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Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada (1891-92)
Aldrin, Jr., Edwin E. "Buzz" - Astronaut
Alves, AntÙnio de Castro - Latin-American poet
Amundsen, Roald - Norwegian polar explorer
Armistead, Lewis A. - Confederate General
Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician
Armstrong, Neil - Astronaut
Arnold, Benedict - American General
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air
Force
Astor, John Jacob - German-American merchant and financier
Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene - Actor
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Bach, Johann Christian - Musician/Composer
Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour, Lloyd - Jeweler
Banks, Sir Joseph - English Scientist
Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty
Bassie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
Baylor, Robert E. B. - Founder Baylor University
Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy Scouts
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp
Benes, Eduard - second president of Czechoslovakia (1935-38,
1946-48)
Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada (1930-35)
Berlin, Irving - Entertainer
Berzelius, J–ns Jakob, Baron - Swedish chemist, considered one
of the founders of modern chemistry
Bingham, Henry H. - Union Captian
Bishop, Sir Henry - Musician
Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice
Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Bolivar, Simon - "Liberator" of South America
Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920)
Bordet, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent - Belgian bacteriologist and
Nobel laureate. Developed whooping cough vaccine
Borglum, Gutzon (father) and Lincoln (son) - Sculptures who
carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest - Actor
Boswell, James - 18th century Scottish writer
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada (1894-1896)
Bowie, James - American pioneer who was killed while defending
the Alamo
Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader
Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks (1742-1807)
BuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar
Buchanan, James - 15th President of the U.S
Burbank, Luther - American horticulturist, botanist, and pioneer
plant breeder
Burke, Edmund - Irish-born British politician and writer
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burr, Aaron - 3rd Vice President of the United States (1801-5).
Shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel
Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
Burton, Sir Richard - English Explorer
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole.(raised by
Federal and a member)
Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice
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Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started
Freemasonry in Costa Rica (1865)
Canning, George - British Prime Minister (1827)
Cantor, Eddie - Vaudeville performer
Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and
explorer
Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice
Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Lord Randolph - British politician who led the
so-called Fourth Party
Churchill, Winston - British Leader
Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car manufacturer
Clark, Roy - Country Western Star
Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme Court Justice
Clark, William - Explorer (Lewis and Clark Fame)
Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice
Clemens, Samuel L. (aka "Mark Twain") -
writer/humorist
Clinton, DeWitt - Governor and founder of Public School System
(New York)
Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild
West Show
Cohan, George M. - American playwright, composer, producer, and
actor
Cole, Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer
Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooper, Leroy Gordon, Jr. - American astronaut
Crockett, Davy - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice
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DeMille, Cecil B. - American motion-picture producer/director
Dempsey, Jack - Professional boxer
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Dewey, Thomas Edmund - American lawyer and politician, defeated
by Truman in 1948 presidential election
Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada (1957-63)
Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator, Vice President Candidate 1976,
Presidential Candidate 1996
Doolittle, General James - American aviator and army officer, who
led the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II
Douglas, William O. - Supreme Court Justice
Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co
Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer ("Sherlock Holmes")
Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry
Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross
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Edward VII - King of England (1901-1910)
Edward VIII - King of England (1936) who abdicated the throne in
less than 1 year
Eiffel, Gustave Alexandre - French engineer and builder (Eiffel
Tower)
Eisele, Donn Fulton - American astronaut who flew aboard the
first manned Apollo program mission, Apollo 7
Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Ervin Jr, Samual J. - Headed "Watergate" committee
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Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil
Company
Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor
Feller, Bob - American baseball pitcher famous for his fastball.
He was born in Van Meter, Iowa
Field, Stephen J. - Supreme Court Justice
Fields, W.C. - Actor
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury (1945 - 1961)
Fitch, John - Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming, Sir Alexander - Invented Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. - 38th President of the U.S
Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of
the U.S
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Gable, Clark - Actor
Garfield, James A. - 20th President of the U.S
Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian nationalist revolutionary and
leader in the struggle for Italian unification and independence
Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George VI - King of Great Brittan during W.W. II
Gershwin, George - American composer
Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of
Penzance" ("Gilbert & Sullivan")
Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co
Glenn, John H. - In 1962, became the first American to orbit the
earth in a space craft
Godfrey, Arthur - Actor
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - German poet, dramatist, novelist,
and scientist
Goldwater, Barry - U.S. Senator
Gompers, Samuel - American labor leader
Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan
Annie"
Grissom, Virgil I. - Astronaut
Grock - Swiss Circus Clown
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
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Hancock, John - 1 of 8 Masonic signers of Declaration of
Independance
Harding, Warren G. - 29th President of the U.S
Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian ("Laurel &
Hardy")
Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph - Austrian classical composer
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National
Park
Heine, Heinrich - German poet
Henson, Reverend Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's
Cabin"
Herbert, Bishop Percy - Bishop of Norwich
Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier
Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. Capitol. (First Worshipful
Master of Federal Lodge #1)
Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing
newspaper printing
Hogarth, William - English Artist
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI. (member of Federal)
Hope, Bob - Comedian
Hornsby, Rogers - An original member of the Baseball Hall of
Fame
Houdini, Harry - Magician
Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr. - 38th Vice President of the United
States (1965-69)
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Irving, Sir Henry - English Actor
Irwin, James B. - American astronaut
Ives, Burl - Singer
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Jackson, Andrew - 7th President of the U.S. (member of
Federal)
Jackson, Reverend Jesse - Minister
Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Smallpox vaccine
Johnson, Andrew - 17th President of the U.S
Johnson, Jack - American boxer, whose life was the subject of
"The Great White Hope" (1968)
Jolson, Al - Famous for the first 'talking picture' the Jazz
Singer
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones, John Paul - Naval Commander
Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International
Juarez, Benito - President of Mexico (1861-63 and 1867-72)
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Kalakaua, David - King of the Hawaiian Islands
Kean, Edmund - English Actor
Kefauver, (Carey) Estes - American lawyer and legislator
Kemp, Jack - Quarterback ("Buffalo Bills"),
Congressman, and Repulican Vice-President Candidate (1996)
Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
King, Rufus - American political leader, whose policies resulted
in the prohibition of slavery in the Northwest Territory
Kipling, Rudyard - Writer ("The Jungle Books")
Kossuth, Lajos - Hungarian patriot and statesman
Kresge, S.S - Founder of "Kresge's" which later became
"K-mart"
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Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of American Freedom
LaGuardia, Fiorello - American political reformer, a Congressman
(1916-1933), and mayor of New York City
Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successful in open sea
Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of Texas
Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Landon, Alfred M. - Highly successful independent oil producer
and governor of Kansas (1933 - 1937)
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim - German dramatist, critic, and one of
the leaders of the Enlightenment
Lewis, John L. - American labor leader, born in Lucas, Iowa
Lewis, Meriwether - Explorer (Lewis and Clark Fame)
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Tea
Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana
Territory
Liszt, Franz - Hungarian-born pianist and composer, founder of
the solo piano recital
Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer
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MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in
Philippines
MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73 &
1878-91)
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California
(1848)
Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court (1801 - 1835)
Marshall, Thurgood - Supreme Court Justice
MartÌ, JosÈ Julian - Cuban writer and patriot
Mathews, Stanley - Supreme Court Justice
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Mazzini, Giuseppe - Italian revolutionary and political theorist
Mayo, Dr. William (father) and Charles (son) - Began Mayo Clinic
Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag
McGovern, George - American political leader, WWII bomber pilot,
and professor (Dakota Wesleyan University)
McKinley, William - 25th President of the U.S
Menninger, Charles F. (father) and Karl A. (son) - Psychiatrists
famous for treating mental illness
Mesmer, Franz Anton - practiced "Mesmerism" which led
to Hypnotism
Meyerbeer, Giacomo - German composer, who influenced the work of
the German composer Richard Wagner
Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of
light in 1882
Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mitchell, Edgar D. - American astronaut, the sixth person to walk
on the moon
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western
films
Monckton, Lionel - Musician
Monge, Gaspard, Comte de PÈluse - French mathematician,
recognized as the inventor of descriptive geometry
Monroe, James - 5th President of the U.S
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first
practical hot-air balloon
Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice
Mozart, Leopold - Father of Wolfgang, concertmaster, celebrated
violinist, composer, and author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Mucha, Alphonse - Czech-French poster designer and painter
("Art Nouveau" period)
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII
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Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball
Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister
Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator
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O'Higgins, Bernardo - Chilean leader, who helped win
independence for his country and served as supreme dictator
Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Otis, James - Famous for "Taxations without Representation
is Tyranny"
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Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro
Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot"
Paterson, William - Supreme Court Justice
Peale, Charles Willson - American painter (late 18th century to
early 19th century)
Peale, Norman Vincent - American clergyman, author, and founder
of "Guidepost"
Peary, Robert Edwin - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Penny, James C. (J.C. Penny) - Retailer
Pershing, General John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
Pike, Albert - Author of "Morals and Dogma"
Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the
flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James Knox - 11th President of the U.S
Pope, Alexander - Writer
Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train
Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet
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Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere, Paul - Famous American
Rhodes, Cecil - Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890)
Richardson, Elliot - Attorney General
Rickenbacker, Captain Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons
Rizal, JosÈ - Filipino physician, novelist, and nationalist
martyr
Roberts, Allen E.- Author of several books on Masonry
Robinson, John J. - Author of "Born in Blood" and
"A Pilgrim's Path"
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer
Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star
Rogers, Will - Actor/Humorist
Romberg, Sigmund - 20th century Hungarian-American composer
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - 32nd President of the U.S
Roosevelt, Theodore - 26th President of the U.S. (honorary member
of Federal)
Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice
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Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi
San Martin, JosÈ de - Organized an expedition to liberate Peru
from Spanish rule
Sanders, Harland ("Colonel Sanders")- Founder of
Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant
Sarnoff, David - American pioneer in the
development of radio and television
broadcasting.
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Schiller, (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von - German poet,
dramatist, philosopher, and historian
Schirra, Walter Marty, Jr. - American astronaut
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"
Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon - English Explorers
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Scott, General Winfield - American army officer, who played a
major role in the Mexican War (1846-1848)
Sellers, Peter - Actor
Shackleton, Sir Ernest - English Explorer
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Skelton, Red - Entertainer
Sloane, Sir John - English Artist
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US
National Anthem
Smithson, James - British mineralogist and chemist, whose legacy
provided for the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution
Sousa, John Philip - Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band from
1880 to 1892
Speaker, Tris - Baseball Hall of Fame (1937). Spilsbury, Sir
Bernard - English Scientists
Stafford, Thomas Patten - American astronaut
Stanford, Leland - Drove the gold spike linking the
intercontinental railroad & Founded Stanford University
Stevenson, Adlai - (not the governor of Illinois, but his father
who was Vice President in 1892)
Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of
Osteopathy
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Steuben, Baron von - Prussian-American general of the American
revolutionary army
Sullivan, Sir Arthur - Musician
Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels
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Taft, William Howard - 27th President of the U.S
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Danny - Entertainer
Thomas, Dave - Founder of "Wendy's" Restaurants
Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Thornhill, Sir James - English Artist
Tinker, Joe - American professional baseball player
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for
submarine warfare
Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice
Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo
Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice
Truman, Harry S. - 33rd President of the U.S
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Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice
Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) - French writer and philosopher
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Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost
9 feet tall
Wallace, Governor George C. - Presidential Candidate who was
nearly assasinated
Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Wanamaker, John - 19th century American merchant
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice
Warren, Joseph - A major general during the American Revolution,
who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill
Washington, Booker T - Educator and author
Washington, George - 1st President of U.S
Watson, Thomas John - American industrialist (IBM)
Wayne, John - Actor
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Weitz, Paul J. - American astronaut who flew on Skylab and space
shuttle missions
Wesley, Samuel - Musician
Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"
Wilde, Oscar - Irish-born writer (The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1891))
Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice
Wolfitt, Sir Donald - English Actor
Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
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Young, Denton True "Cy" - The first pitcher to be
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in
1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907
Zoffany, John - Artist
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