Notable burials · Government
Governors buried in California
Wikidata records 35 governors as buried in 19 of the cemeteries we list in California. Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland holds the most, with 8. California has the 8th highest count of any state, out of 1,297 nationally.
People recorded as having held a governor's office, such as governor of a US state or territory.
35
governors
19
cemeteries
0%
of notable burials in California
1920s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Governors buried in California
- Lilburn Boggs1796-1860American politicianTulocay Cemetery, Napa, CA
- John McDougall1818-1866California politicianCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Isaac Roop1822-1869American politicianSusanville Cemetery, Susanville, CA
- Henry Huntly Haight1825-1878Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Coles Bashford1816-1878Governor of Wisconsin, Arizona Territory politicianMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Milton Latham1827-1882American politicianCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- William Irwin1827-1886Governor of CaliforniaSacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
- Washington Bartlett1824-1887Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- John Cummins Edwards1804-1888US Democrat politician, MissouriStockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA
- Charles C. Stevenson1826-1890American politicianMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Robert Waterman1826-1891Governor of CaliforniaMount Hope Cemetery, National City, CA
- Newton Booth1825-1892Governor of CaliforniaSacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
- Frederick Low1828-1894Governor of CaliforniaCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- John G. Downey1827-1894Irish-American politician and California GovernorHoly Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Romualdo Pacheco1831-1899Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Henry G. Blasdel1825-1900American politicianMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- James Budd1851-1908Governor of CaliforniaStockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA
- Jewett W. Adams1835-1920Governor of NevadaCypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- George Clement Perkins1839-1923Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Henry Markham1840-1923Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- Henry Gage1852-1924Governor of CaliforniaCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Frank M. Byrne1858-1927American politicianHalcyon Cemetery, Oceano, CA
- John E. Rickards1848-1927American politicianChapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Union City, CA
- Robert S. Vessey1858-1929American politicianMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- James Rolph1869-1934California politicianGreenlawn Cemetery, Colma, CA
- George Pardee1857-1941Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Friend Richardson1865-1943Governor of CaliforniaChapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Union City, CA
- William Dennison Stephens1859-1944American politicianAngelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Hiram Johnson1866-1945California governor (1911-17) and senator (1917-45)Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
- Clement Calhoun Young1869-1947Governor of CaliforniaSunset View Cemetery, Kensington, CA
- Frank Merriam1865-1955Governor of CaliforniaForest Lawn Memorial Park, Lakewood, CA
- Culbert Olson1876-1962American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Goodwin Knight1896-197031st Governor of CaliforniaRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Pat Brown1905-199632nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, CA
- Kenny Guinn1936-2010American politician; 27th Governor of NevadaExeter District Cemetery, Exeter, CA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s3
- 1870s2
- 1880s4
- 1890s6
- 1900s2
- 1920s7
- 1930s1
- 1940s5
- 1950s1
- 1960s1
- 1970s1
- 1990s1
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 35 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mountain View Cemetery · Oakland, CA8
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park · Colma, CA5
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery · Colma, CA2
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum · Altadena, CA2
- Sacramento City Cemetery · Sacramento, CA2
- Stockton Rural Cemetery · Stockton, CA2
- Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery · Union City, CA2
- Rose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery · Whittier, CA1
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA1
- Tulocay Cemetery · Napa, CA1
- Exeter District Cemetery · Exeter, CA1
- Calvary Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA1
- Sunset View Cemetery · Kensington, CA1
- Greenlawn Cemetery · Colma, CA1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · National City, CA1
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Lakewood, CA1
- Angelus Rosedale Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA1
- Susanville Cemetery · Susanville, CA1
- Halcyon Cemetery · Oceano, CA1
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Other notable burials in California
Actors3,238Writers and poets1,282Musicians and singers950World War II veterans454Business leaders340Painters, sculptors and photographers300Baseball players260World War I veterans207Scientists198Journalists189United States representatives172American football players154Medal of Honor recipients145Inventors and engineers131Architects114Physicians92Aviators and astronauts81American Civil War veterans78Korean War veterans73Spanish-American War veterans50Boxers48Basketball players46United States senators32Vietnam War veterans24Mexican-American War veterans18Nobel Prize laureates15
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.