Paul Shearer Althouse

2 Dec 1889 – 15 Feb 1954

Opera Singer. He sang tenor at the Metropolitan...

No grave photo

Harry Runkle Archer

21 Feb 1886 – 23 Apr 1960

Composer. He is remembered for his song "I...

Harold Arlen

15 Feb 1905 – 23 Apr 1986

Composer. Considered one of the 'Great American...

Paul Robert Ash

11 Feb 1891 – 13 Jul 1958

Orchestra Leader, Composer, Vaudeville Personality...

Leopold Auer

7 Jun 1845 – 15 Jul 1930

Musician. Born in Veszprim, Hungary, he was a...

Arleen Auger

13 Sep 1939 – 10 Jun 1993

Opera Singer. A coloratura soprano, she earned...

No grave photo

Albert Elmer Austin

15 Nov 1877 – 26 Jan 1942

U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Amherst...

Arthur “Bugs” Baer

9 Jan 1886 – 17 May 1969

Journalist and Humorist. Born into a family of...

James Arthur Baldwin

2 Aug 1924 – 1 Dec 1987

Author.

Richard Semler Barthelmess

9 May 1895 – 17 Aug 1963

Actor. He was one of the founders of the Academy...

Bela Bartok

25 Mar 1881 – 26 Sep 1945

Composer, Pianist, Scholar. He is regarded as...

Charles Austin Beard

27 Nov 1874 – 1 Sep 1948

Historian.

Mary Ritter Beard

5 Aug 1876 – 14 Aug 1958

Historian.

Sherman Billingsley

10 Mar 1900 – 4 Oct 1966

Nightclub owner, ex-bootlegger, ruled with a...

Milton Harry Biow

24 Jul 1892 – 1 Feb 1976

Advertising genius. He developed the concept of...

Ray Bloch

3 Aug 1902 – 29 Mar 1982

Musician, Songwriter. Born in France, he made his...

Ballington Booth

28 Jul 1857 – 5 Oct 1940

Social Reformer. He launched a new movement called...

Maud Charlesworth Booth

13 Sep 1865 – 26 Aug 1948

Though a British subject by birth she chose to...

Irene Bordoni

16 Jan 1895 – 19 Mar 1953

Actress. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, she...

Connee Boswell

3 Dec 1907 – 11 Oct 1976

Jazz Singer, Actress. She was one of the...