Famous Prince Hall Masons

Famous Prince Hall Masons

A. Phillip Randolph, Founder/First President, International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Alex Haley, Author
Andrew Young, Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Augustus F. Hawkins, U.S. Congressman, California
Benjamin Banneker, Designed Nation's Capital/Inventor/Astronomer
Benjamin L. Hooks, Former Executive Director/NAACP
Bishop Desmond Tutu
Booker T. Washington, Educator/Founder of Tuskegee Institute
Carl B. Stokes, First Black Elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
Charles B. Rangel, U.S. Congressman, New York
Daniel “Chappie” James, General/U.S. Air Force
Dr. Ernest Everett Just, Biologist/Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, Orchestra Leader/Composer
Egbert Austin “Bert” Williams, Actor/Comedian
Emmanuel Lewis, Actor
James Forten, Abolitionist/Manufacturer
James Herbert “Eubie” Blake, Composer/Pianist
John H, Johnson, Publisher of EBONY & Jet Magazines
Kweisi Mfume, Former President of NAACP
Lionel Hampton, Orchestra Leader/Composer
Lionel Richie, Singer-songwriter
Louis “Louie” Armstrong, Jazz Musician
Louis Stokes, U.S. Congressman, Ohio
Matthew Henson, Explorer
Medger Wiley Evers, Civil Rights Leader
Michael Jordan, Professional Basketball Player
Nathaniel “Nat King” Cole, Singer
Penny Hardaway, Professional Basketball Player
Ralph H. Metcalfe, Olympic Champion
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader
Richard Allen, Founder/First Bishop of the A.M.E. Church
Richard Pryor, Actor/Comedian
Rickey Smiley, Comedian/Actor/Radio Host
Robert Sengstacke Abbot, Chicago Defender Founder/Publisher
Scottie Pippen, Professional Basketball Player
Shauille O'Neal, Professional Basketball Player
Steve Harvey, Actor/Comedian/Radio Host
Sugar Ray Robinson, Middle-light Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Thomas Bradley, Former Mayor of Los Angeles, California
Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice/U.S. Supreme Court
Timothy Thomas Fortune, Journalist
Tom Joyer, Radio Host
W.E.B. Dubois, Educator/Author/Historian
William “Count” Basie, Orchestra Leader/Composer
William Cosby, Actor/Comedian
William C. Handy, Composer