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:
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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. Neil Armstrong, First astronaut to walk on the Moon, Rotary Club of Wapakoneta, OH Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland, Rotary Club of Reykjavík Prince Axel of Denmark, Prince of Denmark and businessman, Rotary Club of Copenhagen
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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 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
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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, 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 Arthur Compton, Nobel Prize for Physics for the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation, Rotary Club of St Louis, Missouri Guy Crescent, businessman, Rotary Club of Paris J. Howard Crocker, Canadian educator and sports executive for the YMCA and Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
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Walt Disney, Animation filmmaker, Honorary member Rotary Club of Palm Springs, CA
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Thomas Edison, Inventor and businessman, Honorary member Rotary Club of Orange, New Jersey Richard L. Evans, Mormon apostle and radio presenter (Music and the Spoken Word), former RI president
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Dianne Feinstein, US Senator from California, Rotary Club of San Francisco, CA
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, Canada. Gerald R. Ford, US President, Rotary Club of Grand Rapids, MI 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
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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 Sir Nigel Gresley, Locomotive designer and engineer, founder of Rotary Club of Doncaster, Britain Doug Grimston (1900–1955), president of the New Westminster Rotary Club and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association Edgar Guest, American poet, Contributor to the Rotarian magazine, Rotary Club of Detroit, MI Elbert Guillory, Louisiana politician
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Joyce Hall, Founder of Hallmark Cards, Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri
Warren G. Harding, US President. Rotary Club of Washington, D.C. 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 Thomas Frederick Hope, General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Guma Valley Company
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James Innes, British entrepreneur, author and philanthropist, Rotary Club of London, England
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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