Pulitzer Prize winners buried in New York
Wikidata records 24 Pulitzer Prize winners as buried in 18 of the cemeteries we list in New York. Ferncliff Cemetery in Greenburgh holds the most, with 5. New York has the highest count of any state, out of 127 nationally.
People whose Wikidata entry records a Pulitzer Prize.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Pulitzer Prize winners buried in New York
- Scott Joplin1867-1917American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)Saint Michael's Cemetery, Manhattan, NY
- James Truslow Adams1878-1949American writer and historianGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- William Rose Benét1886-1950American writerFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- John Joseph O'Neill1889-1953American journalistGreenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, NY
- Owen Davis1874-1956American dramatistFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Oscar Hammerstein II1895-1960American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and director of musicalsFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Moss Hart1904-1961American playwright, librettist, and theatre directorFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- John Coltrane1926-1967American jazz saxophonistPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
- Westbrook Pegler1894-1969American investigative journalistGate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Douglas Moore1893-1969American composerCutchogue Cemetery, Cutchogue, NY
- Rube Goldberg1883-1970American cartoonistMount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY
- Duke Ellington1899-1974American jazz pianist and composerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Jean Stafford1915-1979American authorGreen River Cemetery, Springs, NY
- Thelonious Monk1917-1982American jazz pianist and composerFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Morton Gould1913-1996American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianistNew Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, NY
- Paul Zindel1936-2003American dramatist and children's writerMoravian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY
- George Perle1915-2009American composerCalverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
- Elliott Carter1908-2012American composerGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Marvin Hamlisch1944-2012American composer and conductorMount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, NY
- Michael Kammen1936-2013American historianPleasant Grove Cemetery, Cayuga Heights, NY
- Ornette Coleman1930-2015American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composerWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Jimmy Breslin1928-2017American journalist and authorSaint John Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Philip Roth1933-2018American novelistBard College Cemetery, Tivoli, NY
- Herman Wouk1915-2019American writerBeth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1910s1
- 1940s1
- 1950s3
- 1960s5
- 1970s3
- 1980s1
- 1990s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s7
By recorded year of death, for the 24 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Ferncliff Cemetery · Greenburgh, NY5
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY2
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY2
- Calverton National Cemetery · Calverton, NY1
- New Montefiore Cemetery · West Babylon, NY1
- Mount Zion Cemetery · Maspeth, NY1
- Saint John Cemetery · Queens, NY1
- Beth David Cemetery · Elmont, NY1
- Saint Michael's Cemetery · Manhattan, NY1
- Moravian Cemetery · Staten Island, NY1
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery · Valhalla, NY1
- Green River Cemetery · Springs, NY1
- Cutchogue Cemetery · Cutchogue, NY1
- Pinelawn Memorial Park · East Farmingdale, NY1
- Greenfield Cemetery · Uniondale, NY1
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery · Hawthorne, NY1
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery · Cayuga Heights, NY1
- Bard College Cemetery · Tivoli, NY1
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.