List of Knights of Columbus

List of Knights of Columbus

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
*Denis Coderre, Canadian Member of Parliament (Canada)
*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
*Alan Keyes, political activist, author and former diplomat
*T. John Lesinski, former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
*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
*Steven Point, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
*Pablo Rodriguez, Canadian Member of Parliament (Canada)
*Mike Rounds, Governor of South Dakota
*Edward R. Roybal, former representative from California
*Gerry St. Germain, Canadian Senator (Canada)
*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

The Church

*Saint Rafael Guizar Valencia, Archbishop of Jalapa
*Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
*Venerable Servant of God Father Michael Joseph McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus.
*Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
*John Patrick Foley, former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
*Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago
*William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
*Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, DC
*Sean Patrick O'Malley, Cardinal Archbishop of Boston
*Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop of Manila
*Jaime Sin, Archbishop of Manila
*Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia
*Joseph Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston
*Wilton Daniel Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia.
*John Francis Donaghue, Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta.
*Patrick Joseph McGrath, Bishop of San Jose, CA
*Guy Selvester, priest and heraldic scholar
*John Anthony Kaiser, MHM, a missionary priest martyred while serving in Kenya.
*Joseph M. Peak, Atlanta, US Navy Chaplain.

ports 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 [http://www.lifeathletes.org/ 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

*Daniel Daly, Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient once described by the commandant of the Marine Corps as “the most outstanding Marine of all time.”
* Slick Rick H, Social Satirist, Philosopher, Cartoonist, Queens Native
*Joyce Kilmer, famous journalist and poet
*Jason O'Toole, vocalist, Life's Blood
*Jerry Orbach, American actor
*Paul D. Scully-Power, NASA astronaut
*Eduardo Verástegui, prominent Mexican actor


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