List of people buried at sea

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Burial at sea on the USS Enterprise, May 19, 2004

This is a list of people buried at sea

• Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand
• Horace Edgar Buckridge (1877–1903), English–born Australian soldier and explorer, buried at sea after dying during attempted voyage from New Zealand to London
• Obadiah Bush (1797–1851), prospector and businessman, buried at sea after dying during what he intended to be his final trip to the East Coast.
• John Carradine (1906–1988), prolific film actor, buried in the Southern California Bight
• Captain James Cook (1728–1779), Royal Navy officer and explorer buried at sea after being abducted and cannibalized by Hawaiians
• Francis Drake (1540–1596), English privateer buried with two ships off the coast of Portobelo after his failed invasion of Panama
• George Duff (1764–1805), Royal Navy admiral buried at sea after being killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
• Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939), British Astronomer Royal buried at sea during voyage between Australia and England.
• Zachary Hickes (d. 1771), Royal Navy first lieutenant aboard HMS Endeavour on its voyage to Australia
• Kealiiahonui (1800–1849), Kaua'i nobleman buried at sea in Pearl Harbor.
• Sir Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883), British colonial governor of Hong Kong and Queensland, buried in the Red Sea after dying on voyage to England.
• Kui Lee (1932–1966), American singer-songwriter.
• Christopher Levett (1586–1630), English explorer of modern–day New England, buried at sea after dying on voyage out of Massachusetts.
• William Lowndes (1782–1822), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, buried in the Atlantic Ocean after dying en route to the United Kingdom.
• Osama bin Laden (1957–2011), Arab terrorist.
• Atholl MacGregor (1883–1945), Chief Justice of Hong Kong, buried in the Indian Ocean after dying aboard British hospital ship after Japanese internment
• James Charles Martin (1901–1915), Australian Army private, buried in the Mediterranean Ocean after dying aboard HMHS Glenart Castle following the Gallipoli Campaign.
• Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901–1960), buried at sea from HMS Wakeful off the coast of Portsmouth.
• Naihekukui, Hawaiian admiral, buried at sea after dying in Valparaiso, Chile
• Michael Parks (1940–2017), American film actor
• Christian Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884), Swiss Victoria Cross recipient and Natal Native Contingent corporal during the Anglo–Zulu War, buried at sea after dying aboard HMS Serapis.
• Frederic John Walker (1896–1944), Royal Navy captain known for anti–submarine operations in the Battle of the Atlantic, buried from HMS Hesperus.
• Dennis Wilson (1944–1983), American musician and cofounder of the Beach Boys,
• Alan Young (1919–2016), British actor known for playing Wilbur Post in "Mister Ed" and voicing Scrooge McDuck.
• Zheng He (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral known for treasure voyages commissioned by the Yongle Emperor under the Ming Dynasty.
• Gerald Charles Dickens
• Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
• Lewis K. Bausell
• Edward L. Atkinson
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• C. S. Wright

People whose ashes were scattered in or buried at sea

Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

Chyna's ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

Sridevi's ashes were scattered in Rameswaram coast.

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean.

Cary Grant's ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in 1986.

Julia Child's ashes are buried in the Neptune Memorial Reef.

• Bud Abbott (1897–1974)
• Stanley Adams (1915–1977)
• Aizong (1198–1234)
• Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949–2001)
• Rafael Alberti (1902–1999)
• Jack Albertson (1907–1981)
• Mabel Albertson (1901–1982)
• Barbara Jo Allen (1906–1974)
• Peter Allen (1944–1992)
• Robert Altman (1925–2006)
• Kirk Alyn (1910–1999)
• Dev Anand (1923–2011)
• Edward Andrews (1914–1985)
• Bobby Anderson (1933–2008)
• Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)
• John Anderson (1922–1992)
• Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933)
• Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)
• Desi Arnaz (1917–1986)
• Sig Arno (1895–1975)
• Jean Arthur (1900–1991)
• Maureen Arthur (1934–2022)
• Hal Ashby (1929–1988)
• Malcolm Atterbury (1907–1992)
• Edith Atwater (1911–1986)
• James Avery (1945–2013)
• Raymond Bailey (1904–1980)
• Cleo Baldon (1927–2014)
• Lester Bangs (1948–1982)
• Lynn Bari (1919–1989)
• Saul Bass (1920–1996)
• Erik Bauersfeld (1922-2016)
• Cheri Jo Bates (1948–1966)
• Orson Bean (1928–2020)
• Hugh Beaumont (1909–1982)
• Bruce Bennett (1906–2007)
• Maurice Béjart (1927–2007)
• Ken Berry (1933–2018)
• Marcheline Bertrand (1950–2007)
• Annie Besant (1847–1933)
• Carolyn Bessette–Kennedy (1966–1999)
• Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011)
• Herbert Biberman (1900–1971)
• Clarence Birdseye (1886–1956)
• Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001)
• Joey Bishop (1918–2007)
• Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017)
• Bill Bixby (1934–1993) (ashes scattered off Hana, Hawaii)
• Mari Blanchard (1923–1970)
• Wally Boag (1920-2011)
• Betty Bobbitt (1939–2020)
• William E. Boeing (1881–1956)
• Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999)
• Jorge Bolet (1914–1990)
• Ward Bond (1903–1960)
• Richard Boone (1917–1981)
• Veda Ann Borg (1915–1973)
• Martin Bormann (1900–1945)
• Dorris Bowdon (1914–2005)
• David Bowie (1947–2016)
• Lee Bowman (1914–1979)
• Joseph Boxhall (1884–1967) (ashes scattered off Atlantic Ocean)
• Paul Bragg (1895–1976)
• Sybil Brand (1899–2004)
• Jocelyn Brando (1919–2005)
• Marlon Brando (1924–2004)
• Robert Bray (1917–1983)
• George Brent (1904–1979)
• Jean Brooks (1915–1963)
• Martin E. Brooks (1925–2015)
• James Brown (1920–1992)
• Phil Brown (1916–2006)
• Dik Browne (1917–1989)
• Stanley Bruce (1883–1967)
• Yama Buddha (1987–2017)
• Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023)
• Cliff Burton (1962–1986)
• Edd Byrnes (1932–2020)
• Don Calfa (1939–2016)
• Maria Callas (1923–1977) (Her ashes were originally buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. After being stolen and later recovered, they were scattered into the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Greece on June 3, 1979)
• John Callahan (1953–2020)
• Pablito Calvo (1948–2000)
• Donald Cameron (1916–1961)
• Norman Campbell (1924–2004) (ashes sprinkled off Prince Edward Island)
• Olive Carey (1896–1988)
• George Carlin (1937–2008) (some of his ashes were scattered over Spofford Lake)
• Allen Carr (1934–2006)
• Anthony Caruso (1916–2003)
• Adriana Caselotti (1916–1997)
• Eva Cassidy (1963–1996)
• Jack Cassidy (1927–1976)
• Joan Caulfield (1922–1991)
• Christine Cavanaugh (1963–2014)
• Marge Champion (1919–2020)
• Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901–1997)
• Norman Chandler (1899–1973)
• Ben Chapman (1928–2008) (ashes scattered off Hawaii and at Park Lake (Black Lagoon) at Universal Studios)
• Beth Chapman (1967–2019)
• Lonny Chapman (1920–2007)
• Julia Child (1912–2004) (ashes entombed in the Neptune Memorial Reef)
• Paul Cushing Child (1902–1994)
• David Christie (1948–1997)
• Christine Chubbuck (1944–1974)
• Chyna (1969–2016) (cremated and ashes scattered at the Pacific Ocean)
• Diane Cilento (1932–2011)
• John Cipollina (1943–1989)
• Dick Clark (1929–2012)
• Fred Clark (1914–1968)
• Colin Clive (1900–1937)
• Alberto Closas (1921–1994)
• June Clyde (1909–1987)
• Kurt Cobain (1967–1994)
• Tris Coffin (1909–1990)
• Barbara Colby (1939–1975)
• Cyril Collard (1957–1993)
• William Collier Jr. (1902–1987)
• Christopher Collins (1949–1994)
• Jack Colvin (1934–2005)
• Chester Conklin (1886–1971)
• Sean Connery (1930–2020) (some of his ashes were scattered at sea near Bahamas)
• Brian Connolly (1945–1997)
• Pat Conway (1931–1981)
• Robert Coogan (1924–1978)
• Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973)
• Kevin Corcoran (1949–2015)
• Ted de Corsia (1903–1973)
• Carolina Cotton (1925–1997)
• Hazel Court (1926–2008)
• Wally Cox (1924–1973)
• Francis Crick (1916–2004)
• Mary Jane Croft (1916–1999)
• Joel Crothers (1941–1985)
• Georg Danzer (1946–2007) (cremated and his ashes scattered near Mallorca)
• Frankie Darro (1917–1976)
• Arthur Davis (1905–2000)
• Don S. Davis (1942–2008)
• Richard Deacon (1922–1984)
• Millvina Dean (1912–2009) (ashes scattered off the docks of Southampton)
• Frances Dee (1909–2004)
• Philippe De Lacy (1917–1995)
• Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)
• Deng Yingchao (1904–1992)
• Martin Denny (1911–2005)
• Lizzy Mercier Descloux (1956–2004)
• Tara Devi (1945–2006)
• Upendra Devkota (1953–2018)
• Dhirendra of Nepal (1950–2001)
• Dena Dietrich (1928–2020)
• Roy E. Disney (1930–2009)
• Phyllis Diller (1917–2012)
• Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001)
• Lawrence Dobkin (1919–2002)
• Peter Dodge (1950–2023) (ashes dropped into the eye of Hurricane Milton)
• Ahn Doo–hee (1917–1996)
• Brian Donlevy (1901–1972)
• Jeff Donnell (1921–1988)
• Jack Donohue (1908–1984)
• Ann Doran (1911–2000)
• Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981)
• Robert Douglas (1909–1999)
• Robert Dowdell (1932–2018)
• Denise Dowse (1958–2022)
• Charles Drake (1917–1994)
• Joanne Dru (1922–1996)
• Ja'Net DuBois (1932, 1938, or 1945–2020)
• Eddy Duchin (1909–1951)
• Doris Duke (1912–1993)
• James Dunn (1901–1967)
• Ann (1942–1995) and Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008) (ashes were scattered on the south side of Oahu into the Pacific Ocean.)
• Ann Dvorak (1911–1979)
• Harry Earles (1902–1985)

• William Edmunds (1886–1981)
• Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962) (Following the 1962 execution in Israel of Eichmann, the Nazi responsible for overseeing the extermination of millions of Jews during the Holocaust, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered over the Mediterranean Sea in international waters because Israel did not want Eichmann buried on its soil or to have a grave anywhere else that might have become a place of pilgrimage for other Nazis.)
• James Ellison (1910–1993)
• Isobel Elsom (1893–1981)
• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) (ashes scattered into the English Channel off Beachy Head)
• Zhou Enlai (1898–1976)
• Edith Evanson (1896–1980)
• Tommy Facenda (1939–2022)
• Harold Farncomb (1899–1971)
• David Farrar (1908–1995) (ashes scattered into the Indian Ocean)
• Charles Fernley Fawcett (1915–2008)
• José Fernández (1992–2016)
• Virginia Field (1917–1992)
• John Fiedler (1925–2005)
• Bill Finger (1914–1974)
• Gail Fisher (1935–2000)
• Janet Flanner (1892–1978)
• Art Fleming (1924–1995)
• Joel Fluellen (1907–1990)
• Dan Fogelberg (1951–2007)
• Tom Fogerty (1941–1990)
• Benson Fong (1916–1987)
• Henry Ford II (1917–1987)
• Mark Forest (1933–2022)
• Robert Forster (1941–2019)
• Bob Fosse (1927–1987)
• Anne Francis (1930–2011)
• Hans Frank (1900–1946)
• Elisabeth Fraser (1920–2005)
• Thornton Freeland (1898–1987)
• Paul Frees (1920–1986) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• Victor French (1934–1989)
• Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946)
• Milton Friedman (1912–2006)
• Tom Fuccello (1936–1993)
• Jean Gabin (1904–1976)
• Anthony Galindo (1979–2020)
• Jerry Garcia (1942–1995)
• Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970)
• Romain Gary (1914-1980)
• Doris Gates (1901–1987)
• Marvin Gaye (1939–1984)
• Charles Gaylord (1936–2009)
• Leyla Gencer (1928–2008) (cremated and ashes scattered off from Bosphorus)
• Lowell George (1945–1979)
• Hjördis Genberg (1919–1997)
• Charles Gérard (1922–2019)
• Betty Lou Gerson (1914–1999)
• Stan Getz (1927–1991)
• Jagadish Ghimire (1946–2013)
• Madhav Prasad Ghimire (1919–2020)
• Frances Gifford (1920–1994)
• Helen Gilbert (1915–1995)
• Virginia Gilmore (1919–1986)
• Tulsi Giri (1926–2018)
• Ned Glass (1906–1984)
• Mary Pat Gleason (1950–2020)
• Shyamala Gopalan (1938–2009)
• Hermann Göring (1893–1946)
• Michael Gough (1916–2011) (ashes scattered into the English Channel)
• Cary Grant (1904–1986)
• Richard Greene (1918–1985)
• Charlotte Greenwood (1890–1977)
• Virginia Grey (1917–2004)
• Corinne Griffith (1894–1979)
• Woody Guthrie (1912–1967)
• Amber Gurung (1938–2016)
• Khem Raj Gurung (1975–2016)
• Don Haggerty (1914–1988)
• Alan Hale Jr. (1921–1990)
• Richard Hale (1892–1981)
• Alaina Reed Hall (1946–2009)
• Roy Halston (1932–1990)
• Rusty Hamer (1947–1990)
• Neil Hamilton (1899–1984)
• Sam Hanks (1914–1994)
• Yip Harburg (1896–1981)
• Hugh Harman (1903–1982)
• George Harrison (1943–2001)
• John Hart (1917–2009)
• Paul Hartman (1904–1973)
• Phil Hartman (1948–1998) (ashes scattered off from Santa Catalina Island's Emerald Bay)
• Walter de Havilland (1872–1968)
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929–2000)
• Taylor Hawkins (1972–2022)
• Kenneth Hawks (1898–1930)
• Alexandra Hay (1947–1993)
• Sterling Hayden (1916–1986)
• Richard Haydn (1905–1985)
• Billie Hayes (1924–2021)
• Buddy Hayes (1916–1997)
• Jean Heather (1921–1995)
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) (cremated and ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean)
• Pêr-Jakez Helias (1914–1995)
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934–2018)
• Gloria Henry (1923–2021)
• Rudolf Hess (1894–1987) (He was originally buried in Wunsiedel cemetery in Bavaria. After his tomb became a potential pilgrimage place for neo–Nazis, his body was disinterred in July 2011, cremated, and the ashes scattered at sea.)
• David Hedison (1927–2019)
• Van Heflin (1908–1971)
• Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
• Doug Henning (1947–2000)
• William Henry (1914–1982)
• Jon-Erik Hexum (1957–1984)
• Anne T. Hill (1916–1999)
• Arthur Hill (1922–2006)
• Bernard Hill (1944–2024) (Ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
• Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) (ashes scattered in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf)
• Stephen Hillenburg (1961–2018)
• Pat Hingle (1924–2009)
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)
• Don Ho (1930–2007)
• William Holden (1918–1981)
• John Holmes (1944–1988)
• Sterling Holloway (1905–1992)
• Nicky Hopkins (1944–1994)
• John Houseman (1902–1988)
• Kenny Howard (1929–1992)
• Huell Howser (1945–2013)
• Ian Hugo (1898–1985)
• L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986)
• Rochelle Hudson (1916–1972)
• Rock Hudson (1925–1985)
• Diana Hyland (1936–1977)
• Thomas H. Ince (1880–1924)
• Richard Jaeckel (1926–1997)
• Brion James (1945–1999)
• Joyce Jameson (1932–1987)
• Princess Jayanti of Nepal (1946–2001)
• Allen Jenkins (1900–1974)
• Isabel Jewell (1907–1972)
• Jiang Zemin (1926–2022)
• Joan of Arc (1412–1431)
• Alfred Jodl (1890–1946)
• Scatman John (1942–1999)
• Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992) (ashes scattered over the Hudson River)
• Anissa Jones (1958–1976)
• Buck Jones (1891–1942)
• Buster Jones (1943–2014)
• Charlie Jones (1930–2008)
• Chuck Jones (1912–2002)
• Janis Joplin (1943–1970)
• Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989)
• Duke Kahanamoku (1890–1968)
• Lani Kai (1936–1999)
• Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946)
• Eddie Kamae (1927–2017)
• Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1959–1997) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean at Mākua Beach)
• Rishi Kapoor (1952–2020)
• Martha Karagianni (1939–2022)
• Kurt Kasznar (1913–1979)
• Kathryn Kates (1948–2022)
• Hari Bhakta Katuwal (1935–1980)
• Gilbert Lani Kauhi (1937–2004)
• Moe Keale (1939–2002)
• Eleanor Keaton (1918–1998)
• Kekāuluohi (1794–1845)
• Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946)
• Sally Kellerman (1937–2022)
• DeForest Kelley (1920–1999)
• Graham Kennedy (1934–2005) (ashes sprinkled at Kiama)
• John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999) (cremated at Mayflower Cemetery crematorium, Duxbury, Massachusetts, ashes sprinkled from USS Briscoe in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard)
• Barbara Kent (1907–2011)
• Sandy Kenyon (1922–2010)
• Klaus Kinski (1926–1991)
• Polly Klaas (1981–1993)
• Werner Klemperer (1920–2000)
• Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010)
• Sushil Koirala (1939–2016)
• Charles Korvin (1907–1998)
• Henry Koster (1905–1988)
• Hans Krebs (1898–1945)
• Otto Kretschmer (1912–1998)
• Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986)
• Machiko Kyō (1924–2019)
• Jacques Lacarrière (1925–2005)
• Devi Lal (1914–2001)
• Laura La Plante (1904–1996)
• Frankie Laine (1913–2007)
• Veronica Lake (1922–1973)
• Libertad Lamarque (1908–2000)
• Fernando Lamas (1915–1982)
• Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986)
• Vicky Lane (1926–1983)
• Victor Lanoux (1936–2017)
• George Lansbury (1859–1940)
• Ring Lardner Jr. (1915–2000)
• John Laurie (1897–1980) (ashes were scattered into the English Channel)
• Harry Lauter (1914–1990)
• John Phillip Law (1937–2008)
• Peter Lawford (1923–1984), actor, was cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; they were later removed and sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean.
• Cloris Leachman (1926–2021)
• Bill Lear (1902–1978)
• Eppie Lederer (1918–2002)
• Vivien Leigh (1913–1967)
• Elliott Lewis (1917–1990)
• Charles Lindbergh Jr. (1930–1932)
• Larry Linville (1939–2000)
• Cleavon Little (1939–1992)
• Liu Shaoqi (1898–1969)
• Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017), 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
• Frank Loesser (1910–1969)
• Richard Long (1927–1974)
• Jack Lord (1920–1998)
• Delos W. Lovelace (1894–1967)
• Arthur Lubin (1898–1995)
• Sue Lyon (1946–2019)
• Frederica Sagor Maas (1900–2012)
• John D. MacArthur (1897–1978)
• Moyna Macgill (1895–1975)
• Shane MacGowan (1957–2023) (ashes scattered in the River Shannon)
• Jack MacGowran (1918–1973)
• Angus MacLise (1938–1979)
• Norma MacMillan (1921–2001) (ashes sprinkled off from Strait of Juan de Fuca)
• Meredith MacRae (1944–2000)
• Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972)
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (191?–2008)
• Jock Mahoney (1919–1989)
• Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2022)
• Guillermo Marín (1905–1988)
• Michael Mark (1886–1975)
• Brenda Marshall (1915–1992)
• Adolfo Marsillach (1928–2002)
• Dick Martin (1922–2008)
• Lori Martin (1947–2010)
• Elsa Martinelli (1935–2017)
• Zeppo Marx (1901–1979)
• Murray Matheson (1912–1985)
• Lester Matthews (1900–1975)
• Jenny Maxwell (1941–1981)
• Jacques Mayol (1927–2001)
• Patti McCarty (1921–1985)
• Lon McCallister (1923–2005)
• Mercedes McCambridge (1916–2004)
• Loren G. McCollom (1914–1982)
• Joel McCrea (1905–1990)
• Roddy McDowall (1928–1998)
• Dorothy McGuire (1916–2001)
• Charles McGraw (1914–1980)
• Dallas McKennon (1919–2009)
• Scott McKenzie (1939–2012)
• Charles McKimson (1914–1999)
• Bill McKinney (1931–2011)
• Kenneth McLennan (1925–2005)
• Addie McPhail (1905–2003)
• Steve McQueen (1930–1980)
• Kimo Wilder McVay (1927–2001)
• Patrick McVey (1910–1973) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean)
• George Meeker (1904–1984)
• Ib Melchior (1917–2015)
• Ismael Merlo (1918–1984)
• Don Messick (1926–1997), (ashes were sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean, at the Point Lobos State Reserve)
• Dorothy Meyer (1924–1987)
• Harvey Milk (1930–1978)
• Ray Milland (1907–1986)
• Nolan Miller (1933–2012)
• Mort Mills (1919–1993)
• Jessica Mitford (1917–1996)
• Pindale Min (1608–1661)
• Mary Miles Minter (1902–1984)
• Robert Mitchum (1917–1997)
• Peggy Moran (1918–2002)
• Marc Moreland (1958–2002)
• Toshia Mori (1912–1995)
• Patricia Morison (1915–2018)
• Karen Morley (1909–2003)
• Priscilla Morrill (1927–1994)
• Chester Morris (1901–1970)
• George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008)
• Jeff Morrow (1907–1993)
• Kirby Morrow (1973–2020)
• Oswald Mosley (1896–1980)
• Roger E. Mosley (1938–2022)
• Douglas Mossman (1933–2021)
• Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)
• George Murdock (1930–2012)
• Dennis Murphy (1932–2005)
• Natalia Danesi Murray (1901–1994)
• Lorenzo Music (1937–2001)
• Jim Nabors (1930–2017)
• Laurence Naismith (1908–1992) (ashes sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean)
• George Nader (1921–2002)
• Jack Nance (1943–1996)
• Noreen Nash (1924–2023)
• Robert Nathan (1894–1985) and his wife Anna Lee (1913–2004)
• Mikhail Nazvanov (1918–1964)
• Tom Neal (1914–1972)
• Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)
• Gene Nelson (1920–1996)
• Anaïs Nin (1903–1977)
• Prince Nirajan of Nepal (1978–2001)
• Akira Nishiguchi (1925–1970) (ashes scattered in Beppu Bay)
• Bradley Nowell (1968–1996)
• George O'Brien (1899–1985)
• Donald O'Connor (1925–2003)
• Anita O'Day (1919–2006)
• Scott O'Dell (1898–1989)
• Odetta (1930–2008)
• Zelma O'Neal (1903–1989)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)
• Admiral Sir Herbert Annesley Packer (1894–1962) (ashes scattered at sea off Cape Point, South Africa)
• Earle Page (1880–1961)
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011)
• Aloysius Pang (1990–2019)
• Al Parker (1952–1992)
• Eleanor Parker (1922–2013)
• Dennis Patrick (1918–2002)
• Gail Patrick (1911–1980)
• Shirley Patterson (1922–1995) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean)
• John Payne (1912–1989)
• Alice Pearce (1917–1966)
• Harold Peary (1908–1985)
• Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)
• Christopher Pettiet (1976–2000)
• Dana Plato (1964–1999)
• Edward Platt (1916–1974)
• Basil Poledouris (1945–2006)
• Khieu Ponnary (1920–2003)
• Olaf Pooley (1914–2015)
• Dudley Pound (1877–1943)
• Robert Preston (1918–1987)
• Vincent Price (1911–1993)
• Gerry Rafferty (1947–2011) (ashes scattered off the coast of Iona)
• Grigori Rasputin (1869–1916)
• Marguerite Ray (1931–2020)
• Ivan Rebroff (1931–2008)
• Helen Reddy (1941–2020)
• Orville Redenbacher (1907–1995)
• Roger Rees (1944–2015)
• Elliott Reid (1920–2013)
• Tommy Rettig (1941–1996)
• Walter Reuter (1906–2005)
• Alma Reville (1899–1982)
• Mike Reynolds (1929–2022)
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946)
• Florence Rice (1907–1974)
• George Maxwell Richards (1931–2018)
• Sogyal Rinpoche (1947–2019)
• Jerome Robbins (1918–1998)
• Rod La Rocque (1896–1969) and his wife Vilma Bánky (1901–1991)
• Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
• Gilbert Roland (1905–1994)
• Ruth Roman (1922–1999)
• Alfred Rosenberg (1893–1946)
• Donald K. Ross (1910–1992)
• Russell Rouse (1913–1987)
• Jane Russell (1921–2011)
• Nipsey Russell (1918–2005)
• Herbert Ryman (1910–1989)
• Victoria Josefa Sackville–West (1862–1936)
• Don Sahlin (1928–1978)
• Gar Samuelson (1958–1999)
• George Sanders (1906–1972) (ashes sprinkled into the English Channel)
• Alice Sapritch (1916–1990)
• Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946)
• Jessica Savitch (1947–1983)
• Natalie Schafer (1900–1991)
• William Schallert (1922–2016)
• Maria Schneider (1952–2011)
• David Schramm (1946–2020)
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