Famous Freemasons — Masons of California (original) (raw)
A list of famous and celebrity Freemasons.
Celebrity Freemasons Throughout History
Here are a few famous Freemasons whose names you might recognize.
- Founding fathers like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Aaron Burr, and other leaders of the American Revolution.
- Other U.S. presidents including Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Gerald Ford.
- Civil rights activists like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Thurgood Marshall, and Medger Evers.
- Explorers like Davy Crockett, Lewis and Clark, Charles Lindbergh, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
- Scientists like Edward Jenner, Joseph Lister, and Nobel Prize-winner Alexander Fleming.
- Musicians including J.S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and William “Count” Basie.
- Writers including Jonathon Swift, Oscar Wilde, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mark Twain.
- Athletes including “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Jack Dempsey, John Elway, and Scottie Pippin.
- Entertainers and actors including John Wayne, Harry Houdini, and Richard Pryor.
- Entrepreneurs and business leaders including Charles Hilton, Colonel Harland Sanders, Walter Chrysler, J. C. Penny, Dave Thomas, Forrest Bird, and Chuck Williams (founder of Williams-Sonoma).
List of Famous “33rd-degree” Masons
