FAMOUS FREEMASONS

A chronological and alphabetical list of some of our most famous brothers and scholars of Masonry throughout history.  It is always interesting to see the amazing variety of good men who have joined in the Mystic Tie.  Click on the names below to read more about these brothers. Snippets taken from Wikipedia.  Click on the links for full articles.  Also of interest is the Wikipedia page: List of Notable Freemasons.

Aldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz" - (1930- )  American aviator and astronaut, who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. He was, along with Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, the first person to land on the Moon, and shortly afterwards became the second person to set foot on the Moon. A member of Clear Lake Lodge No. 1417,  Texas. Brother Buzz was authorized by the Grand Master of Texas to claim Masonic Territorial Jurisdiction for Grand Lodge of Texas on The Moon. Bro. Buzz conducted the consecration of the first Masonic Lodge on the Moon, thus securing the right to open a branch – the Grand Provincial Moon Lodge. The landing of the lunar module had been made in the sea of Tranquility, therefore the new lodge had received the name Tranquility Lodge No. 2000.

Dennis Archer (born January 1, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from Michigan. Bro. Archer served on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American Bar Association, becoming the first African-American president of that organization. Geometry Lodge No. 49, Prince Hall Affiliated, Detroit.

Abbott, William "Bud"- (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.

Acuff, Roy  (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country musician known around the world as the "King of Country Music"  Acuff's recording of "The House of the Rising Sun" on November 3, 1938 is the first known commercial recording of the song. He released several singles in the 1940s such as "The Wreck on the Highway," "Beneath That Lonely Mound of Clay" and "The Precious Jewel." During the 1940s he also appeared in eight movies. In 1942, a man of many talents, he formed a music publishing venture with Chicago songwriter Fred Rose. Acuff-Rose Music became a country music phenomenon, owning huge numbers of copyrights including those by Marty Robbins, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and all of the songs of Hank Williams.

Armstrong, Louis - (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971). Montgomery Lodge No. 18 (Prince Hall Affiliated), New York.  Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an innovative cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence on jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performers. With his distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, or wordless vocalizing.

Arnold, Eddie - (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was among the most popular country music singers in American history and helped to create the Nashville sound. He sold more than 85 million records and had 147 songs on the charts.

Sir Edward Victor Appleton English Physicist. Nobel Prize 1947. Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge.  From 1949 until his death in 1965, he was Principal Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.

Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the United Stated Army Air Forces During WWII

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881–10 November 1938) National hero and founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. Macedonia Risorta Lodge No. 80, Thessaloniki.   A Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President. 

Atkins, Chet - American Guitarist and record producer.

Autry, Gene - Actor and Singer - "The Singing Cowboy"

Basie, William "Count" - (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for almost 50 years. Many notable musicians came to prominence under his direction. Wisdom Lodge No. 102 (Prince Hall), Chicago. Also a Shriner

Beard, Daniel Carter - (June 21, 1850 – June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Bell, Lawrence - (April 5, 1894 - October 20, 1956) was an American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation. For his role in the X-1's first supersonic flight, he shared the 1947 Collier Trophy with pilot Chuck Yeager and John Stack, a research scientist with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now NASA). He was awarded the Society of Automotive Engineers' Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1944, and was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame (1977), the Army Aviation Hall of Fame (1986), and the International Aerospace Hall of Fame (2004).

Bennett, Viscount R. B.  (1870-1947) - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35

Berlin, Irving (1888-1989) - Composer and lyricist.

Hugo L. Black, US Associate Justice (1937-1971), Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, AL.

Blake, James Herbert "Eubie"- (1883-1983) Composer/pianist

Blanc, Mel (1908-1989) Voice artist and comedian (voice of Bugs Bunny and Loony Toons characters)

Borden, Sir Robert L. (1854-1937) 8th Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920.

Borglum, Gutzon (1867-1941) & Lincoln Borglum (1912-1986) Father and Son monumental sculptors who carved Mt. Rushmore.

Borgnine, Ernest - Hollywood actor and star of the film "Marty" and the hit sit-com McHale's Navy.

Nineteenth Century

Abbott, Sir John J. C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92.  Abbott was a successful Montreal corporate lawyer and businessman and a practicing Freemason. In 1849, he signed the Montreal Annexation Manifesto calling for Canada to join the United States, an action which later in life, he regretted as a youthful error. He eventually joined the Loyal Orange Lodge of British North America, well known as a pro-British organization. He was involved in the promotion of several railroad projects, including the Canadian Pacific Railway (of which he served as President). Initiated St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847.


Eugène Félicien Albert, Count Goblet d'Alviella (Brussels, 10 August 1846-Elsene, 9 September 1925) was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He became famous for this book The Migration of Symbols, which is one of the foundations of religious archeology. He was a  member of the lodge Les Amis Philanthropes (initiated in 1870), Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium (1884), and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council in 1900.

Allen, Richard - (February 14, 1760 - March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination in 1816 in the United States, after founding its first church in 1794 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was elected the first bishop of the AME Church. Allen had started as a Methodist preacher but wanted to establish a black congregation independent of white control. The AME church is the oldest denomination among independent African-American churches.

Astor, John Jacob -  (July 17, 1763–March 29, 1848) was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. He was the creator of the first trust in America, from which he made his fortune in fur trading, real estate, and opium.  From humble origins in Germany, he emigrated to London and then to America following the American Revolutionary War. He built a fur-trading empire that extended to the Great Lakes region and Canada, and later expanded into the American West and Pacific coast. In the early 1800s he diversified into New York City real estate and later became a famed patron of the arts.  At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least 20 million dollars; according to the latest Forbes rankings, he would be worth $115 billion in 2007 U.S. dollars, making him the fourth wealthiest person in American history

Austin, Stephen F. - November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836), known as the "Father of Texas", led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by settlers from the United States. The capital city of Texas, Austin, is named in his honor. During the early years of the colony, Austin sought to establish Freemasonry in Texas. Freemasonry was well established among the educated classes of Mexican society. It had been introduced among the aristocracy loyal to the House of Bourbon, and the conservatives had total control over the Order. By 1827 Americans living in Mexico City had introduced the American York Rite of Freemasonry as a liberal alternative to the established European-style Scottish Rite.

Baldwin, Henry- (January 14, 1780 - April 21, 1844) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 18, 1830, to April 21, 1844.  In 1797 (aged 17) Baldwin received a doctor of laws professional degree from Yale University. He was elected to the United States Congress as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party in 1816, representing Pennsylvania, but resigned after six years because of his declining health and failing finances. He strongly supported the election of Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828. After the death of Bushrod Washington in 1829, Jackson nominated Baldwin to the Supreme Court.  Justice Baldwin was personally opposed to slavery.  He was the sole dissenter in the Amistad Case, in which the Court decided to free a ship of illegally imported African slaves.

Eighteenth Century

Johann Christian Bach, (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital. He is noted for influencing the concerto style of Mozart. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London.


Benedict Arnold, (January 14, 1741– June 14, 1801).  Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut (expelled 1781).  A general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army, but switched sides to the British Empire. As a general still on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and attempted unsuccessfully to surrender it to the British. After this he served with British forces as a Loyalist.

Blair, Jr., John (1731-1800) - U. S. Supreme Court Justice (1790-1795)

Seventeenth Century

Elias Ashmole, (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692), was a celebrated English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices.  Ashmole was an antiquary with a strong Baconian bent for the study of nature.  His interests were antiquarian and mystical as well as scientific. Throughout his life he was an avid collector of curiosities and other artifacts. Ashmole donated most of his collection, his antiquarian library and priceless manuscripts to the University of Oxford to create the Ashmolean Museum.   Warrington Lodge, Lancashire

Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96

Bowie, James - Alamo

Bradley, Thomas - Former mayor of Los Angeles, California

Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807

Brown, Joe E. - Entertainer

Brundage, Avery - Olympic Committee

Bryan, Richard - U.S. Senator

Buchanan, James - President of the U.S.

Burbank, Luther - Pioneering botanist

Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas

Burns, Conrad - U.S. Senator

Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland

Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice

Byrd, Robert - U.S. Senator

Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole

Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice

Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865

Campbell, Sir Malcolm - Land speed record holder

Carlson, Curtis L. - American businessman, Entrepreneur and founder of Radisson Hotel Group. The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota is named for him, in recognition of his $25 million gift, the largest single donation to a public university at that time. Member of Minneapolis Lodge No. 19 & Zuhrah Shrine Temple.

Carnahan, Melvin - Governor of Missouri

Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer

Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer

Catton, John - Supreme Court Justic
Chagall, Marc - Artist

Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame

Churchill, Sir 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

Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice

Claudy, Carl - Author (Foreign Countries)

Clemens, Samuel L. - “Mark Twain” - writer

Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player

Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West Show

Cohan, George M.- Broadway star

Cole, Nat "King" - Great ballad singer

Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio

Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor

Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame

Cooper, Gordon - Astronaut

Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame

Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice

Dempsey, Jack - Sports

DeMille, Cecil B. - Movie director

Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium

Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice

Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63

Dole, Robert - U.S. Senator

Doolittle, General James - Famous Army Air Corps Pilot

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

DuBois, W.E.B. - Educator/scholar

Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross

Ebbets, Charles - Baseball Owner, Ebbets Field

Edward VII - King of England

Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year

Ellery, William - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of the Declaration of Independance

Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist

Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice

Evers, Medger Wiley - Civil rights leader

Ervin Jr, Samual J. - U. S. Senator - headed "Watergate" committee

Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Faber Pencil Company

Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor

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 - Discovered Penicillin

Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S.

Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer

Forten, James - Abolitionist/manufacturer

Fortune, Timothy Thomas - Journalist

Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S.

Freeman, Orville - Former governor of Minnesota and secretary of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Gable, Clark - Actor

Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe - Italian freedom fighter

Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"

George VI - King of England during W.W. II

Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the libretto for "Pirates of Penzance"

Gillette, King C. - Gillette Razor Co.

Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth/U.S. Senator

Godfrey, Arthur - Radio and early television personality

Goldwater, Barry - Former U.S. Senator

Gompers, Samuel - Founder American Federation of Labor

Grassley, Charles - U.S. Senator

Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"

Griffeth, David W. - Movie Director

Gris, Juan - Spanish artist- Synthetic Cubism

Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut

Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"

Hall, Prince - First black American Freemason

Haley, Alex - Author of "Roots"

Hampton, Lionel - Orchestra leader/composer

Hancock, John - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independence

Handel, George Fredrick - Composer

Handy, William C. - Composer "Father of the Blues"

Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S.

Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian

Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice

Harvey, Paul - Radio personality

Hatfield, Mark - U.S. Senator

Hawkins, Augustus F. - U.S. Congressman California

Haydn, Franz Joseph F. - Composer and Musician

Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park

Helms, Jesse - U.S. Senator

Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Henson, Matthew - Explorer

Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier

Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. White House

Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing

Hollings, Ernest - U.S. Senator

Hooks, Benjamin L. - Former Executive Director NAACP

Hoover, Frank - Founder of Hoover Vacuum Company

Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI

Hope, Bob - English-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer

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 H. - American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and again from 1971 to 1978. Mayor of Minneapolis. Member of Cataract Lodge No. 2

Irwin, Jim - Astronaut

Ives, Burl - Musician

Jackson, Andrew - The 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

Jackson, Rev. Jesse - American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.

Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice

James, Daniel "Chappie" - General U.S. Air Force

Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination for Small Pox

Johnson, Andrew - 17th president of the United States from1865 to 1869. Assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Johnson, John A 'Jack' - Heavyweight boxing title holder, 1908-1915

Johnson, John H. - Publisher EBONY and Jet magazines

Johnston, Jr. , J. Bennett - U.S. Senator

Jolson, Al - Acted in 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

Keaton, Buster - Movie pioneer

Kemp, Jack - Former U.S. Congressman/sports hero

Key, Francis Scott - Writer of the U.S. National Anthem

Kipling, Rudyard - English journalist, poet, novelist, and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907

Knox, Henry - Revolutionary War General

Lafayette, Gilbert Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834) French General under George Washington and supporter of the American Revolution and later the French Revolution.

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. - Diplomat and 3-time New York City Mayor

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 of the Order of DeMolay

Lewis, Meriwether - American explorer, soldier, and politician, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

Lindbergh, Charles - American aviator who became internationally famous in 1927 for completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight

Lipton, Sir Thomas - of Lipton Tea fame

Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory

Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer

Lott, Trent - U.S. Senator

MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philipines

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

Mathews, Stanley - Supreme Court Justice

Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer - formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Founders of the Mayo Clinic

Mays, Benjamin - Educator/former president Atlanta University

Maytag, Fredrick - Founder of the Maytag Appliance Company

McKinley, William - President of the U.S.

Menninger, Karl A. - Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness

Mellon, Andrew - American industrialist, banker and philanthropist

Mesmer, Franz Anton - Practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism

Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Olympic champion

Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882

Miller, Glenn - Musician

Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice

Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor - Starred in over 400 western films

Monroe, James - President of the U.S.

Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon

Montgolfier, Joseph Michel - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon

Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer

Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII, Actor

Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball

Nash, Charles - Automobile industry

Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice

New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail

Newton, Sir Isaac (1643-1727) - British scientist, alchemist, and mathematician who invented calculus and formulated the laws of gravity.

Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator

Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer

Otis, James - Famous for "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"

Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro

Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot"

Paterson, William - Supreme Court Justice

Peale, Norman Vincent (1898-1993) - Minister and radio preacher; author of The Power of Positive Thinking.

Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)

Peay IV, Austin - Governor of Tennessee 1923-27, known as the "Maker of Modern Tennessee"

Penney, James C. - Retailer

Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier

Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice

Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the Poinsettia flower

Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S.

Pound, Roscoe - Former Dean, Harvard Law School

Pryor, Richard - Actor - Comedian

Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car for trains.

Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet

Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Congressman New York

Retief, Piet - Afrikaans leader and and one of the founders of the Republic of South African

Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice

Revere, Paul - American Revolutionary

Rhodes, Cecil - "Rhodes Scholarship"

Rickenbacker, Eddie - United States Army Air Corps Flying "Ace"

Rickey, Branch - Baseball legend

Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Freemasons.

Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer

Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star

Rogers, Will - Actor

Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the U.S.

Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the U.S.

Rush, Benjamin - 1 of 9 Masonic signers of the Declaration of Independance

Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Chief Justice

Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi

Sanders, Harland "Colonel" - Founder Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants

Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V.

Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)

Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder"

Schirra, Wally - Astronaut

Scott, Sir Walter - Writer

Sellers, Peter - Actor

Sexson, W. Mark - Founder of Rainbow Girls, Masonic historian/author/researcher

Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)

Simpson, Alan - U.S. Senator

Skelton, Red - Entertainer

Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the U.S. National Anthem.

Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892

Stanford, Leland - Railroads & Stanford University

Starr, Bart - American Football legend

Stassen, Harold - Statesman, signer of the United Nations Charter, 25th Governor of Minnesota (1939 to 1943)

Steuben, Friedrich Willhelm Baron von (1730-1794). Prussian officer who served as Inspector-General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice

Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised osteopathy treatment

Stokes, Carl B. - Former mayor, Cleveland, OH

Stokes, Louis - U.S. Congressman Ohio

Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer

Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) Irish Satirist  and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin who Wrote Gulliver's Travels

Taft, William Howard (1857-1930) 18th President of the United States (1909-1913) and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1921-1930), the only man to ever head both the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. govenrment. 

Tetau, Max - French Doctor who presides over Homoeopathia Universalis

Thomas, Craig - U.S. Senator

Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendy's Restaurants

Thompson, Tommy - Governor of Wisconsin

Thurmond, Strom - U.S. Senator

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

Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice

Tolstoy, Leo - Author of War & Peace

Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo

Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice

Truman, Harry S. - President of the U.S.

Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice

Voltaire (1664-1778) French writer and philosopher and author of "Candide."

Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall

Wagner, Honus - Baseball legend

Waite, Arthur Edward (1857-1942) - British mystic, scholar of occultism, kabbalah, and Freemasonry, and co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck.

Wallace, George C. - Former Alabama governor and presidential candidate

Wallace, Lewis - Writer of "Ben Hur"

Wallenda, Enrico - Circus legend of the “Flying Wallenda’s”

Waner, Lloyd - Baseball Hall

Waner, Paul - "Big Paul" Baseball Hall of Fame

Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame

Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice

Warren, Joseph - Revolutionary War General - "Martyr of Bunker Hill"

Washington, Booker T. - Educator and author

Washington, George - First President of U.S.

Wayne, John - Actor

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

Wells, H. G. - Author

Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz"

Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice

Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice

Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"

Young, Andrew - Former mayor of Atlanta, GA

Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933