Masons number among them today many outstanding and famous Brethren in the fields of business, finance, the arts, the professions, music and high public and military service.
World-famous, active Masons have included: Will Rogers; Simon Bolivar; James Boswell; Giuseppe Garibaldi; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Rudyard Kipling; Franz Joseph Haydn; Louis Dossuth; Giuseppe Mazzini; Wolfgang Mozart; Jose Rizal; Cecil J. Rhodes; Jean Sibelius; Voltaire and many, many others.
Astronauts have included: Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.; Leroy Gordon Cooper; Donn F. Eisele; Virgil I. Grissom; Edgar D. Mitchell; Walter M. Schirra Jr.; Thomas P. Stafford; Paul J. Weitz and James B. Irwin.
Actors
- David Garrick (1717 - 1779)
- Edmund Kean (1787 - 1833)
- Sir Henry Irving (1838 - 1905)
- Sir Donald Wolfitt (1902 - 1968)
- Richard Todd (1919 - 2009)
- Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980)
Army
- Gen Sir John Moore (1761 - 1809)
- Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington KG (1769 - 1852)
- Field Marshal The Earl Roberts of Kandahar VC, KG, KP (1832 - 1914)
- Field Marshal The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum KG, KP (1850 - 1916)
- Field Marshal Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres KP (1852 - 1925)
- Field Marshal The Earl Haig KT (1861 - 1928)
- General Sir Reginald Wingate Bt, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO, TD (1861 - 1953)
- Field Marshal The Viscount Wolseley KP (1883 - 1913)
- Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (1884 - 1981)
- Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis KG (1891 - 1969)
- Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Paddy’ Maine DSO*** (1915 - 1955)
Artists
- Sir James Thornhill (1676 - 1734)
- William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
- John Zoffany (1733 - 1810)
- Sir John Soane (1753 - 1857)
Authors
- Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
- Edward Gibbon (1734 - 1794)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816)
- Robbie Burns (1759 - 1796)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
- Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882)
- Sir William S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Charity
- Dr T. J. Barnardo (1845 - 1905)
- 1st Viscount Leverhulme
- Sir William "Billy" Butlin (1899 - 1980)
Entertainers
- Cyril Fletcher (1913 - 2005)
- Cyril Stapleton (1914 1974)
- David Nixon (1919 - 1978)
- Geraldo (1904 - 1974)
- Nat Jackley (1909 - 1988)
- Jimmy Wheeler (1910 - 1970)
- Tommy Trinder (1909 - 1989)
- Sir Harry Lauder (1879 - 1950)
Explorers
- Sir Richard Burton (1821 - 1890)
- Capt Robert Falcon Scott, RN (1868 - 1912)
- Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922)
- Field Marshall The Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891 - 1969)
Monarchs
- King George IV (1762 - 1830)
- King William IV (1765 - 1837)
- King Edward VII (1841 - 1910)
- King Edward VIII (1894 - 1972)
- King George VI (1895 - 1952)
Musicians
- Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778) (Rule Britannia)
- Samuel Wesley (1766 - 1837)
- Sir Henry Bishop (1786 - 1855) (Home sweet home)
- Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
- Rick Wakeman (b: 1949)
Religon
- Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (1887 - 1972)
- Sir Israel Brodie (1895 - 1979)
Royal Air Force
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Newall GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, AM (1886 - 1963)
- Squadron Leader Henry Melvin “Dinghy” Young DFC* (1915 - 1943)
Royal Navy
- Admiral Sir Sidney Smith KCB(1764 - 1840)
- Admiral The Lord Beresford GCB, GCVO (1841 - 1919)
- Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Jellicoe GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM (1859 - 1935)
Scientists
- Sir Joseph Banks (1744 - 1820)
- Dr Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823)
- Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955)
- Sir Bernard Spilsbury (1877 - 1947)
Sportsmen
- Harold Abrahams CBE (1899 - 1978)
- ‘Jackie’ Milburn (1924 - 1988)
- Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885 - 1948)
- Sir Donald Campbell CBE (1921 - 1967)
- Sir Leonard ‘Len’ Hutton (1916 - 1990)
- John ‘Jock’ Stein (1922 - 1985)
- Sir Alec Rose (1908 - 1991)
- Jim Peters (1918 - 1999)
- Sir Arthur Gold (1917 - 2002)
- Trevor Simpson
- Len Shackleton (1922 - 2000)
- Joe Wade (1921 - 2005)
- Leslie Compton (1912 - 1984)
- Herbert Sutcliffe (1894 - 1978)
- Bill Bowes (1908 - 1987)
- Sir Thomas Lipton Bt, KCVO 1848 - 1931)
- Tony Allcock MBE (b: 1955)
- Sir ‘Alf’ Ramsey (1920 - 1999)
- Peter Ebdon (b:1970)
- Mark Wildman (b: 1936)
Statesmen
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
- George Canning (1770 - 1827)
- Lord Randolph Churchill (1849 - 1895)
- Cecil Rhodes (1852 - 1903)
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- Leopold S. Amery (1873 - 1955)
