Deaths in the 1950s
16,000+ memorials
Benigno C. Hernández
1862–1954 (age 92)
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Benigno C. Hernández was a New Mexico politician and territorial representative from Taos.
Caesar Cardini
1896–1956 (age 60)
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Caesar Cardini was an Italian-American restaurateur famous for inventing the Caesar salad.
Mary Carr Moore
1873–1957 (age 84)
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Mary Carr Moore was an American composer and music educator who pioneered women's contributions to classical music.
Coit Albertson
1880–1953 (age 73)
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Coit Albertson was an American businessman and civic leader in Reading.
James William Buchanan
1888–1952 (age 64)
Inglewood Park Cemetery
James William Buchanan was an American businessman and community figure.
Carleton Noyes
1872–1950 (age 78)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Carleton Noyes was an American educator and reformer associated with educational advancement in Boston.
Tommy Gagliano
1884–1951 (age 67)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Tommy Gagliano was an American organized crime figure and mob boss.
Herbert Brenon
1880–1958 (age 78)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Herbert Brenon was an Irish-American film director who was a pioneer of silent cinema.
Bud Fisher
1884–1954 (age 70)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bud Fisher was an American cartoonist best known for creating the comic strip 'Mutt and Jeff,' one of the first daily co...
Canada Lee
1907–1952 (age 45)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Canada Lee was a pioneering African American actor, director, and activist who broke racial barriers in theater and film...
Charles Evans Hughes Jr.
1889–1950 (age 61)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Charles Evans Hughes Jr. was an American lawyer and son of the former Chief Justice and presidential candidate Charles E...
Sam M. Lewis
1885–1959 (age 74)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Sam M. Lewis was an American lyricist and songwriter who composed popular songs during the early 20th century.
George McManus
1884–1954 (age 70)
Woodlawn Cemetery
George McManus was an American cartoonist famous for creating the comic strip 'Bringing Up Father,' which became one of ...
Frederick M. Davenport
1866–1956 (age 90)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Frederick M. Davenport was an American politician and congressman from New York who served in the U.S. House of Represen...
James Hazen Hyde
1876–1959 (age 83)
Woodlawn Cemetery
James Hazen Hyde was an American businessman and philanthropist, heir to the Hyde insurance fortune, known for his cultu...
Frank Pierrepont Graves
1869–1956 (age 87)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Frank Pierrepont Graves was an American educator and university president who served as Chancellor of the University of ...
Katherine Atkins
1860–1953 (age 93)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Katherine Atkins was an American woman from Boston whose life and legacy were preserved through burial at the historic M...
Ellen Amory Anderson
1869–1952 (age 83)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Ellen Amory Anderson was an American woman from a prominent family whose life spanned the late 19th and mid-20th centuri...
Richard Cary Curtis
1894–1951 (age 57)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Richard Cary Curtis was an American man who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Harold Vermilyea
1889–1958 (age 69)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harold Vermilyea was an American actor known for his character roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
Samuel Henry Kress
1863–1955 (age 92)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Samuel Henry Kress was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded the S.H. Kress & Co. retail chain and esta...
A'Lelia Walker
1885–1954 (age 69)
Woodlawn Cemetery
A'Lelia Walker was an American businesswoman and entertainer, daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, who managed her mother's be...
Joseph C. Baldwin
1897–1957 (age 60)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Joseph C. Baldwin was an American man from New York who lived during the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.
Vito Anthony Marcantonio
1902–1954 (age 52)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Vito Anthony Marcantonio was an American politician and congressman who represented East Harlem and championed labor and...
Willem Willeke
1878–1950 (age 72)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Willem Willeke was a Dutch painter and artist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
David Mannes
1866–1959 (age 93)
Woodlawn Cemetery
David Mannes was an American conductor and music educator who founded the Mannes School of Music in New York City.
Walter Wehle Naumburg
1867–1959 (age 92)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Walter Wehle Naumburg was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts who established the prestigious Naumburg Fou...
Bernarr Macfadden
1868–1955 (age 87)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bernarr Macfadden was an American publisher and physical culture pioneer who founded Physical Culture magazine and promo...
Anson Phelps Stokes
1874–1958 (age 84)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Anson Phelps Stokes was an American clergyman, educator, and philanthropist who served as secretary of Yale University.
John Boyd Thacher II
1882–1957 (age 75)
Albany Rural Cemetery
John Boyd Thacher II was an American historian, librarian, and public official who served as Albany's city historian.
Rollin B. Sanford
1874–1957 (age 83)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Rollin B. Sanford was an American businessman and member of a prominent New York family.
John Godfrey Saxe II
1877–1953 (age 76)
Albany Rural Cemetery
John Godfrey Saxe II was an American writer and descendant of the poet John Godfrey Saxe.
Harold J. Hinman
1877–1955 (age 78)
Albany Rural Cemetery
Harold J. Hinman was an American businessman and civic leader in Albany, New York.
Caroline Leslie Fuller
1894–1955 (age 61)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Caroline Leslie Fuller was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts.
John Farwell Moors
1861–1953 (age 92)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
John Farwell Moors was an American businessman and philanthropist with interests in shipping and commerce.
Charles Hammond Gibson Jr.
1874–1954 (age 80)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Charles Hammond Gibson Jr. was an American businessman and member of a prominent New England family.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana
1881–1950 (age 69)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was an American educator and grandson of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Violet Ranney Lang
1924–1956 (age 32)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Violet Ranney Lang was an American poet and writer active in the mid-20th century.
Rosamond B. Loring
1889–1950 (age 61)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Rosamond B. Loring was an American woman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
T. Jefferson Coolidge
1893–1959 (age 66)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
T. Jefferson Coolidge was an American businessman and member of the prominent Coolidge family.
David Cheever
1876–1955 (age 79)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
David Cheever was a Boston-based American professional of the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.
John Henry Sherburne
1877–1959 (age 82)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
John Henry Sherburne was an American notable of the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.
Irene Langhorne Gibson
1873–1956 (age 83)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Irene Langhorne Gibson was an American woman from Danville connected to the prominent Langhorne family.
Archer Milton Huntington
1870–1955 (age 85)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Archer Milton Huntington was an American art collector, philanthropist, and founder of the Hispanic Society of America.
Arthur Hammerstein
1872–1955 (age 83)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Arthur Hammerstein was an American theatrical producer and member of the prominent Hammerstein family.
Cornelia Chase Brant
1863–1959 (age 96)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cornelia Chase Brant was an American woman from Ottawa of the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.
Cyrus C. Miller
1866–1956 (age 90)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cyrus C. Miller was an American businessman from Claverack active in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.
Ernest Trow Carter
1866–1953 (age 87)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Ernest Trow Carter was an American professional from Orange of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Eugene O'Neill, Jr.
1910–1950 (age 40)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Eugene O'Neill, Jr. was the son of renowned American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly
1854–1952 (age 98)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly was an American heiress and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family.