Princeton Cemetery

Princeton Cemetery is a cemetery in Princeton, United States. It was established in 1756. Wikidata records 145 notable interments here, including Grover Cleveland, John von Neumann, Kurt Gödel.

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Notable interments

145 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 145, or take the JSON record.

• Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), mayor, writer, lawyer
• John von Neumann (1903–1957), computer scientist, Manhattan Project, physicist
• Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), computer scientist, physicist, mathematician
• Eugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995), physicist, mathematician, university teacher
• Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), mathematician, physicist, university teacher
• Aaron Burr (1756–1836), lawyer, vice president, politician
• Philip W. Anderson (1923–2020), writer, physicist, university teacher
• George F. Kennan (1904–2005), writer, politician, diplomat
• Alonzo Church (1903–1995), computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher
• Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957), astronomer, astrophysicist
• Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), university teacher, sociologist, anthropologist
• André Weil (1906–1998), mathematician, university teacher, historian of mathematics
• Frances Cleveland (1864–1947)
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), writer, missionary, theologian
• Vladimir K. Zworykin (1889–1982), engineer, physicist, inventor
• Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888–1982), engineer, physicist, inventor
• Henry van Dyke (1852–1933), writer, poet, diplomat
• George Gallup (1901–1984), businessperson, mathematician, journalist
• Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist
• Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), economist, mathematician, university teacher
• John Tukey (1915–2000), computer scientist, politician, mathematician
• John O'Hara (1905–1970), screenwriter, writer, columnist
• Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972), mathematician, university teacher, topologist
• Michael Graves (1934–2015), architect, painter, university teacher
• David Lewis (1941–2001), philosopher

Common questions

Where is Princeton Cemetery?

Princeton Cemetery is in Princeton, United States, at coordinates 40.3550, -74.6600.

When was Princeton Cemetery established?

Princeton Cemetery was established in 1756, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Princeton Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 145 notable interments at Princeton Cemetery, including Grover Cleveland, John von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, Eugene Paul Wigner, Hermann Weyl.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q7244940 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)