Where writers are buried

• Abraham Lincoln1809-1865
  President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
  Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
• George Washington1732-1799
  Founding Father and first U.S. president
  Washington Family Cemetery, Mount Vernon, VA
• Mark Twain1835-1910
  American author and humorist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY
• John F. Kennedy1917-1963
  President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• Thomas Jefferson1743-1826
  Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
  Jefferson Tomb, Charlottesville, VA
• Walt Disney1901-1966
  American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Benjamin Franklin1706-1790
  American polymath and statesman
  Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
• Ernest Hemingway1899-1961
  American author and journalist
  Ketchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
• Henry Ford1863-1947
  American business magnate
  Ford Cemetery, Detroit, MI
• Theodore Roosevelt1858-1919
  26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
  Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay Cove, NY
• Louis Armstrong1901-1971
  American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer
  Flushing Cemetery, Queens, NY
• Andy Warhol1928-1987
  American artist, film director, and producer
  Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Bruce Lee1940-1973
  Hong Kong, American martial artist and actor
  Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, WA
• Richard Feynman1918-1988
  American theoretical physicist
  Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
• James Monroe1758-1831
  President of the United States from 1817 to 1825
  Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
• Ralph Waldo Emerson1803-1882
  American philosopher
  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
• William Howard Taft1857-1930
  27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• James A. Garfield1831-1881
  President of the United States in 1881
  Lake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
• Elizabeth Taylor1932-2011
  British-American actress
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Emily Dickinson1830-1886
  American poet
  West Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
• Martin Van Buren1782-1862
  President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
  Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, NY
• Grover Cleveland1837-1908
  22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885-1889; 1893-1897)
  Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
• Henry David Thoreau1817-1862
  American essayist, poet, and philosopher
  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
• Henry Kissinger1923-2023
  American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• Carl Sagan1934-1996
  American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author
  Lake View Cemetery, Cayuga Heights, NY
• Benjamin Harrison1833-1901
  President of the United States, 1889-1893
  Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
• Toni Morrison1931-2019
  African American novelist, essayist, and academic
  South View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
• Herman Melville1819-1891
  American writer and poet
  Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
• John McCain1936-2018
  American politician
  U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
• Ayn Rand1905-1982
  Russian-born American writer and public philosopher
  Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
• Emma Goldman1869-1940
  Russian-born American anarchist
  Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
• William James1842-1910
  American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
  Cambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
• Bing Crosby1903-1977
  American singer and actor
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
• John Wayne1907-1979
  American actor
  Pacific View Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, CA
• Saul Bellow1915-2005
  Canadian-American writer
  Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT
• Sinclair Lewis1885-1951
  American writer and playwright
  Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, MN
• Ray Bradbury1920-2012
  American author and screenwriter
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Harriet Beecher Stowe1811-1896
  American abolitionist and author
  Phillips Academy Cemetery, Andover, MA
• Humphrey Bogart1899-1957
  American actor
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Nathaniel Hawthorne1804-1864
  American author
  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
• H. P. Lovecraft1890-1937
  American writer and editor
  Swan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
• Kobe Bryant1978-2020
  American basketball player
  Pacific View Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, CA
• Rachel Carson1907-1964
  American marine biologist and conservationist
  Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
• Andrew Carnegie1835-1919
  Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist
  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
• Isaac Bashevis Singer1904-1991
  Polish-American writer
  Cedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
• Mae West1893-1980
  American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer
  Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, NY
• Louisa May Alcott1832-1888
  American novelist
  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
• Frank Zappa1940-1993
  American musician
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Madeleine Albright1937-2022
  United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001
  Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
• Harper Lee1926-2016
  American novelist
  Hillcrest Cemetery, Monroeville, AL
• Carrie Fisher1956-2016
  American actress, writer and screenwriter
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Washington Irving1783-1859
  American writer, historian and diplomat
  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
• Eugene O'Neill1888-1953
  American playwright
  Forest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
• Elie Wiesel1928-2016
  Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor
  Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
• Truman Capote1924-1984
  American writer
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• David Lynch1946-2025
  American filmmaker
  Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
• Alexander Hamilton1757-1804
  American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757-1804)
  Trinity Churchyard, New York City, NY
• Charles Bukowski1920-1994
  German-American writer
  Green Hills Memorial Park, Lomita, CA
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1929-1994
  First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• Lauren Bacall1924-2014
  American actress
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Tennessee Williams1911-1983
  American playwright
  Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
• Mary Pickford1892-1979
  Canadian actress and producer
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Kirk Douglas1916-2020
  American actor
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Margaret Mitchell1900-1949
  American author and journalist
  Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
• Roger Ebert1942-2013
  American film critic and author
  Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
• Henry James1843-1916
  American and British writer
  Cambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
• Dale Carnegie1888-1955
  American writer and lecturer
  Belton Cemetery, Raymore, MO
• Jane Addams1860-1935
  American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
  Cedarville Cemetery, Freeport, IL
• Buster Keaton1895-1966
  American actor, comedian and filmmaker
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
• Paul Walker1973-2013
  American actor
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
• Jack Kerouac1922-1969
  American writer
  Edson Cemetery, Lowell, MA
• Robert F. Kennedy1925-1968
  American politician and lawyer
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• James Stewart1908-1997
  American actor and military officer
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Samuel Finley Breese Morse1791-1872
  American inventor and painter
  Green - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
• Philip K. Dick1928-1982
  American science fiction author
  Riverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, CO
• Gary Cooper1901-1961
  American actor
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
• Margaret Mead1901-1978
  American anthropologist
  Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Doylestown, PA
• Charles Bronson1921-2003
  American actor
  Brownsville Number 1 Cemetery, Windsor, VT
• Steven Weinberg1933-2021
  American theoretical physicist
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
• Harry Houdini1874-1926
  Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer
  Machpelah Cemetery, Queens, NY
• Frederick Douglass1818-1895
  African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
• P. T. Barnum1810-1891
  American showman and politician
  Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
• Hal Holbrook1925-2021
  American actor
  McLemoresville Cemetery, Huntingdon, TN
• Joseph Priestley1733-1804
  English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist
  Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA
• Susan B. Anthony1820-1906
  American women's rights activist
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
• John Updike1932-2009
  American novelist, poet
  Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery, Flying Hills, PA
• Matthew Perry1969-2023
  American-Canadian actor
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
• James Cagney1899-1986
  American actor and dancer
  Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
• Marguerite Yourcenar1903-1987
  French novelist and essayist
  Brookside Cemetery, Trenton, ME
• Philip Roth1933-2018
  American novelist
  Bard College Cemetery, Tivoli, NY
• B.F. Skinner1904-1990
  American behaviorist
  Mount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
• John Ford1894-1973
  American film director
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
• Piet Mondrian1872-1944
  Dutch painter
  Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, NY
• Sally Ride1951-2012
  American astronaut and physicist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
• Raymond Chandler1888-1959
  American novelist and screenwriter
  Mount Hope Cemetery, National City, CA
• Norman Mailer1923-2007
  American writer
  Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
• Mario Puzo1920-1999
  American author, screenwriter, and journalist
  North Babylon Cemetery, North Babylon, NY
• Gene Hackman1930-2025
  American actor and novelist
  Santa Fe Memorial Gardens, Santa Fe, NM
• Gene Kelly1912-1996
  American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Jefferson Davis1808-1889
  President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
  Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
• Debbie Reynolds1932-2016
  American actress, singer, and dancer
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
• Paramahansa Yogananda1893-1952
  Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Aaron Swartz1986-2013
  American computer programmer and internet-political activist
  Shalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, IL
• Larry King1933-2021
  American television and radio host
  Hillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
• Anne Bancroft1931-2005
  American actress
  Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
• Burt Lancaster1913-1994
  American actor
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Richard Simmons1948-2024
  American fitness instructor and video producer
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Dean Martin1917-1995
  American singer, actor, comedian and film producer
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• John Glenn1921-2016
  American astronaut and politician
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• Leonard Bernstein1918-1990
  American conductor and composer
  Green - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
• Emily Greene Balch1867-1961
  American economist and writer
  Forest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
• Benoit Mandelbrot1924-2010
  Polish-born, French and American mathematician
  Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
• Bob Hope1903-2003
  American entertainer
  San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Santa Clarita, CA
• Dennis Hopper1936-2010
  American actor and film director
  Jesus Nazareno Cemetery, Ranchos de Taos, NM
• Billy Wilder1906-2002
  Austrian and American filmmaker
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• Hugh Hefner1926-2017
  American businessman and magazine publisher
  Westwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
• James Baldwin1924-1987
  American writer
  Ferncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
• Gore Vidal1925-2012
  American writer
  Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
• Ed Asner1929-2021
  American actor
  Sheffield Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
• Ginger Rogers1911-1995
  American actress and dancer
  Oakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
• Ludwig von Mises1881-1973
  Austrian-American economist
  Ferncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815-1902
  American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
• Leonard Nimoy1931-2015
  American actor
  Hillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
• Errol Flynn1909-1959
  Australian actor
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Theodore Dreiser1871-1945
  American novelist and journalist
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• William S. Burroughs1914-1997
  American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
• Paul Auster1947-2024
  American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter
  Green - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
• Fritz Lang1890-1976
  Austrian filmmaker
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
• Burt Reynolds1936-2018
  American actor
  Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
• John Kenneth Galbraith1908-2006
  Canadian-American economist and diplomat
  Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
• Harold Lloyd1893-1971
  American actor and comedian
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• L. Frank Baum1856-1919
  American author of children's books
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Fred Rogers1928-2003
  American television personality
  Unity Cemetery, Latrobe, PA
• Charles G. Dawes1865-1951
  Vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929
  Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
• Frances Hodgson Burnett1849-1924
  English-American playwright and author
  Roslyn Cemetery, Greenvale, NY
• Garry Marshall1934-2016
  American actor and filmmaker
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
• Jim Varney1949-2000
  American actor and comedian
  Lexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
• John C. Calhoun1782-1850
  Vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832
  St. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
• William Saroyan1908-1981
  Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer
  Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, CA
• Irving Berlin1888-1989
  American composer and lyricist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
• Dorothy Parker1893-1967
  American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
• Sidney Lumet1924-2011
  American director, producer and screenwriter
  Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY
• Anne Rice1941-2021
  American author
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Upton Sinclair1878-1968
  American writer
  Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
• Dashiell Hammett1894-1961
  American writer
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
• Philip W. Anderson1923-2020
  American physicist
  Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
• Henry A. Wallace1888-1965
  American politician (1888-1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945
  Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
• William Wyler1902-1981
  Swiss-German-American director and producer
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
• Edward O. Wilson1929-2021
  American biologist, naturalist, and writer
  Westview Cemetery, Bedford, MA
• Nellie Bly1864-1922
  American journalist
  Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY

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