Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

male, deceased (1989)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, death by myocardial infarction, Belarusian American, god bless america, Jewish, Congressional Gold Medal recipient…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters...
Otto Preminger

Otto Preminger

male, deceased (1986)
actor, buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, oscar, Austrian, film actor, director…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 - April 23, 1986) was an Austrian actor and twice Oscar-nominated film director. Preminger was born in...
Madam C.J. Walker

Madam C.J. Walker

female, deceased (1919)
Indianapolis, buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, African American, from Louisiana, inventor, entrepreneur…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Madam C.J. Walker or Madame Charles Joseph Walker (December 23, 1867-May 25, 1919) was an African American philanthropist and tycoon who made her...
Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly

female, deceased (1922)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, memoirist, expose, American, author, Undercover journalist…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Nellie Bly was an American journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker. She is most famous for an undercover exposé in which she faked i...
Jay Gould

Jay Gould

male, deceased (1892)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Gould family, calvinist, union pacific railroad, American, American railroad executive…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Jason Gould (May 27, 1836 - December 2, 1892) was an American financier, who became a leading American railroad developer and speculator.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

female, deceased (1902)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Anglican, Saint, american civil war, Temperance movement, united states constitution…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, (November 12, 1815 - October 26, 1902), was an American social activist and leading figure of the early women's rights...
Damon Runyon

Damon Runyon

male, deceased (1947)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Midtown Manhattan, franklin delano roosevelt, Midtown, J.G. Taylor Spink Award, American…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew...
Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer

male, deceased (1911)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, From st. louis, missouri, Union Army soldier, hungarian, journalist, republican party…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Joseph Pulitzer (April 10, 1847 - October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes...
James Cash Penney

James Cash Penney

male, deceased (1971)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Business person in retailing, J.C. Penney, Freemason, American, From Kansas City…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
James Cash Penney (born September 16, 1875 in Hamilton, Missouri, USA - died February 12, 1971 in New York City, USA) was a businessman and...
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

female, deceased (1942)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Socialite, Vanderbilt family, philanthropist, Whitney family, sculptor…WoodlawnCemetery, Bronxburials
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9 1875 - April 18 1942) was born into the prominent United States Vanderbilt family and married into the...