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<html> <head> <title>Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY CEMETERY Official Website: <a href="http://www.green-wood.com/">http://www.green-wood.com/</a>Location: <a href="/geo/436/000069229/" class=proflink>Brooklyn, NY</a> Founding Date: 1838<table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/194/000175666/">Leon Abbett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1836</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1894</tt></td> <td>Twice Governor of New Jersey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/514/000113175/">James Truslow Adams</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1949</tt></td> <td>The Epic of America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000110380/">Albert Anastasia</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1957</tt></td> <td>Gambino crime boss</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000107466/">Jean-Michel Basquiat</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1988</tt></td> <td>NYC graffiti artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000100790/">Henry Ward Beecher</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1813</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td>American Congregationalist preacher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000206486/">George Bellows</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td>American realist painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000159367/">James Gordon Bennett</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1795</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1872</tt></td> <td>Founder, The New York Herald</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/532/000031439/">Leonard Bernstein</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1990</tt></td> <td>Conductor, New York Philharmonic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000180351/">Samuel Blatchford</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1820</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1893</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1882-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/643/000168139/">Catherine Wolfe Bruce</a></td> <td><center>Philanthropist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1816</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1900</tt></td> <td>Underwriter of astronomy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000127466/">Bill The Butcher</a></td> <td><center>Boxing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Jul-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1855</tt></td> <td>Inspired Gangs of New York</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000161394/">William M. Calder</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td>US Senator from New York, 1917-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000084438/">George Catlin</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1796</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1872</tt></td> <td>Portraitist painted Native Americans</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000166498/">Henry Chadwick</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1908</tt></td> <td>Father of baseball</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000049905/">De Witt Clinton</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1769</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1828</tt></td> <td>Twice Governor of New York</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/333/000163841/">William Colgate</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1783</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1857</tt></td> <td>Toothpaste empirebuilder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000167238/">Henry Draper</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1882</tt></td> <td>Early astrophotographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/733/000167232/">John William Draper</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1811</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1882</tt></td> <td>Radiant energy and portrait photography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/119/000048972/">Fred Ebb</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-2004</tt></td> <td>Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000137010/">William Jay Gaynor</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1849</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1913</tt></td> <td>NYC mayor, shot in throat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/539/000087278/">Henry George</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1839</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1897</tt></td> <td>Progress and Poverty</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/352/000050202/">Horace Greeley</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1811</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1872</tt></td> <td>The Tribune</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000101630/">Henry W. Halleck</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1815</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1872</tt></td> <td>Commander of US Army, 1862-64</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000161635/">William Stewart Halsted</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1922</tt></td> <td>Pioneer of sterile surgical technique</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000065746/">William S. Hart</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td>Old-time silent movie cowboy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000103062/">Elias Howe</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1819</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1867</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the sewing machine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/830/000101527/">James Weldon Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1938</tt></td> <td>God's Trombones</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000206392/">John La Farge</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1910</tt></td> <td>Painter, muralist, stained-glass designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000180418/">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1757</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1823</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1807-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000103371/">Lola Montez</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1861</tt></td> <td>Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/373/000110043/">Frank Morgan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1949</tt></td> <td>The Wizard of Oz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000278725/">Ralph Morgan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1956</tt></td> <td>The Kennel Murder Case</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000113324/">Samuel F. B. Morse</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1791</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1872</tt></td> <td>Telegraph inventor and publicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000023848/">Edward R. Murrow</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td>The epitome of broadcast journalism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/953/000205338/">James D. P. Ogden</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1790</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1870</tt></td> <td>First President of New York Life Insurance Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000177593/">James Kirke Paulding</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1778</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1860</tt></td> <td>Salmagundi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/565/000165070/">Charles Pfizer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1906</tt></td> <td>Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/297/000205679/">Henry J. Raymond</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1820</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1869</tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of The New York Times</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000206536/">James Renwick</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1895</tt></td> <td>Gothic Revival architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000203663/">Thomas D. Rice</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1808</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td>Played "Jim Crow"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000165244/">Frederick A. O. Schwarz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1836</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1911</tt></td> <td>Founder of FAO Schwarz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000166354/">J. 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