Famous Masons
The practices and teachings of Freemasonry instill that all men are created equal as we are all born, breath and then pass on to the Grand Lodge Above and our body to returns to the earth. We are all valued and can contribute to this world with our individual talents and are taught to master ourselves to make daily advancements and to help mankind as we are able. In the world we live in today certain Freemasons will become more “publicly recognized” and hold certain offices and positions that attract world and regional attention. Freemasonry is pleased that these men can positively contribute to society and community in these circumstances to heighten life’s experiences, entertain and advance society. We believe that Freemasonry has had some part in contributing to these men’s achievements and that these men have contributed something to Freemasonry as well – just as every man who has become a Freemasons has done. So in our eyes all men are famous and have talents to contribute. However, we do hope you will enjoy the following incomplete list of some of the Publicly and Historically Recognized Freemasons.
MONARCHS
King George IV (1762 – 1830)
King William IV (1765 – 1837)
King Edward VII (1841 – 1910)
King Edward VIII (1894 – 1972)
King George VI (1895 – 1952)
STATESMEN
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
George Canning (1770 – 1827)
Sir John A. MacDonald (1815 – 1891)
Lord Randolph Churchill (1849 – 1895)
Cecil Rhodes (1852 – 1903)
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Leopold S. Amery (1873 – 1955)
Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)
George Washington (1732–1799)
James Monroe (1758–1831)
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
James Polk (1795–1849)
James Buchanan (1791–1868)
Andrew Johnson (1808–1875)
James Garfield (1831–1881)
William McKinley (1843–1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
William Taft (1857–1930)
Warren Harding (1865–1923)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
Harry Truman (1884–1972)
Gerald Ford (1913–2006)
RELIGION
Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (1887 – 1972)
Sir Israel Brodie (1895 – 1979)
SCIENTISTS
Sir Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727)
Sir Joseph Banks (1744 – 1820)
Dr Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823)
Sir Bernard Spilsbury (1877 – 1947)
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 – 1955)
EXPLORERS
Sir Richard Burton (1821 – 1890)
Capt Robert Falcon Scott, RN (1868 – 1912)
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 – 1922)
CHARITY
Dr T. J. Barnardo (1845 – 1905)
1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851 – 1925)
Sir William “Billy” Butlin (1899 – 1980)
ACTORS
David Garrick (1717 – 1779)
Edmund Kean (1787 – 1833)
Sir Henry Irving (1838 – 1905 )
Sir Donald Wolfitt (1902 – 1968)
Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980)
Chuck Norris
WRITERS
Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744)
Edward Gibbon (1734 – 1794)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816)
Robbie Burns (1759 – 1796)
Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832)
Anthony Trollope (1815 – 1882)
Sir William S. Gilbert (1836 – 1911)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930)
Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)
ARTISTS
Sir James Thornhill (1676 – 1734)
William Hogarth (1697 – 1764)
John Zoffany (1733 – 1810)
Sir John Soane (1753 – 1837)
MUSIC
Thomas Arne (1710 – 1778) Rule Britannia
Samuel Wesley (1766 – 1837)
Sir Henry Bishop (1786 – 1855) Home Sweet Home
Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842 – 1900)
ENTERTAINERS
Sir Harry Lauder
David Nixon
Cyril Fletcher
Geraldo
Nat Jackley
Alfred Marks
Jim Davidson
Edmundo Ross
Cyril Stapleton
Tommy Trinder
Jimmy Wheeler
Roger de Courcey
SPORTSMEN
Harold Abrahams
Jackie Milburn
Sir Donald Campbell
Malcolm Campbell
Sir Leonard Hutton
Jock Stein
Sir Alec Rose
Sir Clive Lloyd
Jim Peters
Sir Arthur Gold
Trevor Simpson
Len Shackleton
Joe Wade
Leslie Compton
Herbert Sutcliffe
Bill Bowes
Sir Thomas Lipton
William ‘Jack’ Dempsey
Arnold Palmer
Tony Allcock
Peter Ebdon
Mark Wildman
“Smokin’ Joe” Frazier
Shaquille O’Neal
ARMY
General Sir John Moore (1761 – 1809)
Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington KG (1769 – 1852)
Field Marshal The Earl Roberts of Kandahar VC, KG, KP (1832 – 1914)
Field Marshal The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum KG, KP (1850 – 1916)
Field Marshal Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres KP (1852 – 1925)
Field Marshal The Earl Haig KT (1861 – 1928)
General Sir Reginald Wingate Bt, GCB (1861 – 1953)
Field Marshal The Viscount Wolseley KP (1883 – 1913)
Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck GCB (1884 – 1981)
Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis KG (1891 – 1969)
Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Paddy’ Maine DSO*** (1915 – 1955)
NAVY
Admiral Sir Sidney Smith KCB(1764 – 1840)
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford GCB, GCVO (1841 – 1919)
Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Jellicoe GCB, OM, GCVO (1859 – 1935)
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Newall GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE AM (1886 – 1963)
Squadron Leader Henry Melvin “Dinghy” Young DFC & Bar (1915 – 1943)