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Amadou Hampâté Bâ (January or February 1901 – May 15, 1991) Malian writer and ethnologist.
Frederick H. Babbitt (1859–1931), American politician, president Vermont State Senate 1912–13
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), European composer. Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London.
Nahum J. Bachelder (3 September 1854 – 22 April 1934), 49th governor of New Hampshire.
Irving Bacheller (26 September 1859 – 24 February 1950), American journalist and writer. Raised 5 December 1899 in Kane Lodge No. 454, New York.
Augustus Octavius Bacon (20 October 1839 – 14 February 1914), U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Robert L. Bacon (23 July 1884 – 12 September 1938), American banker, lieutenant colonel, and congressman from New York.
Walter W. Bacon (20 January 1880 – 18 March 1962), 60th Governor of Delaware. Member of St. John’s Lodge No. 2, New Castle, Delaware, being raised 2 July 1902. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Delaware in 1915.
Robert Baddeley (1733–1794), English actor of the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Member of St. Alban’s Lodge No. 29, London.
Michael Baden-Powell (born 11 December 1940), grandson of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement. State Commissioner for Special Duties, Scouts Australia, Victoria Branch. Lodge Baden-Powell No 488, Victoria, NSW, Australia.
Arthur P. Bagby (1794 – 21 September 1858), Tenth Governor of the State of Alabama. Served as grand orator of the Grand Lodge of Alabama.
John J. Bagley (24 July 1832 – 27 July 1881), 16th Governor of Michigan. Member of Charity Lodge No. 94, Detroit, Michigan.
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (25 August 1741 – 23 April 1792), German theologian and adventurer. Freemason, who with other Freemasons founded the “German Union” or the “Two and Twenty” society at Halle.
Michael Baigent (1948–2013), British author and former editor of Freemasonry Today. Lodge of Economy No 76, Winchester.
Carl Edward Bailey (8 October 1894 – 23 October 1948), 31st Governor of Arkansas. Received 32° at Little Rock, 25 May 1928.
James E. Bailey (15 August 1822 – 29 December 1885), United States Senator from Tennessee. Member of Clarksville Lodge No. 89, Clarksville, Tennessee.
John O. Bailey (26 September 1880 – 16 February 1959), American judge and politician in the state of Oregon. He was 27th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Raised in Doric Lodge No. 132, Portland, Oregon about 1920.
Nat Bailey (31 January 1902 – 27 March 1978), American-born Canadian restaurateur, founder of White Spot. Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 72, Vancouver.
Theodorus Bailey (12 April 1805 – 14 February 1877), United States Navy officer during the American Civil War. Raised in Washington Lodge No. 21, New York City on 3 March 1829.
Thomas L. Bailey (6 January 1888 – 2 November 1946), 48th Governor of Mississippi.
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (1874–1941), British Politician, Member of Parliament (1910–1925), Governor-General of Australia (1925–1931). Grand Master of New South Wales (1928–1930)
Bryant Baker (8 July 1881 – 29 March 1970), British-born American sculptor. Sculpted the 17 foot bronze of George Washington at the Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. Member of Constitutional Lodge No. 294 at Beverly, Yorkshire, England.
Howard Baker Sr. (12 January 1902 – 7 January 1964), United States Representative from Tennessee.
James Marion Baker (18 August 1861 – 1940), American political figure. Held the position of Secretary of the United States Senate from 1913–1919.
Nathaniel B. Baker (29 September 1818 – 11 September 1876), 24th Governor of New Hampshire. A member of Western Star Lodge No. 100, Clinton, Iowa.
Phil Baker (26 August 1896 – 30 November 1963), American comedian and emcee on radio. Also a vaudeville actor, composer, songwriter, accordionist and author. Raised in Keystone Lodge No. 235, New York City.
Samuel Aaron Baker (7 November 1874 – 16 September 1933) 36th Governor Missouri. Member of Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Simmons Jones Baker (1775–1853), US physician, planter, and legislator. Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina in 1832 and again in 1840. Laid the cornerstone of the state capitol building in Raleigh, North Carolina on 4 July 1833.
Simon Strousse Baker (11 July 1866 – 10 October 1932), 6th president of Washington & Jefferson College.
Walter Ransom Gail Baker (30 November 1892 – 30 October 1960), American electrical engineer. Founded the National Television System Committee, or NTSC, in 1940.
Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), Russian revolutionary. Lodge Il Progresso Sociale, Florence 1864,
Antonio González de Balcarce (24 June 1774 – 15 August 1819), Argentine military commander in the early 19th century.
Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), Romanian historian, journalist and 1848 revolutionary.
Bernt Balchen (23 October 1899 – 17 October 1973), Pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. Member of Norseman Lodge No. 878 of Brooklyn, New York. With Admiral Byrd they dropped Masonic flags over the two poles, and dropped his Kismet Temple Shrine fez over the South Pole.
C. Baldridge (24 November 1868 – 8 June 1947), 14th Governor of Idaho. Raised in Parma Lodge No. 49, Parma, Idaho in 1923.

Henry Baldwin (1780–1844), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Master of Lodge No. 45 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1805
Harold Ballard (1903–1990), National Hockey League team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs). Corinthian No. 481, GRC, Toronto, ON.
Hosea Ballou (30 April 1771 – 7 June 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. Member of Warren Lodge No. 23 at Woodstock, Vermont and served as master in 1807.
Robert C. Baltzell (15 August 1879 – 18 October 1950), United States federal judge.
Charles-Louis Balzac (1752–1820), French architect and sometimes poet. Founded the Lodge of the Great Sphinx at Paris.
Fred B. Balzar (15 June 1880 – 21 March 1934), 15th Governor of Nevada. Raised 28 August 1908 in Inyo Lodge No. 221 at Independence, California. and later affiliated with Carson Lodge No. 1, Carson City, Nevada.
Simon Bamberger (27 February 1846 – 6 October 1926), Fourth Governor of Utah.
Harry Hill Bandholtz (1864 – 11 May 1925), United States Army Major General during World War I. Known for preventing Romanian soldiers from removing Transylvanian treasures from the National Museum of Hungary in Budapest during the Romanian occupation of the city in 1919.
John H. Bankhead (13 September 1842 – 1 March 1920), U.S. senator from Alabama between 1907 and 1920. Confederate officer during the United States Civil War. Grand master of Grand Lodge of Alabama in 1883–1884.
Joseph Banks (1743–1820), English botanist Inverness Lodge, No. 4367
Nathaniel P. Banks (30 January 1816 – 1 September 1894), 24th Governor of Massachusetts, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Union general during the UNited States Civil War. Member of Monitor Lodge, Waltham, Massachusetts.
William V. Banks, Founder of the first black-owned and black-operated television station in the United States
Parke M. Banta (21 November 1891 – 12 May 1970), U.S. Representative from Missouri. Raised in Potosi Lodge No. 131 at Potosi, Missouri about 1916, served as master in 1923.
Orion Metcalf Barber (13 July 1857 – 28 March 1930), Vermont state politician and a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Clarence Barbour (21 April 1867 – 16 January 1937), American Baptist clergyman and educator most notable for having served as the president of Brown University. Served as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodges of both New York and Rhode Island.
James Barbour (10 June 1775 – 7 June 1842), 18th Governor of Virginia, a U.S. Senator from 1814–1825, and the United States Secretary of War from 1825–1828. Member of Stephensburg Lodge No. 40, Stevensburg, Virginia.
McClelland Barclay (1891 – 1942) American painter of pin-up art and war propaganda posters.
Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890 – 1969), British politician and colonial administrator, Member of Parliament (1923–1929, 1931–1939), Grand Master of Scotland (1949–1953)
Guy K. Bard (24 October 1895 – 23 November 1953) Pennsylvania educator. Later became a judge of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Samuel Bard (1 April 1742 – 24 May 1821), American physician who founded the first medical school in New York. Personal physician to George Washington. Member of Union Lodge, New York.
Thomas R. Bard (8 December 1841 – 5 March 1915), United States Senator from California. Member of Hueneme Lodge No. 311, California.
Graham Arthur Barden (25 September 1896 – 29 January 1967), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina.
Clinton L. Bardo (1868–1937) American industrialist whose career included stints as general manager of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and president of New York Shipbuilding Corporation.
Walter S. Baring Jr. (9 September 1911 – 13 July 1975), United States Representative from Nevada. Raised in May 1941, Reno Lodge No. 13.
William Julius Barker (25 June 1886 – 13 April 1968), United States federal judge.
Elmer E. Barlow (18 May 1887 – 26 June 1948), American jurist from Wisconsin.
Joel Barlow (24 March 1754 – 26 December 1812), American poet, diplomat, and politician. Member of St. Johns Lodge No 4., Hartford, Connecticut.
Francis Stillman Barnard (1856–1936), Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Raised: Victoria Columbia No. 1. 17 April 1887
Isaac D. Barnard (18 July 1791 – 28 February 1834), United States Senator from Pennsylvania.
Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905), British philanthropist
Cassius McDonald Barnes American Civil War soldier, lawyer and politician who served as the 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory. Master of Guthrie Lodge No. 35, Guthrie OKlahoma in 1902.
James M. Barnes (9 January 1899 – 8 June 1958), United States Representative from Illinois. Member of Jacksonville Lodge No. 570, Jacksonville, Illinois.
Will C. Barnes (21 June 1858 – 17 December 1936), American author, rancher, and state legislator in Arizona and New Mexico. Received the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Fort Apache.
Joshua Barney (6 July 1759 – 1 December 1818), American naval officer. Served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and would later achieved the rank of commodore in the United States Navy. Also served in the War of 1812. He was made a Freemason in the Lodge of the Nine Sisters, Paris, France in 1799 (although other sources state that he was raised in Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia, Pa. on 17 May 1777, and still another lists him as a member of No. 3 on 1 May 1777). He was a visitor of Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia on 16 June 1780.
Maurice Victor Barnhill (1887–1963) Associate justice (1937–1954) and Chief Justice (1954–1956) of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Simion Bărnuţiu (1808–1864), Romanian philosopher and politician.
Henry A. Barnum (24 September 1833 – 29 January 1892), United States Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Member of Syracuse Lodge No. 102, Syracuse, New York.
William Henry Barnum (17 September 1818 – 30 April 1889) U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Member of Montgomery Lodge No. 13 at Lakeville, Connecticut.
Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962), Prime minister of Spain and founder of the Republican Union
Samuel Barrett (1879–1965), American anthropologist and linguist who studied Native American peoples.
Lewis O. Barrows (7 June 1893 – 30 January 1967), 57th Governor of Maine.
John Barry (25 March 1745 – 13 September 1803), Officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. Initiated in Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia, Pa. on 12 October 1795. Suspended for non-payment of dues in 1800.
William T. Barry (5 February 1784 – 30 August 1835), United States Postmaster General during the Jackson Administration. United States Senator from Kentucky. Member of Lexington Lodge No. 1, Lexington, Ky. and later of Davies Lodge No. 22 of Lexington. was elected an honorary member of Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, D.C on 4 January 1830.
John L. Barstow (21 February 1832 – 28 June 1913), 39th Governor of Vermont.
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), Sculptor of New York’s Statue of Liberty. Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris.
Harold Roe Bartle (25 June 1901 – 9 May 1974) American businessman, philanthropist, Boy Scout executive, and professional public speaker. Served two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. Member of Lebanon Lodge No. 87 in Kentucky plus the Ararat Shriners of Kansas City, Missouri.
John H. Bartlett (15 March 1869 – 19 March 1952), 57th Governor of New Hampshire.
Josiah Bartlett (21 November 1729 – 19 May 1795) American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was later Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and Governor of the state. Although his lodge is not known, his great grandson, Levi S. Bartlett, had a letter written by Josiah to his son Ezra saying, “I attended a Mason meeting last night, and as soon as you can I wish you would join the Masons.”
Robert Bartlett (15 August 1875 – 28 April 1946) Canadian navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Francesco Bartolozzi (25 September 1725 – 7 March 1815) Italian engraver. Was an early member of the Lodge of Nine Muses No. 235, London. The frontispiece of the 1784 edition of the Book of Constitutions is his engraving.
Edmund Barton (1849–1920), First Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, Speaker of the legislative assembly. Initiated: Australian Lodge of Harmony No. 556 English Constitution in Sydney on 13 March 1878
William Barton (1748–1831), Officer in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence who retired with the rank of colonel. Became a member of St. John’s Lodge, Providence, Rhode Island in 1779.
William “Count” Basie (1904–1984), Jazz orchestra leader and composer. Wisdom Lodge No. 102 (Prince Hall), Chicago.
Charles Baskerville (1870–1922), American chemist.
Edward Bass (23 November 1726 – 10 September 1803), First American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts and second bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island. Admitted as a member of St. John’s Lodge No. 1 of Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 12 April 1758. Served as grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1768.
Perkins Bass (6 October 1912 – 25 October 2011) Four term U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. Member of Altemont Lodge No. 26, Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Richard Napoleon Batchelder (27 July 1832 – 4 January 1901), United States Army Officer and the 18th Quartermaster General of the United States Army. Awarded the Medal of Honor in 1891. Member of Lafayette Lodge No. 41 at Manchester, New Hampshire.
William B. Bate (7 October 1826 – 9 March 1905), American soldier and politician. Governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887, and United States Senator from 1887 until his death. Major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Member of King Solomon Lodge No. 94, Gallatin, Tennessee.
Edward Bates (4 September 1793 – 25 March 1869) United States lawyer and statesman. First attorney general of Missouri after it was admitted as a state. United States Attorney General under Lincoln from 1861 to 1864. Was a member of Missouri Lodge No. 12, under Tennessee charter (later Missouri No. 1). Was active in the formation of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Served four terms as grand master, 1825-26-27-31.
Frederick Bates (1777–1825), Governor of Missouri.
Isaac C. Bates (23 January 1779 – 16 March 1845) American politician from Massachusetts serving in both houses of the U.S. Legislature. Member of Jerusalem Lodge Northampton, Massachusetts.
John L. Bates (18 September 1859 – 8 June 1946), 41st Governor of Massachusetts. Member Baalbec Lodge, Boston.
Joe B. Bates (29 October 1893 – 10 September 1965), United States Representative from Kentucky.
Thomas Bath (1875–1956), Australian politician, former Western Australian Leader of the Opposition, involved in founding of Lodge Bonnie Doon, 839, S.C.
Charles Bathurst (1867–1958), Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand
John S. Battle (11 July 1890 – 9 April 1972), 56th Governor of Virginia. Member of Charlottesville Lodge No. 5 Charlottesville, Virginia.
Laurie C. Battle (10 May 1912 – 2 May 2000), United States Representative from Alabama. Member of Docena Lodge No. 815, Docena, Alabama as well as the Zamora Shriners and ORder of the Eastern Star Chapter 118 in Birmingham.
Warner Baxter (29 March 1889 – 7 May 1951), American film actor of the silent and early talkie period. Second person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Member Cahuenga Lodge No. 513 Hollywood, California.
Birch Bayh (1928–), US Senator from Indiana from 1962–1981.
Francis Baylies (16 October 1783 – 28 October 1852), United States Representative from Massachusetts. Original lodge not known, but made honorary member of Mount Lebanon Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts on 26 January 1835.
William Wither Beach, (25 December 1826 – 3 August 1901), British politician and railway entrepreneur. Apollo University Lodge No 357, Oxford, and multiple other Lodges. Third Grand Principal, Supreme Grand Chapter of England (Royal Arch).
George Lafayette Beal (21 May 1825 – 11 December 1896), American politician from Maine who served in the Federal forces during the American Civil War. Member of Oxford Lodge No. 18, Norway, Maine.
John V. Beamer (17 November 1896 – 8 September 1964), United States Representative from Indiana. Member of Hanna Lodge No. 61, Wabash, Indiana.
Henry J. Bean (13 November 1853 – 8 May 1941) American politician and judge in Oregon. 24th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
Daniel Carter Beard (1850–1941), Founder of the Boy Scouts. Initiated in Mariner’s Lodge No. 67, New York City, New York, and later affiliated with Cornucopia Lodge 563, Flushing, New York.
William S. Beardsley (13 May 1901 – 21 November 1954), 31st Governor of Iowa.
John Beatty (10 December 1749 – 30 May 1826), American physician and statesman. An officer of the Continental Army, he was appointed Commissary General for Prisoners with the rank of colonel. Was a member of the Continental Congress in 1784 and 1785. Was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey during the Third Congress. Raised in Trenton Lodge No. 5, Trenton, New Jersey. A past master of that lodge, he was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1791. In 1792 he transferred his membership to Solomon’s Lodge No. 1.
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (16 October 1744 – 11 October 1803), Grand Master of Grand Lodge of England, 1767–71.
Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906), Politician, journalist, Fall River, MA Lodge 1873; assisted in founding Montreal Emancipation Lodge in 1897.
Eugène de Beauharnais (3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824), Viceroy of Italy under Napoleon.
Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont (1728–1810), French soldier, diplomat and spy. Raised: January, 1769, Lodge of Immortality No. 376, London
Campbell Eben Beaumont (27 August 1883 – 19 November 1954) was a United States federal judge from Kentucky.
William Beaumont (21 November 1785 – 25 April 1853), Surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the “Father of Gastric Physiology” following his research on human digestion. Raised in Harmony Lodge, Champlain, New York 11 April 1820.
G. T. Beauregard (28 May 1818 – 20 February 1893) American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Charles Bebb (10 April 1856 – 21 June 1942) British-American architect who designed the Washington State Capitol building.
Stephen David Bechtel Sr. (24 September 1900 – 14 March 1989) Founder of the Bechtel Corporation and the president of the company from 1933 through 1960. Raised 30 June 1923 in Oakland Lodge No. 188 Oakland, California.
Theodric Romeyn Beck (11 April 1791 – 19 November 1855) American physician in New York specializing in medical jurisprudence who authored the first significant American book on forensic medicine, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence in 1823. Member of Masters Lodge No. 5, Albany, New York.
Rudolph Zacharias Becker (9 April 1752 – 28 March 1822) German educator and author, and active Freemason of Gotha. Published an historical essay in 1786 on the Bavarian Illuminati titled Grundsatze Verfassung und Schicksale des Illumi- nates Order in Baiern.
C. W. Beckham (5 August 1869 – 9 January 1940) 35th Governor of Kentucky. Member of Duvall Lodge No. 6, Bardstown, Kentucky.

John J. Beckley (4 August 1757 – 8 April 1807) First Librarian of Congress as well as First and fourth Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Member of Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Johann Beckmann (1739–1811), German scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject.
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective, Grand Sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine 1886.
Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747–1812), Signer of the US Constitution, first Grand Master of Masons in Delaware.
Joseph D. Bedle (5 January 1821 – 21 October 1894), 23rd Governor of New Jersey. Raised in Olive Branch Lodge No. 16, Freehold, New Jersey on 24 April 1857.
Hamilton P. Bee (22 July 1822 – 3 October 1897) American politician in early Texas who served one term as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and later was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. Member of Austin Lodge No. 12, Texas.
Robert Livingston Beeckman (15 April 1866 – 21 January 1935) 52nd Governor of Rhode Island.
Carroll L. Beedy (1880–1947) United States Representative from Maine from 1921–1935.
Wallace Beery (1 April 1885 – 15 April 1949) American actor. Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1931 film The Champ. Member of Blaney Lodge No. 271 of Chicago, Illinois.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Composer. Though no records exist, several of Beethoven’s biographers state that he was a Freemason based on other evidence.
Lyall T. Beggs (9 November 1899 – 14 May 1973), Wisconsin lawyer and politician. Past commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Josiah Begole (20 January 1815 – 5 June 1896), U.S. Representative and the 19th Governor of Michigan. Member of Flint Lodge No. 23, Flint, MI.
Robert S. Beightler (21 March 1892 – 12 February 1978), U.S. Army Major General and Ohio political insider.
Jonathan Belcher (8 January 1681/2 – 31 August 1757), American Colonial merchant, businessman, and politician from the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the American colonial period. Served simultaneously for over a decade as colonial governor of the British colonies of New Hampshire (1729–1741) and Massachusetts (1730–1741) and later for ten years as governor of New Jersey (1747–1757). Raised in an old “Guilde Lodge” in England in 1704–13 years before the founding of the G.L. of England. Reported as having been on the rolls of the craft in Nova Scotia at an early date. Was affiliated with St. John’s Lodge in Boston.
Manuel Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina. He is regarded as one of the main Libertadores of the country.
Elliott Belgrave (16 March 1931 – ) GCMG, KA, CHB, QC, Governor-General of Barbados, Past District Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Barbados (Scottish Constitution).
John Montgomery Belk (29 March 1920 – 17 August 2007) Head of the Belk, Inc. department store chain and mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina for four terms (1969–1977). Petitioned (21 January 1946), Initiated (4 March 1946), Passed (15 April 1946) and Raised (12 August 1946) all in Excelsior Lodge No. 261 of Charlotte.
Andrew Bell (1726–1809), Scottish printer, founder of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Charles J. Bell (1858–1929), Scotch-Irish American businessman. He was a cousin of Alexander Graham Bell and as such was an early executive of Bell Telephone. Co-founder of the National Geographic Society, and was its first treasurer.
Charles S. Bell (1880–1965), Lawyer and Jurist from Cincinnati. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio 1942–1947.
Francis Bell (1851–1936), Prime Minister of New Zealand
Frank Bell (28 January 1840 – 13 February 1927) Sixth Governor of Nevada. Member of Reno Lodge No. 13, and served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nevada.
John Bell (New Hampshire) (20 July 1765 – 22 March 1836), Governor of New Hampshire for one year (1828 to 1829). Member of St. John’s Lodge No. 1, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
John Bell (Tennessee) (18 February 1796 – 10 September 1869), Tennessee Politician. Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1827 to 1841, and in the U.S. Senate from 1847 to 1859. Speaker of the House for the 23rd Congress (1834–1835), and briefly served as Secretary of War during the administration of William Henry Harrison (1841). In 1860, he ran for president as the candidate for the Constitutional Union Party. Member of King Solomon Lodge No. 6 at Gallatin, Tennessee.
Lawrence Dale Bell (5 April 1894 – 20 October 1956), Founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation.
Francis Bellamy (18 May 1855 – 28 August 1931), Author of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. Member of Little Falls Lodge No. 181, Little Falls, New York.
Johann Joachim Bellermann (23 September 1754 – 25 October 1842), German Hebraist and professor of theology at Berlin University.
Harry H. Belt American educator, lawyer, and judge in the state of Oregon. 28th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (5 November 1778 – 3 December 1823), Also known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities.
Charles Albert “Chief” Bender (5 May 1884 – 22 May 1954), Major League Baseball pitcher during the first two decades of the 20th century. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953. Petitioned Robert A. Lamberton Lodge No. 487 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when 27 years of age and was raised on April 4, 1911. He was suspended for non-payment of dues in 1938, but reinstated in 1943.
Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), President of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939, 1945–1948). Ian Amos Komensky Lodge No. 1, Prague.
Conrado Benitez (1889 – 4 January 1971) Philippine statesman. Helped write the Philippine constitution. Grand Master of the Philippines.
Alexander von Benckendorff (4 July 1781 or 1783 – 5 October 1844), Russian Cavalry General and statesman. Member of the Lodge of United Friends in Petersburg.
Augustus W. Bennet (7 October 1897 – 5 June 1983), United States Representative from New York. Member of Hudson River Lodge No. 607, Newburgh, New York, serving as master in 1930.
William Stiles Bennet (9 November 1870 – 1 December 1962), U.S. Representative from New York.
Caleb P. Bennett (11 November 1758 – 9 May 1836), American soldier and politician from Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, and served as Governor of Delaware. Raised in Lodge No. 14 at Christina Ferry, Delaware on 16 January 1781.
Charles Edward Bennett (2 December 1910 – 6 September 2003) U.S. Representative from Florida from 1949 to 1993. Member of Riverside Lodge No. 266, Jacksonville, Florida.
Henry G. Bennett (14 December 1886 – 22 December 1951), Prominent educational figure from Oklahoma. Served as the president of both Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma State University. He was appointed by Harry S. Truman as an Assistant Secretary of State.
B. Bennett (1870–1947), Prime Minister of Canada 1930–1935.

Thomas Bennett Jr. (14 August 1781 – 30 January 1865), 48th Governor of South Carolina. Member of Solomons Lodge No. 1, Charleston.
Henry Arthur Benning (8 August 1879 – 14 April 1962), Vice president and general manager of the Amalgamated Sugar Company.
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810–1861), Italian politician.
Carville Benson (24 August 1872 – 8 February 1929), U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Elmer Austin Benson (22 September 1895 – 13 March 1985) 24th Governor of Minnesota. Raised in Appleton Lodge No. 137, Appleton, Minnesota on 3 January 1917.
William Benswanger (22 February 1892 – 15 January 1972), President and chief executive of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball franchise 1932 through 1946. Member of Lodge No. 45 of Pittsburgh.
Charles Bent (11 November 1799 – 19 January 1847) First civilian Governor of the New Mexico Territory in September 1846.
Alvin Morell Bentley (30 August 1918 – 10 April 1969) U.S. Representative from Michigan, Was one of the victims of the 1954 U.S. Capitol shootings. Member of Owosso Lodge No. 81, Owosso, Michigan.
William Plummer Benton (25 December 1828 – 14 March 1867) American lawyer and soldier who served in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Member of Webb Lodge No. 24 at Richmond, Indiana.
Lloyd Bentsen (1921–2006), US Senator from Texas, Nominee (Democratic Party) for Vice President – 1988
Victor L. Berger (1860–1929) Founding member of the Social Democratic Party of America. U.S. Representative. Raised in Aurora Lodge No. 30, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 26 February 1889.
George Bergstrom (12 March 1876 – 1955) American architect of Norwegian heritage noted for his design work on the Pentagon.
Randolph C. Berkeley (9 January 1875 – 31 January 1960) U.S. Marine Corps major general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz.
Irving Berlin (1888–1989), Composer. Munn Lodge No.190, New York.
Silvio Berlusconi (1936–), Italian media tycoon and politician, Prime Minister of Italy. Initiated in Lodge Propaganda Due – Expelled in 1981 (some say 1976) by the Grand Orient of Italy
Remigio Morales Bermúdez (30 September 1836 – 1 April 1894), President of Peru from 1890 to 1894.
Alain Bernheim (1931–), musician and Masonic researcher. Loge Les Amis Discrets n° 26, Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland
Ben Bernie (30 May 1891 – 23 October 1943), American jazz violinist and radio personality.
Arnaud Berquin (September 1747 – 21 December 1791) French children’s author.
George L. Berry (12 September 1882 – 4 December 1948) U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1937 to 1938. One of the founders of the American Legion.
Hiram Gregory Berry (27 August 1824 – 2 May 1863), American politician and general in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Member of Aurora Lodge No. 50, Rockland, Maine.
Ted Berry (1905–2000), American politician, first African American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tom Berry (23 April 1879 – 30 October 1951) 14th Governor of South Dakota.
Clifford K. Berryman (2 April 1869 – 11 December 1949) Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist with the Washington Star newspaper from 1907–1949. Also a cartoonist for The Washington Post from 1891–1907. Member of Temple Noyes Lodge No. 32 of Washington, D.C.
Paul Bert (17 October 1833 – 11 November 1886) French zoologist, physiologist and politician.
Francisco Bertrand (1866–1926), Twice President of Honduras.
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848), Swedish chemist. Initiated in 1805 in St. John’s Lodge St. Erik, at Stockholm.
Walter Besant (14 August 1836 – 9 June 1901), Novelist and historian. Raised in Mauritius Lodge in 1862 and became master of Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge No. 1159, London, in 1873. Conceived the idea of establishing a lodge of research and as a result became one of the founders of the famous Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 of London, serving as its treasurer at one time.
William Thomas Best (13 August 1826 – 10 May 1897), English organist.
Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Puerto Rican politician and statesman. Logia Unión Germana, San Germán, Puerto Rico.
Jackson Edward Betts (26 May 1904 – 13 August 1993), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio. Raised in Findlay Lodge No. 227, Findlay, Ohio in 1931.
Albert J. Beveridge (6 October 1862 – 27 April 1927), American historian and United States Senator from Indiana. Member of Oriental Lodge No. 500, Indianapolis, Indiana.
James R. Beverley (15 June 1894 – 17 June 1967), U.S. lawyer and Attorney General of Puerto Rico. While serving as Attorney General, also served twice as acting governor of Puerto Rico.
Howard Landis Bevis (19 November 1885 – 24 April 1968), 7th President of The Ohio State University. Raised in McMakin Lodge No. 120, Mt. Healthy, Ohio in 1911 and served as master of same in 1916.
George Valentin Bibescu (1880–1941), Romanian aviation pioneer, Grand Master of Romanian Grand Lodge from 1911 to 1916.
George M. Bibb (30 October 1776 – 14 April 1859), 17th United States Secretary of the Treasury and two-term member of the U.S. Senate. Was the first master of Russellville Lodge No. 17, Russellville, Kenticky. and was master of Hiram Lodge No. 4, Frankfort, Kentucky. He was also past master of Lexington Lodge No. 1 at Lexington, and served as secretary in 1804. In 1804 he was grand master of Kentucky.
Thomas Bibb (8 May 1783 – 20 September 1839) Second Governor of Alabama from 1820 to 1821. Member of George Lodge No. 32, Warminster, Virginia.
Dana X. Bible (8 October 1891 – 19 January 1980), American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. Member of Mossy Creek Lodge No. 353, Jefferson City, Tennessee.
Thomas Walter Bickett (28 February 1869 – 28 December 1921), 54th Governor of North Carolina. Raised in Louisburg Lodge No. 413, Louisburg, North Carolina on 2 October 1901, demitting to William G. Hill Lodge No. 218 at Raleigh in 1921. In 1917 he was grand orator of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
Edward Biddle (1738–1779) American soldier, lawyer, and statesman from Pennsylvania. Was a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775. Raised in Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 March 1763.
Benjamin Alden Bidlack (8 September 1804 – 6 February 1849), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Raised in Lodge No. 61, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 1 May 1826.
John Bidwell (5 August 1819 – 4 April 1900), California pioneer and politician. Raised in San Jose Lodge No. 10 in 1851 and later affiliated with Chico Lodge No. 111.
Albert Bierstadt (7 January 1830 – 18 February 1902) German-American painter known for landscapes of the American West. Member of Holland Lodge No. 8, New York City.
Timothy Bigelow (30 April 1767 – 18 May 1821) was an American lawyer. Grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts two terms, 1806–08 and 1811–13.
Benjamin T. Biggs (1 October 1821 – 25 December 1893), 46th Governor of Delaware. Member of Union Lodge No. 5, Middletown, Delaware.
John Bigler (8 January 1805 – 29 November 1871), Third Governor of California. Initiated in Pacific Lodge, Long’s Bar, Butte County, California. in 1850 and later a member of Tehama Lodge No. 3, Sacramento and Washington Lodge No. 20, Sacramento.
Louis Pierre Édouard, Baron Bignon (3 January 1771 – 1841) French diplomat and historian.
Theodore G. Bilbo (13 October 1877 – 21 August 1947) 39th and 43rd Governor of Mississippi. US Senator from Mississippi. Raised 17 April 1899 in Claiborn Lodge No. 293 at Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with Sherrard Byrd Lodge No. 353 at Poplarville, Mississippi. Eventually suspended for non-payment of dues.
Henry Harrison Bingham (1841–1912), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, US Congressman from Pennsylvania. Chartiers Lodge #297, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Hiram Bingham III (1875–1956), American explorer, discovered the ruins of Machu Picchu. Hiram Lodge No. 1, Connecticut
Robert Worth Bingham (8 November 1871 – 18 December 1937), Politician, judge, newspaper publisher and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Past master of Falls City Lodge No. 376 of Louisville, Kentucky. At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of England, in the presence of the King and 8,000 Masons, he was created a past senior grand warden of that grand lodge.
Stanislav Binički (1872–1942), Serbian musician
Leon Milton Birkhead (1885–1954), American Unitarian minister.
David B. Birney (29 May 1825 – 18 October 1864), Union General in the American Civil War. Initiated in Franklin Lodge No. 134 of Philadelphia on 31 October 1850.
Francis Bischof (1904–1979), Queensland Australia Police Commissioner from 1958–1969.
Henry Bishop, English composer of Home! Sweet Home!
William Bizzell (14 October 1876 — 13 May 1944), Fifth president of the University of Oklahoma and president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University).
Sveinn Björnsson (27 February 1881 – 25 January 1952), First President of the Republic of Iceland. One of the founders of Edda Lodge in Reykjavik on 6 January 1919 under the authority of the National Grand Lodge of Denmark and was later Grand master of Iceland.
Frank S. Black (8 March 1853 – 22 March 1913), American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 1897 to 1898. Raised in King Solomon’s Primitive Lodge No. 91 of Troy, New York and later affiliated with Roman Lodge No. 223 at Rome, New York.
Hugo Black (1886–1971), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–1971). Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 836, Birmingham, Alabama
James D. Black (24 September 1849 – 5 August 1938), 39th Governor of Kentucky. Grand master of Grand Lodge of Kentucky in 1888–89.
John Black (12 November 1832 – 22 January 1838), Politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838. Member of Rising Virtue Lodge No. 7.
John C. Black (27 January 1839 – 17 August 1915), U.S. Congressman from Illinois and received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War. Member of Olive Branch Lodge No. 38, Danville, Illinois, and grand orator of the Grand Lodge of Illinois from 1994-1895.
Lloyd Llewellyn Black (15 March 1889 – 23 August 1950), United States federal judge.
Samuel W. Black (3 September 1816 – 27 June 1862), Lawyer, soldier, judge, and politician. 7th Governor of the Nebraska Territory. Killed in action leading his regiment in a charge early in the Civil War. Member of St. John’s Lodge No. 219, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1 October 1838 – 12 September 1918), U.S. Representative and Senator from Kentucky.
Luke P. Blackburn (16 June 1816 – 14 September 1887), 28th governor of Kentucky. Member of Landmark Lodge No. 41, Versailles, Kentucky.
Robert E. Lee Blackburn (9 April 1870 – 20 September 1935), U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Isaac Blackford (6 November 1786 – 31 December 1859), Second Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Member of Harmony Lodge No. 11 at Brookville, Indiana.
William W. Blackney (28 August 1876 – 14 March 1963), U.S. Representative from Michigan.
Stuart Blackton (5 January 1875 – 13 August 1941), Anglo-American film producer, considered the father of American animation. Member of Centennial Lodge No. 763, New York City.

Ken Blackwell (1948–), American politician and activist, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio fr

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