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When you join Freemasonry, you are in good company!
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Music & Entertainment
Accuff, Roy - Country Western Singer
Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician. Arnold, Eddy - Country Western Singer
Atkins, Chet - Musician, Guitar
Autry, Gene - Singer — Actor - Western Heritage Museum,
Bach, Jahann Christian - Composer
Bassie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
Beethoven, Ludwig Van. - 1770-1827. Composer
Berlin, Irving - Composer/Entertainer
Borgnine, Ernest - Actor
Brown, Joe E.
Burns, Bob
Cantor, Eddie
Caine, Michael - Actor
Cervi, Gino 1901-1974. - Italian Actor, famous for his roles in films as "Don Camillo"
Chopin, Frederic - Composer
Clark, Roy - Country western singer
Coburn, Charles D.
Cohan, George M. - Composer/Broadway star
Cole, Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer
Cody, William F. “Buffalo Bill”
Costello, Lou - Comedian
Crisp, Donald
Crosby, Norm - Entertainer
DeMille, Cecil B. - Epic Film Director
Dix, Richard
Eastwold, Scott - Musician,
Ellington, Duke - Jazz composer, arranger and stylist
Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr. - Silent film actor
Fields, W.C. - Actor
Gable, Clark - Actor
Gibson, Hoot - Cowboy actor
Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance"
Gilbert and Sullivan - Composers and playwrights
Godfrey, Arthur - Actor
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang 1749-1832.
Griffith, David W.
Grock - Swiss Circus Clown
Hampton, Lionel - Orchestra Leader/Composer
Handel, George Fredrick - Composer
Handy, William C. - Composer "Father of the Blues"
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian (Laurrel & Hardy)
Hayden, Franz Josef F. 1732-1809 - Composer
Hershfield, Harry - Radio entertainer
Hersholt, Jean
Houdini, Harry - Magician
Ives, Burl - Entertainer
Jolson, Al - Fame as the first 'talking picture' the Jazz Singer.
Jones, Charles “Buck”
Keaton, Buster - Movies, Comedian
Kellar, Harry
Kern, Jerome - Composer
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lizt, Franz. Composer
Lloyd, Harold C. - Silent movie comedian
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Meichior, Lauritz
Miller, Glenn - Musician, Band Leader
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Child musical genius - composer
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Powell, Dick
Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.
Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star
Rogers, Will - Actor; Claremore Lodge No. 53, Oklahoma
Sellers, Peter 1925-1980 - Actor
Sibelius, Jean 1865-1957 - Composer (Finland)
Skelton, Richard B. “Red” - Comedian/Entertainer
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem.
Sousa, John Philip - Composer - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Thomas, Danny - Actor, Entertainer
Thurston, Howard - Last of the great vauderville magicians.
Tillis, Mel - Country Singer
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Studio fame
Wayne, John - Actor; Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Tucson, AZ
Wagner, Richard
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
Wynn, Ed
Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907
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World Leaders (USA)
Benjamin Franklin & 12 others who signed the Constitution of the United States of America
George Washington, 1st President, 1789 - 1797
James Monroe, 5th President, 1817 - 1825
Andrew Jackson, 7th President, 1829 - 1837
James Knox Polk, 11th President, 1845 - 1849
James Buchanan, 15th President, 1857 - 1861
Andrew Johnson, 17th President, 1865 - 1869
James Abram Garfield, 20th President. 1881
William McKinley, 25th President, 1897 - 1901
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President, 1901 - 1909
William Howard Taft, 27th President, 1909 - 1913
Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29th President, 1921 - 1923
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President, 1933 - 1945
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President, 1945 - 1951
Lyndon Baines Johnson 1908-1973. 36th President, 1963 - 1969
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. 38th President, 1974 - 1977
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World Leaders
Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Miguel Aleman (Mexican President 1947-52)
Allende, Salvador - Former President of Chile, Lodge Progresso No. 4, Valpariso
Emilio Aguinaldo (Phillippine Patriot and General)
Ataturk, Mustapha Kemal, Former President of Turkey 1923-1938
Barclay, E-J. - President of Liberia in 1930 - 1941.
Barrientos, Rene. - 1925-1969. President of Bolivie 1964
Batista, Mariano. 1832-1907. - President of Bolivia in 1892.
Benes, Eduard - President of Czechoslovakia 1935-1938.
Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Bertrand, Francisco - 1870-1926 President of Honduras.
Sveinn Bjornsson (1st President of Iceland)
Bolivar, Simon. 1783-1830 - Hero of the Independence of South American countries
Bonaparte, Napolean - Military Leader, Emperor of France (His four Brothers)
Bonaparte, Joseph 1768-1844. - King of Naples
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Botha, Pik - Former Foreign Minister of South Africa
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807
King Charles XIII (King of Sweden 1748-1818)
Churchill, Winston, Sir. 1874-1965. - Former Prime Minister
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Doumer, Paul - President of France
Doumergue, Gaston - President of France
Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
Edward VII - King of England
Frederic II - King of Prussia
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia 1740-86
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, 1745-65.
Francis II Holy Roman Emperor, 1768-1806.
Frederic VII - King of Denmark. 1806-1863.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe. 1807-1882. - Deputy of Rome.
George VI - King of England during W.W. II
Georges II 1895-1952. - King of Greece
Gustave V - King of Sweden 1907 - 1950.
Gustavus VI Adolphus (King of Sweden 1792-1809)
Joffre 1852-1931 - Marshall of France.
Kamehemeha IV King of Hawaii (1854-63).
Kemehemeha V King of Hawaii (1863-72).
Lafayette, Marquis de - French Supporter of Amerian Freedom
Leopold I - King of Belgium (1831-65)
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 and 1878-91
Mitterand, Alexandre - President of France
Peter the Great (Emperor of Russia 1689-1725)
Tirpitz, Alfred Von 1849-1930 - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare
William I (King of Prussia 1861- 88)
William II (King of the Netherlands (1792-1849)
William IV (King of England (1830-37)
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Military Men (USA)
Aldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz" Astronaut; second man on the moon
Bradley, Omar N. - Five Star General of the Army, World War II, U.S.
Byrd, Richard E. Admiral - Arctic & Anarctic explorer, 1st to fly over North Pole
Cooper, Gordon "Gordo" - Astronaut
Clark, Mark - World War II General, European Theater
Doolittle, James - General, famous World War II Air Force Pilot
Grissom, Virgil (Gus) - Astronaut
Irwin, Jim - Astronaut
Jones, John Paul - Founder and First Admiral of the U.S. Navy
Knox, Henry - Revolutionary War General
LaMay, Curtis E. - Air Force General, Commander of Strategic Air Command
MacArthur, Douglas - Five Star General, Allied Commander in the Pacific in World War II,
Marshall, George C. - Five Star General, Architect of the Marshall Plan.
McClellan, George B. - General, Union Army
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of World War II
Peary, Robert E. Admiral - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Pershing, John Joseph - General of the Armies, World War I
Pickett, George E. - Maj. Gen. (CSA), led "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg
Schirra, Wally - Astronaut
Schwartzkopf, Norman - Former U.S. General, Desert Storm commander
Stillwell, Joseph - World War II General
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Pioneers USA
Astor, John Jacob - Fur trader and financier
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas, Louisiana Lodge No. 109, St. Genevieve, Missouri.
Bowie, James - Died at the Alamo
Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Clark, William - Explorer (Lewis and Clark)
Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer
Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill" - Indian fighter, Wild West Show
Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Fulton, Robert - Inventor of 1st Submarine and Steam powered warship
Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
Houston, Sam - 2nd and 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer (Lewis and Clark)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator. First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
McHenry, James - Signer of the U.S. Constitution - Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland
Revere, Paul - Famous Midnight Ride
Rush, Benjamin - one of nine Masonic signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Travis, Colonel William B. - died at Alamo
Wright, Orville and Wilber - Inventors of Airplane
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