This is a list of famous Freemasons, and some quotes from them about Freemasonry.

"To me, Freemasonry is one form of dedication to God and service to humanity."

"The values and ideas, the profound principals of religion, morality, and honour for which Masonry stands, mean much to me as an American.

There is, as I see it, nothing like Masonry. It is unique in its fellowship which spreads over much of the earth, in addition to our own country. Moreover, this in-depth fellowship spans the years, even the centuries, running back into antiquity. To me it means a personal relationship with great historical personalities and, taken by and large, also with about the finest body of men whom it is possible to assemble anywhere.

Attending Lodge and participating in Masonic activities gave me confidence. I learned to work with people. I found that everyone, every single brother, had a special talent. All I had to do was bring it out. The Brother, then, saw quickly enough how to put his talent to use.

And his success at Lodge work gave him confidence too! He passed it on to others, and they still to others. It wasn't necessary to repeat a self-help motto like "I believe in me." Just doing the work and seeing the results were enough.

Confidence in self, in the Lodge, in Masonry, in the community and nation - it caught on, and I have seen it spread farther and farther as I continue my Masonic journey in life, meeting ever more Brothers and sharing with them the confidence Freemasonry can give.

Ever since I became a Mason, the work has not only charmed me, but also impressed me. I can further add that, as a public speaker, it has also given me enhanced perception of the nobility of words and their inspirational power when used in skillful combination and for the expression of lofty thoughts."

                                                                                                                           Norman Vincent Peale
                                                                                                                           Minister and Author

"Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man."
                                                                                                                          Douglas MacArthur
                                                                                                                          General of the Army

"The Masonic Fraternity is one of the most helpful mediating and conserving organizations among men, and I have never wavered from that childhood impression, but it has stood steadfastly with me through the busy, vast hurrying years."
                                                                                                                          George W. Truett
                                                                                                                          Southern Baptist Leader

"There is no doubt in my mind that Masonry is the cornerstone of America."
                                                                                                                          Dave Thomas
                                                                                                                          Founder of Wendy's International

Presidents of the United States of America

George Washington
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
James Garfield
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Howard Taft
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Gerald Ford

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin - St. John's Lodge Philadelphia,
Buffalo Bill Cody
Davey Crockett
Kit Carson
Sam Houston
 

U.S. PATRIOTS
Franklin, Benjamin - signer of the U.S. Constitution; Past Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania
John Hancock  - signer of the Declaration of Independence
Patrick Henry
Francis Scott Key  - wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" (U.S. National Anthem)
Marquis de Lafayette - French supporter of American Freedom
James McHenry  - signer of the U.S. Constitution - Spiritual Lodge No. 23, Maryland
James Otis - "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny"
Paul Revere
 

U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

Henry Baldwin
Hugo L. Black,
John Blair, Jr.
Samuel  Blatchford 
Harold H. Burton
James F. Byrnes
John  Catton
Thomas C. Clark
John H. Clarke
William Cushing
Willis Van Devanter
William O. Douglas
Oliver Ellsworth
Stephen J. Field
John M. Harlan
Robert H. Jackson
Joseph E. Lamar
John C. Marshall  - Chief Justice (1801-1835)
Thurgood Marshall
Stanley Mathews
Sherman Minton
William H. Moody
Samuel Nelson
William Paterson
Mahlon Pitney
Stanley F. Reed
Wiley B. Rutledge 
Potter Stewart 
Noah H. Swayne 
Thomas Todd 
Robert Trimble
Frederick M. Vinson
Earl Warren
Levi Woodbury 
William B. Woods

Antiquarians

Elias Ashmole

Diplomats

Chevalier D'Eon De Beaumont
 

Astronauts

John Glenn - Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, OH

Explorers

Roald Amundsen
Richard E. Byrd
Lewis and Clark
Cpt. James Cook
Matthew Henson
Charles Lindbergh
Lord Minto, Governor General of India
Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya
Robert F. Scott
Sir Ernest Shackelton

Military

Pierre Beauregard
Omar Bradley - West Point Lodge No.877, NY
Sir Guy Carleton
Mark Clark
Lord Cornwallis
Jimmy Doolittle
Viscount Jellicoe
Ernest King
Lord Kitchener
Curtis Lemay
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur (Manila Lodge No. 1, Phillipines)
Lord Mountbatten
Audie Murphy
Lord Nelson
John Paul Jones
John Pershing
Field Marshal Suvorov
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz
Duke of Wellington

Business & Politics

John Jacob Astor, financier. W.M. Holland Lodge No.8 (1798)
Thomas Bradley, mayor of Los Angeles
Robert J. Dole, senator(Russell Lodge No. 177, Russell, Kansas)
Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader
Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company
Barry M. Goldwater, senator. (Arizona Lodge No. 2, Phoenix, May 12, 1931)
Charles Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotel chain
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader.
John H. Johnson, publisher Ebony and Jet Magazines
J.C. Penny, department store founder
Andre Citroen, founder Citroen Motor Car Co.
Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
Joel R. Poinsett, USA Secretary of War, Master: Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Charleston, introduced Freemasonry into Mexico, and the pointsetta to America
Col. Harlan Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken
Morris Sachs, Sachs 5th Ave.
Carl B. Stokes, mayor of Cleveland
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's Restaurants
Andrew Young, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Whitney M. Young, director of National Urban League

Education

Booker T. Washington - Grand Master, Massachusetts, PHA
 

Human Rights

John Brown
 

Literature

Robert Burns
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edward Gibbon, historian, Initiated Dec. 19, 1774, Lodge of Friendship No. 3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Initiated June 23, 1780, Lodge Amalia, Weimer
Alex Haley
Rudyard Kipling
Norman Vincent Peale (Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY. May 31, 1898)
Alexander Pope
Robert Service (Yukon Lodge No. 45, Dawson City, 1912)
Sir Walter Scott
Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain
Lew Wallace
Voltaire Initiated: April 7, 1778, Lodge of the Nine Sisters, Paris, France
Oscar Wilde

Artists

Alphonse Mucha, Initiated 1898, Paris, founder of Czech Freemasonry

Monument Creators

Alexander Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower
Christopher Wren, St. Pauls Cathedral, Lodge of Antiquity No. 2, London (attributed)
James Smithson, founder Smithsonian Institute
Sir Joseph Banks, Kew Gardens, London.
Gutzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore
Frederick Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty

Music Composers

Irving Berlin - Munn Lodge No.190 New York City, NY
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Michael Cohan (1878-1942), author of Yankee Doodle Dandy
Gilbert & Sullivan
W.C. Handy
Franz Haydn
Jerome Kern
Franz Liszt
Wolfgang Mozart
Hans Schuler
Jean Julius Sibelius - Suomi Lodge No. 1, Helsinki, Finland
John Phillip Sousa

Country Western

Eddy Arnold
Roy Acuff
Rex Allen
Gene Autry - Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Catoosa, Oklahoma: 1927
Roy Clark
Jim Davis
Ferlin Husky
Burl Ives
Eddy Peabody
Tex Ritter
Jimmy Rodgers
Roy Rogers - Hollywood Lodge No. 355, Hollywood. 1946
Mel Tillis
Hank Thompson

Jazz

Louis Armstrong - Montgomery Lodge No.18, NY PHA
William "Count" Basie - Wisdom Lodge No. 102, Chicago
Eubie Blake
Nat King Cole - Waller Lodge No.49, Los Angeles, CA PHA
Duke Ellington
Lionel Hampton
Al Jolson
Tony Martin
Oscar Peterson
Paul Whiteman

Entertainment

Bud Abbott
Eddie Albertson
Cliff Arquette - Ravenwood Lodge No.777, Chicago
Ernest Borgnine
Wallace Beery
Mel Blanc
Eddie Cantor
Charles Correll (Amos) - Trio Lodge No. 57, Chicago
Freeman Gosden (Andy) - Petersburg Lodge No. 15, VA
William DeBeck - North Shore Lodge No. 936, Chicago
Cecil B. DeMille, actor, playwright, director. Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York.
Glenn Ford
Douglas Fairbanks
Hoot Gibson
Clark Gable - Beverly Hills Lodge No.528 CA
Harold Gray - Lombard Lodge No. 1098, Lombard, IL
Oliver Hardy
Jean Hersholt
Harry Houdini, Initiated Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York
Buck Jones
Emmott Kelly
Wayne King - Paul Revere Lodge No. 998
Harold Lloyd
Harpo Marx
Tom Mix
Conrad Nagel
Carroll O'Connor
Tyrone Power
Dick Powell
Richard Pryor - Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, IL
Charles "Chic" Sale - Urbana Lodge N0. 157, Urbana, IL
Will Rogers
Red Skelton
Peter Sellers
Frank Skinner - Benevolent lodge No.52, Meredosia, IL
Danny Thomas
Hal Brent Wallis - Prudence Lodge No. 958, Chicago
John Wayne
Billy Wilder
Chill Wills
Jonathan Winters
Ed Wynn
Allan Young, (Mr. Ed)
Darry l F. Zanuck
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. - Accordia Lodge No.277

Scientists and inventors

Vannevar Bush.
Samuel Colt - Hartford, CN
Erasmus Darwin (1732-1802) physician and botonist. Initiated at St. David's Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh in 1754.
Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903-1990) professor of electrical engineering, MIT.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), inventor of penicillin.
Sir Sanford Fleming (1827-1915), creator of first Canadian stamp and standard time.
Edward Jenner (1749-1823), physician, discoverer of smallpox vaccine.
C.W. Mayo, founder of Mayo Clinic.
William James Mayo (1861-1939), surgeon.
Charles Horace Mayo (1865-1939), surgeon.
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier, inventors of the hot air balloon.
Jacob Perkins (1766-1849), mechanical engineer and inventor; printed first penny postage stamp in 1840.
James F. Smathers, inventor of the electric typewriter, Gate City Lodge No 522, Kansas City.
James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
James Watt (1736-1819) inventor of the steam engine. Initiated 1763.

Sports

Arnold "Red" Auerbach
George Brent
Avery Bundage
Ty Cobb - Royston Lodge No.426 Detroit, MI
Jack Dempsey - Kenwood Lodge No.800 Chicago, IL
Jake Gaudaur
Tim Horton
Jack Johnston
Willie Mays
Arnold Palmer
Branch Rickey
Sugar Ray Robinson
Cy Young

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