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<html> <head> <title>Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, 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> Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY CEMETERY Official Website: <a href="http://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org/">http://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org/</a>Location: <a href="/geo/434/000069227/" class=proflink>Bronx, NY</a> Founding Date: 1863<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/763/000026685/">Irving Berlin</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1989</tt></td> <td>White Christmas, God Bless America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000174733/">Maximilian Berlitz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1921</tt></td> <td>Berlitz Language Schools</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000141331/">Nellie Bly</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1922</tt></td> <td>Ten Days in a Mad-House</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/420/000209790/">Benjamin H. Bristow</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1832</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/841/000092565/">Barbara Britton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1980</tt></td> <td>Mr. and Mrs. North</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000032061/">Ralph Bunche</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td>UN Mediator in Palestine 1948</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000043673/">Harry Carey, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1947</tt></td> <td>VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000205584/">Irene Castle</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1969</tt></td> <td>Vernon & Irene Castle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000205585/">Vernon Castle</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1918</tt></td> <td>Vernon & Irene Castle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000088980/">George M. Cohan</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td>Yankee Doodle Dandy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000121544/">Ricardo Cortez</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1977</tt></td> <td>The Torrent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/575/000026497/">Celia Cruz</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-2003</tt></td> <td>Queen of Salsa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000113000/">Countee Cullen</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td>Harlem Renaissance poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000026597/">Miles Davis</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1991</tt></td> <td>Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000114280/">Clarence Day</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1935</tt></td> <td>Life with Father</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/505/000205887/">Reginald De Koven</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td>Oh, Promise Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/949/000060769/">William C. Durant</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1947</tt></td> <td>Founder of General Motors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000205746/">Gus Edwards</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1945</tt></td> <td>By the Light of the Silvery Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000031705/">Duke Ellington</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1974</tt></td> <td>It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000159967/">Albert Ellis</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Rational emotive behavior therapy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000094765/">David Farragut</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td>America's first admiral</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000110030/">Geraldine Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-2005</tt></td> <td>Wuthering Heights</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000163736/">James Montgomery Flagg</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1960</tt></td> <td>I Want YOU for U.S. Army</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/089/000085831/">Frankie Frisch</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1973</tt></td> <td>2880 hits with .316 batting average</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000050271/">Jay Gould</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1836</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1892</tt></td> <td>Railroad baron owned Union Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000026686/">Lionel Hampton</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-2002</tt></td> <td>Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000045896/">W. C. Handy</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1958</tt></td> <td>Father of the Blues</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000205937/">Ned Harrigan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1844</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1911</tt></td> <td>Harrigan & Hart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000032104/">Coleman Hawkins</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1969</tt></td> <td>Jazz tenor saxophonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/959/000159482/">Victor Herbert</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1924</tt></td> <td>Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/753/000055588/">Charles Evans Hughes</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1948</tt></td> <td>US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000209217/">Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1950</tt></td> <td>US Solicitor General, 1929-30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000122168/">Barbara Hutton</a></td> <td><center>Socialite</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1979</tt></td> <td>The Poor Little Rich Girl</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000205639/">Oscar Hammerstein I</a></td> <td><center>Theatre Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1919</tt></td> <td>Olympia Theatre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000205693/">Milt Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1999</tt></td> <td>Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/022/000054857/">Illinois Jacquet</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-2004</tt></td> <td>Squealing saxophone legend</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000206215/">Fritz Kreisler</a></td> <td><center>Violinist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1962</tt></td> <td>Austrian violin virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/600/000024528/">Fiorello LaGuardia</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1947</tt></td> <td>New York City Mayor, 1934-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/165/000135757/">Canada Lee</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1952</tt></td> <td>Cry, the Beloved Country</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/399/000164904/">Rowland H. Macy</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1822</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1877</tt></td> <td>Founder of Macy's department stores</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000119323/">Vito Marcantonio</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>American Labor Party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000162638/">Bat Masterson</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1921</tt></td> <td>Frontier peace officer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000044915/">Herman Melville</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1819</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1891</tt></td> <td>Moby Dick</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/172/000205554/">Marilyn Miller</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td>Broadway actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000179624/">Florence Mills</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1927</tt></td> <td>Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000031325/">Robert Moses</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1981</tt></td> <td>New York City planner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/185/000022119/">Thomas Nast</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1840</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1902</tt></td> <td>American political caricaturist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000351746/">LeRoy Neiman</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-2012</tt></td> <td>Painter of sports scenes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000111567/">Harold Nicholas</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-2000</tt></td> <td>Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000205711/">King Oliver</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td>King Oliver Creole Jazz Band</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000160176/">J. C. Penney</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1971</tt></td> <td>Founder of J. C. Penney Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/456/000026378/">Otto Preminger</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1986</tt></td> <td>Anatomy of a Murder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000085935/">Joseph Pulitzer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td>Established the Pulitzer Prize</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/921/000177390/">Grantland Rice</a></td> <td><center>Sports Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Sportswriter, Idolmaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/873/000048729/">Max Roach</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-2007</tt></td> <td>Enduring jazz drummer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/426/000137015/">Ruth Snyder</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td>Electrocuted for murdering husband</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/266/000032170/">Elizabeth Cady Stanton</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1815</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td>National Woman Suffrage Association</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000347002/">Margot Stevenson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-2011</tt></td> <td>Margo Lane on The Shadow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/899/000279062/">Harold Vermilyea</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1958</tt></td> <td>Sorry, Wrong Number</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000059948/">Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1942</tt></td> <td>Whitney Museum of American Art</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/807/000060627/">William C. 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