Steve Wozniak

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The Ringling Bros

Best known as: Entertainers

Initiated, Passed, and Raised: All of them between 1890-1891

Member of: Baraboo Lodge No. 34, WI

Eddie Murphy (Confirmed- not a Freemason. Confused with Audie Murphy who is a war hero and also an actor)

Best known as: A comedian

Initiated: Unknown

Member of: North Hollywood Lodge No. 542, CA (see note below)

Quotable Quote: “In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.”

Note: Though Eddie Murphy is listed as a Freemason in numerous Masonic websites (including Wikipedia's list of Famous Freemasons). I couldn't find any record of the date when he was Initiated, Passed, and Raised. I also wonder if some people have just confused him with Freemason Audie Murphy (1924-1971) of Hollywood Lodge No. 542, CA. 

John Molson

Best known as: Founder of Molson Breweries

Initiated: Date unknown but he is known to have served as the Worshipful Master of St. Paul's Lodge from June to December 1791 and from June 1795 to June 1796. 

Member of: St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax

Best known as: The inventor of the Saxophone

Initiated: Unknown

Member of: Loge Les Vrais Amis de L'Union

Note:  His petition for initiation was found in the archives of the Lodge "Les Vrais Amis de l'Union" but no other record of his membership exists. 

Richard J. Gatling

Best known as: The inventor of the Gatling Gun

Initiated: Unknown

Member of: Center Lodge No. 23, Indianapolis, Ind

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J. C. Penny

Best known as: Founder of JCPenney

Initiated: April 18, 1911, P. May 19, 1911, R. June 2, 1911

Lodge: Wasatch Lodge No. 1 F&AM Utah

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Samuel Colt

Best know as: The inventor of the Revolver

Initiated: Unknown

Member of: St. John’s Lodge No. 4, Pythagoras Chapter No. 17, Washington Commandery No. 1, all of Hartford, CN

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Frederick Louis Maytag

Best known as: Inventor of the automated washing machine

Initiated: I. April 23, P. May 14, R. Sept 13, 1887

Member of: Newton Lodge No. 59, Newton, Iowa

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Louis Armstrong

Best known as: Jazz musician

Initiated: Unknown

Member of: Montgomery Lodge No. 18, Lodge of Montgomery No. 18, PHA, New York, NY (membership disputed. see notes below)

Note: According to historians, Louis Armstrong may have been a member of numerous "Masonic" groups but none of them are recognized by the Prince Hall Grand Lodge. 

Happy 176th birthday to the great author and father of American literature Bro. Samuel Langhorne Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain of Polar Star Lodge No. 79 A.F.&A.M., St. Louis, Missouri.

FraternalTies would like to congratulate the Brothers from Harmonie Lodge No. 699, Amherst, New York on being added to Academia Lodge No. 847's list of "Traditional Lodges". Exemplary craftsmanship, dear Brothers! We hope to follow your lead.http://academialodge.org/resources_lodges.php

King Camp Gillette, businessman, inventor, Freemason. A gentleman no longer have to fear his throat accidentally cut accross due to improper use of a cut-throat razor, thanks to his invention- the safety razor.

What makes you a Mason?

Dr. José Rizal. National hero, polymath, Freemason. The Church promised him safety and longer life if he retracts his Masonic beliefs and return to the catholic fold. He never retracted. Moments before his execution by a squad of Filipino soldiers of the Spanish Army, a backup force of regular Spanish Army troops stood ready to shoot the executioners should they fail to obey orders. The Spanish Army Surgeon General requested to take his pulse: it was normal. Aware of this the Sergeant commanding the backup force hushed his men to silence when they began raising "vivas" with the highly partisan crowd of Peninsular and Mestizo Spaniards. His last words were those of Jesus Christ: "consummatum est",--it is finished.