Famous Masons  
 

 

(From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia )

 

Political and civil rights leaders

Australia       back to top        

  • Sir Edmund Barton ( 1st Australian Prime Minister) Born 1849 Died 1920, P/M from 1901 to 1903

  • Sir George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW

  • Sir Joseph Cook 6th Prime Minister of Australia

  • Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce 8th Prime Minister of Australia

  • Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VIC

  • Sir Arthur William Fadden 13th Prime Minister of Australia

  • Sir John Grey Gorton 19th Prime Minister of Australia

  • Sir William McMahon 20th Prime Minister of Australia

  • Sir Harry Lawson, 27th Premier of Victoria, Scotch Collegians Lodge

  • Sir Earle Christmas Grafton

  • Sir William Clarke, former Cheif Justice of Victoria, first GM of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria

  • Herbert Henry "Smokey Dawson" MBE AM, country music entertainer and community leader

  • Sir Donald Bradman, World Famous Australian Cricketer

  • Sir Hubert Opperman, World's Fastest Bicyclist in 1930s; Governement Minister; High Commissioner to Malta

  • Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, aviator who was first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928. He was a MM of a Brisbane lodge, and, as a matter of interest, it is his MM apron which is perambulated in the memorial service each Anzac Day in the Brisbane Memorial Masonic Centre.

  • Sir Thomas Playford, Former Premier of South Australia

  • Charles Karius Explorer initiated New Guinea Lodge (292 UGLQ) 29 Nov 26, passed 11 Feb 28, raised 9 Oct 35

  • Daniel O'Conne*Harry Van Der Sluys(" Roy Rene Mo")Entertainerll, he resigned for political reasons - see the history of the St Stephens Green Club, Dublin

  • Charles Goffage (Chips Rafferty)

  • Nathan Phillips (Stiffy)

  • Harry Van der Sluys (Mo aka Roy Rene)

  • Hugh Webster, once Prof of Physics at Uni Qld and for a time Australia's Science Rep to the United Nations

  • Lawrence Hargraves...Aeronautical Pioneer

  • John William Pilbeam Goffage ( "Chips Rafferty") Film Actor

  • John Hosking...First Mayor of Sydney

  • Nat Phillips...Entertainer

  • Lieutenant John Oxley RN...Explorer

  • Sir Edward ( Weary) Dunlop..War Hero & Doctor

  • John MacDouall Stuart...Explorer

  • Francis Greenway...Architect Colonial era

  • Mei Quong Tart...Ist Chinese Initiate in Australia

  • Sir Joseph Banks.."Father Of Australia"..Botonist

  • Ken G Hall..Australian Film producer

  • Sir Ernest Fisk...Radio Pioneer

  • Captain Matthew Flinders...Explorer

  • Hamilton Hume...Explorer

  • Edgar Laurence ( Dunc) Grey..Olympic Cyclist

  • Sir John Northcott..NSW State Governor & Grand Master

  • Col Dr Sir Weary Dunlop, Doctor in WWII Japanese POW Changi Railway - saved hundreds including Sir *William Clavel (author of Shogun); Since WWII built links with Asia

  • Air Commadore Rex Taylor CBE, John Knox Lodge

  • Brigadier Sir William Hall KBE DSO ED

  • Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith..Aviation Pioneer

  • Major-General Sir Robert Risson, Past Grand Master

  • Lt-General Sir John Northcot, Past Grand Master-NSW (Initiated in Lodge Army and Navy after he was Commissioned as Governor of NSW)

  • Lt-General Sir John Lavarack, Past Grand Master-Qld

  • Chap Archdeacon GE Lambie, Past Grand Chaplain

  • Lt-General Sir Stanley Savige

  • Lt-Colonel Sir Harold Luxton, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne

  • Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans

  • Chap-General Rev AT Holden, Past Grand Master

  • Lt-General Sir Carl Jess

  • Lt-General Sir Leslie Morshead

  • Brigadier The Hon MWJ Bourchier

  • Lt-General Sir Frank Berryman

  • Lt-General R Bierwirth

  • Major-General EJ Milford

  • Major-General RE Jackson

  • Major-General AG Wilson

  • Major-General RE Wade

  • Major-General R Kendall

  • Lt-Colonel Sir Harold Stokes

  • Major-General Sir Alan Ramsay

  • Lt-General Sir Horace Robertson

 

Brazil       back to top

 

Canada       back to top

 

 

Chile       back to top

 

Czechoslovakia       back to top

  • Edvard Beneš, Lodge Ian Amos Komensky No. 1, Prague and Lodge Pravda Vitezi

 

Fiji Islands       back to top

 

France       back to top

 

Gabon       back to top

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

 

Germany       back to top

 

Hawaii       back to top

 

Iceland       back to top

 

Ireland       back to top

 

Italy       back to top

 

Japan       back to top

  • Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama, Hatoyama was made a Mason in March 1955 in Tokyo

  • Nishi Amane, La Vertu Lodge No, 7, Leyden, October 20, 1864

 

Jordan       back to top

 

Malaysia       back to top

  • 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 Johor. Initiated 9th July 1960, Lodge Napier No. 3418 EC in Ipoh.  

 

Mexico       back to top

 

Philippines       back to top

  • Dr. José Rizal, national hero and pride of the Malay race, Acacia Lodge No. 9 Spain, Logia Solidaridad 53 Madrid 1890, Nilad Lodge No. 144, 1892

  • Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935-1944), Sinukuan Lodge No. 272, 1908

  • Jose Abad Santos, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one of the greatest heroes of World War II. He was made a Master Mason in 1919

  • Numeriano R. Adriano, former Vice-President of the Republic, like many others gave his life (executed) during the Philippine Revolution

  • Bishop Gregorio Aglipay, revolutionary Catholic priest, excommunicated for joining the libertarian movement

  • Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, first president of the Philippine Republic. Pilar Lodge No. 203, 1895. Founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31

  • Dr. Galicano C. Apacible, patriot and propagandist, Logia Revoluccion in Barcelona and Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid (mid 1880's)

  • Conrado Benitez, civic leader, esteemed educator, economist, author. Grand Master of Masons of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines in 1936

  • Nicanor Abelardo, musician/composer, "father of the sonata in the Philippines". Luzon Lodge No. 57

  • Andres Bonifacio, founded the Katipunan, a secret society established to gain independence from Spain through force. Taliba Lodge No. 165, 1892

  • Manuel Camus, philantropist and civic leader, organizer of Boy Scouts and YMCA and charity organizations. Lodge Perla del Oriente 1034, 1908

  • Marcelo H. del Pilar, soul of the Philippine Revolution. He co-founded Logia Revoluccion in Barcelona, Spain and revived Logia Solidaridad 53

  • Isabelo de los Reyes, labor leader, historian and founder of the Philippine folklore, Luz de Oriente Lodge, 1896

  • Teodoro M. Kalaw, prolific writer, scholar, orator and statesman, Nilad Lodge 1907, Gran Logia de Filipinas 1915

  • Jose P. Laurel, President of the 2nd Philippine Republic, Supreme Court Justice, patriot. Batangas Lodge No. 383

  • Graciano Lopez Jaena, gifted writer, orator, patriot. Logia Povernir No. 2, co-founded Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid

  • Gen. Antonio Luna, writer, dedicated patriot, foremost military strategist. Logia Solidaridad 53, Madrid

  • Apolinario Mabini, considered by many as the "Brains of the Philippine Revolution". Logia Balagtas 149, 1892

  • Camilo Osias, foremost, educator, legislator, writer. Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4, 1918

  • Rafael Palma, lawyer, statesman, educator. First Filipino president of the University of the Philippines. Bagong Buhay Lodge No. 291, 1908

  • Quintin Paredes, first Filipino Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice. Sinukuan Lodge No. 16, 1913

  • Manuel Roxas, President of the Republic of the Philippines (1946-1948). Makawiwili Lodge No. 55, 1920  

 

Austria       back to top

 

Romania       back to top

 

Russia       back to top

 

Singapore       back to top

 

UK: England & Wales, and Scotland       back to top

(the two Masonic jurisdictions have never been united)

 

U.S.       back to top