Robert Sengstacke – Founder/publisher Chicago Defender
Abbott, Sir John J.C. – Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Acuff, Roy – Singer
Adams, Sherman – Governor of New Hampshire and US Congressman
Aguinaldo, Emilio – President of the Philippines, he declared their independence in 1898
Aldrin, Edwin E. – Astronaut
Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth – U.S. Senator
Alfond, Harold – Owned Dexter Shoe Company
Allen, Charles H. – First Governor of Puerto Rico
Allen, Ira – Known as the ‘Father of Vermont’
Allen, Richard – Founder/first bishop AME Church
Althouse, Monroe – Director, Ringgold Band of Pennsylvania
Armstrong, Louis – Jazz Musician
Arnold, Benedict – Revolutionary War General
Arnold, Eddie- Singer
Arnold, General Henry “Hap” – Commander of the Army Air Force
Ashbrook, John M – Politician
Ashburn, Richie – Sports Philadelphia Phillies
Austin, Stephen F. – Father of Texas
Autry, Gene – Actor
Bach, Johann Sebastian – Composer
Bach, Karl Phillip Emanuel – Court Organist for Friedrich the Great
Badyna,Keith R.- International Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Baldwin, Henry – Supreme Court Justice
Ballatine, Carl – McHale’s Navy Comic Balfour, Lloyd – Jewelry
Bartholdi, Frederic A. – Designed the Statue of Liberty
Barty, Billy – Actor
Basie, William “Count” – Orchestra Leader/Composer
Baylor, Robert E. B. – Founder Baylor University Beard
Bell, Lawrence – Bell Aircraft Corporation
Bennett, Viscount R.B. – Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Berlin, Irving – Entertainer
Black, Hugo L. – Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr., John – Supreme Court Justice
Blake, James Herbert Eubie – Composer/Pianist
Blatchford, Samuel – Supreme Court Justice
Bolivar, Simon – Revolutionary
Borden, Sir Robert L. – Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln – Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest – Actor
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie – Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie, James – Alamo
Bradley, Omar N. – Military leader
Bradley, Thomas – Mayor of Los Angeles, CA
Brant, Joseph – Chief of the Mohawks 1742 – 1807
Bricker, John – Politician
Brooks, Foster – Comedian
Brown, Joe E. – Actor
Brown, Judge Joseph – (lawyer judge) TV
Bruening, Walter Oldest Living Man in America 1896 – Current
Buchanan, James – President of the United States
Bunche, Ralphe – Worked for United Nations, Initiated Middle East Peace Accord
Burnett, David G. – 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Burns, Robert – The National Poet of Scotland
Burton, Harold H. – Supreme Court Justice
Butala ,Anthony – Singer
Byrd, Admiral Richard E. – Flew over North Pole
Byrd, Robert – Senator from West Virginia
Byrnes, James F. – Supreme Court Justice
Caey, Harry – Actor
Calvo, Father Francisco – Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
Canute, Yakima – Cowboy, Stuntman
Carson, Christopher “Kit” – Frontiersman, Scout and Explorer
Carter, Daniel – Founder Boy Scouts
Casanova – Italian Adventurer, Writer and Entertainer Catton, John – Supreme Court Justice
Chennault, Maj. General Claire E. – Flying Tigers leader, WWII General
Chagrin, Jean François – Designer of The Arc De Triomphe in Paris, France
Christenson,Larry – Sports Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher
Chrysler, Walter P. – Automotive Fame
Churchill, Winston – British Leader
Citroen, Andre – French Engineer and Vehicle Manufacturer
Clark, James – Explorer
Clark, Mark – American WWII Airborne General
Clark, Roy – Country Western Star
Clark, Thomas C. – Supreme Court Justice
Clark, William – Explorer
Clarke, John H. – Supreme Court Justice
Clemens, Samuel L. – Mark Twain – Writer
Clinton, Dewitt – Governor of New York
Clower, Jerry – Late Comedian
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
Cosby, William H – Entertainer, Actor, Philanthropist
Craig ,John – Ambassador
Crockett, David – American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Crosby, Norm – Comedian and Entertainer
Cushing, William – Supreme Court Justice
Davis, Jefferson – President CSA
Davis, Ossie – Actor, Director and Playwright
DeMille, Cecil – Movie Producer
Dempsey, Jack – Sports
Desaguliers, John Theophilus – Inventor of the Planetarium
Devanter, Willis Van – Supreme Court Justice
Dewey, Thomas – Presidential Candidate
Diefenbaker, John G. – Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Dickens, Little Jimmy – Singer
Dirkson, Everett – Politician
Dole, Robert – Former Senator from Kansas
Doolittle, General James – Famous Air Force Pilot
Douglas, William O. – Supreme Court Justice
Dow, William H. – Dow Chemical Company
Doyle, Sir Author Conan – Writer – Sherlock Holmes
Drake, Edwin L – American Pioneer of the Oil Industry
Dubois, W.E.B. – Educator/Author/Historian
Dunant, Jean Henri – Founder of the Red Cross
Ebsen, Charles (Buddy) Jr – Actor
Edward VII – King of England
Edward VIII – King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year
Ellington, Duke – Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellington, Edward K. “Duke” – Orchestra Leader/composer
Ellsworth, Oliver – Supreme Court Justice
Elway, John – Former Quarterback for the Denver Broncos
Evanko, Col. Paul J – Commissioner Pennsylvanie State Police 1994-2002
Ervin Jr, Samuel J. – Headed “Watergate” Committee
Evers, Medger Wiley – Civil Rights Leader
Faber, Eberhard – Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor 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 – Invented Penicillin
Ford, Gerald R. – President of the United States
Ford, Glen – Actor
Ford, Henry – Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Ford, John – Director
Forten, James – Abolitionist/Manufacturer
Fortune, Timothy Thomas – Journalist
Franklin, Benjamin – 1 of 13 Masonic signers of the U.S. Constitution
Fulton, Robert – Inventor of 1st Submarine and Steam powered warship
Gable, Clark – Actor
Garfield, James A. – President of the United States
Garvey, Marcus – Community Leader, founder of the Black Star shipping line
Gatling, Richard J. – Built the “Gatling Gun”
Gentry, Teddy -the bass player and singer for the country group “ALABAMA”
George VI – King of England during W.W. II
Gibbon, Edward – Writer – Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gibson, Hoot – Actor
Gidron, Richard – president, Dick Gidron Cadillac
Gilbert, Sir William S. – Was the librettis for “Pirates of Penzance”
Gillett, King C. – Gillett Razor Co.
Gleason, Jackie – Actor
Glenn, John H. – First American to orbit the earth in a space craft
Godfrey, Arthur – Actor
Goldwater, Barry – Former Senator from Arizona, Presidential Candidate
Gray, Harold Lincoln – Creator of “Little Orphan Annie
Green, Rev. Al – Minister/ Singer
Grissom, Virgil – Astronaut
Grock – Swiss Circus Clown
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace – Inventor of the “Guillotine”
Hall, Prince – First Black American Freemason
Hampton, Lionel – Orchestra leader/composer
Hancock, John – 1 of 9 Masonic Signers of Declaration of Independence
Harding, Warren G. – President of the United States
Hardy, Oliver – Actor/Comedian
Harlan, John M. – Supreme Court Justice
Hawkins, Augustus F. – US Congressman from California
Hayden, Josef – Composer
Hayden, Lewis – Abolitionist, Community Leader
Hayes, Woodrow “Woody” – Coach Ohio State
Hearns, T. P. -Comedian
Hedges, Cornelius – “Father” of Yellowstone National Park
Helms, Jesse, – Senator
Henry, Patrick – Patriot
Henson, Josiah – Inspired the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Henson, Matthew – Explorer
Herbert, James – “Eubie” Blake, Composer/Pianist
Hilton, Charles C. – American Hotelier
Hoban, James – Architect for the U.S. Capital
Hoe, Richard M. – Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing
Holden, William – Actor
Hooks, Benjamin L- past President of NAACP
Hoover, J. Edgar – Director of FBI
Hornish, Sam Jr. – Indy Racing League Driver (IRL Champ)
Hornsby, Rogers – An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini, Harry – Magician
Houston, Sam – 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Howard, Morris “Moe” & “Curley” Howard – Comedians
Husky, Ferlin – Country Music Performer
Hutton, Timothy – Actor
Ives, Burl – Singer
Jackson, Andrew – President of the United States
Jackson, Reverend Jesse – Minister
Jackson, Robert H. – Supreme Court Justice
James, Daniel “Chappie” – General U.S. Air Force
Jenner, Edward – Inventor – Vaccination
Johnson, Andrew – President of the United States
Johnson, Ben – Actor
Johnson, James – Founder Jet magazine
Johnson, John A “Jack” – Heavyweight boxing title holder, 1908-1915
Johnson, John H. – Publisher EBONY and JET magazines
Jolson, Al – Fame as the first ‘talking picture’ the Jazz Singer
Jones, Absalom -founder AME church
Jones, Anson – 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones, John Paul – Naval Commander
Jones, Melvin – One of the founders of the Lions International
Juarez, Benito – First Native-American President of Mexico
Just, Ernest – Co-founder of Omega Psi Phi fraternity
Kemp, Jack – Former Congressman, Quarterback for Buffalo Bills
Kerner, Otto – Former Gov. Illinois
Key, Francis Scott – Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Khan III, Aga – Statesman
King, Don – Boxing Promoter
King Kalakauna- King of Hawaii circa 1875
King Kamekame’a IV, Hawai’ian King, consolidated the islands to one kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard – Writer
Kirchmayer, Johannes (John) – Wood Carver
La Guardia, Fiorella H. – La Guardia Airport, Mayor of New York 1930’s & 40’s
Lafayette, Marquis de – Supporter of American Freedom
Laird, Ill. Melvin – Longtime Congressman & Sec of Defense
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 Order of DeMolay
Leazer, Gary – Investigated Freemasonry for Southern Baptist Convention and later joined
Lee, Robert E. – Military General
Lee,Lighthorse Harry – Revolutionary War General
Lejune, Maj. Gen.John A. – Honorary President of the Third Army Masonic Club and Rhode Island Overseas Lodge in post-WWI Germany
Lemay, Curtis – General
Lewis, Meriwether – Explorer
Levy, Uriah, Military, Shipping magnate and fiancier of American Revolution
Lincoln, Elmo – First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles – Aviator
Lipton, Sir Thomas – Founder Lipton Tea Company
Liszt, Franz – Musician
Livingston, Robert – Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd, Harold C. – Entertainer
Lott, Trent – Politician
Macadam, John – Invented “blacktop pavement”
MacArthur, General Douglas – Commander of Armed Forces in Philippines
MacDonald, Sir John A. – Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91
Mandrell, Irby – father of the Mandrell Sisters – Country Entertainers
Marciano, Rocky – Boxer
Marshall, George C. – US Military Leader
Marshall, James W. – Discovered Gold at Sutter’s Mill California 1848
Marshall, John – Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 – 1835
Marshall, Thurgood – Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Mathews, Stanley – Supreme Court Justice
Mattus, Reuben- the founder of Haagen-Dazs ice cream.
Mayer, Louis B. – Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mayo, Dr. William and Charles – Founded the Mayo Clinic
Mays, Benjamin – educator/former president Atlanta University
Maytag, Fredrick – Maytag
McKinley, William – President of the United States
Mecherle, George Jacob – Founder, State Farm Insurance
Menninger, Karl A. – Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness
Mesmer, Franz Anton – practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism
Metcalfe, Ralph H. – Olympic Champion
Mfume, Kweisi – President of the NAACP
Michelson, Albert Abraham – Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882 Minton, Sherman – Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom – U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films
Monroe, James – President of the United States
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne – Co-developer first practical hot-air balloon
Moody, William H. – Supreme Court Justice
Morgan, Garrett – invented gas mask, traffic light, “third rail” for modern subway
Morris, Dr. Robert – Poet and Founder of the Order of Eastern Star
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Composer
Muhammad, Elijah – Nation of Islam
Murphy, Audie – Most decorated American Soldier of WWII
Naismith, James – Inventor of Basketball
Nelson, Samuel – Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry S. – Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton, Joseph Fort – Christian Minister
Nitschke, Ray – Sports Green Bay Packer defense
Nunn, Sam – U.S. Senator
Olds, Ransom E. – American automobile pioneer
Otis, James – Famous for “Taxations without Representation is Tyranny”
Paisley, Brad – Country Singer
Palmer, Arnold – Professional Golfer
Papst, Charles F. – Coined the term “Athletes Foot”
Paterson, William – Supreme Court Justice
Peale, Norman Vincent – Founder of “Guidepost” and Minister
Peary, Robert E. – First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Penny, James C. – Retailer
Pershing, John Joseph – Decorated American Soldier
Peters, Steven A. – Leader of the Wampanoag Community
Pijper,Willem – Foremost 20th century Dutch composer
Pike, Albert – Confederate General and Masonic Historian
Pike, Zebulon – Pike’s Peak named after him
Pinchot,Bronson – Actor
Pippen, Scottie – Sports NBA
Pitney, Mahlon – Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel R. – U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James Knox – President of the United States
Potier, Sidney – Actor/Director
Powell, Adam Clayton – Politician/Reverend
Pryor, Richard – Comedian
Pullman, George – Built first sleeping car on train
Pushkin, Aleksander – Russian Poet
Randolph, Asa Philip – International brotherhood of sleeping car porters
Rangal, Charles B. – U.S. Congressman from New York
Reed, Stanley F. – Supreme Court Justice
Rendell, Edward G. – Governor of Penna
Revere, Paul – Famous American
Richards, Michael – Actor, Kramer on Seinfeld
Rickenbacker, Eddie – Great American Air Force Ace
Ridgeway, Matthew – US Military Leader
Ringling Brothers – All 7 brothers and their father were Masons.
Roebling, John – architect Brooklyn Bridge and Frederick Olmsted, & Central Park.
Robinson, Sugar Ray – American Boxer
Rogers, Roy – American cowboy and screen star
Rogers, Will – Actor
Roosevelt, Franklin D. – President of the United States
Roosevelt, Theodore – President of the United States
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan – Brigadier General Confederate Army, President of Texas A&M
Rutledge, Wiley B. – Supreme Court Justice
Salieri, Antonio – Musician
Salten, Felix – Creator of Bambi
Sanders, Bishop Carl J. – United Methodist Church
Sanders, Harland – founder KFC
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de – General of the Mexican Army
Sarnoff, David – Father of T.V.
Savitt, Bill – Hartford Jeweler
Sax, Antoine Joseph – Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Schomburg, Arthur – Historian, Founder of the Schomburg Collection
Schoonover, George – Founder of “The Builder”
Scott, Randolph – Actor
Scott, Sir Walter – Writer
Sellers, Peter – Actor
Sexson, Mark – Minister & Founder of International Order of Rainbow for Girls
Shakespeare, William – Writer
Shire, Harold – Former Deputy District Atty. of Los Angeles County, CEO of Shire Aeronautical Corp., Presidential advisor to Reagan & Bush administrations
Sharpton, Reverend Al – Politician
Sibelius, Jean – Composer (Finland)
Sitting Bull – American Indian
Skelton, Red – Entertainer real name was Richard Bernard
Smith, John Stafford – Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem
Smith, Joseph – founder of the Mormon Church
Smith, Wesley – Masonic researcher
Sousa, John Philip – Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 – 1892
Schatz, Jerry – Child Actor, stage name Jerry Tucker, Our Gang, Hi Neighbor
Stanford, Leland – Drove the gold spike linking the intercontinental railroad & Founded Stanford University
Starr, Bart – Sports Packer Quarterback
Stetson, John B – Founder of Stetson Hats
Stevenson, Robert Louis – Author
Stewart, Potter – Supreme Court Justice
Steward, Redd – Country Music Performer
Steele, Bob – famous radio broadcaster for 50 years on WTIC Radio
Still, Andrew T. – American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy
Stokes, Carl B. – First Black elected Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio
Stokes, Louis – U.S. Congressman from Ohio
Stone, W. Clemment – Insurance Magnate
Stratton, Charles “Tom Thumb” – Entertainer
Sutton, Percy – Banker
Swayne, Noah H. – Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan – Wrote Gulliver’s Travels
Switzer, Carl – “Alfalfa” Our Gang Comedies
Taft, William Howard – President of the United States
Taylor, Dub – Actor
Teets, John W. – Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Danny – Actor, Entertainer
Thomas, Dave – Founder of Wendy’s Restaurant
Thomas, Lowell – Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Thurmond, Strom – Politician
Thurston, Howard – Last of the great vaudeville magicians
Tillis, Mel – Country Singer
Tirpitz, Alfred Von – German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare
Todd, Thomas – Supreme Court Justice
Tower, John – Politician
Towns, Edolphus – Congressman
Travis, Colonel William B. – Alamo
Trimble, Robert – Supreme Court Justice
Truman, Harry S. – President of the United States
Vinson, Frederick M. – Supreme Court Justice
Voltaire – French writer and philosopher
Wadlow, Robert Pershing – Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall
Wainwright, Jonathan Meyhew – General U. S. Army, Hero of Battan
Waldon, Alton – Former Congressman
Wallace, Governor George C. – Presidential Candidate who was nearly assassinated
Wallace, Lewis – Wrote “Ben Hur”
Warderick, Al-Tareik – rapper “Lords of the Underground”
Warner, Jack – Warner Brothers Fame
Warren, Earl – Supreme Court Justice
Washington, Booker T. – Educator/Founder Tuskegee Institute
Washington, George – First President of the United States
Wayne, John – Actor
Webb, Matthew – First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Wesberry, Dr. James P. – Former Exec. Dir./Editor Southern Baptist Publication Sunday
Whiteman, Paul – “King of Jazz”
Williams, Bert – Actor/Comedian
Williams, Rev. Hosea – Civil rights Activist
Williams, Tex – Country Singer
Williamson, Harry A – Author/Masonic historian
Wilde, Oscar – Writer
Woodbury, Levi – Supreme Court Justice
Woods, William B. – Supreme Court Justice
Wootton MD, Percy – President American Medical Association
Wright, Orville & Wilber – Inventors of Flight
Wyler, William – Director of “Ben Hur”
Young, Andrew – Former Mayor of Atlanta
Young, Cy – Cy Young Award
Zanuck, Darryl F. – Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933
Ziegfeld, Florenz – His Ziegfeld’s Follies began in 1907