List of Knights of Columbus members

The following is a list of notable living and deceased members of the Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic family, fraternal, and service organization.

Judicial branch

 * Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
 * Timothy T. Cronin, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
 * Dan Flanagan, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
 * 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 (1983–1987) 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 (1961–1963 & 1965–1969)

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

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.
 * William D. Mullins, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
 * 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
 * Albert J. Lepore former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from North Providence

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 (1964–1968)

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

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, former 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
 * Gabriel A. Daza, first Filipino electrical engineer and charter member of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP).

Saints

 * One bishop of Mexico and canonized in 2006
 * Saint Rafael Guizar Valencia, Archbishop of Jalapa (bishop) [Feast: October 24]
 * Six priests, Mexican Martyrs, canonized in 2000 [Feast: May 21]
 * Saint Pedro de Jesus Maldonado Lucero (priest)
 * Saint Jose Maria Robles Hurtado (priest)
 * Saint Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán (priest)
 * Saint Luis Batiz Sainz (priest)
 * Saint Mateo Correa Magallane (priest)
 * Saint Miguel de la Mora (priest)
 * The Order's founder, a priest, who was beatified in 2020
 * Blessed Michael J. McGivney (priest) [Feast: August 13]
 * Two priests and a layman, also Mexican Martyrs, beatified in 2005 [Feast: April 25]
 * Blessed Leonardo Pérez Larios (layman)
 * Blessed José Trinidad Rangel Montaño (priest)
 * Blessed Andrés Sola Molist (Claretian priest)
 * Puerto Rican layman beatified in 2001.
 * Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (layman) [Feast: May 4]

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.
 * Rev. Stuart Long
 * Rev. George J. Willmann

Sports and athletics

 * Lou Albano, Professional wrestler and actor
 * James J. Braddock, "The Cinderella Man", former heavyweight boxing champion
 * Harrison Butker, NFL kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs
 * James Connolly, first Olympic Gold Medal champion in modern times
 * Bill Coughlin, Major League Baseball (MLB) player
 * Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears coach
 * Johnny Evers, Hall of Fame MLB player
 * Chris Godfrey, 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
 * Gil Hodges, Hall of Fame MLB player and manager who led the 1969 New York Mets to an improbable World Series win
 * Hughie Jennings, Hall of Fame MLB player and manager
 * Willie Keeler, Hall of Fame MLB player
 * Tom Kelly, first baseman and former manager of the Minnesota Twins
 * Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Green Bay Packers (The Vincent T. Lombardi Council, No. 6552, Knights of Columbus, in Middletown, New Jersey, is named for him.)
 * Connie Mack, Hall of Fame baseball manager, player and team owner
 * John McGraw, Hall of Fame baseball manager and player
 * Danny Murtaugh, MLB player and Pittsburgh Pirates manager
 * Bob O'Neil, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Titans, Calgary Stampeders, and Montreal Alouettes professional football player
 * Floyd Patterson, heavyweight boxing champion
 * Andy Rozdilsky, clown for the Chicago White Sox
 * Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player
 * Vin Scully, Baseball Hall of Fame sportscaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Jim Sorgi, Indianapolis Colts quarterback
 * Mike Sweeney, MLB first baseman and DH
 * Shane Victorino, baseball player
 * Lenny Wilkens, National Basketball Association's second winningest coach
 * Trevor Williams, baseball player

Military

 * Frank Castellano, Commander, US Navy, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) 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.
 * Henry Gunther, Sergeant, United States Army, Distinguished Service Cross recipient, last casualty of WW1 (10:59 AM).

Media

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

Others

 * Peter Kilpatrick, president of The Catholic University of America
 * Nick Bruno, president of University of Louisiana at Monroe
 * Jason O'Toole, vocalist, Life's Blood and poet
 * 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