Journalists buried in California
Wikidata records 189 journalists as buried in 52 of the cemeteries we list in California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale holds the most, with 24. California has the 2nd highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.
People with journalist among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Journalists buried in California
- Frank Zappa1940-1993American musicianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Charles Bukowski1920-1994German-American writerGreen Hills Memorial Park, Lomita, CA
- Larry King1933-2021American television and radio hostHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Billy Wilder1906-2002Austrian and American filmmakerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Hugh Hefner1926-2017American businessman and magazine publisherWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Theodore Dreiser1871-1945American novelist and journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- L. Frank Baum1856-1919American author of children's booksForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Alvin Toffler1928-2016American writer, futurist and businessmanWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Lion Feuchtwanger1884-1958German writerWoodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
- Will Rogers1879-1935American humorist and entertainerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Peter Bogdanovich1939-2022American film directorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Lenny Bruce1925-1966American comedian and social criticEden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, CA
- Daniel Pearl1963-2002American journalistMount Sinai Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Iris Chang1968-2004Chinese-American journalist and author of historical booksGates of Heaven Cemetery, Cupertino, CA
- J. Stuart Blackton1875-1941American film producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Frank Norris1870-1902American journalist and novelistMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Andrew Breitbart1969-2012American writer and publisherHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Lorne Greene1915-1987Canadian actor, musician, singer, and radio personalityHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Forrest J Ackerman1916-2008American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabiliaForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Louella Parsons1881-1972American gossip columnistHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Irving Wallace1916-1990American writerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Robert Ripley1890-1949American cartoonistSanta Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery, Santa Rosa, CA
- Jerry Pournelle1933-2017American science fiction writer, journalist, and scientistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Johnston McCulley1883-1958American writerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ernie Kovacs1919-1962American comedian, actor, and writerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Norman Cousins1915-1990American journalistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Pauline Pfeiffer1895-1951American journalistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- George Hearst1820-1891American politicianCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Kathleen Norris1880-1966American writerAlta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Lincoln Steffens1866-1936American journalistCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Andrew Koenig1968-2010American actor and film editorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Ewald André Dupont1891-1956Film directorValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Monty Hall1921-2017Canadian radio and television show hostHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Joseph Ruttenberg1889-1983American journalist and cinematographerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Samuel Brannan1819-1889American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, National City, CA
- Robert Florey1900-1979French-born American directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Adela Rogers St. Johns1894-1988American journalist, novelist, and screenwriterForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Grant Withers1905-1959American film actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Snowy Baker1884-1953Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Alfred A. Cohn1880-1951American screenwriterHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Ina Coolbrith1841-1928American poet, writer, and librarianMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Harriet Chalmers Adams1875-1937American explorer, writer and photographerChapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Union City, CA
- Louis Jean Heydt1903-1960American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Sonya Levien1888-1960American screenwriterHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Aaron A. Sargent1827-1887American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, CA
- Shana Alexander1925-2005American journalistWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Kay Boyle1902-1992American writer, educator, political activistGolden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
- Allan Sherman1924-1973American musician and comedianHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Charles Warren Stoddard1843-1909American author and editorSan Carlos Cemetery, Monterey, CA
- Charles Wakefield Cadman1881-1946American composerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Paul Powell1881-1944Director and producer of silent filmsForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Michael Reagan1945-2026American television personality and journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Buddy Clark1912-1949American singer in the 1930s and 1940sForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Richard Blackwell1922-2008American journalist and fashion criticHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Willie McCovey1938-2018American baseball playerCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- John Ball1911-1988American authorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Michelle McNamara1970-2016American writerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Jules Furthman1888-1966American screenwriter and journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- George Froeschel1891-1979Austrian-American screenwriterHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Frank E. Woods1860-1939American screenwriterHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Peretz Hirschbein1880-1948Yiddish writerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Thomas M. Storke1876-1971American politicianSanta Barbara Cemetery, Montecito, CA
- Rubén Salazar1928-1970American journalistPacific View Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, CA
- Chick Hearn1916-2002American basketball sportscasterHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Griffith J. Griffith1850-1919Welsh-born American businessman and philanthropistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Bebe Moore Campbell1950-2006American novelist, journalist, teacherInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- J. M. Kerrigan1884-1964Irish actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Gene Fowler1890-1960American journalistHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Isabella Macdonald Alden1841-1930American writerAlta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Paul Conrad1924-2010American political cartoonist and sculptorGreen Hills Memorial Park, Lomita, CA
- Laurence Stallings1894-1968American writerFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Paul Crouch1934-2013American broadcasterPacific View Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, CA
- Clarina I. H. Nichols1810-1885American journalistPotter Valley Cemetery, Redwood Valley, CA
- John Rollin Ridge1827-1867Cherokee novelistGreenwood Memorial Cemetery, Grass Valley, CA
- Donald E. Stewart1930-1999American screenwriterWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Fletcher Bowron1887-1968American mayorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Joseph Breen1888-1965Film censor, journalistHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Paul Kohner1902-1988American film producerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- George Wharton James1858-1923American lecturer, photographer and journalistMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- Arthur Knight1916-1991Film critic, Film historian, TV hostForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Larry McCormick1933-2004American journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Art Cohn1909-1958American sportswriterHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Edward J. Livernash1866-1938American politicianCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Esto Bates Broughton1890-1956American lawyer, journalist, publicist, and politicianOak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA
- Mozelle Britton1912-1953American actress and journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance1890-1932Canadian journalist, writer and actorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Kate Carew1869-1961American cartoonistMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Frank Scully1892-1964American author and columnistDesert Memorial Park Cemetery, Cathedral City, CA
- Francis Butler Loomis1861-1948American journalist and diplomatCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Franck R. Havenner1882-1967American politicianCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Ted Husing1901-1962American sportscasterMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- Caspar Whitney1864-1929American sports journalistSanta Barbara Cemetery, Montecito, CA
- Bill Stout1927-1989American journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Iraj Gorgin1934-2012Iranian journalist and voice actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Ruth Waterbury1896-1982Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Philip Coppens1971-2012Belgian writer, journalist and pseudohistory specialistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Dick Enberg1935-2017American sportscasterWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Eliza Ann Otis1833-1904American poet, journalist, editor, publisher, philanthropistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Florabel Muir1889-1970American journalistHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Cecilia Alvear1939-2017Latina television news journalistHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Vance Thompson1863-1925American poet, novelist and literary criticHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Edward Gilbert1819-1852American politicianCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Charles de Young1846-1880American journalistCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Frances Jolliffe1873-1925American actress, journalist and suffragistCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Elizabeth Baker Bohan1849-1930British-born American author and artistWoodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
- Army Archerd1922-2009American columnist for VarietyHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- M. H. de Young1849-1925American journalist and businessmanHoly Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Jerry Dunphy1921-2002American journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Jim Healy1923-1994American sports anchorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Rob Wagner1872-1942American magazine publisher and editorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ken Jones1938-1993American reporterInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Jack Lait1883-1954American journalistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Jim Murray1919-1998American journalistHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson1843-1922American malacologist and journalistHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Louis E. Martin1912-1997American newspaper founderMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Buddy Noonan1937-1989Cinematographer, actor, entertainer, journalist, television producerValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Frederic Lister Burk1862-1924American university presidentMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Eliza D. Keith1854-1939American educator, suffragist, and journalistCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Harry Carr1877-1936American reporter, editor and columnistAngelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Hy Peskin1915-2005PhotographerEl Camino Memorial Park, Del Mar, CA
- Lawrence Clark Powell1906-2001American librarianSanta Barbara Cemetery, Montecito, CA
- Chauncey Bailey1949-2007American journalistHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA
- Ross Russell1909-2000American record producerRiverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
- Nellie Blessing Eyster1836-1922American writerOak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA
- Ellen Clark1915-1988Australian carcinologist, influenza researcher and naturalistMission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, CA
- Winifred Bonfils1863-1936American journalistHoly Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Jennie Scott Griffiths1875-1951Journalist and political activistWoodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Guy Murchie1907-1997American journalistFairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary, Orange, CA
- Helen Oakley Dance1913-2001Canadian writer and musicianSan Luis Rey Cemetery, Oceanside, CA
- Edward Kennedy1905-1963American journalistSan Carlos Cemetery, Monterey, CA
- Anna M. Morrison Reed1849-1921American newspaper and magazine founder, editor, publisher; suffragistLaytonville Cemetery, Laytonville, CA
- Fred Otash1922-1992American private investigatorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- H.N. Swanson1899-1991Literary agent, writer, screenwriterForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Agness Underwood1902-1984American journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Armando del Moral1916-2009American film journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Andor Zsoldos1893-1976Hungarian screenwriter, writer, poetHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Benjamin Franklin Washington1820-1872American newspaper editorCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Bob Leach1914-2008American journalistRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Sheldon Warren Cheney1886-1980American art critic and journalistMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Mabel Craft Deering1873-1953American journalist and women's suffrage supporterMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Mimi Kagan1918-1999American dancerMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- William Lair Hill1838-1924American attorney, historian and newspaper editorChapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Union City, CA
- Benjamin C. Truman1835-1916American journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Carl Greenberg1908-1984American journalistHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Lewis R. Freeman1878-1960American journalistMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- John McNaught1849-1938American writer and editorOak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA
- Bill Henry1890-1970American sports journalistOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- James McClatchy1824-1883American newspaper editorSacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
- Arthur A. Taylor1849-1923American newspaper publisherEvergreen Cemetery, Santa Cruz, CA
- Aileen Mehle1918-2016American journalistAll Souls Cemetery, Lakewood, CA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 189. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1860s2
- 1870s1
- 1880s5
- 1890s1
- 1900s7
- 1910s3
- 1920s15
- 1930s13
- 1940s14
- 1950s17
- 1960s20
- 1970s15
- 1980s14
- 1990s20
- 2000s20
- 2010s18
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 189 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA24
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA20
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Burbank, CA16
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park · Colma, CA15
- Mountain View Cemetery · Oakland, CA12
- Hillside Memorial Park · Inglewood, CA10
- Westwood Memorial Park · Santa Monica, CA9
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Inglewood, CA9
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery · Colma, CA4
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum · Altadena, CA4
- Oak Hill Memorial Park · San Jose, CA4
- Inglewood Park Cemetery · Inglewood, CA4
- Valhalla Memorial Park · Burbank, CA4
- Santa Barbara Cemetery · Montecito, CA4
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park · Burbank, CA3
- Angelus Rosedale Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA3
- Golden Gate National Cemetery · San Bruno, CA2
- Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery · San Diego, CA2
- San Carlos Cemetery · Monterey, CA2
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Santa Monica, CA2
- Alta Mesa Cemetery · Los Altos, CA2
- Pacific View Memorial Park · Costa Mesa, CA2
- Green Hills Memorial Park · Lomita, CA2
- Valley Oaks Memorial Park Cemetery · Westlake Village, CA2
- Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery · Union City, CA2
Top 25 of 52 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in California
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.