Abd El Khader. Emir. Initiated at the lodge Henri IV in Paris. Past and raised in the lodge Pyramids, east of Alexandria, founded by the Grand Orient de France. 1808-1883.

AGHA KHAN. 1877-1957. Regarded as a mason.

Aldrin, Edwin E. USA. Astronaut.

Arago, François - Astronomer, physicist. 1786-1853. Was Mayor of Paris.

Arata, Pedron. Argentina. Biologist. Creator Laboratory City of Buenos Aires. Member of the box Docente.

ARMSTRONG, Louis. Jazzman.

ARMSTRONG, Neil. Astronaut. 33rd.

Asgeirsson, Asgeir. 1894-1972. President of Iceland. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iceland in 1961.

Augereau, Pierre. Duke Castiglione. 1757-1816. Manufactured Marshal of France by Napoleon. Member of the lodge's Children March in The Hague (Holland).

BANDA, Kamusu. Doctor. President of Malawi. Member of the Rifle Lodge No. 4.

BARCLAY, E-J. President of Liberia from 1930 to 1941. Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Liberia in 1930.

BARRIENTOS, Rene. 1925-1969. President of Bolivia in 1964. Regarded as a mason.

Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. French. 1834-1904. Famous for its Statue of Liberty in New York and his lion of Belfort. Member of the Lodge Alsace-Lorraine to the east of Paris.

Barton, Clara. Founder of the American Red Cross. Belongs to co-masonry (Easter Star) in Oxford in Massachusetts.

BATISTA, Mariano. Doctor. 1832-1907. President of Bolivia in 1892. Regarded as a mason.

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van. 1770-1827. German composer. Regarded as a mason.

Benitez, Conrado. 1889-1971. Philippines. Participated in drafting the Constitution of this country. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines.

Benett, Richard Bedford. 1870-1947. Was Prime Minister of Canada. Initiated at the Miramichi Lodge No. 18 in New Brunswick.

Bertrand, Francisco. 1870-1926. Was twice elected President of Honduras. Member of the box Francisco Morazan.

Bjornsson, Sveinn. 1872-1952. First President of Iceland. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iceland.

GUZMAN-BLANCO. 1829-1899. Venezuela. General. Elected three times President of his country. He must build the beautiful Masonic Temple in Caracas.

Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von. Prussian general. 1742-1819. Member of the Peace Lodge to the east of Emmerich and Friedrich zu dem drei Balken in Munster.

BOLIVAR, Simon. 1783-1830. Heroes of the Independence of South America, El Libertador, initiated in Cadiz (Spain), received in Paris the rank of Companion in the lodge St. Alexander of Scotland, November 11, 1805. His struggle for racial equality and the rejection of slavery was the cause of his friendship with La Fayette. He attributes the founding of the lodge Orden y Libertad No. 2, Lima (Peru).

BONAPARTE, Jerome Prince. Cub was given to 17 years in the Peace Lodge, east of Toulon.

BONAPARTE, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples. King of Spain and then later into exile in the USA. Initiated at the lodge the perfect sincerity of Marseille. In 1804 he became Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France.

Borgnine, Ernest. Actor.

BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine, Comte de. Navigateur.1729-1811.

BOWIE, James. Killed at Fort Alamo.

Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de - Explorer. 1852-1905.

Buchanan, James. 1791-1868. President of the USA. Launched December 11, 1816 at the Lancaster Lodge No. 43 in Lancaster (Pennsylvania). Was Assistant Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Also worked at the Royal Arch.

BURNS, Robert. Scottish national poet. Nicknamed Caledonia Bard, author of the famous Old Lang Syne "(Song of Farewell). Little known in France, his works are renowned worldwide than those of Shakespeare, Shelley, Keats or Wordsworth.

BYRD, Richard E. Admiral. Explorer, aviator. He flew over the North Pole. 1888-1957.

CAGLIOSTRO Joseph Balsamo said. 1743-1795. Strangled in prison. Founder of Egyptian Rite Temple and Grand Lyon.

Portrait Cambaceres. Gay - there were and there are still many representatives in the Order in France and Britain - it was an excellent Grand Master Deputy Grand Orient de France.
CAGLIOSTRO Joseph Balsamo


CAMBACERES, Jean-Jacques Regis, Duke of Parma. 1753-1824. Jurisconsult. Arch of the Empire in 1804. Participated in drafting the Civil Code. Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France from 1806 to 1815 as deputy king Joseph Bonaparte. Napoleon assigned him the task of "supervising and controlling" the masonry. Over 1,200 boxes were made under his mandate. Member of Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Ancient and Accepted.

Cervi, Gino. 1901-1974. Italian actor, known for his famous role Pepone in the film series "Don Camillo".

Chaptal, Jean Antoine, chemist, politician. 1756-1832. He founded the 1st School of Arts and Trades.

Chamfort, Sébastien Roch Nicolas said. Moralist. 1741-1794. Committed suicide to avoid being guillotined during the Terror.

CHODERLOT de Laclos, Pierre. Officer, writer. famous for Dangerous Liaisons. 1741-1803.

CHRYSLER, Walter P. Automaker.

CHURCHILL, Winston, Sir. 1874-1965. Member of the Studholme Lodge 1591, London.

Citroen, Andre. Automaker. 1878-1935.

CODY, William, "said Buffalo Bill.

Cole, Nat King. American singer.

CONAN DOYLE, Arthur. 1859-1930. Initiated at the Phoenix Lodge 257, Portsmouth, in 1886.

Condorcet, Marie Jean, Marquis de. Economist, philosopher, mathematician. Politician. 1743-1794. Poisoned himself to escape the guillotine.

CROCKETT, David. Death at the Battle of the Alamo.

DAC Peter. 1895-1975. Humorist. Famous for his puns.

DECAZES, Elie, Duke. 1780-1860. Minister and trusted friend of Louis XVIII he was Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of France to EBITDA.

DE COSTER, Charles. 1827-1879. Writer. Author of the famous Thijl Uilenspiegel. Initiated at the lodge "True Friends of Union and Progress Meeting, November 7, 1858, in Brussels.

Defferre, Gaston. Born September 14, 1910 at Marsillargues (Hérault). Deceased. Lawyer. Director of the editorial board of Le Provencal. French politician. Member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly (1944-45). Belonged to the National Assembly since 1946. President of the Federation of Municipalities National Socialists (1953). Mayor of Marseille. Several times a minister (from Queuille Cabinets and Pleven in 1950, 1951 to that of Pierre Mauroy, 1981).

Dempsey, Jack. World champion boxer.

Desaguliers, Jean-Theophile. Physicist. Inventor of the planetarium. 1683-1744. Protestant, he was forced into exile in England to escape the repression consecutive Ala revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

DOYLE, Conan, Sir. Writer. Author of Sherlock Holmes. 1859-1930.

DOUMER Paul. President of the French republic.

Doumergue, Gaston. President of the French republic.

Dunant, Henry. Switzerland. Philanthropist. Founder of the Red Cross. 1828-1910.

Dunlop, John Boyd. 1840-1921. Scottish Vet. Inventor of the tire.

EDWARD VII. King of England.

EDWARD VIII, king of England. Famous for having given up less than a year after his coronation. Was initiated in 1919 to Household Lodge 261. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1935.

ELLINGTON, Duke. USA. Composer of Jazz.

FAIRBANKS, Douglas. USA. Actor.

Faure, Felix. President of the French republic from 1895 to 1899. Member of the lodge The perfect amenity Havre.

FERRARI Ettore. 1844-1929. Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy.

FERRY, Jules. Statesman. 1832-1893. Journalist, he was editor of the newspaper Le Temps. Initiated in 1875 at The Lodge Clemente Friendship.

FLEMING, Alexander, Sir.USA. Discovered penicillin. 1881-1955. 33rd. He said that "Masonry was the balance of the United States. VM of the box Santa Maria. Member of the Supreme Chapter Victory.

FLORIAN Jean-Pierre Claris de. Fabulist. The nephew of Voltaire. 1755-1794.

FORD, Gerald. 38th President of the United States. Initiated in Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids (Michigan), September 30, 1949. Received the degrees of Master and Assistant to the Columbia Lodge No. 3 (Washignton DC).

FORD, Henry. A pioneer of the automobile and the brand that bears his name.

Fouche, Joseph, Duke of Otrente. 1759-1820. Minister of Napoleon.

Franklyn Benjamin. USA. Philosopher. One of the 13 signatories of the Constitution of the United States. Was Venerable of the Lodge Les Neuf Soeurs in Paris, which became his springboard to raise awareness and get the support of France to the cause of American independence. 1706-1790.

FREDERIC, Prince. Netherlands. Was initiated June 20, 1816 in the Lodge "Zu den Drei Weltkugeln. Grand Master.

Frederick II, King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. Initiated in 1738, in Brunswick. He authorized the masonry in Prussia by the letters patent of 1774.

FREDERIC III, initiated in 1853 by his father. He took the title of Grand Protector of the Masons.

Frederick VII, King of Denmark. 1806-1863.

GABLE, Clark. Actor.

Gambetta, Leon. Politician. 1838-1882. Initiated in 1869 in the Marseille box Reform, he remained all his life apprentice.

GARFIELD, James A. 1831-1881. 20th U.S. president. Initiated November 19, 1861 at the Magnolia No. 20, Columbus (Ohio). Belonged to Mark (Mark), Royal Arch and Knight Templar.

GARIBALDI, Giuseppe. 1807-1882. MPP Rome. Was a leading architect of the unification of modern Italy. 33rd. Elected Grand Master of Italian Freemasonry in 1864.


Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi


GEORGE 1. 1845-1913. King of Greece. Was initiated in Denmark where he was born.

George II. 1895-1952. King of Greece. Grand Warden was the Grand Lodge of England.

GEORGE VI, king of England at the time of the Second World War.

GIBBON, Edward. Writer. Famous for its decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

VEST, King C. Creator of the razor and the brand that bears his name.

Gilkes, Peter William. 1765-1833. Specialist Emulation Rite, he played a considerable role in the beginnings of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement. Founded in 1823 in London, this structure became the first lodge of instruction in the world by the quality of its studies and the high value of his teaching rituals. Peter Gilkes, initiated in 1786, the British Lodge No. 8, was venerated by 9 different boxes. Devoting his life to his role as preceptor, he refused all honors which were offered.

GLENN, John. Astronaut. 33rd. Member of the Concord Lodge No. 688, New Concord (Ohio).

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 1749-1832. Mason of the Strict Observance Germanic Templar. The greatest German poet. Was initiated in 1780 at the Lodge Amalia zu den drei Rosen Weimar. Was part of the Strict Observance and the Bavarian Illuminati.

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste. Painter. 1725-1805.

Grouchy, Emmanuel, Marquis de. Marshal. Peer of France. 1766-1847.

GUILLAUME 1 King of Prussia. Emperor of Germany from 1871 to 1888. Was initiated by his father (only a king could initiate another king or future king), Frederick William III.

GUILLAUME 1 King of Prussia, wearing an apron apprentice incompatible with the square and the Office of venerable pulpit. This false modesty unfortunately not accompanied by the abandonment of metals, secular duties and honors.


Guillotin, Joseph Ignace. Doctor. Politician. 1738-1814 - Inventor of the guillotine.

Gustav V, King of Sweden from 1907 à1950. Was initiated in 1877 by his father, King Oscar II, the lodge Nordiska Forst.

HANCOCK, John. One of 9 Masons signed the Declaration of Independence.

Hahnemann, Samuel. 1755-1843. German doctor. Father of homeopathy. Died in Paris.

Hardy, Oliver. Actor.

HAYDN, Joseph. 1732-1809. Austrian composer. Launched February 11, 1785 at the Lodge True Concord

Helvetius, Claude-Adrien. 1715-1771. Philosopher. Member of the lodge Les Neuf Soeurs. Its deck will be handed to Voltaire the night of his initiation. The latter, terribly moved by receiving, carrying, say, to his lips and kissed it respectfully.

HERNU, Charles. Born July 3, 1923 in Quimper. Deceased. Former union of the CGT-FO, he was president of the Jacobin Club and Executive Committee member of the Radical Socialist Party, member of the National Committee to Fight against German rearmament, Board Member of the Committee for Peace in Viet Nam and member Committee for Peace in Algeria. He became Deputy of the Seine January 2, 1956. Very attached to the Lyon region, he acceded to a portfolio Minister under the presidency of François Mitterrand.

Hilton, Charles C. Founder of the famous chain of hotels.

HOE, Richard M. Inventor of printing presses in.

HOOVER, J. Edgar Director of the FBI.

HOPE, Bob. Actor.

HOUDINI, Harry. Famous magician, called the king's escape.

Houdon, Jean Antoine. Sculptor. 1741-1828.

HUSSEIN OF JORDAN, King of Ashémites and Jordan. Died in 1999.

JACKSON, Andrew. 1767-1845. 7th President of the USA. Initiated at the Harmony Lodge No. 1, Nashville (Tennessee). Received grades of Apprentice, Journeyman and master the year 1820. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee from 1822 to 1824. Royal Arch.

JOHNSON, Andrew. 1808-1875. 17th President of the United States. Also received three degrees in the same year 1851, Greenville Lodge No. 19, Greenville (Tennessee). Was the 32nd AASR and Knight Templar.

Johnson, Lyndon. 1908-1973. 36th U.S. president. Initiated at the Johnson City Lodge No. 561, Johnson City (Texas), October 30, 1937. Apprentice remained all his life.

Joffre. 1852-1931. Marshal of France.

JONES, Melvin. A founder of Lions International.

Kellermann, François, duc de Valmy. Marshal of France. 1735-1820. Winner at Valmy against the troops of the Duke of Brunswick, mason too.

KIPLING, Rudyard. Novelist. 1865-1936. Born in Bombay. Initiated into the Lodge Hope and Perseverance 782, Lahore, Punjab, in 1886. Nobel Prize in 1907.

LA FAYETTE, Marie-Joseph, Marquis de. 1757-1834. Strong supporter and advocate of American Freedom. Was initiated at the lodge candor, east of Paris, December 25, 1775. Received the American Union military housing in 1777/1778.

THE PERUGIA, Jean-François de Galaup of. 1741-1788 or 1789 (?). Explorer. Browser. Initiated in Brest in 1779, to the happy meeting.


THE PERUGIA, Jean-François de Galaup.
Photo of La Perouse pointing to King Louis XVI's proposed journey across the Pacific.



LAFONTAINE, Henry. Belgian politician, socialist, professor at the New University of Brussels from 1894 to 1819. Nobel Peace in 1913. Brought a strong contribution to the creation of Human Right in Belgium.

LAKANAL, Joseph. 1762-1845. Scientific. Contributed to the development of scientific and literary institutions of the Convention. Promotes public education.

Lamballe, Marie Therese Louise Carignan, Princess. Co-founder of the lodge of adoption candor. Promoted Grand Mistress (in fact, Venerable Master) of the Mother Lodge of Scotland and Adoption, dated January 18, 1780, Grand Master of all Scottish lodges female regular France. Here is what the minutes of its reception: "The eighteenth day of the eleventh month of the year in science 5780, members of the reverend Mother Scottish Lodge of Adoption offering their Sister Serene, Marie-Therese, Louise Carignan, Princess de Lamballe, the title of Great Master of all Scottish Lodges regular France. The serene Sister has accepted and has been traveling and events and has taken the oath. "

Companion and friend too of Queen Marie-Antoinette, she will pay a high price. Arrested, summarily tried in early September 1792, then enlarged it will be seized by the mob fury, killed, beheaded and disemboweled. His head, carried to a pike, will tour to Paris under the vengeful cries of "Down with Austria!"

Land, Frank S. Founder of the Order of De Molay.

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent. Chemist. 1743-1794.

Lefranc de Lalande, Jerome. 1732-1807. Director of the Observatoire de Paris in 1793. Was the first of the venerable The 9 Sisters Lodge in Paris. He kept an active and important role in the founding of the Grand Orient de France. It is he who will, in 1778, as the venerable Sister 9 to initiation of Voltaire.

LEMPEREUR, Rachel (nee NUEZ) .1896-1980. MP North. Elected in 1945 at the 1st Constituent Assembly on the Socialist list for the 2nd district of the North - Re-elected twice in 1946 and again in 1951 and 1956. Resistance during the Occupation, Rachel Lempereur ardent lay speaker, rallying all the sympathy. It showed an untiring activity parliamentary devoted to issues relating to public school, university, public service in general and teachers in particular, the blind, children of sailors, women, etc. . Member of Human Right, it was a VM box to the east of Lille. In hard times, she was heartened by the support of some fraternity brothers from the RL moral evolution, to the east of Lille (GODF). She died October 8, 1980, in Saint André-lez-Lille.

Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, King of the Belgians in the name of Leopold 1. Was initiated by a notice to 23 years in the lodge Zur Hoffnung Berlin in 1813.

LINDBERGH, Charles. Aviator. He received his degrees at the Keystone Lodge # 243, A. F. & A. Mr. of Missouri, running in December 1926.

Lipton, Thomas, Sir. Tea.

LITTRE, Emile. 1801-1881. Philosopher, lexicographer, doctor. Politician. Author of the famous dictionary. Initiated at The Friendship Clemente, member of The Nine Sisters Lodge in Paris.

LIZT Ferenc, "said Franz. Composer hongrois.Initié to Francfor Main, in the Lodge Zur Einigkeit.

LIGHT, Antoine-Claude. 1840-1911. Inventor of cinematography.

Mayer, Louis B. Film producer. Co-founder of Metro-Goldwing-Mayer.

MacKinley, William. Lawyer. President of the USA in 1897. Killed by the anarchist Czolgosz. 1843-1901.

Magalhaes Lima, Sebastião. 1850-1928. Macon. Founder of the League of Human Rights, in Portugal.

M'BA. First President of the Republic of Gabon. Was member of the lodge Loyalty and Fidelity. East of Paris.

MacArthur, Douglas. General américain.Commandant Armed Forces of the Philippines.

MARCY, Henry Felix. 1841-1893. Board Member of the Order of the Grand Orient de France, which he wrote the story in his Essay on the origin of Freemasonry and history of the Grand Orient de France (2 volumes published). He was a formidable opponent of the Scottish rite he hates his life and he compared the tracks to the "nobility of Mr. Jordan." The last volume of his works is to be published.

Maistre, Joseph de. 1754-1821. Member of the box "Three Mortars, east of Chambery. Diplomate, enjoying a certain reputation, then Minister of Sardinia to Russia, where he wrote Les Soirees de St. Petersburg. His conception of a transcendental Christianity and the reputation which he already enjoyed, he did occupy a special place and a minor in the corrected system established by Willermoz. His memoir to the Duke of Brunswick was never forwarded to the addressee.

MASSENA, André. Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling. 1756-1817. Marshal, called by Napoleon "the darling of victory." He was member of the Lodge The True Friends Meeting, east of Nice and Grand Administrator of the Grand Orient of France.

Mehul, Etienne-Nicolas. 1763-1817. Composer. Known for his famous Chant du Depart.

MENDES-FRANCE, Pierre. 1907-1982. Governor of the International Monetary Fund (1947). Chairman of the Board in 1953. Initiated in 1928 at the Lodge of Union and Progress at Pacy-sur-Eure, October 9 1928.Se put to sleep in 1945. He ended the war in Indochina.

Mesmer, Franz Anton. 1734-1815. German doctor. Magnetizer. Mason of the Templar Strict Observance. Friend of Mozart which he represented the Bastien and Bastienne in his private theater. Famous for his seat. Long considered an entertainer or a crook, he was reinstated today. He advocated the existence of a universal fluid from which he experienced the "animal magnetism". Not wanting to use Masonry as a stepping stone, he refused to take part in the Convent of Philalethes assembled Savalette de Langes in 1785, but he joined this group to December 18 of that year (along with Dr. Giraud, personal physician of the King of Sardinia and Count Szapary, Chamberlain of the Emperor, representing the 7th Province of the Strict Observance at Convent General Wilhelmsbad 1782). He founded the Society of Harmony (1785).

METER, Gustave. 1847-1925. MPP. Minister in the Cabinet Léon Bourgeois (1895-1896), Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies (1898-1902). Became Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of France, he refused categorically and repeatedly access to senior ranks.

Michel, Louise. 1833-1905. Revolutionary, the "Red Virgin" an active part in the Commune, Versailles (1870-71). Dubbed the arsonist and déportéee New Caledonia, she returned to France in 1885 where she continued her struggle to support the anarchists and libertarian ideas. Was initiated in 1904 in the box "The Social Philosophy" under the Grand Lodge Symbolic Scottish mixed. Human Right to a lodge named after him.

MILLERAND, Alexander. President of the French republic.

Mollet, Guy. Born December 31, 1905 in Flers (Orne). Dcd. Professor of English. Secretary General of the Socialist Party since 1946. Mayor of Arras. Delegate and Chairman of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe (1954) and Chairman of the Commission on General Affairs Council of Europe. Vice-President of the Council (Cabinet Queuille, 1951). Member of the box Consciousness to gold. Arras.

MONCEY, Marshal. 1754-1842. First Grand Inspector General of the Force. He refused, against all influences trying to dissuade him, to chair the Council of War which was to condemn a brother, Marshal Ney.

Monge, Gaspard. 1746-1818. Founder of Polytechnic.

Monnerville Gaston. Dcd. Was President of the French Senate. Member of Supreme Council of the Grand Lodge of France.

MONROE, James. 1758-1831. U.S. president from 1817 to 1825. He bought Florida from Spain. Was initiated at the age of 18, November 9, 1775 at the Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg (Va.)

Montesquieu, Charles de Segondat, Baron de la Brede et de.1689-1755. Writer. Author of The Spirit of Laws. The Persian Letters. Member of the French Academy. Launched May 12, 1730 in London, at the Horn Lodge, the Duke of Norfolk officiating as VM

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Composer autrichien.1756-1791. Was initiated in 1784 to charity in Vienna. Was poisoned ..

Murat, Lucien. Son of Joachim king of Naples from 1808 to 1815. Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France, from 1852 to 1861. Candidate for reelection in 1861, competing with Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon III's cousin their preferred common name Marshal Magnan which was initiated and received the 33 degrees in 48 hours.

Murat, Caroline, Princess. born Caroline Georgina Fraser, Bordentown (USA). 1831-1879. Occupied positions in the masonry of Adoption.

Muraire; Honore. Count. 1750-1837. Lawyer. Member, he voted for the secularization of registers of civil status. First President of the Court of Cassation in 1804, then State Councilor in 1808. He received the highest honor of Scottish Rite Ancient and Accepted, even accessing the helm of Sovereign Grand Commander of the rite.

NEY, Michel, Duc d'Elchingen, the Prince of Borodino. Marshal France.1769-1815. The bravest of the brave, the most faithful among the faithful of Napoleon. Initiated in 1801 at the Lodge St. John of Jerusalem, Nancy. He was executed after the return of Louis XVIII. Marshal Moncey (mason too) refused to chair the Council of War which was to condemn.

Peary, Robert E. 1856-1920. Explorer. Was the first to reach the North Pole in 1909.

POLK, James Knox. 1795-1849. Eleventh President of the Union in 1844. In 1846/47, he annexed Texas, New Mexico and California. Introduced June 8, after August 7, high September 4, 1920 by the Columbia Lodge No. 21, Columbia (Tennessee).

POUCKINE, Alexander. 1799-1837. Initiated at the lodge Uvid in 1821. Russian poet.

RAMADIER Paul. Prime Ministers (January 22, 1947). Launched February 22, 1913 at The Perfect Union of Rodez. He was a member of the Central Committee of the League of Human Rights and the Group of Free Thought in the House of Deputies. Rose-Croix.

Richet, Charles. 1850-1935. Member of the Cosmos Lodge in Paris. Nobel Prize in medicine.

Robinson, Sugar Ray. Boxer. World Champion.

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. 1882-1945. Elected U.S. President in 1932, reelected in 1936, 1940 and 44. Initiated October 10, after November 14 and raised November 28, 1911, in Holland Lodge No. 8, New York. He received the highest grades of EBITDA.

ROOSEVELT, Theodore. 1858-1916. U.S. president from 1901 to 1909. Nobel Peace in 1906. Was launched January 2, passed March 27 and April 24 high of the year 1801, the Matinecock Lodge No. 806 in Oyster Bay (NY). Practiced Mark and Royal Arch.


Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.


Rouget de Lisle, Claude Engineer Officer. 1760-1826. Author of La Marseillaise. Member of the Lodge Brothers discrete, east of Charleville.

SAINT GERMAIN, Comte de. Adventurer. Died in 1784. He was in contact with the leading builders in Europe (Charles of Hesse-Cassel, with whom he remained some time, Willermoz very interested in his fastness, Cagliostro, etc.).

SAINT MARTIN, Louis Claude de. 1743-1803. Secretary of Martins Pasqually. Host Conferences of Elected Cohens at Great Temple of Lyon from 1773 to 1775. Her writing rituals enabled the initiation of Ms. Provensal, sister Willermoz. During his stay in Lyon at JB Willermoz, Bertrand at home, he wrote his book Errors and Truth, which won him immediate fame and jealousy Willermoz. His reputation, his natural reserve, his mystical philosophy spread throughout Europe, to Moscow, and gave birth to a spiritual power that called (erroneously) as the Martinisme St. Martin was against all systems " enclose "the man of desire, preventing it from recovering its true nature. Although strongly influenced the Rectified Scottish Rite (without it the body of the RER would not exist), he slipped away from refusing to play a role in some dignitary system either because "we can not desire the glory men and God. " This does not prevent him from making the trip several times in London, with Father Fournier, and being, despite himself, causing the introduction of the Templar Masonry in Great Britain. Fine scholar, interpreting the Bible in the original text, he translated the works of Jacob Boehme, the mystic as he admired and who confirmed what he foresaw: that all the work of "reinstatement" should be done by " Sophia, the virgin interior or Divine Wisdom, this particular principle without which no man can be an unbalanced, incomplete, unfinished.


Portrait of Louis-Claude de Saint Martin, said the Unknown Philosopher.


SAINT SIMON. 1780-1825. Author of famous memoirs.

SAX, Adolph. Belgian, born in Dinant in 1814, died in Paris in 1894. Invented the saxophone in 1845.

SAXE-Coburg-Gotha, Leopold of. King of Belgium from 1831 to 1865. He was initiated into the lodge Bern "Zur Hoffnug" in 1813.

Schliemann, Heinrich. 1822-1890. Archaeologist famous for his extraordinary discoveries (Troy, Mycenae, etc.).

Schroeder, Friedrich Ludwig. He opposed the spread of high grades. Advocated a return to more authentic, he established a Masonic composed exclusively of the three symbolic degrees. Its ritual, "said Schroeder, strongly inspired by the Templar Masonry, was adopted in 1811 by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hamburg. It is still practiced in Germany, Austria, Hungary and even Switzerland.

SCOTT, Walter, Sir. Scots. Writer. 1771-1832. Author of Quentin Durward, Ivanhoe. He influenced the French Romantics. Mason very active and dedicated to the college, he declined, however, in 1823, the great master of the Royal Grand Conclave of Knights Templar of Scotland for health reasons.

SELLERS, Peter. 1925-1980. Actor. Known for his role in the film The Pink Panther, he was initiated in the RL "Chelsea Lodge No. 3098.

SIBELIUS, Jean. Finns. 1865-1957. Composer. Launched August 18, 1922 to housing Suomi. He composed numerous musical pieces for Masonic ceremonies including a magnificent funeral march for organ. A special edition of these works to the use of boxes was made by the Grand Lodge of New York. Sibelius is considered the greatest composer since Mozart Masonic.

Stendhal, Henri Beyle said. Writer. The red and black. The Charterhouse of Parma. His books were little appreciated in his time. 1783-1842.

Suchard, Philip. 1797-1884. Founder of the famous brand of chocolate.

Sultan Moulay Hafid (1875-1937) Sultan of Morocco, 1908-1912, after the forced abdication of his brother Abdel Aziz. The protectorate by France is imposed, he went into exile.
Initiated by a Freemason's lodge "Union Hispano - Americana 379" of the Grande Oriente Espanol. Spent in France he was affiliated with "Jean-Jacques Rousseau" GODF Montmorency then the box "Plus Ultra 452" of the GLDF Paris.

SWIFT, Jonathan. Irish. Writer. Author of Gulliver's Travels.

Taft, William H. 1857-1930. President of the USA in 1909. Was made a mason "on sight" (at sight), for "immediate communication. It is a privilege attached to all the masons reached the highest rank in the hierarchy of ritual (33rd - CBCS) can "make a Mason at sight" even if it does not like some "general" Masonic too willing to maintain their rule. Americans remain concerned about the respect for traditional uses and prove it.

TAYLOR, Isidore, Baron. Born in Brussels in 1789, died in Paris in 1879. Director of Fine Arts: he transported the obelisk from Luxor to Paris. Royal Commissioner to the French Comedy. Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of France.

Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de. Foreign Minister under Napoleon from 1797 to 1807. 1754-1838. Initiated the Imperial-Knights of the Franks. The "devil lame" Apprentice remained all his life. Its seven masses as Bishop of Autun was "historic".

Tirpitz, Alfred von. Admiral. Minister Navy German Wilhelm II .. 1849-1930.

Truman, Harry S. U.S. president from 1945 to 1953. Marshall Plan. Korean War.

VAN BOETZELAER. 1759-1798. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Néelandaise.

Vogel, Theodor. Great architect of the restoration of Freemasonry in Germany after the Second World War and the terrible Nazi repression. He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Zur Sonne in Bayreuth from 1948 to 1961 and Grand Master of United Grand Lodges of Germany (Vereinigte Grosslogen von Deutschland) from 1958 to 1961.

VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet, dit. 1694-1778. Member of the French Academy. Launched less than two months before his death at the box The Nine Sisters to the east of Paris.


VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet,


WASHINGTON, George. First U.S. president. 1732-1799.


WASHINGTON, George. Photo of George Washington taking in hand the Declaration of Independence.


WAYNE, John. Actor.

WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of. English. 1769-1852. Son of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. Initiated at the Wellesley Family Lodge 494, to the east of Trim. Conqueror of Napoleon at Waterloo. Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830.

WILDE, Oscar. Irish. 1854-1900. Initiated at the Apollo Lodge, east of Oxford. Esthète. Writer. He was persecuted for his homosexuality and went into exile in France.

Zanuck, Darryl F. Co-founder of 20th Century Fox.