Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

male, deceased (1990)
west side story, American, Conductor, composer, musician, Classical composer…buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Leonard Bernstein (August 25 1918 – October 14 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. He was the first conductor born in the Un...
Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

male, deceased (1872)
buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, abolitionist, whig, democratic party, United States presidential candidate, republican party…Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 - November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Republican party, reformer...
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

male, deceased (1988)
Graffiti Artist, Neo-Expressionist, New York artist, artist, Drug-related death, died young…buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22 1960, Brooklyn - August 12, 1988, New York, New York) was an American artist. He gained fame, first as a graffiti...
William S. Hart

William S. Hart

male, deceased (1946)
Western film director, buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, ben hur, props, western, famous player…Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 in Newburgh, New York - June 23, 1946 in Newhall, California) was a silent film actor, screenwriter,...
Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia

male, deceased (1957)
convicted of murder, buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, death by firearm in the United States, gambino crime family, contract killing, Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio) (September 26, 1902-October 25, 1957), also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a...
Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

male, deceased (1949)
character actor, buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, stage actor, Broadway theatre, Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery, Academy Award for Best Actor
Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 - September 18, 1949) was an American character actor best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film...

Pierre Lorillard IV

male, deceased (1901)
American racehorse owners and breeder, buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, tuxedo, race horse, yacht, Tobacco…Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Pierre Lorillard IV was an American tobacco manufacturer and thoroughbred race horse owner. Born in Westchester, New York, he was the son of Peter...
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

male, deceased (1887)
Beecher family, buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, Anti-catholicism, death by cerebral hemorrhage, Bleeding Kansas, Amherst College alumni…Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887) was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer,...
James E. Davis

James E. Davis

male, deceased (2003)
buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, death by firearm in the United States, murdered, murder victim, American, politician…Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
James E. Davis was a New York City police officer, corrections officer and councilmember. He was killed by a fellow politician in New York's City...
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

male, deceased (1872)
buriedatGreen-Wood Cemetery, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, morse code, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Telecommunications history, artist…Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, and co-inventor (with Alfred...