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Calvo, Father Francisco
- Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865
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Cameron, Rod
- Actor
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Canham, Erwin D.
- Rhodes Scholar; Editor of The Christian Science Monitor; Governor of Guam
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Cantor, Eddie
- Popular vaudevillian
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Carroll, B. H.
- First president of Southwestern Seminary and instrumental in the creation
of the Department of Evangelism of the Home Mission Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention
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Carnahan, Melvin E. - Mel Carnahan was the State Treasurer, Lieutenant
Governor and from 1993 to 2000 when he was killed in an airplane crash, the
Governor of Missouri. He was so popular he was elected even after his
untimely demise.
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Carroll, Daniel
- Signer of the Articles of Confederation
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Carson, Christopher "Kit"
- Frontiersman, scout and explorer
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Cass, Lewis
- American solider, politician and diplomat. Served as Secretary of War,
Secretary of State, and U. S. Senator. He was a Grand Master of Iowa and the
first Grand Master of Michigan.
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Catton, John
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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Chamberlain, Joshua L.
- The Union General who received the only battlefield promotion to general
during the US Civil War and was credited with the victory in the crucial
Battle of the Little Round Top for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor
for his bravery. He was chosen to receive the surrender of the arms and
colors of the Confederacy. A chivalrous man, he had his troops salute the
defeated army as they marched by. Many believe that this singular act was
crucial to begin the healing process at the end of that horrid war. He later
served as Governor of his home state of Maine for four terms and was the
President of Bowdoin College where he taught every subject in the curriculum
except mathematics. He was the last soldier to die of wounds received in the
War and even today is used as an example in leadership by the US Army.
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Chamfort, Nicolas
- Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
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Chandler, Albert "Happy"
- Sportsman
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Charles XII
- King of Sweden
- Chase,
Carlton
- First dedicated bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire.
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Chennault, Clair Lee
- American General nicknamed "Old Leather Face", he organized the daring
"Flying Tigers" and was a heroic symbol to the Chinese throughout World War
II.
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Christian, John T.
- Baptist Minister; Professor of Church History and Librarian of the Baptist
Bible Institute. The Library on the New Orleans seminary campus bears his
name.
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Chrysler, Walter P.
- American automobile manufacturer who founded the Chrysler Corporation
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Churchill, Randolph
- British Statesman
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Churchill, Winston
- British politician and writer. Prime Minister
(1940-1945 and 1951-1955). His inspiration is often credited with helping
Britain survive under the onslaught of Hitler's evil.
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Citroen, Andre
- French engineer and motor car manufacturer
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Clark, Mark Wayne
- US Army General who commanded the American Fifth Army when it made its
initial landings on the Italian mainland. Later commanded the 15th Army
Group consisting of the British Eight and American Fifth Armies as it
effected the conquest of Italy.
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Clark, Montague Graham, Jr.
- Presbyterian minister and President of the School of the Ozarks.
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Clark, Roy
- Country-Western star and singer; member of the Grand Ole Opry
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Clark, Tom C.
- Supreme Court Justice (1949-1967)
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Clark, William
- American explorer and frontier politician who joined another Freemason,
Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-6), the first
overland exploration of the American West and Pacific Northwest. Clark was
responsible for the careful mapmaking. He later served as Native American
agent and governor of the Missouri Territory (1813-1821).
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Clarke, John H.
- Supreme Court Justice (1916-1922)
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Clay, Henry
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Grand Master of Kentucky
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Clayton, Lou
- Vaudevillian. He was part of the "Clayton and Durante" Vaudeville act with
Jimmy Durante.
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Cleaveland, Moses
- Active in the Revolutionary War, he was the Founder of Cleveland, Ohio.
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Clemens, Samuel L.
- Mark Twain - Writer and humorist. His famous works include the characters
of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
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Clinton, De Witt
- Mayor of New York City, Governor of New York, and presidential candidate,
he also served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York.
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Clinton, George
- Third Vice President of the United States and first to die in office.
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Cobb, Ty
- U. S. baseball player and manager who was the first player elected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Coburn, Charles D.
- Actor
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Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William
- American guide, scout and showman, he founded the "Wild West Show" which
toured Europe and America. Cody, Wyoming is named after him.
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Cohan, George M.
- American composer and lyricist, famous for such songs as "Yankee Doodle
Dandy"
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Cole, Nat 'King'
- Great pianist and ballad singer
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Coleman, Frank
- Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
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Collins, Ray
- Actor who played "Lt. Tragg", the cop who was Perry Mason's nemisis.
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Collodi, Carlo
- Writer of 'Pinocchio'
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Colt, Samuel
- Firearms inventor and manufacturer. He invented the first revolver.
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Combs, Earle Bryan
- Baseball Hall of Fame
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Conner, W. T.
- Taught theology at Southwestern Seminary 1910--1949.
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Conz, Brian
- NASCAR driver, he'll pilot the car being sponsored by the 32nd Degree
Scottish Rite Masons during 2007
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Cooper, Gordon
- Astronaut
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Corchran, Gordon "Mickey"
- Sportsman
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Coward, Charles "The Count of Auschwitz"
- Camberwell Old Comrades Lodge No. 4077, UGLE. "The Count of Auschwitz" as
he would come to be known, he joined the British Army in 1937 and was
captured by the Germans in 1940. In retrospect the Germans would have deeply
regretted capturing Coward as he probably did more damage to the German
cause than he ever could have done had he not been captured, for as a POW he
basically launched a one man war. He escaped a total of nine times,
including two times before he had even arrived at a POW camp! During one
escape Coward was awarded the Iron Cross while posing as a wounded soldier
in a German army field hospital. During another, Coward spotted a V-1 Rocket
base and managed to convey its location to British Intelligence. Between
escapes, Coward managed to continuously thwart the German war effort,
organizing numerous acts of sabotage while serving on work details. For the
remainder of the war, Coward continuously sent coded messages regarding
military intelligence via letters to his family. In 1943, Coward was sent to
the notorious Auschwitz . Here he was appointed the International Red Cross
liaison for British prisoners of war in the area. In this position, he
devised an elaborate scheme to "buy" corpses of non-Jews by bribing guards
with Red Cross supplies. At night, when Jews deemed unfit to work were being
marched to the gas chambers, they would quickly jump out of line and conceal
themselves in a ditch. Coward would then arrange for the corpses he had
purchased to be spread along the road to substitute for the hidden Jews, who
would then be smuggled away to freedom, using the identities of the corpses.
In this way, Coward is estimated to have saved 400-800 Auschwitz inmates
from death. Coward also used his Red Cross position to smuggle food and
other supplies to Jewish prisoners, including dynamite, which was used to
partially destroy the gas chambers. In 1944, Coward was transferred to a
small work camp and was conscripted to work in an IG Farben-run coal mine.
Along with his fellow POW's, Coward did his best to deliberately slow down
and sabotage production. After the war, Coward testified at the Nuremburg
trials, and in 1953 testified in a lawsuit brought against IG Farben for
using slave labor. During this trial the German judge commended Coward for
his courage and remarked: "He did this for the mere reason he and the
prisoners were fellow human beings". In 1963 Coward was awarded the title of
one of the Righteous Among the Nations and had a tree planted in his honour
in the Avenue of Righteous Gentiles in Israel. A book about Coward's
exploits, The Password is Courage , was published in 1954, and a movie of
the same name was produced in 1962. He was also awarded the Israeli Peace
medal; one of only two British citizens to be so honored, the other
recipient being Bro. Winston Churchill.
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Craig, John B.
- Career US foreign service officer and current (1999) Ambassador to the
Sultanate of Oman
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Crockett, David ('Davy')
- Frontiersman and politician. US Representative from Tennessee who joined
the Texas revolutionaries fighting against. Mexico. He died at the siege of
the Alamo.
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Crawford, James
- Rose from the lowest ranks to the top rungs of both the Minnesota State
Patrol (Chief 1973-1979) and the US Army Reserves (Brig. General) and then
served two terms as Mayor of Forest Lake, MN.
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Crisp, Donald
- Entertainer
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Crosby, Norm
- Comedian and entertainer best known for his malaproprisms. Always seen on
the Jerry Lewis telethons for muscular dystrophy in the US. He is a Past
Master of a Lodge in Massachusetts. Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
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Crosley, Powel Jr.
- Inventor, businessman, radio pioneer, and owner of a major league baseball
team, all in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Senior citizens may well remember
the very popular Crosley Radio although this Mason achieved fame in many,
many areas including creation of his own automobile company and department
store chain.
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Crowe, William J. Jr.
- Served as Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Command; Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland on May 19, 1994.
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Cushing, William
- Supreme Court Justice
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