Famous Freemasons
Some well-known names from literature, exploration, the arts, entertainment and sport who were also members of the Craft.
Writers
- Alexander Pope1688–1744
- Edward Gibbon1737–1794
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan1751–1816
- Robert Burns1759–1796
- Sir Walter Scott1771–1832
- Anthony Trollope1815–1882
- Sir William S. Gilbert1836–1911
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930
- Rudyard Kipling1865–1936
Explorers
- Sir Richard Burton1821–1890
- Capt. Robert Falcon Scott1868–1912
- Sir Ernest Shackleton1874–1922
Artists and architects
- Sir James Thornhill1675–1734
- William Hogarth1697–1764
- Johann Zoffany1733–1810
- Sir John Soane1753–1837
Music
- Thomas Arne (Rule, Britannia!)1710–1778
- Samuel Wesley1766–1837
- Sir Henry Bishop (Home! Sweet Home!)1786–1855
- Sir Arthur Sullivan1842–1900
- Nat King Cole1919–1965
Entertainers
- Harry Houdini1874–1926
- Sir Harry Lauder1870–1950
- Oliver Hardy1892–1957
- Bud Abbott1897–1974
- Geraldo1904–1974
- Tommy Trinder CBE1909–1989
- Nat Jackley1909–1988
- Jimmy Wheeler1910–1970
- Edmundo Ros OBE1910–2011
- Cyril Fletcher1913–2005
- Cyril Stapleton1914–1974
- David Nixon1919–1978
- Alfred Marks OBE1921–1996
- Harry H. Corbett OBE1925–1982
- Ernest Borgnine
- Peter Sellers
- Richard Todd
- Richard Pryor
- Roger de Courceyb. 1944
- Jim Davidson OBEb. 1953
Sport
- Sir Malcolm Campbell1885–1948
- Herbert Sutcliffe1894–1978
- Jack Dempsey1895–1983
- Harold Abrahams CBE1899–1978
- Bill Bowes1908–1987
- Sir Alec Rose1908–1991
- Leslie Compton1912–1984
- Sir Len Hutton1916–1990
- Sir Arthur Gold1917–2002
- Jim Peters1918–1999
- Sir Alf Ramsey1920–1999
- Sir Donald Campbell CBE1921–1967
- Sugar Ray Robinson1921–1989
- Joe Wade1921–2005
- Jock Stein1922–1985
- Len Shackleton1922–2000
- Jackie Milburn1924–1988
- Arnold Palmer1929–2016
- Mark Wildmanb. 1936
- Sir Clive Lloyd CBE AOb. 1944
- Joe Frazier1944–2011
- Tony Allcock MBEb. 1955
- Peter Ebdonb. 1970