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A couple of famous graves that I deliberately went to:
 
and a famous non-grave:
(famous because no one is really sure where the king commemorated here was buried, if indeed he was buried properly at all --one story is that his body was just thrown into the local river.)
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JM Whistler's grave (the painter if you didn't know!)
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Grave of Antal Pájer. Antal Pajer was a great poet and priest in the XVIII. century.
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The grave of Richard Manual from The Band. It's in my hometown cemetery!
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The grave of the Cornish painter Alfred Wallis is in a graveyard which overlooks the Tate Gallery at St Ives. Some of his works now hang in the gallery. He would never have dreamed that one day his work would be internationally renowned.
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President Theodore Roosevelt is the famous grave that I traveled to. I went to visit TR while up in NY visiting my sister. I'm in Philly so there are LOTS of famous graves around here, Ben Franklin is just one off of the top of my head.
farm2.static.flickr.com/1349/964220318_7f9c7d3db6.jpg?v=0
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This is one where the mode of burial is more famous than the actual person.
Sandra West's burial made news stories all across the nation as she was buried in her favorite negligee seated at the wheel of her 1964 powder blue Ferrari convertible, with the seat "suitably reclined"!
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This one is too cliche, but, the timing is spot-on...The King died 30 years ago this week.
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I live near Concord, Massachusetts, where there is a graveyard in which several famous authors are buried. Here are two gravesites:
For those outside the US, Louisa May Alcott wrote a famous book called Little Women .
For those outside the US, Henry David Thorous wrote a famous book called Walden.
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Man o War;s Gravesite at the Kentucky Horse Park
Isaac Murphy famous black jockey
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A grave in Mt. Carmel Cemetary
And a better look with the bushes pushed aside
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To go with Conqurer's photos, here's Mr. Capone's actual marker (the above is the family marker).
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Miserable lesbian writer in Highgate cemetery:
Lesbian Junky Niece of Oscar Wilde (Famous for doing very little):
I dont think people who are responsible for wholesale slaughter are famous.. but there you go:
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Samuel Adams, Boston, Mass. Not just the beer guy, but signer of the declaration of independance as well
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I have a problem with the way they market Samuel Adams beer. On the carton, you know how it says "Brewer" and "Patriot"? He never played for either team.
What I love is how elaborate graves of the then-famous get erected, and then they fall into the dustbin of history. Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn) has plenty.
I presume everyone knows about www.findagrave.com ?
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you can't tell, but this is duane allman's grave, from the allman brothers. barey oakley is buried in the same cemetery, its in Rosehill cemetery in Macon Ga. they also have an amazing Jewish section in there, and a wonderful confederate memorial, its got a really neat potters field monument.
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Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon Lee.
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This is Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides, Paris.
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Come to Philly!!! We've got batches of "famous graves". Ben Franklin, civil war generals, socialites, captains of industry, slaves, bankers, all kinds of stuff, plain & fancy.
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I have a photo of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's grave somewhere.
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Johnny Ramone:
Just happened by while exploring. On vacation, July 2007.
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thanks for johnny pic above !! POE  in Baltimore, Md
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Ben Franklin in Philly  next to U.S.Mint
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President John Taylor
President James Monroe and his wife
All three graves and other famous people- in The Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia ( I traveled there while I was visiting my daughter)
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Taken at LakeView Cemetery Cleveland Ohio
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Also taken at LakeView cemetery Cleveland Ohio, but there are to many famous people here to list
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Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves a.k.a. "Alice Liddell". Inspiration for Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" . St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK
The enclosed garden area in the top half is her grave, the bottom is a closeup of the plaque in front of it..
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Robert Frost (forgive, this is the sign, not the actual grave)
Paul Revere:
President Martin Van Buren:
President Chester Alan Arthur:
And somewhere I have Melvil Dewey's grave (the creator of the Dewey Decimal System), but I can't find it in my stream.
There is a small group for this: Dying to be Famous
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Raymond Chapman, only mlb player to be killed by a pitch. This is in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
I notice that someone above posted a picture of the Garfield Monument in Lakeview but I wanted to post my picture too :-)
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Sam Bass the outlaw:
the base of the original is directly behind this exact reproduction of the headstone
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Oscar Wilde:
Jim Morrison:
Both in Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
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Couple of the "famous" gravesites I've photographed in the US:
Jimi Hendrix [Renton, WA]- this was his original stone, now memorialized inside a monument, seen above by jp cast.
Bruce Lee & Brandon Lee [Seattle, WA]
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In response to kerrins_giraffe; click the photo you want to post, then click "All Sizes". Choose the size you want - small or medium are best, so it to won't take a long time to load.
Then go to the HTML code near the bottom of the page, right-click on that & then on 'copy' from the shortcut menu. Right-click on where you want to include the photo and select 'paste'.
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For contributions to architecture and spectacle ...
Louis Sullivan
Daniel Burnham
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Buffalo BILL CODY
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@ cjphotos
And somewhere I have Melvil Dewey's grave (the creator of the Dewey Decimal System), but I can't find it in my stream.
That is hysterical. How ironic!
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William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair. Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
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Benjamin Russell Hanby. Songwriter. Most known for "Up on the Housetop" (yes, the Christmas song), and "Darling Nellie Grey"
Annie Oakley
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/Somewhere/ I have a pic of Jim Morrison's grave in Pere Lachaise, Paris... can't find it right now though :(
Oh well, maybe I'll have to go back to Paris!
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Edith Piaf, Pere Lachaise
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Joseph Grimaldi
buried near Pentonville Road, London
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Two graves from Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg:
Euler
Dostoevsky
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A few of mine, from some Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, NYC boneyards:
Billie Holiday
Leonard Bernstein
Louis Armstrong
Scott Joplin
Frank Costello
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Bucky Fuller - Mt Auburn
Winslow Homer - Mt Auburn
Charles Ives - Danbury CT
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This is a great thread... and for those interested, I came across a book at Barnes and Noble the other night (I just looked over and saw it -funny enough) that reminded me of this discussion. It was in the reference section, among the books with 'Facts Everyone Should Know' and stuff, and the book was about where famous peole are buried and exactly how they died -it may have even been called "Where They Are Buried" or something like that. It looked pretty good!
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I live near Oxford, MS, home of famous author, William Faulkner. This is his grave in the Oxford City Cemetary.
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General Ambrose Burnside, who was by all reports a nice guy,and a brave and conscientious soldier, but unfortunately way out of his league as Commander in Chief of Union forces during the Civil War. Went on to a decent career in politics, but his real contribution came from having sideburns named after him. The '70's owe him a lot..:) Swan Point Cemetery, Providence RI
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General George Meade - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA
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This one is not real but it is in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. It is "Rocky" Balboa's wife.
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How about Burt Munro of "Worlds Fastest Indian" fame?
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I found one... Not as famous as the rest here, but still... Click on it for the story. The grave of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.
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Songwriter Johnny Mercer's gravesite in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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The unmarked grave of Stan Laurel's Mother (where the flowers are)
Cathcart, Scotland.
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A couple famous graves at Boston's Granary Burial Grounds.
"Mother" Mary Goose
Paul Revere
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Helmut Newton
Marlene Dietrich
Karl Marx
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Grimm Family
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abe lincoln is buried a few blocks from my office. i get over there a lot.
the exterior:
and the interior:
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This is a photo of "Rob Roy" MacGregor's grave at Balquhidder, Scotland.
www.rexanddonna.com/photos/100_0498.JPG
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![Pere La Chaise [Jim Morrison]](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/283805630_6ccadb28bf.jpg)
Jim Morrison's grave, Paris...
Also buried in Pere La Chaise are Chopin & Oscar Wilde
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Coolest grave ever Amy!
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The tomb of William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) English artist. It's at St. Nicholas church Chiswick, London. It's about 10 minutes walk from my home.
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Chocolatier Domingo Ghirardelli built this mausoleum for his family in Mountain View Cemetery in 1890 - Oakland, California.
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the book i have is called "Who's buried where in England" by Douglas Greenwood. it's a brill book and about an inch thick so i always take it with me on holiday in the UK so i can toddle off and take photos of peoples graves .
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I know Edward Jenner is buried up the road from me I will go to the church this week and take a photo, there is also a little museum there which is next to Berkeley Castle.
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The memorial to the Bronte family at their parish church at Haworth
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Doc Ricketts's grave- from Steinbeck's "Cannery Row"
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WB Yeats, famous Irish poet lies in Drumcliffe, County Sligo:
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Paul Revere
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Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen, found in St. Louis Cemetery #1 in New Orleans.
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In Vienna Central Cemetary, Austria, I had an opportunity to meet some fanous figures by his gave sites:
Johann Strauss
Brahms
Stadtrath Meissl
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Jim Morrison & Frédéric Chopin
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I am new to this group and wonder If anyone has visited the website www.findagrave.com. To say the least, its very interesting.
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Creator of Under Milk Wood
Laugharne Carmarthenshire
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Grave of the Irish polar explorer Tom Crean.
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Surprised he is not here already but here is William Blake:
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I visited Recoleta Cemetery this year to especially see the tomb of Eva Peron AKA Evita. 
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the closest i have of a photo of a famous grave, Mr Lipton, the founder of Liptons tea.
this is one of a small handful of graves that are still in tact in this cemetery.
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Clyde Barrow's grave, as in Bonnie and Clyde, buried in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, TX
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Harold Wilson, former Prime Minister of Britain. Buried in St Mary's, Isle of Scilly. His epitaph (Tempus Imperator Rerum) translates to 'Time Commands All Things'.
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Gallileo's tomb:
Michelangelo's tomb:
Machiavelli's tomb:
Canova's tomb:
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King Arthur's grave
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The grave of boxer Joe Louis, Arlington National Cemetery.
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Grave of actor Lee Marvin, Arlington National Cemetery.
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The grave of Claude Monet (1840-1926) and his family at Giverny, France
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"Medellin Cartel" Druglord Pablo Escobar:
Medellin, Colombia:
   
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Mary Shelley, author of 'Frankenstein'
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Albrecht Dürer. Nürnberg. Germany
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Wyatt Earp
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Joe DiMaggio are local to me.
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Wilhelm Hauff (Poet, Suttgart/Germany):
Robert & Clara Schumann (Composers, Bonn/Germany):
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Baseball Great--Rogers Hornsby
Austin Texas
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J. Edgar Hoover, long-time director of the FBI
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Flora MacDonald who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie esacape over the sea to Skye after the 45 Rebellion
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L U B A [deleted] says:
Deliberately went to Père-Lachaise (Oscar Wilde, Chopin, Molière, Lafontaine, Colette, Abélard and Héloise, etc., etc., etc.) and Montparnasse (Sartre and Beauvoir, Cortazar, Ionesco, etc.) and accidentally stumbled upon Mordecai Richler's grave in my local (Montreal) Cemetery.
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Derek Jarman's grave, St. Clement's Church, Old Romney.
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John James Rickard Macleod
Co-Discoverer of Insulin.
In the Graveyard In Aberdeen where I live.
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W.B. Yeats grave. Visited during a tour of Ireland.
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