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The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
A range/site listing, e.g. R31/S44, after a name gives the location of the grave or cenotaph according to the cemetery's location system. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This list includes famous people from Find a Grave. Although each name was separately approved by the staff of Find a Grave, putting this list into a form that Wikipedia can use has broken some of the names. Please use the Find a Grave link next to each name to help fix corrupted names.
John William Mackay (November 28, 1831 – July 20, 1902) was an Irish-American industrialist who rose from rags to riches. Born into abject poverty and raised in the slums of New York City, Mackay became one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalized on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode in Nevada, making him one of the richest Americans in his time.
More than 30,000 people are buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, including many notable people such as: [11] Robert Downing Ames (1889–1931), actor; Fern Andra (1893–1974), actress; John Moran Bailey (1904–1975), Connecticut politician; Henry Barnard (1811–1900), Connecticut educator; James Goodwin Batterson, Connecticut businessman
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) - A woman who told police she dug up her father's grave in search of his "real will" but found only vodka and cigarettes pleaded guilty Monday. Melanie Nash, 53, was one of ...
Jul. 30—Authorities have identified the skeletal remains discovered in a shallow grave in June on the city's north side as Santos Treto Ortiz, a Santa Fe man reported missing two years ago. He ...
Any officer, former officer, or enlisted person of the Navy or Marine Corps whose spouse is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Stillborn and infant children of the officers or enlisted persons on active duty at the Naval Academy; Naval Station, Annapolis; or Naval Medical Clinic, Annapolis may be buried in a specific lot reserved for such cases.