Strauss, Harry 'Pittsburgh Phil' b. July 28, 1909 d. June 12, 1941 Organized Crime Figure. He was a member of a murder-for-hire gang made up of low-level Jewish and Italian gangsters working out of Brooklyn, New York during the 1930s. This gang came to be known in the news media as "Murder Inc." The gang carried out murders in the New York City area under the direction of Lepke Buchalter and Albert Anastasia. Harry Strauss was considered the gangs most vicious killer. He was convicted of murder charges in 1940 and was executed in the electric chair at Sing-...[Read More] Cause of death: Executed by electric chair. Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, Nassau County, New York, USA Plot: Block 1, Plot AA, N. Voldger Society. Corner of Beth Israel and Lincoln Streets, (in front part of cemetery)
Strauss Sr., Johann b. March 14, 1804 d. September 25, 1849 Composer, Orchestra Conductor. Known as the original "Waltz King", along with composer Josef Lanner he helped develop the waltz from a simple peasant dance into a popular symbol of Austrian culture. Born in Vienna, Austria, he was orphaned at an early age. He apprenticed to a bookbinder while studying violin, and at 13 began working with the Michael Pamer dance orchestra. There he met fellow violinist Lanner, who had...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria Plot: Group 32 A, Number 15
Strauss Jr., Johann b. October 25, 1825 d. June 3, 1899 Composer, Conductor. Son of Johann, Sr.; Brother of Josef and Eduard Strauss. His operettas took theaters by storm throughout the world. He is regarded as the founder of the Golden Age of Viennese Operetta. His music is light and cheerful. The Waltz occupies a special place amoung his works; he developed it from a Biedermeier dance to the symphonically instrumented concert waltz. He is buried with his wife Adelle. Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria Plot: Group 32 A, Number 27 (Between Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms)
Strauss, Josef [original burial site] b. August 20, 1827 d. July 22, 1870 Composer, Conductor. A leading member of the famous Strauss musical dynasty. Although he devoted himself to dance music, he works show considerable emotional depth and formal invention. His brother Johann Strauss, Jr. once declared he was "the more gifted of us two; I am merely the more popular". Strauss was born in Vienna, the son of original "Waltz King" [Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Saint Marxer Friedhof Cemetery, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Strauss, Josef b. August 20, 1827 d. July 22, 1870 Composer, Conductor. A leading member of the famous Strauss musical dynasty. Although he devoted himself to dance music, he works show considerable emotional depth and formal invention. His brother Johann Strauss, Jr. once declared he was "the more gifted of us two; I am merely the more popular". Strauss was born in Vienna, the son of original "Waltz King" [Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria Plot: Group 32A, Number 44
Strauss, Levi b. February 26, 1829 d. September 26, 1902 German-American clothier, best known for inventing of the quintessential American garment - the blue jean. He was born Loeb Strauss in Buttenheim, Bavaria (now Germany) on February 26, 1829, the youngest son of a Jewish dry goods peddler. In 1847, two years after his father’s death, Loeb immigrated to New York with his three sisters. There, they were met by his older brothers Jonas and Louis, who had already made the journey and had started a dry-goods business, called “J. Strauss Brothers &...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons) Home of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein b. January 31, 1896 d. January 21, 1974 US Navy Admiral and Cabinet Secretary. At the end of World War I he was Herbert Hoover's Administrative Assistant at the Belgian Relief Commission. In 1919 he began a career in financial services with Kuhn, Loeb & Company, becoming a partner in 1929. Strauss joined the Navy Reserve in 1925, and during World War II served as an assistant to Secretaries of the Navy Knox and Forrestal, attaining the rank of Rear Admiral. From 1946 to 1950 he was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission, playing an...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Hebrew Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Strauss, Richard b. June 11, 1864 d. September 8, 1949 Composer. He is considered the last great figure of the German Romantic movement. Strauss is best-known for his opera "Der Rosenkavalier" (1910), a bittersweet look at lives and loves among the Viennese aristocracy of the 1700s. Set to a brilliant libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, its lilting waltzes and ensembles, scintillating wit and penetrating human observation have made it among the 20th Century's best loved operas. He is also celebrated for his tone poems and songs, and was one...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Richard Strauss Villa, Garmisch, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
b. 1924 d. November 14, 1998