Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Musicians and singers buried in Pennsylvania
Wikidata records 99 musicians as buried in 53 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd holds the most, with 9. Pennsylvania has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
99
musicians
53
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Pennsylvania
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (12)
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In order of death
Musicians and singers buried in Pennsylvania
- John Shawdied 1842English musician and poetLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Cornelia Frances Jefferson1796-1848American singer and actressForest Hills Cemetery, Feasterville, PA
- Stephen Foster1826-1864American songwriterAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- W. H. W. Darley1801-1872American composerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Henry Gordon Thunder, Sr.1832-1881Organist, musician, conductor and composerNew Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Charles Fenno Hoffman1806-1884United States poet and novelistChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
- Emma Seiler1821-1886Bavarian-American voice teacher, writer and scientistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Ethelbert Nevin1862-1901American pianist and composerSewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
- Frederic Archer1838-1901British musicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Septimus Winner1827-1902American songwriter, lyricist, composer, music publisherWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Thomas Brigham Bishop1835-1905American musicianMount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Lewis Redner1831-1908American musician, composerThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- David Duffield Wood1838-1910West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- James A. Bland1854-1911American musicianMerion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- William Gustavus Fischer1835-1912American composerMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- William J. Kirkpatrick1838-1921English composer of hymns and teacherWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Edward McCollin1858-1923American lawyer and musicianWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Camille Zeckwer1875-1924American composerHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Monroe Althouse1853-1924American composerCharles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
- Pinchas Minkowski1859-1924Russian cantorHar NEBO Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Abraham Reincke Beck1833-1928American educator and archivist for the Moravian ChurchMoravian Cemetery, Lititz, PA
- Charles Albert Tindley1851-1933American Methodist minister and gospel music composerEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Eddie Lang1902-1933American jazz guitaristHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- August Buchse1872-1934Northwood Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA
- Bessie Smith1894-1937American blues singerMount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
- Leonard Moorhead Thomas1878-1937American composer, art collector, banker and diplomatLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- James Milton Black1856-1938American hymnwriterWildwood Cemetery, Garden View, PA
- Russell King Miller1871-1939American organist and composerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- John Rhodes1865-1940American musicianNorthwood Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA
- William M. Felton1887-1942American composerLawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, PA
- Elijah Zaludkowski1887-1943CantorBeth Shalom Cemetery, Glenshaw, PA
- Arthur Finley Nevin1871-1943American composer, conductor and teacherSewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
- William Clifford Heilman1877-1946American composerWildwood Cemetery, Garden View, PA
- Harry T. Burleigh1866-1949American composer, arranger, and baritoneErie Cemetery, Erie, PA
- Frank Edwin Ward1872-1953American composer and organistWysox Cemetery, Towanda, PA
- Vladimir Bakaleinikov1885-1953American conductorHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Rudolph G. Volkwein1882-1954BandleaderUniondale Cemetery 1, Pittsburgh, PA
- Danny Nirella1873-1956Italian-American bandleader and composerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- William Eythe1918-1957American actorSaint Peters Cemetery, Butler, PA
- Yudl Belzer1871-1958Hazzan and composer in PhiladelphiaHar NEBO Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Henry Gordon Thunder Jr.1865-1958American conductor, composerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Bert Bell1895-1959American football player, coach, and executiveCalvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, PA
- Paul Wittgenstein1887-1961Austrian pianist of Jewish heritage, emigrant from Nazi Austria to USAPine Grove Cemetery, Canadensis, PA
- Frank McGrann1880-1962Band conductor and civil servantSaint Mary's Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
- Joseph Francis Kuhn1924-1962American composerHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Marc Blitzstein1905-1964American composer, lyricist, and librettistChelten Hills Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Theodore R. Bennett1902-1965American musicianRobinson Run Cemetery, Sturgeon, PA
- Bud Powell1924-1966American jazz pianist and composerFairview Cemetery, Dresher, PA
- Frank Patterson1871-1966American composerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Jayne Mansfield1933-1967American actressFairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, PA
- Skip James1902-1969American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriterMerion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Tammi Terrell1945-1970American singer-songwriterMount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
- Jim Croce1943-1973American singer-songwriterHaym Salomon Memorial Park, Exton, PA
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe1915-1973American gospel musicianNorthwood Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA
- George Tunnell1912-1975American singerEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Nikolai Lopatnikoff1903-1976Russian-American composer, music teacher and academicHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Erroll Garner1921-1977American jazz pianist and composerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Jani Szanto1887-1977German and American violinist and teacher of Hungarian originWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Joe Venuti1903-1978American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinistHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Mary Lou Williams1910-1981American jazz pianist and composerCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- Samuel Barber1910-1981American composerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Churchill Kohlman1906-1983American songwriterHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Marlin Ellis Kaufman1899-1984Original Pennsylvania SerenadersMount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA
- Barbara Troxell1916-1984American soprano and voice teacherHope Cemetery, Nazareth, PA
- Richard Yardumian1917-1985Armenian-American composerLords New Church Cemetery, Bryn Athyn, PA
- Linda Creed1948-1986American songwriterRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- Hank Mobley1930-1986American saxophonistEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Guy Marks1923-1987American actor, comedian, singer and impressionistHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Don Walker1907-1989American musicianThompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, PA
- Norman Frauenheim1897-1989American musicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- Marion Turner Stubbs1910-1994African American pianist and founder of Jack and JillEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Marion Williams1927-1994American gospel singerIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- George S. Howard1903-1995American conductor and music educatorCedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata, PA
- Laurie Beechman1953-1998American singerMontefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
- Terry Gilkyson1916-1999American musicianMorris Cemetery, Phoenixville, PA
- Carrie Mayer1899-1999American singer and pianistHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Stanley Turrentine1934-2000American jazz saxophonist and record producerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Al Grey1925-2000American jazz musicianIndiantown Gap National Cemetery, Jonestown, PA
- Fred Rogers1928-2003American television personalityUnity Cemetery, Latrobe, PA
- Ty Longley1971-2003Musician from the United StatesOakwood Cemetery, Sharon, PA
- John Whitehead1948-2004American singerMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Jimmy Smith1925-2005American jazz organistMerion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Frank Gorshin1933-2005American actor and comedianCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- Harry McGilberry1950-2006American musicianEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Walt Harper1926-2006American musicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Richie Barrett1933-2006American singer, record producer, and songwriterWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Alexis Cohen1983-2009American singerKeneseth Israel Cemetery, Allentown, PA
- Fayette Pinkney1948-2009Singer, psychologist, vocal coachIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Butch Ballard1918-2011American jazz drummerFairview Cemetery, Dresher, PA
- Thelma Brody Weiss1915-2011American pianistBeth Am Cemetery, Lynnwood-Pricedale, PA
- Marian Filar1917-2012Polish Holocaust survivor and classical pianistMontefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
- Father John D’Amico1939-2013American musician and pianistArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- James DePreist1936-2013American conductorEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Maureen Gray1948-2014American singer and songwriterFernwood Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Carson Van Osten1946-2015American comics creator and musician, bass guitaristThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Billy Paul1934-2016American singer-songwriterWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Len Barry1942-2020American singer, songwriter and record producerMontefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
- Kenny Rogers1938-2020American country singerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Bobby Rydell1942-2022American singer and teen idolSaints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1840s2
- 1860s1
- 1870s1
- 1880s3
- 1900s5
- 1910s3
- 1920s6
- 1930s7
- 1940s6
- 1950s8
- 1960s9
- 1970s8
- 1980s11
- 1990s6
- 2000s12
- 2010s8
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 99 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA9
- Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA7
- Eden Memorial Cemetery · Collingdale, PA6
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA5
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Yeadon, PA5
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA3
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Homestead, PA3
- Northwood Cemetery · Elkins Park, PA3
- Merion Memorial Park · Bala Cynwyd, PA3
- Montefiore Cemetery · Rockledge, PA3
- The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA2
- Mount Moriah Cemetery · Yeadon, PA2
- The Oaklands Cemetery · West Chester, PA2
- Har NEBO Cemetery · Cheltenham, PA2
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA2
- Wildwood Cemetery · Garden View, PA2
- Sewickley Cemetery · Sewickley, PA2
- Mount Lawn Cemetery · Sharon Hill, PA2
- Fairview Cemetery · Dresher, PA2
- Charles Evans Cemetery · Reading, PA1
- Haym Salomon Memorial Park · Exton, PA1
- Christ Church Burial Ground · Philadelphia, PA1
- Indiantown Gap National Cemetery · Jonestown, PA1
- Arlington Cemetery · Drexel Hill, PA1
- Beth Am Cemetery · Lynnwood-Pricedale, PA1
Top 25 of 53 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Pennsylvania
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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.