Some Notable Masons

Eddy Arnold, Country music artist

Roy Acuff,    Country music artist

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Astronaut

Gene Autry, Country music artist, Actor, First owner of the Los Angeles Angels now know as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

L. Van Beethoven, Classical music composer

Irving Berlin, Music composer and song writer

Simon Bolivar, Military General, lead the fight for independence in the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.  Simon also founded the Lodge: Order and Liberty No. 2 in Peru in 1824

Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor

Ernest Borgnine, Actor

Omar Bradley, World War II general, promoted to 5 Star General in 1950

Richard E. Byrd, Polar explorer, Famous Aviator

DeWitt Clinton, New York Governor, had a large role in the construction of the Erie Canal

Ty Cobb, Baseball player, was in the first class of inductee's in the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame

George M. Cohan, Actor, also well known in musical theater

Davy Crockett, American Frontiersman, Soldier, Politician served in the U.S. House or Representatives for the State of Tennessee, died at the Battle of the Alamo

Norm Crosby, Comedian

Cecil B. DeMille, Movie Director

Jack Dempsey, Professional Boxer, heavyweight champion

John Diefenbaker, Canada's 13th prime minister

Jimmy Doolittle, Led the first aerial raid on Japan in 1942 as a Lieutenant Colonel, was promoted to Brigadier General the day after the attack, also received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in the attack

Duke Ellington, Musician

Sir Alexander Fleming, Scientist, involved in the discovery of Penicillin

Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States

Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of the modern assembly line

Benjamin Franklin, 3rd Grand Master of Pennsylvania, author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, diplomat

Clark Gable, Actor

Benjamin Gilman, Former New York Attorney General, Former Ney York Congressman

John Glenn, Astronaut, Senator

Arthur Godfrey, Television personality

Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator

John Hancock, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Harry Hershfield, Cartoonist

Harry Houdini, Magician, escape artist, stunt performer

Sam Houston, Statesman, politician, soldier

Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President under Lyndon Johnson, U.S. Senator for Minnesota

Burl Ives, Actor, singer, author

Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States

Al Jolson, Actor, singer

John Paul Jones, Naval hero during the American Revolution, Known as "The Father of the American Navy"

Jack Kemp, Professional football player, Vice Presidential candidate in the 1776 presidential election

Rudyard Kipling, Author and Poet

Marquis de Lafayette, French military officer, served in the American Revolution (serving entirely without pay)

Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York during the Great Depression

Charles A. Lindbergh, Famous Aviator, known for the first Trans-Atlantic flight from New York City to Paris

Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General, Promoted to 5 star General on December 18, 1944, Received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in the Pacific theater of action during World War II

George C. Marshall, U.S. Army General, Promoted to 5 star General on December 16, 1944

Thurgood Marshall, First African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court

Charles W. Mayo, American medical practitioner and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic

William McKinley, 25th President of the United States

Lauritz Melchior, Opera singer

James Monroe, 5th President of the United States

Wolfgang A. Mozart, Classical music composer

Arnold Palmer, Professional golfer

Dr. Norman V. Peale, Author, Preacher

J.C. Penney, Founder of the J.C. Penney stores

John Pershing, U.S. Army General, 5 Star, other than Brother George Washington he is the only General to hold the title of General of the Armies of the United States. He is also the only living person to hold this rank.

Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter pilot, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.  Race car driver

Branch Rickey, Major League Baseball executive, know for breaking baseball's color barrier by signing the African-American player Jackie Robinson, and later drafting the first Hispanic super star Roberto Clemente

Will Rogers, Comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, actor

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, organized and lead the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States

David Sarnoff, Led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

Jean Sibelius, Classical music composer

Red Skelton, Comedian

John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor, known for American military marches

Danny Thomas, Comedian, actor

Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's restaurant chain

Lowell Thomas, Writer, broadcaster

Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States

George Washington, General during the American Revolution, first President of the United States, posthumously awarded the rank of 5 star General of the American Armies

Thomas J. Watson, President of International Business Machines (IBM)

John Wayne, Actor