Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL

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Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL

CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.gracelandcemetery.org/

Founding Date:
1860

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Peter Altgeld Politician 30-Dec-1847 12-Mar-1902 Governor of Illinois, 1893-97

Philip Danforth Armour Business 16-May-1832 6-Jan-1901 Founder of Armour & Co.

Daniel H. Burnham Architect 4-Sep-1846 1-Jun-1912 Built skyscrapers and planned cities

Marshall Field Business 18-Aug-1834 16-Jan-1906 Founder of Marshall Field's

Melville W. Fuller Judge 11-Feb-1833 4-Jul-1910 US Chief Justice, 1888-1910

Jack Johnson Boxing 31-Mar-1878 10-Jun-1946 First black heavyweight champion

Frank O. Lowden Politician 26-Jan-1861 20-Mar-1943 Governor of Illinois, 1917-21

Franklin MacVeagh Government 22-Nov-1837 6-Jul-1934 US Treasury Secretary, 1909-13

Cyrus McCormick Inventor 15-Feb-1809 13-May-1884 Invented grain harvester

László Moholy-Nagy Painter 20-Jul-1895 24-Nov-1946 Bauhaus professor

Cissy Patterson Business 7-Nov-1881 24-Jul-1948 First female newspaper publisher

Allan Pinkerton Business 25-Aug-1819 1-Jul-1884 Pinkerton National Detective Agency

George Pullman Business 3-Mar-1831 19-Oct-1897 Inventor of the Pullman Sleeping Car

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Architect 27-Mar-1886 17-Aug-1969 The Glass Skyscraper

Louis Sullivan Architect 3-Sep-1856 14-Apr-1924 Early skyscraper architect

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