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"Tell me thy company, and I’ll tell thee what thou art."
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish writer.
The creator of this web site - Anti-Masonry: Points of View - is acutely aware of the aphorism that 'a person who has a hammer views the whole world as a nail'. However, if one compares the number of famous and good people who were Masons or members of the Masonic 'family' with the number of famous and good people who were against Masonry, there is simply no contest. Anti-Masons who've achieved positions of greatness and recognition can be counted pretty much on one hand. Compare the list of 'famous Anti-Masons' we've provided on another page with the famous Freemasons you'll find on our lists. If Masonry was evil, occult, conspiratorial or bad, why would these men - and the many millions more whose names are not recorded here - voluntarily choose to affiliate with it over the past three hundred years?
Find a Grave: Many Masons and members of the Masonic 'family' proudly display their affiliation with the fraternity at their final resting place.
If you see this image
, you can click on the Mason's name and be transported to the "Find A Grave" web site to see an actual picture of their grave
located on the web. (There may be more than just those we've got noted here; gravestone
pictures at that web site are being updated constantly.) You might
also find our page about Masonic gravestones of
interest....
This list is not the 'standard' one seen on other Masonic websites. It is greatly augmented by additional material on the lives of these distinguished persons as well as by the listing of many Masons whose membership has been verified through news stories, personal knowledge, etc. Many of these names have been provided by others and we've set up a special page here to say "thanks" for their contributions. We also note an exceptionally well-designed site which shows many of the individual Masons we've named in 'categories'. There was also a New Jersey Masons website that had an excellent presentation but sadly, the site now appears to have been closed.
Due to the HUGE size of this page and the frequency of visitors to it, we have divided it into sections. You can find our list alphabetically A-L here and M-Z here.
Masonic Webmasters: If linking to this portion of our site, please be sure to link to this page and not the individual 'child' pages of this section as they may be subsequently changed with even further division as time passes with more names being added. This page will provide the continuity to those other pages.
Listings of those who are (or were during their lifetime) Masons serves to remind us of the many notables who - of their own free will - chose to associate with this noble institution. Those who preach anti-Masonic hate must ultimately wonder how it is that so many have been (supposedly) deceived - while they have found the 'truth'.... And while some will argue that these men have been deceived; others contend they are/were part of a New World Order conspiracy. What is not arguable is that they represent all walks of life and that they were - in their respective ways - LEADERS!| Throughout the 300 years of Freemasonry in its current
form, there have been a precious few who have not behaved in a way that reflects
positively upon the organization. We talk about them on this page.
Important
Note: |
Names for this site have come from many sources. Please take a moment to see the list of contributors here. Please note, though, that we do not have unlimited space nor do we have unlimited time. We'd love to keep adding to this section but have found far too many submissions sent as: "I think X is a Brother." or "A fellow mentioned in Lodge the other night that X is a Mason.". That simply isn't sufficient for our purposes. Accordingly, we're now curtailing efforts on these pages considerably and returning our focus to anti-Masonry. We believe that the many Masons shown clearly acknowledge that Freemasonry attracts members of the highest standing. And far beyond these few pages are the millions upon millions of those who joined and enjoyed the lessons they've learned from the friendship and fellowship of Freemasonry.
You may also be interested in our comments about a number of Masonic Authors.
Thanks too to those who've written to point out additional information and/or discrepancies.
This list is also frequently STOLEN by unscrupulous individuals to use as material for their CDs for sale or their websites. Often, it is taken by "fake" groups pretending to be Masons in order to provide them with some credibility to the uninformed. Please be advised that we do strictly hold copyright on all material on this site and particularly emphasize that the selection, compilation and description of the Famous Freemasons is OUR work. We will notify your internet service provider and have your website shut down. In addition, we will file with various search engines so that your site listing is removed from their finding mechanisms should you choose to STEAL our work! Hereto, fail not....
See our "Copyright Hall of Shame" for the most egregious examples of copyright theft of this material!
Just
click on "Prince, the Search Dog" to find things on our site. He's here on every
page and he'll take you directly to our search form where you can see if we've
written about whatever it is you're interested in. Prince has a great memory; he
always remembers where things are! We also encourage you to use
our