Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Painters, sculptors and photographers buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 70 artists as buried in 8 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 23. District of Columbia has the 10th highest count of any state, out of 2,295 nationally.
People recorded as painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators or visual artists.
70
artists
8
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in District of Columbia
1950s
the decade with the most deaths (8)
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In order of death
Painters, sculptors and photographers buried in District of Columbia
- Carlo Franzoni1789-1819Italian sculptorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Thornton1759-1828British-American physician, inventor, painter and architectCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Nephi Bell1843-1862"American, active 1860s. Photographer"Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Emanuel Leutze1816-1868American artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John J. Young1830-1879Artist and lithographer active in the American WestThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Constantino Brumidi1805-1880Italian-Greek-American historical painterThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis H. Bell1809-1880American photographerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander Gardner1821-1882Scottish photographerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Clark Mills1815-1883American sculptorThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Janvier Woodward1833-1884American physician and surgeonThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marian Hooper Adams1843-1885American socialite and photographerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henrietta McKenney1825-1887American painterOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Philip Oskar Jenkins1817-1892Artist and inventorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Milton Bell1848-1893American photographerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mathew Benjamin Brady1822-1896American photographerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Evelyn Leopoldine Fairfax1872-1896American painterCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Hamilton Bell Sr.1831-1897American photographerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett1831-1898American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Barnett Michael Clinedinst1835-1904American photographer and inventorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William George Randall1860-1905ArtistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jacques Jouvenal1829-1905American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Anna Huntington Stanley1864-1907American impressionist painterUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Montague Fassett1825-1910Canadian-American photographerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Louisa Bernie Gallaher1858-1917Scientific photographer for the National Museum of Natural HistoryMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Grove Karl Gilbert1843-1918American geologistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Balfour Ker1877-1918Canadian-American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alice Lee Moqué1861-1919American traveler, writer, newspaper correspondent, photographer, and suffragistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Amelia Loretta L. Youngs1838-1920American artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George W. Maynard1843-1923American painterCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis C. Schroen1857-1924American architect and priestJesuit Community Cemetery, Foggy Bottom, DC
- Moses Parker Rice1839-1925Canadian-born American photographerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes1858-1925American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elizabeth Patten Brewer Fisher1855-1927American artistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Wright Gill1867-1929American scientific illustratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lucien Whiting Powell1846-1930American artistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Fillis Jarvis1849-1931American photographerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Levin Corbin Handy1855-1932American photographerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Henry Holmes1846-1933American academic, painter and illustratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Clara Hill1870-1935American sculptorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Inez Montgomery1898-1937American teacher and artistWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Gine Riley1883-1939American painterThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- De Lancey Gill1859-1940American painter and photographerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Amanda Newton1858-1943American illustratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elisabeth Ellicott Poe1886-1947American artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Emma J. McGrew Smith1848-1947American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frances Wieser1869-1949Artist for the National Museum of Natural HistoryThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Herbert E. French1883-1951American photographer (1883-1951), proprietor of the National Photo CompanyOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ellen Nella Fontaine Binckley1877-1951American artistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough1872-1951American artist and sociliateRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frances Benjamin Johnston1864-1952American photographer, photojournalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Will H. Chandlee1865-1954American artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Adelaide Johnson1859-1955American sculptorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Pinckney Alston Trapier1897-1957American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alfred Geddes Maddren1875-1958American geologist and photographerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Margaret Scully Zimmele1872-1964American artistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George W. Harris1872-1964American photographerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor1875-1966American photojournalist and magazine editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edith Glogau1898-1970American photographerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cuthbert Lee1891-1971American painter, born 1891Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frances Carpenter1890-1972American photographer and writerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ruth Appleton Perkins Safford1897-1979American artistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Melville Bell Grosvenor1901-1982American magazine editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Eleanor Parke Custis1896-1983American artist;Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Armistead Peter III1896-1983Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Max Robinson1939-1988Television journalist and artistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Saunders Scurlock1916-1994(1916-1994) American photographerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alice Acheson1895-1996American painterOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marvin Breckinridge Patterson1905-2002American photographer, photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Sara Norwood Bartleborn 1896American miniature painterThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Adelaide Beallborn 1845American artistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1810s1
- 1820s1
- 1860s2
- 1870s1
- 1880s7
- 1890s6
- 1900s4
- 1910s5
- 1920s7
- 1930s7
- 1940s5
- 1950s8
- 1960s3
- 1970s4
- 1980s4
- 1990s2
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 68 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC23
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC17
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC16
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC10
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- Jesuit Community Cemetery · Foggy Bottom, DC1
More lists
Other notable burials in District of Columbia
United States representatives176Writers and poets126American Civil War veterans78Journalists78Scientists44United States senators43Governors34Physicians32Inventors and engineers29Mexican-American War veterans28Business leaders26Medal of Honor recipients22Actors20War of 1812 veterans20Architects17World War II 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.