Los Angeles, Inglewood Park Cemetery

Inglewood Park Cemetery was founded in 1905 in Inglewood, California. A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed here.

Notable interments/funerals

A

• Margaret Queen Adams (1874–1974), first woman deputy sheriff in the United States
• Coit Albertson (1880–1953), actor
• Curtis Amy (1929–2002), musician
• Joseph H. August (1890–1947), cinematographer
• Lloyd Avery II (1969–2005), actor

B

• Gertrude Baines (1894–2009), supercentenarian
• Chet Baker (1929–1988), musician
• Reginald Barker (1886–1945), director
• Earl Battey (1935–2003), baseball player
• Beals Becker (1886–1943), baseball player
• Ricky Bell (1955–1984), NFL running back
• George Bennard (1873–1958), composer
• Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), actor and ventriloquist
• Frances Bergen (1922–2006), actress
• Wally Berger (1905–1988), baseball player
• Paul Bern (1885–1932), director, screenwriter and producer
• Richard Berry (1935–1997), singer and songwriter

• Elmer Booth (1882–1915), actor
• Margaret Booth (1898–2002), film editor
• Lyman Bostock (1950–1978), baseball player
• Fletcher Bowron (1887–1968), Los Angeles mayor and judge
• Tom Bradley (1917–1998), Los Angeles mayor
• Byron B. Brainard (1894–1940), Los Angeles City Council member
• Layne Britton (1907–1993), makeup artist
• Charles Brown (1922–1999), singer
• Nacio Herb Brown (1896–1964), composer
• Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), Los Angeles City Council member, 1929–45
• Jheryl Busby (1949–2008), former CEO of Motown Records

C

• Bebe Moore Campbell (1951–2006), author
• Caesar Cardini (1896–1956), credited as creator of Caesar Salad
• Ray Charles (1930–2004), musician
• Thornton Chase, first western Baha'i, Annual memorial in September draws large crowds.
• James Cleveland (1931–1991), gospel singer, composer, arranger
• Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005), trial lawyer
• Anthony Cornero (1899–1955), bootlegger, builder of Stardust Resort & Casino in Paradise, Nevada
• Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), actor
• Pee Wee Crayton (1914–1985), guitarist, blues singer
• Sam Crawford (1880–1968), baseball player

D

• Julian Dixon (1934–2000), U.S. Congressman
• Badja Djola, (1948–2005), actor
• William Duncan (1879–1961), actor

F

• Louise Fazenda (1895–1962), actress
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), singer
• Curt Flood (1938–1997), baseball player
• Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849-1934), First female lawyer on the West Coast.
• Byron Foulger (1899–1970), actor
• Lowell Fulson (1921–1999), blues musician

G

• Hoot Gibson (1892–1962), actor
• Jim Gilliam (1928–1978), baseball player
• Ronald Goldman (1968–1994), murder victim
• Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, singer and dancer
• Leroy Milton Grider (1854–1919), Los Angeles real estate man
• Ferde Grofé (1892–1973), composer

H

• Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), county supervisor and city council member
• Jester Hairston (1901–2000), actor, musician, arranger
• Lois Hall (1926–2006), actress
• Bernie Hamilton (1928–2008), actor
• Robin Harris (1953–1990), actor and comedian
• Helen Humes (1913–1981), singer
• Flo Hyman (1954–1986), volleyball player

J

• Bud Jamison (1894–1944), actor
• James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), world heavyweight boxing champion
• Etta James (1938–2012), singer

K

• Robert Kardashian (1944–2003), attorney
• Cecil R. King (1898–1974), U.S. Congressman

L

• Allan "Rocky" Lane (1909–1973), actor
• Walter Lang (1896–1972), film director
• Lucille La Verne (1872–1945), actress
• Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970), actress and burlesque dancer
• Lillian Leitzel (1892–1931), acrobat
• Evan Lewis (1869–1941), Los Angeles City Council member
• Walter Lindley (1852–1922), Los Angeles physician and educational leader

M

• D'Urville Martin (1939–1984), actor, producer and director
• Fred McMullin (1891–1952), baseball player
• Louis Meyer (1904–1995), race car driver
• Cleo Moore (1928–1972), actress
• Juanita Moore (1914–2014) actress
• Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (1912–1989), actor
• Don Myrick (1940–1993), musician

N

• Gordon W. Norris (1907–1961), poet laureate of California

O

• Fred Offenhauser (1888–1973), automotive inventor

P

• LaWanda Page (1920–2002), actress and comedienne
• George H. Peck (1856–1940), real estate broker & developer
• Billy Preston (1946–2006), singer and songwriter
• George W. Prince (1854–1939), U.S. Congressman

R

• Robert Riskin (1897–1955), screenwriter
• Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989), World Champion boxer
• Cesar Romero (1907–1994), actor

S

• Evelyn Selbie (1871–1950), actress
• Blanche Sewell (1898–1949), editor
• Frank L. Shaw (1877–1958), Los Angeles mayor
• Charles A. Siringo (1855–1928), author
• Myrtle Stedman (1855–1938), actress
• Slim Summerville (1892–1946), actor
• Sylvester (1947–1988), singer.

T

• David Torrence (1864–1951), Scottish-born actor
• Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (1931–1980), actor
• Big Mama Thornton (1926–1984), singer and songwriter
• David Townsend (1955–2005), musician

V

• Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), military officer

W

• T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), musician
• Bobby Wallace (1873–1960), baseball Hall of Famer
• Lalomie Washburn (1941–2004), singer songwriter
• Larry Williams (1935–1980), singer and actor
• Paul Williams (1894–1980), architect
• Murry Wilson (1917–1973), father of Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys
• Parke Wilson (1867–1934), baseball player
• Arthur Winston (1906–2006), centenarian
• John Downey Works (1847–1928), U.S. Senator
• Syreeta Wright (1946–2004), singer

 

Y

• Carleton G. Young (1907–1971), actor
• Lee Thompson Young (1984–2013), actor