List of Knights of Columbus members
The following is a list of notable Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic family, fraternal, service organization.
Politics and Public Service
- Samuel Alito, Justice on the United States Supreme Court
- John Moran Bailey, served as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1961 until 1968
- Leo Bernier, cabinet minister in the Ontario provincial government
- John Boehner, U.S. House Majority Leader of the 109th Congress
- Hale Boggs, former U.S. House Majority Leader
- Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida
- Felix Perez Camacho, Governor of Guam
- Hugh Carey, former Governor of New York
- Richard J. Daley, longest-serving mayor of Chicago
- Hilario Davide, 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- John Dingell, is a United States Representative from Michigan
- Laurent Desjardins, cabinet minister in the Manitoba provincial government
- Bob Dornan, pro-life advocate and former California congressman
- Martin Patrick Durkin, U.S. Secretary of Labor
- John Engler, former Governor of Michigan
- Ray Flynn, former Mayor of Boston and U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
- Bernard Grandmaître, cabinet minister in the Ontario provincial government
- Andrew P Harris, Maryland State Senator.
- John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
- Manuel Lujan Jr., U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Joe Manchin, Governor of West Virginia
- John McCormack, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Mike Rounds, Governor of South Dakota
- Edward R. Roybal, former representative from California
- Rick Santorum, former United States Senator for Pennsylvania
- John G. Schmitz, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Orange County, California
- John Shelley, served as the mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1964 to 1968
- Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps and U.S. ambassador to France
- Al Smith, former governor of New York
- Roger Teillet, Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
- John Volpe, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
- Malcolm Wilson, former governor of New York
- T. John Lesinski, former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
- Steven Point, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- Gerry St. Germain, Canadian Senator (Canada)
The Church
- Archbishop John P. Foley, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications,
- William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, DC
- Patrick Joseph McGrath, Bishop of San Jose
- Sean Patrick O'Malley, Cardinal Archbishop of Boston
- Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop of Manila
- Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Father Guy Selvester, priest and heraldic scholar
- Jaime Sin
- John Anthony Kaiser, MHM, a missionary priest martyred while serving in Kenya.
Sports and Athletics
- James Connolly, first Olympic Gold Medal champion in modern times
- Chris Godfrey, former right guard for the New York Giants and founder of Life Athletes
- Ron Guidry, pitcher who helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Series championship
- Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Green Bay Packers
- Floyd Patterson, former heavyweight boxing champion.
- Babe Ruth, Baseball player for the Boston Braves (as a pitcher), Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
Others
- Eric Bruno Borgman, American actor and filmmaker
- Daniel Daly, Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor winner once described by the commandant of the Marine Corps as “the most outstanding Marine of all time.”
- Joyce Kilmer, famous journalist and poet
- Jason O'Toole, vocalist, Life's Blood
- Jerry Orbach, American actor
- Paul D. Scully-Power, NASA astronaut
- Norman Meezy, Principal of Saint Augustine Catholic School and a knight from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles