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Famous Freemasons - in pictures

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British comedian Jim Davidson

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Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Illusionist Harry Houdini

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Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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UK prime minister Sir Winston Churchill

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George Washington, the first US president

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