Famous Freemasons

littlecat123 · 07-05-2007, 06:21 PM

I found this list of Famous Freemasons. Can anyone add to it?

George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan (conferred title of "Honorary Scottish Rite Mason")
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
Winston Churchill
John Jacob Astor
Henry Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
Ransom E. Olds
James C. Penney
David Sarnoff
Louis B. Meyer
Darryl F. Zanuck
W.C. Fields
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Clark Gable
Oliver Hardy
John Wayne
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
John Philip Sousa
Irving Berlin
George M. Cohen
Harry Houdini
Charles Lindbergh
John Glenn

Alexanderx · 07-09-2007, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by littlecat123

I found this list of Famous Freemasons. Can anyone add to it?

George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan (conferred title of "Honorary Scottish Rite Mason")
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
Winston Churchill
John Jacob Astor
Henry Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
Ransom E. Olds
James C. Penney
David Sarnoff
Louis B. Meyer
Darryl F. Zanuck
W.C. Fields
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Clark Gable
Oliver Hardy
John Wayne
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
John Philip Sousa
Irving Berlin
George M. Cohen
Harry Houdini
Charles Lindbergh
John Glenn

Pretty good list here:
List of Freemasons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Ashlar521** · 01-14-2008, 08:22 AM

Many more:

Bud Abbott (of Abbott and Costello )
Roy Acuff
Eddie Arnold
Gene Autry
Count Basie
Tom Mix
Daniel Boone ( according to his son )
Ernest Borgnine
Robert C Byrd
Kit Carson
Roy Clark
Buffalo Bill Cody
Nat King Cole
Jack Dempsey
King Edward VII
King Edward VIII
Burl Ives
Michael Richardson ( Cosmo Kramer )
Marquis de Lafayette (took part in the American Revolution )
Sugar Ray Robinson
Roy Rogers
Will Rogers
Colonel Harland Sanders
Red Skelton
Joseph Smith ( founder of the Mormon Church )
Carl Switzer ("Alfalfa" from the Little Rascals )

Could keep going , but that's enough . Just wanted to post a few that never makes it on the usual list of suspects .

rustybones49801 · 01-18-2008, 11:28 AM

Robert Newman (hung the lantern for Paul Revere)
Charles Stratton, a.k.a. Tom Thumb, was 24 inches high and weighed 16 pounds when
raised in 1862.

mollyL · 02-26-2008, 12:37 AM

My husband is a guitar player, mostly rock and blues, and he told me that some of the great blues players were Freemasons. I think he mentioned Muddy Waters.

Green-Moo · 02-27-2008, 05:14 AM

There's certainly some names in there that I wasn't expecting. Harry Houdini for instance isn't a name I would have associated with the FreeMasons. Just goes to show that my preconceptions need breaking down!

mollyL · 02-28-2008, 09:16 PM

Seeing Mozart's name on the list reminds me that there is a two-disk version of Amadeus available on DVD now, I just saw it at the store today. It's a director's cut with about twenty minutes of added scenes. Something to add to your wish list (I've added it to mine)!

cemab4y · 02-29-2008, 10:12 AM

Here is an excellent link:

Famous Freemasons

I was delighted to find that the late Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, and the cartoons that I cherished as a child (and still do), was a mason.

Green-Moo · 03-01-2008, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cemab4y

I was delighted to find that the late Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, and the cartoons that I cherished as a child (and still do), was a mason.

I have a lovely mental image of Bugs Bunny kitted out in full ceremonial garb now! Thankyou!

**Ashlar521** · 03-02-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mollyL

Seeing Mozart's name on the list reminds me that there is a two-disk version of Amadeus available on DVD now, I just saw it at the store today. It's a director's cut with about twenty minutes of added scenes. Something to add to your wish list (I've added it to mine)!

Loved that movie , glad to see it on DVD now . Thanks for the heads up .

07-05-2007, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
littlecat123 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 25	Famous Freemasons I found this list of Famous Freemasons. Can anyone add to it? George Washington Theodore Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Ronald Reagan (conferred title of "Honorary Scottish Rite Mason") Benjamin Franklin Paul Revere Winston Churchill John Jacob Astor Henry Ford Walter P. Chrysler Ransom E. Olds James C. Penney David Sarnoff Louis B. Meyer Darryl F. Zanuck W.C. Fields Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Clark Gable Oliver Hardy John Wayne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart John Philip Sousa Irving Berlin George M. Cohen Harry Houdini Charles Lindbergh John Glenn

01-14-2008, 08:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 617 Blog Entries: 3	Many more: Bud Abbott (of Abbott and Costello ) Roy Acuff Eddie Arnold Gene Autry Count Basie Tom Mix Daniel Boone ( according to his son ) Ernest Borgnine Robert C Byrd Kit Carson Roy Clark Buffalo Bill Cody Nat King Cole Jack Dempsey King Edward VII King Edward VIII Burl Ives Michael Richardson ( Cosmo Kramer ) Marquis de Lafayette (took part in the American Revolution ) Sugar Ray Robinson Roy Rogers Will Rogers Colonel Harland Sanders Red Skelton Joseph Smith ( founder of the Mormon Church ) Carl Switzer ("Alfalfa" from the Little Rascals ) Could keep going , but that's enough . Just wanted to post a few that never makes it on the usual list of suspects . __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy Last edited by Ashlar521; 01-14-2008 at 11:54 AM.

01-18-2008, 11:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
rustybones49801 A Rough Ashlar Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 166	Robert Newman (hung the lantern for Paul Revere) Charles Stratton, a.k.a. Tom Thumb, was 24 inches high and weighed 16 pounds when raised in 1862. __________________ Iron Mountain Lodge #388 Iron Mountain, Michigan Raised Aug 18, 2007

02-29-2008, 10:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
cemab4y Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salerno, Afghanistan Posts: 103	Famous Masons Here is an excellent link: Famous Freemasons I was delighted to find that the late Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, and the cartoons that I cherished as a child (and still do), was a mason. __________________ Charles E. Martin Salerno, Afghanistan cemab4y@hotmail.com www.dcmetronet.com/landseaandairlodge1iraq www.cemab4y.blogspot.com

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02-26-2008, 12:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
mollyL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 104	My husband is a guitar player, mostly rock and blues, and he told me that some of the great blues players were Freemasons. I think he mentioned Muddy Waters.

02-27-2008, 05:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Green-Moo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 88	There's certainly some names in there that I wasn't expecting. Harry Houdini for instance isn't a name I would have associated with the FreeMasons. Just goes to show that my preconceptions need breaking down!

02-28-2008, 09:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
mollyL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 104	Seeing Mozart's name on the list reminds me that there is a two-disk version of Amadeus available on DVD now, I just saw it at the store today. It's a director's cut with about twenty minutes of added scenes. Something to add to your wish list (I've added it to mine)!