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