Notable Residents

  • Celia Cruz

  • Irving Berlin

  • Miles Davis

  • Madam C.J. Walker

  • Joseph Pulitzer

  • Nellie Bly

  • Alva Vanderbilt

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  • J.C. Penney

EXPLORE SOME OF OUR FAMOUS NOTABLES

Thousands of visitors come to Woodlawn Cemetery each year to see the monuments and mausoleums designed by the nation’s most accomplished architects, landscape designers, and sculptors. Individuals, families, and groups walk our grounds every day searching for the final resting places of many historic figures, including artists and writers, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, legendary entertainers, and jazz musicians.