List of Knights of Columbus

Supreme officers

Politics and public service

Judicial branch

• Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Timothy T. Cronin, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• Kevin Patrick Yeary, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, lawyer in San Antonio
• George Clinton Sweeney, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Peter J. Phipps, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

  Executive branch

• Carl A. Anderson, former Special Assistant to the President Ronald Reagan and Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
• Martin Patrick Durkin, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Raymond Flynn, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and former Democratic Mayor of Boston
• John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
• Manuel Lujan Jr., Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Sargent Shriver, former U.S. ambassador to France and first director of the Peace Corps
• John Volpe, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former Governor of Massachusetts

  Legislative branch

• John Boehner, former Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Hale Boggs, former U.S. House Majority Leader
• Richard E. Connell, former U.S. Representative from New York
• John Dingell, United States Democratic Representative from Michigan
• Bob Dornan, pro-life advocate, actor, and former California Republican congressman
• Bernard J. Dwyer, former U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• Mike Fitzpatrick United States Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
• Phil Gingrey, U.S.Republican Congressman from Georgia
• Andrew P. Harris, U.S. Republican congressman from Maryland.
• Joe Heck, U.S. Republican congressman from Nevada.
• Henry Hyde, U.S. Republican congressman from Illinois
• Jeff Landry, United States Republican congressman from Louisiana
• Joe Manchin, United States Senator from West Virginia
• Alex X. Mooney, United States representative from West Virginia
• John McCormack, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Bruce Poliquin, United States Republican representative from Maine
• Edward R. Roybal, former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
• Todd Rokita Republican congressman from Indiana
• Rick Santorum, former Republican United States Senator for Pennsylvania
• John G. Schmitz, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Orange County, California

  State governments

Governor and Lt. Governor

• Terry Branstad, Republican Governor of Iowa
• Jeb Bush, former Republican Governor of Florida
• Felix Perez Camacho, Governor of Guam
• Hugh Carey, former Democratic Governor of New York
• Paul A. Dever, former Governor of Massachusetts
• Thomas Donovan Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1933-1937
• John Engler, former Republican Governor of Michigan
• T. John Lesinski, former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
• Mike Rounds, United States senator and former Republican Governor of South Dakota
• Al Smith, former Democratic governor of New York, Democratic nominee for President in 1928
• J. Emile Verret, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1944–1948
• Malcolm Wilson, former governor of New York
• John Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana

  State legislators

• Dan Huberty, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County, Texas
• Joe Ihm, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Frank Mazzei, member of Pennsylvania Senate.
• Pat Boyd, Connecticut State Representative
• Paul McMurtry, Representative in the Massachusetts General Court
• Robert F. McPartlin, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1960 to 1976.
• Dennis Paul, member of the Texas House from Harris County
• Thomas P. Sinnett, member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1924 to 1938. Party Floor Leader from 1933 to 1934.
• Louis Tobacco, New York State Assembly Member 62nd District
• Carlos Truan, member of both houses of the Texas Legislature
• Caesar Trunzo Former Republican state senator from New York.
• Carl M. Vogel, member of both houses of the Missouri State Legislature from Jefferson City

  Louisiana

• Bo Ackal, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberia and St. Martin parishes, 1972–1996
• Jeff Arnold, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from New Orleans
• Armand Brinkhaus, former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish
• Edward S. Bopp, member of the Louisiana House from 1977 to 1984
• Dennis Paul Hebert, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1972–1996
• Sam A. LeBlanc III, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980 for Orleans and Jefferson parishes; resident of St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish
• Samuel A. LeBlanc I, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916; state court judge from 1920 to 1954
• Gregory A. Miller, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Ricky Templet, former Louisiana state representative
• Sam H. Theriot, former Louisiana state representative

  Wisconsin

• William P. Atkinson, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William Banach, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Charles A. Barnard, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Gregor J. Bock, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Everett E. Bolle, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• John P. Dobyns, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• John L. McEwen, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Gary R. Goyke, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Raymond F. Heinzen, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Robert T. Huber, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• David E. Hutchison, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Henry J. Janssen, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Eugene S. Kaufman, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Stanley J. Lato, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• James Lynn, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Thomas A. Manning, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Dale McKenna, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• David Mogilka, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Richard C. Nowakowski, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• David D. O'Malley, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Thomas D. Ourada, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Bruce Peloquin, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Randall J. Radtke, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Valentine P. Rath, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• James A. Rutkowski, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Mark Ryan, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Thomas M. Schaus, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Charles J. Schmidt, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate
• William A. Schmidt, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Edward Stack, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William T. Sullivan, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Lary J. Swoboda, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Raymond J. Tobiasz, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William W. Ward, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Arthur L. Zimny, member of the Wisconsin State Senate

  State judiciary

• W. Patrick Donlin, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals

  Other

• Donald G. Bollinger, American shipbuilder and state chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party from 1986 to 1988
• Etienne J. Caire, Louisiana businessman, banker, Republican candidate for governor in 1928 against Huey Long
• Ken Cuccinelli, Former Attorney General of Virginia, Republican candidate for Governor in 2013
• James E. Finnegan, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
• John W. Griffin, politician from Ohio
• Vincent B. Murphy, former New York State Comptroller

  Local government

• Richard J. Daley, second longest-serving mayor of Chicago
• Roman Denissen, former mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Tom Galligan, former mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana
• Howard B. Gist Jr., former city attorney of Alexandria, Louisiana
• Dominic Olejniczak, former mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
• John F. Shelley, mayor of San Francisco, California

  Other politics and public service

• John Moran Bailey, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1961 to 1968
• Alan Keyes, political activist, author and former diplomat
• Tom Pendergast, Kansas City political boss

  Non-United States

Canada

• Leo Bernier, former cabinet minister in the Ontario provincial government
• François-Philippe Brais, Canadian lawyer and politician
• Denis Coderre, Canadian Member of Parliament
• Michael Copps Costello, former mayor of Calgary, Alberta
• Chris d'Entremont, Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Nova Scotia provincial government, former Minister of Health and Acadian Affairs
• Laurent Desjardins, former cabinet minister in the Manitoba provincial government
• Bernard Grandmaître, former cabinet minister in the Ontario provincial government
• James John Edmund Guerin, Canadian Member of Parliament, Mayor of Montreal
• Rob Nicholson, Canadian Member of Parliament, Minister of Justice and Attorney General
• Steven Point, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
• Pablo Rodríguez, Canadian Member of Parliament
• Alfred-Valère Roy, Canadian politician
• Andrew Scheer, current federal leader of the Conservative Party
• Gerry St. Germain, Canadian Senator
• Roger Teillet, former Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
• Stephen Woodworth, Canadian Member of Parliament

  Philippines

• Hilario Davide Jr., 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

  The Church

Saints

• One bishop of Mexico and canonized in 2006.
• *Saint Rafael Guizar Valencia, Archbishop of Jalapa
• Six priests, Mexican Martyrs, canonized in 2000
• *Saint Pedro de Jesus Maldonado Lucero
• *Saint Jose Maria Robles Hurtado
• *Saint Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán
• *Saint Luis Batiz Sainz
• *Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes
• *Saint Miguel de la Mora
• Two priests and a layman, also Mexican Martyrs, beatified in 2005
• *Blessed Leonardo Pérez
• Puerto Rican layman beatified in 2001.
• *Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago

  Cardinals

• Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
• Cardinal John Patrick Foley, former Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
• Cardinal Francis George, former Archbishop of Chicago
• Cardinal William Joseph Levada, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco
• Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston
• Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia
• Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila
• Cardinal Jaime Sin, former Archbishop of Manila
• Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
• Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, former Archbishop of Manila and Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
• Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York City
• Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago

  Bishops

• Most Rev. Dennis J. Sullivan, Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
• Most Rev. Martin John Amos, former Bishop of Davenport, Iowa
• Most Rev. Robert Joseph Baker, Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama
• Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Most Rev. Robert Joseph Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse, New York
• Most Rev. John Francis Donoghue, former Archbishop of Atlanta
• Most Rev. Robert William Finn, Bishop emeritus of Kansas City-St. Joseph
• Most Rev. Joseph Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston
• Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Titular Archbishop of Newport, Wales, TV personality
• Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio
• Most Rev. Emilius Goulet, former Archbishop of St. Boniface
• Most Rev. Charles Pasquale Greco, former Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, and first Supreme Chaplain of the Knights
• Most Rev. Wilton Daniel Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta
• Most Rev. Michael Owen Jackels, Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
• Most Rev. Joseph Edward Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Most Rev. Albert LeGatt, Archdiocese of St. Boniface
• Most Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus
• Most Rev. Patrick Joseph McGrath, Bishop of San Jose, California
• Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa
• Most Rev. Richard Pates, Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa

  Priests

• Rev. James Coyle, Alabama priest who was murdered on August 11, 1921. Member of Mobile Council 666.
• Rev. John B. DeValles, U.S. Army chaplain
• Rev. John Anthony Kaiser, MHM, a missionary priest martyred while serving in Kenya.
• Venerable Servant of God Rev. Michael Joseph McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus
• Rev. George J. Willmann

  Sports and athletics

• Lou Albano, Professional wrestler and actor
• James J. Braddock, "The Cinderella Man", former heavyweight boxing champion
• James Connolly, first Olympic Gold Medal champion in modern times
• Mike Ditka, former Chicago Bears coach
• Chris Godfrey, former right guard for the New York Giants and founder of
• Ron Guidry, pitcher who helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Series championship
• Gil Hodges, Major League baseball player and former manager who led the 1969 New York Mets to an improbable World Series win
• Tom Kelly, first baseman and former manager of the Minnesota Twins
• Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Green Bay Packers
• Connie Mack, baseball player, manager, and team owner
• Bob O'Neil, former NFL Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Titans, CFL Calgary Stampeders, and Montreal Alouettes professional football player
• Floyd Patterson, former heavyweight boxing champion
• Babe Ruth, baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Boston Braves
• Jim Sorgi, former Indianapolis Colts quarterback.
• Shane Victorino, Boston Red Sox baseball player
• Lenny Wilkens, National Basketball Association's second winningest coach

  Military

• Frank Castellano, Commander, US Navy, commanding officer of the during the Maersk Alabama hijacking.
• 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."
• Gary M. Rose, Captain, United States Army, Medal of Honor recipient, awarded for risking his life to treat 60–70 personnel, despite being wounded multiple times during Operation Tailwind.

  Media

• Steve Doocy, Journalist and anchor for Fox and Friends
• Paul A. Fisher, American author, journalist and U.S. Army veteran
• Joyce Kilmer, famous journalist and poet
• Eduardo Verástegui, prominent Mexican actor

  Others

• Nick Bruno, president of University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Jason O'Toole, vocalist, Life's Blood
• Jerry Orbach, American actor
• John Edward "Jack" Reagan, father of President Ronald Reagan
• Paul D. Scully-Power, NASA astronaut]
• Theodore McCarrick, laicized bishop, former Cardinal-Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

  Fictional

• Frank Costanza – George Costanza's father on Seinfeld
• Silvio Dante's father – The Sopranos
• Doyle Lonnegan – The Sting
• John Kelly – NYPD Blue