Celebrities & Notables

Interred or Cremated at Ferncliff

Some of these individuals such as Christopher Reeve and John Lennon were cremated at Ferncliff but reside elsewhere. Use our search below to find out more.

Christopher Reeve

Actor

Ruby Dee Davis

Actress, poet, writer, & activist

Malcolm X

Civil Rights Leader

Aaliyah Haughton

Pop Singer

Oscar Hammerstein

American librettist & theatrical producer

Jim Henson

Muppets Creator

Rudolf Cronau

German-American painter, illustrator and journalist

John Lennon

Musician, Singer

James Baldwin

Novelist, Essayist

Ossie Davis

American actor, director, writer, and activist

Annette Hanshaw

American jazz age singer

Emmanuel Feuermann

Cellist

Lyla DePutti

Noted Silent Screen Actress

Moss Hart

Playwright, Director

Betty Midgley Furness

Actress, Consumer Advocate, Commentator

Karen Horney

Psychiatrist

Dan (Xu I-Cheng) Hsu

Artist

Jerome Kern

Composer

Joan Crawford

Actress

Moms Mabley

Comedienne

Hugh Marlow

Actor

Betty Shabazz

Philosopher, Leader, Wife of Malcolm X

Elsa Maxwelll

Society Leader

Jam Master Jay

Rap Star, Disc Jockey

Thelonious Monk

Jazz Pianist, Composer

Northern Calloway

Actor

William Pugatsky

Child Prodigy, Vaudevillian, Musician

Otto Rank

Psychiatrist

Ed Sullivan

Entertainer

Basil Rathbone

Actor

Peter Revson

Racecar Driver

Myrtle Vail & Donna Fick

Myrt & Marge Vail Radio Show

Paul Robeson

Social Reformer, Singer, Athlete, Actor

Nelson Rockefeller

Governor of New York, 41st Vice President of US

Arsenio Rodriguez

Cuban Musician

Jerry Ross

Tony Award-Winning Broadway Composer

Diana Sands

Acclaimed Actress

Malik Sealy

NBA Player

Preston Sturges

Writer

Lionel Trilling

American Literary Critic

Judy Tyler

Actress

Lenore Ulric

Actress

Raymond Walburn

Actor

David Warfield

Actor

Cornel Woolrich

Author, Screenwriter

Whitney Young

Social Reformer

Yul Brynner

Actor

Paul Althouse

Opera Singer

Harold Arlen

Composer of "Over The Rainbow"

Tommy Armour

Hall of Fame Professional Golfer

Bela Bartok

Composer, Pianist, Scholar

Jim Boyd

Actor

Cab Calloway

American Jazz Singer and Bandleader

Hattie Carnegie

Dress Designer

Charles Beard

Educator & Historian

David Crystal

Major clothing manufacturer of the 20th century

Visiting Ferncliff Cemetery

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