List of burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery

West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a rural cemetery established in 1869 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and contains the burials of many notable persons.

A

 * Timothee Adamowski (1858–1943), composer, violinist and first conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
 * Green Adams (1812–1884), U.S. Congressman
 * Randolph Greenfield Adams (1892–1951), librarian and historian
 * David Hayes Agnew 3.jpg[[David Hayes Agnew]] (1818–1892), surgeon
 * Raymond Pace Alexander (1897–1974), American civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
 * Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898–1989), first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States.
 * Harrison Allen (1841–1897), professor of comparative anatomy and medical zoölogy at the University of Pennsylvania
 * Sarah A. Anderson (1901–1992), first Black woman to preside over Pennsylvania House of Representatives general assembly
 * Robert Arthur Jr. (1909–1969), writer of speculative fiction, winner of three Edgar Awards
 * Samuel Howell Ashbridge (1848–1906), "Stars and Stripes Sam", Philadelphia mayor 1899–1903

B

 * Hobey Baker (1892–1918), amateur athlete, namesake of Hobey Baker Award and Hobey Baker Memorial Rink at Princeton University
 * Russell Ball (1891–1942), Hollywood glamor photographer, husband of gossip columnist Gladys Hall
 * Samuel L. M. Barlow II (1892–1982), composer, pianist and art critic
 * Joseph Beam (1954–1988), African American gay rights activist, writer and poet
 * Cecilia Beaux.jpg[[Cecilia Beaux]] (1855–1942), painter
 * Joe Berry (1894–1976), professional baseball player
 * Edward Julius Berwind (1848–1936), founder of Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, owner of The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island, Edward J. Berwind House in New York City
 * Julia Berwind, (1865–1961), socialite, social welfare activist, owner of The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island
 * Frank Bettger (1888–1981), professional baseball player
 * Charles M. Betts (1838–1905), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Richard Binder (1839–1912), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Oliver Bosbyshell (1839–1921), Civil War veteran, superintendent United States Mint (1889-1894)
 * Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), writer best known for biographies, winner 1958 National Book Award for Nonfiction
 * Caroline G. Boughton (1854–1905), educator and philanthropist.
 * Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823–1887), represented Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1865 to 1869.
 * Anna Robeson Brown (1873–1941), writer
 * Edward G. Budd (1870–1946), founder of the Budd Company
 * William M. Bunn (1842–1923), American newspaperman, Governor of Idaho Territory from 1884 to 1885
 * Jervis Burdick, (1889–1962), track and field athlete, competed in 1912 Summer Olympics
 * Edward Bushnell (1876–1951), distance runner, competed in 1900 Summer Olympics

C

 * Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), sculptor
 * Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), sculptor
 * James Emmot Caldwell (1813–1881), American jeweler who founded J.E. Caldwell & Co. in 1839
 * Alan Calvert (1875–1944), weightlifter, bodybuilder, founder Milo Bar-bell Company
 * John Carbutt (1832–1905) photography and radiology pioneer
 * Arthur Beecher Carles (1882–1952), Modernist painter
 * William E. Carter (1875–1940), American millionaire, polo player, and survivor of the RMS Titanic
 * Emma C. Chappell (1941–2021), first African-American woman to form a commercial bank in the United States
 * Clarence Clark (1859–1937), financier, American tennis promoter and player, member of Tennis Hall of Fame
 * Constance Clayton (1933–2023), educator, civic leader, Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia from 1982 to 1993
 * William Clothier (1881–1962), Men's Singles Winner, 1906 U.S. National Championships (tennis), member of Tennis Hall of Fame
 * Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (1889–1971), artist, co-founder Museum of Northern Arizona with her husband Harold Sellers Colton (1881–1970); member Philadelphia Ten
 * Colin C. Cooper photo crop.jpg[[Colin Campbell Cooper]] (1856–1937), Impressionist painter
 * Joseph K. Corson (1836–1913), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Peter E. Costello (1854–1935), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania 1915–1921
 * Cyrus Curtis (1850–1933), founder of Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of Ladies' Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post

D

 * Frank Miles Day (1861–1918), architect
 * John Blair Deaver (1855–1931), aggressive surgeon at German Hospital known as "The Great Slasher"
 * Joseph H. Diss Debar (1820–1905), French-born American artist and government official
 * Giuseppe Del Puente (1841–1900), Italian opera baritone
 * Francis Xavier Dercum (1856–1931), neurologist, consultant for Woodrow Wilson after his stroke
 * Harry Diddlebock (1854–1900) sportswriter, manager St. Louis Browns
 * John Thompson Dorrance (1873–1930), president of the Campbell Soup Company
 * Cecil Kent Drinker (1887–1956) physician, founder of Harvard School of Public Health
 * Henry Sandwith Drinker (1880–1965) lawyer and amateur musicologist
 * Henry Sturgis Drinker (1850–1937) mechanical engineer, lawyer, author, and fifth president of Lehigh University
 * Katherine Rotan Drinker (1889–1956) physician, researcher of Radium Girls with husband Cecil
 * Sophie Drinker (1888–1967) author, musician, musicologist; founder of women's musicological and gender studies
 * H. Louis Duhring Jr. (1874–1953) architect, rebuilt Powel House in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia
 * Clarissa F. Dye (1832–1921) Army nurse during the American Civil War, president of National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War

E

 * George W. Edmonds (1864-1939), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1913–1925, 1933-1935
 * Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), anthropologist, poet, philosopher, best-selling author
 * George Emerick Essig (1838–1925), painter, watercolorist, and etcher who specialized in marine scenes

F

 * Beatrice Fenton (1887–1983), sculptor and artist
 * Larry Ferrari (1932–1997), American organist who hosted The Larry Ferrari Show from 1954 to 1997 on WPVI-TV
 * Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr, MD (1894–1963), physician, University of Pennsylvania, namesake for Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome
 * Frank H. Fleer (1857–1921), inventor of bubble gum and pioneer of the baseball card
 * John W. Forney - Brady-Handy.jpg[[John Weiss Forney]] (1817–1881) politician, journalist, Secretary of the United States Senate 1861–1868
 * Tillie May Forney (1862–1922), daughter of John Weiss Forney, writer, journalist
 * Robert Foster (1856–1921), professional baseball player
 * Daniel M. Fox (1819–1890), mayor of Philadelphia 1869-1871

G

 * Dave Garroway (1913–1982) American television personality, founding host and anchor of NBC's "Today" from 1952 to 1961
 * Arrah Lee Gaul (1888–1980) artist, member Philadelphia Ten
 * Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (1839–1917), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1889 to 1895.
 * Clarence H. Geist (1866–1938), financier who played an important role in the early history of Boca Raton, Florida
 * Alfred Godwin (1850–1934), English-born stained glass artist for The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, et al.
 * Nelson Z. Graves (1849–1930), businessman
 * Nelson Z. Graves Jr. (1880–1918), cricket player
 * John Trout Greble (1834–1861), U.S. Army and Union Army officer; first graduate of the United States Military Academy to be killed in the war
 * John Gribbel (1858–1936), businessman, philanthropist, donated the Glenriddell Manuscripts to the National Library of Scotland
 * Robert Cooper Grier (1794–1870), Associate Justice of The United States Supreme Court (1846–1870).

H

 * Gladys Hall (1891–1977), film journalist, gossip columnist, wife of glamor photographer Russell Ball
 * Alfred C. Harmer (1825–1900), represented Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1871 to 1875, and from 1877 until his death in 1900.
 * Abram W. Harris (1858–1935), 8th president of Northwestern University, first President of the University of Maine
 * Marvin Haskin (1930–2009), Professor and Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Hahnemann University
 * Herman Haupt (1817–1905), Union Army General and engineer
 * Lewis M. Haupt (1844–1937), United States civil engineer whose career emphasized work on waterways
 * James M. Hazlett (1864–1941), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
 * Howard Head (1914–1991), aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of the first commercially successful aluminum laminate skis and the oversized tennis racket
 * Jocko Henderson (1918–2000), radio disc jockey, businessman, and hip hop music pioneer
 * Constantine Hering (1800–1880), early pioneer of homeopathy in the United States
 * Rudolph Hering (1847–1923), helped in reversal of Chicago River, namesake for Rudolph Hering Medal awarded by American Society of Civil Engineers
 * Catherine Elizabeth "Kitty" Sweeney Hershey (1871–1915), wife of chocolatier and philanthropist Milton Hershey; she died at the The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel and spent four years in the receiving vault of Laurel Hill West
 * George Herzog (1851–1920), interior designer and decorative painter
 * Brenda J. Payton Hill (1945–1992), as Brenda Payton, lead singer of doo-wop group Brenda & The Tabulations
 * John Hofford (1863–1915), professional baseball pitcher for Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1885–1886
 * Vera Huckel.png[[Vera Huckel]] (1908–1999), one of the first female "computers" at NACA, now NASA
 * Edie Huggins (1935–2008), long-time television personality in Philadelphia
 * Hannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958), clubwoman, feminist, pacifist
 * Joseph Miller Huston (1866–1940), designed the third (and current) Pennsylvania State Capitol

J

 * Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958), physician, teacher, and father of endoscopy
 * Roy Jackson (1876–1944), early professional football player for Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
 * Bushrod Washington James (1806–1903), surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist; namesake of Bushrod, Oakland, California
 * Anna Jarvis (1864–1948), originator of Mother's Day
 * Eldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), founder of Victor Talking Machine Company
 * Emory Richard Johnson (1864–1950), economist who specialized in transportation issues, dean of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1933
 * Wallace W. Johnson (1842–1911), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Jack Jones (1950–1991), first African-American news anchor in Philadelphia market

K

 * John Ernst Worrell Keely (1837–1898), fraudulent inventor who claimed to have discovered a new mode of power
 * Roland Grubb Kent (1877–1952), educator and founder of the Linguistic Society of America
 * Martha Kimball (1839–1894), philanthropist associated with founding of Memorial Day
 * William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921), musician, composer of Away in a Manger
 * Charles Klauder (1872–1938), architect
 * Harold Knerr (1882–1949), illustrator, cartoonist, did comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids for 35 years
 * Daniel S. Koltun (1933–2014), theoretical physicist who specialized in nuclear physics
 * Irena Koprowska (1917–2012), cytopathology pioneer, co-developer of the Pap smear
 * Hilary Koprowski (1916–2013), virology expert, developer of first oral polio vaccine, developer of first H.D.C.V. rabies vaccine
 * Robert Lowe Kunzig (1918-1982), judge of the United States Court of Claims

L

 * John Lafore.png[[John A. Lafore Jr.]] (1905–1993), Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1957–1961
 * Robert Eneas Lamberton (1886–1941), 114th mayor of Philadelphia from 1940 to 1941
 * John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883), 19th century American naturalist and entomologist
 * Donald Lippincott, (1893–1962), world class sprinter, medal winner at 1912 Summer Olympics
 * Sarah Lee Lippincott, (1920–2019), professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College, director of the college's Sproul Observatory
 * D. Herbert Lipson (1929–2017), publisher Philadelphia magazine
 * Walter R. Livingston Jr. (1922–2011), architect
 * Hy Lit (Hyman Aaron Lit) (1934–2007), Philadelphia radio & TV broadcaster
 * William H. Luden (1859–1949), developer of the menthol throat lozenge
 * Harry Lyons (1866–1912), professional baseball player

M

 * Harry Arista Mackey (1869–1938), football player and coach, lawyer, and politician who served as the mayor of Philadelphia 1928–1932
 * Franklin J. Maloney (1899–1958), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1947–1949
 * Frederick Maxson (1862–1934) German-born American composer and organist
 * Frank M. Mayo (1839–1896), stage actor
 * Katharine Elizabeth McBride (1904–1976) neuropsychology researcher, President Bryn Mawr College 1942–1970
 * Robert M. McBride (1879–1970) publisher and defendant in the obscenity prosecution of novelist James Branch Cabell
 * Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (1901–1985), represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives 1944–1957.
 * James McCrea (1848–1913), president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1907 to 1913
 * Henry Plumer McIlhenny, (1910–1986), connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, socialite, philanthropist, curator and chair of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
 * Robert L. McNeil Jr. (1915–2010), chemist and pharmaceutical industry executive, responsible for commercial development, naming, and introduction of the pain reliever Tylenol
 * William Morris Meredith Jr. (1919–2007), educator, poet, won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1988
 * Reuben Moon (1847–1919), U.S. Congressman
 * Robert Charles Moon (1844–1914), ophthalmologist
 * J. Hampton Moore (1864–1950), 108th (1920–1924) and 111th (1932–1936) Mayor of Philadelphia, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1906–1920)
 * Walter Moser (1).jpeg[[Walter Moser]] (1881–1946), professional baseball player

N

 * Nellie Neilson (1873–1947), first female president of American Historical Society
 * Waldo Nelson (1898–1997), pediatrician, author of "Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics" and longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics.
 * Wedgwood Nowell (1878–1957), stage and film actor and director

O

 * Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1868–1938), biographer and historical writer
 * Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841–1930), poet, anti-smoking and anti-drinking activist, and economist
 * Tinius Olsen (1845–1932), Norwegian-born American engineer and inventor
 * Charles O'Neill (1821–1893), Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1871) & (1873–1893), member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1850–1852) & (1860–1861), member of Pennsylvania State Senate (1853–1854)

P

 * Daniel Pabst (1826–1910), cabinetmaker, worked closely with Frank Furness
 * Robert E. Pattison (1850–1904), Governor of Pennsylvania 1883–1887 and 1891–1895
 * Billy Paul (1934–2016), born Paul Williams, singer "Me and Mrs. Jones", "Am I Black Enough for You?"
 * George Franklin Pawling (1879–1954), President of Amateur Athletic Union in 1910s, builder of the Philadelphia Arena in 1920s
 * TEDDY PENDAGRASS.jpg[[Teddy Pendergrass]] (1950–2010), soul and R&B singer
 * J. Howard Pew (1882–1971), American philanthropist, president of Sunoco (Sun Oil Company)
 * Joseph Newton Pew (1848–1912), founder of Sun Oil Company (now Sunoco) and philanthropist
 * Joseph N. Pew Jr. (1886–1963), American industrialist, influential member of Republican Party
 * Theodore Presser (1848–1925), founder of Music Teachers National Association, publisher of The Etude magazine, founder of Theodore Presser Company

R

 * Nate Ramsey (1941–2019), professional football player
 * Harry C. Ransley (1863–1941), Republican member of United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1921–1937
 * Al Reach (1840–1928), professional baseball player, sporting good manufacturer
 * Ira De Augustine Reid (1901–1968) sociologist and author who wrote extensively on the lives of Black immigrants and communities in the United States
 * John Reilly (1836–1904), represented Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1875 to 1877.
 * Francis Richter (1854–1926), editor Sporting Life newspaper 1883–1917, refused presidency of the National League
 * Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), co-founder Comcast
 * Lawson Robertson (1883–1951), medal winner at 1904 Summer Olympics, renowned track and field coach
 * Mario Romañach (1917–1984), Cuban-born modernist architect, planner, and university professor
 * Jack Rose (1971–2009), musician, played American primitive guitar

S

 * L. Lewis Sagendorph (1842–1909), inventor and pioneer in sheet metal production
 * Dennis Sandole (1913–2000), jazz guitarist, composer and music educator; mentor to John Coltrane
 * William I. Schaffer (1867–1953), Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice
 * Fritz Scheel (1852–1907), first conductor and musical director of the Philadelphia Orchestra
 * Henry Walter "Slick" Schlichter (1866–1944) sports executive, co-founder and owner Philadelphia Giants Negro league baseball team, sportswriter for Philadelphia Item, referee in Thomas Eakin's 1898 painting Taking the Count
 * Arthur Hoyt Scott (1875–1927) inventor of paper towel, namesake for Scott Arboretum
 * John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), member Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1899, 1909, 1911, and 1913
 * Edgar Viguers Seeler (1867–1929), architect
 * Coleman Sellers II (1827–1907), prominent engineer and inventor
 * Orator Shafer (1851–1922), Major League Baseball player
 * Taylor Shafer (1866–1945), Major League Baseball player
 * John O. Sheatz (1856–1922), Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer
 * Ben Shibe (1838–1922), sportsman, sporting goods salesman, namesake of Shibe Park at 21st & Lehigh
 * Hannah Shipley, Elizabeth Shipley, and Katharine Shipley founders of Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 * Rachel H. Shoemaker (1838–1915), founder of the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia.
 * Matthew Simpson (1811–1884), notable Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, delivered eulogy at funeral of Abraham Lincoln
 * Charles Emory Smith (1842–1908), U.S. Minister to Russia 1890–1891, U.S. Postmaster General 1898-1902
 * David Smyrl (1935–2016), actor and writer, known for his role of Mr. Handford (Hooper's Store) on Sesame Street
 * Albert Henry Smyth (1863–1907), editor of the Writings of Benjamin Franklin
 * Ed Snider by Michael Alan Goldberg.jpg[[Ed Snider]] (1933–2016) Chair of Comcast Spectacor, owner Philadelphia Flyers, former owner Philadelphia 76ers, part-owner of Philadelphia Eagles
 * Edward Taylor Snow (1844–1913) landscape artist, collector
 * Pearl Pinkerton McClelland Snowden (1875–1943), woman for whom the Rhode Island mansion High Watch (now owned by Taylor Swift) was built
 * Alice Barber Stephens (1858–1932), engraver and magazine illustrator
 * John Batterson Stetson (1830–1906), American hat manufacturer and founder of the John B. Stetson Company
 * George H. Stockman (1833–1912), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Marion Stokes (1929–2012), access television producer, civil rights activist, librarian, and archivist who videotaped more than 70,000 tapes of television news over 35 years
 * John Streaker, aka Cub Stricker (1859–1937), professional baseball player
 * Edwin Sydney Stuart (1853–1937), Mayor of Philadelphia 1891–1895, Governor of Pennsylvania 1907–1911.

T

 * Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), mechanical and industrial engineer, management consultant, and "father of scientific management".
 * Charles W. Thomas (politician) (1860–1907), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Senate
 * Dorothy Burr Thompson (1900–2001), aka "DBT," classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College
 * Homer Thompson (1906-2000), Canadian classical archaeologist, specializing in ancient Greece
 * Joseph Earlston Thropp (1847–1927), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1898–1900
 * John Cresson Trautwine (1810–1883), civil engineer, architect, and engineering writer
 * Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938), architect
 * C. Delores Tucker.jpg[[C. Delores Tucker]] (1927–2005), civil rights and anti-rap activist
 * Ellwood J. Turner (1886–1948), Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County (1925–1948), Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1939–1941)
 * Thomas Lovatt Turner, aka Tink Turner (1890–1962), professional baseball player

V

 * Flora M. Vare (1874–1962), Pennsylvania State Senator 1925–1928, wife of Edwin H. Vare
 * Glenna Collett-Vare (1903–1989), American amateur golfer, member World Golf Hall of Fame, "The Female Bobby Jones"
 * William Scott Vare (1867–1934), U.S. Senator-elect, U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania State Senator, Republican political boss
 * Moses Veale (1832–1917), Medal of Honor recipient

W

 * William Wagner (1796–1885), founder of the Wagner Free Institute of Science
 * Charles F. Warwick (1852–1913), author, lawyer, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Philadelphia 1895–1899
 * Grover Washington 1995.jpg[[Grover Washington Jr.]] (1943–1999), American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist
 * George Austin Welsh (1878–1970), represented Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1923 to 1932.
 * Donald H. White (1921–2016), composer, educator at Depauw University
 * Peter Arrell Browne Widener II (1895–1948), racehorse owner/breeder
 * Elwood N. Williams (1842–1921), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Henry Williams (1834–1917), peacetime recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Hugh Irvine Wilson (1879–1925), golf course designer
 * James H. Windrim (1840–1919), architect
 * John T. Windrim (1866–1934), architect
 * Margaret F. Winner (1866–1937) illustrator, portrait painter, and miniaturist
 * Septimus Winner (1827–1905), songwriter - Ten Little Indians, Listen to the Mockingbird, et al.
 * David Duffield Wood (1838–1910), blind composer, educator, musician, organist and choir master at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church for 46 years
 * Milton Work (1864–1934), world expert on whist, bridge whist, auction and contract bridge
 * Harry Wright (1835–1895), pioneer of professional baseball, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Y

 * Charlotte Yhlen (1839–1920), first Swedish woman to graduate as a physician from a university

Z

 * Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), social media pioneer, cofounder Diaspora