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People worth knowing about
James Lick
1796–1876 (age 80)
Lick Observatory
James Lick was a wealthy American philanthropist and real estate magnate whose fortune funded the construction of Lick O...
John Buchanan Robinson
1846–1933 (age 87)
Allegheny Cemetery
United States Congressman.
Ted Sadowski
1936–1993 (age 57)
Allegheny Cemetery
Major League Baseball player.
Gus Greenlee
1893–1952 (age 59)
Allegheny Cemetery
Major League Baseball team owner.
John Aaron Rawlins
1831–1869 (age 38)
Arlington National Cemetery
John Aaron Rawlins was a Union general and chief of staff to General Ulysses S. Grant.
Ouida Bergère
1886–1974 (age 88)
Ferncliff Cemetery
American actress and screenwriter active in early Hollywood.
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Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg)
1809–1865 (age 56)
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Though buried in Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address at this cemetery in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865 (age 56)
Lincoln Tomb
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States who led the nation through the Civil War until his assassina...
Patrick Lyon
1769–1829 (age 60)
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Patrick Lyon was a Philadelphia inventor and metalworker known for his innovations in iron manufacturing.
Charles Willing Hare
1778–1827 (age 49)
Christ Church Burial Ground
Charles Willing Hare (1778-1827) was a Philadelphia merchant connected to the prominent Willing family.
Oliver Evans
1755–1819 (age 64)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum
Oliver Evans was an American inventor and engineer known for pioneering steam engine technology.
Jacob Crowninshield
1770–1808 (age 38)
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Jacob Crowninshield was a Massachusetts merchant and U.S. Congressman from Salem.
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
1951–2025 (age 74)
Cmentarz w Józefowie (powiat otwocki)
Jadwiga Aleksandra Jankowska-Cieślak (15 February 1951 – 15 April 2025) was a Polish film actress.
Wojciech Krzaklewski
1946–2024 (age 78)
Rakowicki Cemetery
Wojciech Krzaklewski (1946-2024) was a Polish trade union leader and politician who founded Solidarity Electoral Action ...
Anatoly Kvochur
1952–2024 (age 72)
Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
Anatoly Nikolayevich Kvochur (Russian: Анатолий Николаевич Квочур; 16 April 1952 – 15 April 20...
Éva Nyulásziné Straub
1946–2022 (age 76)
Farkasréti Cemetery
Éva Nyulásziné Straub was an archivist who safeguarded the documentary record of Hungarian life.
Lee Konitz
1927–2020 (age 93)
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lee Konitz (1927-2020) was an American jazz alto saxophonist celebrated for his cool-jazz tone and inventive improvisati...
Preston Olive
1936–2020 (age 84)
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Preston Olive (1936–2020) is memorialized at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, the most prominent public record of his li...
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