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Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation which exists in a number of forms worldwide. Throughout history some prominent members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement; as a result, some famous (and infamous) Freemasons are well-known. The membership of Freemasonry is vast, diverse, and resists any single characterization.

However, Masonic membership can sometimes be difficult to verify, particularly for historical figures. Membership records are most often kept at the individual Lodge level, and may be lost due to fire, flood, deterioration, or simple carelessness. Grand Lodge governance may have shifted or reorganized, resulting in further loss of records on the member or the name, number, location or even existence of the Lodge in question. In areas of the world where Masonry has been suppressed by governments, records of entire Grand Lodges have been destroyed.

Standards of "proof" for those on this list may vary widely; some figures with no verified Lodge affiliation are claimed as Masons if anecdotal evidence suggests they were familiar with the "secret" signs and passes, but other figures are rejected over technical questions of irregularity in the Lodge that initiated them. Where available, specific Lodge membership information is provided; where serious questions of verification have been noted by other sources, this is indicated as well.

Famous Freemasons

Political and civil rights leaders

Australia

  • Sir Edmund Barton ( 1st Australian Prime Minister) Born 1849 Died 1920, P/M from 1901 to 1903
  • Sir George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW
  • Sir Joseph Cook 6th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce 8th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VIC
  • Sir Arthur William Fadden 13th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Sir John Grey Gorton 19th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Sir William McMahon 20th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Sir Harry Lawson, 27th Premier of Victoria, Scotch Collegians Lodge
  • Sir Earle Christmas Grafton
  • Sir William Clarke, former Chief Justice of Victoria, first GM of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria
  • Herbert Henry "Smokey Dawson" MBE AM, country music entertainer and community leader
  • Sir Donald Bradman, World Famous Australian Cricketer
  • Sir Hubert Opperman, World's Fastest Bicyclist in 1930s; Government Minister; High Commissioner to Malta
  • Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, aviator who was first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928. He was a MM of a Brisbane lodge, and, as a matter of interest, it is his MM apron which is perambulated in the memorial service each Anzac Day in the Brisbane Memorial Masonic Centre.
  • Sir Thomas Playford, Former Premier of South Australia
  • Charles Karius Explorer initiated New Guinea Lodge (292 UGLQ) 29 Nov 26, passed 11 Feb 28, raised 9 Oct 35
  • Hugh Webster, once Prof of Physics at Uni Qld and for a time Australia's Science Rep to the United Nations
  • Air Commadore Rex Taylor CBE, John Knox Lodge
  • Major-General Sir Robert Risson, Past Grand Master
  • Lt-General Sir John Northcot, Past Grand Master-NSW (Initiated in Lodge Army and Navy after he was Commissioned as Governor of NSW)
  • Lt-General Sir John Lavarack, Past Grand Master-Qld
  • Chap Archdeacon GE Lambie, Past Grand Chaplain
  • Chap-General Rev AT Holden, Past Grand Master
  • John So, Current Lord Mayor of Victoria

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Czechoslovakia

  • Edvard Beneš, Lodge Ian Amos Komensky No. 1, Prague and Lodge Pravda Vitezi

France

Gabon

  • Omar Bongo, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Gabon, 1983

Germany

Hawaii

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Japan

  • Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama, Hatoyama was made a Mason in March 1955 in Tokyo
  • Nishi Amane, La Vertu Lodge No, 7, Leyden, October 20, 1864

Jordan

Malaysia

  • HRH Colonel Sir Ibrahim, The Sultan of Johor. Initiated, 11th April 1906 in Empire Lodge No. 2108 in London.
  • H.H. Tunku Abdul Malik Ibni Sultan Badlishah, House of Kedah. Initiated, 9th January 1959, Lodge Kedah No. 3830 E.C. Sungei Petani.
  • HRH Sultan Idris Ibni Sultan Iskandar Shah, Sultan of Johor. Initiated 9th July 1960, Lodge Napier No. 3418 EC in Ipoh.

Mexico

Philippines

  • Dr. José Rizal, national hero and pride of the Malay race, Acacia Lodge No. 9 Spain, Logia Solidaridad 53 Madrid 1890, Nilad Lodge No. 144, 1892
  • Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935-1944), Sinukuan Lodge No. 272, 1908
  • Jose Abad Santos, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one of the greatest heroes of World War II. He was made a Master Mason in 1919
  • Numeriano R. Adriano, former Vice-President of the Republic, like many others gave his life (executed) during the Philippine Revolution
  • Bishop Gregorio Aglipay, revolutionary Catholic priest, excommunicated for joining the libertarian movement
  • Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, first president of the Philippine Republic. Pilar Lodge No. 203, 1895. Founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31
  • Dr. Galicano C. Apacible, patriot and propagandist, Logia Revoluccion in Barcelona and Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid (mid 1880's)
  • Conrado Benitez, civic leader, esteemed educator, economist, author. Grand Master of Masons of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines in 1936
  • Nicanor Abelardo, musician/composer, "father of the sonata in the Philippines". Luzon Lodge No. 57
  • Andres Bonifacio, founded the Katipunan, a secret society established to gain independence from Spain through force. Taliba Lodge No. 165, 1892
  • Manuel Camus, philantropist and civic leader, organizer of Boy Scouts and YMCA and charity organizations. Lodge Perla del Oriente 1034, 1908
  • Marcelo H. del Pilar, soul of the Philippine Revolution. He co-founded Logia Revoluccion in Barcelona, Spain and revived Logia Solidaridad 53
  • Isabelo de los Reyes, labor leader, historian and founder of the Philippine folklore, Luz de Oriente Lodge, 1896
  • Teodoro M. Kalaw, prolific writer, scholar, orator and statesman, Nilad Lodge 1907, Gran Logia de Filipinas 1915
  • Jose P. Laurel, President of the 2nd Philippine Republic, Supreme Court Justice, patriot. Batangas Lodge No. 383
  • Graciano Lopez Jaena, gifted writer, orator, patriot. Logia Povernir No. 2, co-founded Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid
  • Gen. Antonio Luna, writer, dedicated patriot, foremost military strategist. Logia Solidaridad 53, Madrid
  • Apolinario Mabini, considered by many as the "Brains of the Philippine Revolution". Logia Balagtas 149, 1892
  • Camilo Osias, foremost, educator, legislator, writer. Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4, 1918
  • Rafael Palma, lawyer, statesman, educator. First Filipino president of the University of the Philippines. Bagong Buhay Lodge No. 291, 1908
  • Quintin Paredes, first Filipino Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice. Sinukuan Lodge No. 16, 1913
  • Manuel Roxas, President of the Republic of the Philippines (1946-1948). Makawiwili Lodge No. 55, 1920

Austria

Romania

Russia

Singapore

UK: England & Wales, and Scotland

(the two Masonic jurisdictions have never been united)

U.S.

American Revolution

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U.S. Presidents
U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Republic of Texas

Venezuela

Military leaders

  • General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, 32° Cassia Mt. Horeb Lodge No. 273, PA. Raised in Union Lodge No. 7, Junction City, Kansas, and received the higher degrees in the Army Scottish Rite bodies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is also a Shriner.
  • General Omar N. Bradley, West Point Lodge No. 877, NY
  • Admiral Arleigh Burke 33°
  • Major General Claire Chennault 32° K.C.C.H. League City Lodge No. 1053, League City, Texas. He is also a Shriner.
  • General Mark W. Clark, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis, IN
  • Brigadier General James Doolittle, 32° Mason and Shriner.
  • Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Elgin Lodge No. 91, Leven, Scotland
  • Admiral John Jellicoe, Past Provincial Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England
  • Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Made Master Mason in 1935, George C. Whiting Lodge, No. 22, D.C.
  • Lord Horatio Kitchener, Past District Grand Master of Egypt and Sudan; Past Grand Warden and District Grand Master, Punjab, India; founder of several Lodges
  • General Douglas MacArthur, 33° Manila Lodge No. 1, Philippines. Elected a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour in 1937, and is also a Shriner.
  • General George C. Marshall, Made a Mason in an Occasional Lodge with all three degrees being conferred upon him by the Grand Master of Masons in the District of Columbia, Ara L. Daniels.
  • Admiral Horatio Nelson, York Lodge No. 256.
  • General John J. Pershing, 33° Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, NE. Fifty year Mason and a member of the Shrine.
  • Brigadier General Albert Pike, Western Star Lodge No. 2, Little Rock, Arkansas. Sovereign Grand Commander AASR, Southern Jurisdiction.
  • Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Kilwinning Lodge No. 297, MI
  • Field Marshal Aleksandr Suvorov, Lodge Zu den Drei Kronen, Königsberg
  • Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Lodge Zur Aufrichtigen Herzen, Frankfurt
  • General Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Lodge at Trim No. 494, Meath, Ireland

Composers, fine artists, and popular musicians

Actors and entertainers

Industrialists and labor leaders

Adventurers

Philosophers

Athletes and other sports figures

Astronauts

Writers, journalists, and publishers

Lawyers, jurists, and law enforcement

Doctors, scientists, and inventors

Educators, religious leaders, and others

Famous entered apprentices

"Mason" generally refers to a Master Mason, or one who has received all three of the initiatory degrees of Freemasonry. Those who have received only the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft degrees are initiated members, but without all the rights and privileges accorded to Master Masons.

  • General Nathan Bedford Forrest was initiated into the first degree of Freemasonry, but he never completed his second and third degrees and never returned to Lodge.
  • President Lyndon B. Johnson was initiated into the first degree of Freemasonry, but his congressional duties made it impossible for him to pursue the second and third degrees.

References

  1. Masonic forum, no. 10 (in Romanian)
  2. Masonic forum, no. 3 (in English)
  3. , no.89 (in Romanian)

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