Rock Creek Cemetery

Douglas MacArthur II

1909–1997 (age 88)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Douglas MacArthur II (1909–1997) of Bryn Mawr, a noted American diplomat, lies in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Martha Dodd

1908–1990 (age 82)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Martha Dodd (1908–1990) of Ashland, remembered as an American writer, is interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Hewson A. Ryan

1922–1991 (age 69)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Hewson A. Ryan (1922–1991) of New Haven rests in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Robert Saunders Scurlock

1916–1994 (age 78)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Robert Saunders Scurlock (1916–1994) of Washington, D.C., is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Joseph A. Todd

1916–1997 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Joseph A. Todd (1916–1997) of DeSoto County was laid to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Joseph John Montllor

1916–1993 (age 77)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Joseph John Montllor (1916–1993) of Queens lies in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Thaddeus Garrett

1948–1999 (age 51)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Thaddeus Garrett (1948–1999) of Akron is interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Halson V. Eagleson

1903–1992 (age 89)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Halson V. Eagleson (1903–1992) of Bloomington is laid to rest in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Eleanor Lansing Dulles

1895–1996 (age 101)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895-1996) was an American diplomat and economist interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Arkady Shevchenko

1930–1998 (age 68)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998) was a Soviet diplomat who defected to the West and was laid to rest in Rock Creek Cemete...

Musa Schwede

1899–1991 (age 92)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Musa Schwede (1899–1991) of Pushkin is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Walker Myrick Dawson

1902–1998 (age 96)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Walker Myrick Dawson (1902–1998) served as a United States Navy officer before his burial at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Alfred Atherton

1921–2002 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Alfred Atherton (1921-2002) was a U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to Egypt and is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Eleanor McGovern

1921–2007 (age 86)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Eleanor McGovern (1921-2007) was an activist and author who supported her husband George McGovern’s political career.

Jane Lawton

1944–2007 (age 63)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Jane Lawton (1944-2007) was a public servant from Muskogee whose grave is in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Marjorie Williams

1958–2005 (age 47)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Marjorie Williams (1958-2005) was a journalist and critic for The Washington Post and The New Yorker, buried at Rock Cre...

Marvin Breckinridge Patterson

1905–2002 (age 97)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905-2002) was a photographer and philanthropist from New York City interred at Rock Cree...

Paul Warnke

1920–2001 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Paul Warnke (1920-2001) was a lawyer and arms control negotiator who served in the U.S. Defense Department.

Richard Queen

1951–2002 (age 51)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Richard Queen (1951-2002) was a U.S. diplomat who survived captivity during the Iran hostage crisis and is buried at Roc...

Robert Lyle Brown

1920–2003 (age 83)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Robert Lyle Brown (1920–2003) from Ohio is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Viola Mae Young-Horvath

1915–2007 (age 92)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Viola Mae Young-Horvath (1915–2007) rests at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Boris Prianisznikow

1902–2002 (age 100)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Boris Prianisznikow (1902–2002) of Wieluń lies at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Vladimir Vishnevsky

1920–2000 (age 80)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Vladimir Vishnevsky (1920–2000) of Khabarovsk is interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Howard Austen

1929–2003 (age 74)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Howard Austen (1929–2003) of New York City rests in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Stuart C. Davidson

1922–2001 (age 79)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Stuart C. Davidson (1922–2001) from Dayton is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Thomas Johnson

1917–2007 (age 90)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Thomas Johnson (1917–2007) of Philadelphia lies at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Tim Russert

1950–2008 (age 58)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Tim Russert (1950–2008), the Buffalo-born NBC news journalist, rests at Rock Creek Cemetery.

G. William Miller

1925–2006 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

G. William Miller (1925–2006) of Creek County, Oklahoma, served as U.S. Treasury Secretary and Federal Reserve chairma...

Robert Prosky

1930–2008 (age 78)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Robert Prosky (1930–2008), the Philadelphia-born actor, is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Gore Vidal

1925–2012 (age 87)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Gore Vidal (1925-2012) of West Point was the prolific novelist and essayist known for his sharp political commentary, bu...

George McGovern

1922–2012 (age 90)

Rock Creek Cemetery

George McGovern (1922-2012) of Avon was the U.S. Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee who is buried at Rock ...

Willie Wood

1936–2020 (age 84)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Willie Wood (1936-2020) of Washington, D.C. was a Hall of Fame NFL safety and coach laid to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Joanne Simpson

1923–2010 (age 87)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Joanne Simpson (1923–2010) of Boston was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in meteorology and a pioneering atmospheric s...

Michael Novak

1933–2017 (age 84)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Michael Novak (1933–2017) was an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, and diplomat best known for writing The Sp...

Robert Homer Simpson

1912–2014 (age 102)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Robert Homer Simpson (1912–2014) spent his later years in Corpus Christi and was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Eugene Allen

1919–2010 (age 91)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Eugene Allen (1919–2010) was the White House butler whose decades of service inspired the film The Butler, and he is b...

Arnaud de Borchgrave

1926–2015 (age 89)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Arnaud de Borchgrave (1926–2015) was a Belgian-born journalist and editor for publications such as Newsweek and The Wa...

Bruce Laingen

1922–2019 (age 97)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Bruce Laingen (1922–2019) was an American diplomat who was taken hostage during the 1979 Iran crisis and is buried at ...

Marshall Wright

1926–2013 (age 87)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Marshall Wright (1926–2013) had ties to El Dorado and is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Viron P. Vaky

1925–2012 (age 87)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Viron P. Vaky (1925-2012) was a career U.S. diplomat from Corpus Christi whose remains lie at Rock Creek Cemetery.

William L. Eagleton

1926–2011 (age 85)

Rock Creek Cemetery

William L. Eagleton (1926-2011) was a U.S. diplomat interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.

William Raspberry

1935–2012 (age 77)

Rock Creek Cemetery

William Raspberry (1935-2012) was a celebrated journalist from Okolona buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Elizabeth Norment

1952–2014 (age 62)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Elizabeth Norment (1952-2014) was a Washington, D.C.-based actress whose resting place is Rock Creek Cemetery.

Angela Jurdak Khoury

1915–2011 (age 96)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Angela Jurdak Khoury (1915-2011) was a Lebanese educator and diplomat from Dhour El Choueir buried at Rock Creek Cemeter...

Hugh Beins

1932–2011 (age 79)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Hugh Beins (1932–2011) was a New York City native whose remains rest at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Andrei Gerich

1919–2014 (age 95)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Andrei Gerich (1919–2014) of Rechytsa is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.