Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a memorial park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. It was established in 1906. The grounds sit at about 489 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 1,386 notable people buried here, including Michael Jackson, Walt Disney and Elizabeth Taylor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 242366. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grand View Memorial Park, about 3.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Ashes To Ashes Cremation in Los Angeles, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Los Angeles County dates to 1860. 20 of the 101 listings in Los Angeles County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 655 actors, 266 writers, 179 musicians, 57 artists, 49 business leaders, 35 World War II veterans, 30 architects, 24 journalists.

• Michael Jackson1958-2009
  American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer
• Walt Disney1901-1966
  American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company
• Elizabeth Taylor1932-2011
  British-American actress
• Humphrey Bogart1899-1957
  American actor
• Carrie Fisher1956-2016
  American actress, writer and screenwriter
• Clark Gable1901-1960
  American actor
• Robert Andrews Millikan1868-1953
  American physicist
• Lauren Bacall1924-2014
  American actress
• Mary Pickford1892-1979
  Canadian actress and producer
• James Stewart1908-1997
  American actor and military officer
• Spencer Tracy1900-1967
  American actor
• Paramahansa Yogananda1893-1952
  Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Lawn Memorial Park as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Grand View Memorial Park

  Burbank, CA
  Memorial park

  3.8 mi
• Mount Sinai Memorial Park

  Burbank, CA
  Memorial park

  4.5 mi
• Campo Santo

  Los Angeles, CA
  Cemetery

  4.7 mi
• Brand Family Gravesite

  Burbank, CA
  Cemetery

  4.7 mi
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park

  Burbank, CA
  Memorial park

  4.7 mi
• Hollywood Forever Cemetery

  Los Angeles, CA
  Cemetery

  4.9 mi
• Beth Olam Cemetery

  Los Angeles, CA
  Jewish cemetery

  5.1 mi
• Rosedale Cemetery

  Los Angeles, CA
  Cemetery

  6.4 mi
• Evergreen Cemetery

  204 Evergreen Ave, Los Angeles, CA · est. 1877
  Cemetery

  6.4 mi
• Angelus Rosedale Cemetery

  Los Angeles, CA
  Cemetery

  6.4 mi

• Ashes To Ashes Cremation

  Cremation provider · Los Angeles · (323) 644-3323
  0.9 mi
• Honest Funeral Consulting

  Funeral home · Los Angeles · (818) 934-8177
  0.9 mi
• Los Angeles Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Los Angeles · (323) 660-1815
  1.1 mi
• Glendale Hye Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Glendale · (818) 247-8860
  1.2 mi
• Glendale Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Glendale · (818) 242-0258
  1.3 mi
• Monarch Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Glendale · (818) 309-0303
  1.6 mi

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