List of Freemasons - A

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• John Aasen (1890–1938), American silent film actor. Highland Park Lodge No. 382 Los Angeles, California.
• José Abad Santos (1886–1942), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
• John Abbott (1821–1893), Canadian Prime Minister. Initiated St. Paul's, No. 374, E.R., Montreal, 1847.
• Joseph Palmer Abbott (1842–1901), Australian politician, Grand Master of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899
• Robert S. Abbott (1870–1940) African-American lawyer and newspaper publisher
• William "Bud" Abbott (1895–1974), American comedian and actor (part of the Abbott & Costello comedy team).
• Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934), Filipino composer. Raised in Luzon Lodge No. 57
• Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), Scottish soldier (Lieutenant-general in the British Army) and politician (MP 1774-1780, 1784–1786)
• John Arbuthnot (1667–1735) British Physician and Satirist
• Sherman Adams (1899–1986), American politician (Elected to U.S. Congress and as Governor of New Hampshire).
• Gregorio Aglipay (1860–1940), Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church.
• Emilio Aguinaldo (1869–1964) President of the Philippines. Pilar Lodge No. 203 (now Pilar Lodge No. 15) at Imus Cavite and was founder of Magdalo Lodge No. 31 (renamed Emilio Aguinaldo Lodge No. 31 in his honor).
• Agustín I of Mexico (1783–1824), emperor of Mexico
• Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915), United States Senator from Rhode Island. Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1877-78, member of What Cheer lodge.
• Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (1930 – ) American Astronaut. Montclair Lodge No. 144, New Jersey.
• Elizabeth Aldworth (1693/95 - 1773/1775), Noted female Mason. Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree in 1712.
• Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890) Romanian Poet, playwright, politician and diplomat.
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934) last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29) and first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–34).
• José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (1842–1912), President of Ecuador
• Salvador Allende (1908–1973) President of Chile (1970–1973). Lodge Progreso No. 4, Valparaíso.
• Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (1808–1883), Sufi mystic, scholar and political leader. Member Henri IV Lodge, Paris, but degree work conducted at Lodge of the Pyramids, Alexandria, Egypt
• Leo Amery (1873–1955), British journalist and politician.
• Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter
• William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836–1910), British nobleman and politician
• James Anderson (ca. 1679/1680–1739), Presbyterian minister best known for his influence on the early development of Freemasonry. Author of "The Constitutions of the Free-Masons" (1723) and The New Book of Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons (1738)
• Charles Anderson-Pelham, (1749–1823) British Politician, Member of Parliament (1768–1794)
• Edward Andrade (1887–1971), English physicist. Initiated into Lodge Progresso No. 4 in 1935.
• Louis André (1838–1913) French soldier, Minister of War from 1900 until 1904
• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975), Yugoslav writer and Nobel Prize laureate
• Joseph Andrews (1691–1753) British Paymaster of the Forces
• Jules Anspach (1829–1879), Belgian politician
• Lewis Armistead (1817–1863), Confederate general during the American Civil War. Alexandria-Washington Lodge #22, Alexandria, Virginia
• Galicano Apacible (1864–1949), Filipino politician.
• Raymond Apple (1935 – ), Chief Rabbi, Great Synagogue (Sydney), Australia, (1972–2005)
• Sir Edward Victor Appleton (1892–1965), British physicist. Nobel Prize 1947. Isaac Newton Lodge No. 859, Cambridge.
• Dennis Archer (1942 – ), US Politician. Geometry Lodge #49 (Prince Hall), Detroit
• Constantin Argetoianu (1871–1952), Prime Minister of Romania
• John Armstrong, Jr. 1758–1843), American soldier, delegate to the Continental Congress, United States Senator and United States Secretary of War. Hibernia Lodge No. 339, New York.
• Thomas Arne (1710–1778) British Composer of Rule Britannia
• Benedict Arnold (1741–1801), American general and traitor, Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut
• Eddy Arnold (1918–2008), American country music singer. East Nashville Lodge 560 F& A.M. East Nashville, TN
• Henry H. Arnold (1886–1950), American general, only person to hold five-star rank in two branches of service. Union Lodge No. 7, KS.
• Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), member of the British Royal Family, served as the Governor General of Canada
• François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. Raised in 1778 by WM Ben Franklin, Loge des Neuf Sœurs, Paris
• Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), Romanian writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator.
• Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), English antiquary and politician, Warrington Lodge, Lancashire
• John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), American financier, The Holland Lodge No. 8, New York, 1790
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), National hero and founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. Macedonia Risorta Lodge No. 80 (some claim Lodge Veritas), Thessaloniki
• John James Audubon (1785–1851) American Ornithologist and Artist
• John Auldjo (1805–1886) British Explorer, Alpinist, Engraver and Author
• Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Louisiana Lodge No. 109, Missouri.
• Gene Autry (1907–1998), Movie and television star, Catoosa Lodge No. 185, Oklahoma
• Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian politician.