Notable burials · AL
Notable people buried in Alabama
Wikidata records 635 notable people as buried in Alabama, spread over 137 of the cemeteries we list, the 23rd highest count of any state. Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham holds the most, with 100 (16% of the state total).
635
notable burials
137
cemeteries with one or more
100
at Elmwood Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in Alabama
Government
First Ladies of the United States1Governors36United States representatives102United States senators27Vice Presidents of the United States1
Military
American Civil War veterans53Korean War veterans2Medal of Honor recipients5Mexican-American War veterans10Spanish-American War veterans3Vietnam War veterans2War of 1812 veterans2World War I veterans14World War II veterans26
Arts and entertainment
Actors11Architects6Painters, sculptors and photographers7Journalists8Musicians and singers22Pulitzer Prize winners1Writers and poets37
Sports
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts6Business leaders23Inventors and engineers10Nobel Prize laureates1Physicians13Scientists8
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Alabama
- Harper Lee1926-2016American novelistHillcrest Cemetery, Monroeville, AL
- Robert Edwards1925-2013English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisationElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- William R. King1786-1853Vice president of the United States from March to April 1853Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- George Wallace1919-199845th Governor of AlabamaGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Sun Ra1914-1993American jazz composer and bandleaderElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Priscilla Cooper Tyler1816-1889First Lady of The United States from 1842 to 1844Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Winston Groom1943-2020American writerPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Braxton Bragg1817-1876Confederate Army generalMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Lurleen Wallace1926-1968American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Sherri Martel1958-2007American professional wrestler and managerKinard Cemetery, West Blocton, AL
- Eddie Kendricks1939-1992American singer and songwriter, member of The TemptationsElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- John Sparkman1899-1985American jurist and politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Dixie Bibb Graves1882-1965Social scientist and politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Israel Pickens1780-1827American politicianGreensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, AL
- B. B. Comer1848-1927American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick1802-1869American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Don Hutson1913-1997American football player and coachFayette City Cemetery, Fayette, AL
- Clement Comer Clay1789-1866American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Pat Buttram1915-1994American actorMaxwell Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Haleyville, AL
- William Joseph Hardee1815-1873Confederate Army generalLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- Thomas Bibb1783-1839American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- LeRoy Pope Walker1817-1884Confederate Army generalMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- George S. Houston1811-1879American politician, AlabamaAthens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
- George Lindsey1928-2012American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speakerOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- Samuel B. Moore1779-1846American politicianCarrollton Cemetery, Carrollton, AL
- Sonny James1928-2016American country music singer-songwriterCedar Tree Cemetery, Hackleburg, AL
- John Tyler Morgan1824-1907United States politician and Confederate soldierLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- Raphael Semmes1809-1877Confederate Army generalCatholic Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Bear Bryant1913-1983American college football coachElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Arthur P. Bagby1794-1858American politicianMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- William C. Oates1833-1910Confederate Army officerOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Thomas H. Watts1819-1892American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Harold Guy Hunt1933-200949th Governor of Alabama
- Joseph F. Johnston1843-1913American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- John Gayle1792-1859American politicianMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Thomas G. Jones1844-1914American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Bibb Graves1873-1942Governor of AlabamaGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Andrew B. Moore1807-1873American politicianFairview Cemetery, Marion, AL
- Reuben Chapman1799-1882American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- William W. Brandon1868-1934American politicianTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Joshua L. Martin1799-1856American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- William Brockman Bankhead1874-1940American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- Rufus W. Cobb1829-1913Governor of Alabama from 1878 to 1882Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Ken Stabler1945-2015American football playerPine Rest Cemetery, Foley, AL
- Charles Henderson1860-1937American politician, AlabamaOakwood Cemetery, Troy, AL
- Elizabeth B. Andrews1911-2002American congresswoman for AlabamaOak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, AL
- Chauncey Sparks1884-1968American politicianFairview Cemetery, Eufaula, AL
- Edmund Pettus1821-1907American politicianLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- John Gill Shorter1818-1872American politicianShorte Cemetery, Eufaula, AL
- Oscar Underwood1862-1929American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Jeremiah Clemens1814-1865U.S. Senator, novelistMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Fred Shuttlesworth1922-2011Civil rights activistOak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Henry W. Collier1801-1855American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- John H. Bankhead1842-1920American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- J. Lister Hill1894-1984American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- James Allen1912-1978Democratic U.S. Senator from AlabamaForrest Cemetery, Gadsden, AL
- Emmet O'Neal1853-1922American politicianFlorence Cemetery, Florence, AL
- Edmund P. Gaines1777-1849United States army officerChurch Street Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Erskine Hawkins1914-1993American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, AlabamaElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay1816-1882American lawyer, judge and politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Konrad Dannenberg1912-2009Rocket pioneerMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Frank M. Dixon1892-1965American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- William Hugh Smith1826-1899American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Sonny Callahan1932-2021American politicianPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Frank William Boykin1885-1969American politicianPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Hilary A. Herbert1834-1919American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- James Henry Lane1833-1907Confederate Army generalPine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, AL
- Jimmy "Orion" Ellis1945-1998American singerNew Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- George T. Anderson1824-1901Confederate Army generalEdgemont Cemetery, Saks, AL
- William J. Samford1844-1901American politicianRosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
- Charles Quigley1906-1964American actorOak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, AL
- James L. Pugh1820-1907Confederate Army officer and American politicianFairview Cemetery, Eufaula, AL
- Tinsley R. Harrison1900-1978American physicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- John Williams Walker1783-1823American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- David P. Lewis1820-1884American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Josiah C. Nott1804-1873American physicianMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Augusta Jane Evans Wilson1835-1909Author and Civil War nurseMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Harry Townes1914-2001American actorMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Thomas Seay1846-1896American politicianGreensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, AL
- George Goldthwaite1809-1879American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Luke Pryor1820-1900American politicianAthens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
- Gordon Persons1902-1965American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- William Louis Dickinson1925-2008Alabama Republican politicianRosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
- Jean Byron1925-2006American actressMobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Tillmans Corner, AL
- George R. Swift1887-1972American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Atmore, AL
- J. Thomas Heflin1869-1951American politicianLa Fayette Cemetery, Lafayette, AL
- John Coffee1772-1833American generalCoffee Cemetery, Florence, AL
- Benjamin S. Turner1825-1894American politicianLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- Eugene Walter1921-1998American writerChurch Street Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Russell McWhortor Cunningham1855-1921American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Larry Langford1946-2019American mayorElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Francis S. White1847-1922American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Walter Haeussermann1914-2010German-American aerospace engineerMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- William Smith1762-1840Member of U.S. Senate representing South Carolina in 1816Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Georg von Tiesenhausen1914-2018Baltic German, American aerospace engineerMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Joe Sewell1898-1990American baseball player and coachTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Tommie Agee1942-2001American baseball playerPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard1808-1892Confederate Army generalOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- John H. Bankhead II1872-1946American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- Tom Bevill1921-2005American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- Guila Bustabo1916-2002American musicianForest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Rufus Payne1900-1939American musicianLincoln Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr.1857-1929American politicianFairview Cemetery, Eufaula, AL
- Clara Weaver Parrish1861-1925Artist, author, designer for Tiffany StudiosLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- George Huddleston1869-1960American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Truman H. Aldrich1848-1932American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Eldon Bargewell1947-2019Recipient of the Purple Heart medalFort Mitchell National Cemetery, Phenix City, AL
- Robert M. Patton1809-1885American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Peter Petroff1919-2003Bulgarian Inventor NASA Rocket ScientistMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Ray Perkins1941-2020American football playerTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- John McDuffie1883-1950American politicianPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- William Lowndes Yancey1814-1863American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Ariosto A. Wiley1848-1908American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- John R. Tyson1856-1923American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- William H. Forney1823-1894Confederate Army general and politicianJacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, AL
- Thomas McAdory Owen1866-1920American lawyer, author, and historianGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Frank Minis Johnson1918-1999American judgeWinston Memorial Cemetery, Haleyville, AL
- Albert McKinley Rains1902-1991American politicianForrest Cemetery, Gadsden, AL
- Charles M. Shelley1833-1907Confederate Army generalOak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, AL
- Andrew Jackson Beard1849-1921American inventorGreenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- George William Andrews1906-1971American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, AL
- William Bacon Oliver1867-1948American politicianMesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, AL
- Catesby ap Roger Jones1821-1877United States Navy officerLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs1887-1952American politicianLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, AL
- James D. Martin1918-2017American politician and businessmanElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- William W. Allen1835-1894Brigadier general in the Confederate States ArmyElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Pattie Ruffner Jacobs1875-1935Political scientist, promoter of women's suffrageElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- William P. G. Harding1864-1930American bankerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- William N. Richardson1839-1914Confederate Army soldierMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Aubert C. Dunn1896-1987American politicianMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- John H. Kelly1840-1864Confederate Army general (184_-1864)Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Daniel Tyler1799-1882Union Army generalHillside Cemetery, Anniston, AL
- Burwell Boykin Lewis1838-1885American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Wade Keyes1821-1879American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Birkett D. Fry1822-1891Confederate Army generalOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- James Holt Clanton1827-1871Confederate Army generalOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Robert F. Ligon1823-1901American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Andrew J. Applegate1833-1870American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Carl Elliott1913-1999American congressmanOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- John Henry Caldwell1826-1902American politicianJacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, AL
- John Horace Forney1829-1902Confederate Army generalJacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, AL
- Walter W. Bankhead1897-1988American congressman for AlabamaOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- John Abercrombie1866-1940American congressmanGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Walter P. McConaughy1908-2000American diplomatMontevallo Cemetery, Montevallo, AL
- George Paul Harrison, Jr.1841-1922American politicianRosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
- John L. Burnett1854-1919American politicianForrest Cemetery, Gadsden, AL
- Oliver C. Wiley1851-1917American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Troy, AL
- J.J. Malone1935-2004American electric blues and soul blues musicianRagland Cemetery, Madison, AL
- Miles C. Allgood1878-1977U.S. RepresentativeValley Head Cemetery, Fort Payne, AL
- Jimmie Lee Jackson1938-1965American civil rights activistHeard Cemetery, Marion, AL
Showing 150 of 635. Each cemetery page lists everyone recorded there.
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Elmwood Cemetery · Birmingham100
- Oakwood Cemetery · Montgomery54
- Maple Hill Cemetery · Huntsville53
- Magnolia Cemetery · Mobile42
- Greenwood Cemetery · Montgomery29
- Tuscaloosa Memorial Park · Holt21
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Birmingham18
- Live Oak Cemetery · Selma17
- Evergreen Cemetery · Tuscaloosa16
- Pine Crest Cemetery · Mobile14
- Greensboro Cemetery · Greensboro13
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Talladega11
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Jasper11
- Pine Hill Cemetery · Auburn10
- Rosemere Cemetery · Opelika9
- Catholic Cemetery · Mobile8
- Athens City Cemetery · Athens7
- Forrest Cemetery · Gadsden7
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Birmingham7
- Church Street Cemetery · Mobile6
- Greenwood Cemetery · Tuscaloosa6
- Fairview Cemetery · Eufaula6
- Oakwood Cemetery · Troy5
- Jacksonville City Cemetery · Jacksonville5
- Florence Cemetery · Florence5
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107