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Musicians and singers buried in New York

Wikidata records 535 musicians as buried in 108 of the cemeteries we list in New York. Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx holds the most, with 89. New York has the 2nd highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.

People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.

535
musicians
108
cemeteries
5%
of notable burials in New York
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (52)

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Best documented

Musicians and singers buried in New York

Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 535. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1830s1
  • 1860s3
  • 1870s2
  • 1880s6
  • 1890s12
  • 1900s17
  • 1910s26
  • 1920s18
  • 1930s49
  • 1940s52
  • 1950s52
  • 1960s50
  • 1970s44
  • 1980s52
  • 1990s44
  • 2000s52
  • 2010s41
  • 2020s14

By recorded year of death, for the 535 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Top 25 of 108 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.

More lists

Other notable burials in New York

Writers and poets1,028Actors883United States representatives824Business leaders596Painters, sculptors and photographers474Journalists341American Civil War veterans300World War II veterans258Medal of Honor recipients244Scientists241Inventors and engineers214Physicians194Baseball players191World War I veterans180Architects105American football players68Mexican-American War veterans58Spanish-American War veterans57Basketball players52Aviators and astronauts49Governors45Korean War veterans45United States senators44Vietnam War veterans36Boxers30Pulitzer Prize winners24War of 1812 veterans23

Musicians and singers in every state

Method

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.

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