Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California

Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Oakland, Alameda County, California. It was established in 1863. The grounds sit at about 220 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 349 notable people buried here, including Donald Arthur Glaser, Owen Chamberlain and Black Dahlia. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 229206. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Piedmont Funeral Home Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Alameda County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Alameda County. 4 of the 28 listings in Alameda County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 36 writers, 19 business leaders, 15 artists, 14 scientists, 13 US representatives, 12 journalists, 10 architects, 10 physicians.

• Donald Arthur Glaser1926-2013
  American physicist and neurobiologist
• Owen Chamberlain1920-2006
  American physicist
• Black Dahlia1924-1947
  American murder victim
• Angus Cloud1998-2023
  American actor from California
• Henry J. Kaiser1882-1967
  American industrialist
• Frank Norris1870-1902
  American journalist and novelist
• Julia Morgan1872-1957
  American architect and engineer
• Irving Pichel1891-1954
  Actor, film director
• Thomas Hill1829-1908
  American painter
• George Clement Perkins1839-1923
  Governor of California
• Mac Dre1970-2004
  American rapper
• Romualdo Pacheco1831-1899
  Governor of California

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mountain View Cemetery 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.

• Saint Mary Cemetery

  4529, Piedmont, CA
  Christian cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Home of Eternity

  Piedmont, CA
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Home of Peace Cemetery

  Oakland, CA
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Sunnyside Cemetery

  San Leandro, CA
  Cemetery

  4.9 mi
• Evergreen Cemetery

  San Leandro, CA
  Cemetery

  5.3 mi
• Evergreen Mausoleum

  San Leandro, CA
  Cemetery

  5.4 mi
• Sunset View Cemetery

  Kensington, CA
  Cemetery

  5.8 mi
• Gan Shalom Cemetery

  Berkeley, CA
  Cemetery

  8.5 mi
• Alamo - Lafayette Cemetery

  Lafayette, CA
  Cemetery

  8.8 mi
• Mount Calvary Cemetery

  San Leandro, CA
  Cemetery

  10 mi

• Piedmont Funeral Home Mountain View Cemetery

  Funeral home · Oakland · (510) 658-2588
  0.4 mi
• Chapel of the Chimes Oakland Funeral, Cemetery and Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Oakland · (510) 379-5200
  0.4 mi
• Chapel Of Memories-sunset Gardens

  Cremation provider · Oakland · (510) 654-1211
  0.5 mi
• SMART Cremation

  Cremation provider · Oakland · (800) 700-2203
  0.5 mi
• Albert Brown Mortuary

  Mortuary · Oakland · (510) 652-1873
  1.3 mi
• Fouché's Hudson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Oakland · (510) 654-8558
  1.6 mi

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