Writers and poets buried in Colorado
Wikidata records 17 writers as buried in 12 of the cemeteries we list in Colorado. Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder holds the most, with 4. Colorado has the 39th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Writers and poets buried in Colorado
- Emma Ghent Curtis1860-1918American novelist, poet, newspaper publisher, populist, and suffragistGreenwood Cemetery, Cañon City, CO
- Ira Woods Howerth1860-1938Indiana writerLinn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, CO
- William M. John1888-1962American authorMasonic Cemetery, Trinidad, CO
- George Gamow1904-1968Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologistGreen Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
- F. Dorothy Wood1907-1978American authorCedar Creek Cemetery, Montrose, CO
- Philip K. Dick1928-1982American science fiction authorRiverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, CO
- William Edmund Barrett1900-1986American writerMount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
- Virginia Satir1916-1988American psychotherapist & non-fiction authorCrested Butte Cemetery, Crested Butte, CO
- Frances Elizabeth Wood1897-1991American authorCedar Creek Cemetery, Montrose, CO
- F. Bruce Lamb1913-1992Author and tropical forestry specialistCreede Cemetery, Creede, CO
- Frank Perry1930-1995American film directorRed Butte Cemetery, Aspen, CO
- Ed Dorn1929-1999American writerGreen Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
- Vine Deloria, Jr.1933-2005Standing Rock Sioux author, lawyer, seminarian, educator, political scientist, and Native American civil rights activistGolden Cemetery, West Pleasant View, CO
- Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden1907-2007American textile designer & botanical illustratorGreen Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
- Philip Isely1915-2012Founder of WCPA & co-Founder of Natural GrocersDillon Cemetery, Keystone, CO
- Bohdan S. Wynar1926-2013Ukrainian-American librarian, author, and publisherMount Olivet Cemetery, Applewood, CO
- Anselm Hollo1934-2013Finnish poetGreen Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1910s1
- 1930s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 1980s3
- 1990s4
- 2000s2
- 2010s3
By recorded year of death, for the 17 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Green Mountain Cemetery · Boulder, CO4
- Cedar Creek Cemetery · Montrose, CO2
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Applewood, CO2
- Riverside Cemetery · Fort Morgan, CO1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Cañon City, CO1
- Masonic Cemetery · Trinidad, CO1
- Golden Cemetery · West Pleasant View, CO1
- Crested Butte Cemetery · Crested Butte, CO1
- Dillon Cemetery · Keystone, CO1
- Creede Cemetery · Creede, CO1
- Red Butte Cemetery · Aspen, CO1
- Linn Grove Cemetery · Greeley, CO1
Other notable burials in Colorado
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.