Masonic U.S.
Presidents: |
George Washington - 1st
U.S. President (1789 - 1797); Commander of the American
forces in the Revolutionary War (1775 -
1783). |
James Madison - 4th
U.S. President (1809 - 1817). |
James Monroe - 5th
U.S. President (1817 - 1825). |
Andrew Jackson - 7th
U.S. President (1829 - 1837); General in the War of
1812. |
James K. Polk - 11th U.S. President (1845 -
1849). |
James Buchanan - 15th U.S. President (1857 -
1861). |
Andrew Johnson - 17th U.S. President (1865 -
1869). |
James Garfield - 20th U.S. President
(1881). |
William McKinley - 25th U.S. President (1897 -
1901). |
Theodore Roosevelt - 26th U.S. President (1901 -
1909). |
William Howard Taft -
27th U.S. President (1909 -
1913); Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court (1921 - 1930).
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Warren G. Harding - 29th U.S. President (1921 -
1923). |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt -
32nd U.S. President (1933 -
1945). |
Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President (1945 -
1953); 97th Grand Master of the State of
Missouri. |
Gerald Ford - 38th U.S. President (1974 -
1977). |
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Other Famous
Masons: |
Abbott, Bud - Actor and comedian.
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Abbott, Sir John J.C. -
Prime Minister of Canada (1891 -
92). |
Aldrin, Jr., Edwin E. "Buzz" -
American astronaut; second human
being to walk on the moon. |
Alexander, Earl - Tunisian military
leader. |
Allen, Asa Leonard - U.S. Congressman from Louisiana
(1937 - 1953). |
Allen, William - American Revolution loyalist;
former Mayor of Philadelphia. |
Alves, Antonio de Castro -
Latin - American
poet. |
Amundsen, Roald - Norwegian explorer who in 1911
became the first person to reach the South
Pole. |
Anderson, Brad - Cartoonist; creator of
"Marmaduke". |
Armistead, Lewis A. -
Confederate
general. |
Arnold, Benedict - (Oh, well. You can't win them
all). |
Arnold, General Henry "Hap" -
American general whose efforts
helped establish what is now the U.S. Air
Force. |
Astor, John Jacob - German - born American fur trader
who became the wealthiest man of his time in the United
States. |
Auchinleck, Sir Claude -
British field
marshal. |
Austin, Stephen F. - "Father" of Texas. |
Autry, Gene - Actor. |
Bach, Johann Christian -
German composer and organist of the
late baroque period. |
Baldwin, Henry - U.S. Supreme Court justice (1830 -
1844). |
Balfour, Lloyd - Jeweler. |
Banks, Sir Joseph - British botanist. |
Bartholdi, Frederic A. -
French sculptor best known for the
Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, presented to the
United States by France in 1886. |
Bassie, William "Count" -
Orchestra
leader/composer. |
Bayh, Birch Evans - U.S. Senator from Indiana (1963 -
1981). |
Baylor, Robert E. B. -
American jurist and Baptist cleric
who was instrumental in obtaining a charter for the
first Baptist college in Texas, which was named in his
honor. |
Beard, Daniel Carter -
American writer and illustrator;
Founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone, which was the first
Boy Scout organization in the U.S. |
Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp. |
Benes, Eduard - Czechoslovakian foreign minister
(1918 - 1935) and president (1935 -
1938). |
Bennett, Viscount R.B. -
Canadian Prime Minister (1930 -
1935). |
Berlin, Irving - Russian - born American songwriter
("Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Top Hat", "Annie Get Your
Gun"). |
Berzelius, Jons Jakob, Baron -
Swedish chemist. |
Bingham, Henry H. - Union captain. |
Bishop, Sanford Dixon -
U.S. Congressman from
Georgia. |
Bishop, Sir Henry - Musician. |
Black, Hugo L. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1937 -
1971). |
Blair, Jr., John - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1789 -
1796). |
Blatchford, Samuel - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1882 -
1893). |
Bolivar, Simon - South American revolutionary
leader; president of Greater Colombia (now Colombia,
Venezuela, and Ecuador); helped liberate Peru and
Bolivia. |
Borden, Sir Robert L. -
Canadian Prime Minister (1911 -
1920). |
Bordet, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent
- Belgian bacteriologist. Developed
whooping cough vaccine. |
Borglum, Gutzon (father) and
Lincoln (son) - Sculpturers who carved Mt.
Rushmore. |
Borgnine, Ernest - Actor ("Marty", "McHale's
Navy"). |
Boswell, James - Scottish lawyer, diarist, and
writer renowned as the biographer of
Samuel
Johnson. |
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie -
British - born Canadian prime
minister (1894 - 1896). |
Bowie, James - American - born Mexican colonist
who joined the Texas forces during the struggle for
independence from Mexico. |
Bradley, Omar N. - American general during World War
II. |
Brant, Joseph - Mohawk leader who supported the
British in the French and Indian War and the American
Revolution. |
Burbank, Luther - American
horticulturist. |
Burke, Edmund - Irish - born British politician and
writer ("Reflections on the Revolution in
France"). |
Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of
Texas. |
Burns, Conrad Ray - U.S. Senator from Montana (1988 -
2007). |
Burns, Robert - Scottish poet. |
Burr, Aaron - U.S. Vice President (1801 -
1805). |
Burton, Harold H. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1945 -
1958). |
Burton, Sir Richard -
British explorer. |
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. -
American naval officer and
explorer. |
Byrnes, James F. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1941 -
1942); U.S. Secretary of State (1945 -
1947). |
Callan, Clair Armstrong -
U.S. Congressman from Nebraska
(1965 - 1967). |
Calvo, Father Francisco -
Roman Catholic Priest who started
Freemasonry in Costa Rica (1865). |
Canning, George - British Foreign Secretary (1807 -
1809 and 1822 - 1827); British Prime Minister
(1827). |
Cantor, Eddie - American
entertainer. |
Cantor, Eric Ivan - U.S. Congressman from
Virginia. |
Carson, Christopher "Kit" -
American
frontiersman. |
Casanova - Italian adventurer, writer and
entertainer. |
Catron, John - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1837 -
1865). |
Chrysler, Walter P. -
American automobile manufacturer
who founded the Chrysler Corporation
(1925). |
Churchill, Lord Randolph -
British politician who led the so -
called Fourth Party, a group of Conservative members of
Parliament who advocated social and constitutional
reform. Father of Sir Winston
Churchill. |
Churchill, Sir Winston -
British Prime Minister during World
War II. |
Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car
manufacturer. |
Clark, Mark - American general during World War
II. |
Clark, Roy - Country Western
Star. |
Clark, Thomas C. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1949 -
1967). |
Clark, William - American explorer (Lewis and Clark
Expedition). |
Clarke, John H. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1857 -
1945). |
Clemens, Samuel L. (aka "Mark
Twain") - American author and humorist ("The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn", "The Prince and the
Pauper"). |
Clinton, DeWitt - Governor of New York (1817 - 1823
and 1825 - 1828); principal supporter of the Erie
Canal. |
Clinton, George - Vice President of the United States
(1805 - 1812). |
Cobb, Ty - American baseball player and
manager. First player elected to the National Baseball
Hall of Fame (1936). |
Cochrane, Gordon S. "Mickey" -
American baseball player and
manager. National Baseball Hall of Fame
member. |
Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William -
American frontier scout and
showman. |
Cohan, George M. - American singer, songwriter, and
playwright known for his flashy, patriotic Broadway
productions ("Over There", "I'm a Yankee Doodle
Dandy"). |
Cole, Nat 'King' - American singer and pianist
("Unforgettable", "Mona Lisa"). |
Collodi, Carlo - Writer
("Pinocchio"). |
Colt, Samuel - American firearms inventor and
manufacturer who developed the first
revolver. |
Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of
Fame. |
Cooper, Leroy Gordon, Jr. -
American
astronaut. |
Crockett, Davy - American frontiersman. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee (1827 - 1831 and 1833 -
1835). Died at the siege of the Alamo. |
Cushing, William - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1732 -
1810). |
DeMille, Cecil B. - American motion picture
producer/director. |
Dempsey, Jack - American prizefighter. Brought new
popularity to the sport of boxing in the United
States. |
Desaguliers, John Theophilus -
Inventor of the
planetarium. |
Devanter, Willis Van -
U.S. Supreme Court justice (1910 -
1937). |
Dewey, Thomas Edmund -
Famed "racket - buster"; Governor
of New York (1942 - 1954); Republican Presidential
Nominee (1944 and 1948). |
Diefenbaker, John G. -
Prime Minister of Canada (1957 -
63). |
Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator, Republican
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, James H. "Jim" -
Governor of Vermont (2003 - ). |
Douglas, William O. -
U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1939 -
1975). |
Dow, William H. - Founder of Dow Chemical
Co. |
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -
Writer ("Sherlock
Holmes"). |
Drake, Edwin L. - American pioneer of the oil
industry. |
Dreyfuss, Richard - Academy award winning actor ("The
Goodbye Girl", "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third
Kind"). |
DuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar. |
Dunant, Jean Henri - Swiss philanthropist who founded
the International Red Cross (1864). Shared the 1901
Nobel Peace Prize. |
Edward VII - King of Great Britain and Ireland
(1901 - 1910). |
Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) -
King of Great Britain and Ireland
(1936). |
Eiffel, Gustave Alexandre -
French engineer who designed the
Eiffel Tower for the Paris Exhibition of
1889. |
Eisele, Donn Fulton -
American astronaut. Flew aboard the
first manned Apollo program mission (Apollo
7). |
Ellington, Duke - American jazz composer, pianist,
and bandleader ("Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated
Lady"). |
Ellsworth, Oliver - U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1789
- 1796). Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court (1796 -
1800). |
Ervin Jr, Samuel J. -
U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Chairman of the Watergate Committee. |
Faber, Eberhard - Head of the Eberhard Fabor Pencil
Company. |
Fairbanks, Douglas - Film actor ("Robin Hood" in
1922). |
Feller, Bob - American baseball
pitcher. |
Field, Stephen J. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1863 -
1897). |
Fields, W.C. - American film comic ("My Little
Chickadee"; "Never Give a Sucker an Even
Break"). |
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury (1945 -
1961). |
Fitch, John - American steamboat
pioneer. |
Fleming, Sir Alexander -
British bacteriologist who
discovered penicillin (1928). He shared a 1945 Nobel
Prize for this achievement. |
Ford, Glenn - Actor ("Gilda", "The Big
Heat","Blackboard Jungle", "Superman"). |
Ford, Henry - American automobile
manufacturer. |
Franklin, Benjamin - American public official, writer,
scientist, inventor, and printer. |
Frederick the Great -
King of Prussia (1740 -
1786). |
Gable, Clark - American actor ("It Happened One
Night"; "Gone With The Wind"). |
Garibaldi, Giuseppe -
Italian general and
nationalist. |
Gatling, Richard J. -
Built the "Gatling
Gun". |
George I - King of Greece (1863 -
1913). |
George VI - King of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (1936 - 1952) and Emperor of India (1936 -
1947). |
Gershwin, George - American composer ("Rhapsody in
Blue", "An American in Paris", "Fascinatin' Rhythm",
"Porgy and Bess"). |
Gibbon, Edward - British historian who wrote the
classic text "The History of the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire". |
Gilbert, Sir William S. -
British playwright and lyricist
("H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of
Penzance"). |
Gillett, King C. - American inventor and manufacturer
who developed the safety razor (c. 1895). Founded the
Gillette Safety Razor Company (1901). |
Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth
in a space craft; U.S. Senator from
Ohio. |
Godfrey, Arthur - Actor/ Television
personality. |
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von -
German writer ("Faust" ) and
scientist. |
Goldsmith, Oliver - English author. |
Goldwater, Barry - U. S. Senator from Arizona (1953 -
1965 and 1969 - 1987) and Republican Presidential
Nominee (1964). |
Gompers, Samuel - British - born American labor
leader. President of the American Federation of Labor
(1886 - 1924, except 1895). |
Goodnow, David - CNN anchor/editor
(Ret). |
Gray, Harold Lincoln -
Creator of "Little Orphan
Annie". |
Grissom, Virgil I. - American
astronaut. |
Grock - Swiss circus
clown. |
Haakon VII - King of Norway (1905 -
1957). |
Hamilton, Alexander -
American
statesman. |
Hampton, Lionel Leo -
American jazz vibraphonist,
percussionist and bandleader. |
Hancock, John - American Revolutionary leader.
President of Continental Congress (1775 - 1777). First
to sign Declaration of Independence.. Governor of
Massachusetts (1780 - 1785 and 1787 -
1793). |
Handy, W.C. - Composer ("The St. Louis
Blues"). |
Hardy, Oliver - American film comedian ("Laurel and
Hardy"). |
Harlan, John M. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1955 -
1971). |
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph -
Austrian composer. |
Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National
Park. |
Heine, Heinrich - Writer. |
Henry, Patrick - American patriot and
orator. |
Henson, Reverend Josiah -
Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's
Cabin". |
Herbert, Bishop Percy -
Bishop of Norwich. |
Hilton, Charles C. - American hotelier. |
Hoban, James - Irish-born American architect.
Designed and supervised the construction (1793 - 1801)
and renovation (1815 - 1829) of the White
House. |
Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press,
revolutionizing newspaper printing. |
Hogarth, William - British artist. |
Hollings, Ernest "Fritz" -
U.S. Senator from South Carolina
(1966 - 2005). |
Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of the FBI (1924 -
1972). |
Hornsby, Rogers - Baseball player and
manager. |
Houdini, Harry - Magician/escape
artist. |
Houston, Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the
Republic of Texas. |
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr. -
U.S. Senator from Minnesota; U.S.
Vice President (1965 - 69); Democratic Presidential
nominee (1968). |
Irving, Sir Henry - British Shakespearean
actor. |
Irwin, James B. - American
astronaut. |
Ives, Burl - American singer and
actor. |
Jackson, Reverend Jesse -
Civil rights
leader/politician. |
Jackson, Robert H. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1941 -
1954). |
Jenner, Edward - British physician and smallpox
vaccination pioneer. |
Johnson, Jack - American boxer. |
Jolson, Al - Singer. |
Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of
Texas. |
Jones, John Paul - American naval
officer. |
Jones, Melvin - Co-founder of the Lions
International. |
Juarez, Benito - Mexican President (1858 -
1872). |
Kalakaua, David - King of the Hawaiian
Islands. |
Kamehameha V - King of Hawaii (1863 -
1872). |
Kean, Edmund - British Shakespearean
actor. |
Kefauver, Estes - U.S. representative (1939 - 1949)
and Senator (1949 - 1963) from Tennessee. Directed
highly publicized investigation into organized crime
(1950 - 1951). |
Kemp, Jack - Pro - Football Quarterback
("Buffalo Bills"), U.S. Congressman from New York, and
Republican Vice - President Candidate
(1996). |
Key, Francis Scott - American lawyer and poet. Wrote
poem which later became "The Star Spangled
Banner". |
King, Rufus - U.S. Vice President
(1853). |
Kipling, Rudyard - British writer ("The Man Who Would
Be King", "The Jungle Book"). Won the 1907 Nobel Prize
for literature. |
Kossuth, Lajos - Hungarian revolutionary
leader. |
Lafayette, Marquis de -
French soldier and politician who
served on George Washington's staff in the American
Revolution. |
LaGuardia, Fiorello -
American political reformer, a U.S.
Congressman (1916 - 1933), and Mayor of New York
City. |
Lake, Simon - Builder of seafaring
submarine. |
Lamar, Joseph R. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1910 -
1916). |
Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of
Texas. |
Land, Frank S. - Founder of the Order of
DeMolay. |
Landon, Alfred M. - Independent oil producer, Governor
of Kansas (1933 - 1937). Republican Presidential Nominee
(1936). |
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim -
German playwright and critic
("Minna von Barnheim", "Nathan the
Wise"). |
Lewis, John L. - American labor leader. President of
the United Mine Workers of America (1920 - 1960) and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations (1935 -
1940). |
Lewis, Meriwether - American soldier and explorer who
led the Lewis and Clark expedition (1803 - 1806).
Governor of the Louisiana Territory (1806 -
1809). |
Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan in
"Tarzan of the Apes" (1918). |
Lindbergh, Charles - American aviator. First solo
TransAtlantic flight (1927). |
Lipton, Sir Thomas - British merchant and yacht racer.
Opened successful chain of grocery stores in Great
Britain. Established tea processing factories in England
and the United States. |
Livingston, Robert - American Revolutionary leader and
diplomat who served in the Continental Congress (1775 -
1781). Minister to France (1801 -
1804). |
Liszt, Franz - Hungarian
composer. |
Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer. |
Logue,
Lionel George - Famous speech therapist who
successfully treated King George VI (as portrayed in the
film "The King's Speech") |
Lott, Trent - U.S. Senator from
Mississippi. |
MacArthur, Douglas - American general; Commanded Allied
forces in Pacific during World War II. |
MacDonald, Sir John A. -
Canadian politician and the first
prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867 - 1873
and 1878 - 1891). Considered the organizer of the
Canadian confederation, established in
1867. |
Marshall, George - American general during World War
II. |
Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill
California (1848). |
Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
(1801 - 1835). |
Marshall, Thurgood - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1967 -
1991). |
Marti, Jose Julian - Cuban revolutionary leader and
poet. |
Marx, Adolph Arthur "Harpo" -
Stage and film comedian (The Marx
Brothers). |
Matthews, Stanley - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1881 -
1889). |
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer (MGM). |
Mazzini, Giuseppe - Italian patriot. |
Mayo, William - American surgeon. Co-founder of the
Mayo Clinic. |
McGovern, George - U.S. senator from South Dakota
(1963 - 1981); Democratic Presidential Candidate
(1972). |
Menninger, Charles F. (father) and
Karl A. (son) - American psychiatrists; Founders of
the Menninger Clinic and Menninger
Foundation. |
Mesmer, Franz Anton -
Austrian physician. Developer of
therapeutic application of hypnotism. |
Meyerbeer, Giacomo - German composer of French opera
("Les Huguenots"). |
Michelson, Albert Abraham -
German - born American physicist.
Won 1907 Nobel Prize. |
Minton, Sherman - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1949 -
1956). |
Mitchell, Edgar D. - American astronaut. Sixth person to
walk on the moon. |
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned film actor.
Starred in over 400 westerns. |
Monckton, Lionel - Musician. |
Monge, Gaspard, Comte de Pluse -
French mathematician. Inventor of
descriptive geometry. |
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne -
French aeronautic inventor. Built
and ascended in the first practical hot - air balloon
(1783). |
Moody, William H. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1906 -
1910). |
Mozart, Leopold - Concertmaster, celebrated
violinist, composer, and author. Father of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
Austrian composer. Considered among
the greatest and most prolific composers in history
("The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "The Magic
Flute"). |
Mucha, Alphonse - Czech - French poster designer and
painter. |
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American soldier of
WWII and film actor ("The Red Badge of Courage","To Hell
and Back"). |
Naismith, James - Canadian - born American sports
educator who originated the game of basketball
(1891). |
Nelson, Samuel - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1845 -
1872). |
New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established
air mail. |
Newhall, Lord - British Military leader during
World War II;Royal Air Force. |
Newton, Joseph Fort -
Christian
minister. |
Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator from
Georgia. |
O'Higgins, Bernardo -
Chilean leader. |
Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile
pioneer. |
Otis, James - American Revolutionary politician
and publicist. |
Palmer, Arnold - American golfer. First to win four
Masters Tournaments. |
Paterson, William - Irish - born American Revolutionary
leader and jurist. Member of the Constitutional
Convention (1787). U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1793 -
1806). |
Peale, Charles Willson -
American painter, naturalist, and
inventor. |
Peale, Norman Vincent -
American cleric and author ("The
Power of Positive Thinking"). |
Peary, Robert Edwin -
American naval officer and Arctic
explorer. |
Penney, James C. - American retailer ("J.C.
Penny"). |
Pepper, Claude - U.S. Senator (1936 - 1951) and
Representative (1963 - 1989) from
Florida. |
Pershing, John Joseph "Black Jack"
- American general. Commanded
American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War
I. Army chief of staff (1921 - 1924). |
Pike, Albert - Philosopher. Author of "Morals and
Dogma". |
Pitney, Mahlon - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1912 -
1922). |
Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico. Developed
the poinsettia flower. |
Pope, Alexander - English writer. |
Pullman, George M. - American industrialist and
inventor. Built first rail sleeping
car. |
Pushkin, Aleksander -
Russian poet. |
Reed, Stanley F. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1938 -
1957). |
Revere, Paul - American silversmith, engraver, and
Revolutionary War hero. |
Rhodes, Cecil John - British financier and colonizer.
Prime minister of Cape Colony (1890). |
Richards, Michael - Comedian and actor. Best known for
role as Cosmo Kramer on "Seinfeld" TV
series. |
Richardson, Elliot - U.S. Attorney General (1973)
. |
Rickenbacker, Eddie -
American aviator who was the most
decorated combat pilot of World War I; President of
Eastern Airlines (1938 - 1963). |
Ringling Brothers - American circus owners (All seven
brothers and their father were Masons). |
Rizal, Jose - Philippine national leader and
writer. |
Roberts, Allen E. - Author of several books on
Masonry. |
Robinson, John J. - Author of several books on Masonry
("Born in Blood"; "A Pilgrim's Path"). |
Robinson, Sugar Ray -
American prizefighter. Six - time
world champion. |
Rogers, Roy - Singing cowboy and
actor. |
Rogers, Will Penn Adair -
American humorist. |
Romberg, Sigmund - Hungarian - born American composer
of operettas ("Blossom Time", "Student
Prince"). |
Rutledge, Wiley B. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1943 -
1949). |
Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi. |
San Martin, Jose de -
Argentine revolutionary
leader. |
Sanders, Harland ("Colonel
Sanders") - Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
Restaurants. |
Sarnoff, David - American radio and television
pioneer. Formed the National Broadcasting
Company. |
Sax, Antoine Joseph -
Inventor of the
saxophone. |
Schiller, (Johann Christoph)
Friedrich von - German writer. |
Schirra, Walter Marty, Jr. -
American
astronaut. |
Schoonover, George - Founder of "The
Builder". |
Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon -
British explorer. |
Scott, Sir Walter - British writer of ballads and
historical novels. |
Scott, Winfield - American general. Hero of the War
of 1812 and the Mexican War (1846 -
1848). |
Sellers, Peter - Actor ("The Pink Panther"; "Dr.
Strangelove"; "Being There"). |
Shackleton, Sir Ernest -
British explorer and writer ("Heart
of the Antarctic"). |
Sibelius, Jean - Composer. |
Skelton, Red - Film/television
comedian. |
Sloane, Sir John - Artist. |
Smith, John Stafford -
Wrote the music that became the
U.S. National Anthem. |
Sousa, John Philip - American bandmaster and composer
who wrote comic operas and marches such as Stars and
Stripes Forever (1897). |
Speaker, Tris - Baseball Hall of
Famer. |
Spilsbury, Sir Bernard -
English Scientist. |
Stafford, Thomas Patten -
American
astronaut. |
Stanford, Leland - American financier of the Central
Pacific Railroad. Founder of Stanford University
(1885). |
Stanislaus II - King of Poland (1764 -
1795). |
Stevenson, Adlai - U.S. Vice President (1893 -
1897). |
Stewart, Potter - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1958 -
1981). |
Still, Andrew T. - American physician who devised
treatment of osteopathy. |
Stillwell, Joseph - American general during World War
II. |
Stratton, Charles "General Tom
Thumb" - American entertainer who reached 3
feet 4 inches at maturity. Toured extensively with P.T.
Barnum's circus. |
Steuben, Baron von - Prussian - born American
Revolutionary military leader. |
Sullivan, Sir Arthur -
British composer. |
Swayne, Noah H. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1862 -
1881). |
Swift, Jonathan - Irish - born English writer
("Gulliver's Travels", "A Modest
Proposal"). |
Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial
Corporation. |
Thomas, Danny - Entertainer. |
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendy's
restaurants. |
Thomas, Lowell - American radio
commentator. |
Thornhill, Sir James -
English Artist. |
Tinker, Joe - American baseball
player. |
Tirpitz, Alfred Von -
German admiral who organized the
German Navy in World War I. |
Todd, Thomas - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1807 -
1826). |
Travis, Colonel William B. -
Fought at the Battle of the
Alamo. |
Trimble, Robert - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1826 -
1828). |
Vinson, Frederick M. -
Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
(1946 - 1953). |
Wadlow, Robert Pershing -
Tallest human being on
record. |
Wallace, George C. - Governor of
Alabama. |
Wallace, Lewis - American general, diplomat, and
author ("Ben Hur"). |
Wanamaker, John - American merchant whose men's
clothing business grew into one of the first department
stores. Also served as U.S. postmaster general (1889 -
1893). |
Warner, Jack - American filmmaker. Co - founder of
Warner Brothers Pictures. |
Warren, Earl - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
(1953 - 1969). |
Warren, Joseph - American physician and patriot who
instructed Paul Revere and William Dawes to make their
ride to Lexington. |
Washington, Booker T. -
American educator. |
Watson, Thomas John -
President (1914 - 1949) and
Chairman (1949 - 1956) of IBM. |
Wayne, John - Film actor, American
icon. |
Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English
Channel. |
Weitz, Paul J. - American astronaut who flew on
Skylab and space shuttle missions. |
Wesley, Samuel - Musician. |
Whiteman, Paul - American
conductor. |
Wilde, Oscar - Irish writer ("The Picture of
Dorian Gray", "The Importance of Being
Earnest"). |
Wingate, Sir Francis -
British general and imperial
administrator, principal founder and governor - general
of the Anglo - Egyptian Sudan (1899 -
1916). |
Woodbury, Levi - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1845 -
1851). |
Wolfitt, Sir Donald -
English actor. |
Woods, William B. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1880 -
1887). |
Wyler, William - American filmmaker ("Jezebel",
"Wuthering Heights", Ben Hur"). |
Young, Denton True "Cy" -
American baseball
player. |
Zanuck, Darryl F. - Cofounder of 20th Century
Productions. |
Ziegfeld, Florenz - American theatrical producer famed
for his extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld
Follies. |
Zoffany, John - Artist. |