“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.
Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge
Elias Ashmole, Warrington Lodge, Lancashire
Vannevar Bush, Richard C. Maclaurin Lodge, Cambridge, MA
Erasmus Darwin, St. David’s Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh
John Theophilus Desaguliers, Past Grand Master of England
John Fitch, Bristol Lodge No. 25, Bristol, PA A
Sir Alexander Fleming, London Scottish Rifles Lodge No. 2310; Past Master (later, Secretary) of Sancta Maria Lodge No. 2682; Past Master (later, Treasurer) of Misericordia Lodge No. 3286, 1935; Past Junior Grand Warden, Senior Grand Deacon 1942; Grand Warden, 1948 UGLE; Received the Distinguished Service Citation of the Grand Lodge of New York, USA.
Sir Sandford Fleming, St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 16, Toronto, ON
Richard Jordan Gatling, Centre Lodge No. 23, Indianapolis, IN N
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, founding member of the Grand Orient of France
James Hoban, founder, Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Aesculapius Lodge No. 2410
Edward Jenner, Royal Berkeley Lodge of Faith and Friendship No. 449, Berkeley, Gloucestershire e
Charles G. King, Whitman Lodge No. 49, Pullman, WA
Charles Horace Mayo, Rochester Lodge No. 21, MN
William James Mayo, Rochester Lodge No. 21, MN
Franz Mesmer, Lodge Les Philadelphes, France
Albert Abraham Michelson, Washington Lodge No. 21, New York, NY
Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
Wilhelm Ostwald, Past Grand Master, Grand Lodge Zur Aufgehenden Sonne, Bayreuth
Charles Robert Richet, Lodge Cosmos, France
George Shillibeer, Etonian Lodge of St. John No. 209, Windsor
William Stukeley, Salutation Tavern Lodge, London
Sir Christopher Wren, Lodge of Antiquity No. 2 2
Izzy Einstein, Emanuel Lodge No. 654, NY
Henry Frye Prince Hall Freemason, Khalif Temple No. 144 of the Shrine,
J. Edgar Hoover, 33°, Grand Cross. Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC C
John Marshall, Past Grand Master of Virginia
Moe Smith, Emanuel Lodge No. 654, NY
Earl Warren, Past Grand Master of California
Piotr Karamański, ul.Świerkowa 19 34-100 Wadowice, Poland
Roscoe Pound
Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., Clear Lake Lodge No. 1417, Seabrook, TX
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Carbondale, CO
Donn F. Eisele, Luthor B. Turner Lodge No. 732, Columbus, OH
John Glenn, Concord Lodge No. 688, Concord, OH
Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, IN
James Irwin, Tejon Lodge No. 104, Colorado Springs, CO
Edgar Mitchell, Artesia Lodge No. 28, Artesia, NM
Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Canaveral Lodge No. 339, Cocoa Beach, FL
Thomas Stafford, Western Star Lodge No. 138, Weatherford, OK K
James E. Webb, University Lodge No. 408, Chapel Hill, NC
Paul J. Weitz, Lawrence Lodge No. 708, Erie, PA
Writers, journalists, and publishers
Andrew Bell, Lodge St. David No. 36, Edinburgh
James Boswell, Master of Canongate Kilwinning Lodge for two terms, Depute GM Scotland 1776-78
Robert Burns, Saint David’s Lodge No. 2174, Tarbolton; many others
Lord William Byron, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns) )
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis, MO
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Phoenix Lodge No. 257, Southsea, Hampshire
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
Edward Gibbon, Lodge of Friendship No. 3, London
Edgar Guest, Ashler Lodge No. 91, Detroit, MI
William Hagan, Euclid Lodge, Stoughton, MA
Rudyard Kipling, Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C., Lahore, India; founding member, The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, St. Omer, France, F.R.
Mark Lemon, Globe Lodge No. 23, London n
John B. MacLean, Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, ON
Dr. Robert Moray, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641
Norman Vincent Peale, Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY
Alexander Pope, Lodge Goat-at-the-Foot-of-the-Haymarket No. 16, London
Aleksandr Pushkin, Lodge Ovid, Kischinev
Theodor Reuss, occultist and head of O.T.O., Pilger Loge #238 (UGLE) 1878, and excluded 1880, also Grandmaster of Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, 1913.
Rafael Sabatini, Jerusalem Lodge No. 197, London n
Friedrich Schiller, Rudolstadt Lodge, Berlin
Sir Walter Scott, Saint David Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh
Robert W. Service, Yukon Lodge No. 45, Dawson City, YT
Gordon Sinclair, John Ross Robertson Lodge No. 545, Toronto, ON
Jonathan Swift, Lodge Goat-at-the-Foot-of-the-Haymarket No. 16, London, England; Lodge No. 16, Dublin, Ireland
Roy Thomson, North Bay Lodge No. 617
Anthony Trollope, Banagher Lodge No. 306, Ireland
Lew Wallace, Fountain Lodge No. 60, Covington, IN
Oscar Wilde, Apollo University Lodge No. 357, Oxford
Sir P.G. Wodehouse, Jerusalem Lodge No. 197, London
Harold Ballard, Corinthian Lodge No. 481, GRC
Avery Brundage, North Shore Lodge No. 937, Chicago, IL
Ty Cobb, Royston Lodge No. 426, Detroit, MI
Jack Dempsey, Kenwood Lodge No. 800, Chicago, IL
Peter Ebdon, former snooker world champion
Rogers Hornsby, Beacon Lodge No. 3, St. Louis, MO O
Tim Horton, Kroy Lodge No. 676, Toronto, ON
Jack Johnson, Lodge Forfar and Kincardine No. 225, Dundee, Scotland
Duke Kahanamoku, Surfer. Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F.& A.M.
Arnold Palmer, Loyalhanna Lodge No. 275, Latrobe, PA
Branch Rickey, Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis, MO
Sugar Ray Robinson, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NY, PHA
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lodge Amalia, Weimar
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Lodge Zu den Drei Goldenen Rosen
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), Raised 1778 Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
Sir Richard Francis Burton, Hope Lodge, Kurrachee, Scinde, India
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC; established Antarctica Lodge No. 777 under the Grand Lodge of New Zealand d
Kit Carson, Montezuma Lodge No. 109, Taos, NM
William Clark, Saint Lewis Lodge No. 111, PA
Matthew Henson, Celestial Lodge No. 3, PHA, New York, NY
Meriwether Lewis, Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, VA; founder, St. Louis Lodge No. 111, St. Louis, MO under the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania a
Charles Lindbergh, Keystone Lodge No. 243, MO
Commodore Robert Peary, Kane Lodge No. 454, New York, NY
Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Drury Lane Lodge No. 2127, London; Navy Lodge No. 2612
Sir Ernest Shackleton, Navy Lodge No. 2612
Matthew Webb, Neptune Lodge No. 22
John Jacob Astor, W.M. Holland Lodge No. 8, NY
Samuel Bronfman, Covenant Lodge No. 108, QC
André Citroën, Lodge La Philosophie Positive, Paris
Samuel Colt, St. John’s Lodge, Hartford, CT
Edwin Drake, Oil Creek Lodge No. 3, Titusville, PA
Eberhard Faber, Chancellor Walworth Lodge No. 271, New York, NY
Henry Ford, Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit, MI
Samuel Gompers, Dawson Lodge No. 16, Washington, DC
Charles Hilton, William B. Warren Lodge No. 309, IL
Frank G. Hoover, William McKinley Lodge No. 431, OH
Melvin Jones, Garden City Lodge No. 141, Illinois
Sebastian S. Kresge, Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit, MI
Sir Thomas Lipton, Scotia Lodge No. 178, Glasgow w
Frederick L. Maytag, Newton Lodge No. 59, IA
John J. McLaughlin, Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, ON
R. Samuel McLaughlin, Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, ON; Past Grand Steward; 75-year member
John Molson, St. Paul’s Lodge, No. 374, Montreal, QC; Past Provincial Grand Master of Lower Canada
Ransom E. Olds, Capitol Lodge No. 66, Lansing, MI
J.C. Penney, Wasatch Lodge No. 1, Salt Lake City, UT
George Pullman, Renovation Lodge No. 97, Albion, NY
A. Philip Randolph, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NYC USA
James Mayer Rothschild Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
David Sarnoff, Strict Observance Lodge No. 94, NY
Dave Thomas, Sol. D. Bayless Lodge No. 359, Fort Wayne, IN
Steve Wozniak, Charity Jarman Lodge No. 362, Campbell, CA
Bud Abbott, Daylight Lodge No. 525, MI
Cliff Arquette, Ravenwood Lodge No. 777, Chicago, IL
Gene Autry, 33°, Grand Cross. Catoosa Lodge No. 185, OK
Wallace Beery, Blaney Lodge No. 271, IL
Mel Blanc, Mid Day Lodge No. 188, OR
Ernest Borgnine, Abingdon Lodge No. 48, VA
Eddie Cantor, Munn Lodge No. 190, New York, NY
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Platte Valley Lodge No. 15, NE
Harry H. Corbett, Chevin Lodge No. 6848, UK
Charles Correll, Trio Lodge No. 57, Chicago, IL
Donald Crisp, Harry S. Orme Lodge No. 458, CA
Jim Davidson. British comedian [1]
Cecil B. DeMille, Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, NY
Richard Dix, Harry S. Orme Lodge No. 458, CA
Douglas Fairbanks, Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528, CA
W.C. Fields, E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia, PA
J.D. Fortune, Oakville Lodge No. 400, Oakville, ON
Clark Gable, Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528, CA
Arthur Godfrey, Acacia Lodge No. 18, Washington, DC
Freeman Gosden, Petersburg Lodge No. 15, VA
D.W. Griffith, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, NY
Oliver Hardy, Solomon Lodge No. 20, Jacksonville, Florida
Anthony Harper, Baraboo Lodge No. 34, Barbaoo, Wisconsin; Past Master
Harry Houdini Initiated Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, NYC
Sir Henry Irving, Jerusalem Lodge No. 44, London
Burl Ives, Magnolia (now Magnolia-La Cumbre) Lodge No. 242, CA
Al Jolson, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, NY
Harold Lloyd, Hamilton Lodge No. 535, Hollywood, CA; Shriner
Harpo Marx
Louis B. Mayer, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York, NY
Tom Mix, Utopia Lodge No. 537, CA
Audie Murphy, Hollywood Lodge No. 542, North Hollywood, CA
Bronson Pinchot, Harford Lodge No. 445, Hop Bottom, PA
Richard Pryor, Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, IL
Michael Richards, Riviera Lodge No. 780, CA
Alfred, John, Albert, Charles, William, August and Henry Ringling and their father, August Rüngeling, Baraboo Lodge No. 34, Baraboo, WI
Jimmie Rodgers, John L. Spinks Lodge No. 507, MS
Roy Rogers, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, CA
Will Rogers, Claremore Lodge No. 55, OK
Peter Sellers, Chelsea Lodge No. 3098, London, England
Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton, Vincennes Lodge No. 1, Vincennes, IN
Robert Pershing Wadlow, Franklin Lodge No. 25, Alton, IL
Hal B. Wallis, Prudence Lodge No. 958, Chicago, IL
Jack Warner, Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles, CA
John Wayne, Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Tucson, AZ
Ed Wynn, Philadelphia Lodge No. 9, PA
Darryl F. Zanuck, Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles, CA
Florenz Ziegfeld, Accordia Lodge No. 277
Adolph Zukor, Centennial Lodge No. 763, New York, NY
Roy Acuff, East Nashville Lodge No. 560, TN
Louis Armstrong Montgomery Lodge No. 18 PHA, NY (unverified: was a member of Knights of Pythias)
Johann Christian Bach, Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London
Josephine Baker in France
Frédéric Bartholdi, Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris
William “Count” Basie, Wisdom Lodge No. 102, Chicago, IL
Irving Berlin, Munn Lodge No. 190, New York, NY
Gutzon Borglum, Howard Lodge No. 35, NY
Roy Clark, Jenks Lodge No. 497, OK
Ludwig van Beethoven
George M. Cohan, Pacific Lodge No. 223, CA
Nat King Cole, Thomas Waller Lodge No. 49, Los Angeles, CA, PHA
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, Social Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC, PHA
Sir Banister Flight Fletcher, Authors Lodge No. 3456, London
Sir William S. Gilbert, Lodge St. Machar No. 54, Aberdeen, Scotland
Lionel Hampton, Boyer Lodge No. 1, New York, NY, PHA
William C. Handy, Hiram Lodge No. 4, New York, NY, PHA
Joseph Haydn, Lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht, Vienna
Franz Liszt, Lodge Zur Einigkeit, Frankfurt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lodge Zur Woltatigkeit, Vienna; Lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht
Alfons Mucha, Paris; founder of Czech Freemasonry
Tex Ritter, Metropolitan Lodge No. 646, CA
Adolphe Sax, Loge Les Vrais Amis de L’Union
Jean Sibelius, Suomi Lodge No. 1, Helsinki, Finland
John Philip Sousa, Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, DC
Sir Arthur Sullivan, Past Grand Organist of the United Grand Lodge of England
Mel Tillis, Branson Lodge No. 587
