Notable burials
Numerous notable people are interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, including:
Viola Allen (1867–1948), actress
John Dustin Archbold (1848–1916), a director of the Standard Oil Company
Elizabeth Arden (1878–1966), businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire
Brooke Astor (1902–2007), philanthropist and socialite
Vincent Astor (1891–1959), philanthropist; member of the Astor family
Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), the father of plastic; Bakelite is named for him. The murder of his grandson's wife Barbara by his great-grandson, Tony, is told in the book Savage Grace
Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866–1935), American politician and Governor of Rhode Island
Marty Bergen (1869-1906), American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey
Holbrook Blinn (1872–1928), American actor
Henry E. Bliss (1870–1955), devised the Bliss library classification system
Artur Bodanzky (1877–1939), conductor at New York Metropolitan Opera
Major Edward Bowes (1874–1946), early radio star, he hosted Major Bowes' Amateur Hour
Alice Brady (1892–1939), American actress
Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), businessman and philanthropist; monument by Scots sculptor George Henry Paulin
Louise Whitfield Carnegie (1857–1946), wife of Andrew Carnegie
Walter Chrysler (1875–1940), businessman, commissioned the Chrysler Building and founded the Chrysler Corporation
Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), editor at The New York Sun who penned the editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
William Conant Church (1836–1917), co-founder of Armed Forces Journal and the National Rifle Association
Henry Sloane Coffin (1877–1954), teacher, minister, and author
William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (1879–1933), businessman
Kent Cooper (1880–1965), influential head of the Associated Press from 1925 to 1948
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), landscape painter and architect; designed the now-demolished New York City Sixth Avenue elevated railroad stations
Floyd Crosby (1899–1985), Oscar-winning cinematographer, father of musician David Crosby
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973), heiress and patron of the arts
William H. Douglas (1853–1944), U.S. Representative from New York
Maud Earl (1864–1943), British-American painter of canines
Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), American actor
Malcolm Webster Ford (1862–1902), champion amateur athlete and journalist; brother of Paul, he took his own life after slaying his brother.
Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), editor, bibliographer, novelist, and biographer; brother of Malcolm Webster Ford by whose hand he died
Dixon Ryan Fox (1887–1945), educator and president of Union College, New York
Herman Frasch (1851–1914), engineer, the Sulphur King
Samuel Gompers (1850–1924), founder of the American Federation of Labor
Madison Grant (1865–1937), eugenicist and conservationist, author of The Passing of the Great Race
Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), congressman and Central Park Commissioner
Walter S. Gurnee (1805–1903), mayor of Chicago
Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857), the older of two daughters of Alexander Hamilton
James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878), third son of Alexander Hamilton
Robert Havell, Jr. (1793–1878), British-American engraver who printed and colored John James Audubon's monumental Birds of America series, also painter in the style of the Hudson River School
Mark Hellinger (1903–1947), primarily known as a journalist of New York theatre. The Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City is named for him; produced The Naked City, a 1948 film noir
Harry Helmsley (1909–1997), real estate mogul who built a company that became one of the biggest property holders in the United States, and his wife Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), in a mausoleum with a stained-glass panorama of the Manhattan skyline. Leona famously bequeathed $12 million to her dog.
Eliza Hamilton Holly (1799–1859), younger daughter of Alexander Hamilton
Raymond Mathewson Hood (1881–1934), architect
William Howard Hoople (1868–1922), a leader of the nineteenth-century American Holiness movement; the co-founder of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America, and one of the early leaders of the Church of the Nazarene
Washington Irving (1783–1859), author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"
William Irving (1766–1821), U.S. Congressman from New York
George Jones (1811–1891), co-founder of The New York Times
Albert Lasker (1880–1952), pioneer of the American advertising industry, part owner of baseball team the Chicago Cubs, and wife Mary Lasker (1900–1994), an American health activist and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal
Walter W. Law, Jr. (1871–1958), lawyer and politician, son of Briarcliff Manor founder Walter W. Law
Lewis Edward Lawes (1883–1947), Reformist warden of Sing Sing prison
William E. Le Roy (1818–1888), United States Navy rear admiral
Ann Lohman (1812–1878), a.k.a. Madame Restell, 19th century purveyor of patent medicine and abortions
Charles D. Millard (1873–1944), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), made a fortune during California's gold rush and expanded his wealth further through New York City real estate
Belle Moskowitz (1877–1933), political advisor and social activist
Robertson Kirtland Mygatt (1861–1919), noted American Landscape painter, part of the Tonalist movement in Impressionism
N. Holmes Odell (1828–1904), U.S. Representative from New York
George Washington Olvany (1876–1952), New York General Sessions Court judge and leader of Tammany Hall
William Orton (1826–1878), President of Western Union
Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), journalist and editor of the New-York Tribune, Vice Presidential candidate with Benjamin Harrison in 1892, defeated by Adlai E. Stevenson I; son-in-law of D.O. Mills
William Rockefeller (1841–1922), New York head of the Standard Oil Company
Edgar Evertson Saltus (1855–1921), American novelist
Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889), American decadent poet & bohemian
Carl Schurz (1820–1906), senator, secretary of the interior under Rutherford B. Hayes. Carl Schurz Park in New York City bears his name
Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), painter and photographer, and his wife Musya (1908–1981), photographer, are buried together.
William G. Stahlnecker (1849–1902), U.S. Representative from New York
Egerton Swartwout (1870–1943), New York architect
William Boyce Thompson (1869–1930), founder of Newmont Mining Corporation and financier
Joseph Urban (1872–1933), architect and theatre set designer
Henry Villard (1835–1900), railroad baron whose monument was created by Karl Bitter.
Oswald Garrison Villard (1872–1949), son of Henry Villard and grandson of William Lloyd Garrison; one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
William A. Walker (1805–1861), U.S. Representative from New York
Paul Warburg (1868–1932), German-American banker and early advocate of the U.S. Federal Reserve system.
Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929), mechanical engineer and manufacturer of telescopes
Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956), transformed a small manufacturer of adding machines into IBM
Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), microbiologist and a prolific author
Using this text, please give me a short bulleted list of famous figures buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, NY is the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including:
- Washington Irving (1783–1859), author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"
- Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), businessman and philanthropist; monument by Scots sculptor George Henry Paulin
- William Rockefeller (1841–1922), New York head of the Standard Oil Company
- Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866–1935), American politician and Governor of Rhode Island
- Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956), transformed a small manufacturer of adding machines into IBM
- Walter Chrysler (1875–1940), businessman, commissioned the Chrysler Building and founded the Chrysler Corporation