Notable burials · DE
Notable people buried in Delaware
Wikidata records 100 notable people as buried in Delaware, spread over 22 of the cemeteries we list, the 50th highest count of any state. Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington holds the most, with 41 (41% of the state total).
100
notable burials
22
cemeteries with one or more
41
at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in Delaware
Government
Governors7United States representatives9United States senators8
Military
American Civil War veterans3Medal of Honor recipients3War of 1812 veterans1World War I veterans2World War II veterans2
Arts and entertainment
Architects1Painters, sculptors and photographers4Journalists2Musicians and singers2
Sports
American football players2Baseball players4Basketball players1
Science and work
Business leaders3Physicians5Scientists4
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Delaware
- Annie Jump Cannon1863-1941American astronomerLakeside Cemetery, Dover, DE
- Clifford Brown1930-1956American jazz musicianMount Zion Cemetery, Elsmere, DE
- Gunning Bedford Jr.1747-1812American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Josiah O. Wolcott1877-1938American politician and juristLakeside Cemetery, Dover, DE
- John J. Williams1904-1988American politicianMillsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, DE
- Roger Crozier1942-1996Canadian ice hockey playerAll Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Daniel O. Hastings1874-1966American politicianLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- John J. Raskob1879-1950American businesspersonCathedral Cemetery, Elsmere, DE
- John McKinly1721-1796American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Charles R. Miller1857-1927American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Anthony Higgins1840-1912American politicianSaint Georges Cemetery, Bear, DE
- Russell W. Peterson1916-2011American politician and chemistLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Eli Saulsbury1817-1893American politicianLakeside Cemetery, Dover, DE
- James H. Hughes1867-1953American politicianLakeside Cemetery, Dover, DE
- Walter W. Bacon1879-1962American politicianOld Drawyers Church Cemetery, Middletown, DE
- J. George Stewart1890-1970American politicianLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Vic Willis1876-1947American baseball playerSaint Johns Cemetery, Newark, DE
- Arnold Naudain1790-1872American politicianOld Drawyers Church Cemetery, Middletown, DE
- John Wales1783-1863American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Philip A. Traynor1874-1962American politicianCathedral Cemetery, Elsmere, DE
- Earle D. Willey1889-1950American lawyerSaint Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood, DE
- Robert P. Robinson1869-1939American businessman, Governor of DelawareWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Willard Hall1780-1875American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Charles-Marie Courboin1884-1973Belgian musicianCathedral Cemetery, Elsmere, DE
- Herbert B. Warburton1916-1983American politicianCathedral Cemetery, Elsmere, DE
- Sherman W. Tribbitt1922-2010American politicianOld Drawyers Church Cemetery, Middletown, DE
- Richard C. McMullen1868-1944American politicianRiverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- John J. Milligan1795-1875American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Jacob Jones1768-1850U.S. Navy officerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Henry Winfield Watson1856-1933American politician (Republican)Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- John W. Rollins1916-2000American politician and business executiveLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Henry A. Houston1847-1925American politicianMillsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, DE
- Thomas Alfred Smyth1832-1865Union Army generalWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- William Hepburn Armstrong1824-1919American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Carol A. Timmons1958-2020United States Air Force generalDelaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Glasgow, DE
- George Winter1878-1951American baseball playerRiverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Emily Bissell1861-1948American activistWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- John Idzik1928-2013American football player and coachLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Mary Wilson Thompson1867-1947President of the Delaware Association Opposed to Woman SuffrageLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Huck Betts1897-1987American baseball playerMillsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, DE
- James Burke1926-1994Catholic bishop, born 1926All Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- A. Felix du Pont1879-1948American businessmanOld Saint Anne's Church Cemetery, Middletown, DE
- Joseph Ebur Vantine1835-1904United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientGlebe Cemetery, New Castle, DE
- Lewis E. Eliason1850-1919American politicianGlebe Cemetery, New Castle, DE
- Laurie Bliss1872-1942American football coachOld Drawyers Church Cemetery, Middletown, DE
- Samuel Bancroft1840-1915American industrialist and art philanthropistWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Hezekiah Niles1777-1839American editor and publisherWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- John P. Gillis1803-1873United States Navy officerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Albert Newton Raub1840-1904American educatorHead of Christiana Cemetery, Newark, DE
- Jimmy Joyce1924-2006American basketball playerAll Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Firmin Swinnen1885-1972Belgian organistCathedral Cemetery, Elsmere, DE
- Herbert Rice1876-1932American football coachRiverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- William Hemphill Jones1811-1880American politicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Nancy C. Sawin1917-2008Field hockey player, artist, educatorWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- George Prentiss1876-1902American baseball playerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Theodore Goldsmith Joslin1890-1944American politicianLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Robert Heyssel1928-2001American physicianOur Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Blades, DE
- Samuel Maxwell Harrington1803-1865Delaware Supreme Court justiceLakeside Cemetery, Dover, DE
- Herm Reitzes1903-1987American sportscasterJewish Community Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Bernard McCarren1831-1870American soldierAll Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Angel Miguel Harris2002-2025United States Air Force airmanDelaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Glasgow, DE
- Clarence A. Southerland1889-1973Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice and Attorney GeneralRiverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- James P. Postles1840-1908American soldierWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Hannah M. Thompson1845-1922American physicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Margaret Tatnall Canby1840-1904American writerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Percy Van Eman Ivory1883-1960American artistWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Harry Persons Taber1865-1951Printer, author, and chemistWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- M. C. Pyle1828-1885American writerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- William Poole Bancroft1835-1928American industrialist and conservationistWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- James Canby1781-1858American businessmanWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Richard A. Tybout1920-2022Saint Georges Cemetery, Bear, DE
- Carl John Rees1896-1985Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1940Head of Christiana Cemetery, Newark, DE
- Katharine Thompson1893-1967Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- John William Rollins Jr.1942-2013American businessmanLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Henry Belin Robertson1894-1974Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, DE
- Julian M. Siomkajlodied 2004Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro, DE
- Al Michailoff1947-2008American guitaristOur Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Blades, DE
- Herbert G. Cochran1885-1969American juvenile court judgeLakeside Cemetery, Dover, DE
- Elizabeth Bootes Clarkdied 1963Landscape architect (d. 1963)Pencader Cemetery, Newark, DE
- Joshua Clayton1802-1888MillionaireOld Saint Anne's Church Cemetery, Middletown, DE
- Rachel Baker1669-173117th-century correspondent of Quaker Phineas Pemberton, active circa 1683Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Dover, DE
- Arthur Hoerl1921-1994StatisticianDelaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Glasgow, DE
- Otto V. Ort1864-1920American photographerRiverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- John Swientochowski1911-2002American artistRiverview Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Robert Robinson Porter1811-1876American physicianWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- William Young1755-1829Printer, publisher, bookseller and paper makerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Thomas Jefferson Jordan1821-1895Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Samuel Boyer Davis1766-18541766-1854Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- George W. Bush1824-1900Operator of George W. Bush & Son, a shipping business in Delaware, United StatesWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Henry Hedrick Belin1804-1891Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Ellwood Garrett1813-1910American photographerWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- John Norris Robinson1831-1878American financierWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Mary Sophia Carroll Bayard1804-1886Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- James Latimer1719-1807Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Caroline Bayard1824-1895Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Sarah Geddes Latimer1727-1813Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Henry Simpson McComb1825-1881MillionaireWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Elizabeth Bush McComb1830-1897MillionaireWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- James C. McComb1860-1931MillionaireWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
- Timothy E. Murray1937-2020Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemicGate of Heaven Cemetery, Dagsboro, DE
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery · Wilmington41
- Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery · Greenville10
- Riverview Cemetery · Wilmington6
- Lakeside Cemetery · Dover6
- Cathedral Cemetery · Elsmere5
- All Saints Cemetery · Wilmington4
- Old Drawyers Church Cemetery · Middletown4
- Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery · Glasgow3
- Millsboro Cemetery · Millsboro3
- Saint Georges Cemetery · Bear2
- Head of Christiana Cemetery · Newark2
- Glebe Cemetery · New Castle2
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery · Blades2
- Old Saint Anne's Church Cemetery · Middletown2
- Pencader Cemetery · Newark1
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery · Dagsboro1
- Jewish Community Cemetery · Wilmington1
- Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery · Dover1
- Saint Johns Cemetery · Newark1
- Mount Zion Cemetery · Elsmere1
- Saint Johnstown Cemetery · Greenwood1
- Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery · Millsboro1
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107