Where is Richard Feynman buried?

Richard Feynman is buried at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum in Altadena, California.

Feynman died in Los Angeles on February 15, 1988, at age 69, after complications from cancer and a ruptured duodenal ulcer. He had declined dialysis that might have extended his life for a short time. His burial place is in the Pasadena-area cemetery, not in a national cemetery or an institution associated with his academic career.

Mountain View Cemetery was established in 1882 and contains more than 70,000 burials across roughly 60 acres. Its notable interments include Feynman, author Octavia E. Butler, and several prominent Pasadena figures. The cemetery complex includes both the cemetery grounds and mausoleum facilities, which explains the full name used in biographical references.

A common mix-up is assuming that a celebrated Manhattan Project physicist would be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Feynman was a civilian scientist, however, and his grave is in Altadena, near the California institutions where he spent much of his later career.