Famous Masons
Famous Masons
Many great men of history were also Freemasons. What is it about the Masonic Fraternity that attracted so many great men of history? From prodigys like Mozart to great leaders like George Washington and Winston Churchill. Great thinkers like Benjamin Franklin, and Gothe. Business leaders like JC Penny, Henry Ford, and Dave Thomas. Freemasons have had such a profound impact on the world.
The wisest and best of men in all ages have been encouragers and promoters of our Art, and have never deemed it derogatory to their dignity to level themselves with the Fraternity, to extend its privileges, and to patronize its assemblies.
Famous Masons
Albert Pike
Scholar and ritualist who rewrote the Scottish Rite degrees, wrote Morals and Dogma, and led the Southern Jurisdiction for 32 years.
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Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States and Past Grand Master of Tennessee; his initiation date was never recorded.
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Arnold Palmer
Golf's "King," a lifelong member of his hometown lodge in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
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Benjamin Franklin
Printer, scientist, and founding father, Franklin joined St. John's Lodge in Philadelphia in 1731, printed the first Masonic book in America, and served as Grand Master of Pennsylvania.
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Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and the first Freemason to walk on the Moon, carrying a Scottish Rite flag and a Grand Lodge of Texas commission.
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Charles Lindbergh
Aviator who completed his degrees in St. Louis months before his solo transatlantic flight.
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Clark Gable
Hollywood's "King," who completed all three degrees in Beverly Hills as his career took off.
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Colonel Harland Sanders
Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, whose Masonic record survives in the Grand Lodge of Kentucky card file.
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Duke Ellington
Composer and bandleader, a member of Prince Hall Freemasonry in his native Washington, D.C.
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