Where musicians are buried
Wikidata records 2,837 musicians as buried in 909 of the cemeteries we list, across 49 states. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA, holds the most, with 179.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Musicians and singers and where they rest
- Michael Jackson1958-2009American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Marilyn Monroe1926-1962American actress and modelWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Louis Armstrong1901-1971American jazz musician, trumpeter and singerFlushing Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Judy Garland1922-1969American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillianHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Frank Sinatra1915-1998American singer and actorDesert Memorial Park Cemetery, Cathedral City, CA
- Whitney Houston1963-2012American singer, actress, and film producerFairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ
- Bing Crosby1903-1977American singer and actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Johnny Cash1932-2003American country singerHendersonville Memory Gardens Cemetery, Hendersonville, TN
- Aretha Franklin1942-2018American singer, songwriter, and pianistWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Mae West1893-1980American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writerCypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Bette Davis1908-1989American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Frank Zappa1940-1993American musicianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Harper Lee1926-2016American novelistHillcrest Cemetery, Monroeville, AL
- Carrie Fisher1956-2016American actress, writer and screenwriterForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ray Charles1930-2004American singer, pianist and songwriterInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Béla Bartók1881-1945Hungarian composer and pianistFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- David Lynch1946-2025American filmmakerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Rita Hayworth1918-1987American actressHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Lauren Bacall1924-2014American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Fred Astaire1899-1987American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singerOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- Kirk Douglas1916-2020American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Ella Fitzgerald1917-1996American jazz singerInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Miles Davis1926-1991American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Shirley Temple1928-2014American actress and diplomatAlta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Sergei Rachmaninoff1873-1943Russian composer, pianist and conductorKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- James Cagney1899-1986American actor and dancerGate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Billie Holiday1915-1959American jazz singerSaint Raymond Cemetery, Bronx, NY
- Duke Ellington1899-1974American jazz pianist and composerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Gene Kelly1912-1996American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Debbie Reynolds1932-2016American actress, singer, and dancerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Lucille Ball1911-1989American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Richard Simmons1948-2024American fitness instructor and video producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Dean Martin1917-1995American singer, actor, comedian and film producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- John Glenn1921-2016American astronaut and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Leonard Bernstein1918-1990American conductor and composerGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Bob Hope1903-2003American entertainerSan Fernando Mission Cemetery, Santa Clarita, CA
- Jack Lemmon1925-2001American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Ginger Rogers1911-1995American actress and dancerOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- Donna Summer1948-2012American singerHarpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Pegram, TN
- Leonard Nimoy1931-2015American actorHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Errol Flynn1909-1959Australian actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Nat King Cole1919-1965American singer and jazz pianistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- William S. Burroughs1914-1997American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performerBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Charlie Parker1920-1955American jazz saxophonistLincoln Cemetery, Independence, MO
- Aaliyah1979-2001American R&B singerFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Paul Auster1947-2024American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriterGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Burt Reynolds1936-2018American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Fred Rogers1928-2003American television personalityUnity Cemetery, Latrobe, PA
- Charles G. Dawes1865-1951Vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Kenny Rogers1938-2020American country singerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Ronnie James Dio1942-2010American heavy metal singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Jim Varney1949-2000American actor and comedianLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Quincy Jones1933-2024American record producer and composerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Don Rickles1926-2017American stand-up comedianMount Sinai Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- William Saroyan1908-1981Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writerMountain View Cemetery, Fresno, CA
- Irving Berlin1888-1989American composer and lyricistWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Dorothy Parker1893-1967American poet, short story writer, critic and satiristWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Brittany Murphy1977-2009American actress and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Mickey Rooney1920-2014American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Lemmy1945-2015British rock musicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Jayne Mansfield1933-1967American actressFairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, PA
- Lee Marvin1924-1987American actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Tony Bennett1926-2023American singerCalvary Cemetery, Manhattan, NY
- Roy Orbison1936-1988American musicianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Etta James1938-2012American singerInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Dizzy Gillespie1917-1993American jazz trumpeterFlushing Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Benny Goodman1909-1986American jazz clarinetist and bandleaderLong Ridge Union Cemetery, North Stamford, CT
- Penny Marshall1943-2018American actress, director and producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Brian Wilson1942-2025American musician, singer, songwriter and record producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Scott Joplin1867-1917American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)Saint Michael's Cemetery, Manhattan, NY
- Mary Tyler Moore1936-2017American actress and television producerOaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
- Dixie Carter1939-2010American actressMcLemoresville Cemetery, Huntingdon, TN
- Maurice Jarre1924-2009French composer and conductorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Hattie McDaniel1893-1952American actressAngelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Les Paul1915-2009American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventorPrairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, WI
- Stevie Ray Vaughan1954-1990American blues guitaristLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Chuck McCann1934-2018American voice actor and comedianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Thelonious Monk1917-1982American jazz pianist and composerFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Chris Cornell1964-2017American musicianHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- John Barry1933-2011British composer and conductorLocust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, NY
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski1860-1941Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn PolandArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Lee Hooker1917-2001American blues musician (1912 or 1917-2001)Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Union City, CA
- Cyd Charisse1922-2008American dancer and actressHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Muddy Waters1913-1983American blues musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Dave Brubeck1920-2012American jazz pianist and composerUmpawaug Cemetery, Georgetown, CT
- Maureen O'Hara1920-2015Irish, American actress and singerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Celia Cruz1925-2003Cuban singerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Isaac Hayes1942-2008American musician and actorMemphis Memorial Park Cemetery, Germantown, TN
- Cole Porter1891-1964American composer and songwriterMount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN
- Natalie Cole1950-2015American singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Sam Cooke1931-1964American singer and songwriterForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Rex Harrison1908-1990British actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Tim Conway1933-2019American actor and comedianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Oliver Hardy1892-1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and HardyValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Lionel Barrymore1878-1954American actor, director and screenwriterCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Jean-Michel Basquiat1960-1988American artistGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Jerry Goldsmith1929-2004American film composerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Patty Duke1946-2016American actressForest Cemetery, Carlisle, MA
- Danny Kaye1911-1987American actor, singer, dancer, and comedianKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Bessie Smith1894-1937American blues singerMount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
- Karen Black1939-2013American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriterEternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, CA
- Peter Lorre1904-1964Hungarian and American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Pola Negri1897-1987Polish actressCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Eazy-E1964-1995American rapperRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Jackie Gleason1916-1987American comedian and actorOur Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery, Doral, FL
- Walter Brennan1894-1974American actorSan Fernando Mission Cemetery, Santa Clarita, CA
- Paul Robeson1898-1976American singer, actor, and political activistFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Joe Dassin1938-1980French-American musicianHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Rosalind Russell1907-1976American actressHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Chet Baker1929-1988American jazz trumpeter and vocalistInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Count Basie1904-1984American jazz musician and composerPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
- George Burns1896-1996American comedian, actor, writer and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Peggy Lee1920-2002American singerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Naya Rivera1987-2020American actress and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ornette Coleman1930-2015American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Roberta Flack1937-2025American singerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Karen Carpenter1950-1983American singer and drummerValley Oaks Memorial Park Cemetery, Westlake Village, CA
- Burt Bacharach1928-2023American pianist, composer, producerHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Gloria Grahame1923-1981American actressOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- Irene Dunne1898-1990American actress and singerCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Christina Grimmie1994-2016American singerBerlin Cemetery, Berlin, NJ
- Perry Como1912-2001American singer, actor, television personalityJupiter Cemetery, Tequesta, FL
- Lorenzo Da Ponte1749-1838Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priestCalvary Cemetery, Manhattan, NY
- Ben E. King1938-2015American singerHackensack Cemetery, Teaneck, NJ
- Cass Elliot1941-1974American singerMount Sinai Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Rosemary Clooney1928-2002American singer and actressSaint Patricks Cemetery, Maysville, KY
- June Allyson1917-2006American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Charles Boyer1899-1978French actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Elsa Lanchester1902-1986British-American actressValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Sarah Vaughan1924-1990American jazz and classical singerGlendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ
- Chris Farley1964-1997American actor and comedianResurrection Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Kurt Weill1900-1950German composerMount Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, NY
- Telly Savalas1922-1994American film and television actor and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Sammy Davis Jr.1925-1990American entertainerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Dudley Moore1935-2002British actor, comedian, composer and musicianHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Burl Ives1909-1995American musicianMound Cemetery, Oblong, IL
- Emile Berliner1851-1929German-born American inventorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Barber1910-1981American composerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Charles Ives1874-1954American modernist composerWooster Cemetery, Danbury, CT
- Ricky Nelson1940-1985American musician and actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Miklós Rózsa1907-1995Hungarian-American composerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Dorothy Dandridge1922-1965American actress and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Mack Sennett1880-1960Canadian-American actor, producer and directorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Betty Grable1916-1973American actress and pin-up girlInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- James Irwin1930-1991American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- June Carter Cash1929-2003American singerHendersonville Memory Gardens Cemetery, Hendersonville, TN
- Claude Rains1889-1967British actorRed Hill Cemetery, Center Harbor, NH
- Mario Lanza1921-1959American tenor and actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Billy Preston1946-2006American R&B musicianInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Audie Murphy1924-1971American soldier and actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 2,837. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1790s2
- 1800s1
- 1830s2
- 1840s4
- 1850s2
- 1860s8
- 1870s14
- 1880s21
- 1890s31
- 1900s47
- 1910s68
- 1920s84
- 1930s130
- 1940s180
- 1950s205
- 1960s261
- 1970s281
- 1980s318
- 1990s340
- 2000s425
- 2010s340
- 2020s73
By recorded year of death, for the 2,837 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA179
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Burbank, CA168
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY89
- Westwood Memorial Park · Santa Monica, CA83
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA82
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Inglewood, CA56
- Ferncliff Cemetery · Greenburgh, NY52
- Hillside Memorial Park · Inglewood, CA48
- Kensico Cemetery · Valhalla, NY47
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY42
- Inglewood Park Cemetery · Inglewood, CA38
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park · Burbank, CA34
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Ferndale, MI29
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA25
- Restvale Cemetery · Alsip, IL24
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL23
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA22
- Hendersonville Memory Gardens Cemetery · Hendersonville, TN20
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery · Santa Clarita, CA20
- Burr Oak Cemetery · Alsip, IL19
- Mount Hebron Cemetery · Queens, NY17
- Lincoln Cemetery · Blue Island, IL17
- Pinelawn Memorial Park · East Farmingdale, NY17
- Calvary Cemetery · Manhattan, NY16
- Memphis Memorial Park Cemetery · Germantown, TN14
Top 25 of 909 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Musicians and singers by state
- Alabama22
- Alaska3
- Arizona7
- Arkansas14
- California950
- Colorado3
- Connecticut38
- Delaware2
- District of Columbia9
- Florida16
- Georgia32
- Hawaii11
- Idaho2
- Illinois191
- Indiana42
- Iowa19
- Kansas9
- Kentucky19
- Louisiana41
- Maine14
- Maryland30
- Massachusetts84
- Michigan71
- Minnesota13
- Mississippi20
- Missouri42
- Montana1
- Nebraska5
- Nevada4
- New Hampshire12
- New Jersey83
- New Mexico2
- New York535
- North Carolina16
- Ohio68
- Oklahoma14
- Oregon9
- Pennsylvania99
- Rhode Island9
- South Carolina3
- South Dakota2
- Tennessee107
- Texas64
- Utah17
- Vermont5
- Virginia45
- Washington9
- West Virginia5
- Wisconsin21
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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.