Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)

Notable burials

A

• Joseph Alemany, San Francisco's first archbishop
• Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco
• Pedro Altube, rancher
• Delos R. Ashley, Nevada U.S. Representative

  B

• Winifred Bonfils, reporter and columnist
• Jimmy Britt, boxer
• Pat Brown, 32nd Governor of California
• Benny Bufano, sculptor

  C

• Joe Carcione, "The Green Grocer" columnist and personality
• Casey, Patrick and Terence, brother team who were popular writers for the pulp magazines from 1910 through the early '20s
• Eugene Casserly, U.S. Senator
• John Chapman, Civil War soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• Joe Corbett, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Frank Crosetti, New York Yankees MLB player, teammate of Joe DiMaggio

  D

• Michael de Young, Co-founder of the San Francisco Chronicle, namesake of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum.
• Joe DiMaggio, MLB player, Hall of Fame member
• John G. Downey, 7th Governor of California

  E

• Eddie Erdelatz, first head coach of Oakland Raiders football team
• Sammy Ewing, legendary Bay Area musician, artists, author and Poet. Singer of All Bets Off and founder of Spider Ghost Press Gang

  F

• James Graham Fair, Bonanza King, U.S. Senator
• Abigail Folger, Heiress, socialite, Manson murder victim
• Edwin Alexander Forbes, Adjutant-General of California
• Kathryn Forbes, writer
• Tirey L. Ford, Attorney-General for California
• Charlie Fox, MLB manager, coach, and scout

  G

• A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America
• Charlie Geggus, MLB player, who played one season for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association
• Vince Guaraldi, jazz musician known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip including their signature melody, "Linus and Lucy"

  H

• Edward Joseph Hanna, San Francisco's Third Archbishop
• Michael A. Healy, American Captain in United States Revenue Cutter
• Edward Higgins, General of the Salvation Army
• Eric Hoffer, American moral and social philosopher

  I

• Samuel Williams Inge, U.S. Representative for Alabama

  K

• Paul Kantner, guitarist for Jefferson Airplane
• George Kelly, MLB Hall of Famer

  L

• Bill Lange, MLB player for Chicago Cubs
• William Joseph Levada, San Francisco's Seventh Archbishop, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

  M

• Leo McCarthy, former California Lieutenant Governor
• Pete McDonough, bail bondsmen
• James A. McDougall. U.S. Senator
• Joseph Thomas McGucken, San Francisco's Fifth Archbishop
• Theresa Meikle, first woman elected to Superior Court Judge in a major American city
• John J. Mitty, San Francisco's Fourth Archbishop
• John J. Montgomery, pioneer aviator, aerodynamicist, and physicist; first American to fly in a heavier-than-air machine
• Maggie Moore, silent film actress
• George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco

  N

• George Hugh Niederauer, San Francisco's Eighth Archbishop
• John I. Nolan, U.S. Representative
• Mae Nolan, California's first female congressperson

  O

• William S. O'Brien, Bonanza King
• Bryan O'Byrne, actor

  P

• James D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco, U.S. Senator
• Ralph Pinelli, MLB player

  Q

• John Raphael Quinn, San Francisco's Sixth Archbishop

  R

• Michael Riordan, San Francisco police chief
• Patrick William Riordan, San Francisco's Second Archbishop
• Angelo Joseph Rossi, Mayor of San Francisco
• Pietro Carlo Rossi, wine maker and first President Italian Swiss Colony

  S

• Hank Sauer, MLB player
• Eugene Schmitz, Mayor of San Francisco
• Fred Scolari, professional basketball player
• John F. Shelley, Mayor of San Francisco
• William M. Stewart, U.S. Senator

  T

• Ethel Teare, American silent film actress

  W

• Richard J. Welch, U.S. Representative
• William J. Wynn, U.S. Representative

  Z

• Frank Zupo, MLB player with the Baltimore Orioles