Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Alabama
Wikidata records 37 writers as buried in 21 of the cemeteries we list in Alabama. Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville holds the most, with 5. Alabama has the 25th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
37
writers
21
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in Alabama
2010s
the decade with the most deaths (6)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Alabama
- Jeremiah Clemens1814-1865U.S. Senator, novelistMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Abram Joseph Ryan1839-1886American priest and writerCatholic Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Jessup Whitehead1833-1889British-American writer and chefMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard1808-1892Confederate Army generalOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy1839-1900American authorMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Mary Elizabeth Moragne Davis1815-1903American author, diaristOak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, AL
- Maria Howard Weeden1846-1905Artist, authorMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- W. R. Houghton1842-1906American writerOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Augusta Jane Evans Wilson1835-1909Author and Civil War nurseMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Mary Ware1828-1915American poet, writerOak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Julia Tutwiler1841-1916Author, Alabama Normal College President, prison reformer, author of official state song of AlabamaHavana Cemetery, Moundville, AL
- Marie Howland1836-1921American feministColony Cemetery, Fairhope, AL
- Lura Harris Craighead1858-1926American civic and patriotic worker, author, parliamentarian, clubwomanPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Thomas Chalmers McCorvey1851-1932University of Alabamba professorEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Albert Russel Erskine1871-1933American businessmanMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- John Emery McLean1865-1935Canadian-American authorColony Cemetery, Fairhope, AL
- Anne Bozeman Lyon1860-1935American authorMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Norah Davis1861-1936American novelistMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Belle R. Harrison1856-1940American authorEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Martha Young1862-1941Folklorist, author, poetStokes Cemetery, Greensboro, AL
- Caroline Couper Stiles Lovell1862-1947American artistElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Marielou Cory1861-1951US-american music teacher, organist and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Sidney McCall1865-1954American novelist and poetMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Mathilde Bilbro1870-1958Composer, music teacher, authorForrest Cemetery, Gadsden, AL
- Charles Wallace Collins1879-1964American lawyer, librarian, and authorSaint Andrews Cemetery, Demopolis, AL
- Percy H. Whiting1880-1967American writer and speakerMontrose Cemetery, Daphne, AL
- Nanina Alba1915-1968African-American poet, short-story writer and educator 1915-1968Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Sun Ra1914-1993American jazz composer and bandleaderElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Eugene Walter1921-1998American writerChurch Street Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- George Lindsey1928-2012American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speakerOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- Betty Brooks Levie1930-2012AuthorAshland City Cemetery, Ashland, AL
- James R. Messenger1948-2015ScreenwriterElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Harper Lee1926-2016American novelistHillcrest Cemetery, Monroeville, AL
- Allison Wetherbee1970-2016American activistChoctaw Corner Cemetery, Thomasville, AL
- Victor Gold1928-2017American journalistElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Winston Groom1943-2020American writerPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Jerry Barksdale1941-2020American historian and authorAthens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s1
- 1880s2
- 1890s1
- 1900s5
- 1910s2
- 1920s2
- 1930s5
- 1940s3
- 1950s3
- 1960s3
- 1990s2
- 2010s6
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 37 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Maple Hill Cemetery · Huntsville, AL5
- Elmwood Cemetery · Birmingham, AL4
- Magnolia Cemetery · Mobile, AL4
- Oakwood Cemetery · Montgomery, AL3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Birmingham, AL2
- Colony Cemetery · Fairhope, AL2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Tuscaloosa, AL2
- Pine Crest Cemetery · Mobile, AL2
- Catholic Cemetery · Mobile, AL1
- Athens City Cemetery · Athens, AL1
- Church Street Cemetery · Mobile, AL1
- Saint Andrews Cemetery · Demopolis, AL1
- Forrest Cemetery · Gadsden, AL1
- Stokes Cemetery · Greensboro, AL1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Jasper, AL1
- Choctaw Corner Cemetery · Thomasville, AL1
- Montrose Cemetery · Daphne, AL1
- Havana Cemetery · Moundville, AL1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Talladega, AL1
- Ashland City Cemetery · Ashland, AL1
- Hillcrest Cemetery · Monroeville, AL1
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Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.