•
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895), Austrian author •
John Salt (1941–2017), Anglican
Bishop of St Helena, initiated in 1993 in Eshowe Lodge No 2596 (UGLE), and a member of St Helena Lodge No 488 (UGLE). •
Leverett Saltonstall (1892–1979),
Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945), U.S. senator from
Massachusetts (1945–1967). Member, Fraternity Lodge,
Newton, Massachusetts. •
Haym Salomon (1740–1785), Financier of the American Revolution. •
José de San Martín, Argentine hero from the
Spanish Revolution •
Harland Sanders (1890–1980), American businessman and founder of
Kentucky Fried Chicken •
Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford (1798–1838), Scottish politician and classicist.
Apollo University Lodge, Oxford. •
Merton Sandler (1926–2014), British academic, author, and
psychopharmacologist. Initiated 19 May 1954 in the In Arduis Fidelis Lodge No 3432 (UGLE), and member of multiple other lodges. •
Dale V. Sandstrom, justice of the
Supreme Court of North Dakota. Lewis & Clark Lodge No. 132,
Bismarck. •
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and president. He had been expelled from Masonry. •
Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, president of Colombia •
Artur Santos, Portuguese politician, mayor of
Ourem during the
Fatima apparitions •
Lope K. Santos,
Tagalog writer from the Philippines. First Worshipful Master of Magat Lodge No. 68 in
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. •
Eduardo Santos, president of Colombia and newspaperman •
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento,
seventh president of Argentina and father of education. Served as Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Argentina. •
Hjalmar Schacht, German politician and economist, Minister of Economics under
Hitler •
Emanuel Schikaneder, German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer and composer. He is remembered today as
Mozart's librettist for
The Magic Flute, an opera with Masonic themes. •
Friedrich Schiller, German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. Rudolstadt Lodge,
Berlin. •
Mayme Schweble, American prospector and politician • Francis Scott (See
2nd Duke of Buccleuch) •
Robert Falcon Scott, naval officer and
Antarctic explorer •
Richard Seddon, longest serving
prime minister of New Zealand (1893–1906). Grand Master of New Zealand (1898–1900). •
Charles Gabriel Seligman, British physician and ethnologist •
David B. Sentelle (1943– ), U.S. federal judge. Member of Excelsior Lodge 261 in
Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as the Charlotte Valley of the Scottish Rite (thirty-third degree) and the Oasis Shrine of Charlotte. He is a winner of the Joseph Montfort Medal from the Grand Lodge of North Carolina for Outstanding Service to Freemasonry. •
Robert Service, poet •
R. B. Seymour Sewell, British naturalist •
Sir Ernest Shackleton, UK explorer •
Jimmy Shand, Scottish accordionist. Lodge Robert De Bruce No. 304,
Ladybank, Fife. •
Heath Shuler, U.S. congressman for
North Carolina. Oconee Lodge 427. •
Jean Sibelius, composer. Suomi Lodge No. 1,
Helsinki, Finland, 1922. Wrote several pieces of interest to Masons including "Praising Hymn" and the "Ode to Fraternity." •
Merwin W. Silverthorn (1896–1985), Navy Cross recipient and LtGen, U.S. Marine Corps. •
Sampson Simson, lawyer and philanthropist •
David Simpson (1860–1931),
builder,
contractor former mayor of
Harrogate, and
property developer. •
William Sinclair (1850–1917), Anglican priest and
Archdeacon of London. Grand Chaplain of UGLE. •
Maharaja Duleep Singh, (1838–1893) last
Maharaja of the
Sikh Empire, joined the Freemasons and was admitted into a lodge in 1861. •
Fred Sinowatz,
Chancellor of Austria •
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton, American comedian. Vincennes Lodge No. 1,
Vincennes, Indiana. •
Gustave Slapoffski (1862–1951), Australian conductor. Emulation Lodge No. 1505. •
James Sloan, co-founder of the
Orange Order •
John D. Sloat (1781–1867), American
rear admiral, claimed
California for the United States in 1846. St. Nicholas lodge No. 321 in New York City (1800). •
Chas Smash, birth name Cathal Smyth, known as Carl Smyth; English singer, songwriter, and musician, and member of
Madness. Yarborough Centenary Lodge (UGLE). •
Augustus Smith (1804–1872), British Member of Parliament (1857–1865). Provincial Grand Master for the province of Cornwall (UGLE) (1863–1872). •
Gerard Smith (1839–1920), knight, businessman, politician, and
governor of Western Australia. Studholme Lodge No. 1591, London; Grand Master of Western Australia. •
Joseph Smith Sr., Mormon leader. Ontario Lodge No. 23 of
Canandaigua, New York, 1818. •
Maurice Smith, journalist and sports editor of the
Winnipeg Free Press, member of lodges in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Perth, Scotland. •
Walter Smith, professional footballer and club manager •
Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (1887–1944), 16th governor of
Victoria. Chief Scout of the British Empire, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria. •
John Philip Sousa, composer. Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington, D.C. •
George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, initiated 9 January 1871, with brother Randolph •
Bernard Spilsbury, British forensic scientist •
Percy Sproule (1873–1954), puisne judge •
Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), Serbian
realist and
comedy writer •
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn, British politician, Member of Parliament (1782–1805), Lord Privy Seal, and Lord President of the council. Acting Grand Master of Scotland (1810–1812). •
Thomas Patten Stafford,
Gemini and
Apollo astronaut. Western Star Lodge No. 138,
Oklahoma. •
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, British politician •
Ele Stansbury,
Indiana Attorney General (1917–1921) •
Cyril Stapleton, English jazz musician •
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757–1831), Prussian statesman and reformer •
Jock Stein,
football manager of teams including
Celtic F.C. and
Scotland •
John Steinbeck, American author. Initiated, passed and raised in Salinas Lodge No. 204, California, 1929 (withdrew 1933). •
Stanisław Stempowski, Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of
Poland (1926–1928) •
Charles Mortram Sternberg, Canadian
paleontologist. Civil Service Lodge No. 148,
Ottawa. •
Stephen Stevens (1793–1870), Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court and
abolitionist, helped to found a
Temple in
Brookville, Indiana, later abandoned Freemasonry. •
Thomas Stevens (1841–1920), British Anglican bishop, first
Bishop of Barking. Initiated in the
Isaac Newton University Lodge,
Cambridge, and Grand Chaplain of the UGLE. •
Konstantin Stoilov,
Bulgarian politician and twice
Prime Minister. •
Louis Stokes (1925–), American politician, served in the U.S. House of Representatives •
William Leete Stone, Sr., journalist and historian. Author of works regarding Freemasonry and its opponents. •
Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1811–45) •
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), member of the
British royal family; served as the
Governor General of Canada Honorary member of the Lodge of king Solomon's Temple No. 3464 •
Gustav Stresemann, chancellor (1923) and foreign minister (1923–1929) of the
Weimar Republic. Initiated in the lodge Frederick the Great on 22 July 1923. •
John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer of Australia •
Alexandru Sturdza, Russian publicist and diplomat of Romanian origin •
Charles Pelot Summerall (1867–1955),
U.S. Army general,
Chief of Staff of the United States Army and president of
The Citadel. Made a Mason at Sight, later affiliated with Pythagorean Lodge No. 21,
Charleston, South Carolina. •
William A. Sutherland,
California State Assemblyman (1910–14) •
Gordon Swann – geologist who trained
Apollo 14 and
Apollo 15 astronauts – the asteroid
4082 Swann is named after him •
Noah H. Swayne, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1862–81) •
Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and statesman •
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927–1959 ), American actor. ==T==