CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://sleepyhollowcemetery.org/

Location:
Sleepy Hollow, NY

Founding Date:
1849

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elizabeth Arden	Business	31-Dec-1878	18-Oct-1966	Founder, Elizabeth Arden Co.
Brooke Astor	Philanthropist	30-Mar-1902	13-Aug-2007	Heiress, philanthropist
Leo Baekeland	Scientist	14-Nov-1863	23-Feb-1944	Father of plastics
Henry E. Bliss	Curator	29-Jan-1870	9-Aug-1955	Bliss Classification System
Artur Bodanzky	Conductor	16-Dec-1877	23-Nov-1939	Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39
Edward Bowes	Radio Personality	14-Jun-1874	14-Jun-1946	Major Bowes' Amateur Hour
Alice Brady	Actor	2-Nov-1892	28-Oct-1939	In Old Chicago
Andrew Carnegie	Business	25-Nov-1835	11-Aug-1919	Robber baron turned philanthropist
Walter P. Chrysler	Business	2-Apr-1875	18-Aug-1940	Founder of Chrysler Corporation
Samuel Gompers	Labor Leader	27-Jan-1850	13-Dec-1924	First President of the AFL
Harry Helmsley	Business	4-Mar-1909	4-Jan-1997	Hotel magnate
Leona Helmsley	Business	4-Jul-1920	20-Aug-2007	Queen of Mean
Raymond Hood	Architect	29-Mar-1881	14-Aug-1934	Chicago Tribune Tower
Washington Irving	Author	3-Apr-1783	28-Nov-1859	Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Albert Lasker	Business	1-May-1880	30-May-1952	Advertising executive and medical research patron
Mary Lasker	Activist	30-Nov-1900	21-Feb-1994	Health care advocate
Whitelaw Reid	Journalist	27-Oct-1837	15-Dec-1912	Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905
Paul M. Warburg	Business	10-Aug-1868	24-Jan-1932	The Federal Reserve System
Thomas J. Watson	Business	17-Feb-1874	19-Jun-1956	Led IBM into the computer era
Hans Zinsser	Scientist	17-Nov-1878	4-Sep-1940	Typhus vaccine

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