Odd Fellows, unlike many other organizations, makes no special effort to attract “name” members. It is a warm, personal type of affiliation that doesn’t rely on “rubbing elbows” with the famous to give them satisfaction. Take note that these names are placed below only for educational purposes and not for publicity:

Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator (1989-2010)

Samuel Pasco, Past U.S. Senator from Florida

Oliver Morton, 14th Governor of Indiana

Alexander Stephens Clas, Past U.S.Senator

Frank Steunenberg, 4th Governor of Idaho

Homer Stille Cummings, 55th U.S. Attorney General

Thomas Sterling, Past U.S. Senator

Frances Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, confidante of Queen Elizabeth, maternal grandmother of Princess Diana.

Otto Kerner, 33rd Governor of Illinois

Robert Melville Bailey, notable Bahamian Educator (GUOOF)

Gustaf V. King of Sweden

John Wilkes, English Radical and Journalist

Samuel Brenton, past member of U.S. House of Representatives in Congress

Chase Orborn, 27th Governor of Michigan

Albert Pike, notable Confederate Army soldier, lawyer and Masonic writer

Marion Kane Elston, noted synchronized swimming coach

Joseph McLeskey, prominent Reverend

Harry G. Leslie, past speaker of Indiana House of Representatives, 33rd Governor of Indiana

Tom Bevill, past member of U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama

John Nance Garner 32nd U.S. Vice President From Texas

John Powers “The Kentucky Giant”. One of PT Barnum’s Famous Side Show performers

Sir Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923-1937)

Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Vice President (1869–1873)

Richard Russell Jr, Past U.S. Senator

Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of U.K. (1951-1955)

Nathan Kelley, famous U.S. architect, designed the Ohio statehouse

Olav V. King of Norway

Oscar Stanton De Priest, past member of U.S. House of Representatives

Hugo Black Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971)

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet and English politician.

Anson Jones, 4th and last President of the Republic of Texas (1844-1846)

Levi Stanley & Matilda Joles Stanley, King and Queen of the Gypsies

William Jennings Bryan, 41st U.S. Secretary of State

Ernest McFarland, Past U.S. Senator

Thomas Bennett, 5th Governor of Idaho

Rutherford Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877–1881)

Luke Wessman, Tattooer, Designer and Social Media Influencer.

Wyatt Earp, iconic American Lawman

Charlie Chaplin, famous actor and comedian

Bruce Lee Webb, Artist, Fraternal Art Historian/Collector/Writer

George W.P. Hunt, 1st Governor of Arizona

William Henry McMaster, 10th Governor of South Dakota

Thomas Hendricks, 21st U.S. Vice President

Thomas Wildey, founder of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President (1869–1877)

Burl Ives, famous singer actor and writer

Francis M. Drake, Past Governor of Iowa

Everett McKinley Driksen, Past U.S. Senator

John Raker, past member of U.S. House of Representatives

William Mckinley, 25th U.S. President

Louis Emmerson, 27th Governor of Illinois

Edwin Hubbell Chapin, Universalist minister, author, lecturer, and social reformer, was one of the most popular speakers in America from the 1840s until his death.

Solomon Meredith, Union Brevet Major General

John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada

Harry S Truman 33rd U.S. President

Charles Lindbergh U.S. Aviator, First to fly solo across the Atlantic

Paul Mariner, English International Football Player

Jacob De Cardova Grand Master of Louisiana Instituted the First Lodge in Texas in Houston Lone Star No. 1 ….. July 25, 1838

Warren Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921–1923)

Earl Warren, U.S. Chief Justice (1953–1969)

Red Skelton, famous American Comedian

Georgia Dwelle, first female African-American Physician(GUOOF)

Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President (1933–1945)

Oliver Peck, Tattooer, Celebrity Judge on “Ink Master”, Texas Entrepreneur.

Alfred S. Pinkerton of Worcester MA, lawyer, State Senator, and President of the Massachusetts Senate and Grand Sire of the IOOF in 1898.

Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the United States (1933-1945) and delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. (Rebekah)

George W. Wright, Past U.S. Senator

Henry Peter Brougham, Lord Chancellor of U.K. (1830-1834)

Edwin Carl Johnson, 26th Governor of Colorado

Goodwin Knight, 31st Governor of California

Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first U.S. female dentist (Rebekah)

Henry Rathbone, past member of U.S. House of Representatives

Oliver Peck, Tattooer, Celebrity Judge on “Ink Master”, Texas Entrepreneur.

Charles M. Russell, famous Western landscape artist.

Williman Bankhead, 47th speaker of U.S. House of Representatives

P.T. Barnum, American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus

William Marsh Rice, Founder of Rice University

George IV,  King of Hanover  and the Unites Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1820-1830)

William Borah, Past U.S. Senator