Famous Graves

J. Maury Dove

1855–1924 (age 69)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Business executive and hotelier in late 19th century America.

Tisdale Justin Dow

1888–1940 (age 52)

Evergreen Cemetery

Silent film actor.

Gerald A. Drew

1903–1970 (age 67)

Rock Creek Cemetery

United States ambassador to Haiti and Bolivia.

Roscoe Drummond

1902–1983 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Journalist and editor known for political commentary.

Pearlretta DuPuy

1871–1939 (age 68)

Evergreen Cemetery

Musician and composer.

Amanda Ruter Dufour

1822–1899 (age 77)

Rock Creek Cemetery

American poet of the 19th century.

Henry Durant

Mountain View Cemetery

First president of the University of California, Berkeley.

Thomas Eakins

1844–1916 (age 72)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Realist painter and photographer, one of the most important artists in American art history.

Peggy Eaton

1799–1879 (age 80)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Wife of Secretary of War John Eaton whose social status sparked the Petticoat Affair scandal.

Susan Ann Edson

1823–1897 (age 74)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Personal physician to President James A. Garfield.

George Eliot

1819–1880 (age 61)

Highgate Cemetery

Pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, author of Middlemarch.

Henry Jackson Ellicott

1847–1901 (age 54)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Sculptor and architectural sculptor in late 19th century America.

Duke Ellington

1899–1974 (age 75)

Woodlawn Cemetery

One of the most influential jazz musicians and composers of the 20th century.

Ralph Ellison

Trinity Church Cemetery

American author and literary critic.

Matthew Gault Emery

1818–1901 (age 83)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1870 to 1871.

J. P. C. Emmons

1818–1877 (age 59)

Elmwood Cemetery

Michigan State Representative and Florida Attorney General.

Jaime Escalante

1930–2010 (age 80)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Bolivian-American mathematics teacher famous for his innovative teaching methods in Los Angeles.

Harry Allison Estep

1884–1968 (age 84)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Congressman.

Robert Evans

1930–2019 (age 89)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American film producer known for producing major Hollywood films.

Henry Ellsworth Ewing

1883–1951 (age 68)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Arachnologist who studied spiders and arachnids.

Charles S. Fairfax

1829–1869 (age 40)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Virginia-born California politician entitled to the British title 10th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

Elon Farnsworth

1799–1847 (age 48)

Elmwood Cemetery

Attorney General and Chancellor of Michigan from 1843 to 1845.

William Webb Ferguson

1857–1910 (age 53)

Elmwood Cemetery

First African-American man elected to the Michigan House of Representatives.

Stephen Johnson Field

1816–1899 (age 83)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lew Fields

1867–1941 (age 74)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actor and comedian known for his vaudeville performances.

Roberta Flack

1937–2012 (age 75)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Grammy Award-winning soul and R&B singer known for 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.'

John Flanagan

1865–1952 (age 87)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American sculptor known for his public monuments and sculptures.

Michel Fokine

1880–1942 (age 62)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Russian-American choreographer known for his innovative ballet compositions.

James Folger

1818–1889 (age 71)

Mountain View Cemetery

Founder of Folgers Coffee.

Peter Force

1790–1868 (age 78)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Politician, newspaper editor, archivist, and twelfth mayor of Washington, D.C.

John Baptiste Ford

1811–1903 (age 92)

Allegheny Cemetery

Industrialist and founder of PPG Industries and Ford City, Pennsylvania.

Garrett Ford Sr.

1945–2025 (age 80)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Professional football player for the Denver Broncos.

Walter Forward

1786–1852 (age 66)

Allegheny Cemetery

United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Israel Moore Foster

1873–1950 (age 77)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Marcus Foster

Mountain View Cemetery

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

Stephen Foster

1826–1864 (age 38)

Allegheny Cemetery

American songwriter.

Mary Foy

1862–1962 (age 100)

Evergreen Cemetery

First female head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library.

William H. French

1815–1881 (age 66)

Rock Creek Cemetery

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

Andrew Fulton

1850–1925 (age 75)

Allegheny Cemetery

Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1884 to 1887.

Robert Fulton

1765–1815 (age 50)

Trinity Church Cemetery

Inventor of the first commercially successful steamboat.

Betty Furness

1916–1994 (age 78)

Ferncliff Cemetery

American actress and consumer advocate known for her television work.

Albert Gallatin

1761–1849 (age 88)

Trinity Church Cemetery

U.S. congressman, Secretary of the Treasury, and founder of New York University.

James A. Garfield

1831–1881 (age 50)

Lake View Cemetery

Assassinated 20th President of the United States whose memorial was erected at Lake View Cemetery in 1890.

Julius Garfinckel

1872–1936 (age 64)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Merchant and founder of Garfinckel's department store in Washington.

Judy Garland

1922–1969 (age 47)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Legendary actress and singer best known for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.

Horatio Gates

1727–1806 (age 79)

Trinity Church Cemetery

Continental Army general during the American Revolution.

Edward D. Gazzam

1803–1878 (age 75)

Allegheny Cemetery

Doctor, politician, and abolitionist.

Domingo Ghirardelli

Mountain View Cemetery

Namesake of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company.

Josh Gibson

1911–1947 (age 36)

Allegheny Cemetery

Baseball great of the Negro leagues.

Ron Glass

1945–2016 (age 71)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American actor best known for his role in the television series Barney Miller.