William Lorne Cameron (1943 - 2005)

Journalist, Author. A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, he worked on the Canadian news programs, “Midday” in 1985, “The Journal” from 1983 to 1992, and “The National” from 1983 to 1999. He also appeared in films including, “Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off” (1973), Blue Sunshine” (1976), “Eclipse” (1995), “Street Corner Justice” (1996), and did voice work for […]

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879)

Photographer, known for her portraits of eminent people of the day, and for her romantic pictures. She was born in Calcutta to a well-to-do British family. One of seven sisters renowned in Anglo-Indian society for their intelligence and beauty, she remained a bit of an eccentric throughout her life. In 1838 she married Charles Hay […]

Eduardo Calvo (1896 - 1959)

Famed writer. He wrote many tangos such as “Arrabalero” and “Bésame an la Boca.” (bio by: 380W)

Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985)

Author. Born in Cuba and raised in Italy, his career as a writer spanned nearly four decades. Two of his first fictional works were inspired by his participation in the Italian Resistance: “The Path to the Nest of Spiders,” and the collection of stories entitled “Adam, One Afternoon, and Other Stories.” Calvino’s whimsical and imaginative […]

George Henry Calvert (1803 - 1889)

Author. A direct descendant of the Calvert family who were the proprietors of what became the state of Maryland. A Harvard-educated educator and editor he was the author of many books including “Illustrations of Phrenology”, “A Volume from the Life of Herbert Barclay”, “Count Julian”, “Cabiro”, “Scenes and Thoughts in Europe”, “The Battle of Lake […]

James Thomson Callender (1970 - 1803)

Journalist,  Political Pamphleteer. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries he was known as a political pamphleteer and newspaper writer. He acquired no formal education during his years in Scotland, but by the age of 30 he had developed a talent for political protest and the writing of incendiary articles and pamphlets against the […]

Michael Callen (1955 - 1993)

Composer,singer,writer and AIDS activist. Played a major role in shaping the United States response to the AIDS epidemic.  Callen was an AIDS activist before there was an AIDS movement, involved in virtually all of the positive responses to the epidemic, including the self-empowerment of People with AIDS; the invention of safer sex; the community-based research […]

Robert Elmer Callahan (1892 - 1981)

Author, Motion Picture Writer/Producer. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Morley Callaghan (1903 - 1970)

Author. Interred in an unmarked grave within his family plot.

Erskine Caldwell (1903 - 1987)

Author. Novelist known for the works “Tobacco Road” and “God’s Little Acre”. (bio by: Ron Moody)  Family links:  Parents:  Ira Sylvester Caldwell (1872 – 1944)  Caroline Preston Bell Caldwell (1872 – 1968)Cause of death: Unknown

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600 - 1681)

Author. One of the most important dramatists in the Golden Age of the Spanish Stage. He is best remembered for his works “La vida es sueño”, “El Alcalde de Zalamea”, “El médico de su honra”, “La dama duende”, “El gran teatro del mundo”, “El mayor monstruo, los celos” and “Los cabellos de Absalón”. (bio by: […]

(1892 - 1977)

Novelist. His books was often adapted to the cinema such as “Double Indemnity,” “The Postman Always Ring Twice” and “Mildred Pierce.” He also was journalist and screenwriter. Others books are “Past All Dishonour,” “Jealous Woman,” “Rainbow’s End” and “The Butterfly.”  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Spouses:  Aileen Pringle (1895 – 1989)  Florence […]

Roger Caillois (1913 - 1978)

Writer. Born in Reims, France  but moved to Paris, France as a child.  He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, a school where students took courses after graduating from secondary school in order to prepare for entry examinations for France’s most prestigious university, the École Normale Supérieure. His efforts paid off and he graduated as a […]

Abraham Cahan (1860 - 1951)

Journalist, Author. He published and edited newspapers and periodicals, mainly in Yiddish, and was a major force in American socialism in the early 20th century.

Carol Bundy (1942 - 2003)

Carol Bundy had a troubled childhood. Her mother died when she was young and her father sexually abused her. Then, when her father remarried, he put her in various foster homes. When Bundy was 17 years old, she married a 56-year-old man. By the time she met Clark at the age of 37, she had […]

Jerry Brudos (1939 - 2006)

Jerry Brudos was born in Webster, South Dakota, and was the younger of two sons. His mother had wanted a girl and was very displeased that she had another son instead. She would also constantly belittle him and treat him with disdain, as well as abuse him. As a child, Brudos and his family would […]

Richard Biegenwald (1940 - 2008)

Richard Biegenwald stole another car and went to Bayonne, New Jersey. There, on December 18, 1958, Biegenwald robbed a grocery store with accomplice Frank Spardoff (possibly “Sparnroft”), shooting and killing the proprietor, Stephen Sladowski, an attorney & prosecutor. Biegenwald fled the state after the murder, but was captured two days later in Salisbury, Maryland, after […]

Robert Berdella (1949 - 1992)

Robert Berdella was apprehended on April 2, 1988. By that time, he had abducted and tortured at least six young men, and the Kansas City Police Department suspected him in two other disappearances. Berdella had detailed torture logs and large numbers of Polaroid pictures he had taken of his victims. Volumes of pictures were recovered […]

Abdullah Shah (1965 - 2004)

Abdullah Shah (1965-20 April 2004) was an Afghan man found guilty in Kabul of killing more than 20 people, including his wife. His sanctioned execution was the first in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. Shah served under Zardad Khan—even earning the nickname Zardad’s dog— who served under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the […]

Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874 - 1925)

Los Angeles District Attorney, figure in the William Desmond Taylor murder case. Woolwine was a district attorney in L.A. His investigations ended the careers of two L.A. Mayors. He also attempted to jail Valentino for bigamy. However, he made his way into Hollywood legend during the 1922 murder of movie director William Desmond Taylor. Many […]

Albert N. “Wallpaper” Wolff (1903 - 1998)

Crime Fighter / Member of ‘The Untouchables.’ Note that the inscription on the grave marker is incorrect as the Untouchables were part of what is now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) which is part the Treasury Department.

Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White (1917 - 2002)

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, Professional Football Player. Born in in Fort Collins, Colorado, he grew up in tiny Wellington, where his father was a lumber dealer and staunch Republican mayor.  White excelled in both academics and athletics.  He graduated first in his high school, college, and law school classes.  His athletic achievements included […]

Kate Warne (1970 - 1868)

Private Detective. Born in New York City, almost nothing is known of her prior to 1856 when, as a young widow, she answered an employment advertisement placed by Alan Pinkerton. She was one of four new agents the Pinkerton Detective Agency hired that year and proved to be a natural, taking to undercover work easily. […]

(1917 - 2002)

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, Professional Football Player. Born in in Fort Collins, Colorado, he grew up in tiny Wellington, where his father was a lumber dealer and staunch Republican mayor.  White excelled in both academics and athletics.  He graduated first in his high school, college, and law school classes.  His athletic achievements included […]

Anne of Austria (1601 - 1666)

Anne of Austria was betrothed at age eleven to King Louis XIII of France. Her father gave her a dowry of 500,000 crowns and many beautiful jewels. For fear that Louis XIII would die early, the Spanish court stipulated that she would return to Spain with her dowry, jewels, and wardrobe if he did die. […]

Caroline Bonaparte (1782 - 1839)

Caroline Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. She was a younger sister of Joseph Bonaparte, Napoléon Bonaparte, Lucien Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte and Pauline Bonaparte. She was an older sister of Jérôme Bonaparte. In 1793, Caroline moved with her family to France during the French Revolution. There, she fell in love with Joachim Murat, one […]

David Mountbatten (1919 - 1970)

David Mountbatten was born in 1919. He was only son of George Mountbatten and Russian Countess Nadejda (Nada) Torby who wed in 1916. His paternal grandparents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Therefore, he was a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. His maternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich […]

Roger Mortimer (1287 - 1330)

Roger Mortimer, grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer and Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer, was born at Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, the firstborn of Marcher Lord Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, and Margaret de Fiennes. Edmund Mortimer was a second son, intended for minor orders and a clerical career, but on the sudden death […]

King Mongkut (1804 - 1868)

King Mongkut was indeed supported by a pro-British, Dis Bunnak, the Samuha Kalahom, or Armed Force Department’s president, the most powerful noble during the reign of Rama III. Also some British merchants who were fearful of the anti-West feeling growing during the previous reign, seeing the ‘prince monk’, Mongkut, who the ‘champion’ of European civilization […]

Haile Selassie (1892 - 1975)

Haile Selassie I (Ge’ez: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, qädamawi haylä səllasé[nb 1]; Amharic pronunciation: [ˈhaɪlɜ sɨˈlːase] (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia’s regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May […]