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 (1857–1943), composer, conductor, music teacher, and violinist Green Adams (1812–1884), U.S. Congressman Randolph Greenfield Adams (1892–1951), librarian and historian David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon, anatomist, and educator 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."Sadie T. M. Alexander". Washington Post. November 5, 1989 Harrison Allen (1841–1897), surgeon, anatomist, zoologist, and educator 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), 78th mayor of Philadelphia
B Hobey Baker (1892–1918), amateur athlete, namesake of Hobey Baker Award and Hobey Baker Memorial Rink at Princeton University Layyah Barakat (1858-1940), Christian missionary, writer, temperance activist, and prison reformer Russell Ball (1891–1942), Hollywood film still and portrait photographer 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 (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), self-help book author 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 social activist Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823–1887), U.S. Congressman and president judge for Montgomery County Court 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 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), founder of United Bank of Philadelphia 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; member Philadelphia Ten 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), surgeon and educator Joseph H. Diss Debar (1820–1905), French-born American artist and politician 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's Cecil Kent Drinker (1887–1956), physiologist, educator, and occupational hygiene expert 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, educator, and occupational hygiene expert Sophie Drinker (1888–1967), author, feminist, and musicologist H. Louis Duhring Jr. (1874–1953), architect, rebuilt Powel House in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia Clarissa F. Dye (1832–1921), volunteer 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 Larry Ferrari (1932–1997), American organist who hosted The Larry Ferrari Show from 1954 to 1997 on WPVI-TV Frank H. Fleer (1857–1921), confectioner and businessman Marie K. Formad, MD (1860-1944), Russian-born American surgeon, gynecologist, and pathologist John Weiss Forney (1817–1881) politician, journalist, Secretary of the United States Senate 1861–1868 Tillie May Forney (1862–1922), writer, journalist, and editor Robert Foster (1856–1921), professional baseball player Daniel M. Fox (1819–1890), mayor of Philadelphia 1869-1871
G Dave Garroway (1913–1982) American radio and television host 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.Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007. Clarence H. Geist (1866–1938), public utilities magnate Alfred Godwin (1850–1934), English-born stained glass artist Nelson Z. Graves (1849–1930), businessman Nelson Z. Graves Jr. (1880–1918), cricket player John Trout Greble (1834–1861), Union army officer who served in the American Civil War Clifford Scott Green (1923-2007), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania John Gribbel (1858–1936), banker and businessman Robert Cooper Grier (1794–1870), Associate Justice of The United States Supreme Court
H Gladys Hall (1891–1977), film journalist, gossip columnist, wife of glamor photographer Russell Ball Alfred C. Harmer (1825–1900), Congressman for from 1871 to 1875 and 1877 to 1900Alfred Crout Harmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007. 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), Civil engineer James M. Hazlett (1864–1941), Congressman for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from March 1927 to October 1927 Howard Head (1914–1991), businessman who invented 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), pioneer of homeopathy in the United States Rudolph Hering (1847–1923), civil engineer Catherine Hershey (1871–1915), philanthropist and co-founder of Hershey School, interred for four years in the receiving vault at West Laurel Hill Cemetery George Herzog (1851–1920), interior designer and decorative painter John Hofford (1863–1915), professional baseball pitcher for Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1885–1886 Vera Huckel (1908–1999), mathematician and aerospace engineer Edie Huggins (1935–2008), television reporter, journalist, and broadcaster Hannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958), pacifist and suffragist Joseph Miller Huston (1866–1940), architect
J Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958), physician, teacher, and pioneer in laryngology Roy Jackson (1876–1944), professional football player for Duquesne Country and Athletic Club Bushrod Washington James (1806–1903), surgeon, homeopath, educator, writer, and philanthropist 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, dean of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1933 Wallace W. Johnson (1842–1911), Medal of Honor recipient Jack Jones (1949–1991), 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 (1840–1894), Union army nurse who played a role in the founding of Memorial Day William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921), hymnwriter and music publisher Charles Klauder (1872–1938), architect Harold Knerr (1882–1949), comic strip creator, writer-artist of The Katzenjammer Kids for 35 years Daniel S. Koltun (1933–2014), theoretical physicist who specialized in nuclear physics Irena Koprowska (1917–2012), cytopathology pioneer Hilary Koprowski (1916–2013), virologist and immunologist Robert Lowe Kunzig (1918-1982), judge of the United States Court of Claims
L John A. Lafore Jr. (1905–1993), Congressman for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1957–1961 Laurence Lafore (1917-1985), historian and novelist Robert Eneas Lamberton (1886–1941), 88th mayor of Philadelphia from 1940 to 1941 John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883), 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 Sproul Observatory D. Herbert Lipson (1929–2017), publisher Philadelphia magazine Walter R. Livingston Jr. (1922–2011), architect Hy Lit (1934–2007), radio disc jockey and television personality William H. Luden (1859–1949), developed the menthol throat lozenge, founded Luden's brand and company Herb Lusk (1953-2022), professional football running back with Philadelphia Eagles 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 Frank Mayo (1839–1896), stage actor Katharine Elizabeth McBride (1904–1976), president of Bryn Mawr College 1942–1970 Robert M. McBride (1879–1970) publisher and author Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (1901–1985), U.S. Congressman James McCrea (1848–1913), president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1907 to 1913 Henry Plumer McIlhenny, (1910–1986), art collector, philanthropist, and curator at 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