Abrahams,
Harold - British Olympic Gold medal winning athlete (Chariots
of fire film)
Aldrin,
Edwin E ("Buzz") - Astronaut - 2nd Man to set foot on the Moon
Allcock,
Tony - World Indoor Bowls Singles Champion 2002
Amery,
Leopold - British Politician (1873-1955)
Amundsen,
Roald - Norwegian explorer - first to South Pole
Armstrong,
Louis - Musician
Arne, Thomas Augustine - Composed 'Rule Britannia'
Arnold, Benedict - American General and later traitor
Astor,
John Jacob - German-American merchant and financier
Austin,
Stephen F - Father of Texas
Autry,
Gene - Actor
Bach,
Johann - Composer
Barnardo,
Dr T J - British philanthropist and social reformer
Basie,
William "Count" - Composer
Bell,
Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Berlin,
Irving - Entertainer
Bishop,
Sir Henry - writer of "Home Sweet Home"
Blanc,
Mel - voice of thousands of cartoon characters
Bolivar, Simon - Fought for South American independence from Spain
Bonaparte, Jerome, Joseph, Louis & Lucien. All 4 brothers of
Napoleon
were Masons but not the Emperor himself
Boomer, Walter - Commander of Marine forces during Desert Storm
Borglum, Gutzon - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borglum, Lincoln - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest - US Actor
Boswell,
James - Scottish writer, biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson
Bowie,
James - Alamo
Bradley, Omar N - US Military leader
Bradman, Sir Donald - Australian Cricketer
Bresslaw,
Bernard - British comedy actor
Buchanan,
James - President of the U.S.
Burke, Edmund - Irish-born British politician and writer
Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burton, Sir Richard - English Explorer
Butlin, Sir William (Billy) - British Holiday Camp magnate
Byrd, Admiral Richard E - US Polar explorer
Byron,
Lord William - British poet
Campbell,
Donald - Land & water speed record holder (son of Sir Malcolm)
Campbell,
Sir Malcolm - Land & water speed record holder
Canning,
George - British Prime Minister 1827
Cantor, Eddie - American entertainer
Carnegie, Andrew - Philanthropist and steel industry industrialist
Carson,
Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman
Casanova
- Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Chagal, Marc - Russian artist, domiciled in France
Chaplin,
Charlie - Silent film comic actor, film producer and songwriter
Charles,
John - Leeds Utd, Juventus, Roma, Cardiff City & Wales striker
(known as "Il Buon Gigante" - "The Gentle Giant")
Chrysler, Walter P - Automotive fame
Churchill, Lord Randolph -
British politician who led the so-called
Fourth Party
Churchill,
Sir Winston - British Prime Minister & WWII leader
Citroen,
Andre - French Engineer and motor car manufacturer
Clark, William - Explorer (Lewis and Clark Fame)
Clement, William (Bill) -
Welsh Rugby Union secretary
Cody, William
("Buffalo Bill")
Cole,
Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer
Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor
Compton,
Leslie - English international footballer
Conan
Doyle, Sir Arthur - Writer
Cooper
- Gordon - Early US Astronaut
Cooper,
Tommy - TV Comic & (supposedly) inept conjurer
- born in
Caerphilly!
Crocket,
David - Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Courtenay, George -
Refereed 1980 FA Cup Final
Dainty,
Billy - British stage comic actor
Davidson,
Jim - British Comedian
Davies,
Ryan - Welsh TV comic actor and writer (of Ryan & Ronnie fame)
DeCourcey,
Roger - British ventriloquist (partner to "Nookie the Bear"!)
DeMille,
Cecil B - US Film director
Dempsey,
Jack - US Boxer, later ran New York restaurant
Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Diefenbaker,
John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Dole,
Robert - US Senator, Vice Pres Candidate 1976,
Presidential Candidate 1996
Doolittle, General James - US Air Force Pilot, led early WWII
raids on
Tokyo
Dow, William H - Dow Chemical Co.
Dunant,
Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross
Ebdon,
Peter - Professional Snooker player
Edinburgh,
Duke of (Prince Philip of Greece) - Consort to Queen Elizabeth II
Edward
VII - King 1901-10
Edward
VIII - King for 325 days in 1936 (later Duke of Windsor)
Ellington,
Duke - Composer, bandleader, pianist
English,
Arthur - British comic actor
Fairbanks,
Douglas - Actor
Fields,
W C - Actor
Finney, Jim - Refereed 1962 FA Cup Final
Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945-61
Flanagan, Bud - British comic - member of the "Crazy Gang"
Fleming, Sir Alexander - Discovered Penicillin
Fletcher, Cyril - British Radio & TV comic personality
Ford, Gerald R - President of the US
Ford, Henry - Pioneer automobile manufacturer
Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the US
Frederick II ("the Great"), King of Prussia 1712-86
Gable,
Clark - US Actor
Garfield, James A - President of the US
Garibaldi, Guiseppe - Italian patriot and hero
Gatling, Richard J - Built the
Gatling Gun
George IV - King 1820-30
George VI - King 1936-52
Gershwin, George - American composer
Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gilbert, Sir William S - half of Gilbert and Sullivan
Gillette, King C - Gillette Razor Co.
Glenn, John - First American to orbit the earth in a space craft
Goethe (von), Johan Wolfgang - German poet
Grissom, Virgil
"Gus" - Astronaut
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the Guillotine
Haig,
Earl Douglas - British Field Marshal during World War I
Haley,
Alex - Author of 'Roots'
Hancock,
John - 1 of 9 Masons to sign the US Declaration of Independence.
Harding,
Warren G - President of the U.S.
Hardy,
Oliver - Actor, Comedian
Hay,
Will - Star of British Comedy Films of the 1930s & 1940s
Haydn,
Franz Joseph - Austrian Composer
Henderson,
Dickie - British TV personality of the 1950s & 1960s
Herbert,
Bishop Percy - Bishop of Norwich
Hilton,
Charles C - American Hotelier
Hogarth,
William - Artist
Hoover, J Edgar - Director of FBI
Hope,
Bob - Comedian
Houdini,
Harry - Magician & Illusionist
Houston,
Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Hussein,
King of Jordan
Hutton, Sir
Len - English cricketer
Irving,
Sir Henry - Actor
Irwin,
James B. - American astronaut
Ives,
Burl - Singer
Jackley,
Nat - British Comedian & Comic Actor
Jackson,
Andrew - President of the US
Jackson, Rev. Jesse - Minister
and Politician
Jellicoe,
Lord - WW1 Royal Navy Admiral
Jenner,
Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
Johns, Hugh - UK sports Journalist & Commentator - covered
1966 World
Cup Final
Johnson, Andrew - President of the US
Johnson,
Lyndon B - President of the US
Johnson,
Dr Samuel - Lexicographer
Jolson,
Al - Jazz Singer
Jones,
John Paul - Scottish born "Father of the US Navy"
Jones, Melvin - American Co-Founder of Lions International
Khan,
Aga - Statesman
Kipling,
Rudyard - Writer
Kitchener,
Field Marshal, Earl - British Secretary of State for War (WWI)
Lauder,
Sir Harry - "Laird of the Music Hall" (1870-1950)
Lewis,
Meriwether - Explorer (Lewis and Clark Fame)
Lever, William Hesketh - British industrialist and philanthropist
Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas - Grocery and tea magnate; philanthropist
Liszt
(von), Franz - Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist
Lloyd, Sir Clive - West Indies cricketer
Lloyd,
Harold - Entertainer
Loss,
Joe - British big band leader
Macadam,
John - Scottish engineer. Developed the macadamising process
MacArthur,
Gen. Douglas - Commander of US Armed Forces
MacDonald, Sir John A - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
McKinley, William - President of the U.S.
McManus, Mick - British professional wrestler
Marks, Alfred - British comic actor
Marshall, Gen. George C - US soldier, diplomat, politician won Nobel
Peace Prize
Marx,
Harpo - one of the Marx Brothers
Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) fame
Menninger, Karl A - Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness
Mesmer, Franz Anton - practiced Mesmerism, a precursor to Hypnotism
Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in
1882
Milburn, Jackie - English international footballer
Miller, Glenn - US Bandleader and composer
Mitchell,
Edgar D - US Astronaut who flew on the Apollo 14 mission
Mitchell, Reginald J. - Designer of the legendary WW2 Spitfire fighter
aircraft
Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films
Monkhouse, Bob - UK Comedian, game show host & actor
Monroe, James - President of the U.S.
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer of first practical hot-air
balloon
Morgannwg, Iolo (= Edward Williams) creator of the Gorsedd
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII.
Nixon,
David - Magician and presenter on early British television
Palmer,
Arnold - Professional Golfer
Parry,
Joseph - 19th Century Welsh musician and composer
Partridge, Pat - Refereed 1975 FA Cup Final
Peary,
Robert E - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Penny, James C - US Retailer (J C Penny)
Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
Poinsett, Joel R - US Minister to Mexico who developed the flower
"Poinsettia"
Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S.
Pope, Alexander - Writer
Price, Richard - Welsh mathematician, philosopher - invented actuarial
tables
Pryor,
Richard - US Actor & comedian
Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet
Raffles,
Sir Thomas Stanford - Founded Singapore & Zoological Society
Reece,
Gil(bert) - Sheff Utd, Cardiff City & Wales midfield soccer player
Rees,
W Linford - (1914-2004) President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
(1975-78); President, British
Medical Association (1978-79)
Revere,
Paul - Famous Revolutionary American
Rhodes, Cecil - Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890
Rickenbacker, Eddie - American Air Force Ace
Ridley, Arnold - Private Godfrey in "Dad's Army" (and a
real life war hero in WW1 & 2)
Ringling Brothers - All 7 circus brothers and their father were Masons
Roberts, Field Marshal, Earl (of Kandahar), (1832 - 1914)
Robey, George - British Music hall comic, self styled "Prime
Minister of Mirth"
Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer
Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star
Roosevelt, Franklin D - President of the US
Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the US
Ros,
Edmundo OBE - Post WW2 Trinidad born Latin-American music bandleader
Rose,
Sir Alec - Round the world solo yachtsman
Sanders,
Harland ("Colonel") - Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant
Sarnoff, David - Father of US TV
Savalas, Telly - Actor who played 'Kojak'
Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Scott, Capt. Robert Falcon - British Polar Explorer died in the
Antarctic 1912
Scott, Sir Walter - Writer
Scoular, Jimmy - Newcastle United, Portsmouth & Scotland Soccer Player
and Cardiff
City Manager 1964-1973
Sellers, Peter - Comic Actor
Shackleton, Sir Ernest - British Polar Explorer
Shackleton, Len - English international footballer
Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland)
Sloane, Sir John - Artist
Smith, Carl - Member of Madness (the 1980s UK Pop Group).
Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National
Anthem.
Smith, Joseph - Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Spilsbury, Sir Bernard - English Scientist
Stanford, Leland - Founded Stanford University
Stapleton, Cyril - British bandleader
Stein, Jock - Scottish international footballer and manager - died at
the end of
a 1985 Wales v Scotland World
Cup qualifier match at Ninian Park, Cardiff
Still, Andrew T - American Physician who devised treatment of
Osteopathy
Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Sullivan, Sir Arthur - Half of Gilbert & Sullivan
Sutcliffe, Herbert - English cricketer
Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels
Taft,
William Howard - President of the U.S.
Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendy's Restaurant
Thornhill, Sir James - English Artist
Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine
warfare
Tonypandy, Viscount - as George Thomas was a Labour Member of
Parliament,
Secretary of
State for Wales, and Speaker of the House of Commons
Travis, Colonel William B - Alamo
Trinder,
Tommy - Cockney comedian and comic actor
Trollope,
Anthony - English novelist
Truman, Harry S - President of the U.S.
Vearncombe,
Graham - Cardiff City & Wales goalkeeper
Voltaire
- French writer and philosopher
Wadlow,
Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
Wallace, Governor George C - Presidential Candidate - nearly assassinated
Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Warren, Earl - US Supreme Court Justice
Washington, George - 1st President of US
Wayne, John - Actor
Webb, Capt. Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Wellington, Duke of - Soldier and statesman. Defeated Napoleon at
Waterloo.
Wesley,
Samuel (1766-1837) - Organist and Composer, son of John Wesley
William
IV - King (1830-37)
Wilde,
Oscar - Anglo-Irish wit and dramatist
Wildman, Mark - Professional Snooker & Billiards (World Champion 1984)
player
Williams,
Edward ("Iolo Morgannwg") creator of the Gorsedd
Willis,
Peter - Refereed 1985 FA Cup Final
Winter, Jeff - Refereed 2004 FA Cup Final
Wolfitt, Sir Donald - Actor
Wolstenholme,
Kenneth - BBC commentator - covered 1966 World Cup Final
Wozniak,
Steve. Co-founder of Apple Computers
Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur"
Young,
Brigham - 2nd President of the Mormon Church
Zanuck,
Darryl F - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907