CEMETERY

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1854

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cap Anson	Baseball	17-Apr-1852	14-Apr-1922	Early MLB superstar, Hall of Famer
Thomas A. Dorsey	Musician	1-Jul-1899	23-Jan-1993	The father of gospel music
Enrico Fermi	Physicist	29-Sep-1901	29-Nov-1954	First controlled nuclear chain reaction
Kenesaw Mountain Landis	Baseball	20-Nov-1866	25-Nov-1944	First Commissioner of Baseball
James R. Mann	Politician	20-Oct-1856	30-Nov-1922	Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922
Jesse Owens	Track and Field	12-Sep-1913	31-Mar-1980	Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics
Ted Radcliffe	Baseball	7-Jul-1902	11-Aug-2005	Double Duty
Pops Staples	Guitarist	28-Dec-1915	19-Dec-2000	Blues guitarist
Harold Washington	Politician	15-Apr-1922	25-Nov-1987	First black Mayor of Chicago
Ida B. Wells-Barnett	Activist	16-Jul-1862	25-Mar-1931	Civil rights advocate

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