A Few Famous Rotarians over the Past 115+ Year - LV WON Rotary
When you become involved with Rotary, you will be part of an organization which has had and currently has many famous Rotarian members worldwide. Rotary not only has 1.2 million current members, but is blessed with quality / famous members. The famous Rotarians listed below and millions of other members since Rotary’s creation in 1905 have joined a local Rotary club to get involved with projects and initiatives, and make a positive impact in their own communities.
This page contains a few of the famous worldwide citizens who are or have been Rotarians. These famous Rotarians (country leaders, business leaders, military leaders and much more) obviously found quality in being connected to Rotary and experienced inspiration and motivation for years. Is it time you get involved and make a positive impact in the world? You do not have to live in Las Vegas to be a member of Las Vegas WON Rotary Club. For more information on becoming a Rotarian, call 702-210-4201.
Partial List Prominent Individuals Who Are/Were Rotary Members
Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
Neil Armstrong Rotary Club of Wapakoneta, OH Astronaut & first man to walk on the moon
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Rotary Club of Reykjavík, President of Iceland,
Prince Axel of DenmarkRotary Club of Copenhagen, Prince of Denmark
Eduard Benes Rotary Club of Prague, Czechoslovakia President, Czechoslovakia
Prince Bernhard Rotary Club of Amsterdam, Netherlands of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands,
Richard E. Byrd Rotary Club of Winchester, VA Arctic explorer
Sir Edmund Hillary Rotary Club of Auckland New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist and the first person to reach the top of Mt. Everest.
Charles Lindberg Rotary Club of Edinburgh American aviator
Raymond F. Firestone Rotary Club of Akron, OH Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
Joyce C. Hall Rotary Club of Kansas City, MO Founder of Hallmark Cards
Konosuke Matsushita Rotary Club of Osaka, Japan President, Matsushita Electric Co.
Dr. Charles H. Mayo Rotary Club of Rochester, MN Co-founder of Mayo Clinic
J.C. Penney Rotary Club of New York, NY Founder of J.C. Penney stores
Leopoldo Pirelli Rotary Club of Milano President, Pirelli Tire Co. Italy
The ‘Colonel’ Harland Sanders Rotary Club of Jeffersonville, ID Founder, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Claude Vuitton Rotary Club of Paris-Nord, France Owner, Vuitton luggage enterprise
Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Rotary Club of Chicago, IL Chairman of the board of the Walgreen Drug Company
Sam Walton Rotary Club of Bentonville, AK Founder of Wal-Mart
Thomas A. Edison Rotary Club of Orange, NJ Inventor
Guglielmo Marconi Rotary Club of Bologna, Italy Inventor of the wireless, 1909 Nobel Prize recipient for physics
Orville Wright Rotary Club of Dayton, OH Co-inventor of the first successful airplane
Prince Axel Rotary Club of Copenhagen, Denmark Prince of Denmark
Prince Bernhard Rotary Club of Amsterdam, Netherlands Prince of the Netherlands
HRH Prince Charles Rotary Club of Banchory-Ternan Prince of England
HRH Prince Phillip Rotary Club of Edinburgh Prince of England
Prince Rainier III Rotary Club of Monaco Prince of Monaco
Sir Winston Churchill Rotary Club of London Prime Minister, England & Leader of UK during WWII
Diane Feinstein Rotary Club of San Francisco, CA U.S. Senator
Gerald R. Ford Rotary Club of Grand Rapids, MI President, USA
J. William Fulbright Rotary Club of Fayetteville, AR U.S. Senator from Arkansas
Dr. Lorenzo Guerrero Gutierrez Rotary Club of Granada President, Nicaragua
Warren G. Harding Rotary Club of Washington, DC President, USA
Steingrimur Hermannsson Rotary Club of Reykjavík Prime Minister, Iceland
Sydney G. Holland Rotary Club of Christchurch Prime Minister, New Zealand
John F. Kennedy Rotary Club of Hyannis, MA President, USA
Abdulla Khalil Rotary Club of Khartoum Prime Minister, Sudan
Chung Yul Kim Rotary Club of Hanyang Prime Minister, Korea
Chucri Kouatly Rotary Club of Damascus President, Syria
Leonard Mulama Rotary Club of Kisangani Prime Minister, DemocraticRepublic of the Congo
Duck Wo Nam Rotary Club of Hanyang Prime Minister, Korea
Choong Hoon Park Rotary Club of Hanyang Prime Minister, Korea
Konstantin Päts Rotary Club of Tallinn President, Estonia
Antoine Pinet Rotary Club of Saint-Etienne Prime Minister, France
Nereu Ramos Rotary Club of Florianópolis President, Brasil
Bhichai Rattakul Rotary Club of Dhonburi Foreign Minister, Thailand; RI president
Franklin D. Roosevelt Rotary Club of Albany, NY President, USA
General Carlos Romulo Rotary Club of Manila President, Philippines; past RI Vice President
Walter Scheel Rotary Club of Bonn am Rhein President, Germany
Adlai E. Stevenson Rotary Club of Springfield, IL U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of Illinois
Woodrow Wilson Rotary Club of Birmingham, AL President, USA & Nobel Prize laureate in peace
Chia-kan “C. K.” Yen Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan President, Republic of China-Taiwan
Chang Soon Yoo Rotary Club of Hanyang, South Korea Prime Minister
Earl Warren Rotary Club of Sacramento, CA Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Byron R. White Rotary Club of Denver, CO U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Walt Disney Rotary rClub of Palm Springs, CA Animation filmmaker
Norman Vincent Peale Rotary Club of New York, NY American author and minister
Pope Francis Rotary Club of Buenos Aires Pope
Emmanuel “Manny” Dapidran Pacquiao Rotary Club of Manila, Philippines World champion professional boxer & politician
Luciano Pavarotti Rotary Club of Modena Italian opera singer