Where business leaders are buried
Wikidata records 3,027 business leaders as buried in 1,025 of the cemeteries we list, across 50 states. Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, NY, holds the most, with 130.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Business leaders and where they rest
- Steve Jobs1955-2011American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.Alta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Henry Ford1863-1947American business magnateFord Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Henry Kissinger1923-2023American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bing Crosby1903-1977American singer and actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Andrew Carnegie1835-1919Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropistSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Alexander Hamilton1757-1804American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757-1804)Trinity Churchyard, New York City, NY
- John D. Rockefeller1839-1937American industrialist and philanthropistLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Joan Crawford1905-1977American actressFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Mary Pickford1892-1979Canadian actress and producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Jesse Owens1913-1980American track and field athleteOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- P. T. Barnum1810-1891American showman and politicianMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Donald Rumsfeld1932-2021American politician and diplomatArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Michael Collins1930-2021American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jefferson Davis1808-1889President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Debbie Reynolds1932-2016American actress, singer, and dancerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Aaron Swartz1986-2013American computer programmer and internet-political activistShalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, IL
- Lucille Ball1911-1989American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- John Glenn1921-2016American astronaut and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hugh Hefner1926-2017American businessman and magazine publisherWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- J. P. Morgan1837-1913American financier, banker, and art collectorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Burt Reynolds1936-2018American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Howard Hughes1905-1976American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producerGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Nelson Rockefeller1908-1979Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Alan Shepard1923-1998American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorerForest Hill Cemetery, Derry Village, NH
- Nellie Bly1864-1922American journalistWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Samuel Colt1814-186219th-century American industrialist and inventorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Jack LaLanne1914-2011American exercise instructorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- George Foreman1949-2025American professional boxerParadise North Cemetery, Jersey Village, TX
- Ivana Trump1949-2022Czech-American businesswomanTrump family cemetery, Bedminster, NJ
- Douglas Fairbanks1883-1939American actor, screenwriter, director, and producerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- David Rockefeller1915-2017American banker and philanthropistRockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- William Randolph Hearst1863-1951American newspaper publisherCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Herman Hollerith1860-1929American statistician and inventor(1860-1929)Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Eugene Cernan1934-2017NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)Texas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Lady Bird Johnson1912-2007First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969Johnson Cemetery, Johnson City, TX
- Sam Walton1918-1992American businessmanBentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, AR
- John Franklin Enders1897-1985American medical researcherFairview Cemetery, West Hartford, CT
- George Westinghouse1846-1914American inventor and businessmanArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Eazy-E1964-1995American rapperRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Charles Goodyear1800-1860American inventorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- John Pemberton1831-1888American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-ColaLinwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA
- Bill Anders1933-2024American astronaut and lunar explorerU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- Cornelius Vanderbilt1794-1877American businessman and tycoonMoravian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY
- Jack Ruby1911-1967American nightclub operator who killed American presidential assassin Lee Harvey OswaldWestlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Edgar Mitchell1930-2016American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harland Sanders1890-1980American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFCCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Levi Strauss1829-1902German-Jewish-born American businessmanHome of Peace Cemetery, Colma, CA
- George Shultz1920-2021American politicianDawes Cemetery, Chesterfield, MA
- David O. Selznick1902-1965American film producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ruth Handler1916-2002American businesswomanHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- John Browning1855-1926Firearms designer of the United StatesOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Emile Berliner1851-1929German-born American inventorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Hancock1737-1793American Patriot and statesman during the American RevolutionGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Madam C. J. Walker1867-1919American entrepreneurWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Eli Whitney1765-1825American inventorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Ross Perot1930-2019American businessman and politicianSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
- John Jacob Astor I1763-1848German-American businessmanTrinity Church Cemetery, New York City, NY
- Fred Trump1905-1999American real estate developer; father of Donald TrumpLutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, NY
- Estée Lauder1908-2004American businesswomanBeth-El Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Beverly Sills1929-2007American operatic sopranoKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Bernard Mannes Baruch1870-1965American businessmanFlushing Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Katharine Graham1917-2001American publisher, editor and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Horace Greeley1811-1872American politician and publisherGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Lee Iacocca1924-2019American businessmanWhite Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
- Alexander Haig1924-2010Former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas John Watson, Sr.1874-1956USA IBM executive and art collectorSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.1888-1969American businessman, politician and diplomatHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Leo Fender1909-1991American inventor and founder of the Fender companyFairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary, Orange, CA
- Gideon Sundback1880-1954Swedish-American inventorGreendale Cemetery, Meadville, PA
- Paul Revere1735-1818American silversmith and Patriot in the American RevolutionGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Ralph H. Baer1922-2014German-born American inventor and engineerHebrew Cemetery, Manchester, NH
- Herman Cain1945-2020American businessmanWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Willis Carrier1876-1950American inventorForest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
- Josephine Cochrane1839-1913American inventorGlenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL
- Walter Percy Chrysler Sr.1875-1940(1875-1940) American automotive industry executiveSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- John Jacob Astor IV1864-1912American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonelTrinity Church Cemetery, New York City, NY
- Emperor Norton1811-1880San Francisco eccentric and self-proclaimed Emperor of the United StatesWoodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Richard F. Gordon1929-2017American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frederick Law Olmsted1822-1903American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administratorOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Suzanne Somers1946-2023American actressDesert Memorial Park Cemetery, Cathedral City, CA
- Avery Brundage1887-1975President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Roy O. Disney1893-1971American businessman and producer, co-founder of The Walt Disney CompanyForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- King Camp Gillette1855-1932American entrepreneurForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Helena Rubinstein1872-1965Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropistMount Olivet Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Bill Hewlett1913-2001American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-PackardLos Gatos Cemetery, San Jose, CA
- Dick Powell1904-1963American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Walter Cunningham1932-2023American astronautTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Iris Apfel1921-2024American interior designer and fashion iconBeth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY
- George Gallup1901-1984American statisticianPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- John Connally1917-1993American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Gary Gygax1938-2008American game designer and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, WI
- Gene Amdahl1922-2015American physicistBethania Cemetery, Dell Rapids, SD
- Gary Kildall1942-1994American computer scientist and entrepreneurEvergreen Washelli Cemetery, Shoreline, WA
- Sam Phillips1923-2003American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJMemphis Memorial Park Cemetery, Germantown, TN
- William Fox1879-1952Hungarian-American film producerSalem Field Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Edwin H. Land1909-1991American scientist and inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John D. Rockefeller Jr.1874-1960American financier and philanthropistRockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Cyrus McCormick1809-1884American inventor and businessmanGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Elisha Otis1811-1861Founder of Otis Elevator Co.Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, NY
- Gloria Vanderbilt1924-2019American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writerVanderbilt Cemetery, Staten Island, NY
- Nipsey Hussle1985-2019American rapperForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Mike Gravel1930-2021American politician; United States SenatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Kardashian1944-2003American attorney and businessmanInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Zecharia Sitchin1920-2010American-Israeli author of Azerbaijani originNew Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, NY
- Lysander Spooner1808-1887American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th centuryForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Henry Morgenthau1856-1946American diplomatMount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY
- Ambrose Burnside1824-1881American general and politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Kirk Kerkorian1917-2015American businessman, investor, and philanthropistInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Elizabeth Arden1881-1966Canadian American businesswomanSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Eddie Rickenbacker1890-1973United States Army Medal of Honor recipientGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Raymond Vahan Damadian1936-2022American scientist and inventorPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
- Roy Cohn1927-1986American lawyerUnion Field Cemetery, Queens, NY
- David Sarnoff1891-1971Russian-born American businessmanKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Owen D. Young1874-1962American businessman, lawyer, diplomatVan Hornesville Cemetery, Springfield, NY
- Edie Adams1927-2008American actress, comedian, singer, and businesswomanForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Richard Lugar1932-2019American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.1900-1949American diplomat, ran Lend LeaseLocust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, NY
- Johns Hopkins1795-1873American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and abolitionistGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Henry J. Kaiser1882-1967American industrialistMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Alfred Eisenstaedt1898-1995German American photographerMount Hebron Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Charles F. Kettering1876-1958American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patentsWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- Jim Rohn1930-2009American motivational speaker, businessman and bestseller authorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Frank Lautenberg1924-2013U.S. Senator from New JerseyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Wendell Willkie1892-1944American lawyer and corporate executiveEast Hill Cemetery, Rushville, IN
- Henry J. Heinz1844-1919American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Theodore Bikel1924-2015Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activistHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Glenn Curtiss1878-1930American aviator and industrialistPleasant Valley Cemetery, Bath, NY
- Michael S. Hart1947-2011American author, founder of Project GutenbergWoodlawn Cemetery, Urbana, IL
- Ethan Allen1738-1789American farmer, military officer and politicianGreenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT
- George Pullman1831-1897Engineer and businessman from the United StatesGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Allan Pinkerton1819-1884Scottish-American civil war detective and spyGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frederick Trump1869-1918American businessmanLutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, NY
- John Templeton1912-2008American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropistMemorial Park Cemetery, Winchester, TN
- Malcolm Glazer1928-2014American businessman, sports franchise ownerMount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
- John Deere1804-1886American blacksmith and manufacturerRiverside Cemetery, Moline, IL
- Edsel Bryant Ford1893-1943American businessmanWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- John DeLorean1925-2005American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industryWhite Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
- Cyrus West Field1819-1892American businessmanStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Helen Gurley Brown1922-2012American author, publisher, and businesswomanSisco Cemetery, Green Forest, AR
- Wayne Rogers1933-2015American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Josiah Warren1798-1874American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Augustus Roebling1806-1869German-American engineerRiverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Meyer Guggenheim1827-1905American businesspersonSalem Field Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Jay Gould1836-1892American railroad magnate and financierWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- William Crapo Durant1861-1947American automotive businessmanWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Walter Quintin Gresham1832-1895US Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Eugene Stoner1922-1997American firearms designerQuantico National Cemetery, Triangle, VA
- Abraham Zapruder1905-1970Witness to the Kennedy assassinationEmanu - El Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- John Sutter1803-1880Pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold RushMoravian Cemetery, Lititz, PA
- Joe Weider1919-2013Canadian bodybuilder and businessmanWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 3,027. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1660s1
- 1670s1
- 1720s1
- 1740s1
- 1750s1
- 1760s1
- 1770s1
- 1780s3
- 1790s2
- 1800s4
- 1810s7
- 1820s8
- 1830s8
- 1840s20
- 1850s37
- 1860s69
- 1870s113
- 1880s154
- 1890s221
- 1900s279
- 1910s327
- 1920s269
- 1930s280
- 1940s204
- 1950s188
- 1960s153
- 1970s116
- 1980s122
- 1990s121
- 2000s138
- 2010s131
- 2020s41
By recorded year of death, for the 3,022 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY130
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY121
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA62
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL62
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL54
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA49
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA42
- Lake View Cemetery · East Cleveland, OH39
- Bellefontaine Cemetery · Saint Louis, MO37
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA33
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park · Colma, CA32
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA32
- Lakewood Cemetery · Minneapolis, MN29
- Forest Home Cemetery · Milwaukee, WI27
- Forest Lawn Cemetery · Buffalo, NY27
- Salem Field Cemetery · Queens, NY26
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery · Sleepy Hollow, NY26
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN26
- Metairie Cemetery · Metairie, LA25
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum · Finneytown, OH22
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA21
- Mountain View Cemetery · Oakland, CA19
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Rochester, NY19
- Hillside Memorial Park · Inglewood, CA19
- Kensico Cemetery · Valhalla, NY19
Top 25 of 1,025 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Business leaders by state
- Alabama23
- Alaska26
- Arizona17
- Arkansas16
- California340
- Colorado7
- Connecticut56
- Delaware3
- District of Columbia26
- Florida10
- Georgia39
- Hawaii4
- Idaho4
- Illinois265
- Indiana50
- Iowa17
- Kansas16
- Kentucky23
- Louisiana43
- Maine25
- Maryland40
- Massachusetts188
- Michigan84
- Minnesota40
- Mississippi5
- Missouri79
- Montana3
- Nebraska11
- Nevada2
- New Hampshire12
- New Jersey77
- New Mexico5
- New York596
- North Carolina19
- North Dakota1
- Ohio126
- Oklahoma13
- Oregon24
- Pennsylvania188
- Rhode Island25
- South Carolina8
- South Dakota7
- Tennessee43
- Texas84
- Utah31
- Vermont16
- Virginia92
- Washington26
- West Virginia6
- Wisconsin169
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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.