Famousmasons

St. Johns Masonic Lodge
No 788 Cairncastle.
(Province of Antrim)

Famous Masons

Abbott, William "Bud" - Actor (Abbot & Costello). b. Oct 2nd 1896 d. April 25th 1974

Abrahams, Harold Maurice - Gold medal winner for England in the 100m dash at the 1924 Olympics. b. Dec 15th 1899 d. Jan14th 1978

Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr. "Buzz" - Second man to walk on the moon (July 20th 1969). b. Jan. 20th 1930

Armstrong, Louis Daniel- Jazz trumpter. b. Aug. 4th 1901 d. July 6th 1971

Arne, Thomas Augustine - British composer (Rule Britiannia). b. March 12th 1710 d. March 5th 1778

Amery, Leopold S. - British Politician. b.Nov 22nd 1873 d. Sept 16th 1955

Autry, Gene - Actor "The Singing Cowboy" b. Sept 29th 1907 d. Oct 2nd 1998

Banks, Sir Joseph - British explorer and naturalist. b. Feb 13th 1743 d. June 19th 1820

Barnado, Dr Thomas John - Pioneer in social work who founded over 90 homes for destitute children. b. July 4th 1845 d. Sept 19th 1905

Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste - Designed the Statue of Liberty. b.April 2nd 1934 d. Oct. 4th 1904

Basie, William "Count" - Band leader / pianist / composer. Aug. 21st 1904 d. April 26th 1984

Berlin, Irving - Composer / song writer. Famous for his musicals. b. May 11th 1888 d.Sept. 22nd 1989

Blanc, Mel(vin) Jerome - Voice of cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig etc.) b. May 30th 1908 d. July 10th 1989

Booth, Rev. William - Founder and General of the Salvation Army. b. April 10th 1829 d. Aug 20th 1912

Bowie, James - Alamo & Bowie knife b. 1796 d. March 6th 1836

Buchanan, James - President of the U.S. (1857-61) b. April 23rd 1791 d. June 1st 1868

Burke, Edmund - British statesman and Parlimentary orator. b. Jan 12th 1729 d. July 9th 1797

Burton, Sir Richard Francis - English explorer who discovered Lake Tanganyika. b. March 19th 1821 d. Oct 20th 1890

Burns, Robert - National poet of Scotland b. Jan 17th 1759 d. July 21st 1796

Caine, Michael (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) - Starred in 56 films b.14th March 1933

Campbell, Sir Malcolm - Set world speed records on land and on water b. 11 March 1885 d. Dec 31st 1948

Canning, Sir George - P.M. of Britian for 4 months during 1827. b. April 11th 1770 d. August 8th 1827

Casanova, Giovanni, Giacomo - Italian ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy and diplomatist b. April 2nd 1725 d. June 4th 1798

Chrysler, Walter Percy - Founder of the Chrysler Cooperation (cars) b. April 2 1875 d. Aug 18th 1946

Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer - British politician (father of Sir Winston). b. Feb 13th 1849 d. Jan 24th 1895

Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer - British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55 b. Nov 30th 1874

Citroen, Andre Gustave - French engineer and motor car manufacturer b. Feb 5th 1878 d.July 3rd 1935

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twaine) - Writer of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn b.Nov 30th 1835 d.April 21st 1910

Cody, William Frederick (Buffalo Bill) - Buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, Wild West Show b. Feb 26th 1846 d. Jan 10th 1917

Cole, Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) - American ballad singer and pianist b. March 17th 1919 d. Feb 15th 1965

Colt, Samuel - Firearms manufacturer who popularised the revolver b. July 19th 1814 d.Jan 10th 1862

Crockett, David - American frontiersman and Alamo fame b.Aug 17th 1786 d. March 6 1836 (at the Alamo)

DeMille, Cecil Blount - Movie Producer / Director b. Aug 12th 1881 d. Jan 21st 1959

Disney, Walter Elias - Cartoonist / Movies b. Dec 5th 1901 d. Dec 15th 1966

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Writer of Sherlock Holmes b. May 22nd 1859 d. July 7th 1930

Edward VII (Albert) - King of England 1901-1910 b. Nov 9th 1841 d. May 6th 1910

Edward VIII (Albert) - King of England Jan 20th - Dec 10th 1936 Abdicated to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson b. June 23rd 1894 d. May 28th 1972

Ellington, Duke - Composer, arranger and stylist.

Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Ulman - Film actor and producer b. May 23rd 1883 d. Dec 12th 1939

Fields, (WC) William Claud Dukenfield - Actor, Comedian b. Jan 29th 1880 d. Dec 25th 1946

Fleming, Sir Alexander - Discovered penicillin 1928 b. Aug 6th 1881 d. March 11th 1955

Ford, Gerald Randolph - President of the U.S. 1974-77 b. July 14th 1913

Ford, Henry - Pioneer car manufacturer b. July 30th 1863 d. April 7th 1947

Gable, Clark William - Film actor b Feb 1st 1901 d. Nov 16th 1960

Garfield, James Abram - President of the U.S. March 4th- Sept 19th 1881 b. Nov 19th 1831 d. Sept 19th 1881

Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Leader of the Italian freedom fighters (Redshirts) b. July 4th 1807 d. June 2nd 1882

Gatling, Richard Jordan - Invented the "Gatling Gun" b. Sept 12th 1818 d. Feb 26th 1903

George IV, King of England 1820 - 1830. b. Aug 12th 1762 d. June 26th 1830

George VI, King of England 1936 - 1952 b. Dec 14th 1895 d. Feb 6th 1952

Gilbert, Sir William Schwenk - the lirictist for "Pirates of Penzance" b. Nov 18th 1836 d.May 29th 1911

Gillette, King Camp - Inventor and first manufacturer of the safety razor (July 18th 1921) b. Jan 5th 1885 d. July 9th 1932

Glenn, John Herschel - First American to orbit the earth (1962) b. July 18th 1921

Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin" b. 1738

Haley, Alex Palmer - Author of "Roots" (1976) b. Aug 11th 1921 d. Feb 10th 1992

Handel, George Friedrih - Composer b. Feb 23rd 1685 d. April 14th 1759

Harding, Warren Gamaliel - President of the US (1921-23) b. Nov 2nd 1865 d. Aug 2nd 1923

Hardy, Oliver - Actor / Comedian

Haydn, Franz Joseph F. - Austrian composer and musician b. March 31st 1732 d. May 31st 1809

Hilton, Conrad Nicholson - American hotelier b. Dec 25th 1887 d. Jan 3rd 1979

Hoover, Frank - Vacuum cleaner fame

Hoover, John Edgar - Director of the FBI (1924-1972) b. Jan 1st 1895 d. May 2nd 1972

Hope, Bob (Leslie Townes) - Comedian b. May 29th 1903

Houdini, Harry (Eric Weisz) - Magician b. March 24th 1874 d. Oct 31st 1926

Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas b. March 2nd 1793 d. July 26 1863

Irving, Sir Henry - English actor, one of the 1st of his profession to be Knighted. b. Feb 6th 1838 d. Oct 13th 1905

Jackson, Andrew - President of the US (1829-1837) b. March 15th 1767 d. June 8th 1845

Jenner, Edward Surgeon - Vaccination for Smallpox b. May 17th 1749 d. Jan 26th 1823

Johnson, Andrew - President of the US (1865-69) b. Dec 29th 1808 d. July 31st 1875

Jolson, Al (Asa Yoelson) - Acted in the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer b. May 26th 1886 d. Oct 23rd 1950

Keaton, Buster (Joseph Francis) - Movie pioneer b. Oct 4th 1895 d. Feb 1st 1966

Kipling, Rudyard Joseph - Writer b. Dec 30th 1865 d. Jan 18th 1936

Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan - Scottish music hall comedian b. Aug 4th 1870 d. Feb 26th 1950

Lindberg, Charles Augustus - Aviator, first solo flight across the Atlantic b. Feb 4th 1902 d. Aug 26th 1974

Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone - Lipton tea empire and yachtsman b. May 10th 1850 d. Oct 2nd 1931

Lloyd, Harold C. - Film comedian b. April 20th 1893 d. March 8th 1971

MacArthur, General Douglas - US General, Commander of the armed forces in the Philipines during WW II and UN forces in the Korean war b. Jan 26th 1880 d. April 5th 1964

Mayer, Louis Burt Film producer. Formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) b. July 4th 1885 d. Oct 29th 1957

McKinley, William - President of the US (1897-1901) b. Jan 29th 1843 d. Sept 14th 1901

Miller, Glenn Alton - Musician b. March 1st 1904 d. Dec 16th 1944

Monroe, James - President of the US (1817-1825) b. April 28th 1758 d. July 4th 1831

Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first practical hot air baloon b. Jan 6th 1745 d. Aug 2nd 1799

Montgolfier, Joseph Michel - Co-developer of the first practical hot air baloon b. Aug 26th 1740 d. June 26th 1810

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer b. Jan 27th 1756 d. 1791

Palmer, Arnold Daniel - American golf pro. b. Sept 10th 1929

Peary, Robert Edwin - Led the first expedition to the North pole b. May 6th 1856 d. Feb 20th 1920

Polk, James Knox - President of the US (1845-1849) b. Nov 2nd 1795 d. June 15th 1849

Pope, Alexander - English poet and satirist. b.May 21st 1688 d. May 30th 1744

Pryor, Richard - Actor, comedian

Pullman, George Mortimer - Built the first sleeping car for trains b. March 3rd 1831 d. Oct 19th 1897

Pushkin, Aleksander Sergeyevich - Russian poet b. May 26th 1799 d. Jan 29th 1837

Rhodes, Cecil John - P.M. Cape Colony (1890-96) Rhodesia named after him b. July 5th 1853 d. March 26th 1902

Robinson, Sugar Ray (Walker Smith) - 6 times world boxing champ b. May 3rd 1921 d. April 12th 1989

Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star.

Sanders, Harland "Colonel" - Founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants b. Sept 9th 1890 d. Dec 16th 1980

Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the saxophone (1846) b. Nov 6th 1814 d. Feb 7th 1894

Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon - British naval officer who led the famed, ill-fated, second expedition to the South Pole. b. June 6th 1868 d. March 9th 1912 (Antarctica)

Scott, Sir Walter - Writer (Ivanhoe 1819) b. Aug 15th 1771 d. Sept 21st 1832

Sellers, Peter - Actor. b. 1925 d. 1980

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry - British explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole with Scott. b. Feb 15th 1874 d. Jan 5th 1922

Stratton, Charles ("General Tom Thumb") - Entertainer (40" tall) b. Jan 4th 1838 d. July 15th 1883

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour - British composer who worked with Sir William Gilbert. b. May 13th 1842 d. Nov 22nd 1900

Swift, Johathan (Isaac Bickerstaff) - Wrote Gulliver's Travels b. Nov 30th 1667 d. Oct 19th 1745

Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German naval officer responsible for submarine warfare

Tolstoi, Leo (Lev Nikolayevich) - Author (War and Peace) b. Aug 28th 1828

Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo

Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arovet) - French writer and philosopher b. 26th Nov 1694 d. 30th May 1778

Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record 8ft 11ins d. 1940

Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers fame

Washington, George - First President of the US (1789-97) b. 22nd Feb1732 d.

Wayne, John (Marion Micheal Morrison) - Actor b. 26th May 1907 d. 11th June 1979

Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)

Wells, H(erbet).G(eorge). - Author 2Time Machine"(1895) b. 21st Sept 1866 d. 13th Aug 1946

William IV - Prince of Orange and Nassau. b. Sept 1st 1711 d. Oct 22nd 1751

Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur" (1959) b. July 1st 1902 d. 27th July 1981

Ziegfeld, Florenz - "Zieffeld's Follies" (1907)