List of Freemasons - M

M

• Apolinario Mabini, First prime minister, 1899. September 1892 at Logia Balagtas 149 under the Grand Oriente Espanol.
• General Douglas MacArthur, US General during World War II, Manila Lodge No. 1, 1936, Philippines
• John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–1873 and 1878–1891). Began the creation of rail service across Canada. St. John's Lodge No. 758, Kingston, Ontario. Honourary Past Grand Senior Warden.
• George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, Jacobite politician, 2nd Grand Master of Scotland (1738–1739)
• Henry Mackenzie (August, 1745 - 14 January 1831) Scottish novelist
• John Keiller MacKay, Canadian soldier and politician.
• Albert Mackey, American doctor and Masonic historian
• David Mackie (1836–1910), a founder and builder of Scammon, Kansas, US; the first President of the Scammon State Bank
• John Bayne Maclean, Canadian founder of Maclean's Magazine and President of Maclean's Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto, ON.
• Robert Macoy, US publisher and organizer of Eastern Star
• Duncan Macrae, Scottish actor
• Titu Maiorescu, Romanian literary critic and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1913–14).
• Alfred Marks, British actor and comedian
• John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835), Grand Master of Virginia from 1793–1795
• Georges Martin, French doctor, politician, co-founder of Le Droit Humain.
• Joseph Martin (1740–1808), Virginia militia general, explorer and Indian agent
• Thomas S. Martin, United States Senator from Virginia. Scottsville Lodge No. 4, Scottsville, Virginia
• Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1967–1991), Coal Creek Lodge No. 88, Tulsa, Oklahoma PHA
• Harpo Marx, US film comedian
• Francis Mason, American missionary and zoologist
• Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Raised: 1878, Lodge of Hengest No. 195, Bournemouth, UK - Demitted (resigned): 1882.
• Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, British politician, Member of Parliament (1835–1837, 1838–1852), Secretary of State for War (1855–1858), Grand Master of Scotland (1867–1870)
• James Mawdsley (1848–1902), English trade unionist
• Louis B. Mayer, Director, St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York
• Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Revolutionary, Grand Master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia
• John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer
• Robert McBeath, World War I Victoria Cross recipient
• John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981), US admiral, made Mason at Sight, Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, 1975, enrolled St. John's Lodge No. 11
• John S. McCain, Sr. (1884–1945), US admiral, Carrollton Lodge No. 36
• Ally McCoist, former football player
• Henry Joy McCracken, Member of the Society of the United Irishmen
• Kenneth McKellar, Scottish singer
• William McKinley, U.S. President. Hiram Lodge No. 21, Virginia. Demitted to become a charter member of Eagle Lodge No. 431, later renamed William McKinley Lodge, Ohio
• Samuel McLaughlin, Founder and President of the McLaughlin Carriage Co. which later became General Motors of Canada. Cedar Lodge No. 270, Oshawa, Ontario. Grand Steward in 1945, 75 year member in the Craft. Royal Arch, Knight Templar, President of Oshawa Shrine Club.
• John McLean, US Associate Justice (1829–1861)
• C. J. McLin (1921–1988), American politician
• Ned Ray McWherter, Governor of Tennessee (1987–1995).
• Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal, 18th century Portuguese statesman
• Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Spanish minister of the Treasury, Taller Sublime, Cádiz
• Felix Mendelssohn, (1809-1847), German composer.
• Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VC
• Joe Mercer, England national football team manager 1974; initiated in Rivacre Lodge, No. 5805, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1941
• Franz Mesmer, German physician; 'mesmerism'. Lodge Les Philadelphes, France
• Giacomo Meyerbeer, (1791-1864) German Opera composer.
• Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP, Mount Olive Lodge No. 25, Baltimore, Maryland (Prince Hall).
• Prince Michael of Kent, (Prince Michael George Charles Franklin), member of the British royal family, Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex (United Grand Lodge of England), and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England & Wales.
• George Middleton, Third Master of African Lodge #459 (Prince Hall)
• Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia
• J. B. Milam (1884–1949), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 32 degree Mason
• Milovan Milovanović, Serbian politician and diplomat
• Sima Milutinović Sarajlija, Bosnian-Serbian Scholar
• Sherman Minton, US Associate Justice (1949–1956)
• Ion Minulescu, Romanian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic and playwright.
• Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), Serbian Field Marshal.
• Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut who was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14 and therefore the sixth person to walk on the Moon. He was a Demolay Chevalier and member of Artesta No. 29 Artesta, New Mexico.
• Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator.
• John Molson, Founder of Molson Breweries. St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 UGLE, Montreal. Past Provincial Grand Master.
• George Monckton-Arundell, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grand Master
• Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and television presenter, Chelsea Lodge No.3098.
• James Monroe, U.S. President, Williamsburg Lodge No. 6, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician, Member of Parliament (1793–1804, 1805–1806, 1807–1810), Grand Master of Scotland (1800–1802)
• Jacque-Étienne Montgolfier, co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1745–1799. Initiated 1784, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
• Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, co-inventor of the Hot air balloon, 1740–1810. Initiated 1806, Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
• William H. Moody, US Associate Justice (1906–1910)
• Robert Moray, Scottish philosopher, Edinburgh 1641.
• John Hunt Morgan, General for the Confederate States of America, Daviess Lodge #22, Lexington, Kentucky
• Robert Morris, Poet Laureate of Freemasonry and founder of the Order of the Eastern Star
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Zur Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge, Austria. Composed several pieces of Masonic ritual music, the first at age 11.
• Leopold Mozart, Father of Amadeus, Zur Wohltätigkeit Lodge, Austria.
• Alphonse Mucha, Painter and artist. Founder of restored Czech Freemasonry.
• Audie Murphy, the most decorated United States soldier of World War II, North Hollywood Lodge No. 542, California
• Eddie Murphy, actor, comedian. Hollywood Lodge No. 542, CA.
• Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore, Scottish nobleman, Grand Master of Scotland (1835–1836)
• John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, Scottish politician, Grand Master of Scotland (1778–1780)
• Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), Serbian Field Marshal.
• Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator.
• Neil Munro, Scottish newspaper editor and journalist
• Charles Samuel Myers, English pioneer psychologist of the Royal Society, coined the term "shell shock". Member and founder of multiple lodges. Initiated 1895 at Isaac newton Lodge # 859.