Notable interments at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
184 notable figures are documented at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Adam Badeau (1831–1895), diplomat, writer
- Albert Hamilton Kipp (1850–1906), architect
- Albert Lasker (1880–1952), art collector, entrepreneur
- Albert Shaw (1857–1947), journalist, writer
- Alexander Hamilton, Jr. (1816–1889), aide-de-camp, lawyer
- Alfrederick Smith Hatch (1829–1904), financier
- Alice Brady (1892–1939), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), autobiographer, novelist, writer
- Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), factory owner, philanthropist, industrialist
- Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857)
- Artur Bodanzky (1877–1939), musician, conductor
- Augustus C. Gurnee (1855–1926)
- Belle Moskowitz (1877–1933), activist, adviser, actor
- Bettina Warburg (1900–1990), psychoanalyst, psychiatrist
- Brooke Astor (1902–2007), philanthropist, novelist, art collector
- Carl Schurz (1829–1906), opinion journalist, revolutionary, journalist
- Charles Augustus Strong (1862–1940), psychologist
- Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873–1944), politician, lawyer, judge
- Charles H. Fuller (1859–1938), politician
- Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), draftsperson, film director, architectural drafter
- Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861–1920), novelist, journalist, historian
- Daniel Draper (1841–1931), meteorologist
- Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), banker
- Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), banker
- Donn Barber (1871–1925), architect
- Edgar Saltus (1855–1921), novelist, translator, writer
- Edgar William Garbisch (1899–1979), American football player, art collector, business executive
- Edward Bowes (1874–1946), radio personality
- Edward Bowes (1874–1946), radio personality
- Edward Russell Thomas (1875–1926), publisher
- Egerton Swartwout (1870–1943), architect
- Elisabeth Mills Reid (1858–1931), philanthropist
- Eliza Hamilton Holly (1799–1859)
- Elizabeth Arden (1881–1966), aesthetician, art collector, cosmetologist
- Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906)
- Eugene H. Lehman (1878–1972), teacher
- Eugene H. Lehman (1878–1972), teacher
- Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816–1878), bibliophile, publisher, journalist
- Fanny Garrison Villard (1844–1928), suffragist
- Fay Fuller (1869–1958), mountaineer, journalist, teacher
- Floyd Crosby (1899–1985), cinematographer
- Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), journalist, publisher, editor
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889), writer, journalist, music critic
- Francis Saltus Saltus (1849–1889), writer, journalist, music critic
- Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1864–1937), financier, journalist, banker
- Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1864–1937), financier, journalist, banker
- Frank Hastings Hamilton (1813–1886), military physician, surgeon, physician
- Frank Moser (1886–1964), director, film director, painter
- Frank Moser (1886–1964), director, film director, painter
- Fred Keating (1897–1961), magician, actor
- Gabriel Grant (1826–1909), physician
- George Emerson Brewer (1861–1939), urologist, surgeon
- George Jones (1811–1891), journalist
- George Long Duyckinck (1828–1868), biographer
- George Washington Hill (1884–1946), businessperson
- George Washington Olvany (1876–1952), politician, lawyer, judge
- Georgina Schuyler (1841–1923), philanthropist
- Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973), socialite
- Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo (1837–1914), socialite
- Grace George (1879–1961), stage actor, actor
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- H. Walter Webb (1852–1900)
- Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846–1916), children's writer, biographer, writer
- Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), bacteriologist, epidemiologist, immunologist
- Harry Helmsley (1909–1997), business magnate, entrepreneur
- Harry Mortimer Archer (1868–1954)
- Heber R. Bishop (1840–1902), philanthropist, entrepreneur
- Heber R. Bishop (1840–1902), philanthropist, entrepreneur
- Helen Rogers Reid (1882–1970), publisher
- Henry Carrington Bolton (1843–1903), bibliographer, chemist, historian
- Henry Carrington Bolton (1843–1903), bibliographer, chemist, historian
- Henry Clapp Sherman (1875–1955), chemist
- Henry Clapp Sherman (1875–1955), chemist
- Henry Drysdale Dakin (1880–1952), chemist, physician
- Henry Evelyn Bliss (1870–1955), librarian
- Henry Sloane Coffin (1877–1954), theologian
- Henry Villard (1835–1900), journalist, financier, war correspondent
- Herbert L. Osgood (1855–1918), university teacher, historian
- Holbrook Blinn (1872–1928), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Homer Lee (1851–1923), engraver
- Isabel Leighton (1899–1995), author, writer, actor
- J. C. Fargo (1829–1915), businessperson
- James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878), foreign minister, soldier, politician
- James S. Alexander (1865–1932), banker
- James Smith Bush (1825–1889), jurist, politician, lawyer
- James Speyer (1861–1941), banker
- Jane Hedges Todd (1890–1966), politician
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), painter
- John Dustin Archbold (1848–1916), academic, businessperson
- John Dustin Archbold (1848–1916), academic, businessperson
- John Taylor Terry (1822–1913)
- John Warne Herbert, Jr. (1853–1934), treasurer, delegate, politician
- Joseph Urban (1872–1933), scenographer, sculptor, architect
- Julia Cruger (1848–1920), novelist, writer
- Kent Cooper (1880–1965), journalist, businessperson, writer
- L. Emmett Holt Jr. (1895–1974), pediatrician
- Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), chemist, inventor
- Leona Helmsley (1919–2007), hotel owner, art collector, hotel manager
- Leona Helmsley (1919–2007), hotel owner, art collector, hotel manager
- Levinus Monson (1792–1859), judge
- Lewis Edward Lawes (1883–1947), prison warden, screenwriter
- Lolita Coffin (1875–1947), clubwoman
- Louis Klopsch (1852–1910), publisher, journalist
- Louisa Lee Schuyler (1837–1926), activist
- Louise Whitfield Carnegie (1857–1946), philanthropist
- Lydia Locke (1884–1966), opera singer
- Madame Restell (1812–1878), abortion provider
- Madison Grant (1865–1937), racial theorist, eugenicist, conservationist
- Malcolm Webster Ford (1862–1902), athletics competitor, journalist
- Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. (1908–1930)
- Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. (1881–1963), businessperson
- Margaret Carnegie Miller (1897–1990), philanthropist
- Mark Hellinger (1903–1947), film producer, journalist, writer
- Mary Lasker (1900–1994), activist, women's rights activist, philanthropist
- Maud Earl (1864–1943), painter
- Maud Wilder Goodwin (1856–1935), novelist, biographer, historian
- Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), politician
- Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), politician
- Musya Sheeler (1908–1981), photojournalist, artist, photographer
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell (1828–1904), politician
- Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979), philanthropist, art collector, politician
- Ogden Mills Reid (1882–1947), publisher
- Ogden R. Reid (1925–2019), diplomat, politician
- Orlando J. Smith (1842–1908), philosopher, writer
- Oscar R. Ewing (1889–1980), jurist, politician, lawyer
- Oswald Garrison Villard (1872–1949), publisher, journalist, writer
- Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr. (1916–2004), academic
- Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), film actor, television actor, stage actor
- Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), novelist, biographer, historian
- Paul Warburg (1868–1932), banker, merchant, politician
- Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934), businessperson
- Peter A. Peyser (1921–2014), politician
- Philip George Schuyler (1836–1906)
- Philip George Schuyler (1836–1906)
- Q15429614 (1890–1984), archaeologist, Egyptologist, curator
- Q32060717 (1871–1959), painter
- Q38804535 (1880–1966), suffragist
- Q5215919 (1808–1874), banker
- Q5343866 (1859–1953)
- Q5576548 (1899–1983), financier
- Q5890037 (1867–1963), sociologist
- Q8013224 (1858–1913), politician
- Ransom H. Thomas (1852–1922), banker
- Raymond Hood (1881–1934), architect
- Rhinelander Waldo (1877–1927)
- Robert Havell (1793–1878), graphic artist, painter, engraver
- Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866–1935), tennis player, athlete, governor
- Robertson Kirtland Mygatt (1861–1919), painter
- Rudolf Cronau (1855–1939), landscape painter, draftsperson, journalist
- Samuel Gompers (1850–1924), union member, trade unionist, functionary
- Samuel Russell Thomas (1840–1903), military leader
- Temple Bowdoin (1863–1914), businessperson
- Theodore Whitmarsh (1869–1936), philanthropist, banker, businessperson
- Thomas John Watson, Sr. (1874–1956), chief executive officer, entrepreneur
- V. Everit Macy (1871–1930), local politician, business magnate
- Vincent Astor (1891–1959), businessperson
- Vincent Serrano (1866–1935), stage actor, actor
- Viola Allen (1867–1948), stage actor, actor
- Viola Allen (1867–1948), stage actor, actor
- Walker Whiteside (1869–1942), stage actor, writer, actor
- Walter Percy Chrysler Sr. (1875–1940), business executive, industrialist, machinist
- Walter Smith Gurnee (1813–1903), politician
- Washington Irving (1783–1859), essayist, novelist, journalist
- Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), journalist, diplomat, politician
- William A. Brady (1863–1950), boxing manager, Theaterintendant, film director
- William Adams Walker (1805–1861), politician, lawyer
- William Boyce Thompson (1869–1930), mining engineer, banker, diplomat
- William Conant Church (1836–1917), publisher, journalist, editor
- William E. Le Roy (1818–1888), military personnel
- William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
- William Griggs Stahlnecker (1849–1902), politician, lawyer
- William Harris Douglas (1853–1944), politician
- William Howard Hoople (1868–1922), civil servant
- William Irving (1766–1821), politician, writer
- William Irving (1766–1821), politician, writer
- William Jay Schieffelin Jr. (1891–1985)
- William Orton (1826–1878), politician, businessperson
- William Rockefeller (1841–1922), financier
- William Sergeant Kendall (1869–1938), designer, painter
- William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (1879–1933), merchant
- William Storrs Wells (1849–1926), businessperson
- Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929), engineer, businessperson, astronomer