Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Musicians and singers buried in Connecticut
Wikidata records 38 musicians as buried in 23 of the cemeteries we list in Connecticut. Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport holds the most, with 4. Connecticut has the 15th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
38
musicians
23
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Connecticut
2010s
the decade with the most deaths (6)
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In order of death
Musicians and singers buried in Connecticut
- Henry Clay Work1832-1884American composer and songwriterSpring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- William Weston Patton1821-1889American abolitionistSpring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Francis Henry Brown1818-1891American composer and singerWoodland Cemetery, Stamford, CT
- Samuel Sanford1849-1910American musicianMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Gerrit Smith1859-1912American organist and composerPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Fanny Crosby1820-191519th century Christian hymnistMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Frank Seymour Hastings1853-1924American business executive, composer, and organistPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Charles Edward Prior1856-1927American musician and bankerCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Sandor Harmati1892-1936Hungarian American musicianRowayton Union Cemetery, Darien, CT
- Jacques Gordon1898-1948American musicianBarrack Cemetery, Canaan, CT
- Vernon Dalhart1883-1948American country music singerMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- David Stanley Smith1877-1949American composerEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Mary Stranahan Hart Pattison1869-1951American writerMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Frank La Forge1879-1953American composer and pianistSpring Grove Cemetery, Darien, CT
- Karl Pomeroy Harrington1861-1953American classical philologistIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Charles Ives1874-1954American modernist composerWooster Cemetery, Danbury, CT
- J. Louis Von der Mehden1873-1954American musician and composerCypress Cemetery, Old Saybrook Center, CT
- Fritz Reiner1888-1963Hungarian American orchestra conductorWillowbrook Cemetery, Westport, CT
- Alec Templeton1909-1963British composerPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Helen Eugenia Hagan1891-1964American composerEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Ben Homer1917-1975American songwriter, composer and arranger.Meriden Hebrew Cemetery, Meriden, CT
- Cyril Ritchard1897-1977Australian actorSaint Marys Cemetery, Ridgefield, CT
- Enoch Light1905-1978American musicianUmpawaug Cemetery, Georgetown, CT
- Alexander Kipnis1891-1978Russian-American operatic bassWillowbrook Cemetery, Westport, CT
- Germaine Alice Schnitzer1888-1982French pianistSaint Marys Cemetery, Ridgefield, CT
- Benny Goodman1909-1986American jazz clarinetist and bandleaderLong Ridge Union Cemetery, North Stamford, CT
- Teddy Wilson1912-1986American jazz pianistFairview Cemetery, New Britain, CT
- Norma Terris1904-1989American actress and singerPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Bruce Simonds1895-1989Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Victor Borge1909-2000Danish comedian and pianistPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Isaac Stern1920-2001American musicianMorningside Cemetery, Sherman, CT
- Deno Geanakoplos1916-2007Greek-American historian, scholar of Byzantine cultural and religious history, Professor Emiterus at Yale UniversityGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Dave Brubeck1920-2012American jazz pianist and composerUmpawaug Cemetery, Georgetown, CT
- Franco Ventriglia1922-2012American opera singerOaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
- Johnny Winter1944-2014American blues guitarist and singerUnion Cemetery, Easton, CT
- Anamarie Barnes1927-20141929-2014Oaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
- Paul Hudak1952-2015American computer scientistGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Mary Tyler Moore1936-2017American actress and television producerOaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1880s2
- 1890s1
- 1910s3
- 1920s2
- 1930s1
- 1940s3
- 1950s5
- 1960s3
- 1970s4
- 1980s5
- 2000s3
- 2010s6
By recorded year of death, for the 38 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mountain Grove Cemetery · Bridgeport, CT4
- Putnam Cemetery · Cos Cob, CT4
- Oaklawn Cemetery · Fairfield, CT3
- Grove Street Cemetery · New Haven, CT3
- Spring Grove Cemetery · Hartford, CT2
- Saint Marys Cemetery · Ridgefield, CT2
- Evergreen Cemetery · New Haven, CT2
- Willowbrook Cemetery · Westport, CT2
- Umpawaug Cemetery · Georgetown, CT2
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Newington, CT1
- Wooster Cemetery · Danbury, CT1
- Cypress Cemetery · Old Saybrook Center, CT1
- Fairview Cemetery · New Britain, CT1
- Indian Hill Cemetery · Middletown, CT1
- Meriden Hebrew Cemetery · Meriden, CT1
- Pleasant View Cemetery · Salem, CT1
- Union Cemetery · Easton, CT1
- Woodland Cemetery · Stamford, CT1
- Rowayton Union Cemetery · Darien, CT1
- Barrack Cemetery · Canaan, CT1
- Long Ridge Union Cemetery · North Stamford, CT1
- Spring Grove Cemetery · Darien, CT1
- Morningside Cemetery · Sherman, CT1
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Other notable burials in Connecticut
Writers and poets194United States representatives104Scientists91Painters, sculptors and photographers86Physicians59Business leaders56Actors49Inventors and engineers46Governors40Journalists39American Civil War veterans33United States senators29Architects27World War II veterans26American football players19Baseball players16World War I veterans16
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.