Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Connecticut
Wikidata records 194 writers as buried in 66 of the cemeteries we list in Connecticut. Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven holds the most, with 33. Connecticut has the 9th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
194
writers
66
cemeteries
10%
of notable burials in Connecticut
1900s
the decade with the most deaths (18)
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Best documented
Writers and poets buried in Connecticut
- P. T. Barnum1810-1891American showman and politicianMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Benoit Mandelbrot1924-2010Polish-born, French and American mathematicianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- John Kenneth Galbraith1908-2006Canadian-American economist and diplomatIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Wallace Stevens1879-1955American poetCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Noah Webster1758-1843American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and authorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Hermann Broch1886-1951Austrian writerUnion Cemetery, Killingworth, CT
- Isaac Stern1920-2001American musicianMorningside Cemetery, Sherman, CT
- Frederick Law Olmsted1822-1903American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administratorOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Alice Hamilton1869-1970American physician and toxicologistCove Cemetery, Chester Center, CT
- Cornelius Ryan1920-1974Irish American journalistRidgebury Cemetery, Danbury, CT
- Jaroslav Pelikan1923-2006US historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at YaleGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Fanny Crosby1820-191519th century Christian hymnistMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- William Graham Sumner1840-1910American sociologistAlderbrook Cemetery, Guilford Center, CT
- Edith Hamilton1867-1963American teacher and writerCove Cemetery, Chester Center, CT
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet1787-1851American educator and founder of the American School for the DeafCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- William Dwight Whitney1827-1894American orientalist, linguist and lexicographerGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- William Gillette1853-1937American actor, inventor and writerRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Charles Dudley Warner1829-1900American writerCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Walter Camp1859-1925American football player and coach, college athletics administratorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Delia Bacon1811-1859American author best known for her work on Shakespearean authorshipGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Ron Palillo1949-2012American actor and teacherSaint Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Elizabeth Akers Allen1832-1911American author, journalist, poetWestfield Cemetery, Danielson, CT
- Telford Taylor1908-1998American attorney and law professorMorningside Cemetery, Sherman, CT
- Lyman Beecher1775-1863American Presbyterian minister and American Temperance Society co-founderGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- William Manchester1922-2004American author, journalist and historianIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Richard Bennett1870-1944ActorPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Thomas Hooker1586-1647Puritan ministerAncient Burying Ground, Hartford, CT
- Fern Andra1893-1974American actressCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- William Temple Hornaday1854-1937American conservationist and zoologistPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Daniel Coit Gilman1831-1908American educator and academicYantic Cemetery, Norwich, CT
- Douglas C. Kenney1946-1980American writer, co-founder and editor of National LampoonNewtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, CT
- John Milton Niles1787-1856American politicianOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Timothy Dwight IV1752-1817American historianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead1867-1941American gynecologistIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Henry Clay Work1832-1884American composer and songwriterSpring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Henry Barnard1811-1900American educationalistCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- John William De Forest1826-1906Military officer, novelistGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Alice Mabel Bacon1858-1918American writer/women's educator/foreign advisor to the Japanese government in Meiji period JapanGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Noah Porter1811-1892American academicGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Lillie Devereux Blake1833-1913American activist, reformer, writerUnion Cemetery, Stratford, CT
- William Torrey Harris1835-1909American philosopherPutnam Heights Cemetery, Putnam, CT
- Horace Bushnell1802-1876American theologianOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Theodore Winthrop1828-1861Union Army officerGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Anya Seton1904-1990American author of historical fictionPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Henry Harland1861-1905US. novelist, editorYantic Cemetery, Norwich, CT
- Johnny Gruelle1880-1938American artist and authorSilvermine Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- William Lyon Phelps1865-1943American author, critic and scholarGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Arthur Twining Hadley1856-1930United States economist, political scientist and president of YaleGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Ruth Muskrat1897-1982American poetRiverside Cemetery, Waterbury, CT
- Fitz-Greene Halleck1790-1867American writerAlderbrook Cemetery, Guilford Center, CT
- James Hammond Trumbull1821-1897American historianSpring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Faith Baldwin1893-1978American author of romance and fictionLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Ed Warren1926-2006American paranormal investigator, demonologist, exorcist and ghost hunterStepney Cemetery, Easton, CT
- Herbert Wolcottz Bowen1856-1927American diplomat and poetWoodstock Hill Cemetery, South Woodstock, CT
- John Denison Champlin, Jr.1834-1915American non-fiction writer and editorEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Donald Grant Mitchell1822-1908American essayist and novelistEastside Cemetery, Woodbridge, CT
- Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney1824-1904American suffragistEast Cemetery, Manchester, CT
- Henry Cuyler Bunner1855-1896American writerCedar Grove Cemetery, New London, CT
- Cecil Spooner1875-1953American actressLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Theodore Dwight Woolsey1801-1889American jurist; president of Yale UniversityGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Leonard Bacon1802-1881American Congregational preacher and writerGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson1872-1959American author and suffragistPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Zadel Barnes Gustafson1841-1917American author and journalistPine Grove Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Arthur Sherburne Hardy1847-1930Engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, poetWoodstock Hill Cemetery, South Woodstock, CT
- Harriet Ford1864-1949American actress and playwrightTrinity Cemetery, Seymour, CT
- Eleanor Estes1906-1988American children's writerOak Grove Cemetery, West Haven, CT
- Gertrude Chandler Warner1890-1979American children's writerGrove Street Cemetery, Putnam, CT
- Theophil Mitchell Prudden1849-1924American science writerEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Edward Sims Van Zile1863-1931American writerCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Emily Parmely Collins1814-1909American suffragist, activist, writerCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Mary C. Wright1917-1970American sinologist and historianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Stewart Alsop1914-1974American columnist and political analystIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Alfred Whitney Griswold1906-1963American historianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Robert Lawson1892-1957American children's illustrator and writerMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Lorraine Warren1927-2019American paranormal investigatorStepney Cemetery, Easton, CT
- David Ames Wells1828-1898United States author, engineer and economistYantic Cemetery, Norwich, CT
- Hamilton Holt1872-1951American politician and educatorWoodstock Hill Cemetery, South Woodstock, CT
- Eugene Fodor1905-1991American writer and publisherEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Gideon Hiram Hollister1817-1881American politician, diplomat, and authorEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Elizabeth Wade White1906-1994American writer and activistMiddlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, CT
- Theodore Tilton1835-1907American newspaper editorWestfield Cemetery, Danielson, CT
- Frances Manwaring Caulkins1795-1869American historianCedar Grove Cemetery, New London, CT
- Thomas G. Bergin1904-1987American scholar of Italian literatureGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- David Humphreys1752-1818American Revolutionary War soldier and politicianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- George Burton Adams1851-1925American historianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- George Park Fisher1827-1909American theologian and historianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Arthur Goodrich1878-1941American writerFairview Cemetery, New Britain, CT
- Doris Miles Disney1907-1976American mystery writerRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Helen Damrosch Tee-Van1893-1976American artist and scientific illustratorCoburn Cemetery, Sherman, CT
- William Cowper Prime1825-1905American journalistSpring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Trumbull Stickney1874-1904American poetOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Edna May Spooner1873-1953American actress and playwrightLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr.1855-1937United States theologianCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Minnie S. Davis1835-1927American writer, lecturer, editor, mental scientistCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Henry Leavitt Ellsworth1791-1858American businessmanGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Timothy Dwight V1828-1916American academicGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Worthington Hooker1806-1867American physicianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- George E. Waring, Jr.1833-1898American engineerWoodland Cemetery, Stamford, CT
- George L. Carlson1887-1962American illustratorMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Ellen Olney Kirk1842-1928American novelistUnion Cemetery, Easton, CT
- Constance Goddard DuBois1850-1934American ethnographer and novelistRiverside Cemetery, Waterbury, CT
- Winchell Smith1871-1933American playwrightRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Florence A. Cowles1878-1958American cookbook authorRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Fanny Purdy Palmer1839-1923American author, poet, journalist, lecturer, social activist, clubwomanWoodstock Hill Cemetery, South Woodstock, CT
- Henry Davenport Northrop1836-1909American Presbyterian minister, authorTrinity Cemetery, Seymour, CT
- Helen Smith Woodruff1888-1924American author and benefactor to the blindEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- E. E. Aiken1859-1951Congregationalist minister, authorOak Grove Cemetery, West Haven, CT
- Edward Howard Griggs1868-1951American lecturerWest Cemetery, Bristol, CT
- Philip Dunning1889-1968American playwrightAssumption Cemetery, Westport, CT
- Poppy Cannon1905-1975American writerUmpawaug Cemetery, Georgetown, CT
- Caroline Brown Buell1843-1927American activistLakeview Cemetery, East Hampton, CT
- Ethan Allen Andrews1787-1858American philologist, lexicographer and educatorAndrews Cemetery, New Britain, CT
- Sarah Lee Brown Fleming1876-1963American teacher and writerEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Henry Augustin Beers1847-1926American writer and academicEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Samuel James Andrews1817-1906American clergymanOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Joseph Hopkins Twichell1838-1918American writer and pastorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Nathan Daboll1780-1863American politicianStarr Cemetery, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT
- Joel Root1770-1847Supercargo and authorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Louisa Caroline Tuthill1798-1879American children's book authorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Franklin Bowditch Dexter1842-1920American historian and librarianGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Venture Smith1729-1805Colonial American enslaved African and authorLittle Haddam Cemetery, Moodus, CT
- Georgie Boynton Child1873-1945American writerWoodstock Hill Cemetery, South Woodstock, CT
- George Henry Warner1833-1919American editorRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Clarence Winthrop Bowen1852-1935American authorWoodstock Hill Cemetery, South Woodstock, CT
- Robert Howard Russell1866-1926Writer and publisherUnion Cemetery, Stratford, CT
- William Crosby Marshall1870-1934Amareican engineer and authorMilford Cemetery, Milford, CT
- Catherine Owens Peare1911-1971American biographerUmpawaug Cemetery, Georgetown, CT
- Nathan Daboll1750-1818American mathematicianTurner Cemetery, Groton, CT
- Francis Trevelyan Miller1877-1959American historian and writerQuinnipiac Cemetery, Southington, CT
- Ebenezer Platt Rogers1817-1881American minister and authorFairfield East Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
- Edward Sandford Martin1856-1939American journalistHillside Cemetery, Wilton, CT
- Herman Daggett1766-1832American minister and animal rights writerCornwall Cemetery, West Torrington, CT
- Lucy Creemer Peckham1842-1923American physician; poetEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Mary H. C. Booth1831-1865American poetOld North Cemetery, Hartford, CT
- Mary Watkins Cushing1889-1974American dance and music criticLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Mary E. Van Lennep1821-1844American missionary, school founder, memoiristCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Marion Grant1918-1986American historian, writer and activistCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Euphemia Wilson Pitblado1849-1928Scottish-born American activist, social reformerCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- William Leonard Gage1832-1889American translatorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Richard Burton1861-1940American poet, editor, and educatorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- William Augustus Larned1806-1862American pastor and professorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Alexander James Inglis1879-1924American professor, educational surveyor, and authorIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Robert Clark Morris1869-1938American lawyerMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- James B. Mabon1865-1941American stock exchange executiveNorfolk Center Cemetery, Winchester Center, CT
- Maude Gridley Peterson1871-1962American writerNathan Hale Cemetery, South Coventry, CT
- Edward Lyman Bill1862-1916American editor and publisherPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Anne Lyon Haight1891-1977American author, essayist, and collector of rare books and artifactsEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Thomas Walsh1907-1984American crime writerEnfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, CT
- Frances Stanton Brewster1860-1933East Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Maria Trumbull1785-18051785?, 23 November 1805 , letter writerAncient Burying Ground, Hartford, CT
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 194. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1640s1
- 1800s2
- 1810s4
- 1820s1
- 1830s3
- 1840s4
- 1850s6
- 1860s11
- 1870s3
- 1880s6
- 1890s10
- 1900s18
- 1910s14
- 1920s18
- 1930s17
- 1940s12
- 1950s14
- 1960s11
- 1970s13
- 1980s8
- 1990s6
- 2000s5
- 2010s4
By recorded year of death, for the 191 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Grove Street Cemetery · New Haven, CT33
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Newington, CT20
- Old North Cemetery · Hartford, CT10
- Indian Hill Cemetery · Middletown, CT7
- East Cemetery · Litchfield, CT7
- Evergreen Cemetery · New Haven, CT7
- Mountain Grove Cemetery · Bridgeport, CT6
- Riverside Cemetery · Farmington, CT6
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · New London, CT6
- Woodstock Hill Cemetery · South Woodstock, CT6
- Lakeview Cemetery · New Canaan, CT6
- Spring Grove Cemetery · Hartford, CT5
- Putnam Cemetery · Cos Cob, CT5
- Yantic Cemetery · Norwich, CT3
- Cove Cemetery · Chester Center, CT3
- Ancient Burying Ground · Hartford, CT2
- Trinity Cemetery · Seymour, CT2
- Riverside Cemetery · Waterbury, CT2
- Stepney Cemetery · Easton, CT2
- Alderbrook Cemetery · Guilford Center, CT2
- Woodland Cemetery · Stamford, CT2
- Oak Grove Cemetery · West Haven, CT2
- Pleasant View Cemetery · Salem, CT2
- Westfield Cemetery · Danielson, CT2
- West Cemetery · Bristol, CT2
Top 25 of 66 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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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.