Johannes Brahms

If you weren’t fortunate enough to meet your favourite celebrity or hero while they were alive, why not do the next best thing and visit them in their final resting places?  There are surprising opportunities to be closer to them like never before. Most famous personalities who have passed on are buried in public cemeteries which anyone can visit which presents a memorable and novel stop during your world travels.

Austria

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer – Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof), Simmering, Vienna
Johannes Brahms, Composer  – Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof), Simmering, Vienna
Johann Strauss, Composer  – Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof), Simmering, Vienna

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Australia                                                                                                             

Michael Hutchence, Singer – Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Sydney
Steve Irwin, Conservationist – Australia Zoo, Beerwich, Queensland

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Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen, Writer – Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen

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England

Winston Churchill, Prime Minister – St.Martin Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire
Karl Marx, Philospher, founding father of socialism – Highgate Cemetery, London
William Shakespeare, Playwright – Holy Trinity Churchyard, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire

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France

Edith Piaf, Singer РCimeti̬re du P̬re Lachaise, Paris
Oscar Wilde, Writer РCimeti̬re du P̬re Lachaise, Paris
Jim Morrison, Singer РCimeti̬re du P̬re Lachaise, Paris
Louis Braille, Inventor РThe Panth̬on, Paris
Marie Curie, Chemist РThe Panth̬on, Paris
Alexandre Dumas, Writer РThe Panth̬on, Paris
Victor Hugo, Writer РThe Panth̬on, Paris
Voltaire, Writer РThe Panth̬on, Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor – Les Invalides, Paris
Claude Monet, Painter – Giverny Church Cemetery, Haute-Normandie region

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Germany

Marlene Dietrich, Actress РSch̦neberg Cemetary (Friedhof Sch̦neberg), Berlin
The Brothers Grimm (Jacob & Wilhelm), Writers РAlter St. Matthaus Kirchhof, Sch̦neberg, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer – Thomaskirche, Leipzig

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Monaco

Princess Grace (Grace Kelly) – Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Monte Carlo

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Russia

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Writer – Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, Composer – Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoy, Writer – Tolstoy home (open to the public) Yasnaya Polyana 
Romanov Royal Family 
- Tsar Nicholas and his immediate family members.
- Catherine the Great
- Peter the Great
- Tsars Alexander I, II, III

Are all buried in Saints Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya Krepost) St. Petersburg

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Switzerland

Coco Chanel, Fashion Designer – Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Vaud
Audrey Hepburn, Actress – Tolochenaz Cemetery, Vaud, Switzerland
James Joyce, Writer – Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich
Carl Jung, Psychologist – Protestant Church Graveyard, Kusnacht

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USA

Judy Garland, Entertainer  – Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, New York
Jimi Hendrix, Musican – Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington
Harry Houdini, Magican – Machpelah Cemetery, Ridgewood, New York
John F Kennedy, President – Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Frank Sinatra, Entertainer  – Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California

Originally published here.

Tatiana Lestal is a Sydney based writer working in the Australian film industry. She is passionate about film and an avid fan of French cinema. Tatiana has been involved in the running of many film festivals and in the production of short films. In her spare time Tatiana’s interests include travel, photography, chess, mountain climbing and collecting antique books.