{{Short description|none}} '''Rotary International''' is an international service organization based in Evanston, Illinois, US. Members of Rotary clubs are called "Rotarians." This is a list of notable current and former active and honorary members of Rotary International clubs:
==A== *Thomas Burton Adams, Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1971–75) *Filip Albrecht, Czech-German lyricist, manager, film producer and writer, Rotary Club Prague International, Czech Republic *Clinton Presba Anderson, US Secretary of Agriculture and Senator from New Mexico, former Rotary president *Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 U.S. Residents Make It on List of British 'Royal 100' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-11-vw-42233-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=11 February 1988 |access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref> *Neil Armstrong, First astronaut to walk on the Moon, Rotary Club of Wapakoneta, OH *Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland, Rotary Club of Reykjavík<ref name="rghfhome.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/history/famous/index.htm|title=Famous Rotarians|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2016|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309162638/https://rghfhome.org/first100/history/famous/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Prince Axel of Denmark, Prince of Denmark and businessman, Rotary Club of Copenhagen<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rotaractorwiki.org/wiki/Famous_Rotarians|title=Famous Rotarians – Rotaract Wiki|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513223607/http://www.rotaractorwiki.org/wiki/Famous_Rotarians|archive-date=13 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==B== *Kalyan Banerjee, chemical engineer, former Rotary International President *Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, isolated the aids virus at the Pasteur Institute, Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of La Rochelle-Aunis, France *Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia, Rotary Club of Prague, Czechoslovakia *David M. Bennett, Co-founder of Mollie Stone's Markets *Friedrich Bergius, PhD, Nobel Prize for Chemistry, invented method synthetic fuel from coal, *Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands, Rotary Club of Amsterdam, Netherlands<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Clarence Birdseye, II, invented method for fast freezing food, Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA *William Jennings Bryan, US House of Representatives 1891–95, US Secretary of State 1913–15, US Presidential candidate, Rotary Club of Lincoln, Nebraska *Richard E. Byrd Rear Admiral USN, Medal of Honor recipient, North and South Pole explorer, Rotary Club of Winchester, VA<ref name="rghfhome.org"/>
==C== *Carlos Canseco, physician and philanthropist, Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor laureate, former RI President *Charles III, Charles Philip Arthur George, Honorary member of Rotary Club of Banchory-Ternan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rotary Club of Banchory-Ternan - welcome. |url=https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=12 |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=www.rotary-ribi.org}}</ref> Scotland, UK since 15 September 1992, King Charles III *Jean-Claude Chermann, isolated the aids virus at the Pasteur Institute, Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of La Rochelle-Aunis D1690, France *Winston Churchill Sir, Prime Minister England, Rotary Club of London<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Arthur Compton, Nobel Prize for Physics for the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation, Rotary Club of St Louis, Missouri<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Guy Crescent, businessman, Rotary Club of Paris *J. Howard Crocker, Canadian educator and sports executive for the YMCA and Amateur Athletic Union of Canada<ref>{{cite news|title=Have Rotary Club Started In City Full of Promise|date=March 19, 1921|newspaper=The Brandon Daily Sun|location=Brandon, Manitoba|page=2|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-19-1921-3784285/}}</ref>
==D== *Walt Disney, Animation filmmaker, Honorary member Rotary Club of Palm Springs, CA<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/>
==E== *Thomas Edison, Inventor and businessman, Honorary member Rotary Club of Orange, New Jersey<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Richard L. Evans, Mormon apostle and radio presenter (Music and the Spoken Word), former RI president
==F== *Cyrus Fees, Host of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, former ring announcer for Ultimate Fighting Championship, Rotary Club of Johnson City, TN. *Dianne Feinstein, US Senator from California, Rotary Club of San Francisco, CA<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, Canada. *Gerald R. Ford, US President, Rotary Club of Grand Rapids, MI<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Suleiman Frangieh, President of Lebanon 1969–75, founded the Rotary Club of Tripoli, Lebanon 1950 *Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charlotterotary.org/400famousrotarians.html|title=Charlotte Rotary - 400 Famous Rotarians}}</ref>
==G== *W. B. George (1899–1972), Governor of District 250 of Rotary International for 1956–57, president of the Kemptville Rotary Club and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association<ref>{{cite news|title=Forks Rotary Will Welcome Dist. Gov. George August 2nd|date=July 26, 1956|newspaper=Au Sable Forks Adirondack Record Elizabethtown Post|location=Au Sable Forks, New York|page=1|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jul-26-1956-2164784/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rotary Club Will Greet District Governor Here|date=September 16, 1956|newspaper=Ogdensburg Advance News|location=Ogdensburg, New York|page=16 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-sep-16-1956-2168314/}}</ref> *W. R. Granger (1873–1925), Rotary Club of Montreal member, businessman and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president<ref>{{cite news|title=W. R. Granger Died Here Early Today|date=April 24, 1925|newspaper=Montreal Star|page=33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-granger-1925/137526844/}}</ref> *Sir Nigel Gresley, Locomotive designer and engineer, founder of Rotary Club of Doncaster, Britain<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/history/famous/gresley.htm#.V-gqt_ArKCg|title=Sir Nigel Gresley|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref> *Doug Grimston (1900–1955), president of the New Westminster Rotary Club and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association<ref>{{cite news|title=CAHA Official Doug Grimston Passes at 55|date=September 15, 1955|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|page=7|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-sep-15-1955-1002204/}}; {{cite news|title=Hockey Official Dies In Hospital|date=September 15, 1955|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|page=4 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-sep-15-1955-2112086/}}</ref> *Edgar Guest, American poet, Contributor to the Rotarian magazine, Rotary Club of Detroit, MI *Elbert Guillory, Louisiana politician
==H== *Joyce Hall, Founder of Hallmark Cards, Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri<ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Warren G. Harding, US President. Rotary Club of Washington, D.C.<ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International, first RI President 1910–12, Rotary Club of Chicago, IL *Mark Hatfield, Governor, Secretary of State, Representative, Senator in Oregon, Rotary Club of Eugene, OR *Luther H. Hodges, US Secretary of Commerce and Governor of North Carolina, RI President 1967–68<ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Thomas Frederick Hope, General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Guma Valley Company
==I== *James Innes, British entrepreneur, author and philanthropist, Rotary Club of London, England
==J== *Sheik-Umarr Mikailu Jah, Former Minister of Health of Sierra Leone, and founder of Rotary Club Bo, Sierra Leone *John Jakes pen name Jay Scotland, author of "North and South Trilogy" *Edmund Jones, Pennsylvania State Representative, 70+ year member of Rotary Clubs of Chester, Pennsylvania and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
==K== *Duke Kahanamoku, US Olympic gold medalist, called "Father of Surfing", Rotary Club of Honolulu, HI<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *John F. Kennedy, US President, Rotary Club of Hyannis, Massachusetts<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Shoaib Sultan Khan, pioneer of Rural Development in South Asia *Spencer W. Kimball, former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *Sir Harry Lauder born Henry, vaudeville comedian, Rotary Club of Glasgow, Scotland
==L== *Jack Guy Lafontant, Prime Minister of Haiti, current President of the Rotary Club of Petion-Ville, Haiti *Franz Lehár, Operetta composer, tried to prevent murder of Fritz Löhner-Beda in Auschwitz-III prison camp, Rotary Club of Vienna, Austria *Dr. Fritz Löhner-Beda, librettist, lyricist, writer, Nazi concentration camp prisoner—died in Monowitz, Auschwitz-III, lawyer, wrote [https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/library/music/rotaryhymne.htm#.V-gcGPArKCh Rotary Hymne], Rotary Club of Vienna, Austria *Dr. [https://www.rotaryphilippines.com/2020/07/14/rcsps-president-guia-lopez-de-leon-pours-her-heart-out-for-the-clubs-eye-care-for-you-project/ Guia Lopez de Leon], known also for her [https://www.rotaryphilippines.com/2020/05/20/nightingale-project-rotarian-honors-frontliners-hard-work-through-food-aid/ Nightingale Project], is the Transforming President of the Rotary Club of San Pedro South, Laguna, Philippines *Richard Lugar, US Senator from Indiana, at age 25 joined Rotary Club of Indianapolis, IN
==M== *Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani women's education advocate spokesperson for the Malala Fund, Rotary, Swat, Pakistan<ref>[https://www.rotary.org/en/malala-one-us Rotary International Magazine: January 14th, 2014: Mala is one of us]</ref> *Thomas Mann, German Novelist Nobel Prize in Literature 1929, The Rotary Club of Munich, Germany<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of the viable wireless radio, Rotary Club of Bologna, Italy<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Jan Masaryk, Foreign minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940–48 *Dr. Charles H. Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, Rotary Club of Rochester, Minnesota<ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Kōnosuke Matsushita, founded Matsushita Electric Company Panasonic, Rotary Club of Osaka, Japan *Connie Mack, nee Cornelius McGillicuddy, American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner, five times World Series Winner *George S. Messersmith, US Diplomat in Germany, Austria, Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina *Arch A. Moore, Jr., West Virginia governor *Lorraine H. Morton, first African-American and long serving mayor of Evanston, Illinois *Wayne Morse, US Senator Oregon, 1945–69, Rotary Club of Eugene, OR
==N== *Lennart Nilsson, Swedish photojournalist, Emmy winner, Rotary Club of Stockholm, Sweden
==O== *Judith O'Fallon, American statistician
==P== *Manny Pacquiao (Emmanuel Dapidaran Pacquiao), world boxing champion, Philippine senator, Rotary Club of Manila, Philippines<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Norman Vincent Peale, author of ''The Power of Positive Thinking'', minister, motivational speaker, RI Public Relations Committee, Rotary Club of New York, NY *James Cash Penney, founder of the J.C. Penney's department stores, Rotary Club of New York, NY<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Emilio Pucci, fashion designer and politician, Rotary Club of Florence, Italy<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Roberto Pontremoli, the founder of the Rotary Club International of Milan, is an important italian insurer.
==R== * Sir Clem Renouf, Australian accountant, Rotary Club of Nambour, Queensland; President, Rotary International 1978-79 *Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist, founded the Rotary Club of Morimondo Abbazia, Italy *Frank Richman, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, Nuremberg trials judge, charter member and President of the Rotary Club of Columbus, IN *James Whitcomb Riley, pen names: Benjamin P. Johnson of Boone, Jay Whit, Uncle Sidney, US poet, Rotary Club of Indianapolis, IN *Sigmund Romberg, Opera composer, Rotary Club of New York, NY *Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine Brigadier General WWII, Ambassador of the Philippines to the US, President of the 4th session of the United Nations 1949 and permanent member, Director of RI<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Franklin D. Roosevelt, US President, Rotary Club of Albany, NY<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *James Roosevelt, son of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Secretary to the President, US House of Representatives for California *Jack Roxburgh, politician, farmer and president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association<ref>{{cite news|title=Roxy dies from injuries (continued from page 1)|date=February 28, 1975|newspaper=Simcoe Reformer|location=Simcoe, Ontario|page=12}}</ref>
==S== *Charles "Chic" Sale, actor: vaudeville, stage, screen, Rotary Club of Scarsdale, NY *Joseph James "Jay" Salvador, President of Rotary Club of Central Tarlac (RY 2024-2025) of District 3790 *Frank Sandercock (1887–1942), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association<ref>{{cite news|title=Activities Of Rotary Community Service Committee Reviewed|date=November 17, 1938|newspaper=Drumheller Mail|location=Drumheller, Alberta|page=1 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-nov-17-1938-1781072/}}{{free access}}</ref> *Harland Sanders aka Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, founding member of Rotary Club of Jeffersonville, IN in 1919, then the Rotary Club of Corbin, Kentucky, then Rotary Club of Shelbyville, Kentucky until his death in 1980<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Ian Scott, founder of Australian Rotary Health *Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retail magnate founded London-based department store Selfridges, Rotary Club of London, England *Jean Sibelius, Composer, Rotary Club of Helsinki-Helsingfors, Finland<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *Giacomo Simoncini, Sammarinese Sammarinese sports executive and politician, President of Rotaract Club of San Marino *Tris Speaker, nee Tristram E. Speaker, US baseball player and manager, 3x World Series Champ, MVP *Sigmund Sternberg, directory of the Sternberg Centre for Judaism, Rotary Club of London<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Sir Sigmund Sternberg |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/obituary-sir-sigmund-sternberg-1.54196 |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=Jewish Chronicle |date=25 November 2016}}</ref> *Adlai Stevenson, former US Ambassador to the UN and former governor of Illinois, Rotary Club of Springfield, IL<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/><ref name="rghfhome.org"/>
==T== *Sakuji Tanaka, President of Rotary International 2012–13, Businessperson and Foundations, Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/presidents/2012tanaka/bio.htm#.V-f_wPArKCg|title=2012–13 President's Bio|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref> *J. Millard Tawes John, State Treasurer, Comptroller, and Governor of Maryland, Rotary Club of Crisfield, MD *Herbert J. Taylor, businessperson, civic leader and member of several Christian fraternities, RI President 1954–55, wrote the Rotary Four-Way Test<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/presidents/1954taylor/taylor/index.htm#.V-gAnPArKCg|title=Four Way Test|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref> for his business,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rghfhome.org/first100/presidents/1954taylor/|title=1954 Taylor|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref> Rotary Club of Chicago, IL *Sidney Toler, actor (2nd non-Asian Charlie Chan), playwright, director *Iyesato Tokugawa president of Japan's upper house of Congress for 30 years and the Honorary Keynote Speaker for Rotary's Silver Anniversary (25th) Convention/Celebration held in Chicago in 1930. *Milan Turković, businessperson and nobleman, president of Rotary Club of Sušak
==W== *Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., President of Walgreens, Rotary Club of Chicago, IL<ref name="rghfhome.org"/><ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, Rotary Club of Bentonville, Arkansas<ref name="rghfhome.org"/><ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court<ref name="rghfhome.org"/> *William Allen White, American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement, Rotary Club of Emporia, Kansas *Woodrow Wilson, US President and Nobel Prize in Peace, Rotary Club of Birmingham, AL *Jack Williamson, PhD, pen names: Will Stewart, Nils O. Sonderlund, prolific Science Fiction author, Rotary Club of Portales, NM *Orville Wright, Co-Inventor or the first successful airplane, Rotary Club of Dayton, OH<ref name="rghfhome.org"/><ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/>
==Y== *Yen Chia-kan westernized Chia Kan C.K. Yen, President of Taiwan Republic of China<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/> *Yoo Chang-soon westernized Chang Soon Yoo, Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic of South Korea, Rotary Club of Hanyang, South Korea<ref name="rotaractorwiki.org"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150908164158/http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/history/famous/ RotaryFirst 100] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120323101416/http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/cent_famous_rotarians.pdf Rotary International Official Site Listing of Rotarians] *[http://www.HistoryLibrary.org/ My Rotary Story in History Library of Rotary Global History Fellowship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134715/http://www.historylibrary.org/ |date=2011-07-16 }}
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