]
William Stukeley, English archaeologist and antiquarian. Lodge at Salutation Tavern, London.[498]
Alexandru Sturdza, Russian publicist and diplomat of Romanian origin.[21]
Dimitrie Sturdza, Four-time Prime Minister of Romania, president of the Romanian Academy (1882–1884).[21]
Arthur Sullivan, Sullivan of 'Gilbert and Sullivan',[248] and was also Grand Organist of the UGLE in 1887.[499]
William A. Sutherland, California State Assemblyman (1910–1914)[500]
Noah H. Swayne, US Associate Justice (1862–1881)[62]
John Swett, Founder of the California public school system, Phoenix Lodge No. 144, San Francisco, California.[501]
T

Alphonso Taft, U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War. Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio
William Howard Taft, U.S. President. Made a Mason at Sight inside Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio, February 18, 1909 Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Ohio[62][79]
Rabindranath Tagore, Poet, polymath and first non-European Nobel Laureate.[502]
Mehmed Talat, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Initiated into Macedonia Risorta Lodge, Thessaloniki,1903. First Grand Master of Ottoman Grand Orient (1909–1910)[195][503]
William B. Taliaferro, American soldier and politician, Grand Master of Virginia (1875–1876)[504]
John S. Tanner, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1989–2011 representing the 8th Tennessee District.[505][506] 33rd Degree of the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction.[507]
John Louis Taylor, First Chief Justice of North Carolina and Sixth and Tenth Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina.[508]
Waller Taylor, First United States Senator from Indiana, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, Indiana[509]
Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and civil engineer[12]
Christian Tell, Romanian politician, 1848 revolutionary, Mayor of Bucharest.[21]
Jon Tester, Member of the United States Senate representing Montana. Past master of Treasure Lodge No. 98 in Big Sandy, MT.[510]
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, British colonial administrator, Governor-General of India (1916–1921), Grand Master of New South Wales (1910–1913)[5]
Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's, raised as a Master Mason in Sol. D. Bayless Lodge No. 359 Fort Wayne, Indiana. Although he joined Scottish Rite in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, he received the 33rd degree in 1995 from the Southern Jurisdiction.[511]
James Thornhill, English painter[25]
Strom Thurmond, US Senator from South Carolina and segregationist candidate for the United States presidency in 1948[512]
John Tipton, American politician[513]
Alfred von Tirpitz, German Imperial Navy Admiral. Lodge Zur Aufrichtigen Herzen, Frankfurt [44]
Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, President of the League of Nations.[21]
Thomas Todd, US Associate Justice (1807–1826)[62]
Robert Trimble, US Associate Justice (1826–1828). Union #16 in Paris, Kentucky[62]
Tommy Trinder, English comedian[25]
Anthony Trollope, English novelist [25]
Harry S Truman, U.S. President, Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton, Missouri. Grand Master of Missouri, 1940–1941[514]
Richard Tucker, Principal Tenor,Member of Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 604 N.Y.C [10]
Mark Twain, American author. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, A.F.& A.M., St. Louis, Missouri. (Suspended for non-payment of dues and later reinstated April 24, 1867. Demitted October 1867, but recorded as having visited Carson City Lodge U.D. in February and March 1868.)[515]
Richard Tyson, American actor[516]
U

V

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Three-time Prime Minister of Romania.[21]
Đorđe Vajfert (1850–1937), Serbian industrialist of German descent, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia and later Yugoslavia.[517]
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, Founder of the Belgian Liberal Party[33]
Frederick M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States (1946–1953)[62]
Swami Vivekanada, Hindu Spiritual Leader[518]
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Raised in 1778 by WM Ben Franklin, Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris[153]
Traian Vuia, Romainan inventor and early aviation pioneer.[21]
W

Robert Wadlow, Tallest man recorded. Franklin Lodge #25 in Alton, Illinois[519]
Elijah Wadsworth, Major General of Ohio Militia War of 1812. Master of the Erie Lodge (later Western Star Lodge No. 21) in Ohio, 1813.[520]
Honus Wagner[50]
General Jonathan Wainwright, WWII General; Union Lodge No.7, Junction City, Kan. 1946.[521][522]
A. E. Waite, Writer on occult and esoteric matters, and Freemasonry[523]
Rick Wakeman, Musician – Member of Chelsea Lodge No. 3098[173]
Lew Wallace, Author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Governor of the New Mexico Territory and Union General in the American Civil War. Fountain Lodge #60 Indiana [174]
John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, British peer and politician. Grand Master, Grand Lodge of England[524]
Harry M. Warner, Film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros.,[104] Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California[citation needed]
Jack L. Warner, Film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros.,[104] Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California[citation needed]
Samuel L. Warner, Film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros.,[104] Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California[citation needed]
Sir Charles Warren, English archaeologist. Surveyor of Herod's Temple. Royal Lodge of Friendship No. 278, Gibraltar.[525]
Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969), Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936[62]
Joseph Warren, American physician and major general during the American Revolutionary War, joined the Lodge of Saint Andrew in Boston, later serving as Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts.[526]
Booker T. Washington, American educator, President Tuskeegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Author of Up from Slavery in 1901, Mason at Sight[527]
George Washington, General, Politician, and First President of the United States. Initiated in Fredericksburg VA, Past Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia.[528]
James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, Royal Society. Initiated in a Scottish Lodge in 1763.[227]
John Wayne, American actor, Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Arizona[529]
Thomas Smith Webb, New England Lodge No. 4, Worthington, Ohio, author of Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, sometimes called the "Founding Father of the York or American Rite" for his efforts to promote that masonic body.[530][531]
Adam Weishaupt, Founder of the Illuminati[319]
Charles H. Wesley, Hiram Lodge No. 4, Prince Hall Affiliation, Washington, DC[532][533]
Samuel Wesley, English composer[25]
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, English politician, atheist and member of the Hellfire club[534]
Jimmy Wheeler, British comedian[25]
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, Apollo University Lodge No. 357, Oxford (UGLE)[535]
John Wilkes, English politician and journalist[536]
William IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE[25]
James Wilson (Orangeman), Co-founder of the Orange Order[483]
Ralph Wilson, American businessman and founder of the Buffalo Bills of the NFL, member of Kilwinning Lodge No. 297 in Detroit.[537]
Frederick Thomas Wimble, Australian politician and founding editor of the Cairns Post.[538]
Jeff Winter, English football referee[539]
Donald Wolfit, English actor [25]
Levi Woodbury, US Associate Justice (1845–1851)[62]
William B. Woods, US Associate Justice (1881–1887)[62]
Clarendon Worrell, Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada [540]
Steve Wozniak, Co-founder Apple Computers, Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, California[79]
Christopher Wren, English architect, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2,[541] "adopted" May 18, 1691[542]
William Wyler, Film director and producer, Loyalty Lodge No. 529, California[104]
Ed Wynn,[104] Lodge No. 9, Pennsylvania[543][544][545]
X

Y

John Yarker, English occultist – 1° Lodge of Integrity Lodge No. 189 (later 163) Manchester, October 25, 1854, affiliated with Fidelity Lodge No. 623 April 27, 1855 – Expelled from the Ancient and Accepted Rite and demitted (from all regular Freemasonry), 1862[546]
Brigham Young, Mormon leader – Nauvoo Lodge, Illinois, April, 1842 (Later that year, Nauvoo Lodge was declared clandestine by the Grand Lodge of Illinois, and its members were suspended)[547]
Coleman Young (1918–1997), American politician, mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1993.[90]
Denton T. "Cy" Young, Baseball player – raised February 29, 1904 in Mystic Tie Lodge No. 194, Dennison, Ohio[50][548]
Z

Duiliu Zamfirescu, Romanian novelist, poet, short story writer, lawyer, nationalist politician, journalist, diplomat and memoirist.[21]
Darryl F. Zanuck, Mt. Olive Lodge No. 506, California[104][549][550]
Florenz Ziegfeld, Broadway impresario. Accordia Lodge No. 277 [44]
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Serbian poet [22]
Johann Zoffany, German-British painter[25]
Adolph Zukor, Film producer, Centennial Lodge No. 763, New York[104]