Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by Frick Park, the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery.
It was established in 1878 from William Wilkins' estate, Homewood.Notable interments
Business leaders
- Edward Jay Allen, businessman
- Michael Late Benedum businessman, co-founder of Benedum-Trees Oil Company
- David Lytle Clark, businessman, creator of Clark Bar and Zagnut
- Henry Clay Frick, industrialist, founder of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- Henry J. Heinz, founder of H. J. Heinz Company
- H. J. "Jack" Heinz II, industrialist
- William Larimer Mellon Sr., founder of Gulf Oil
- Willard Rockwell, founder of Rockwell International
- Ernest T. Weir, founder of Weirton Steel and National Steel Corporation
Political leaders
- Edward V. Babcock, Mayor of Pittsburgh 1918–22
- Matthew A. Dunn, member of the United States House of Representatives 1933–41
- William Flinn, politician
- Henry P. Ford, Mayor of Pittsburgh 1896–99
- H. John Heinz III, United States Senator 1977–91
- William McCallin, Mayor of Pittsburgh 1887–90
- John K. Tener, Governor of Pennsylvania 1911–15
- William Wilkins, United States Senator from Pennsylvania 1831–34, Secretary of War 1844–45
- George Wilson, Mayor of Pittsburgh 1860–62
Military leaders
- John Wilkins Jr., Quartermaster General of the United States Army 1796–1802
Artists and musicians
- Erroll Garner, jazz pianist and composer
- Walt Harper, jazz pianist
- Teenie Harris, photographer
- George Hetzel, portrait and landscape painter
- Churchill Kohlman, songwriter
- Malcolm McCormick , rapper, singer, record producer
- Anna Woodward, portrait and landscape painter
Science and medicine
- Mary Bidwell Breed, chemist and first female dean of Indiana University
- Bertha Lamme Feicht, first female engineering graduate from Ohio State University and first female engineer to be employed by Westinghouse
- Bernard Fisher, pioneer of breast cancer treatment
- Childs Frick, paleontologist
- John Bell Hatcher, paleontologist
- Edwin Ruud, mechanical engineer and inventor
- Alvin P. Shapiro, physician and educator
Sports figures
- Bill Bishop, professional baseball player
- Chuck Cooper, first African-American to be drafted into the NBA
- Earl Francis, professional baseball player
- Jock Sutherland, football coach
- Pie Traynor, baseball Hall of Famer
Others
- Edward Manning Bigelow, city planner
- Helen Clay Frick, philanthropist
- Rust Heinz, auto and boat designer
- John Barrett Kerfoot, first Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh
- Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin, civil rights activist
- Perle Mesta, Ambassador to Luxembourg 1949–53, and a noted Washington, D.C. socialite during Eisenhower and Nixon eras
- Robert Lee Vann, publisher and editor of the Pittsburgh Courier
- Stephen Varzaly, priest, journalist, and cultural activist
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