George Washington the father of or great nation along with thirteen other Presidents James Buchanan, Gerald R .Ford, James A. Garfield, Warren G. Harding, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, William McKinley, James Monroe, James Knox Polk, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Harry S. Truman.

Other people that are recognizable individuals in there field.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd - Flew over North Pole, John Paul Jones - First Admiral of the US Navy, Charles Lindbergh - Aviator,

General Douglas MacArthur- Commander of Armed Forces in Philippines, George Marshall - General of the Armies, Audie Murphy - Most decorated soldier of WWII, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909), John Joseph Pershing - Decorated American Soldier, Ty Cobb - An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Earle Bryan Combs- Baseball Hall of Fame, Jack Dempsey – Sports, Rogers Hornsby -A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, James Naismith – inventor of basketball, Arnold Palmer – golf pro, Gene Autry – Actor, Ernest Borgnine - Actor, Samuel L. Clemens - Mark Twain - writer, George M. Cohan - Broadway star, Carlo Collodi Ty Cobb - An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Earle Bryan Combs- Baseball Hall of Fame, Jack Dempsey – Sports, Rogers Hornsby -A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, James Naismith – inventor of basketball, Arnold Palmer – golf pro- Writer of Pinocchio, Douglas Fairbanks - Silent film actor, W.C. Fields - Actor, Clark Gable - Actor, Arthur Godfrey - Actor, Harold Lincoln Gray - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie”, Oliver Hardy - Actor - Comedian, Rudyard Kipling - Writer, Tom Mix - US Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films, Roy Rogers - American cowboy and screen star, Will Rogers - Actor, Peter Sellers - Actor, Jonathan Swift - Wrote Gulliver's Travels, Lewis Wallace- Wrote "Ben Hur", John Wayne - Actor, William "Count" Bassie - Orchestra leader/composer, Irving Berlin- Entertainer, Roy Clark - Country Western Star, Little Jimmy Dickens - Grand Ole Opry Star, Duke Ellington - Composer, Arranger and Stylist, Al Jolson - Fame as the first 'talking picture' the Jazz Singer, Francis Scott Key- Wrote US National Anthem, Harold C. Lloyd - Entertainer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Composer, Red Skelton - Entertainer, John Stafford Smith - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem, John Philip Sousa - Led the US Marine Band from 1880 - 1892, Charles "Tom Thumb" Stratton- Entertainer, Mel Tillis - Country Singer, Paul Whiteman - "King of Jazz", Frederic A. Bartholdi- Designed the Statue of Liberty, Daniel Carter Beard- Founder Boy Scouts, Lawrence Bell - Bell Aircraft Corp., Gutzon & Lincoln Borglum- Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore, Walter P. Chrysler - Automotive fame, William H. Dow- Dow Chemical Co., Edwin L Drake - American Pioneer of the Oil industry, Jean Henri Dunant - Founder of the Red Cross, John Fitch- Inventor of the Steamboat, Henry Ford- Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer, Richard J. Gatling - Built the "Gatling Gun", King C. Gillett - Gillett Razor Co., Cornelius Hedges - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park, Josiah Henson - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Charles C. Hilton - American Hotelier, James Hoban - Architect for the US Capital, Richard M. Hoe -Invented the rotary press revolutionizing newspaper printing, J. Edgar Hoover -Director of FBI, HarryHoudini - Magician, Edward Jenner - Inventor - Vaccination, Melvin Jones- One of the founders of the Lions International, Simon Lake - Built first submarine successful in open sea., Frank S. Land - Founder Order of DeMolay, Sir Thomas Lipton- Tea, James W. Marshall- Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California 1848, Louis B. Mayer - Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Dr. William and Charles Mayo- Began Mayo Clinic, Fredrick Maytag - Maytag, Karl A. Menninger - Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness, Albert Abraham Michelson - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier - Co-developer of the first practical hot-air balloon, Harry S. New - Postmaster General who established Airmail, Joseph Fort Newton- Christian Minister, Ransom E. Olds- American automobile pioneer, James Otis - Famous for "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny", Norman Vincent Peale - Founder of "Guidepost", James C. Penny - Retailer, George Pullman- Built first sleeping car on train, Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons. David Sarnoff- Father of T.V., Leland Stanford - Railroads & Stanford University, Andrew T. Still - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy, John W. Teets - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation, Dave Thomas - Founder of Wendys Restaurant, Jack Warner - Warner Brothers Fame, William Wyler - Director of "Ben Hur", Darryl F. Zanuck - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933, Florenz Ziegfeld - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907.

This is just a few of the many Masons that are recognizable. There are Are Lodges World wide some small some with 1000s of members. U.S. American Masons alone donate $2 Million a day to Local, State and National Charities. They Operate Child Hospitals, Masonic Homes and Research Institutes.