Numerous notable persons are interred at Oak Hill: •
Charles Herman Allen (1828–1904), educator, principal of
San Jose State University •
Richard Amory (1927–1981), writer, author of
Song of the Loon (1966) •
Frank Arellanes (1882–1918), baseball player •
Lawrence Archer (1820–1910), politician, judge, and lawyer; former Mayor of San Jose •
Esto Bates Broughton (1890–1956), one of the first four women elected to the
California State Assembly •
Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), self-proclaimed psychic medium •
Earl Butler, founder of
Butler Amusements •
Hal Chase (1883–1947), baseball player •
John Smith Chipman (1800–1869), U.S. Congressman •
Sara J. Dorr (1855–1924), temperance activist •
Bernice C. Downing (1878–1940), the first women in California to publish their own newspaper, the
Santa Clara Journal •
Nellie Blessing Eyster (1836–1922), writer and social reformer •
Arthur M. Free (1879–1953), U.S. Congressman •
Elizabeth Eleanor D’Arcy Gaw (1868–1944), artist •
Levi Goodrich (1822–1887), architect •
Brooke Hart (1911–1933), kidnapping and murder victim (son of businessman Alexander Hart) •
Everis Anson Hayes (1855–1942), U.S. Congressman •
Ren Kelly (1899–1963), baseball player •
Sarah Knox-Goodrich (1825–1903), women's rights activist •
Sarah Massey Overton (1850–1914), African-American and women's rights activist •
William Penn Lyon (1822–1913), Chief Justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court, Civil War General (
Union) •
Charles J. Martin (1839–1912) French-born American politician, mayor of San Jose, California, and merchant •
Paul Masson (1859–1940), early California vintner •
Charles Henry McKiernan (1825–1892), early settler in the
Santa Cruz Mountains •
John McNaught (1849–1938), early journalist and writer •
Emelie Melville (1852–1932), American actress •
Norman Mineta (1931–2022),
United States Secretary of Transportation •
John Marion Murphy (1824–1892) Canadian-born American politician, businessman, settler in California •
José Noriega (1796–1869),
Alcalde of San José •
Benjamin Raborg (1871–1918), American artist •
James F. Reed (1800–1874), organizing member of the
Donner Party •
Lester Reiff (1877–1948), jockey •
Fred Sanborn (1899–1961), Vaudeville performer •
Samuel Morgan Shortridge (1861–1952), U.S. Senator •
Eugene T. Sawyer (1846–1924), newspaper editor and writer of the Nick Carter detective series •
Edward O. Smith (1817–1892), Mayor of
Decatur, Illinois,
Illinois State Senator, and California pioneer •
John Townsend (?–1850), early
Alcalde of San Francisco •
Gus Triandos (1930–2013), baseball player •
Edward Alexander Walker (1864–1946),
Medal of Honor recipient for service in the
Boxer Rebellion •
Carrie Stevens Walter (1846–1907), poet and co-founder of the
Sempervirens Club •
Byron Daniel Bernstein (1989–2020), professional World of Warcraft player, Twitch Streamer ==Gallery==