Famous Graves

Oscar Hammerstein II

1895–1960 (age 65)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American librettist and lyricist known for his Broadway musicals.

Annette Hanshaw

1901–1985 (age 84)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American jazz and popular singer known for her recordings in the 1920s-1930s.

Renee Harris

1876–1969 (age 93)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American theatre producer and entrepreneur.

Moss Hart

1904–1961 (age 57)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American playwright and director known for his Broadway productions.

Kitty Carlisle Hart

1910–2007 (age 97)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actress and singer known for her work in theater and television.

Karen Horney

1885–1952 (age 67)

Ferncliff Cemetery

German-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst known for her theories on psychology.

Alberta Hunter

1895–1984 (age 89)

Ferncliff Cemetery

African-American jazz singer and songwriter known for her blues performances.

Jam Master Jay

1965–2002 (age 37)

Ferncliff Cemetery

DJ for the hip-hop group Run-DMC known for his turntable skills.

Jerome Kern

1885–1945 (age 60)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American composer known for his Broadway musicals and popular songs.

Wellington Koo

1888–1985 (age 97)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Chinese diplomat and statesman who served as Ambassador of the Republic of China.

Alan Jay Lerner

1918–1986 (age 68)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American composer and playwright known for his Broadway musicals.

Avon Long

1910–1984 (age 74)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actor, singer, and dancer known for his work in theater and film.

Marion Lorne

1883–1968 (age 85)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actress known for her work in theater and early television.

Moms Mabley

1894–1975 (age 81)

Ferncliff Cemetery

African-American comedian known for her stand-up comedy performances.

Michael Malloy

1873–1933 (age 60)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Victim of a notorious murder case in early 20th century New York.

Hugh Marlowe

1911–1982 (age 71)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actor known for his work in film and television.

Elsa Maxwell

1883–1963 (age 80)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American columnist and society hostess known for her glamorous parties.

Jeffrey Miller

1950–1970 (age 20)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Victim of the Kent State shootings and subject of an iconic photograph.

Lucky Millinder

1910–1966 (age 56)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American bandleader known for his swing and rhythm-and-blues music.

Ludwig von Mises

1881–1973 (age 92)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Austrian-American economist and philosopher known for his libertarian economic theories.

Thelonious Monk

1917–1982 (age 65)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American jazz pianist and composer known for his innovative compositions.

Khalid Abdul Muhammad

1948–2001 (age 53)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Black nationalist and separatist activist known for his controversial speeches.

Ona Munson

1903–1955 (age 52)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actress known for her work in film and theater.

Dwight Arrington Myers

1967–2011 (age 44)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Rapper and actor known as Heavy D, influential in hip-hop music.

Nat Nakasa

1937–1965 (age 28)

Ferncliff Cemetery

South African writer and journalist known for his literary work.

Dagmar Nordstrom

1903–1976 (age 73)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American pianist and composer, one of the Nordstrom Sisters.

Frederick O'Neal

1905–1992 (age 87)

Ferncliff Cemetery

African-American actor known for his work in theater and film.

William Oberhardt

1882–1958 (age 76)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American artist and sculptor known for his portrait paintings.

Joseph Pilates

1883–1967 (age 84)

Ferncliff Cemetery

German-American physical trainer and inventor of the Pilates method.

Otto Rank

1884–1939 (age 55)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Austrian-American psychoanalyst and student of Sigmund Freud.

Ed Sullivan

1901–1974 (age 73)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American television host known for The Ed Sullivan Show.

Chris von der Ahe

1851–1913 (age 62)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings, which later became the St. Louis Cardinals.

Eberhard Anheuser

1805–1880 (age 75)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Father-in-law of Adolphus Busch and president of Eberhard Anheuser and Company, predecessor of Anheuser-Busch.

George I. Barnett

1815–1898 (age 83)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Prominent St. Louis architect.

Edward Bates

1793–1869 (age 76)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

United States Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln.

William Beaumont

1785–1853 (age 68)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

U.S. Army surgeon known as the Father of Gastric Physiology for his research on human digestion.

Thomas Hart Benton

1782–1858 (age 76)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Prominent U.S. Senator who championed western expansion and the Homestead Act.

Thekla M. Bernays

1856–1931 (age 75)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Women's suffrage activist, author and lecturer.

Daniel Bissell

1768–1833 (age 65)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

U.S. Army officer in War of 1812 and on the American Frontier.

Horace Bixby

1826–1912 (age 86)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Steamboat pilot and captain whose cub pilot was Mark Twain.

Francis Preston Blair Jr.

1821–1875 (age 54)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Union Army general in the Civil War and politician.

Susan Blow

1843–1916 (age 73)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Educator known as the Mother of Kindergarten.

Benjamin Bonneville

1796–1876 (age 80)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

French-born officer in the U.S. Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West.

James B. Bowlin

1804–1874 (age 70)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

U.S. Representative of Missouri.

Robert S. Brookings

1850–1932 (age 82)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Brookings Institution and donor to Washington University in St. Louis.

Don Carlos Buell

1818–1898 (age 80)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

U.S. Army general who led Union armies in the battles of Shiloh and Perryville.

William Seward Burroughs

1857–1898 (age 41)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Inventor of the mechanical calculator and founder of Burroughs Corporation.

William S. Burroughs

1914–1997 (age 83)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Author of the novel Naked Lunch and icon of the Beat Generation.

Adolphus Busch

1838–1913 (age 75)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Founder of the Anheuser Busch Company.

Isidor Bush

1822–1898 (age 76)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Intellectual, publisher, and viticulturalist.