Famous Freemasons

Throughout the course of history there have been many men who have reached the pinnacle of their careers. In those careers the majority of them have strived to be better men, build a better community and in so doing build a better world.

Some of these men have been Freemasons and they can be proud of the legacy they have left to us in this world. It would be impossible to name every famous Freemason but to give you a flavour we have list some of them.

However as this is a Lodge in Singapore it is important firstly to pay tribute to the Freemasons’ who have strived to build a better community within Singapore.

Probably the most famous Freemason in Singapore history must be the Founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Other Singapore Freemasons’ may not be so familiar to you but they have also played a key part in Singapore's History. Even though they may not be so famous, I am sure you would have driven down a street named after one of them.

These fellow Singaporean Freemasons or Brothers are:-

• Sir Charles Warren – Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
  
• William Napier - Senior Lawyer
  
• Thomas Dunman - Deputy Superintendent of Police
  
• Thomas Braddell – First Attorney General of Singapore
  
• James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak
  
• Sir Henry Keppel – Admiral of the Fleet
  
• John Coulson Smith - Former headmaster of Raffles Institution
  
• Thomas Owen Crane - Justice of Peace, and trustee of Raffles Institution.
  
• William Henry Macleod Read – Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce

Other Famous Freemasons: -

• André-Gustave Citroen - French entrepreneur
  
• Benjamin Franklin – One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America
  
• William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody - American soldier, bison hunter and showman
  
• Buzz Aldrin - American aviator and astronaut. Apollo 11.
  
• William ”Count” Basie - American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
  
• Douglas Fairbanks - American actor, screenwriter, director and producer
  
• Edward Jenner - first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine.
  
• Edward VII - Modernised the British Home Fleet, reformed the Army Medical Services
  
• Emilio Aguinaldo - Filipino general, politician, and independence leader.
  
• Francis Bellamy – wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance
  
• Franz Joseph Hayden – "Father of the Symphony" & "Father of the String Quartet"
  
• Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi - French sculptor of Statue of Liberty
  
• Orvon Gene Autry – Actor, “The Singing Cowboy"
  
• George Washington - The first President of the United States of America
  
• George VI - The first Head of the Commonwealth
  
• Harry Houdini - Hungarian-American magician, escapologist, stunt performer, & actor
  
• Henry Ford - father of modern assembly lines used in mass production.
  
• J Edgar Hoover - first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  
• Jack Dempsey - one of the most popular boxers in history
  
• José Rizal - Philippines' national hero
  
• King Camp Gillette – Popularly known as the inventor of the safety razor
  
• Manuel Fernández – Hero of Porto Rico
  
• Mark Twain “Samuel Langhorne Clemens” - American author and humorist
  
• Nat King Cole - American musician
  
• Rabbie Burns - poet and a lyricist
  
• Rudyard Kipling - British author
  
• Sir Alexander Fleming – Discovered penicillin
  
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Scottish author
  
• Sir Joseph Banks – discovered eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, & banksia.
  
• Sir William Gilbert - English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator
  
• Sir Winston Churchill - Leader of the United Kingdom during World War II
  
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Prolific and influential composer of the Classical era