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Index for Notable Figures

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A
Alvarez, Arturo Gil – Cuban Writer/Journalist

Archer, Theodore F. – Jamaica NY Businessman/Civic Leader
Armbruster, Maria Reid – Richmond Hill Hotel Keeper

Dr. Au Young, Sum Nung - Writer

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B

Bailey, John Edward Trist - Founder of Bayswater & Estate Developer
Baird, Charles Gamble - Career Soldier WWI Telegrapher

Baird, Teresa Menyhart - Respected Wife of Charles Baird
Baker, LaVern - Award Winning Rhythm & Blues Singer

Banister, Eleanor – Portrait Painter
Baughman Pryor, Roberta Josephine - Literacy Agent

Benci, Bella Gustav – Musician/Drummer
Bel-Jon, Nikos – Metal Muralist Artist

Bishop, Charles B. - Stage Actor
Birch, Mabel Augusta Davis - Music Educator

Brauneiss, Alois – Musician – Glass Harmonica
Bronk Jr., La Vergne - Descendant of Jonas Bronk of the Bronx
Buff, Arthur Alvin - 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition American Soldier
Butler, Henry Clay - Civil War and WWI Veteran 

 

C
Camp, Reverend Charles William - Masonic Reverend Lodge Officer
Cannon, Henry - Magician/Author
Carter, William “Billy” - Banjo Player

Cataldi, Zautziki Lucia - WWII Bride

Cataldi, Nancy Lucia - Richmond Hill Preservationist & Photographer

Cisco, Samuel - Advocate Against School Segregation
Claghorn, Kate Holladay - Sociologist/Author
Coleman, George Montgomery - Naval Reserve SailorConklin, Peter - Clown Circus Performer
Cook, Charles Ferguson - Civil Engineer & ArcheologistCooper, Thomas Powell - Merchant Mariner
Coward, Johnathan J. - Civil War Veteran

Coward, Mary Elizabeth Taggart Johnson - Veteran Johnathan’s Spouse
Crosby, Frances A. - Mother of Cartoonist Percy Crosby
Criss, Francis Hyman - American Painter
Curry, Dana Dawson - Singer/Actress
Czito, Coleman - Machinist & Nikola Tesla’s Personal Assistant

 

D
Dani, Ramiz - Founder of Dani’s House of Pizza

Daggett, Phoebe Ione Chase - Community Leader & Matriarch
Davis, Augustine - Inventor
Dennler, Mary L. Layton - Civil War Nurse
Dennler, Zachariah Philip - Physician
Doe, Mama - Inspired the Mama Doe Foundation
Drysdale, Margaret - Actress

Dunton, Frederick W. - Businessman, Founder of Dunton, Queens

 

E
Ellis, Melville - Broadway Prodigy
Everett, Captain Charles P. - Deep Sea Diver
Failor, Issac Newton - Mathematician & RHHS’s First Principal
Fort, John Henry - Businessman & Civil War Veteran
Foster, Harrison La Tourette “Harry” - Journalist & Civil War Veteran


G
Gabrin, Dr. Frank - First ER Physician to Pass Away from COVID

Granger, George W. - Civil War Veteran
Grebe, Alfred H. - Radio Pioneer
 

H

Hambidge, James Edward “Jay” - Artist/Writer
Heath, Henry Roswell - Union Army Volunteer

Heath, Jane Maria Bush “Jennie” Williams - Descendant of the Founder of Rhode Island
Hodge Japp, Elizabeth Milne - Mother & Wife

Howson, Giralomo Frank Alfred - Composer & Conductor

 

I
Izzo, Giuseppe - Electricuted Railroad Worker

 

J
Jean-Baptiste, Kyle - Broadway Actor & Singer

Jobson, David Wemyss - Dental Surgeon for Queen Victoria & Author
Jones, George “Count Johnannes” - Shakespearean Actor

Johnson, George Washington - African American Superstar Singer

 

L

Loughlin, Delia “Bluebird of Mulberry Bend” - Missionary

Lhévinne, Josef - Gold Medal Russian Pianist
Lhévinne, Rosina - Gold Medal Russian Pianist
Lund, Issac Oscar - Carpenter at the Panama Canal

Luszczewski, Piotr Lucjan - Flight Attendant during 9/11

M

MacDonald, Ella Jennings - Physician/AuthorMagin, Bonnie - Actress at the Iroquois Theatre fire
Mann II, Albon Platt - Estate Developer
Manly, Charles Matthew - Engineer & Aviation Pioneer
Manninici, Alfio “Freddie” - Immigrant
Marquis, Don - Poet
Marsh, Francis Lincoln - Railroad Employee

Matthews, Victoria Earle Smith - Journalist/Author

Mayrbaurl, Max - Arion Club Steward
McCarroll, James - Poet/Journalist
McGowan, Harry Roland - Silent Film Actor
Meduri, Demetrio “Danny” - Opera Singer & TenorMerkt Sr., Adolph - Craftsman & Theatre Light Manufacturer

Merritt, Theresa - Broadway Singer & Actress

Mitran, Monica - Fashion Designer

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O

Otis, Charles Joseph - Bugler & WWI Veteran

O'Connor, Neva Aymar - Vaudeville Broadway Star

 

P
Paxton, George - Silent Film Actor
Pedersen, Bertha Christine - Early Richmond Hill Resident
Pedersen, Niels - Carpenter
Pollard, Julia - Dog of Marie Antoinette Nathalie Pollard
Portong, Ferdinand - Victim of the 1920 Wall Street Bombing

Post, Kate Matson - Author of the First Book of Richmond Hill History
Profit, Clarence Albert - Jazz Pianist/Composer
Purdy, Ida Spice - Descendant from Dutch Settlers/Headless Horsemen

 

R
Rapper, Irving - Hollywood Film Director - Now Voyager

Richardson, Thomas Haynes - Remembered through a statue on the grave
Ringeisen, Augusta Viltaro - Mother
Ringeisen, Jacob P. - Brick Layer
Rushing, Jimmy - Jazz & Blues Singer

 

S
Sbarbaro Sr., Anthony “Tony” - Jazz Drummer
Schott, Captain Charles - Firefighter at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Serger, Frederick Bedřich - Modernist Painter
Serger, Helen Spitzer - Art Dealer & Collector
Shackelford, Theodore Henry - African American Poet & Violinist
Sprague, Edward H. - First Burial at Maple Grove in 1876
Stearns, Albert - Civil War Veteran/Inventor

Stearns, John Newton - Editor/Author of Prohibitionist

Stebbins, George Coles - Singer & Composer of hymns

Steel, Sarah Elizabeth Allison - Singer
St. Leon, Alfred - Circus Performer
Stier, Paul - Real Estate Developer & Sheriff
Surber, Wilfred Andrew - Athlete & WWI Veteran

Sutcliffe, Rev. Harry J. - Linguist & Blind Clergyman
Sutphin, Harry - Son of John Sutphin & Author
Sutphin, John H. - President of Jamaica Saving Bank & Jamaica Town Clerk
Swinyard, George L. H. - Theatre Usher

 

T
Taral, Fred - Jockey
Tavarez, Shannon Skye - Broadway Child Actress & SingerTeagle, Joseph - African American Civil War Sailor

 

V
Vafides, Thomas A. - WWII Veteran
Van Gelder, Gerardus Martinus - Composer
Van Gelder, Marie - Opera Singer
Van Praag, Maurice - Violinist/French Horn Soloist
Vanderveer, Catalina Duryea - Devoted Mother
Vanderveer, Dominicus - Victim of Highway Robbery
Vickers, Nathaniel William - Centaurian Golfer
Voskerichian, Virginia G. - Victim of Son of Sam

 

W
Wah, Edouard King Fong - Haitian Painter
Ware, James Edward - Architect of Maple Grove Cemetery
Weber, Frederick Johann - Photographer
Weiden, Ernest - Richmond Hill Hotel Businessman
Weiden, Rosa Lippert - Richmond Hill Hotel Manager
Weir, Annie Healy - Died from the Spanish Flu/Influenza Epidemic
Wilkins, Ann - First Missionary in Africa

Wilson, Beatrice Mordaunt - Performer

Wilson, Kuniko Nakajima - Japanese Figure Skater
Woodson, John Henry - First Active African American FDNY

 

Y
Youmans, Vincent Millie - Broadway Composer

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