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Freemasons say they are not a secret society but a society with secrets, and throughout history some prominent members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement. As a result, some famous (and infamous) Freemasons are well-known. These run the gamut from dictators to revolutionaries, segregationists to civil rights leaders, industrialists to labor activists, humanitarians to serial killers; many that today's Masons are proud to proclaim, and others they prefer to minimize. The membership of Freemasonry is vast, diverse, and resists any single characterization.

However, Masonic membership can sometimes be difficult to verify, particularly for historical figures. Membership records are most often kept at the individual Lodge level, and may be lost due to fire, flood, deterioration, or simple carelessness. Grand Lodge governance may have shifted or reorganized, resulting in further loss of records on the member or the name, number, location or even existence of the Lodge in question. In areas of the world where Masonry has been suppressed by governments, records of entire Grand Lodges have been destroyed.

Standards of "proof" for those on this list vary widely; some figures with no verified Lodge affiliation are claimed as Masons if anecdotal evidence suggests they were familiar with the "secret" signs and passes, but other figures are rejected over technical questions of irregularity in the Lodge that initiated them. Where available, specific Lodge membership information is provided; where serious questions of verification have been noted by other sources, this is indicated as well.

Contents
1 Famous Freemasons

1.1 Political and civil rights leaders

1.1.1 Argentina
1.1.2 Australia
1.1.3 Bahamas
1.1.4 Bolivia
1.1.5 Brazil
1.1.6 Canada
1.1.7 Chile
1.1.8 Colombia
1.1.9 Cuba
1.1.10 Czechoslovakia
1.1.11 Egypt
1.1.12 France
1.1.13 Gabon
1.1.14 Hawaii
1.1.15 Iceland
1.1.16 India
1.1.17 Ireland
1.1.18 Italy
1.1.19 Japan
1.1.20 Jordan
1.1.21 Malaysia
1.1.22 Mexico
1.1.23 Philippines
1.1.24 Poland
1.1.25 Prussia
1.1.26 Puerto Rico
1.1.27 Romania
1.1.28 Singapore
1.1.29 South Africa
1.1.30 Switzerland
1.1.31 U.K.
1.1.32 U.S.

1.1.32.1 U.S. Presidents

1.1.33 Venezuela
1.1.34 Yugoslavia (former)

1.2 Military leaders
1.3 American Revolution
1.4 Republic of Texas
1.5 Composers, fine artists, and popular musicians
1.6 Actors and entertainers
1.7 Industrialists and labor leaders
1.8 Adventurers
1.9 Philosophers
1.10 Athletes and other sports figures
1.11 Astronauts
1.12 Writers, journalists, and publishers
1.13 Lawyers, jurists, and law enforcement
1.14 Doctors, scientists, and inventors
1.15 Educators, religious leaders, and others

2 Famous entered apprentices
3 References
4 External links

Famous Freemasons

Political and civil rights leaders


Argentina

Australia

Bahamas

Bolivia

Brazil

  • Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, Past Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Brazil
  • Bento Gonçalves, leader of Farroupilha Revolution
  • Júlio de Castilhos, governor of Rio Grande do Sul
  • Borges de Medeiros, governor of Rio Grande do Sul

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Cuba

Czechoslovakia

  • Edvard Beneš, Lodge Ian Amos Komensky No. 1, Prague and Lodge Pravda Vitezi
  • Alois Rašín, Minister of Finance, anti-Communist resistance leader
  • Alphonse Mucha, Art Nouveau stylist, graduate of the Academie Julian

Egypt


France

Gabon

  • Omar Bongo, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Gabon, 1983

Hawaii


Iceland

India

Ireland

Italy

  • Giacomo Casanova
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi, Loge Les Amis de la Patrie, Uruguay; Tompkinsville Lodge No. 471, Staten Island, NY
  • Giuseppe Mazzini, Past Grand Master, Grand Orient of Italy, writer and politician
  • Silvio Berlusconi, As a P2 member
  • Lucio Gelli (http://freemasonrywatch.org/stpeters_squared.html), Grand Master P2, Officer Herman Goering Division, operated C.I.A. "Rat-line" of Nazi War Criminals escaping to South America, conducted "false flag" bombing, kidnapping, and assassination campaign across Southern Europe in 1970's and 1980's under direction of Italian Military Intelligence and the C.I.A.. Implicated in murder of banker Roberto Calvi and assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II.

Japan

  • Hatoyama Ichiro 1883-1959 Prime Minister of Japan. A graduate of the law school of Tokyo Imperial University, he was first elected to the lower house of the Japanese legislature in 1915. Hatoyama was education minister in the Inukai and Saito cabinets (1931-34). A leader of the prewar Seiyukai party, he organized the conservative postwar Liberal party and became its first president. In a series of moves he formed the Democratic party and became prime minister, deposing Shigeru Yoshida and forming three successive cabinets (1954-56).

Hatoyama was made a Mason in March 1955 in Tokyo


Jordan

Malaysia

  • HRH Colonel Sir Ibrahim, The Sultan of Johor. Initiated, 11th April 1906 in Empire Lodge No. 2108 in London.
  • H.H. Tunku Abdul Malik Ibni Sultan Badlishah, House of Kedah. Initiated, 9th January 1959, Lodge Kedah No. 3830 E.C. Sungei Petani.
  • HRH Sultan Idris Ibni Sultan Iskandar Shah, Sultan of Perak. Initiated 9th July 1960, Lodge Napier No. 3418 EC in Ipoh.

Mexico

Philippines

Poland

Prussia

Puerto Rico

Romania

Singapore

South Africa

Switzerland


U.K.

  • Prince Arthur, Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England
  • Annie Besant, Founder of the Droit Humain in London
  • Robert Burns
  • Tony Baldry
  • Winston Churchill, Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591, Rosemary Lodge No. 2851. It is claimed by the "Churchill Society" that he publicly resigned (http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:mzSZN4qXElIJ:www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/lttrs.fmasons.hall.html+winston+churchill+freemasonry+resignation+&hl=en) from Freemasonry 1912.
  • Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England
  • Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, Past Grand Master of the Ancient Grand Lodge of England
  • King Edward VII, Past Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of England; Protector of the Craft
  • Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, Household Brigade Lodge No. 2614; Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England
  • Lord Elgin, Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland
  • Gerald Gardner
  • King George IV of the United Kingdom, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns)
  • King George VI, Naval Lodge No. 2612; Past Grand Master of Scotland; honorary Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England
  • Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns); granted Prince Hall his charter in 1884
  • James Oglethorpe, first Master of King Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Savannah, GA
  • Cecil Parkinson, Member of Parliament 1970-1992
  • George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Past Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England
  • King William IV, Plymouth, England

U.S.

U.S. Presidents


Venezuela

Yugoslavia (former)

Military leaders

American Revolution

Republic of Texas

Composers, fine artists, and popular musicians

Actors and entertainers

Industrialists and labor leaders

Adventurers

Philosophers

Athletes and other sports figures

Astronauts

Writers, journalists, and publishers

Lawyers, jurists, and law enforcement

Doctors, scientists, and inventors

Educators, religious leaders, and others

but sources disagree as to whether he was [1] (http://www.dragonkeypress.com/articles/article_2004_10_25_5337.html) or wasn't: [2] (http://listserv.tcu.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0010&L=scouts-l&P=94161) a member

Famous entered apprentices

"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.

References

  1. Masonic forum (http://www.masonicforum.ro/ro/nr10/ci.html), no. 10 (in Romanian)
  2. Masonic forum (http://www.masonicforum.ro/en/nr3/shap.html), no. 3 (in English)
  3. [3] (http://www.masonicforum.ro/ro/nr89/giurgiu.html), no.89 (in Romanian)

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