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Kahn, Gus
- Songwriter for Broadway and Hollywood musicals. His songs include "Toot
Toot Tootsie Goodbye", "It had to be you" and "Yes Sir, That's My Baby".
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Kalakaua, King David - Last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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Kamehameha (s), King (III, IV, and V)
- all of whom were Monarchs of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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Kane, Elisha Kent - Polar explorer and physician
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Keating, Kenneth B. - Congressman and Senator from New York,
Ambassador to India and then Israel. He died in office in 1975. (Note: this
is NOT the Keating of the banking scandals!)
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Kellar, Harry - America's premier magician from 1887 to 1908
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Kelly, Emmett - Clown
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Kelly, Oliver Hudson - Agrarian reformer and Founder of the Grange
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Kemp, Jack - US Republican Congressman from New York, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, and Vice Presidential candidate with Mason
Bob Dole
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Key, Francis Scott
- U.S. Patriot
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Kheraskov, Mikhail
- Journalist, publisher and trustee of Moscow University
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King, Charles - American biochemist who isolated vitamin C.
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King, Ernest Joseph - Fleet Admiral, he was Commander-in-Chief of
the US Fleet in 1941 and Chief of Naval Operations from 1942-1945.
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King, Karl L. - One of America's top four march composers (1891-1971)
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King, Thomas Starr
- Religious Leader
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King, William - First Governor of Maine and first Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Maine, he held both offices simultaneously.
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King, William Rufus - American Vice President, he died in office.
His bust is in the Senate wing of the US Capitol.
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Kipling, Rudyard - British writer who won the Nobel Prize for
literature. Many of his works have strong Masonic themes and some are
specifically about Freemasonry, despite the fact that he was only active in
his lodge for a brief period of time. Eschewing most honors, Bro. Kipling
accepted recognition from Freemasonry by being named one of forty living
Fellows of the Philalethes Society.
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Kleinknecht, Kenneth S.
- Manager for Command and Service Modules in the Apollo space program.
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Knox, Major General Henry
- US Revolutionary War hero, he was the first Secretary of War under the
U.S. Constitution. A Masonic lodge named in his honor was constituted on the
gun deck of the USS Constitution ('Old Ironsides') in 1926. Knoxville,
Tennessee and the famous "Fort Knox" were named in his honor.
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Kossuth, Lajos (Louis)
- Tireless campaigner for Hungarian freedom, he was the first 'foreigner' to
address the U. S. Congress after Lafayette.
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Kostiainen, Pekka - Finnish Composer
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Kresge, Sebastian S. - Founded S. S. Kresge, one of the great Five
and Dime Stores. It's now known as K-Mart.
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Kruger, David
- An optometrist who, in an era of racial discrimination, opened his office
to all regardless of race or social status. His efforts on behalf of
children have been untiring and he was honored by a tribute in the
Congressional Record in September, 2002.
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Kutuzov, Mikhail - Russian field marshal who distinguished himself in
the wars against Turkey (1770-1774 and 1787-1791) and commanded (1805-1812)
the Russian opposition to Napoleon.
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