Notable burials · CO

Notable people buried in Colorado

Wikidata records 247 notable people as buried in Colorado, spread over 51 of the cemeteries we list, the 42nd highest count of any state. United States Air Force Academy Cemetery in Air Force Academy holds the most, with 44 (18% of the state total).

247

notable burials

cemeteries with one or more

at United States Air Force Academy Cemetery

By theme

Who is buried in Colorado

Government

Governors9Supreme Court justices1United States representatives13United States senators3

Military

American Civil War veterans7Korean War veterans16Medal of Honor recipients8Mexican-American War veterans1Vietnam War veterans10World War I veterans7World War II veterans46

Arts and entertainment

Actors7Architects3Painters, sculptors and photographers9Journalists2Musicians and singers3Writers and poets17

Sports

American football players10Baseball players4Basketball players4Boxers1

Science and work

Aviators and astronauts6Business leaders7Inventors and engineers4Nobel Prize laureates1Physicians3Scientists7

From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.

People

Best-documented burials in Colorado

Philip K. Dick1928-1982
American science fiction author
Riverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, CO
Murray Gell-Mann1929-2019
American physicist
Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, CO
George Gamow1904-1968
Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Jack Swigert1931-1982
NASA Astronaut, Pilot
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Virginia Satir1916-1988
American psychotherapist & non-fiction author
Crested Butte Cemetery, Crested Butte, CO
Curtis LeMay1906-1990
American general and politician
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Sydney Chapman1888-1970
British mathematician and geophysicist
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Herbert Bayer1900-1985
Austrian architect, photographer, graphic and typographer
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Aspen, CO
Carl Andrew Spaatz1891-1974
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Frank Perry1930-1995
American film director
Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, CO
Robin Olds1922-2007
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Mary Kornman1915-1973
American film actress
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
Turrell V. Wylie1927-1984
American tibetologist
Greenmount Cemetery, Durango, CO
Vine Deloria, Jr.1933-2005
Standing Rock Sioux author, lawyer, seminarian, educator, political scientist, and Native American civil rights activist
Golden Cemetery, West Pleasant View, CO
Alferd Packer1842-1907
American wilderness guide who confessed to cannibalism
Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, CO
Horace Tabor1830-1899
American politician
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Anselm Hollo1934-2013
Finnish poet
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Tom Horn1860-1903
American outlaw
Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Garth Williams1912-1996
American children's illustrator
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Aspen, CO
John A. Carroll1901-1983
American politician
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Samuel Fielden1847-1922
American anarchist
La Veta Cemetery, Walsenburg, CO
Buddy Roosevelt1898-1973
Actor and stunt man
Highland Cemetery, Meeker, CO
Anne Gorsuch Burford1942-2004
American politician and attorney
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Horace Henderson1904-1988
American musician
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Thomas M. Bowen1835-1906
Union Army general
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Haywood S. Hansell1903-1988
American U.S. Air Force major general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi1924-2014
American writer and activist, Jewish Renewal movement pioneer
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
James Hamilton Peabody1852-1917
American politician
Greenwood Cemetery, Cañon City, CO
Joseph Projectus Machebeuf1812-1889
Catholic bishop
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
William Gilpin1813-1894
American politician
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Alva Adams1850-1922
American politician
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Wiley Rutledge1894-1949
American Supreme Court justice
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Davis Hanson Waite1825-1901
American politician
Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, CO
Dutch Clark1906-1978
American football player and coach
Lakeside Cemetery, Lincoln Park, CO
John Edgar Chenoweth1897-1986
American politician
Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad, CO
Texas Jack Omohundro1846-1880
American army scout, cowboy and actor
Evergreen Cemetery, Leadville North, CO
Susan Anderson1870-1960
American physician
Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Cripple Creek, CO
William Edmund Barrett1900-1986
American writer
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
John Dale Ryan1915-1983
(1915-1983) Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Samuel C. Phillips1921-1990
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
George Alfred Carlson1875-1926
American politician (1876-1926); Governor of Colorado from 1915 to 1917
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
Young Corbett II1880-1927
American boxer
Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, CO
Albert Washington McIntire1853-1935
American politician
La Jara Cemetery, Alamosa, CO
Stan Jones1931-2010
American football player and coach
Fraser Cemetery, Fraser, CO
Fred Harman1902-1982
American comic strip artist
Hilltop Cemetery, Pagosa Springs, CO
John Andrew Martin1868-1939
American politician, Colorado
Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Raymond P. Kogovsek1941-2017
American politician
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
George E. Stratemeyer1890-1969
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
John P. McConnell1908-1986
American Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
William H. Blanchard1916-1966
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Ed Dorn1929-1999
American writer
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
William Bent1809-1869
American rancher
Las Animas Cemetery, Las Animas, CO
Benjamin Harrison Eaton1833-1904
Union Army officer
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
Viatcheslav Nazarov1952-1996
Russian musician
Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, CO
Guy U. Hardy1872-1947
American politician
Greenwood Cemetery, Cañon City, CO
Daniel I.J. Thornton1911-1976
American politician
Gunnison Cemetery, Gunnison, CO
Ray Herbert Talbot1896-1955
American politician
Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Danny Dietz1980-2005
Navy Special Warfare Operator US Navy SEAL
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
David Bolen1923-2022
American sprinter and diplomat
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
John H. Marsalis1904-1971
American politician
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Frank Crowther1870-1955
American politician
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Harold L. George1893-1986
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Charles O'Connor1878-1940
American politician from Oklahoma
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
George Christensen1909-1968
Player of American football
Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, CO
Edward T. Taylor1858-1941
American politician
Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, CO
Robert Alexander Cameron1828-1894
Union Army general
Greenwood Cemetery, Cañon City, CO
Urban John Vehr1891-1973
American archbishop
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
John Kenneth Stille1930-1989
American chemist
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
William E. Adams1939-1971
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Paul E. Stein1944-2002
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Truman H. Landon1905-1986
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Winfield W. Scott, Jr.1927-2022
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
James E. Hill1921-1999
Commander of the North American Air Defense Command
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Joseph J. Nazzaro1913-1990
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Hubert R. Harmon1892-1957
Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Donald G. Brotzman1922-2004
American politician
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Roy Hartzell1881-1961
American baseball player
Golden Cemetery, West Pleasant View, CO
Atterson W. Rucker1847-1924
Lawyer, judge and politician
Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, CO
Richard H. Whiteley1830-1890
American politician
Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Hewitt Bouanchaud1877-1950
American politician
Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Emma Ghent Curtis1860-1918
American novelist, poet, newspaper publisher, populist, and suffragist
Greenwood Cemetery, Cañon City, CO
Isaac Rapp1854-1933
American architect
Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad, CO
Bee Ho Gray1885-1951
American banjoist, actor and circus performer
Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Robert Haugen1942-2013
American economist
Greenmount Cemetery, Durango, CO
Baby Doe Tabor1854-1935
American pioneer
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Laurence Carbee Craigie1902-1994
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Helen Loring Grenfell1860-1935
American educator, suffragist, politician, and clubwoman
Mountain View Cemetery, Longmont, CO
Maximo Yabes1932-1967
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Carl J. Johnson1929-1988
American public health physician
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
John F. Curry1886-1973
American general
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
James Bradley Orman1849-1919
American politician
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Irene Aloha Wright1879-1972
American historian
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Glen W. Martin1916-1994
American air force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Albert P. Clark1913-2010
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Matt Fong1953-2011
American politician
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Robert E. Kelley1933-2021
U.S. Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Emmett O'Donnell Jr.1906-1971
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
William S. Stone1910-1968
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
James E. Briggs1906-1979
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
John K. Gerhart1907-1981
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Karl W. Richter1942-1967
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Laurence S. Kuter1905-1979
U.S. Air Force General
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Louis L. Wilson Jr.1919-2010
American general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Samuel E. Anderson1906-1982
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Robert H. Warren1917-2010
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Jared L. Brush1835-1913
American politician
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
William Evans1851-1881
Irish soldier in the 7th U.S. Infantry during the Black Hills War, recipient of the Medal of Honor
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
George G. Moore1844-1925
Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Eaton Cemetery, Eaton, CO
George Stepham1862-1944
American politician
Delta Cemetery, Delta, CO
Mary Miller1843-1921
American businessperson
Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Stephen Decatur1813-1888
American pioneer
Rosita Cemetery, Westcliffe, CO
Nathaniel Albertson1800-1863
U.S. Representative
Central City Cemetery, Central City, CO
James McParland1844-1919
Private detective
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Laura Bell McDaniel1861-1918
American brothel madam
Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO
Jean Yancey1914-2000
American entrepreneur and motivational speaker
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Jerry Frei1924-2001
American football player, coach, and scout
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Harv Schmidt1935-2020
American basketball player-coach
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Hal Hutcheson1920-1991
American basketball player
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Benjamin W. Chidlaw1900-1977
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Charles B. Stone III1904-1992
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Raymond J. Reeves1909-1998
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Don Z. Zimmerman1903-1983
Aviator in the United States Army and the United States Air Force during World War II and the Korean War
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Thomas S. Moorman1910-1997
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
William G. Moore Jr.1920-2012
(1920-2012) commander-in-chief of Military Airlift Command
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Horace M. Wade1916-2001
American general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Eldora Lorenzini1910-1993
American designer, muralist, painter, and printmaker
Riverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, CO
Alex Drobnitch1913-1960
American football player
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
Gary Hinman1934-1969
Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, CO
Ira Woods Howerth1860-1938
Indiana writer
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
Henry W. Setzer1916-1992
Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
John Davis1838-1901
American soldier, born 1838
Greenwood Cemetery, Cañon City, CO
Buckskin Charley1840-1936
Ute leader
Ouray Memorial Cemetery, Bayfield, CO
Philip Isely1915-2012
Founder of WCPA & co-Founder of Natural Grocers
Dillon Cemetery, Keystone, CO
Margaret Isely1921-1997
Founder of Natural Grocers
Dillon Cemetery, Keystone, CO
Patricia Mattick1951-2003
American actress
Granby Cemetery, Granby, CO
William H. McNichols, Jr.1910-1997
Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1968 to 1983
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
Marv Colen1915-1989
American basketball player
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Byron Johnson1911-2005
American baseball player
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Edward Tipper1921-2017
American World War II paratrooper
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
William T. Van de Graaff1895-1977
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Fran Polsfoot1927-1985
American football player
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sheridan, CO
Turk Lown1924-2016
American baseball player
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Mary Babnik Brown1907-1991
Labourer and dancer
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Warren C. Dockum1844-1921
Medal of Honor recipient
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Frank Papish1917-1965
American baseball player
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
Richard Yudkin1919-2004
United States Air Force officer
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
William J. Crawford1918-2000
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Donavon F. Smith1922-1974
United States Air Force general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Robert Merrill Lee1909-2003
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO
Marshall S. Roth1904-1995
United States general
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Air Force Academy, CO

Showing 150 of 247. 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

United States Air Force Academy Cemetery · Air Force Academy44
Fort Logan National Cemetery · Sheridan38
Green Mountain Cemetery · Boulder24
Mount Olivet Cemetery · Applewood23
Roselawn Cemetery · Pueblo15
Linn Grove Cemetery · Greeley13
Columbia Cemetery · Boulder6
Masonic Cemetery · Trinidad5
Mountain View Cemetery · Longmont5
Golden Cemetery · West Pleasant View5
Greenwood Cemetery · Cañon City5
Mountain View Cemetery · Pueblo4
Riverside Cemetery · Fort Morgan4
Greenmount Cemetery · Durango4
Littleton Cemetery · Littleton4
Red Butte Cemetery · Aspen4
Dillon Cemetery · Keystone3
Parker Cemetery · Parker2
Rosebud Cemetery · Glenwood Springs2
Las Animas Cemetery · Las Animas2
Cedar Creek Cemetery · Montrose2
Eckley Cemetery · Yuma2
Aspen Grove Cemetery · Aspen2
Crested Butte Cemetery · Crested Butte2
Gunnison Cemetery · Gunnison1

All cemeteries in Colorado

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