This page provides links to alphabetized lists of notable Freemasons.
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation which exists in a number of forms worldwide.
In some cases, membership can only be proven by searching through the fraternity's records.
Such records are most often kept at the individual lodge level, and may be lost due to fire, flood, deterioration, or simple carelessness.
In areas of the world where Masonry has been suppressed by governments, records of entire grand lodges have been destroyed.