Aviators and astronauts buried in New York
Wikidata records 49 aviators and astronauts as buried in 31 of the cemeteries we list in New York. Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx holds the most, with 8. New York has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 470 nationally.
People recorded as aircraft pilots, aviators or astronauts.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Aviators and astronauts buried in New York
- Harriet Quimby1875-1912American aviator, screenwriterKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Rutherford Page1887-1912(1887-1912) American aviatorWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Tonio Silvio Resnati1893-1918Italian aviatorCalvary Cemetery, Manhattan, NY
- Augustus Moore Herring1867-1926Aircraft experimenterWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Harry Houdini1874-1926Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performerMachpelah Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Chance M. Vought1890-1930American aviation pioneerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Louis Bernheimer1894-1930American aviator and writerSalem Field Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Glenn Curtiss1878-1930American aviator and industrialistPleasant Valley Cemetery, Bath, NY
- Elliott C. Cowdin1886-1933American WWI pilotTrinity Cemetery, Woodmere, NY
- Clarence Blair Coombs1888-1944(1888-1944) American aviatorGreenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Frank Henry Russell1878-1947American aviation pioneer and the first General Manager of the Wright Brothers Company at Dayton, OhioMaplewood Cemetery, Adams, NY
- Antonie Strassmann1901-1952German actor and aviatorGate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Cleo Mayfield1888-1954American actressKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- James Lawrence Breese Jr.1885-1959American aviator and inventorSouthampton Cemetery, Tuckahoe, NY
- Ruth Rowland Nichols1901-1960American aviatorWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Ruth Chatterton1892-1961American actressBeechwoods Cemetery, Pelham, NY
- Eugene Bullard1895-1961First African-American military pilotFlushing Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Cora Bennett Hoffman1879-1962American aviator and authorNassau Knolls Cemetery, Port Washington, NY
- Jack A. Bade1920-1963American flying aceLong Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY
- Ed White1930-1967American astronautWest Point Cemetery, West Point, NY
- Eileen Vollick1908-1968Canadian aviatorWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Elmo Neale Pickerill1885-1968(1885-1968) early aviator who significantly advanced aircraft radio and wireless telegraphyPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
- Blanche Stuart Scott1884-1970AviatorRiverside Cemetery, Rochester, NY
- Pat Flaherty1897-1970American actor and baseball playerLong Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY
- Bernard Spindel1923-1971American surveillance and wiretapping expertMount Carmel Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Harry Frank Guggenheim1890-1971Politician and businessmanSalem Field Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Alexander P. de Seversky1894-1974Russian-American aviation pioneerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Roland Rohlfs1892-1974Early American aviatorForest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
- Artemus Lamb Gates1895-1976(1895-1976) Under Secretary of the NavyLocust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, NY
- Guy Lombardo1902-1977Canadian-American bandleaderPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
- Jacques de Sibour1896-1979French aviator and adventurerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Fred Trump Jr.1938-1981American airplane pilot; elder brother of Donald TrumpLutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, NY
- Leroy Grumman1895-1982American aerospace engineerLocust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, NY
- Constance Hahn1899-1983USA art collector, pilot and teacher from Tarrytown, NYWillow Dell Cemetery, Cornwall, NY
- Hubert Julian1897-1983American aviation pioneerCalverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
- Gregory Jarvis1944-1986American astronautMohawk Cemetery, Mohawk, NY
- Laurence Carbee Craigie1902-1994United States generalWest Point Cemetery, West Point, NY
- Big Pun1971-2000American rapperWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Jam Master Jay1965-2002American hip hop musicianFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Gabby Gabreski1919-2002American flying aceCalverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
- Merlin Santana1976-2002American actorSaint Raymond Cemetery, Bronx, NY
- Gil Scott-Heron1949-2011American soul and jazz poet, musician, and authorKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Heavy D1967-2011Jamaican-American rapper and actorFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Yenwith K. Whitney1924-2011Aeronautical engineerMount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Capital Steez1993-2012American rapperCypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, NY
- James Salter1925-2015American novelist and short-story writerOakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY
- Julius Freeman1927-2016American aviator (1927-2016); Tuskegee AirmanCalverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
- Pop Smoke1999-2020American rapperGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Biz Markie1964-2021American DJ, record producer, beatboxer, and rapperPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1910s3
- 1920s2
- 1930s4
- 1940s2
- 1950s3
- 1960s8
- 1970s9
- 1980s5
- 1990s1
- 2000s4
- 2010s6
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 49 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY8
- Calverton National Cemetery · Calverton, NY3
- Pinelawn Memorial Park · East Farmingdale, NY3
- Kensico Cemetery · Valhalla, NY3
- Locust Valley Cemetery · Locust Valley, NY2
- Long Island National Cemetery · Farmingdale, NY2
- Salem Field Cemetery · Queens, NY2
- West Point Cemetery · West Point, NY2
- Ferncliff Cemetery · Greenburgh, NY2
- Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery · Middle Village, NY1
- Saint Raymond Cemetery · Bronx, NY1
- Cypress Hills Cemetery · Queens, NY1
- Riverside Cemetery · Rochester, NY1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Hastings-on-Hudson, NY1
- Mount Carmel Cemetery · Queens, NY1
- Calvary Cemetery · Manhattan, NY1
- Flushing Cemetery · Queens, NY1
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY1
- Trinity Cemetery · Woodmere, NY1
- Machpelah Cemetery · Queens, NY1
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery · Valhalla, NY1
- Nassau Knolls Cemetery · Port Washington, NY1
- Oakland Cemetery · Sag Harbor, NY1
- Southampton Cemetery · Tuckahoe, NY1
- Forest Lawn Cemetery · Buffalo, NY1
Top 25 of 31 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in New York
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.