Famous Graves

Matthew Beard

1925–1981 (age 56)

Evergreen Cemetery

Child actor known as Stymie in the Our Gang series.

Willard L. Beaulac

1899–1990 (age 91)

Rock Creek Cemetery

U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.

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.

Louise Beavers

1902–1962 (age 60)

Evergreen Cemetery

Actress in film and television.

Warren Bechtel

1872–1933 (age 61)

Mountain View Cemetery

Founder of the Bechtel company.

Melville Bell

1819–1905 (age 86)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Scottish teacher and inventor, father of Alexander Graham Bell.

Jesse Belvin

1932–1960 (age 28)

Evergreen Cemetery

R&B singer and songwriter.

Estelle Bennett

1941–2009 (age 68)

Trinity Church Cemetery

Member of the 1960s girl group The Ronettes.

Joseph Bray Bennett

1833–1913 (age 80)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Wisconsin state senator and appointments clerk at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Thomas Hart Benton

1782–1858 (age 76)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

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

Emile Berliner

1851–1929 (age 78)

Rock Creek Cemetery

German-born American inventor of the gramophone.

Leonard Bernstein

1918–1990 (age 72)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Renowned composer and conductor best known for West Side Story and his tenure with the New York Philharmonic.

John Biddle

1792–1859 (age 67)

Elmwood Cemetery

Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory and Mayor of Detroit.

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.

Sherman Billingsley

1900–1966 (age 66)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Owner of the famous Stork Club nightclub in New York City.

William Bingham

1808–1873 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1856 to 1857.

Arthur A. Birney

1852–1916 (age 64)

Rock Creek Cemetery

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

John W. Bischoff

1850–1909 (age 59)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Composer and organist in 19th century America.

Horace Bixby

1826–1912 (age 86)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Steamboat pilot and captain whose cub pilot was Mark Twain.

James Blackmore

1821–1875 (age 54)

Allegheny Cemetery

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

James G. Blaine

1830–1893 (age 63)

Oak Hill Cemetery

U.S. Secretary of State and Speaker of the House who was a leading Republican figure in the Gilded Age.

Montgomery Blair

1813–1883 (age 70)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Abraham Lincoln's Postmaster General.

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.

Connee Boswell

1907–1976 (age 69)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American jazz and popular singer known for her distinctive vocal style.

Ben Bradlee

1921–2014 (age 93)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Executive editor of The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal.

Frank Braxton

1929–1969 (age 40)

Evergreen Cemetery

Pioneering African-American animator and director.

Francis B. Brewer

1820–1892 (age 72)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Marlin Briscoe

1945–2023 (age 78)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American football player and first African American starting quarterback in the AFL.

Don Brockett

1930–1995 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

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

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.

Dominic Brooklier

1914–1984 (age 70)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American organized crime figure and boss of the Los Angeles crime family.

Kate Brousseau

1862–1938 (age 76)

Evergreen Cemetery

Chair of the Psychology Department at Mills College.

Adam M. Brown

1826–1910 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1901.

Everett Brown

1902–1953 (age 51)

Evergreen Cemetery

Actor in film and television.

Glenn Brown

1854–1932 (age 78)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Architect and historian known for his contributions to American architecture.

Henry Billings Brown

1836–1913 (age 77)

Elmwood Cemetery

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1906.

James W. Brown

1844–1909 (age 65)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Ben H. Brown Jr.

1914–1989 (age 75)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Former United States ambassador to Liberia.

Jared M. Brush

1814–1895 (age 81)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1869 to 1872.

Robert C. Buchanan

1811–1878 (age 67)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Military general during the American Civil War and the Mexican War.

Don Carlos Buell

1818–1898 (age 80)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

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

Glenn Burke

1952–1995 (age 43)

Mountain View Cemetery

First openly gay player in Major League Baseball.

William S. Burroughs

1914–1997 (age 83)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

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

William Seward Burroughs

1857–1898 (age 41)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Inventor of the mechanical calculator and founder of Burroughs Corporation.

Adolphus Busch

1838–1913 (age 75)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Founder of the Anheuser Busch Company.

Robert N. Butler

1927–2010 (age 83)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Pioneering gerontologist who advanced the study of aging.

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...