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Subject: Famous People in NYC cemeteries
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: screenwriting101-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 06 Jun 2006 17:09 PDT
Expires: 06 Jul 2006 17:09 PDT
Question ID: 735907
I'd like to find the names of famous people buried in NYC  These could
include persons in politics, arts, science etc.   Exclude Leonard
Bernstein, Margaret Sanger and Boss Tweed as I have obviously found
those on my own.  I'd like to pay $2.50 per name.  I'll pay the
answerers and any commenters in the same way.  (Is this an ok way to
pay you guys?)  Let me know if there's abetter way to do this. 
Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Famous People in NYC cemeteries
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 06 Jun 2006 18:34 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello,  

The find-a-grave website provides the precise information you?re seeking.
http://www.findagrave.com/


Woodlawn Cemetery
Bronx, New York
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=66788

Here?s the direct link to a list of 8 famous or well known people
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. A short description is given for each
person.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=66788

Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan and Duke Ellington, Augustus Julliard,
Herman Melville, Joseph Pulitzer, Frank Winfield Woolworth and  Bat
Masterson are buried in this cemetery.


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Jazz singer, Billie Holiday was buried in Saint Raymonds Cemetery.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=66202


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Cypress Hills Cemetery
833 Jamaica Ave
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York  USA
Postal Code: 11208
Phone: (718) 235-6289
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=64319

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player, Social Reformer. 
  
Mae West
Legendary Entertainer, Actress

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&previousJumpTo=&previousFameFilter=&FScemeteryid=64319&fameLevel=very

Here?s a link to the list of 19 other famous people that are buried in
this cemetery: A short description is given for each person.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&previousJumpTo=&previousFameFilter=&FScemeteryid=64319&fameLevel=somewhat

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Evergreens Cemetery
Also known as: Cemetery of the Evergreens, The Evergreens Cemetery 
1629 Bushwich Avenue
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York  USA
Postal Code: 11207
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=154236


Here?s the direct link to a list of 26 famous or well known people
buried in Evergreens Cemetery. A short description is given for each
person.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&previousJumpTo=&previousFameFilter=&FScemeteryid=154236&jumpTo=1&fameLevel=somewhat

- William Edward 'Bill'  Hickey, actor best known for his
Oscar-nominated role as 'Don Corrado Prizzi' in the John Huston's 1985
film "Prizzi's Honor.

- Walt Kelly Cartoonist, creator of the popular comic strip "Pogo.

- Vanderbilt, Amy


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Samuel Finley Breese Morse, best known for inventing the modern
magnetic telegraph is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=64718

Here?s a list of more than 100 other somewhat famous people buried in
this cemetery.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&previousJumpTo=1&previousFameFilter=&FScemeteryid=64718&jumpTo=1&fameLevel=somewhat

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Trinity Cemetery 
155 & Broadway
Manhattan
New York County
New York  USA
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1653368

Here?s the direct link to a list of 18 famous or well known people
buried in Trinity Cemetery. A short description is given for each
person.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=1653368

Jerry Orbach is buried in this cemetery. He is best known for his
portrayal of 'Detective Lennie Briscoe' in the NBC Police-Courtroom
drama series "Law and Order" from 1992 to 2004.


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New York City Marble Cemetery
Also known as: Marble Cemetery 
52-74 East 2nd Street Between 1st and 2nd Avenues
Manhattan
New York County
New York  USA
Postal Code: 10003-9269
Phone: 212-228-6401
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641159

Here?s the direct link to a list of 9 famous or well known people
buried in Marble Cemetery. A short description is given for each
person.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=641159

One of them is President James Monroe

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New York Marble Cemetery
Also known as: Marble Cemetery, Second Avenue Cemetery 
Second Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets
Manhattan
New York County
New York  USA
Not to be confused with the "New York City Marble Cemetery", which is
an entirely different entity, this cemetery is located on 2nd Ave.
between East 2nd St. and East 3rd St. in NYC .
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641160

Buried in this cemetery:

Aaron Clark, New York City Mayor

James Tallmadge, US Congressman, Educator

Benjamin Wright, Scientist. He is considered the "Father of American
Civil Engineering

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&previousJumpTo=&previousFameFilter=&FScemeteryid=641160&fameLevel=all

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Trinity Churchyard
Trinity and Wall Street
Manhattan
New York County
New York  USA
Phone: 212-285-0836
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=230947

Here is the link to a list of 28 famous or well known people buried in
Trinity Churchyard. A short description is given for each person.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=230947


Robert Fulton, painter, engineer and Inventor is buried here.


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Louis Armstrong
Flushing Cemetery,
Flushing, Queens, New York.

Montgomery Clift 
Quaker Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York

Lilian & Dorothy Gish 
Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church,
New York, NY.

Lionel Hampton
Woodlawn Cemetery, 
Bronx, New York.

William S. Hart
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York.

Harry Houdini
Machpelah Cemetery,
Queens, New York

Alan King
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Flushing, New York.

Edward G. Robinson
Beth El Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York

Jackie Robinson
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York.

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Buried/OutOfStateBurials.shtml


Search terms: 
Celebrity OR famous people grave cemetery New York City


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
screenwriting101-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
fast and accurate

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