Notable people buried in Pennsylvania

• Benjamin Franklin1706-1790
  American polymath and statesman
  Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
• Andy Warhol1928-1987
  American artist, film director, and producer
  Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
• James Buchanan1791-1868
  President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
  Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
• Margaret Mead1901-1978
  American anthropologist
  Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Doylestown, PA
• Joseph Priestley1733-1804
  English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist
  Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA
• John Updike1932-2009
  American novelist, poet
  Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery, Flying Hills, PA
• Charles Sanders Peirce1839-1914
  American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist
  Milford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
• Fred Rogers1928-2003
  American television personality
  Unity Cemetery, Latrobe, PA
• Kenny Rogers1938-2020
  American country singer
  The Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
• Joe Frazier1944-2011
  American boxer
  Ivy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
• Jayne Mansfield1933-1967
  American actress
  Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, PA
• Erving Goffman1922-1982
  Canadian-American sociologist
  Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
• Alan MacDiarmid1927-2007
  New Zealand chemist
  Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
• Marian Anderson1897-1993
  African-American contralto
  Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
• Frederick Winslow Taylor1856-1915
  American mechanical engineer
  West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• Bessie Smith1894-1937
  American blues singer
  Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
• John Barrymore1882-1942
  American actor
  Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Thomas Eakins1844-1916
  American painter
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Ismail al-Faruqi1921-1986
  Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar
  Forest Hills Cemetery, Feasterville, PA
• Bill Tilden1893-1953
  American tennis player
  Ivy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
• Charles Taze Russell1852-1916
  Founder of the Bible Student movement
  United Cemetery, West View, PA
• Samuel Barber1910-1981
  American composer
  The Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
• Marianne Moore1887-1972
  American poet
  Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
• Louis Kahn1901-1974
  Estonian-American architect
  Montefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
• Frank Gorshin1933-2005
  American actor and comedian
  Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
• Gideon Sundback1880-1954
  Swedish-American inventor
  Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, PA
• Linda Darnell1923-1965
  American actress
  Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA
• George Meade1815-1872
  United States Army general and civil engineer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Benjamin Rush1746-1813
  American physician, educator, and author
  Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
• Stephen Foster1826-1864
  American songwriter
  Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• Michael K. Williams1966-2021
  American actor
  East Harrisburg Cemetery, Penbrook, PA
• Ida Tarbell1857-1944
  American journalist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, PA
• H. H. Holmes1861-1896
  American con artist and serial killer
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
• Bud Powell1924-1966
  American jazz pianist and composer
  Fairview Cemetery, Dresher, PA
• Sarah Knauss1880-1999
  American supercentenarian
  Grandview Cemetery, Allentown, PA
• Jim Croce1943-1973
  American singer-songwriter
  Haym Salomon Memorial Park, Exton, PA
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe1915-1973
  American gospel musician
  Northwood Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA
• Smedley Butler1881-1940
  United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer
  The Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
• Barry Nelson1917-2007
  American actor
  Lansdale Cemetery, Lansdale, PA
• Lloyd Alexander1924-2007
  American children's writer
  Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
• Matthew McGrory1973-2005
  American actor
  Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
• Eddie Adams1933-2004
  American photographer
  Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Natrona Heights, PA
• Mary Lou Williams1910-1981
  American jazz pianist and composer
  Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
• Henry J. Heinz1844-1919
  American businessman
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• Jimmy Smith1925-2005
  American jazz organist
  Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• Bruno Sammartino1935-2018
  Italian-born American professional wrestler
  Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, West View, PA
• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper1825-1911
  American writer
  Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
• Erroll Garner1921-1977
  American jazz pianist and composer
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• Cecilia Beaux1855-1942
  American artist
  West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• Betsy Ross1752-1836
  American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives with making the first American flag
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
• Richard Lynch1940-2012
  American actor
  Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
• Thaddeus Stevens1792-1868
  American statesman
  Shreiner's Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
• Skip James1902-1969
  American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
  Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• August Wilson1945-2005
  American playwright
  Greenwood Cemetery, Sharpsburg, PA
• Winfield Scott Hancock1824-1886
  United States Army officer
  Montgomery Cemetery, West Norriton, PA
• Tammi Terrell1945-1970
  American singer-songwriter
  Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
• Joseph Leidy1823-1891
  American anatomist and paleontologist
  West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• John Sutter1803-1880
  Pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush
  Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, PA
• John Mauchly1907-1980
  American physicist
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Ambler, PA
• Paul Wittgenstein1887-1961
  Austrian pianist of Jewish heritage, emigrant from Nazi Austria to USA
  Pine Grove Cemetery, Canadensis, PA
• Frank Sheeran1920-2003
  American mobster
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
• Bobby Rydell1942-2022
  American singer and teen idol
  Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
• Arlene Francis1907-2001
  American actress and television host
  Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
• Paul H. O'Neill1935-2020
  American politician
  Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
• Sarah Josepha Hale1788-1879
  American writer and editor
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Robert Cornelius1809-1893
  American photographer and lamp manufacturer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Bayard Taylor1825-1878
  United States poet, novelist and travel writer
  Longwood Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA
• Nancy Spungen1958-1978
  American girlfriend of Sid Vicious
  King David Memorial Park, Bensalem, PA
• Jeremiah S. Black1810-1883
  American lawyer and politician
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, North York, PA
• Hank Mobley1930-1986
  American saxophonist
  Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
• R. Budd Dwyer1939-1987
  American politician
  Blooming Valley Cemetery, Meadville, PA
• N. C. Wyeth1882-1945
  American illustrator and painter
  Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery, West Chester, PA
• Albert Tyler1872-1945
  American pole vaulter
  The Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
• Billy Paul1934-2016
  American singer-songwriter
  West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• Edwin Drake1819-1880
  American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States
  Woodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, PA
• John F. Reynolds1820-1863
  United States Army general
  Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
• William Tenn1920-2010
  British-American science fiction author
  Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Thompsonville, PA
• Honus Wagner1874-1955
  American baseball player
  Jefferson Memorial Park, Baldwin, PA
• David Rittenhouse1732-1796
  American astronomer (*1732, †1796)
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Thomas McKean1734-1817
  American Founding Father and politician
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Richard Rush1780-1859
  Former United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of the Treasury
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Mary Engle Pennington1872-1952
  American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Isaac Israel Hayes1832-1881
  United States explorer and physician
  Oakland Friends Cemetery, West Chester, PA
• Lillian Russell1861-1922
  American opera singer and actress
  Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• Stanley Turrentine1934-2000
  American jazz saxophonist and record producer
  Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• John Taylor1882-1908
  Track and field athlete, first African American to win an Olympic gold medal
  Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
• Michael Constantine1927-2021
  Greek-American actor
  Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
• Simon Cameron1799-1889
  American businessman and politician
  Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
• Owen Wister1860-1938
  American writer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Titian Peale1799-1885
  American ornithologist, entomologist, photographer, artist and explorer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Rembrandt Peale1778-1860
  American painter
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Carl Benjamin Boyer1906-1976
  American mathematician and historian
  Springtown Cemetery, Hellertown, PA
• Theodore Van Kirk1921-2014
  American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star
  Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA
• Gifford Pinchot1865-1946
  American forester and politician
  Milford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
• Jessie Redmon Fauset1882-1961
  American novelist
  Eden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
• Henry Clay Frick1849-1919
  American industrialist
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• Samuel George Morton1799-1851
  American physician and naturalist
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• John Cassin1813-1869
  U.S. ornithologist
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Florence Kelley1859-1932
  American activist
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden1829-1887
  U.S geologist and surgeon
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Charles Godfrey Leland1824-1903
  American folklorist
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• John Lawrence LeConte1825-1883
  American entomologist
  West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
• Joe Paterno1926-2012
  American college football coach
  Slab Cabin Cemetery, State College, PA
• William Guarnere1923-2014
  United States Army paratrooper during World War II
  Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
• Martin Gabel1912-1986
  American actor
  Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
• Eben Byers1880-1932
  Industrialist, amateur golfer
  Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• Thomas Meighan1879-1936
  American actor
  Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• Herb Drury1895-1965
  American ice hockey player
  Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
• Joseph Augustus Zarelli1953-1957
  American formerly unidentified murder victim
  Ivy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
• Joseph Sweeney1884-1963
  American actor
  Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
• John Bell Hatcher1861-1904
  American paleontologist
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• Frank Morley1860-1937
  British mathematician
  Haverford New Meeting Cemetery, Ardmore, PA
• John C. Pemberton1814-1881
  Confederate Army officer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• William Christian Bullitt, Jr.1891-1967
  American diplomat
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Richard Harding Davis1864-1916
  American journalist and fiction writer
  Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Elinor Wylie1885-1928
  American poet
  Forty Fort Cemetery, Swoyersville, PA
• Eddie Sachs1927-1964
  American racing driver
  Holy Saviour Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA
• Nick Berg1978-2004
  American freelance radio tower repairman taken hostage and killed in Iraq
  Montefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
• Thomas Willing1731-1821
  American politician
  Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
• Dick Thornburgh1932-2020
  American politician
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• Thomas Sully1783-1872
  American painter
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• William Gilmore1895-1969
  American rower
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• William J. Duane1780-1865
  American politician, Jackson administration cabinet member
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Jessie Willcox Smith1863-1935
  American illustrator
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• H. Beam Piper1904-1964
  American science fiction writer
  Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, PA
• William Henry Conley1840-1897
  American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society
  Highwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Chuck Cooper1926-1984
  American basketball player
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• John W. Geary1819-1873
  Union Army General
  Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
• J. Donald Cameron1833-1918
  American politician
  Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
• Frederic Lewy1885-1950
  German-born American neurologist
  Haverford New Meeting Cemetery, Ardmore, PA
• John Heinz1938-1991
  American businessman and politician
  Homewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
• Elisha Kent Kane1820-1857
  American explorer and military medical officer
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Henry Charles Lea1825-1909
  American historian
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Meredith Colket1878-1947
  American tennis player
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Eddie Griffin1982-2007
  American basketball player
  Northwood Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA
• George Barbier1864-1945
  American actor
  Fernwood Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
• Samuel D. Ingham1779-1860
  American politician
  Thompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, PA
• Harry Jacob Anslinger1892-1975
  1st Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
  Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, PA
• Josh Gibson1911-1947
  American Hall of Fame baseball player
  Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• Walter Forward1786-1852
  American politician
  Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
• Harry Greb1894-1926
  American boxer
  Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
• Eddie Lang1902-1933
  American jazz guitarist
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
• Witmer Stone1866-1939
  American ornithologist
  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• Tom Gola1933-2014
  American basketball player and politician
  Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown Grant, PA
• Silas Weir Mitchell1829-1914
  American physician
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Anthony Joseph Drexel1826-1893
  American businessman
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Britton Chance1913-2010
  American biochemist and Olympic sailor
  The Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
• Armen Gilliam1964-2011
  American basketball player
  Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Park, PA
• Rebecca Harding Davis1831-1910
  American journalist
  Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
• George Kelly1887-1974
  American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor
  Westminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA

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