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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.green-wood.com/

Location:
Brooklyn, NY

Founding Date:
1838

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leon Abbett
Politician
8-Oct-1836 4-Dec-1894 Twice Governor of New Jersey
James Truslow Adams
Author
18-Oct-1878 18-May-1949 The Epic of America
Albert Anastasia
Criminal
26-Feb-1902 25-Oct-1957 Gambino crime boss
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painter
22-Dec-1960 12-Aug-1988 NYC graffiti artist
Henry Ward Beecher
Religion
24-Jun-1813 8-Mar-1887 American Congregationalist preacher
George Bellows
Painter
12-Aug-1882 8-Jan-1925 American realist painter
James Gordon Bennett
Publisher
1-Sep-1795 1-Jun-1872 Founder, The New York Herald
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Samuel Blatchford
Judge
9-Mar-1820 7-Jul-1893 US Supreme Court Justice, 1882-93
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1816 13-Mar-1900 Underwriter of astronomy
Bill The Butcher
Boxing
Jul-1821 8-Mar-1855 Inspired Gangs of New York
William M. Calder
Politician
3-Mar-1869 3-Mar-1945 US Senator from New York, 1917-23
George Catlin
Painter
26-Jul-1796 23-Dec-1872 Portraitist painted Native Americans
Henry Chadwick
Journalist
5-Oct-1824 20-Apr-1908 Father of baseball
De Witt Clinton
Politician
2-Mar-1769 11-Feb-1828 Twice Governor of New York
William Colgate
Business
25-Jan-1783 25-Jan-1857 Toothpaste empirebuilder
Henry Draper
Astronomer
7-Mar-1837 20-Nov-1882 Early astrophotographer
John William Draper
Chemist
5-May-1811 4-Jan-1882 Radiant energy and portrait photography
Fred Ebb
Musician
8-Apr-1935 11-Sep-2004 Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret
William Jay Gaynor
Politician
1849 10-Sep-1913 NYC mayor, shot in throat
Henry George
Economist
2-Sep-1839 29-Oct-1897 Progress and Poverty
Horace Greeley
Author
3-Feb-1811 29-Nov-1872 The Tribune
Henry W. Halleck
Military
16-Jan-1815 9-Jan-1872 Commander of US Army, 1862-64
William Stewart Halsted
Doctor
23-Sep-1852 7-Sep-1922 Pioneer of sterile surgical technique
William S. Hart
Actor
6-Dec-1864 23-Jun-1946 Old-time silent movie cowboy
Elias Howe
Inventor
9-Jul-1819 3-Oct-1867 Inventor of the sewing machine
James Weldon Johnson
Author
17-Jun-1871 26-Jun-1938 God's Trombones
John La Farge
Painter
31-Mar-1835 14-Nov-1910 Painter, muralist, stained-glass designer
Henry Brockholst Livingston
Judge
25-Nov-1757 18-Mar-1823 US Supreme Court Justice, 1807-23
Lola Montez
Dancer
17-Feb-1821 17-Jan-1861 Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria
Frank Morgan
Actor
1-Jun-1890 18-Sep-1949 The Wizard of Oz
Ralph Morgan
Actor
6-Jul-1883 11-Jun-1956 The Kennel Murder Case
Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor
27-Apr-1791 2-Apr-1872 Telegraph inventor and publicist
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
James D. P. Ogden
Business
26-Aug-1790 7-Apr-1870 First President of New York Life Insurance Company
James Kirke Paulding
Novelist
22-Aug-1778 6-Apr-1860 Salmagundi
Charles Pfizer
Chemist
1824 19-Oct-1906 Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Henry J. Raymond
Journalist
24-Jan-1820 19-Jun-1869 Co-Founder of The New York Times
James Renwick
Architect
11-Nov-1818 23-Jun-1895 Gothic Revival architect
Thomas D. Rice
Comic
20-May-1808 19-Sep-1860 Played "Jim Crow"
Frederick A. O. Schwarz
Business
18-Oct-1836 17-May-1911 Founder of FAO Schwarz
J. Marion Sims
Doctor
25-Jan-1813 13-Nov-1883 Father of gynecology
Elmer Sperry
Inventor
12-Oct-1860 10-Jun-1930 Gyroscopic compass
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Business
15-Feb-1812 18-Feb-1902 Founder of Tiffany & Co.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist
18-Feb-1848 17-Jan-1933 Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer
Boss Tweed
Politician
3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall


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