Some of the well-known persons interred here are:

• Tommy Armour (1894-1968), professional golfer
• Leopold Auer (1845-1930), violinist
• Bela Bartok (1881-1945), composer
• Peaches Browning (1910-1956), actress
• Michael Coppola (1900-1966), Mafioso, inspired a relative to make a movie
• Joan Crawford (1908-1977), actress
• Alan Freed (1922-1965), disc jockey, Rock and Roll pioneer
• Judy Garland (1922-1969), singer, actress
• Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), composer, lyricist
• Aaliyah (1979-2001), singer
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1984), pioneer "Blues" singer, songwriter
• Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1899-1975), comedian
• Hugh Marlowe (1911-1982), actor
• Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell (1965-2002), Rap musician
• Thelonious Monk, (1917-1982), Jazz musician
• William Oberhardt, (1882-1958), portrait painter, sculptor
• Lya de Putti (1899-1931), silent film actress
• Basil Rathbone (1892-1967), actor "Sherlock Holmes"
• Peter Revson (1939-1974), F1 driver, millionaire playboy
• Paul Robeson (1898-1976), important black singer, actor, activist
• Diana Sands, (1934-1973), actress
• Betty Shabazz (1936-1997), black activist, widow of Malcolm X
• Hajj Malick El Shabazz, black activist known as "Malcolm X"
• Toots Shor (1903-1977), restauranteur to Broadway stars
• Preston Sturges (1898-1959), film director
• Ed Sullivan (1901-1974), television variety show host
• Judy Tyler (1933-1957), actress, Elvis' co-star in Jailhouse Rock
• Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968), novelist
• Whitney M. Young, Jr, (1921-1971), black activist