Notable burials · DC
Notable people buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 1,261 notable people as buried in District of Columbia, spread over 14 of the cemeteries we list, the 15th highest count of any state. Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 434 (34% of the state total).
1,261
notable burials
14
cemeteries with one or more
434
at Rock Creek Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in District of Columbia
Government
Governors34Supreme Court justices9United States representatives176United States senators43Vice Presidents of the United States1
Military
American Civil War veterans78Medal of Honor recipients22Mexican-American War veterans28American Revolutionary War veterans4Spanish-American War veterans5Vietnam War veterans3War of 1812 veterans20World War I veterans14World War II veterans16
Arts and entertainment
Actors20Architects17Painters, sculptors and photographers70Journalists78Musicians and singers9Pulitzer Prize winners5Writers and poets126
Sports
American football players3Baseball players10Basketball players1
Science and work
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in District of Columbia
- Madeleine Albright1937-2022United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gore Vidal1925-2012American writerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Upton Sinclair1878-1968American writerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Henry1797-1878American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the SmithsonianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- J. Edgar Hoover1895-1972American law enforcement administratorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Adams1838-1918American journalist, historian, academic, novelistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Herman Hollerith1860-1929American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elbridge Gerry1744-1814Vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Roberta Flack1937-2025American singerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Dean Acheson1893-1971American statesman and lawyerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Emile Berliner1851-1929German-born American inventorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George McGovern1922-2012American historian and politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Philip Sousa1854-1932American conductor and composerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Katharine Graham1917-2001American publisher, editor and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Albert Pike1809-1891American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, FreemasonOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lyudmila Alexeyeva1927-2018Soviet-Russian human rights activistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Tom Lantos1928-2008American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mathew Benjamin Brady1822-1896American photographerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Camille Chautemps1885-1963French politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edwin M. Stanton1814-1869American lawyer and politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Spencer Fullerton Baird1823-1887American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd Secretary of the SmithsonianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Emanuel Leutze1816-1868American artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Doolittle Walcott1850-1927American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the SmithsonianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ben Bradlee1921-2014Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward Douglass White Jr.1845-1921Chief justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Grove Karl Gilbert1843-1918American geologistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Forsyth1780-1841American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Abel P. Upshur1790-1844Lawyer and politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Belva Ann Lockwood1830-1917SuffragistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Harlan F. Stone1872-1946Chief justice of the United States from 1941 to 1946Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alain LeRoy Locke1885-1954American philosopher and writerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Abraham Baldwin1754-1807United States politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Hoban1762-1831Irish architectMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Schoolcraft1793-1864American anthropologistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Prosky1930-2008American actorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alice Lee Roosevelt1884-1980American writer and socialiteRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert J. Walker1801-1869American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Patricia Harris1924-1985American politician and diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Michael Novak1933-2017American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Wirt1772-1834American author and statesman and United States Attorney GeneralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Surratt1820-1865Lincoln assassination conspiratorMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frances Benjamin Johnston1864-1952American photographer, photojournalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Tim Russert1950-2008American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Sumner Welles1892-1961American government official and diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Windom1827-1891American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Barbara Gittings1932-2007American librarian, LGBT rights activistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Patricia Schroeder1940-2023American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marion Barry1936-2014American politician and former mayor of the District of ColumbiaCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Howard K. Smith1914-2002American news anchorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander Melville Bell1819-1905British linguistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Hugh McCulloch1808-1895American financier and politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Eaton1790-1856American politician and diplomatOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George Brown Goode1851-1896American ichthyologistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Pinkney1764-1822American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Wirz1823-1865Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil WarMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Agnes von Kurowsky1892-1984American Nurse and Muse for Ernest HemingwayUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander Gardner1821-1882Scottish photographerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- G. William Miller1925-2006American businessman and investment bankerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Henry Holmes1846-1933American academic, painter and illustratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Nelson Rose1862-1928U.S. botanistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Marshall Harlan1833-1911US Supreme Court justice from 1877 to 1911Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Coblentz1873-1962American physicistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Blanche Bruce1841-1898American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.1914-1972American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alpheus Hyatt1838-1902American zoologist, paleontologistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Clyde Tolson1900-1975Associate director of the FBICongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles H. Percy1919-2011American businessman and U.S. senatorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Howard Payne1791-1852American actor and writerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Thornton1759-1828British-American physician, inventor, painter and architectCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John A. Logan1826-1886American soldier and politicianUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Montgomery Blair1813-1883American judgeRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph McKenna1843-1926US Supreme Court justice from 1898 to 1925Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Constantino Brumidi1805-1880Italian-Greek-American historical painterThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Leonard Matlovich1943-1988American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze StarCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Jackson1757-1806American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- David Herold1842-1865ConspiratorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Kirk Townsend1809-1851U.S. ornithologistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Adelaide Johnson1859-1955American sculptorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Burton K. Wheeler1882-1975American politician and lawyerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Francis Jenkins1867-1934American inventor and pioneer of cinema and televisionRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marcus Reno1834-1889Union Army generalThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Valentine Riley1843-1895British-born American entomologist and artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William A. Niskanen1933-2011American economistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Fuller1888-1973American actress and screenwriterCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- David Levy Yulee1810-1886American senatorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Nicollet1786-1843French geographer, astronomer, and mathematicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William H. Emory1811-1887Union Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Mosbacher1927-2010American businessman, yacht racer and politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cokie Roberts1943-2019American journalistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Mills1781-1855American architectCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Daniel Elmer Salmon1850-1914American veterinarianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Eugene Allen1919-2010American waiter and butlerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George Atzerodt1835-1865Conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of Abraham LincolnThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Amos Kendall1789-1869American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Adams Richardson1821-1896American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Stephen J. Solarz1940-2010American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis G. Newlands1846-1917American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander Dallas Bache1806-1867American scientistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Lewis Southard1787-1842American senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New JerseyCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Anderson1757-1837American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from TennesseeCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis Preston Blair1791-1876American newspaper editor and presidential advisorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Stephen Johnson Field1816-1899US Supreme Court justice from 1863 to 1897Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas Nelson Page1853-1922American lawyer, author, and diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor1875-1966American photojournalist and magazine editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gale W. McGee1915-1992American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Barton Payne1855-1935American politician and judgeOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jesse W. Reno1861-1947American inventorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alfred Pleasonton1824-1897Union Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lewis E. Parsons1817-1895American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Štefan Osuský1889-1973Czechoslovak diplomat, politician, lawyer and Slovak nation politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Martha Dodd1908-1990American journalist, novelist and spy for the Soviet UnionRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Anthony Francis Lucas1855-1921Croatian oil explorerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Isidor Rayner1850-1912American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Will Marion Cook1869-1944African American composer and violinistWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edith Nourse Rogers1881-1960American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John R. McPherson1833-1897American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Silva Meehan1790-1863American publisherCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elias Kane1794-1835American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William H. Hunt1823-1884American judge, politician and civil servant from LouisianaOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Andrew A. Humphreys1810-1883Union Army GeneralCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Phil Graham1915-1963American newspaper publisherOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cadmus M. Wilcox1824-1890Confederate Army generalOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Uriah Tracy1755-1807American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Philip Pendleton Barbour1783-1841U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme CourtCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Herbert L. Clarke1867-1945American conductorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert N. Butler1927-2010American academicRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Arthur MacArthur1815-1896Supreme Court Justice of DC Districct, Lt Governor and governor of WisconsinRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gustavus Fox1821-1883American naval officerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joanne Simpson1923-2010American meteorologistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Blair Lee I1857-1944American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henri Hyvernat1858-1941American coptologistMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas H. Carter1854-1911American politician, MontanaMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Dodd1869-1940American historian and ambassador to GermanyRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Kimbrough Jones1839-1908American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Homer Simpson1912-2014American meteorologistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Jackson Hunt1819-1889Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil WarUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas W. Bartley1812-1885American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Paul Bartsch1871-1960German-American zoologistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Noble Tyner1826-1904American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander Macomb1782-1841United States Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Arthur Pue Gorman1839-1906American politician and baseball playerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Richard M. Young1798-1861American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William N. Roach1840-1902Union Army soldier, politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Edward Bouligny1824-1864American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lemuel J. Bowden1815-1864American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Wilkinson Call1834-1910American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Buckner Thruston1763-1845United States federal judgeCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Pope Duval1784-1854American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jacob Brown1775-1828American general in the War of 1812Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Pushmataha1764-182419th century Choctaw chiefCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
Showing 150 of 1,261. 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
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington434
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington313
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington279
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington91
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington65
- Jesuit Community Cemetery · Foggy Bottom27
- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery · Washington25
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Washington17
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Washington5
- Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery · Washington3
- Saint Mary's Cemetery · Washington2
- Holy Rood Cemetery · Washington2
- Mount Zion Cemetery · Washington1
- Elesavetgrad Cemetery · Washington1
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
- Delaware100
- 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