CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org/

Location:
Bronx, NY

Founding Date:
1863

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Irving Berlin	Composer	11-May-1888	22-Sep-1989	White Christmas, God Bless America
Maximilian Berlitz	Business	14-Apr-1852	6-Apr-1921	Berlitz Language Schools
Nellie Bly	Journalist	5-May-1864	27-Jan-1922	Ten Days in a Mad-House
Benjamin H. Bristow	Government	20-Jun-1832	22-Jun-1896	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76
Barbara Britton	Actor	26-Sep-1919	17-Jan-1980	Mr. and Mrs. North
Ralph Bunche	Diplomat	4-Aug-1904	9-Dec-1971	UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
Harry Carey, Sr.	Actor	16-Jan-1878	21-Sep-1947	VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Irene Castle	Dancer	17-Apr-1893	25-Jan-1969	Vernon & Irene Castle
Vernon Castle	Dancer	2-May-1887	15-Feb-1918	Vernon & Irene Castle
George M. Cohan	Composer	3-Jul-1878	5-Nov-1942	Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ricardo Cortez	Actor	19-Sep-1899	28-Apr-1977	The Torrent
Celia Cruz	Singer	21-Oct-1924	16-Jul-2003	Queen of Salsa
Countee Cullen	Poet	30-May-1903	9-Jan-1946	Harlem Renaissance poet
Miles Davis	Jazz Musician	26-May-1926	28-Sep-1991	Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Clarence Day	Author	18-Nov-1874	28-Dec-1935	Life with Father
Reginald De Koven	Composer	3-Apr-1859	16-Jan-1920	Oh, Promise Me
William C. Durant	Business	8-Dec-1861	18-Mar-1947	Founder of General Motors
Gus Edwards	Songwriter	18-Aug-1879	7-Nov-1945	By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Duke Ellington	Jazz Musician	29-Apr-1899	24-May-1974	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Albert Ellis	Psychologist	27-Sep-1913	24-Jul-2007	Rational emotive behavior therapy
David Farragut	Military	5-Jul-1801	14-Aug-1870	America's first admiral
Geraldine Fitzgerald	Actor	24-Nov-1913	17-Jul-2005	Wuthering Heights
James Montgomery Flagg	Painter	18-Jun-1877	27-May-1960	I Want YOU for U.S. Army
Frankie Frisch	Baseball	9-Sep-1898	12-Mar-1973	2880 hits with .316 batting average
Jay Gould	Business	27-May-1836	2-Dec-1892	Railroad baron owned Union Pacific
Lionel Hampton	Jazz Musician	20-Apr-1908	31-Aug-2002	Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader
W. C. Handy	Composer	16-Nov-1873	29-Mar-1958	Father of the Blues
Ned Harrigan	Actor	26-Oct-1844	6-Jun-1911	Harrigan & Hart
Coleman Hawkins	Jazz Musician	21-Nov-1904	19-May-1969	Jazz tenor saxophonist
Victor Herbert	Composer	1-Feb-1859	24-May-1924	Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Charles Evans Hughes	Politician	11-Apr-1862	27-Aug-1948	US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.	Government	30-Nov-1889	21-Jan-1950	US Solicitor General, 1929-30
Barbara Hutton	Socialite	14-Nov-1912	11-May-1979	The Poor Little Rich Girl
Oscar Hammerstein I	Theatre Producer	8-May-1847	1-Aug-1919	Olympia Theatre
Milt Jackson	Jazz Musician	1-Jan-1923	9-Oct-1999	Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet
Illinois Jacquet	Musician	31-Oct-1922	22-Jul-2004	Squealing saxophone legend
Fritz Kreisler	Violinist	2-Feb-1875	29-Jan-1962	Austrian violin virtuoso
Fiorello LaGuardia	Politician	11-Dec-1882	20-Sep-1947	New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Canada Lee	Actor	3-Mar-1907	9-May-1952	Cry, the Beloved Country
Rowland H. Macy	Business	30-Aug-1822	29-Mar-1877	Founder of Macy's department stores
Vito Marcantonio	Politician	10-Dec-1902	9-Aug-1954	American Labor Party
Bat Masterson	Government	26-Nov-1853	25-Oct-1921	Frontier peace officer
Herman Melville	Author	1-Aug-1819	28-Sep-1891	Moby Dick
Marilyn Miller	Actor	1-Sep-1898	7-Apr-1936	Broadway actress
Florence Mills	Singer	25-Jan-1896	1-Nov-1927	Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness
Robert Moses	Government	18-Dec-1888	29-Jul-1981	New York City planner
Thomas Nast	Cartoonist	27-Sep-1840	7-Dec-1902	American political caricaturist
LeRoy Neiman	Painter	8-Jun-1921	20-Jun-2012	Painter of sports scenes
Harold Nicholas	Dancer	27-Mar-1921	3-Jul-2000	Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers
King Oliver	Jazz Musician	11-May-1885	10-Apr-1938	King Oliver Creole Jazz Band
J. C. Penney	Business	16-Sep-1875	12-Feb-1971	Founder of J. C. Penney Company
Otto Preminger	Film Director	5-Dec-1906	23-Apr-1986	Anatomy of a Murder
Joseph Pulitzer	Business	10-Apr-1847	29-Oct-1911	Established the Pulitzer Prize
Grantland Rice	Sports Journalist	1-Nov-1880	13-Jul-1954	Sportswriter, Idolmaker
Max Roach	Jazz Musician	10-Jan-1924	16-Aug-2007	Enduring jazz drummer
Ruth Snyder	Criminal	1895	12-Jan-1928	Electrocuted for murdering husband
Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Activist	12-Nov-1815	26-Oct-1902	National Woman Suffrage Association
Margot Stevenson	Actor	8-Feb-1912	2-Jan-2011	Margo Lane on The Shadow
Harold Vermilyea	Actor	10-Oct-1889	8-Jan-1958	Sorry, Wrong Number
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney	Business	9-Jan-1875	18-Apr-1942	Whitney Museum of American Art
William C. Whitney	Business	5-Jul-1841	2-Feb-1904	US Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89
F. W. Woolworth	Business	13-Apr-1852	8-Apr-1919	Five and dime magnate

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