Famous Graves

Henry Johns

Mountain View Cemetery

American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.

Oscar Long

Mountain View Cemetery

Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.

Leandro Campanari

Mountain View Cemetery

Italian-American violinist, conductor, composer and music teacher.

Angus Cloud

1998–2023 (age 25)

Mountain View Cemetery

American actor.

Ina Coolbrith

1841–1928 (age 87)

Mountain View Cemetery

California's first poet laureate.

Andre Hicks

Mountain View Cemetery

Bay Area rapper, record label owner, and producer known as Mac Dre.

Thomas Hill

Mountain View Cemetery

Artist.

William Keith

1838–1911 (age 73)

Mountain View Cemetery

California landscape artist.

Bernard Maybeck

Mountain View Cemetery

Architect.

Julia Morgan

1872–1957 (age 85)

Mountain View Cemetery

Architect.

Frank Norris

1870–1902 (age 32)

Mountain View Cemetery

Author.

Douglas Tilden

1860–1935 (age 75)

Mountain View Cemetery

Sculptor.

Henry Durant

Mountain View Cemetery

First president of the University of California, Berkeley.

John Swett

Mountain View Cemetery

Founder of the California Public School System.

Glenn Burke

1952–1995 (age 43)

Mountain View Cemetery

First openly gay player in Major League Baseball.

Marcus Foster

Mountain View Cemetery

First Black Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District and first victim of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

Bobby Hutton

1950–1968 (age 18)

Mountain View Cemetery

First treasurer of the Black Panther Party.

Fred Korematsu

1919–2005 (age 86)

Mountain View Cemetery

Challenged Executive Order 9066 in the landmark Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States.

Joseph LeConte

1823–1901 (age 78)

Mountain View Cemetery

Co-founder of the Sierra Club.

Ernie Lombardi

1908–1977 (age 69)

Mountain View Cemetery

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player.

Elizabeth Short

1924–1947 (age 23)

Mountain View Cemetery

Unsolved Hollywood murder victim known as the Black Dahlia.

Lee Ya-Ching

Mountain View Cemetery

China's First Lady of Flight and first female pilot graduated from Geneve-Cointrin and Boeing School of Aeronautics.

Gabriel Adams

1790–1864 (age 74)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1847 to 1849.

John Arbuckle

1838–1912 (age 74)

Allegheny Cemetery

Coffee and sugar businessman.

Marcus E. Baldwin

1863–1929 (age 66)

Allegheny Cemetery

Major League Baseball player.

Joseph Barker

1806–1862 (age 56)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1850 to 1851.

Joshua Barney

1759–1818 (age 59)

Allegheny Cemetery

Commodore in the United States Navy and American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veteran.

Richard Biddle

1796–1847 (age 51)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Lem Billings

1916–1981 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

Friend and campaigner for President John F. Kennedy.

William Bingham

1808–1873 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1856 to 1857.

James Blackmore

1821–1875 (age 54)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1868 to 1869 and 1872 to 1875.

Francis B. Brewer

1820–1892 (age 72)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Don Brockett

1930–1995 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

Motion picture and television actor known as Chef Brockett on PBS's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Adam M. Brown

1826–1910 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1901.

James W. Brown

1844–1909 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Jared M. Brush

1814–1895 (age 81)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1869 to 1872.

Eben Byers

1880–1932 (age 52)

Allegheny Cemetery

Wealthy American industrialist and socialite noted for his gruesome death caused by consumption of radioactive patent me...

John Caldwell Jr.

1827–1902 (age 75)

Allegheny Cemetery

George Westinghouse partner and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.

Louis Semple Clarke

1867–1957 (age 90)

Allegheny Cemetery

Founder of the Autocar Company and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.

James Wallace Conant

1862–1906 (age 44)

Allegheny Cemetery

Manager of the Schenley Park Casino and Duquesne Gardens, and founder of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League.

Beano Cook

1931–2012 (age 81)

Allegheny Cemetery

College football commentator.

Daniel William Cooper

1830–1920 (age 90)

Allegheny Cemetery

One of the founders of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

John Dalzell

1845–1927 (age 82)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Cornelius Darragh

1809–1854 (age 45)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Ebenezer Denny

1761–1822 (age 61)

Allegheny Cemetery

First Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1816 to 1817 and American Revolutionary War veteran.

Harmar Denny

1794–1852 (age 58)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Harmar D. Denny Jr.

1886–1966 (age 80)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

William J. Diehl

1845–1929 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

Politician and Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1899 to 1901.

Samuel Diescher

1831–1915 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

Engineer who designed the Duquesne Incline and majority of such projects in Pennsylvania and the US.

Harry Allison Estep

1884–1968 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.