Kensico Cemetery

Kensico Cemetery is a cemetery in Westchester County, United States. It was established in 1889. Wikidata records 335 notable interments here, including Ayn Rand, Elie Wiesel, I. M. Pei.

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Notable interments

335 notable figures are documented here in Wikidata, each with a Wikipedia article and recorded burial place. The 25 most widely covered are listed below. Browse all 335, or take the JSON record.

• Ayn Rand (1905–1982), screenwriter, writer, playwright
• Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), writer, architect, playwright
• I. M. Pei (1917–2019), architect
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), composer, conductor, virtuoso
• Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), screenwriter, actor, character actor
• Danny Kaye (1911–1987), actor, screenwriter, writer
• Beverly Sills (1929–2007), actor, businessperson, singer
• Billie Burke (1884–1970), actor, stage actor, radio personality
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), baseball player
• Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011), writer, composer, poet
• Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956), composer, conductor, trombonist
• Harriet Quimby (1875–1912), screenwriter, journalist, aircraft pilot
• Edwin Stanton Porter (1870–1941), screenwriter, inventor, cinematographer
• Geraldine Farrar (1882–1967), actor, writer, opera singer
• David Sarnoff (1891–1971), engineer, entrepreneur
• Robert Downey Sr. (1936–2021), actor, screenwriter, cinematographer
• Lewis Stone (1879–1953), actor, stage actor, film actor
• Gordon Scott (1926–2007), actor, film actor, television actor
• Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981), screenwriter, actor, composer
• Anna Moffo (1932–2006), actor, singer, Esperantist
• Harry Davenport (1866–1949), actor, film director, stage actor
• Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. (1867–1932), screenwriter, impresario, theatrical producer
• Irene Worth (1916–2002), actor, stage actor, television actor
• Irene Worth (1916–2002), actor, stage actor, television actor
• Wendy Barrie (1912–1978), actor, stage actor, television actor

Common questions

Where is Kensico Cemetery?

Kensico Cemetery is in Westchester County, United States, at coordinates 41.0779, -73.7865.

When was Kensico Cemetery established?

Kensico Cemetery was established in 1889, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Kensico Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 335 notable interments at Kensico Cemetery, including Ayn Rand, Elie Wiesel, I. M. Pei, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Anne Bancroft.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q10798873 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)