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| Aaron Burr | | Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ, USA |
US Vice President, involved in a duel with Alexander Hamilton
| Abraham Lincoln | | Oak Ridge Cemetery, IL, USA |
16th President of the US, assassinated 1865; Springfield, Illinois
| Adam Smith | | Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Founder of modern economics
| Adolph Loos | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Architect, 1870-1933
| Adolphus Busch | | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, MO, USA |
Budweiser brewing magnate
| Agatha Christie | | St Mary Churchyard, Oxfordshire, England |
Mystery writer, d. 1976
| Albert I | | Notre Dame Church, Brussels, Belgium |
Belgian Monarch, climbing accident, 1934
| Albert Russel Erskine | | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL, USA |
President of Studebaker Motors
| Al Capone | | Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, IL, USA |
Gangster, d. 1947; Chicago
| Alec Guiness | | Petersfield Cemetery, Hampshire, England |
Actor, 1914-2000
| Alexander Borodin | | Tikhvin Cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia |
Composer
| Alexander Fleming | | Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England |
Scientist, d. 1955
| Alexander Graham Bell | | Beinn Bhreagh Estate, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Inventor, d. 1922
| Alexander Hamilton | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA |
Died in gun duel with Aaron Burr
| Alexander Scriabin | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Composer, 1872-1915
| Alfred Lord Tennyson | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Poet, died 1892, Poets Corner
| Alfred Nobel | | Norra Begravningsplatsen, Sweden |
Inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize
| Alphonse Daudet | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Writer, d. 1897
| Andrew Carnegie | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA |
Born in Scotland
| Anne Boleyn | | Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, London, England |
Chapel Royal, beheaded, 1536
| Annie Oakley | | Brock Cemetery, Greenville, OH, USA |
The “Little Sure Shot of the West”
| Anton Bruckner | | St. Florian Church, Linz, Austria |
Composer, beneath the organ
| Antonin Dvorak | | Vysehradsky Hrbitov, Prague, Czech Republic |
Composer, 1841-1904
| Antonio Carlos Jobim | | Cemiterio São João Batista, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
Musician, composer, 1927-1994
| Antonio Vivaldi | | Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria |
Near St Charles Church, d. 1741
| Anton Rubenstein | | Tikhvin Cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia |
Pianist, conductor, composer
| Aristotle Onassis | | Island of Skorpios Cemetery, Greece |
Shipping magnate, husband of Jacqueline Kennedy; d. 1975
| Arnold Schoenberg | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer, 1874-1951
| Arthur Conan Doyle | | All Saints Churchyard, Hampshire, England |
Sherlock Holmes creator, d. 1930
| Astor Piazzolla | | Cementerio Jardín De Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Tango composer, 1921-1992
| Babe Ruth | | Gate of Heaven Cemetery, New York City, NY, USA |
Baseball player
| Barry Goldwater | | Christ Church of the Ascension, AZ, USA |
Senator, Presidential candidate, d. 1998
| Basil Rathbone | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Actor
| Bedrich Smetana | | Vysehradsky Hrbitov, Prague, Czech Republic |
Composer, d. 1884
| Benedict Arnold | | St Mary Churchyard, Battersea, England |
Reknown traitor, d. 1801
| Benjamin Franklin | | Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Inventor, statesman, diplomat
| Benny Goodman | | Long Ridge Union Cemetery, CT, USA |
Musician, d. 1986
| Bette Davis | | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Actress, 1908-1989
| Billy Mitchell | | Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
Father of the US Air Force
| Bing Crosby | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
Singer, actor, d. 1977
| Blaise Pascal | | Saint Etienne-Du-Mont, Paris, France |
Scientist, mathematician, philosopher, d. 1662
| Béla Bartók | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Composer
| Bob Consadine | | Gate of Heaven Cemetery, New York City, NY, USA |
Journalist, author
| Boris Yeltsin | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
1st president of the Russian Federation
| Bruce Lee | | Lakeview Cemetary, Seattle, WA, USA |
Martial arts expert, actor
| Buddy Rich | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Drummer, 1917-1987
| Buster Crabbe | | Green Acres Memorial Park, AZ, USA |
Olympic athlete, actor, 1908-1983
| Calamity Jane | | Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, SD, USA |
AKA: Martha Jane Cannary Burke
| Calvin Coolidge | | Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth Notch, VT, USA |
30th president of the US
| Camille Saint-Saëns | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Composer, 1905-1980
| Carlos Chavez | | Panteon Civil De Dólores, Federal District, Mexico |
Composer, d. 1978
| Carl Wilson | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Singer, 1946-1998, Beach Boys, Songs, God Only Knows, Good Vibrations
| Charles Baudelaire | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Poet, 1821-1867
| Charles Darwin | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Scientist, philosopher, North Choir aisle, 1809-1882
| Charles Dickens | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Novelist, 1812-1870
| Charles Lindbergh | | Palapala Ho'omau Church Cemetery, HI, USA |
Aviator, d. 1974
| Charlotte Bronte | | St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, West Yorkshire, England |
Author, 1816-1855
| Chester Arthur | | Albany Rural Cemetery, Colonie, NY, USA |
US President
| Chief Dan George | | Burrard Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada |
Tribal Chief, actor, d. 1981
| Claude Debussy | | Cimetière De Passy, Paris, France |
Composer, 1862-1918
| Claude Monet | | Giverny Church Cemetery, France |
Impressionist painter, 1840-1926
| Claudius | | Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, Italy |
Roman Emperor, d. 49 AD
| Cole Porter | | Mount Hope Cemetery, IN, USA |
Composer, d. 1964; Peru, Indiana
| Colette | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Writer, 1873-1910
| César Vallejo | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Peruvian poet, 1892-1938
| C. S. Lewis | | Holy Trinity Churchyard, Oxfordshire, England |
Author, theologian, 1898-1963
| Curd Jürgens | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Actor, 1915-1982
| Daniel Boone | | Frankfort Cemetery, KY, USA |
Frontiersman, d. 1820; Frankfort
| Dashiell Hammett | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
Novelist
| David Oistrakh | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Violin virtuoso, 1908-1980
| Diego Rivera | | Panteon Civil De Dólores, Federal District, Mexico |
Artist, d. 1957
| Dizzie Gillespie | | Flushing Cemetery, New York City, NY, USA |
Jazz musician
| Dmitri Shostakovich | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Composer, 1906-1975
| Dolores Del Rio | | Panteon Civil De Dólores, Federal District, Mexico |
Actress, d. 1983
| Don Bradman | | Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, Australia |
Cricket player, d. 2001
| Édouard Manet | | Cimetière De Passy, Paris, France |
Impressionist painter, 1832-1883
| Dr. Alexander McGrigor | | Haydarpasa Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey |
British physician who worked with Florence Nightingale
| Eddie Kendricks | | Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL, USA |
Singer in the Temptations
| Eddie Rickenbacker | | Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH, USA |
WW I flying ace
| Edgar Allan Poe | | Westminster Burial Ground, MD, USA |
Poet, 1809-1849; Baltimore
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | | Burroughs Office Building, CA, USA |
Author, d. 1950; under the walnut tree in the front office
| Edith Cowan | | Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Australia |
Politician and social reformer, d. 1932
| Edith Piaf | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Singer, 1915-1963
| Edmond Halley | | Royal Observatory, England |
Astronomer, 1656-1742
| Ed Sullivan | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Television host
| Edward VIII | | Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, England |
Abdicated British Monarch, d. 1972
| Egon Schiele | | Friedhof Ober St Veit, Vienna, Austria |
Painter, 1890-1918
| El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
AKA: Malcolm X
| Elizabeth Bowen | | Farahy Church, Cork, Ireland |
Writer, d. 1940
| Elizabeth I | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Monarch, d. 1603
| Emil Jannings | | St Wolfgang Friedhof, Salzburg, Austria |
Actor, 1884-1950
| Emily Dickinson | | West Cemetery, MA, USA |
Poet, d. 1886; Amherst, Massachusetts
| Enrico Caruso | | Del Pianto Cemetery, Naples, Italy |
Operatic tenor, d. 1921
| Enrico Fermi | | Oak Woods Cemetery, IL, USA |
Nobel Prize physicist, d. 1954; Chicago
| Erma Bombeck | | Woodlawn Cemetery, Dayton, OH, USA |
American humorist and author
| Ernest Hemingway | | Ketchum Cemetery, ID, USA |
Author, d. 1961
| Erwin Rommel | | Herrlingen Cemetery, Ulm, Germany |
"The Desert Fox", 1944
| Esau Frohlichstein | | Sha’arai Shomayim Cemetery, Mobile, AL, USA |
Hero of the Seige of Veracruz
| Eugène Delacroix | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Artist, d. 1863
| Eva Peron | | Cementerio De La Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Argentinean leader, d. 1952
| F.A.O. Schwarz | | Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
Toy magnate
| Father Abram Josef Ryan | | Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, AL, USA |
Poet Priest of the Confederacy
| Felix Mendelssohn | | Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof I, Berlin, Germany |
Composer, d. 1847
| Fernandel | | Cimetière De Passy, Paris, France |
Actor, 1903-1971
| Félix Leclerc | | Cimetière De Saint-Pierre-de-l'Ile-d'Orléans, Canada |
Singer, songwriter, poet, 1914-1988
| Florence Nightingale | | Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England |
Pioneering nurse, 1820-1910
| Francisco Vazquez De Coronado | | Santo Domingo Church, Mexico City, Mexico |
Explorer; d. 1554
| Frankie Yankovic | | Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH, USA |
Polka king
| Franklin Pierce | | Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH, USA |
US President
| Frank Sinatra | | Desert Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Singer, actor, d. 1998; Cathedral City, California
| Frank Wright Tuttle | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Director, 1892-1963
| Frank Zappa | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Singer, 1940 -1993
| Franz Gruber | | Gruber Museum, Salzburg, Austria |
Composer of "Silent Night", plot near museum entrance
| Franz Joseph Haydn | | Bergkirche, Eisenstadt, Austria |
Composer, 1732-1809
| Franz Kafka | | New Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic |
Writer, 1883-1924
| Franz Liszt | | Alter Friedhof, Bayreuth, Germany |
Composer, d. 1886
| Franz Schubert | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer, 1797-1828
| Fred Astaire | | Oakwood Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Actor, dancer, 1899-1987
| Frederic Chopin | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Composer, d. 1849
| Fyodor Dostoevsky | | Tikhvin Cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia |
Author
| Gabriel Fauré | | Cimetière De Passy, Paris, France |
Composer, 1845-1924
| Galileo Galilei | | Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy |
Astronomer, d. 1642
| Gene Autry | | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Singing cowboy, businessman, d. 1998
| Gen George McClellan | | Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ, USA |
American Civil War general
| Gen. Louis-Joseph De Montcalm | | Cimetière De Hôpital General De Québec, Canada |
D. 1759 in the Battle for Québec
| Geoffrey Chaucer | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Poet's Corner, d. 1400
| George Eliot | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Novelist, d, 1880, Poets Corner
| George Friederic Handel | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Composer, 1685-1759
| George Orwell | | All Saints Churchyard, Oxfordshire, England |
Author, d. 1950
| Georges Bizet | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Opera composer, d. 1875
| Gertrude Stein | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Writer, 1874-1946
| Gherman Titov | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Cosmonaut, second man in space, 1935-2000
| Giacomo Casanova | | Zámek Duchcov Hrbitov, Duchcov,Czech Republic |
Famous lover, d. 1798
| Gioacchino Rossini | | Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy |
Composer, died 1868
| Glenn Miller | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
Bandleader
| Glenn Miller | | Grove Street Cemetery, CT, USA |
Bandleader, d. 1944
| Golda Meir | | Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Israel |
Prime Minister, d. 1978
| Grace Kelly | | Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Monaco |
American actress, Princess of Monaco
| Gregor Mendel | | Central Cemetery, Brno, Czech Republic |
Geneticist, biologist and monk, d. 1884
| Gregory Corso | | Campo Cestio, Rome, Italy |
"Beat" poet, d. 2001
| Greta Garbo | | Skogskyrkogården, Sweden |
Actress
| Groucho Marx | | Eden Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Actor, comedian, d. 1977
| Guillaume Appollinaire | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Poet, 1880-1918
| Gustave Caillebotte | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Impressionist painter, d. 1894
| Gustave Eiffel | | Cimetière De Levallois-Perret, Paris, France |
Architect, d. 1923
| Gustav Klimt | | Hietzinger Friedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Painter, 1862-1918
| Gustav Mahler | | Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer, 1860-1911
| Gustavus Adolphus | | Riddarholmen Church, Sweden |
Swedish monarch
| Guy De Maupassant | | Cimetière De Montparnasse, Paris, France |
Author, d. 1893
| Guy De Maupassant | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Author, 1850-1893
| György Ligeti | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer, 1923-2006
| Hans Christian Andersen | | Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Writer, d. 1875
| Harold Arlen | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Composer
| Harold II | | Waltham Abbey, East Sussex, England |
Saxon Monarch, killed at the Battle of Hastings, 1066
| Heath Ledger | | Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Australia |
Actor, d. 2008
| Henry David Thoreau | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, MA, USA |
Author, d. 1862; Concord, Massachusetts
| Henry Lawson | | Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, Australia |
Poet and journalist, d. 1922
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | | Mount Auburn Cemetery, MA, USA |
Poet, d. 1882; Cambridge, Massachusetts
| Herbert Von Karajan | | Anif Cemetery, Salzburg, Austria |
Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1908-1989
| Herman Melville | | Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY, USA |
Novelist
| Hernando Cortes | | Church of Jesus of Nazareth, Mexico City, Mexico |
Spanish conquistador, claimed Mexico for Spain; d. 1547
| Honoré Daumier | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Artist, lithographer, d. 1879
| Horatio Nelson | | Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England |
Killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
| Howard Hughes | | Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX, USA |
Aviator, engineer, industrialist, philanthropist, eccentric
| H P Lovecraft | | Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI, USA |
American author
| Hugh Capet | | Saint Denis Basilique, Paris, France |
Monarch, d. 996
| Humphrey Bogart | | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Actor, 1899-1957
| Hurşid Pasha | | Haydarpasa Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey |
Turkish Pasha killed in the Crimean War
| Ian Fleming | | St Andrew Churchyard, England |
Author, creator of James Bond, died, 1964
| Igor Stravinsky | | Cimitero Di San Michele, Venice, Italy |
Composer, d. 1971
| Ingrid Bergman | | Norra Begravningsplatsen, Sweden |
Actress
| Isaac Newton | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Scientist, mathematician, 1642-1727
| Isadora Duncan | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Dancer, d. 1927
| Jacques Brel | | Atuona Cemetery, French Polynesia |
Singer, d. 1978
| Jacques-Louis David | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Artist, d. 1825
| James Cagney | | Gate of Heaven Cemetery, New York City, NY, USA |
Actor
| James Dean | | Park Cemetery, IN, USA |
Actor, d. 1955; Fairmount, Indiana
| Jane Austen | | Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England |
Novelist, d. 1817
| Jane Avril | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
French dancer
| Jean-Baptiste Moliere | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Playwright, d. 1673
| Jean-Paul Sartre | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Philosopher and novelist, 1905-1980; buried next to Simone de Beauvoir
| Jefferson Davis | | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA, USA |
The only president of the Confederate States
| Jefferson Davis | | Metairie Cemetery, LA, USA |
Confederate States President, d. 1889; New Orleans
| Jean Paul Marat | | Saint Etienne-Du-Mont, Paris, France |
Revolutionary, assassinated by Charlotte Corday, 1793
| Jean Racine | | Saint Etienne-Du-Mont, Paris, France |
Playwright, d. 1699
| Jim Morrison | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Singer, songwriter, 1943-1971
| Jimmy Durante | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
1893-1980, Comedian
| Jan Masaryk | | Lany City Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic |
Czech politician, probably murdered at the behest of Stalin, 1948
| Joe DiMaggio | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
Baseball player, husband of Marilyn Monroe, d. 1999
| Joe Louis | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
Heavyweight boxing champion
| Johannes Brahms | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer, 1833-1897
| Johannes Kepler | | Saint Peter-Friedhof, Regensburg, Germany |
Scientist, 1571-1630
| Johann Sebastian Bach | | Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany |
Composer and organist; in front of the altar, d. 1750
| Johann Strauss II | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer of waltzes, 1827-1899
| John Cassavettes | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Actor, 1929-1989, Films, Rosemary's Baby, The Dirty Dozen
| John F Kennedy | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
Assassinated US president
| John Ford | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
Director, 1895-1973, Films, Stagecoach, The Searchers, How The West Was Won
| John Henry Holliday | | Pioneer Cemetery, CO, USA |
"Doc" Holliday, lawman, d. 1887
| John Hopkinson | | Belfast City Cemetery, N Ireland |
Inventor of three-phase electric system
| John Keats | | Campo Cestio, Rome, Italy |
Poet, 1795-1821
| John Lennon | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Lennon was cremated here and ashes given to Yoko
| John Milton | | St Giles Cripplegate Churchyard, London, England |
Poet, died 1674
| Johnny Cash | | Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, TN, USA |
Singer, songwriter, actor
| Johnny Weissmuller | | Panteón Valle De La Luz, Acapulco, Mexico |
Olympic swimmer and "Tarzan" actor; d. 1984
| John Smith | | Iona Abbey, Scotland |
Leader of the Labour Party; d. 1994
| John Steinbeck | | Garden of Memories Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Author, d. 1968; Salinas, California
| John Wayne | | Pacific View Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Actor, d. 1979; Corona del Mar, California
| Jonathan Swift | | Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland |
Satirist, 1667-1745
| Joseph Stalin | | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia |
2nd leader of the USSR
| J. R. R. Tolkien | | Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England |
Author, died 1973
| Judy Garland | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Actress and singer (Wizard of Oz)
| Jules Verne | | La Madeleine Cemetery, Amiens, France |
Author, d. 1905
| Julius Caesar | | Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy |
Statesman, general; assassinated, 44 BCE
| Karl Böhm | | Steinfeld Friedhof, Graz, Austria |
Classical music conductor, 1894-1981
| Kate Chopin | | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, MO, USA |
Novelist
| Kateri Tekakwitha | | Saint Francis-Xavier Mission, Québec, Canada |
Algonquin-Mohawk religious figure, d. 1680
| Katherine of Aragon | | Peterborough Cathedral, Huntingdonshire, England |
British Monarch, 1485-1536
| Kemal Sunal | | Zincirlikuyu Cemetery |
Istanbul, Turkey -- Film actor and comedian, died 2000
| King Arthur | | Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England |
Inspiration for the Arthur legend, location unconfirmed or in dispute
| Kurt Waldheim | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
President of Austria, Secy Gen, UN; d. 2007
| Kusam Ibn Abbas | | Shar-i-Zinda, Amarkand, Uzbekistan |
Cousin of the prophet Muhammad
| Laurence Olivier | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Actor, d. 1989
| Lefty Frizzell | | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Goodletsville, TN, USA |
American country-western singer and songwriter
| Leonard Bernstein | | Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
Conductor, composer
| Leonardo Da Vinci | | Chateau Amboise, France |
Painter, architect, engineer, died 1519; exact location in dispute
| Leon Trotsky | | Leon Trotsky Museum Grounds, Mexico City, Mexico |
Assassinated, 1940
| Leos Janacek | | Central Cemetery, Brno, Czech Republic |
Composer, d. 1928
| Lew Ayres | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Actor, 1908-1996
| Lord Byron | | St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Nottinghamshire, England |
Poet, 1788-1824
| Lotte Lehmann | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Singer, 1888-1976
| Louis Armstrong | | Flushing Cemetery, New York City, NY, USA |
Jazz musician
| Louis IX | | Saint Denis Basilique, Paris, France |
King, canonized saint, d. 1270
| Louisa May Alcott | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, MA, USA |
Author, d. 1888; Concord, Massachusetts
| Louis Pasteur | | Pasteur Institute, Paris, France |
Scientist, founder of microbiology, d. 1895
| Louis XIV | | Saint Denis Basilique, Paris, France |
The Sun King, d. 1715
| Luciano Pavarotti | | Montale Rangone Cemetery, Modena, Italy |
Tenor, d. 2007
| Lucille Ball | | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Comedic actress, d. 1989
| Ludwig Van Beethoven | | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria |
Composer, 1770-1827
| Lyle Alzado | | River View Cemetery, Portland, OR, USA |
American football star
| Mack Sennett | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
Silent Movie Director, 1880-1960, 'King Of Comedy'
| Manuel Garrincha | | Cemiterio Raiz Da Serra, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
Football player, 1933-1983
| Marcel Marceau | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Acclaimed mime, d. 2007
| Marcus Aurelius | | Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome, Italy |
Emperor, d. 180
| Maria Callas | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Opera singer, d. 1977; her ashes were removed in 1979 and scattered over the Aegean Sea
| Marie Antoinette | | Saint Denis Basilique, Paris, France |
Monarch, beheaded, 1793
| Marie Curie | | The Pantheon, Paris, France |
Scientist, d. 1934
| Marilyn Monroe | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Actress, d. 1962
| Mario Lanza | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
Opera Singer, 1921-1959
| Marlene Dietrich | | Friedhof Schöneberg III, Berlin, Germany |
Actress, singer, d. 1992
| Martin Luther | | Castle Church, Wittenberg, Germany |
Religious leader, 1483-1546
| Martin Luther King Jr. | | Martin Luther King Center, GA, USA |
Civil rights leader, assassinated, 1968; Atlanta, Georgia
| Mary Kay Ash | | Sparkman-Hillcrest Cemetery, Dallas, TX, USA |
Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
| Mary Shelley | | St Peter Churchyard, Dorset, England |
Author, 1797-1851
| Mary Stuart | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Monarch, executed, 1587
| Mass Burial of Lusitania Victims | | Old Church Cemetery, Cork, Ireland |
D. May 7, 1915
| Mass Burial of Titanic Victims | | Fairview Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died April 15, 1912; Halifax
| Mass Burial of Titanic Victims | | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died April 15, 1912; Halifax
| Matthew Arnold | | All Saints Churchyard, Surrey, England |
Poet, d. 1888
| Max Ernst | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Artist,, 1891-1976
| Michelangelo | | Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy |
Sculptor, artist, died 1564
| Mickey Mantle | | Sparkman-Hillcrest Cemetery, Dallas, TX, USA |
Famous baseball player
| Millard Fillmore | | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY, USA |
US President
| Minnie Ripperton | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Singer, Song, Loving You
| Modest Mussorgsky | | Tikhvin Cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia |
Composer
| Mother Teresa | | Mother House Convent, Calcutta, India |
Religious figure, 1910-1997
| Mstislav Rostropovich | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Cellist and conductor, 1927-2007
| Mustafa Bülent Ecevit | | Turkish State Cemetery, Ankara, Turkey |
Turkish Prime Minister
| Napoleon Bonaparte | | Les Invalides, Paris, France |
1769-1821
| Natalie Wood | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Actor, 1938-1981, married to Robert Wagner
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, MA, USA |
Author, d. 1864; Concord, Massachusetts
| Ngo Dinh Diem | | Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery, Saigon, Vietnam |
Assassinated President of South Vietnam
| Niccolo Machiavelli | | Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy |
Political philosopher, died 1527
| Nikita Khrushchev | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Leader of the Soviet Union, 1953-1964
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Composer
| Nikos Kazantzakis | | Martinego Bastion, Heraklion, Greece |
Novelist, d. 2001
| Noel Coward | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Playwright, d. 1973
| Nostradamus | | Saint Laurent's Church of Salon-de-Provence, France |
1503-1566
| Oscar Hammerstein II | | Southwark Cathedral, London, England |
Broadway lyricist, d. 1960
| Oscar Wilde | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Playwright, 1854-1900
| Oskar Schindler | | Mount Zion Catholic Cemetery, Israel |
World War II hero, d. 1974
| Pablo Neruda | | Isla Negra, Santiago, Chile |
Poet; buried on his estate, 1973
| Pablo Picasso | | Castle Vauvenargues Estate Grounds, Aix-en-Provence, France |
Artist, d. 1973
| Pancho Villa | | Manila North Cemetery, Philippines |
Famous boxer (1901-1925); real name, Francisco Guilledo
| Pappy Boyington | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
WW II flying ace, commanded the Black Sheep Squadron
| Paul "Bear" Bryant | | Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL, USA |
Univ of Alabama football coach
| Paul Cézanne | | Cimetière De Saint Pierre, Aix-en-Provence, France |
Artist, d. 1906
| Paul Gauguin | | Atuona Cemetery, French Polynesia |
Artist, d. 1903
| Paul Revere | | Granary Burial Ground, MA, USA |
Revolutionary War patriot, d. 1818; Boston
| Paul Robeson | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Actor, singer, civil rights activist
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | | Campo Cestio, Rome, Italy |
English poet, d. 1822
| Percy Grainger | | West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, Australia |
Composer, d. 1961
| Peter Abelard | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Religious figure, shed light on medieval French beliefs; d. 1142
| Peter Paul Rubens | | St. Jakobskirche, Antwerp, Belgium |
Artist, d. 1640
| Pierre-Auguste Renoir | | Essoyes Cimetière, France |
Artist, 1841-1919
| Pierre Elliot Trudeau | | Saint-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Québec, Canada |
Canadian Prime Minister, d. 2000
| Pieter Bruegel the Elder | | Church of Notre Dame De La Chapelle, Brussels, Belgium |
16th century artist
| Pocahontas | | St George Churchyard, Kent, England |
Native American, died 1617, age 22
| Prince Albert | | Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, England |
Consort of Queen Victoria, d. 1861
| Prince Rapee Pattanasak | | Bankok, Royal Cemetery, Thailand |
Father of Thailand’s legal system
| Princess Diana Spencer | | Spencer Estate Grounds, Northamptonshire, England |
British Royalty, died 1997
| Princess Saisavali Bhiromya | | Royal Cemetery, Bangkok, Thailand |
Consort to King Rama V
| Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine | | Fontevraud Abbey, France |
French and English Monarch, d. 1204
| Queen Victoria | | Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, England |
D. 1901
| Rafael Kubelik | | Vysehradsky Hrbitov, Prague, Czech Republic |
Conductor, 1914-1996
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, MA, USA |
Author, poet, d. 1882; Concord, Massachusetts
| Ramon Magsaysay | | Manila North Cemetery, Philippines |
Former Philippine president
| Raphael | | Pantheon Church, Rome, Italy |
Renaissance painter, d. 1520
| Ray Charles | | Inglewood Park Cemetery, CA, USA |
Singer, d. 2004
| Raymond Burr | | Fraser Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada |
Actor, 1917-1993
| Regine Crespin | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Opera singer, d. 2007
| René Levesque | | Saint-Michel Cemetery, Québec, Canada |
Premier of Québec, leader of the Québec separatist movement, d. 1987
| René Magritte | | Schaarbeek Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium |
Surrealistic painter, d. 1967
| Richard Nixon | | Richard Nixon Library, CA, USA |
37th President, d. 1994
| Richard Wagner | | House Wahnfried, Bayreuth, Germany |
Composer, d. 1883
| Robert Browning | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Poet's Corner, d. 1889
| Robert F. Kennedy | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
Assassinated Presidential candidate, 1968
| Robert Merrill | | Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY, USA |
Metropolitan Opera star, baritone
| Robert Schumann | | Alter Friedhof, Bonn, Germany |
Composer, d. 1856
| Robin Hood | | Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire, England |
Folk figure
| Roy Orbison | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Singer, 1936-1988, Songs, Only The Lonely, Oh Pretty Women, I Drove All Night
| Roy Rogers | | Sunset Hills Memorial Park, CA, USA |
Singing cowboy; Apple Valley, California
| Rudyard Kipling | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Poets Corner, died 1936
| Rupert Brooke | | Skyros Island, Greece |
English poet, buried in an olive grove, d. 1915
| Saint Francis Xavier | | Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa, India |
Saint, 1506-1552; atop main altar
| Saint Ludmilla | | Saint George's Basilica, Prague, Czech Republic |
Patron Saint of Bohemia, d. 921
| Saint Mark | | Church of San Marco, Venice, Italy |
Evangelist, d. 68
| Saint Thérèse Martin | | Carmel of Lisieux, France |
Patron Saint of France, 1873-1897
| Samuel Beckett | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Irish playwright and poet, 1906-1989
| Samuel Clemens | | Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY, USA |
AKA: Mark Twain
| Samuel De Champlain | | Notre Dame De Québec Basilica, Canada |
Father of New France, d. 1635
| Samuel Johnson | | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Poets Corner, d. 1784
| Sandro Botticelli | | Abbazia Di Ognissanti, Florence, Italy |
Artist, d. 1510
| Sarah Bernhardt | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Actress, d. 1923
| Savaş Başar | | Cebeci Asri Cemetery, Ankara, Turkey |
Voice-over actor for Lieutenant Columbo
| Sergei Prokofiev | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Composer, 1891-1953
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | | Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY, USA |
Composer
| Sharon Tate | | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, U.S.A. |
Actor, 1943-1969, Murdered by The Charles Manson Gang, wife of Roamn Polanski, Director
| Sigmund Freud | | Golders Green Crematorium, London, England |
Medical pioneer, father of psychoanalysis, died, 1939
| Simone De Beauvoir | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Feminist philosopher, 1908-1986
| Sojourner Truth | | Oak Hill Cemetery, MI, USA |
Abolitionist, social reformer, d. 1883; Battle Creek, Michigan
| Stanisław Wojciechowski | | Powązki Cemetery, Poland |
Former president of Poland
| Stanley Kubrick | | Childwickbury Manor, Hertfordshire, England |
Film director, 1928-1999
| Stephane Grappelli | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Jazz violinist, d. 1997
| Stephen Foster | | Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
Songwriter
| Steve Irwin | | Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia |
Television host, d. 2006
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | | Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, USA |
Blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
| Sun Ra | | Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL, USA |
Jazz musician
| Susan B Anthony | | Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY, USA |
Women’s rights activist
| Sviatoslav Richter | | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Pianist, 1915-1997
| Ted Williams | | Alcor Life Extension Foundation, AZ, USA |
Baseball Hall of Famer, d. 2002
| Tennessee Williams | | Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO, USA |
American playwright
| Terry Fox | | Port Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada |
National hero, one-legged marathoner, d. 1981
| Thelonious Monk | | Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY, USA |
Jazz pianist
| Thomas Aquinas | | Sant' Eustorgio, Milan, Italy |
Saint, theologian, 1225-1274
| Thomas Becket | | Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England |
Saint and Archbishop, 1118-1170
| Thomas Crapper | | Beckenham Cemetery, London, England |
Inventor of the flush toilet, d. 1910
| Thomas Hart Benton | | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, MO, USA |
US Senator
| Thomas Jefferson | | Monticello Estate, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A. |
3rd President of the United States
| Thomas More | | Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, London, England |
Statesman, saint; executed, exact location unknown, d. 1535
| Truman Capote | | Westwood Village Memorial Park, CA, U.S.A. |
Writer, 1924-1984, Books, Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood
| T. S. Eliot | | St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Somerset, England |
Poet, 1888-1965
| Ty Cobb | | Rose Hill Cemetery, GA, USA |
Baseball player, 1886-1961
| Victor Borge | | Western Jewish Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Pianist, comedian, d. 2000
| Victor Hugo | | The Pantheon, Paris, France |
Author, 1802-1885
| Vincent Van Gogh | | Auvers-sur-Oise Town Cemetery, France |
Artist, d. 1890
| Vincenzo Bellini | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Bel canto opera composer, d. 1835, age 34
| Vladimir Horowitz | | Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy |
Classical pianist, d. 1989
| Vladimir Lenin | | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia |
Marxist revolutionary
| Voltaire | | The Pantheon, Paris, France |
Writer, philosopher, historian, d. 1778
| Walter Raleigh | | St Margaret Churchyard, London, England |
Explorer; south of the altar, died 1618
| Walt Whitman | | Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ, USA |
Poet
| Washington Irving | | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA |
He named the cemetery
| Waylon Jennings | | City of Mesa Cemetery, AZ, USA |
Country music singer, d. 2002
| Wild Bill Hickock | | Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, SD, USA |
Gunfighter and scout
| William-Adolphe Bouguereau | | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Artist, 1825-1905
| William “Bull” Halsey | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
WW II Fleet Admiral
| William Butler Yeats | | Drumcliff Churchyard, Sligo, Ireland |
Poet, playwright, d. 1939
| William Cody | | Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum, CO, USA |
Frontiersman, entertainer, "Buffalo Bill", d. 1917
| William the Conqueror | | Abbey of Saint Stephen, Caen, France |
First Norman King of England, d. 1087
| William Faulkner | | Oxford Memorial Cemetery, MS, USA |
Author, d. 1962; Oxford, Mississippi
| William Henry Fielding | | Bangkok Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok, Thailand |
General of the Coldstream Guards
| William Jennings Bryant | | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA |
US Secretary of State
| William Shakespeare | | Holy Trinity Churchyard, Warwickshire, England |
Playwright, 1564-1616
| William Tecumseh Sherman | | Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO, USA |
Civil War general
| William Thackeray | | Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England |
Novelist, died, 1863
| Winston Churchill | | St Martin Churchyard, Oxfordshire, England |
Prime Minister, 1874-1965
| Witold Lutoslawski | | Powązki Cemetery, Poland |
Composer
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | St Marxer Friedhof Cemetery, Vienna, Austria |
Location in dispute
| Yitzhak Rabin | | Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Israel |
Prime Minister, assassinated, 1995
| Yves Montand | | Père Lachaise, Paris, France |
Actor, d. 1991
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