Santa Barbara Cemetery

Santa Barbara Cemetery
Details
Established	July 10, 1867
Location	Santa Barbara, California
Country	United States
Coordinates	34°25′08″N119°39′22″W / 34.419°N 119.656°W / 34.419; -119.656
Type	Nonsectarian
Find a Grave	Santa Barbara Cemetery

Santa Barbara Cemetery is a cemetery located at 901 Channel Drive in Santa Barbara, California. Founded in 1867, it serves as a nonsectarian cemetery. ^[1]

Notable interments

• Heather Angel (1909–1986), actress
• Peter J. Barber (1830–1905), architect
• Christopher Bernau (1940–1989), actor
• Scott Cordelle Bone (1860–1936), politician
• Stephen W. Burns (1954–1990), actor
• Walter Capps (1934–1997), politician
• Sabin Carr (1904–1983), pole vaulter
• Curtis H. Castle (1848–1928), politician
• Virginia Cherrill (1908–1996), actress
• Eric Christmas (1916–2000), actor
• Ronald Colman (1891–1958), actor ^[2]
• Jeanne Crain (1925–2003), actress
• Bradford Dillman (1930–2018), actor
• Leslie Fenton (1902–1978), actor and director
• Norman Gimbel (1927–2018), songwriter
• Al Gionfriddo (1922–2003), baseball player
• Pierpont M. Hamilton (1898–1982), U.S. Air Force general
• Haji (1946–2013), actress
• Domino Harvey (1969–2005), bounty hunter and model ^[3]
• Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), actor
• Byron Haskin (1899–1984), director
• William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), rancher and entrepreneur
• Tab Hunter (1931–2018), actor
• John Ireland (1914–1992), actor
• Murray Kinnell (1889–1954), actor
• George Owen Knapp (1855–1945), industrialist and philanthropist
• William Lassiter (1867–1959), U.S. Army major general ^[4]
• Walter F. Lineberger (1883–1943), politician
• Katherine MacDonald (1891–1956), silent-film actress and producer
• Eddie Mathews (1931–2001), baseball player
• John McLiam (1918–1994), actor
• Charles A. Ott Jr. (1920–2006) U.S. Army major general
• Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor ^[5]
• Suzy Parker (1932–2003), model and actress
• Donald C. Peattie (1898–1964), scientist
• Herb Peterson (1919–2008), American Inventor
• Rebecca N. Porter (1883-1963), educator, author, journalist
• Vera Ralston (1923–2003), figure skater and actress
• Peggy Rea (1921–2011), actress ^[6]
• Jheri Redding (1907–1998), hairdresser and chemist
• Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), film director
• Mark L. Requa (1866–1937), mining engineer and conservationist ^[7]
• Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982), poet
• Marguerite Roberts (1905–1989), screenwriter
• George Rowe (1894–1975), actor
• John Sanford (1904–2003), author and screenwriter
• George Washington Smith (1876–1930), architect and painter
• Thomas M. Storke (1876–1971), politician ^[8]
• Alan Thicke (1947–2016), singer and actor ^[9]
• Norma Varden (1898–1989), actress

References

1. History
2. Walking Tour of Santa Barbara Cemetery to Give Peek at ‘Best Last Place’
3. Touring the Santa Barbara Cemetery
4. "French Croix de Guerre Recipients: Surnames L through R". 32d 'Red Arrow' Division During World War I. 32d 'Red Arrow' Veterans Association. April 9, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
5. Walking Tour of Santa Barbara Cemetery to Give Peek at ‘Best Last Place’
6. Peggy Rea Obituary
7. "Mark Requa Laid to Rest". Los Angeles Times . 1937-03-10. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Walking Tour of Santa Barbara Cemetery to Give Peek at ‘Best Last Place’
9. Alan Thicke died after aorta artery tore, then ruptured