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Famous Brothers
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Abbott, Sir John J.C.
- Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92 |
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Aldrin, Edwin E.
- Astronaut |
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Armstrong, Louis
- Jazz Musician |
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Armstrong, Neil - Astronaut |
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Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander
of the Army Air Force |
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Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas |
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Autry, Gene
- Actor |
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Bach, Jahann Christian
- Composer |
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Baldwin, Henry
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Balfour, Lloyd
- Jewelry |
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Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the
Statue of Liberty |
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Bassie, William "Count"
- Orchestra leader/composer |
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Baylor, Robert E. B.
- Founder Baylor University |
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Beard, Daniel Carter - Founder Boy Scouts |
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Bell, Lawrence
- Bell Aircraft Corp |
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Bennett, Viscount R.B.
- Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35 |
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Berlin, Irving
- Entertainer |
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Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice |
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Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice |
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Borden, Sir Robert L.
- Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920 |
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Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln
- Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore |
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Borgnine, Ernest - Actor |
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Bowell, Sir Mackenzie
- Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96 |
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Bowie, James
- Alamo |
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Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader |
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Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807 |
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BuBois, W.E.B.
- Educator/scholar |
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Buchanan, James
- President of the U.S. |
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Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the
Republic of Texas |
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Burns, Robert
- The National Poet of Scotland |
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Burton, Harold H.- Supreme Court
Justice |
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Byrd, Admiral Richard E.
- Flew over North Pole |
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Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started
Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865 |
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Carson, Christopher "Kit"
- Frontiersman, scout and explorer |
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Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer
and entertainer |
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Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice |
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Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame |
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Churchill, Winston - British Leader |
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Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and
motor car manufacturer |
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Clark, Roy - Country Western Star |
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Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Clark, William
- Explorer |
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Clarke, John H.
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer |
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Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player |
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Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian
fighter, Wild West Show |
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Cohan, George M.
- Broadway star |
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Cole, Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer |
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Collodi, Carlo
- Writer of Pinocchio |
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Colt, Samuel
- Firearms inventor |
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Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame |
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Crockett, David
- American Frontiersman and Alamo fame |
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Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice |
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Dempsey, Jack
- Sports |
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Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium |
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Devanter, Willis Van
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Diefenbaker, John G.
- Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63 |
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Doolittle, General James - Famous Air
Force Pilot |
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Douglas, William O.
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Dow, William H.
- Dow Chemical Co. |
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Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes |
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Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the
Oil industry |
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Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red
Cross |
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Edward VII - King of England |
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Edward VIII
- King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year |
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Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist |
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Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court
Justice |
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Ervin Jr, Samual J.
- Headed "Watergate" committee |
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Faber, Eberhard
- Head of the famous Eberhard Faber
Pencil Company |
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Fairbanks, Douglas
- Silent film actor |
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Field, Stephen J. - Supreme Court
Justice |
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Fields, W.C. - Actor |
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Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of
Canterbury 1945 - 1961 |
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Fitch, John
- Inventor of the Steamboat |
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Fleming, Sir Alexander
- Invented Penicillin |
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Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S. |
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Ford, Henry
- Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer |
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Franklin, Benjamin
- 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S. |
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Gable, Clark
- Actor |
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Garfield, James A.
- President of the U.S. |
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Gatling, Richard J.
- Built the "Gatling Gun" |
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George VI
- King of England during W.W. II |
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Gibbon, Edward
- Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
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Gilbert, Sir William S.
- Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance" |
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Gillett, King C.
- Gillett Razor Co. |
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Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit
the earth in a space craft |
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Godfrey, Arthur
- Actor |
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Gray, Harold Lincoln
- Creator of "Little Orphan Annie" |
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Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut |
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Grock - Swiss Circus Clown |
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Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of
the "Guillotin" |
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Hancock, John
- 1of9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independance |
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Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S. |
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Hardy, Oliver
- Actor - Comedian |
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Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park |
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Henry, Patrick
- Patriot |
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Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
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Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier
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Hoban, James
- Architect for the U.S. Captial
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Hoe, Richard M.
- Invented the rotory press, revolutinizing newspaper printing |
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Hoover, J. Edgar
- Director of FBI |
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Hope, Bob
- Comedian |
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Hornsby, Rogers - An original member of the Baseball Hall of
Fame |
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Houdini, Harry
- Magician |
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Houston, Sam
- 2nd&4th President of the Republic of Texas |
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Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S. |
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Jackson, Reverend Jesse - Minister |
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Jackson, Robert H.
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination |
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Johnson, Andrew
- President of the U.S. |
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Jolson, Al - Fame as the first 'talkinf picture' the Jazz
Singer |
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Jones, Anson
- 5th President of the Republic of Texas |
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Jones, John Paul
- Naval Commander |
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Jones, Melvin
- One of the founders of the Lions International |
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Key, Francis Scott
- Wrote U.S. National Anthem |
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Khan III, Aga
- Statesman |
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Kipling, Rudyard - Writer |
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La Guardia, Fiorella H. - La Guardia
Airport, Mayor of New York 1930's & 40's |
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Lafayette, Marquis de
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Supporter of Amerian Freedom |
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Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successfull in open sea. |
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Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of Texas |
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Land, Frank S.
- Founder Order of DeMolay |
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Lewis, Meriwether
- Explorer |
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Lincoln, Elmo
- First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918) |
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Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator |
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Lipton, Sir Thomas - Founder Lipton Tea Company |
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Livingston, Robert
- Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory |
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Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer |
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MacArthur, General Douglas
- Commander of Armed Forces in Philillines |
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MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91 |
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Marshall, James W.
- Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California 1848 |
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Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 - 1835 |
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Marshall, Thurgood
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Mathews, Stanley
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Mayer, Louis B.
- Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
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Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Founded the Mayo Clinic |
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Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag |
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McKinley, William
- President of the U.S. |
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Mecherle, George Jacob
- Founder, State Farm Insurance |
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Menninger, Karl A.
- Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness |
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Mesmer, Franz Anton - practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism |
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Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882 |
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Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice |
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Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films |
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Monroe, James - President of the U.S. |
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Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne
- Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon |
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Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Morris, Dr. Robert
- Poet and Founder of the Order of Eastern Star |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer |
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Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII. |
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Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball |
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Nelson, Samuel
- Supreme Court Justice |
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New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail |
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Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister |
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Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator |
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Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer |
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Otis, James
- Famous for "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny" |
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Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro |
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Papst, Charles F.
- Coined the term "Athletes Foot" |
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Paterson, William
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Peale, Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost" and Minister |
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Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909) |
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Penny, James C. - Retailer |
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Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier |
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Pike, Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him |
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Pitney, Mahlon
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Poinsett, Joel R.
- U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia |
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Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S. |
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Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train. |
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Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet |
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Reed, Stanley F.
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Revere, Paul - Famous American |
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Rickenbacker, Eddie
- Great American Air Force Ace |
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Ringling Brothers
- All 7 brothers and their father were Masons. |
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Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer |
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Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star |
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Rogers, Will - Actor |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the U.S. |
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Roosevelt, Theodore
- President of the U.S. |
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Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Salten, Felix
- Creator of Bambi |
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Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V. |
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Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846) |
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Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder" |
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Scott, Sir Walter
- Writer |
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Sellers, Peter
- Actor |
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Sexson, Mark - Minister & Founder: Intl. Order of Rainbow for Girls |
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Shakespeare, William - Writer |
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Sibelius, Jean
- Composer (Finland) |
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Skelton, Red - Entertainer |
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Smith, John Stafford
- Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem. |
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Sousa, John Philip
- Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892 |
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Stanford, Leland - Drove the gold spike linking the intercontinetal railroad &
founded Stanford University |
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Stewart, Potter
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy |
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Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer |
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Swayne, Noah H.
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels |
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Taft, William Howard
- President of the U.S. |
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Teets, John W. - Chairman and Presiden of Dial Corporation |
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Thomas, Danny - Actor, Entertainer |
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Thomas, Dave
- Founder of Wendys Restaurant |
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Thomas, Lowell
- Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice |
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Thurston, Howard
- Last of the great vauderville magicians. |
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Tillis, Mel - Country Singer |
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Tirpitz, Alfred Von
- German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare |
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Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court Justice |
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Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo |
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Trimble, Robert
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Truman, Harry S.
- President of the U.S. |
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Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice |
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Voltaire
- French writer and philosopher |
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Wadlow, Robert Pershing
- Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall |
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Wallace, Governor George C.
- Presidential Candidate who was nearly assasinated |
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Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur" |
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Warner, Jack
- Warner Brothers Fame |
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Warren, Earl - Supreme Court Justice |
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Washington, Booker T - Educator and author |
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Washington, George - President of US, 1st |
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Wayne, John - Actor |
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Webb, Matthew
- First man to swim the English Channel (1875) |
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Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz" |
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Wilde, Oscar
- Writer |
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Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice |
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Woods, William B.
- Supreme Court Justice |
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Wootton MD, Percy - President American Medical Association (1997- ) |
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Wyler, William
- Director of "Ben Hur" |
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Young, Cy - Cy Young Award |
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Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933 |
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Ziegfeld, Florenz
- His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907 |
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Famous Prince Hall Masons
Thurgood Marshall,
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
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Alex Haley,
author
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Booker T. Washington,
educator/founder Tuskegee Institute |
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Charles B. Rangel,
U.S. Congressman New York
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Louis Stokes,
U.S. Congressman Ohio
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William "Count" Basie,
orchestra leader/composer |
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Nathaniel "Nat King"
Cole, American pianist and singer |
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W.E.B. DuBois,
educator/author/historian
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Edward Kennedy "Duke"
Ellington, orchestra leader/composer |
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Medger Wiley Evers,
civil rights leader
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James Herbert "Eubie"
Blake, composer/pianist
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| Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta |
 | Thomas Bradley, mayor of Los Angeles,
California |
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| Sugar Ray Robinson, mid/light heavy boxing
champion |
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| John H. Johnson, publisher EBONY and Jet
magazines |
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| Carl B. Stokes, first Black elected mayor,
Cleveland, OH |
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| Robert Sengstacke Abbott,
founder/publisher CHICAGO DEFENDER |
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| Richard Allen, founder/first bishop AME
Church |
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| Matthew Henson, explorer |
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| Daniel "Chappie" James, general U.S. Air
Force |
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| James Forten, abolitionist/manufacturer |
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| Timothy Thomas Fortune, journalist |
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| Richard D. Gidron, president, Dick Gidron
Cadillac |
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| William C. Handy, composer |
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| Augustus F. Hawkins. U.S. Congressman
California |
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Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/composer |
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Benjamin L. Hooks, Former Executive
Director NAACP |
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| Benjamin Mays, educator/former president
Atlanta University |
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| Ralph H. Metcalfe, Olympic champion |
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| A. Phillip Randolph, founder/ first
president, International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters |
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| Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams, actor/
comedian |
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| Harry A. Williamson, author/Masonic
historian |
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Scottie
Pippen, #33, Chicago Bulls / Forward
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Harmony Lodge No. 88,
Chicago, Illinois |
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A. Leon Higginbothm, Jr. 33', Campbell-Wash-Joppa Lodge No 37 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Bro. Emanuel Cleaver, of Eureka Lodge No. 170, Kansas City
Missouri Mayor |
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Bro. John H. Johnson 33, publisher, chairman and CEO of Johnson
Publishing Company |
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Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leader, under
the Jurisdiction of New York |
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Bro.
Andrew Young,former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor St. James Lodge No. 4, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Bro. Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO of the NAACP and a member of
Mount Olive Lodge No. 25, Baltimore, Maryland |
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Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) of Joppa
Lodge No. 55, New York |
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Bro. Julian Bond, NAACP National Chairman of
St. James Lodge No. 4, Atlanta
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M.W. Samuel T. Daniels, Grand Master of Maryland for three decades |
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Bro. Dwight Evans - PA State Representative (MWPHGL of PA - Star
in the East Lodge No. 55 F&AM) |
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