Notable interments at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
184 notable figures are documented at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Adam Badeau (1831–1895), writer, diplomat
- Albert Hamilton Kipp (1850–1906), architect
- Albert Lasker (1880–1952), entrepreneur, art collector
- Albert Shaw (1857–1947), writer, journalist
- Alexander Hamilton, Jr. (1816–1889), lawyer, aide-de-camp
- Alfrederick Smith Hatch (1829–1904), financier
- Alice Brady (1892–1939), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), writer, novelist, autobiographer
- Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), writer, entrepreneur, economist
- Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857)
- Artur Bodanzky (1877–1939), conductor, musician
- Augustus C. Gurnee (1855–1926)
- Belle Moskowitz (1877–1933), actor, adviser, activist
- Bettina Warburg (1900–1990), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst
- Brooke Astor (1902–2007), writer, businessperson, socialite
- Carl Schurz (1829–1906), writer, lawyer, politician
- Charles Augustus Strong (1862–1940), psychologist
- Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873–1944), judge, lawyer, politician
- Charles H. Fuller (1859–1938), politician
- Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), photographer, painter, sculptor
- Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861–1920), writer, historian, journalist
- Daniel Draper (1841–1931), meteorologist
- Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), banker
- Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), banker
- Donn Barber (1871–1925), architect
- Edgar Saltus (1855–1921), writer, translator, novelist
- Edgar William Garbisch (1899–1979), military officer, military engineer, business executive
- Edward Bowes (1874–1946), radio personality
- Edward Bowes (1874–1946), radio personality
- Edward Russell Thomas (1875–1926), publisher
- Egerton Swartwout (1870–1943), architect
- Elisabeth Mills Reid (1858–1931), philanthropist
- Eliza Hamilton Holly (1799–1859)
- Elizabeth Arden (1881–1966), businessperson, entrepreneur, cosmetologist
- Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906)
- Eugene H. Lehman (1879–1972), teacher
- Eugene H. Lehman (1879–1972), teacher
- Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816–1878), writer, biographer, editor
- Fanny Garrison Villard (1844–1928), suffragist
- Fay Fuller (1869–1958), teacher, journalist, mountaineer
- Floyd Crosby (1899–1985), cinematographer
- Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), writer, editing staff, correspondent
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889), writer, composer, poet
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889), writer, composer, poet
- Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1864–1937), banker, journalist, financier
- Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1864–1937), banker, journalist, financier
- Frank Hastings Hamilton (1813–1886), physician, surgeon, military physician
- Frank Moser (1886–1964), animator, painter, film director
- Frank Moser (1886–1964), animator, painter, film director
- Fred Keating (1897–1961), actor, magician
- Gabriel Grant (1826–1909), physician
- George Emerson Brewer (1861–1939), surgeon, urologist
- George Jones (1811–1891), journalist
- George Long Duyckinck (1828–1868), biographer
- George Washington Hill (1884–1946), businessperson
- George Washington Olvany (1876–1952), judge, lawyer, politician
- Georgina Schuyler (1841–1923), philanthropist
- Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973), socialite
- Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo (1837–1914), socialite
- Grace George (1879–1961), actor, stage actor
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846–1916), writer, biographer, children's writer
- Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), physician, biographer, military physician
- Harry Helmsley (1909–1997), entrepreneur, business magnate
- Harry Mortimer Archer (1868–1954)
- Heber R. Bishop (1840–1902), entrepreneur, philanthropist
- Heber R. Bishop (1840–1902), entrepreneur, philanthropist
- Helen Rogers Reid (1882–1970), publisher
- Henry Carrington Bolton (1843–1903), writer, historian, chemist
- Henry Carrington Bolton (1843–1903), writer, historian, chemist
- Henry Clapp Sherman (1875–1955), chemist
- Henry Clapp Sherman (1875–1955), chemist
- Henry Drysdale Dakin (1880–1952), physician, chemist
- Henry Evelyn Bliss (1870–1955), librarian
- Henry Sloane Coffin (1877–1954), theologian
- Henry Villard (1835–1900), writer, entrepreneur, war correspondent
- Herbert L. Osgood (1855–1918), historian, university teacher
- Holbrook Blinn (1872–1928), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
- Homer Lee (1851–1923), engraver
- Isabel Leighton (1899–1995), writer, actor, author
- J. C. Fargo (1829–1915), businessperson
- James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878), United States Secretary of State, lawyer, politician
- James S. Alexander (1865–1932), banker
- James Smith Bush (1825–1889), writer, lawyer, politician
- James Speyer (1861–1941), banker
- Jane Hedges Todd (1890–1966), politician
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), painter
- John Dustin Archbold (1848–1916), businessperson, academic
- John Dustin Archbold (1848–1916), businessperson, academic
- John Taylor Terry (1822–1913)
- John Warne Herbert, Jr. (1853–1934), lawyer, vice president, politician
- Joseph Urban (1872–1933), architect, sculptor, scenographer
- Julia Cruger (1848–1920), writer, novelist
- Kent Cooper (1880–1965), writer, businessperson, journalist
- L. Emmett Holt Jr. (1895–1974), pediatrician
- Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), inventor, chemist
- Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), real estate agent, hotel manager, art collector
- Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), real estate agent, hotel manager, art collector
- Levinus Monson (1792–1859), judge
- Lewis Edward Lawes (1883–1947), screenwriter, prison warden
- Lolita Coffin (1875–1947), clubwoman
- Louis Klopsch (1852–1910), journalist, publisher
- Louisa Lee Schuyler (1837–1926), activist
- Louise Whitfield Carnegie (1857–1946), philanthropist
- Lydia Locke (1884–1966), opera singer
- Madame Restell (1812–1878), abortion provider
- Madison Grant (1865–1937), lawyer, jurist, historian
- Malcolm Webster Ford (1862–1902), journalist, athletics competitor
- Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. (1908–1930)
- Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. (1881–1963), businessperson
- Margaret Carnegie Miller (1897–1990), philanthropist
- Mark Hellinger (1903–1947), screenwriter, actor, writer
- Mary Lasker (1900–1994), art dealer, philanthropist, activist
- Maud Earl (1864–1943), painter
- Maud Wilder Goodwin (1856–1935), writer, historian, biographer
- Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), politician
- Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), politician
- Musya Sheeler (1908–1981), photographer, artist, photojournalist
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell (1828–1904), politician
- Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979), businessperson, politician, art collector
- Ogden Mills Reid (1882–1947), publisher
- Ogden R. Reid (1925–2019), politician, diplomat
- Orlando J. Smith (1842–1908), writer, philosopher
- Oscar R. Ewing (1889–1980), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Oswald Garrison Villard (1872–1949), writer, journalist, publisher
- Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr. (1916–2004), academic
- Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), stage actor, film actor, television actor
- Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), writer, historian, biographer
- Paul Warburg (1868–1932), politician, merchant, banker
- Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934), businessperson
- Peter A. Peyser (1921–2014), politician
- Philip George Schuyler (1836–1906)
- Philip George Schuyler (1836–1906)
- Q15429614 (1890–1984), curator, Egyptologist, archaeologist
- Q32060717 (1871–1959), painter
- Q38804535 (1880–1966), suffragist
- Q5215919 (1808–1874), banker
- Q5343866 (1859–1953)
- Q5576548 (1899–1983), financier
- Q5890037 (1867–1963), sociologist
- Q8013224 (1858–1913), politician
- Ransom H. Thomas (1852–1922), banker
- Raymond Hood (1881–1934), architect
- Rhinelander Waldo (1877–1927)
- Robert Havell (1793–1878), engraver, painter, graphic artist
- Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866–1935), politician, governor, athlete
- Robertson Kirtland Mygatt (1861–1919), painter
- Rudolf Cronau (1855–1939), writer, illustrator, painter
- Samuel Gompers (1850–1924), functionary, trade unionist, union member
- Samuel Russell Thomas (1840–1903), military leader
- Temple Bowdoin (1863–1914), businessperson
- Theodore Whitmarsh (1869–1936), businessperson, banker, philanthropist
- Thomas John Watson, Sr. (1874–1956), computer scientist, entrepreneur, chief executive officer
- V. Everit Macy (1871–1930), business magnate, local politician
- Vincent Astor (1891–1959), businessperson
- Vincent Serrano (1866–1935), actor, stage actor
- Viola Allen (1869–1948), actor, stage actor
- Viola Allen (1869–1948), actor, stage actor
- Walker Whiteside (1869–1942), actor, writer, stage actor
- Walter Percy Chrysler Sr. (1875–1940), engineer, entrepreneur, machinist
- Walter Smith Gurnee (1813–1903), politician
- Washington Irving (1783–1859), writer, lawyer, politician
- Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), writer, politician, diplomat
- William A. Brady (1863–1950), screenwriter, entrepreneur, impresario
- William Adams Walker (1805–1861), lawyer, politician
- William Boyce Thompson (1869–1930), engineer, diplomat, banker
- William Conant Church (1836–1917), writer, editor, journalist
- William E. Le Roy (1818–1888), military personnel
- William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
- William Griggs Stahlnecker (1849–1902), lawyer, politician
- William Harris Douglas (1853–1944), politician
- William Howard Hoople (1868–1922), civil servant
- William Irving (1766–1821), writer, politician
- William Irving (1766–1821), writer, politician
- William Jay Schieffelin Jr. (1891–1985)
- William Orton (1826–1878), businessperson, politician
- William Rockefeller (1841–1922), financier
- William Sergeant Kendall (1869–1938), painter, designer
- William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (1879–1933), merchant
- William Storrs Wells (1849–1926), businessperson
- Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929), astronomer, businessperson, engineer